NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.

VOL. VI. AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1846. [No. 13.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 10th September, 1846.

H IS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
has directed the publication of the
following Despatches, for general information.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary

Rebels were killed in that rencontre and two
wounded, and that their loss during the war
has been more severe than we were led to
believe.

Wellington, 1st September, 1846.

SIR,—I do myself the honor to transmit
for the information of His Excellency the Go-
vernor, the enclosed Despatches from Major
Last, Commanding the Troops, Captain Stan-
ley, R. N., Commanding H. M. S. Calliope,
the Inspector of Armed Police, and the Inter-
preter to the Forces, detailing the proceedings
taken against the Rebels under the Chief
Rangihaeata, since the departure of His Excel-
leney from the Southern Division; which, I
am happy to state, have terminated, after pur-
suing him from stronghold to stronghold, in
the total dispersion of the enemy. This, how-
ever, Fregret to say, has not been effected
without loss on our side. The friendly Natives
having been surprised by a party of the Rebels
near to the last position they took up on the
ridge of hills behind Wainui, by which, and
in the subsequent skirmish, three of our Allies
were killed and three wounded; but on taking
possession of the stockade, (Pouaha), which
the enemy shortly after abandoned, two bodies
were discovered, one of which was recognised
to be Epau, the murderer of Andrew Gillespie,
It has since been ascertained that five of the

Our Native Allies followed in the pursuit
from this position to Waikanae, continuing
their route a'ong the ridge of the mountains,
supported by a force consisting of Captain
Stanley, R. N., with part of the crew of H.M.S.
Calliope, Captain McDonogh and his company
of Militia, and the Inspector (Captain Durie
of the Militia), with the Armed Police, which
moved along the coast. Beyond Waikanae
the tracks of the enemy were lost; and it ap-
pearing from the evidence of three of their
women, who were made prisoners while in
search of food, that the Rebels, wretched and
half-starved, were completely broken up and
divided into small parties. Further pursuit was
abandoned, the Port Nicholson Natives
considering they had performed their duty in
driving them out of their District, and Wiremu
Kingi considering he had fulfilled his promises
to His Excellency. Captain Stanley therefore
re embarked his men, and proceeded with the
Calliope to Porirua, where he will remain till
after the trial of the Prisoners, the Militia
marched back to the Taita, where they arrived
yesterday; and our Allies of the Ngatiawa
tribe, are now on their way to Port Nicholson
-leaving the Police Force for the present at
Waikanae. Puaha with his followers are,
however, still moving on towards the Mana-
watu River, where he expects to fall in with,
or obtain tidings of, the enemy, it being sup-
posed they were making for Rangitiki.