THE REVOLT IN NEW CALEDONIA.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1402, 13 August 1878, Page 3

THE REVOLT IN NEW CALEDONIA.

[Bt Telegraph.]

[Per Hero, via Auckland.] The troops, after destroying a village, were, upon their return to camp, attacked by about 250 to 300 Natives at Boulapari. Waiting for a pUce sufficiently open to afford a chance of seeing the savages, the troops kept on their way, and then suddenly turned. Over fifteen blacks bit the dust. How many more were wounded is unknown, for the rebels disappeared iu the thick scrub as though by magic, to-morrow much is hoped for from an expedition to be made against the insurgents by the Canada tribes, assisted by the soldiers Everything remains quiet in all parts of the island, except at the scene of the revolt, and there operations are circumscribed to a very small area. The attack organised yesterday resulted in the destruction of villages only, the natives fleeing amongst the mountains. Many people express surprise that more is not yet achieved against the insurgents. Not so those who come from the scene of action, and «re well acquainted with the country and its black population. T hose, better-informed, know that the tedious process of starvation and black against black must be the means to be depended on for the reduction of this handful of agile devils, who leap from ro k to rock, dive into the friendly covering of tlio thick-tangled bash by paths known only to themselves ; or disappear in the numerous ravines worn in the mountain side by rains. Up to the latest moment the numbers known victorious (as the victims ?) iu the late revolt is 118.

A late despatch of 15th July, says an ambuscade succeeded against the revolted tribes, and killed the son of a chief and sever.*! others. There have been burnt and destroyed in the last day or two twenty more villages, iestorday some natives bearing the tricolor flag came in and offered service to the Government at the camp at Boulo.pari. At Bouril two tribes of natives were fighting amongst themselves. Several were killed.

There is great dissatisfaction re Crown grant. A party of native officers sent by Ratu Eskeli Pako to capture an offender, committed a great outrage, They confined all the male 'nhabitants of the village in one building, and the ’.emales in another, and subjected the latter, respite their cries and struggle*, to indiscriminate volution. On the intelligence reaching the European officer at Noumea, ha ordered the arcat of the offenders, and forty were punished.