ARRIVAL OF THE "LORD WORSLEY."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3, 18 November 1861, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE "LORD WORSLEY."

The "Lord Worsley" arrived yosterday, but we were not able to obtain possession of files of newspapers. Apropos, we trust captains in future will remember that a daily paper is being published in Dunedin, and lose no time in furnishing it with late papers. In a few days we -will have a regular agent at Port Chalmers.

The " Lord Worsley " brings 90 passengers, including no less a person than Mr. Stafford, the late Colonial Secretary.

Sir George Grey had departed for the Bay of Islands. Bishop 23elwyn had gone to Taranaki, where he vras most coolly received. These are all the items of information at our command. *

Yesterday morning the body of a man was \ found floating in the Bay between Dunedin ii and Port Chalmers. The features were very much decomposed, and the appearances be- ' tokened that the body had been in the water eight br ten-days. It is supposed to be the unfortunate man Carey, drowned through the \ upsetting of a boat in the Bay some days back. It may be remembered - that Mr. Macandrew ■ was in the boat, and had a very narrow , escape with life; The body was taken to;, the Provincial Hotel, where an inquest will be held on it. y;

Coach to West Taieri.—We observe that a coach will' henceforth ply to and from Dunedin and West Taieri daily.

Several,instances have lately occurred of horses bolting in the town, and serious accidents have only narrowly been avoided. The following: account from the "Sydney Herald" ought to induce more caution—lt details an occurrence than which scarcely any'accident could be. more dreadful:—" One of the most frightful accidents from the bolting of a horse that could possibly occur, happened . yesterday evening. A youth, supposed to be named M'Dermott, about sixteen years of age, was catching a" horse- in- a paddock in the neighbourhood of Camperdown, or was letting it loose* when the animal took fright, and bolted along .the Sydneyrroad, past the? Uni--■versifcy, and down Parramatta-street; dragging. the unfortunate jouth, whbse ; righf\vrist\vas enclosed by-the halter with: a slip-noose^ after him.«<. Soon after the horse bolted,- the.halter, madsg^of leather (to >which- the f rape was fastened) clipped" from the;brute's.head to liis shoiild6rs:i thus giying him -additional power to' drag the body,of the: boy. The animal galloped at'his greatest speed till he reached Mr. Gleeson's public-house, between Liverpool and Bathurst-streets, when theTop'e broke, and the '.'. dead body of the.poor lad was left lying; inthte middle of "the street; The •mutilated mass: then -..presented., appearances ,too, horrible for description.' The frightened•.'horse? was soon afterwards stopped in j h is career s and se- - cured.* A- Mrs;, M'Dermotty identified the bodyras that of rher>sonr.by afipeculiar button sewn on by* herself,'and jadhie ring jto a fragment of his dress lefit ;ihanging;toothe body—*- i the mutilation of Ih^ remaiii» being; such-a^'to defy identification.

•[•TFe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed ~hj our ' Correspondents. Correspondents must forward their* names, not necessarily for insertidh>dut as,a guarantee of good faith."] . To the Editor of the Otago Dai*,y Times. Dtmedin Isth\Noy,,- 1861* Siß>—You do me dnjustice by your reflections in this morning's paper, "On my arrival' iij Dunedin lam not aware that I adopted,,any. mystery. In reply to numerous interrogations .my .invariable answer was—Mr Read " hadmot discovered anything which should induce a digging population to launch out into the country on the south side of the Molyneux ; T knew nothing- more, and Mr, Head would be better able to explain the rest on ;hisarrival in town;" I have been on the gold fields from their first day, and I am certain those who know me the best will be the most astonished at the nature of your remarks. Since the fifth week of the diggings, down to the. present time, rushes have been continually occurring, and no one could ever trace their origin. I believe it has been the same on all the gold fields for the last ten years. Men who suffer from their own imprudence are not apt to trace their troubles to the proper cause, but I am sorry to find the name of myself, a private individual, paraded in the columns of a paper, as for once the discovered cause of one of "these infatuations. Should the reports, which I read in another paragraph of your paper, turn out to be based on fact, I might perhaps he tempted to proceed to ■ Mount. Valpy to receive an ovation. Be the matter as it may, no man wiilhave a right' to attribute either his" success,or. failure to any action on my part.—Xam,&c, Thomas-Brookes. [¥/"e have only to repeat that Mr. Brookes gave many persons'to understand that he was in possession of important information concerning Mr. Read's movements that he had promised that gentleman not to divulge. It is within our own knowledge that in reply to. enquiries made of him for the local press, Mr Brookes replied "that he had been .with the Superintendent and refused to tell him, and it was not likely lie would tell any one else.]

