The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1865-10-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

MAORI OUTRAGES.  Accounts from Tanranga state that the natives of the east coast have murdered Mr. Fulloon the government interpreter , Captain l'ringle, Mr. Robinson, and the mate of the schooner Kate, burning the schooner afterwards. The following is taken from an account supplied to the New leaMad 11,ald by its Tauranga correspondent:—  The Kate cutter, Pringle master' left Aukland on the Bth instant, having on board the captain, mate, and a youth of the name of Campbell, with Mr. Abraham Bennett White, the supercargo of the vessel, and two passengers, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Warbrick, bound for Tauranga, Maketu, and Whakatane. On her arrival in Tauranga, Mr. Warbrick remained behind, and Mr. Fulloon arriving from Aukland in the steamer Rangatira, took passage in her to Whakatane. Some stress of weather setting in, the vessel did not reach Maketu before the 20th instant and left again on the 21st, arriving the same afternoon off Whakatane, there to await the morning's tide to enable her to take the bar. Whilst the vessel was at anchor, communication was made from shore, but no evil ti.lingsor forebodings were ever dreamt of. A little boy belonging to Mr. White, came on board, and remained all night with his father. Early the following morning a canoe containing To Hemara, a chief of the Nga te Patutatae tribe, Hoani, a young scamp of many years' note, with a gang of determined savages, pulled off to the vessel They found Mr. White at breakfast, and having gone through the usual salutations were desired to sit down and partake of breakfast with them, to which there was no hesitation, which probably tended to stimulate and strengthen these base wretches to expedite their treacherous plot which lay before them. I ought here to state that all the crew and passengers were on deck except Mr. Fulloon, who was not well, and was at the time lying asleep in his berth. Unknown to Mr. White, the native Hoani slyly crept down into the cabin to see whether there were any firearms. Unfortunately, he found a loaded resolver lying alongside Mr. Fulloon, which he immediately seized, and concealed on reaching the deck, and whilst partaking of Mr. White's hospitality, betrayed no unkind or suspi. clone symptoms of danger. The instant these men and devils had finished their repast, a signal was given, and in an instant each man was struggling with his victim. Captain Pringle was the first man killed, afterwards the mate. Then a struggle ensued with Mr. White and his combatant, but Mr. White's little boy, about nine years old, pleaded for mercy, and, strange to say, these hard-hearted devils became alarmed at the entreaties of the child, and they ceased any further attempt either on Mr. White, Mr. Robinson, or Campbell. But while thus engaged, Hoani sneaked to I the companion-slide of the cabin and fired a shot from the revolver at Mr. Fulloon. whilst he was thus ignorant of what was going on on deck,  being hard asleep the wie de time. The ball entered his arm, upon which he jumped up in his berth and began to feel for his revolver; while he was doing this two or three balls were fired into his lungs, which soon put an end to his struggles. The vessel WM then seized and taken into the river, Mr. White and his companions being prisoners. The valuable cargo of the vessel, the property of Mr. White, was taken out of her, and then commenced the destruction of the wend, Which, after stripping her of every article that was moveable, was set on fire and totally destroyed. Through the interference of the principal chief, Te Keepa, who lives about four miles from the Whale,tane Heads, Mr. White's life and that of his friends were miraculously saved; they were taken on by him and left in the charge of that venerable and much respected chief Apanm, whose heart yearned when he saw and heard the doings of his tribe. Mr. White and his companions were accommodated with a canoe from this chief, and reached in safety Maketu last night, when information was at once made before Mr. Commissioner Smith, who nodoubt will represent the case in a forcible light to the Government at Wellington ; but when it will reach them in a question, and when it doen reach them whether they will doanything more than they did when they heard of Mr. Volkner's murder by the same believers and promulgatorn of the same faith is another question. Mr. Fulloon was well and favourably known by all the Aukland citizens.