THE LATE MAJOR HUNTER.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 409, 21 November 1868, Page 7

THE LATE MAJOR HUNTER.

A correspondent of the Grey River Argus contributes the following facts concerning the life of the late Major Hunter, who fell whilst leading the storming party at the unsuccessful attack on the rebel fortification at Okutuku. He was the son of a gentleman of property in the north of Ireland; his mother (who survives him) was a daughter of the late Thomas M'Gee, Archbishop of Dublin, a divine of great learning, aud well known in the world of theological literature. He was born about the year 1833, and was therefore 35 years of age when he met his death in the defence of his adopted country, to which he had emigrated in 1861 with his brother, the late Lieutenant Henry Boyle Hunter, who only so lately sacrificed

his life fighting with equal gallantry in the same cause. He was educated at Postora School; Enniskillen, and subsequently at Trinity College, Dublin. At the outbreak of the CrLmeau war, ho was appointed a altern in the Antrim Rifles, in which he served some years. In 1857, he passed the school of musketry at Hytne; obtaining a firstclass certificate, and on the outbreak of the late war in the North Island, in 18G3, Lieutenant Colonel Pitt, afterwards Military Secretary to Generals Cameron and Chute, selected him for the post of Adjutant of tho Ist WaiLato Regiment, with which he served for nearly five years. On the formation of the newly-established corps of tho Armed Constabulary he was appointed an Inspector, and although charges of cowardice were made against him, he has sealed the refutation of the charge with his life's blood.