The Sun. — 1863-07-17 (London, England)

NEW ZEALAND.  Both the correspondence and the summary of news of the Southern Cross of the 30th of April state hat the wore; teel ures of the Waikato intelligence ere cons mad :—" Rewi and Kngi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in  organizing armed opposition to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the numier of several linudred —some, say 200, others 300, tied others again state that Rewi started at the quad of 500. We do not, therefore, know the exact numbers, but our information leads us to conclude that 300 is about the rutii. The native educational and industrial aszablishment at To Awurnutu has been broken up, Ind the European women and children have already come to town. The missionaries most likely will come in ; in fact, it is only a question of events, as news may come any moment of an outbreak at Taranaki, when it would not be safe to remain unprotected among the Waikato& The natives are in a state of unbridled anarchy. There is no controlling power to check them ; and such being the case, one can readily perceive the difficulties that surround the movement for reinstating the Taranaki settlers on their farmer holdings. The professions of friendship which Thompson and some other chiefs make ere of little use ; and we see no probable end to the present state of things unless British law and authority are established through out the island, or until the natives shall have ceased to exercise any political influence owing to their natural decrease."  The Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains the details of t:•e muruer of two officers and eight men of the 57th Regiment :—" A party of the Commissariat Transport Corps, with two drays and 12 bullocks with supplies, were on their way to Tataraimaka, on the 4th of M .y, and, having crossed the Oakura river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half a mile before them. They saw that a party of soldiers and two horsemen, who proved to be offi cers, were attacked, and saw some of them fall, when they immediately abandonec their carts, and hastened back to the Poutoko, and gave information of what they had seen. Captai❑ Shortt, with a party of 30 o en only, from the Redoubt at Poutoko were the first to al rive at the spot, followed sNnlly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was then mournful task to gather the bodies of the follow. ing officers and n en, savagely murdered :  Assistant.• Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment. Colour-Sergelnt Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment: Sergermt Samuel Hill, 57r,i Regiment. Private Kt ward Kelly, 57th Regiment. Private John Flynn, 57th Regiment Private Bartholomew Macarthy, 57th Regiment. Private Wm Banks, 57th Regiment.  They were on their way, on military duty, to town from Tataraimaka, and apparently had been shot down without a moment's notice. The bodies were all horribly mutilated, and those of t he officets stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the drays was found where the escort had left tt, but the other, which contained a quantity of flour, potatoes and groceries, had been driven off. The other dray was subsequently seen being driven up to KAitake, on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad gallopped towards town, and was caught by the escort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over the wr)ole settlement.