17 MARCH 1866, Page 2

The settlers in - New Zealand are getting rid Of the soldiers,

and prospering in their work almost in proportion 'as they get rid of them. General • Chute has taken 'another pals, and inflicted a severe defeat on the fanatics. He appears to be acting in a very different spirit from General Cameron, to whose bad conduct it is attributable that the colony in=still at war 'at all.