The Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, THURSDAY, 26th OCTOBER, 1865. ARRIVAL OF THE RANGATIRA.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 318, 26 October 1865, Page 2

The Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, THURSDAY, 26th OCTOBER, 1865. ARRIVAL OF THE RANGATIRA.

Important from the East Coast!!

DECISIVE VICTORY By the Arawas over the Hau-hans I!

83 MORE PRISONERS ! * !

By the arrival, yesterday afternoon, of the s.s. Rungatira, Captain Seymour, from Auckland via the Coast, we have received some important intelligence from the scene of hos tilities ou the Blast Coast. The subjoined was handed to Captain Seymour by a gentleman who had been present at the scene of action, and for which we are indebted to the courtesy of V, Janisch, Esq. It wiil be seen that the number of killed and wounded on this occasion is entirely omitted. It is probable, however, that such was not known at the time of the departure of the Raugatira :

On the 12th instant th« Hau-haus evacuated their position at Matata, and proceeded towards To Teko, where they took up their quarter?. The Arawas, accompanied by the Eesident Magistrate, Mr Mair, followed on their track, and arrived at 'To Toko on Tuesday, the 17th lost., where they found Te Ua strongly encamped. No other means presenting themselves to take the pa than by sapping, commenced at once to drive. At three p.m. on Wednesday, the rebels asked for a truce ; and had twenty-four hours granted to them. On the 19th, at noon, fighting commenced, and ere nightfall Ngatikapakiao had effected a lodgment within a short distance of tho pa, which effectually cut off all communication with the river. A heavy fire was sustained on both sides the whole time. At. ft ur on the morning of Sunday, the 20th, the Pni Mnrires, seeing all their means of escape cut off, asked for a truce to treat for terms of peace. Die only terms granted was unconditional surrender. At seven the same morning they marched out. and gave up their arms. To Ua, the prophet, and 28 of tke men implicated in the atrocities of Mr Fulloon’s murder, are in charge of the Arawa police; the rest, some 51 men, are in the custody of the Arawa tribe. This important victory will be a most decisive blow' against tho Pai Marire party. It is reported that Kercopa is to be given up, either to Major Sfapp or the Arawas.

The Tauranga correspondent of the ITew Zealander, under date Oct. 20 says :—lntelligence has just been received in camp of a most pleasing and satisfactory kind, to the elicet that the Arawas, in conjunction with Mr Mair, K.M., are following the trail of the Hau hau murderers, who recently evacuated their fortifications at the Matata. Portions of the Arawas were dispersed in everv direction immediately after I left that district, and they have been so far successful in securing about -10 to 50 totara canoes, which had been secreted in various parts of the swamps, which abound to a very considerable extent all at the back of that district; they also, from this circumstance, got on their track, and while thus pursuing it came across ten casks of powder and a quantity of property, which must have been left, or rather abandoned, in their confused escape. Amongst the property which was found was some of the missing proj perty, letters, Ac., of poor Mr I" ulloosi.