The fighting at Waiapu between Morgan, assisted by a party of volunteers from Hawke's Bay, and Patara, is still going on, apparently without any decisive result. Morgan's people are busily em ployed on a very large pa. Two settlers, named Peachey and Collier, wlipse native wives had joined the Hauhaus, came on board the Zillah, and reported that Peachey's store had been robbed by the friendly natives, who said they did so because they suspected that he had been supplying arms and ammunition to the rebels. Peachey and Collier wanted the captain of the Zillah to take the vessel to their stores, and ship what remained of their goods to .Auckland. Tho settlers from tho whole district arc coining- in, with the intention of leaving for Auckland or Napier. Some of the Napier volun teers, who came off, reported that they hed had an engagement a few days before with the rebels, and had captured a pa without any loss to themselves or to their native allies. Several of the enemy -were killed, but the majority of the occupants of the pa escaped. A woman stood at.one of the entrances to it and fired a msßket repeatedly at the advancing party. She was afterwards taken prisoner. Fo^ty women and children were captured, but so infuriated are Morgan's party that every man who falls into their hands is despatched. The volunteers are waiting for the reinforcements that have been-.pro mised, when they say they will attack the Pukemaru pa, and then scour the country to Opotiki. The Bteamer St. Kilda was lying at Waiapu. When the Zillah was off Tokomaru, a boat came off at night with an armed party of friendly natives, who warned the captain not to put in, as the people on shore had threatened to kill all the pakehas that might come, and destroy the vessels. Rota Waiota reports that his house, near Hicks's Bay, had been entered by the natives, who destroyed and threatened to kill him ; so he has come up to Auckland with his wife and family. — Weekly News, August 26.
