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 textures of the Waikato in telligecce are conti.med Rewi and Kingi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively er gagid  organizing armed opposition to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the num)er of saveral htindred—sume say 200, others 300, ard others again state that Rewi started at the .1.-ad of 500. We do nor, therefore, know the exact numbers, but our information leads us to conclude that 300 is about the 'ruth. The native educational and industrial ,stablishment at Te Awurnutu 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 )ews may come any moment of an outbreak at l'aranaki, when it would not be safe to remain unprotected amt 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 suround the movement for reinstating the Taranaki settlers on their former holdings. Tne professions of friendship vc hich Thompson and some other chiefs make are of little use; and we see no prohtbie end lo the present state of things unless B.itish law end authority are estbb.islitd Ihrougli out the island, or until the natives shall have ceased to exercise any political influence owng to their natural decrease."  The Taranaki Herald of the Brh of May contains the details of t. e tnurcer of two officers and eight men of the 67th Regiment :—'• A party of the Comrnissatiat Transport Corps, with two drays and 12 bullocks with supplies, were on their way to T taraimaka, on the 4th of M y. and, having erossei the Oukura river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some heft mile before them. They saw that a party 01 soldiers and two horsemen, who proved to be (All cers, were attacked, and saw some of them fall, when they immediately abandoneo their carts, and hastened back to the Poutoko, and gave information of what they had seen. Captain Shortt, with a party of 30 a en only, from the Redoubt at Poutoko were the first to al rive at the spot, followed &tort ly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was their mournful task to gather the bodies of the following officers and n en, savagely murdered :  Assistant •Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment. Colour-Sergeant Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment. Serge ,nt Samuel Hill, 57ta Regiment. Private Edward Kelly, 57th Regiment. Private John Flynn, 57rh 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 the officers 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 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 wnole settlement.