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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 17, 24 October 1861, Page 6 (Supplement)

Insurrectionary movements in Spain and Portugal have been suppressed. Much agitation prevails in Poland. A cliango will shortly take place in the Judicial department of the Colony, as we observe by a notification in the Times of 2!)th June, that the “ lion. John Carr, Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, has been appointed Chief Justice New Zealand, in succession to the Hon. Mr. Arncy. An Incurable Drunkard. —One Simeon Tate, says an American paper, was an incorrigible bacchanal. Ills wife tried many schemes to redeem him, but without avail; at last Mrs. Tate bethought herself of another plan of making a reformed drunkard of her lord. With the assistance of her two brothers, she caused her husband, while in a state of insensibility, to be conveyed to an apartment provided for the purpose, in another house, and a man with whom Mr. Tate was unacquainted was appointed to stay with him until he had recovered the use of his senses. Tliis attendant had received his instructions, and was prepared to act a part which was designed to frighten Mr Tate out of his bad habits. It was nearly midnight when Simeon awoke, and he found himself lying on a pine table in a dim and strange apartment. Eaising himself on one elbow, ho looked around until his eyes rested on a man seated on a stove, smoking a cmar. “ Hollo! where am I?” said Simeon “In the Medical College,” said the cigar smoker. '“What a’ doing there?” “Going to be cutup.” “How comes that?” “Why you died yesterday while you were drunk, and we brought your body to dissect.” “ It’s a lie ; I’m not dead.” “No matter. We bought your carcase from your wife, who had a right to sell it—for it’s all the good she could ever make of you. If you’re not dead that’s not the fault of the doctors, and they’ll cut you up dead or alive” “You will do it eh?” asked the old sot. “ Ay, to be sure we will—now directly,” was the resolute answer. “Well, can'/, you let us hare a little of something to drink before yon begin /” Mrs. Tate and her brothers were hard by, listening to the dialogue. Simeon’s last speech convinced them that the case was hopeless, and it is not likely that any other attempt will be made to reform him.

LATEST FIIOM THE OTAGO GOLD FIELDS. The last escort arrived at Dunedin on Friday last at 3p. m., with 12,200 ozs. gold. Several new gold fields had been discovered, but the extent of the fields is not in proportion to the number of persons on the diggings. The Superintendent of Otago issued a Proclamation for circulation in the Australian Colonies, with a, vievy to check the indiscriminate rush which is taking place, cautioning intending diggers as to the present state of the diggings. Thousands of persons continue to arrive at Otago from the Australian Colonies. Capt. Bowden estimates that there were 50 square rigged ships inside and outside of Otago when he left independent of smaller craft. 2726 persons are reported to have arrived at Otago during the week ended 4th October. There was a great number of large vessels entering Otago as the steamer left all full of passengers, including the ship Robert Henderson, from the Clyde, after a quick passage of 84 days. The s. s .Ald'mga from Melbourne arrived at Otago on the 4th, with about 200 passengers, and the p. s , Kembla, from Sydney - with about 200 passengers on the sth. The p. s. Rainbow , from Sydney the 2Gth September, bound to Otago with passengers, put into Lyttelton on the 4th inst. for coals, and sailed again on the 7th at noon .