LATEST FROM WANGANUI. INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. HEWETT

Evening Post, Issue 6, 14 February 1865, Page 2

LATEST FROM WANGANUI. INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. HEWETT

We tnUe the folloWi'ij* from the Wanganui Chronicle of Saturday last:— An inquest was held to-d xy na to the circumstances of Mr. llewett's death, before Hugh Ross. Bsq.,cjroner. It lasted for some hours, and we cannot to-day give the evidence that was adduced ; but it was much to the same purport as the above account, and that .given b> our correspondent at Stewart's redoubt. The only new point of importance brought out was that Mr. llewctt had Ijeen warned to go into town by a native tight days before the fatal occurrence. The following i?, in brief, the verdict of (he jury:— / ''That the deceased was muitiered by some penaa of the aboriginal ruce to the (jurors unknown, and that siid person was aided and abutted by ctrtnin other persons o£ the nbori«*mal roee also, to tho jurors unknown." The jury added a recommendation that the authorities should bring in t hosts settlers who might be con si lered to be in danger, and an expression of regret that the militia hail been called out to occupy the redoubts so far from town, as it engendered angry feelings between the natives and the settlers, which may have Jed to the present murder. The funeral of the deceased gentleman took place this afternoon, and was attended by a number of the t mnspeople and military. The name of the nvirdered militiaman was John Hobson. lie was a tall man of full six feet, and about 35 years ot a^e, anil uninnrri d. lie has a brother in Tasmnnia lie hail been ailing for some time, and was not able to keep up, with his' Companions when given chase to by the Maoris* of wh.in there whs a cdnsidwublo nu i.ber. - Tliey were ii'iove a mile from the redoubt. tunH having only one gun, had nothing for it but to,run. The unfortuna'o man was overtaken by tha ft-.ndish Majr s, after hiving had his right arm broken by a shot immediately above tlis wrist. They then despatched, him with iheif tomihawiw. A liwivy blo\V has been givuti tm the left shoulder, and several on the rLjht ji le of the netk and the bi'-k of the huad. The liwtT part of the thin is nearly cut off by one stroke, an.l ihe upper lip l»y another. iiAcross the eyes and t'orauplH tlie faae is gui c battered in. 'Ihe remains were brought into town yesterday, and interred this afternoon.

A siiauper took passap« in an emigrant ship from Bremen to Baltimore, amii convincing the emigrants that gold was not current in the United States, succeeded in •. buying with greenbacks nearly all the gold inthe possession of the passengers; at a discount, of 30 piT cent. The sharper cleared upwards of 3000 dollar by bis rascality.