THE NEW ZEALAND CAMPAIGN. General Order,—No. 106.

New Zealander, Volume I, Issue 10, 9 August 1845, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND CAMPAIGN. General Order,— No. 106.

Sydney, 16lh June, 1545. His Excellency the Lieutenant Geneial Com* mauding, lias much pleasure in publishing, in general orders, fur the information of the troops serving in this command, the following letter, addressed by his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand to the Officer commanding the troops in that colony. By command, &c. E. M. O'Conntec, Major of Brigade Government House,

Auckland, May, 18. Sir,— l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of )our letteis dated the Ist, 7th, 9th, 12th and i7tli instant, giving a detailed account of )our militaryuperations, m consequence of the instruction* contained in my letter, of the 23th ultimo. Allow me to offer my hearty congratulations on thesatisfactoiy result of your exeitions, and those of Her Majesty's forces, under )our immediate command, or zealously co-operating. j The rebels are beaten and dispersed, their pah, or \ fortification, impregnable to musketry, trebly stockaded with walls, embankments, and ditches, is abandoned to the loyal natives. Their leaders lleki and Kowaiti hive fled to the woods, and their remaining followers are few in number. Their loss has been great. More than fifty weiekilled inaction with jour forces, and about one bundled and fifty were wounded. Seveial chiefs of notoriously bad character are among those w ose lives paid the forfeit of their destruction of the settlement of Russell or Kororarika. From the information hitherto received I am inclined to believe that the beneficial effects of your crptdition are greater, and would be more lasting, than you would now 4 uppose. The gallant behaviour oE Captain Denny and the ligtit company of the 58th, the exemplary coi.duct of the brigade of seamen, and marines under Capt. Johnson, and the complete unanimity between' the English and the loyal natives, have caused sensations not likely to be forgotten.. I haxfe no hesitation in asserting that mutual good feeling between the two races has been much increased by these proceedings, and that each holds the other in greater tespect, and that a wore kindly inteicourse will be the consequence, lint these de suable results have nut been effected without serious loss on our t>ide, whi h I lament deeply. i'llteen killed and thirty wounded are on our list, a largenumber out of tnoseactually engaged | 1 do not lor a moment lose sight of the diflicul- j ties, and extreme risk uhich)ou encountered in j such Odd weather, without means of transport,] without tints, without guns, and by no means I ceitain how far the natives said to be friendly, would act up to their piofessions. On behalf of the colonists, the officers of the local gocernment, and myselj, 1 now beg to offer }ou, and with youtsell, Major Bridge, and the officers and men under }our command, very cordial and earnest thanks for the public sei vice leudered so willingly, and with so much zeal, at the most critical period that has yet occurred in the existence of this colony. 1 have the honor, &c. &c. ROUEUT FITZROY. Goveinoi uf New Zealand. To Lieut. Colonel Huhne, Commander of Forces.