QUEENSLAND.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 240, 26 September 1862, Page 5

QUEENSLAND.

- Brisbane, ISth Sept. The professedly shipwrecked mariners have been identified as having belonged to the Briton's Queen. They have been arrested, and wilt be tried on the charge of mutiny. The plunder has beeji discovered in the boat.

Daring Robbbrt.—On,Friday morning, a man with » horse and cart paid a nocturnal visit to Brearley's tannery for the purpose of plunds?. Hesuccesded in placing about thirty green h'dwon hit dray, and managed to escape notic3 until he left the place.' Mr 8. B rear ley followed afte? the robber, and came np to him vftfe hi* horse and cart, between the Breakwater and Bawdea'a MUI. , Here th% cart stack fa»t, *a& Mr Breariey, taking advantage of-tbe accident, inquired what he was about. The fellow said lie had a lot of hides which be wished to leave on the spot to as to allow tlie hone to proceed on with the dray. He was accommodated with tbe ateistane« of Mr Hreaiw ley in unloading the car*, when, aa soon ew tiie hides ■wen placed on the ground, the owner charged him with stealing tliem, and required him:to accomnanv him to town. This the thief wfus^^nT^VlKri pursuit took place,^but owing to the darl-nsas the jßian managed to escape fo the scrub. He hMaot yet been apprehended. The howe, cart, «nd Mdes, are in possesnon of th? poUoe.-<3«teM 'CknSSi September 9;

Tot Photidkst lHßwo«.^-The meeiinir of the depositors of tlwrroridenMurtitttte.^dd in tl^Me--and- numbers could not gala sdqiiSfrom^Sof room. Tbe.excitemeut .seemed' to be mort intSse; especially amongst the "female portion 'of thTa* smblage/who mustered very strong. Owing to the persons who had called the meeting not pnttfoa m an appearanee,.tlie proceedings were not a£ fi»t eoni ducfa d with any regularity It was W me time be- • fore a chairman was appoiuted, the meeting havinjr 1 denoted Mr Vine, who bad assumed thechairmtattiao and fixed upon the Rev. Mr Ballantyne as the most '* suitable person to occupy that position. •' -Before this was done, however, Mr Butters (of Baillie W ' Butters) got on the platform, and said that as the i conveners of the meeting bad not appeared, he had i taken the s esponsibilitv of paying for the roca. --He a'so informed the meeting that proceedings bid been taken to protect the property of the depositors, and that probably affidavits .would be in court that morning which would have the effect of placing (heir property in the bands of the Master in Equity,' an intimation -which was received with strong marks of dk— approbation. - The meeting first proceeded, to discuss the propriety of appointing a committee' to investigate the affairs of the Institute, and bring-up a report at the meeting that is announced for to-morrow: bat this idea was generally discoursed as At was evident, that the committee could not in that brief period make any very searching enquiry, it was also suggested that two professional accountant* iv the interests of the depositors should be aswdatedJwith;the directors' while they ,were preparing their :statement; butf neither was this suggestion accepted. The only posi: five information received by the meeting was that from Mr Bydes, who bai been appointed by thedireW tow to prepare the statement That gentlemen informed the meeting that the rumour that some of the j securities had been pawned wiia incorrect,-as they, were all safe in the iron chest of the Institute. He I said that Jhe securities consisted of £160,000 on- real «escate, £50.000 comprised in the advance to »lr j Enoch Chambers, together with somepreferent shares io the Brighton Railway Company, in addition to ; which thsre wire some smaller securities. Mr. Sydes ; expsv«s?d it aa his opinion from what be had seen of the acconnia of the Institute, that if the depositors ' • proceeded with caution; the loss would not be much, x and they would realise a good dividend. Mr. Clar-1 ; son. who professed to have some knowledge of the i ; matter, 83id he believed tbst at the very worst they ! < would not realise less than 15s ia the £1. Mxz \ a long dfecussion it was ultimately concluded that the i most prudent course would be to take no action antil f the directors presented their report, and the meeting 1 accordingly adjourned until to-morrow. ■■.- .--■ • ,