Tiie following account lias reached me of the attack on the escort on 18th July, between Pokeno and Druvy. Tlie attacking natives amounted to above 250, being 100 liangiawhia natives (Ngatiapakura and Ngatihiwohi) , under Taati and others, 40 of the Ngatiinahanga from Waipa, under Watene, 50 from the Thames, and others from tubes in smaller numbers Among the killed were Kci.i, a half-witted man, a slave of the Ngatipou, Pumpkin, of Kawhia. (Ngatiapakura), Paul Titiko (Ngatikahu) from near Kohanga, and probably many others. The Merediths (father and son) are said to have been killed in the following manner. A party of Maoris were looking out for a good place along the i oad for an ambush where to wait for the escort. One was in advance, and Meredith passed him, and when his back was turned he was attacked with a tomahawk. Meredith threw him down, and the Maori called out to the others for help, who came up and finished the murder of the father, and likewise killed the son when he came up. The toma lawk used on that occasion lias a cut on the handle, probably from the axe of Meredith. The Kagiawhia natives have all returned home, as likewise a portion of the Ngatima hanga. Whether they purpose planting and returning to the scene of warfare I cannot say. They have probably been pretty well worsted down the w ay, as they have no boastful tales of glory to relate to those whom they left behind in their settlement They had been present at a skirmish at Paparata, of which they relate as follows. That they drove off the soldiers, who left one big gun on the field and 5,000 soldiers ! The rifles, they said, were lying so plentiful that they would not be bothered to pick them up. The improbability of these tales show how doleful to thuir cause the Irutli must have been. The Maoris say that the ' Avon,' steamer, came up the nvcr one day, and being fired upon by the Maoris, (who say they killed the pilot, a Maori), the fire was returned. One Maonon the bank was killed, a chief of the Ngatihaua, Tumulme by name, one of the King's ministers. They call him the King's mangai (moutli), as I presume he is chief orator or secretary. 