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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 431, 22 October 1866, Page 2

What Kelly Said. —“lt was impossible,” says the Nelson Mail, “ for one person to hear all the the condemned men said on the scaffold, as they were sometimes all speaking at once. A person who was in the yard and close to the scaffold in* forms us that ho distinctly heard Kelly say to Levy, ‘Never mind, Phil., Dick did all he could for us.’ ” Levy’s Speech. —The Nelson Colonist says:— “We hare the best authority for saying that Levy’s statement where he alleged that the Super*, inteudent patted the murderer Sullivan’s cheek, promised him a pardon, and told him to cheer up, is a falsehood from beginning to end. Mr Sharp also says that the statement that lie had refused to take any trouble about Levy’s, witnesses is equally untrue, lor he went out of his way in as* s.»uug him,"

The Late Captain Randall. —ln the Otago Daily Times of 13th Oct., we find the following report:—An inquest on the body of the late Captain Randall, of the P.,N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s steamer Otago, was held yesterday afternoon, by Mr T. M. Hocken, Coroner, at the Provincial Hotel, Port Chalmers. The body bad been "brought ashore and placed in the Morgue j where it was viewed by the jury. Capt. M'Eiauon being the foreman. The following evidence was afterwards given:—Jemima Randall: I reside in Dunedin. The deceased, Thomas Randall, was my husband. We were married on the morning of the 10th inst., at Christchurch. I left Mel* bourne with deceased on the 26tb ult. He was master of the steamship Otago. During the passage down, I saw him constantly. He seemed to be quite well all the time, as far as I could see. The Otago arrived at Lyttelton on the 9th inst., and the same afternoon we went to Christchurch to be married. We took rooms in the Clarendon Hotel, and he went out with a friend, Mr Lewis, to make arrangements for our marriage on the following morning. He returned about eleven o’clock at night, or between ten and eleven; and he then seemed perfectly well, and retired to his room. I met him at breakfast as eight o’clock the next morning. He was still quite well; and after breakfast we went out to purchase a few trifles. He then complained very much of the heat, and of pain in his head. We stepped over to a shady part of the street, not many yards from the hotel, and he looked very strangely at me. I spoke to him, but he did not answer, and then he -commenced to spin round, turned six or eight times, and fell down in convulsions, as I thought. He struggled, and foam came from his mouth. Some gentlemen came to his assistance, and I fetched some water. When I returned, in less than ten minutes, he was not in convulsions, but was insensible. I bad him conveyed to the hotel, ■and he seemed to recover completely. This was about ten o’clock ; and about twelve, we went to the Registrar’s office, and were married by Dr Barker. We returned to the hotel, and he had some champagne. Before we had been in the hotel balf-an-hour a buggy arrived, and we drove off to Lyttelton, where we arrived about four ■o’clock. He went to the Custom-house, and elsewhere on bis business ; and then we went on board a boat, and were conveyed to the Otago. We retired to our cabin, lie was afterwards •away for half-an-hour, and was on the bridge, taking the vessel out of port. He then returned to the cabin. That would be about five o’clock, 1 think. Dinner was served to us there, alone. During this time he seemed quite well, but once or twice he said that ha wanted rest. He did not make as hearty a meal as usual. After dinner, I fell asleep. I awoke about seven o’clock and called out to Jum was he asleep. I did so two or three times, but he did not answer; and then X wont to him and tried to rouse him. I could not do so, and rang for lights. The Stewardess came. He was then lying with his face buried in the pillow, his left hand was clutching part of the berth, and the other arm was hanging over the side. 1 believe he was then dead ; for I had tried to lift one of his arms, and it felt quite heavy and cold. I was hurried out of the cabin as soon as tlm steward and stewardess had brought lights. Philip Riley, second steward on board the Otago, was examined, and William Clayton, the chief officer, was briefly questioned, without being sworn. Neither of them added any fact to what has already been published, except that Mr Clayton stated that in two years and a-half, during which he had sailed with deceased ho had seen him in a fit twice:—The coroner stated that Dr. Buchanan and Dr. Menzies had been summoned; but they had called upon him and explained that they could not give evidence of any value, as Capt. Randall was undoubtedly dead before they were called on to give assistance. Such being the case, he had not thought it necessary to require the attendance of either of the gentlemen.—John Drysdale, a duly registered medical practitioner, at Port Chalmers, by whom a post-mortem examination had been made, described the appearance presented by the heart, lungs, and brain j and said that he had no doubt that death resulted from appoplexy.—The jury at once returned a verdict to that effect.—The funeral took place about half-past three o’clock. The body was borne from the Morgue to the Provincial Hotel, and thence to the Ceinetry, by the crew of the Otago ; some of her officers being pall bearers. Amongst those who followed were Mr Clayton, the chief officer; Mr Broadrick, the Company’s agent here ; Captain Thompson, harbor master, and Captain Dickie, his assistant; Captains Renner (Wellington,) Jago (Lioness), M'Kinnon, and Malcolm: Messrs Bradshaw, Haughton, and O’Neill, M.H.R.; and a number of residents in Dunedin and Port Chalmers. The Rev. E, Q-. Edwards, of St. Paul’s Church, Dunedin, officiated. The Otago M.H.R,’s.—We copy the following from telegraphic intelligence published in the Canterbury papers, bearing date Dunedin, 11th October: —The arrival of the Otago members was the occasion of a greatdemonstration on the wharf. About two thousand people were present. Major Richardson was hooted, and escaped rougher treatment by the intervention of his friends and the police. A similar reception was given to Messrs Paterson, O’Neill, Burns, and Haughton. The band preceded them playing the “ Rogues March,” and the mob followed, hooting and groaning. Mr Vogel was cheered, and almost chaired to bis office. A requisition has been sent to the Mayor, in which the City Members are requested to meet their constituents on Monday evening. Cantkbbubt Railways. The railways in course of formation in Canterbury seem to be rapidly exteding from the centre, Christchurch, throughout the province. The southern line commenced some months ago, was to be opened yesterday as far as Rolleston, a township about ten miles from Christchurch, For the occasion a general holiday was to bo proclaimed, the line to be opened with all the ceremony and gala preparations suitable to the inauguration of such a stride in advance of the progress, and there was to be a turn-out of volunteers to do honor to the opening of the second line of Railway in Canterbury.

