Major Mair and his forces were at Maketu, having retiirned from the pursuit of Te Kooti. Tha Arawas re fused to go any further because they were short of provisions, and asked to be pttt on the same footing as the Europeans B was reported that Te Kooti is on his way to the Waikato to join Kereopa. Great alarm whs felt at Tanranga, and the garrison was under arms at night. The settlers had also-come hi from Taupo, some of them having narrowly escaped To Kooti, who was said to have 400 men with him, after losing their cattle and other "property On the 27th, the Tauranga " returned -to Auckland with I)r Pollen. She brought no news of any importance. To Kooti W&3 sup posed to be at Maungapowhatu. Colonel Whitmore arrived at the eclge c:' the- JSgairo swamp on the 22nd u1t..., and saw tiiree kaingas on ihe other side, -but foil 1 .;;: the passage impracticable. No fires wei allowed to be lighted during the night, anu on the 23rd the men were hard at wovV making ladders of poles and supplejack 1 :, yj enable them to cross the swamp, which is^J chains wide On the evening of tho S'ltl; they were still undiscovered, and the ladder. wore laid after dark. They heard the native* talking, and saw what appeared to be th>; preparations for the construction of a pah. During the night all silently crossed the swamp, and at chiylight they approached clos* to the kainga before they were discovered Some wero then seen running away, bt-t others approached with a white ila,g. crying. ' : Haeremai !" They proved to be Kaioano, Paepae, and Aperenike. Colonel Wliitmort who was in doubt regarding them, ran -with Mr Booth to meet them. He mct-Alntana'^ sons, who asserted that all the people were either his own, or belonged to a neutral tribe from Oraukuka ; that they were preparing .•'. pah, as. Tito Kowaru's force being bi-okeaup, they were afraid the}'" might suller from his pursures. A halfwitted man then told Mr Booth that Tito Kowaru, or his men, hacl toeii there, on which the Arawas were sent after these' who had been seou to run away, wh j were chiefly Avomen, but could not overtako them. 