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Otago Daily Times, Issue 86, 24 February 1862, Page 2

Hawke's Bat.—The Cask of the Shirley's.--The SouUurn Cross says :—" In our last, we stated thattlfe cattle belonging to Shirley had not been returned by the natives. We find we were m error. In the 'Haichtfs Bay Herald, of the 11th, is the following paragraph :—' We have been requested by the Messrs. Shirley to state that their cattle have not, as reported in our last, been delivered up by: the natives.' On the 11th the action for trespass wag t"i"d- and on the hearing of the case of set-off on the same day, Mr. Shirley gave the following testimony as to the return of the cattle :—'Several sows and heifers wer* in calf when taken away, I pointed this out to the natives at the time. Sixteen of the cattle have been returned to me ; one milk cow is still miss:in"; six calves during their absence. The cattle were all in good condition when taken away ; .they. are in vcrv poor condition now. The natives did not | attend to the cows properly. Some 01 the cows are ! ruined for this season. I considered them worth £8 a head when taken away, but don't think they are I worth more than £5 now. Seven were m full milk when they were taken away; they are nearly all dry now. The natives used to drive the cows with them to their work for the use of the milk. I had no other !cows; I depended mi them entirely for my subsistence.'"

Mubkerods Attack os Dv, Neill, of thk6sth. —Tn our last we stated that tins gentleman had been attacked by two men of Captain fiercer s troop of tho Royal Artillery, and stabbed The wound, wean -dvl to le.irn, was not s.i deadly as rumour at first leseribed it to be, but Dr. Neill is still m a precarious "fcite although there is no apprehension ot his death, 'it appears that on Wednesday evemag last he was. met'bv three man when returning to the Otahuhu cunn" who knocked him down and took about &.1 and his ii.ild watch from him. When lying on the ground I.Dr "Neill pulled the handerehief off tue face of tho. !-nan who was kneelins: over him, for the purpose of identification. Tho man said, " I will take care tiiat you n"ver Rive evidence against me, and sfeinbea the unfortunate gentbman in the left side, but providenliiaHv above the heart. The 'hres misoreanta then. rin "way \ sollier of th? 65th shortly afterwards nWe'l wlicro I>V. Neill was -lying, and he requested I him to <-et a^s-tauoa, an.l go after his assailants. This man speedily pwenrsd help from his own regimant, and a corporal and a few msn kept them in view, follo«-inff them up to the camp of the" 70th re-iment, and "into the fe.'is of the Royal Artillery. Three men were amwtad. A court of inquiry was sitting but it has been adjourned until Dr. Iveill is • ble to attend. It is .said that the man who used tho knife can be identified by a horse-shoe" mark on his arm • and we have also been given to understand that on the person of one of the men arrested there has been found an envelope that was taken from. Dr... Neil! when robbod.— Southern Cro^s. Alhprt S'liith once wrote in an hotel visitors' book his initials. "A. S.". A wag wrote underneath, " Two-thirds of the truth."