It la said that the maintenance of the Austrian army on its present war footing cost* the nation something like £OO,OOO a day.

Latest raosi Wanganui. —The Wanganui Chronicle of tho 13th inst., contains the following A letter from the front, dated the 9th inst., written hy Wirihana to his freends at Putiki, gives an important item of intelligence. He says that on the day mentioned. Major M‘Donnell had sent out one of the prisoners, taken in the recent fight near Ketemarai, to the hostile natives on a mission of inquiry. He bore with him the tokens of peace and war, usual on such occasions—ammunition and a handkerchief, and the disaffected tribes were asked ones more to choose. They did choose and the handkerchief was readily seized upon. The spokesman was Tomati Oraukawa, chief of the Ngatiruanui, who expressed for himself and the other chiefs their willingness to come in—“to bow themselves down,” to use native phraseology. Whether this change has arisen from the late thrashing, or the still later reinforcement of Kukapas to the colonial force, or both together, showing how hopeless any struggle must be, it is pleasant to announce the fact. Of course, there is little confidence to be placed in the protestations of such men, but coming as they do from Tometi, who has frequently expressed himself as determined to fight to the death, they are significant. The Gotebnob. —His Excellency the Governor proceeded to Wanganui yesterday by the p.s. Sturt. It is supposed that he will visit Patea and from thence proceed to Auckland and Kawau. Our Southern friends would, therefore, appear to have to wait indefinitely for his Excellency’s long promised visit to their cities.—Wellington Independent, 16th October. Buegess’s Gang. —The West Coast Times says :—Reverting to the late dreadful atrocities which were perpetrated by Burgess’s gang, we hear that Sullivan is persistent in his delaration that many murders beside those already known were committed by his confreres in crime. Sergt. Dyer, who has lately returned from Nelson, states that during his stay there he several times conversed with Sullivan, who distinctly avowed that Burgess and Kelly many times boasted of their nefarious practices in Westland, averring that they had made away with many travellers between the Kanieri township and Hokitika, and buried their bodies in the bush. It was in that locality where the greatest number of their diabolical acts were committed. We are inclined to doubt this assertion, from the fact that never, in our recollection, were any inquiries instituted touching the sudden and mysterious disappearance of mates or acquaintances, which surely must have taken place had such a wholesale system of slaughter really been adopted. Opotiki.— The Southern Cross of the 9th inst., says :—“ By tho cutter Whitby, from Opotiki, we learn that all was quiet, and there was no apprehension that tho natives would attack the post. The cutter Margaret, lately seized by the orders of Major St. John, was lying at Opotiki, and Captain Young and his crew were there, patiently waiting till some investigation is made into the affair. The cause of the seizure of the Margaret was an accusation that Captain Young had supplied the natives with spirits, and as Major St. John has, it seems, entered into trade himself, he at one stroke vindicated the law and crushed a rival trader. As we formerly stated, a whole mob of natives had assisted in getting the Margaret over the bar, and as payment begged for some grog. Captain Young, we have been told, gove them two bottles of wine. For this the Margaret has been seized, and the captain, crew, and vessel will possibly be released after an annoying and costly detention ; or possibly Captain Young will be brought before a Court with Major St, John as Judge.