The Taranaki and Ngatiruanui are most disaffected; and no peace can be made with them while they retain the murderers of the Europeans among them, and come up in hordes as they have lately done at Burton's farm, to attack the settlement; which, since the town defences have been constructed, they will not now attempt; although they will, immediately after planting, return to plunder, and to kill off any unexpected parties of Europeans they can meet with; and failing success in this respect, they are very apt to carry out their revengeful purposes by attacking out-settlers at Whanganui; which is the next European settlement 140 miles south of Taranaki. The armed men belonging to the Taranaki and Ngatiruanui tribes may be estimated at 1200. of that