LATEST PARTICULARS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 117, 22 May 1863, Page 2

LATEST PARTICULARS.

(I* roin tbe TuranaJA Herald , May 9.) The SLorm Bird went down yesterday to Tataraimaka and brought up Private F. Kelly, the only survivor, who was slightly wounded himself, iiis statement of course is by far the most valuable, and is cheering at least in this, that those of our men not struck down at once died fighting bravely.

In speaking of Lieut, Tragctt, he says, “ Lieut. Tragctt asked me what we should do F I said we had better retire while there are three of us alive. He answered he ] could not retire and leave the wounded on the beach.” And so he stayed and died nobly like a true soldier. The inquest on the bodies of Lieut. Tragett and Dr. Hope and the soldiers murdered at the Wairau by the Natives was concluded at an early hour this morning,—the jury having taken all night to consider their verdict, which was to the following effect:— “ That the said Thomas Hcathcote Tragctt, William Astle Hope, Samuel Ellers, Samuel Hill, John Flinn, Edward Kelly, William Banks, and Bartholomew McCarthy, on the 4th day of May, 1803, at Wairau, m the Province of Taranaki, were cruelly and barbarously murdered on the public highway while in the peaceful discharge of their duty by certain persons of the Native Race to the Jurors unknown, by Gunshot, Tomahawk, and Spear wounds, and of which wounds the said Thomas Hcathcote Tragctt, William Astle Hope, Samuel Ellers, Samuel Hill, John Flinn, Edward Kelly, William Banks, and Bartholomew McCarthy did languish and die.” The following was the rider appended. “ The’Jury are of opinion, from the evidence presented to them, that though the Government were in possession of information showing the dangerous state of the road to Tataraimaka, owing to the threatened recommencement of hostilities sufficient precautions were not taken to guard against such murderous attacks from the natives of the disaffected District which there seems to have been great reason for some time past to dread. “Francis Uixathorx Gi.rmull, For self and Jurors.” From the South we hoar that a fresh party of Ngatiruanuis, to the number of 200, is on the road up. We are able to state that the Waitara block is now given np by the Governor, not given to any one iu particular’, but ho simply withdraws from it and leaves tho owners and those who claim to bo the “lords of the manor” to settle their title among themselves. Tho Mataitawa natives have been invited by tho Governor to live on the block.

‘Teira,’’Tamihana tolls us, “is to receive £6OO, from the Governor.”