The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-19


prove the subject OF another and shorter article
with which we shall close record OF the = aore
Ministry. or them when we review their adm ms
trauon u may wen be said, III the celebrated WORDS
Of m. Theirs, addressing The ministerial Dench OF tht
Corps Legislati, II ne uJHS Teste pms DtdtlteHdt
ttae seUle hdate q comneBe. "There does no
remain single error more than you con commit
Major Browns Operations Against the 1ta-
oris-sixteen Natives Killed by WoaHds IN
a Year.
From the Wellington IN. ~ Independent Sept 81
We take up today the Parliamentary papers
touching upon the proposed combined movement
on tue Ngatlinarau country from Patea on the one
SIDE ana The White Gins on the other. Our object
" 10 show that there Is no connection except In the
fact that the two events happened 10 be almost
Simultaneous between the accession OF the Fox
Ministry aud the abandonment OF tho expedition
which Was 10 have crushed Tltokowaru. The fact
Is IN the nrst place Mr.. Mclean had nothing what
ever TO do with the reasons determining Colonel
Lyon 70 give up the undertaking; and in the next
place, but for the fortunate delay caused by the
accident OF weather, IItokowaru would have acted
as the crlsher instead OF suffering as the crushed.
Some days before the new Defeace Minister could
nave sent any Instructions Colonel Lyon, writing
IRON Patea on the 18th OF June, says:-"U Is quite
Impossible to march now; IL is not ralning but
coming down In sheets OF water and the track
through the bush Is quite impracticable.n Again. on
4th OF July:-"I was at WaIn last ngbt but i IS I'M
possible 10 get through the bush; all the creeks ana
rivers are hooded MAJOR Brown finds the same In
pediment TO progress on the falanakl SIDE, Tor ne
also writes on Mini untordabe; again. after SYM
patnlzng on the Isl OF July with Colonel Lyon
on the exceptionally bad state OF the
weather, we una telegram rom MAJOR
Brown, dated the sth OF Juiy-'Co!0nei lyon
returned 10 Patea. Has gwen I'D expedition Ngat-
mGru.u independently 81 the Dad state 81 tne
weather Colonel Lyon gave on the IN July most
sufficient reason for not starting. lie saYs-"I also
learn that there 500 natives NJ ParanaRa, ana ~
would ne hardly safe % take al these hauhaus IN
nay rear IL would be tempting them 10 ATTACK "a
tea especially rs there are 20 prisoners thefe at tue
present time; so INTENDED putting on my mafcn, or
ratuer uot attempting II again. until hear from The
rDVnrnnauf.B "A
appears nom MI. Mclean addressing colonel Lyon
Informs him that considering lie exposed state IN
which you would have leit fatea and DINER cream
stances detailed py YOU the Defence Minister consld
ers you have displayed much Judgment IN the course
you have adoptedp
on careful examination ofthe plans OF the eXpedi-
tion we md exactly the same spirit OF daring ana
reckless adventure as was snown py Colonel Wnlt-
more on the east coast amounting TO species Of
gambling WITH the lives OF BIS men, The instructions
10 Colonel Lyon dated "Waterl0o Day. run thus -
"lae idea Is Tor you 70 20 round the mountain 10
uataitdWa WleTe You Will DC supplied anain; thence
BY road dor which guide VIII be found 10 Pak-
paki aud up the BANKS Of the Waltara, TIL mes Dy
Major Brown. That olheer Will leave his camp at or
near White Chis, ~ an inland trace aud on the
third day strike tue Nattara little above ipak
Alter meeting your supplies Will be exhausted but
we are led TO believe that abundance OF cat
ue, maize, potatoes and Pigs VIII be found
there TokoWaru mucn delected and short OF
ammunition Is somewhere about there and 1t 10 with
the Object OF bringing him 10 book that this eXpedt
ton Is set on foot.r From these instructions VIII
be gathered thai the two forces we're INTENDED to
meet in rough broken country, three days journey
rom the nearest point OF certain supply Alter
meeting the whole force was 10 depend entirely on
tine possible but very predetermined contingency OF
obtatilng lood IN the county IN which they Were.
We Will suppose Tor 4 momenC-and II Is not an I'M
probable conJecture-taat IltOk0Waru, under The
stimulating influence OF the abundance OF cattle.
maze, potatoes ana pigs had recovered from his
"neleeuon,n had driven away or destroyed the
promised 1000, and was prepared TO light 1t
out, What ont disaster could have been the
RESULT To make an advance, o.. even stand, with.
out Iood would nave been IMPOSSIBLE ana d preclpI.
tu.4 Mt
salvation 10 the force. fhe retreat must have been
to Mataitawa Oh the norJh side Of the Taraua pro-
montory, that belag tile nearest depot, and the
waoie Patea country would have been left at the
mercy OF the rebe natives, VINO were, IRON Colonel
Lyons report on the 4tn OF jay, not where tAey
were eApece u be. II rs evident Ill FACT that had
Colonel Lyon star cd before The ram and been cut
from the Fatea country by the hoods III the CON-
meueenent OF Jnly the little garrison at Patea would
nave mere Or The rebels. The 800 Hauhaus,
now known 10 1Aae armed, could have marched ON
Patea by the direct route past eco where tney
would pick up the iangahoe rebels, supposed TO be
recognizing he queens sovereignty by cutting some
telegraph poies. Aud again a. Patea Town itself,
tie 80 prisoners would nave added TO the weakness
OF the garrison, or have escaped to swell the number
Of their own friends.
We may Congratulate ourselves on being saved by
The accident ol tue weather irom terrible catas-
u0pae.
ne must. before leaving this subject, he clearly
understood 10 cast not the slightest Inputauon on
the character Of co onel Whitmore as a soldier on
the contrary, the more we look into the
uXpots The more we are ced s"a to sumra ms
tuGoml,ahe energy and pluck. Ending himself not
permitted TO see difficulties he strained every nerve,
rlsked his own lie ana encountered uncomfortable
haraships IN the endeavor 10 overcome them ills
desperate ventures We're evidently dictated by inc
spirit OF MS instructions received from heaaquar
ters. lie would, tuere = little doubt have renders
really valuable service 70 the country under diner
ent direction. Nhen, however, we learn as we do
from the reDel Tauroa on board the hulk, that only
sixteen Maoris have died tie West Coast from
wounds received during she last year, ana when we
try IN vain TO reckon up on the East Coast loss
tue rebels oil one-hrd OF the number OF fellow