We refer our readers to the truly interesting journal j detailing the incidents of the late fight between the Arawas and the Ngatiporous, at Matata, which we publish elsewhere. The approach of the enemy to attack Fort Colville (an almost impregnable position), garrisoned by British troops and having an Armstrong' gut in position ,' and their repulse and flight before the guns of the Falcon and Sandfly, are told in the order of events. The incidents are affecting, and illustrate some of the best and worst features of the Maori race. What could be finer than the devotion of the aged wife of the slain chief Beckham Wynyard? What more cruel than her vengeance ? What more dispicable than the conduct of the tribe, who 1 sought to make a gain of what, amongst civil ized men, amounts to 1 a- religious' duty ? They fought well, and cruelly; but' they fought for plunder and revenge ; and although we do not think the Arawas are at all likely to join the Ngatiporous/ as they have-since been invited to do, in the "patriotic" task of "smothering the? pakehas," .we are bound. to]4uribute. their -^d* hesion,to the Grown to. its true cauS^—the 5 knowledge • that we are the stxonge'fjferty— * and not to' any* fondness 1 they hayew^v acct order.' The ' Arawa-s ar loyal, and they will remain ioyaL . They are committed on our side, and k will only be the grossest mismany agement and • neglect that 'will turn them against us.
Auckland. THE NATIVE FIGHT AT MATATA. (From the Southern Cross, May 7.)

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