LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 40, 8 February 1864, Page 3

LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

""' By the arrival of the Plicebe, '".weT have our! Northern files to the 20th -January."- ,H -.' ■..•;!?-.■, 'j-: TUIKARAMEA. :: . ; " j (From the Correspondent of Daily 1 Southern -.:.,'■■: . • i.'OrflSS.) ./ . ' ■;.; ,:■ i. -.'":" ! „ . ' Thui'sday, January 21. [ 'Significant signs pp ii, : speedy movement of the .camp from this place, become ..every day more manifest, and tho spirits of the officers,; men, and all connected Jwith" the! force here; are correspondingly raised.. This. 'morning a narty ofmonwiw. told off for the purpose of pitching fonts iriade of blankets/ to ailbrd thej officers of the i staff an opportunity to, decide' upon the best ; constructed, .and^, at.. the same time least cumberspme to carry after being taken down. A triahgular;shaped tenti,. formed by two blankets sitpporfod by a; ridge-pole! and two; upright sticks,, was the one adopted] as being* most capticiousi accommodating foui) men, and which could be . erected' in the shortest period of Imie'i ■ Wlieh^the advance is therefore made no tents will beitaken at; the outset — each man .carrying his own blanket; ...and four .persons ..being ..allotted to ft each tent, 1 two of their blankets serving for roof covering, and two .for, sleeping 'purposes^ :- 1 r'_ It is confidently expected we shall be on the move again in a few days — most likely on Tuesday J Three 12-poundW Armstrong guns have been brought up to Whata Whata from Ngtia-uawahia, -and four mortars— two 5-iuch and two 8-inch— are also on then 1 way, or have arrived at the same place, but why these pieces of ordnance should be brought only to Whata Whata, instead of being conveyed here at once, I cannot understand; It at least gives some semblance of truthfulness to the rumour, now going the round of the camp, that the General and stall' are again about to 'take up their quarters -at Whata Whata. [Here our correspondent suggests another solution of the point, but as it might possibly give a timely hint to some " friend " of the natives, we prefer excluding it from his letter. Our readers will have timely information of the movements made; but, surrounded as we are by native spies,' we will- avoid conjectures that mav po-ssioly give them a valuable hint. — kd. b.s.c.i •'■'.'■'' The Avon came, up., again to-day, and brought a few stores. Eive head of cattle were "brought in about the same hour by troopers of the Colonial Defence Force, from Ngaruawahia. The weather for the last two days has been unpleasantly rainy for the .greater portion of the days, g IThis, morning Dr. , Mackinnon and Mr. Mainwaring proceeded, by request of the General, to Karakariki, the residence of William' Burton, for the purpose of affording medical advice and assistance to Sophia, the daughter of Takcretirau, who had been conveyed there after she had been wounded over the knee, at Rangariri, Some hopes, it appears, arc entertained of her recovery. A liberal supply of wine, tea, and sugar was supplied for her. use. The statement in the Herald of the 19th, that a native spy had been captured at headquarters, tried by cotirt-martial, and shot, is without the shadow of foundation. No such occurrence has taken place, nor has anything occurred to lend, a colour to it.