To the Editor .of the Otago Daily-Times.

Si's, —I have read in your issue of Friday Mr. M'Grae's report of his prospecting1 in the Northern District, avid I wish 10 expose the absurdity of his remarks, regarding' the hardships said to have been undergone by his party in consequence oi alleged discourtesy on .the...part of Mr. Thomson.-

I have, of course, no time to communicate with-' Mr. Thomson, whose hospitality, however, I am perfectly assured of; bat I merely wish-to know why Mr. M'Crae should have wanted animal food for several days, when within live miles of him, upon the adjoining ran, Mr. Black was ready ami only too anxious to supply him with any quantity of either beef or mutton at town prices. I happen to know that Mr. Thomson has no wethers or fat stock of any kind for his own use at present, and that he is obliged to get his supplies from Mr. Black.

Your readers- will now be able not only to detect the evident ill-tempered and uncourageous nature of Mr. ■ M'Crae's attack upon an absent gentleman, but will also appreciate the ludicrous exhibition of self-importance engendered by the little authority, which has not yet had time to sit easily, upon the shoulders of the Government Prospector.

I am, ,&c, Fair Play

To: the, Editor of the Qtago Daily. Times*

Dunedin, NoV; 16th, 1861.

Sir, —We, the undersigned passengers and stock-owners by the brig " Missie," as strangers in your land, beg you wiii favour us and the public at large by placing before your readers the following brief statement of melancholy facts, which can be proved before any tribunal of justice.

We are but hard-working industrious men, who to advance our interests embarked on board the brig " Missie" on 19th of last month, at Melbourne, for the gold regions of New Zealand.

Ere we were four.days at sea, it was discovered by all of us as also by Captain Keenari, the officers and crew, that we M were short of water; the tanks being leaky. The Captain, agreeable to our wishes, changed the course of the vessel towards Melbourne,' for an additional supply^ steering towards the "Heads" ; but soon—to our surprise,, and without consultation and to our grief, and .regardless- of our welfare—put to sea again, though a fine mare died, owing to the want of proper fittings to the ship, which caused the utmost alarm, twenty horses being put into awful motion by the rolling of this little thronged vessel, breaking through their fastenings which were insufftcient, and falling upon each other, to the great terror ami danger of their owners. This state of things continuing, we were obliged to be on watch, night and day, to save the lives of these animals; on which our hopes mainly depended j but.notwithstanding1 all our exertions, seven other horses, the best of the lot, from want of wateiv (now being lesgv than three insteadof four, gallons,, the quantity each, should have had according to. agreement), died, and were cast overboard. This is but a short, though" perfectly true statement of the loss we sustained, which* when ! added to the* loss of about 150' sheep out of 34jO >; sacrificedthrough the same reckless <■■ neglect ,< of duty—perishing with thirst;before,oiw ey,es-r-4s very considerable* amounting to seye.^ or eight hundredi pounds perhaps. We beg* farther: to; add, thatx the-12 -poor horses andu tiie sheep*. which barelyescaped death, are greatly reduced, the latter now presenting a mast v melancholy appearance, and all, of course, reduced in value for this market.

Eor the sake o£" justice, humanity and- truth, and in order that, others.may escape,similar misfortune, we beg, to suggest'the utilityfof givingtlus.our true stEctementthat puhltcity which humanity, to man and beast demands':

Sip, your,,obedient servants, The unfortunate o\v>ners .of ihe lost -property % Mi*,- K.i Hedges; \, J. Bell. l'1 Mr. Mukray, J. Stalki?ii;. ! C. Bokbury: 1?± J<>nes, A. GcOODWJX: Sj? KB A VAN AG If. ; -M^- Bunk .. , J;;, M*3^i^AKj- ' J/.CTftJBSeOWTHICK;.1- J^S. ;/ EbGQARa'Y o ThoS,., itIEAVJW,AX.