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 that the worst features of the Waikato intelligence are confi =Led :—" Rewi and Ktngi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in  organizing armed opposition 3 to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the cornier of eaveral hnedred—sumo say 200, ot hers 300, ind others again state that Rewi started at the liad 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 eduewional and industrial ~saablishment at Te Awumutu has been broken up, and 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 amc ng the Waikatos. 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 difficu:ties that surround the movement for reinstating the Taranaki settlers on their former holdings. Tne professions of friend,hip which Thompson and some other chiefs make bre 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."  Tae Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains the details of u.e murcer 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 having crossed the ()Aura river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half •1 mile before them. They saw that a party of soldiers and two horsemen, who proved to be officers, were attacked, and saw some of them fall, when they immediately abandonen their carts, and hastened back to the Puutoko, and gave information of what they had seen. Captain Shortt, with a party of 30 n en only, from the Redoubt at Puutoko were the first to strive at the spot, followed sttortly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was their mournful task to gather the bodies of the foltcwina officers and n en, savagely murdered :  Assistant •Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H, Tragett, 57t11 Regiment. Colour-Sergeant Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment. Sergeant Samuel Hill, 57ta Regiment. Private Edward 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 theofficers stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the drays was found where the escort had left it, 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 Kditake, on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad gallopped towards town, and was caught by the .-scort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over the wiiole settlement.