THE PETITION FROM THE MOLYNEUX SETTLERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 304, 10 December 1862, Page 5

THE PETITION FROM THE MOLYNEUX SETTLERS.

The following petition from the Settlers in the, Molyneux and adjacent districts, was presented to i the Provincial Council by Mr Oswin on Ist December :— :, ;- «TO THE PjIOVINCIAIi CoUNOIIi OF OIAOO. > "The, humble Memorial of the undersigned, Settlers in the Molyneux and adjacent Dis- '.';■ trit^fahe^eth: - ■">./. ;W- ■ -V-.--.. •' 1. That' your Memorialists reside in one of the finest agricultural districts inthe Province, and oiie1 peculiarly adapted for depasturing sheep and cattle, bearing comparbon\wijth any other. / -,;,•■. " 2. That ,the natural outlet to this country is the, Clutha River, navigable to a distance of nearly 30 miles at all sejisons.by vessels 'drawing four feet of water, thus providing a means of transport to the ioterioV of the country enjoyed byino^other. pairfc^of the'Province.^ :■:■■ '"^-Thafc; the?land included?in the Hundreds] of East and West Clutha,,Popotu^^ WaitahunaJftndepeud^iit"of a considerable pbrtiqn of the TokonMiriro hundred on the baaks of the Clutha,) is about 227,600a0re5, of which no less; than 100,000 Jacresr iave been sold, and a great portion of that which remains will be .shortly surveyed, and thrown into the market. ' " 4. That this district includes the Townships of the 'Molyneux and Kaftangata, and the Town Reserves of the Ferry, - the Houk, Waitahuna, and Tuapeka ;*all of which are on the banks of the Clutha River: the first mentioned being a sea-board town, and the latter the present navigable limit,, they may both becime places of considerable importance; »'• '' " 5. That the t Clutha River and the road from'thV Molyneux Township afford to the Province the'onlyj reasonable means of competing.with the noighboiiug Province of iJouthland for the supply, of the minoig ] population residing in the neighborhood of t the. Waka^ tip, and of rendering cliea(i the necessariesi of life- to, tjiose "residing Tuapeka,' Waitahuna, and other* goldfieWsJ f •«: t' * - '•»*•■-/' «♦> u> l v "i* &- That' .up., toi the present;iime,vlihe »Burer&i without any stenmer, and the roads unmetatye^ and in an impassable stats thus effectually retarding the

in tl!«? AH swqs reaUsed f^*'-the .sale of land Sisk??i. S- pte amounfc -to ujore 'tuan LtOO.OOOwhilst tin (Government expending;! ja.Jadiu-thut on .mam lines, .will Fall short of LIO.OOO. * the sale of lands, the amount of land still unsjl-j an 1 i made aa-will open un the anvipftihiMi i 1 ! V.!?.:.; -[87 Signatures."] tarv Iwf^l gir<; pl};?T he Pr°vincial Secretary was.^euet^d bjr.Mr Oswin yesterday :~ —provincial'Sed-etary'sO fflce. «<?;,. t •■ . une:Ji:l. Btu December, 1562 ' nf o b r ,ir'"T l. ami" s-truCted to ttikiidwledge the receint of a memorial, from certain' settlers in the Mom ux develop, hem Auiong these J s 7, .i S ' ' i. Tiie granting o( a subsidy for h coastal steamer to ran between DuaeJia ajwlikawa^ ». f. ii '*m? ll!t'°<' <* tte Soutliern Interior Road I Hive the honor to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant " Signed) THOS. DICK, «A. F. Oswin, Esq., Duneai^ 11™1 BeePetßr^

THEEMPSi M 0^ CH d (From the Courier.) anttZh COrresP°^ent of the Times, writing ?£. pLf J ' f yS !"7r? e contin^ successes of the Confederates, and the decided superiority their armies and still more, their geneVals, seem to have established over those of their antacoais^ naturally embolden the hopes of SmSnzyml France That the Emperor is very much disposed to adopt that course there cannot be any doubt. EnrlSh ?! andlß qU, ite Certain 'thafcto various English genelemea who, being lately over in France, at Chalons or St. Cloud, hadinterv Ul with him m which the subject was Sroacled! he did not conceal the Tie* he took of the question, as decidedly favorable to recognition! d uhl& ulsh ,Ul at the En Siißh government could besought to adopt it. Ho/far tIS t hkely to be the case you are better situated to judge than I am. All I can tell you on the ma. Saw?? l fen e Ta persons and friends of Confederates, who profess to have reasons for knowing that the American question is to be made, some time in the course of next month, the subject of very serious deliberations" on the part of the British Cabinet-deliberations which those same persons hope may possibly at no very remote date, lead to. the recognition they so greatly desire. And, encouraged by recent triumphs, they sanguinely reckon on fresh ones coming to give increased force to the claims to acknowledgment by European Powers of the independence of a country which has already shown itself so competent to maintain its rights aud fight its own battles. In the way of news from America, we hear that the Alabama, Confederate man-of-war, the departure of which from Liverpool was lately noticed, has by this time arrived out at the Bahamas, where she was to be met, it is said, by another Confederate armed steamer, which would place herself under tho orders of the Alabama's commander, the renowned Captain Sommes. These two steamers it is considered, will be amply sufficient to aive an account of the Federal cruisers which have been allowed literally to blockade Nassau. It is further stated to-day that French cruisers in the Grulf of Mexico, on the look-out for Mexican vessels, have captured some Federal craft, which it is thought may lead to complications. Another incident which, if confirmed, and it reaches me from good authority, is not likely to improve the state of feeling between the Cabinets of Washington and Paris is the discovery of 30,000 muskets having been sent from California to Mexico, with, it is positively affirmed a sum of money in addition. There is said to be satisfactory proof forthcoming that the arms and specie proceeded from the Federal government and not from individuals. Finally, a Paris paper noticing the arrival at Birritz otM. de Chasseluup Laubat, Minister of Marine, says that his visit to t^e Emperor is ia connection with the Mexican Expedition, " which will, it is stated, bo raised to 60,000 men, including the Lorenoez division " Without fixing an exact number, there is reason to believe that the number of troops sent to Mexico (or possibly in the first instance to the French West India Islands) will be considerably larger than was quite lately expected. Of course, if it prove to be thus, many persons will be hard to persuade that such an expedition, so much larger than is necessary to accomplish French objects in Mexico, has not been formed also with a view to future eventualities or contingencies in the Anglo-American conflict.

CAPTURE OP TWO Otf THE SUPPOSED MAIL ROBBERS. (From the Bathurst Free Press, Nov. 8.) Oa Thursday afternoon a mounted troopsr named James Wright, having received information that three men were in the neighborhood of Kelso, who it was believed were concerned in the robbery of the mail on Wednesday night, he at once proceeded to that neighborhood and came in sight of two men, who, with their horses, were stopping at Vines's public house ; as soon as they saw Wright they mounted their horses and rode ' off. Wright galloped after them for about two miles, when one of them losing his hat, immediately threw away his blankets and pint pat, which were strappgd on to the horse, and the trooper coming within hailing distance, ordered them to stand; oneo* the men did not reply, bat the other said he would sooner be shot than stand. Both the men galloped oa, and the trooper threatened to fire, and as they would not stop, he shot one of .the horses through the head ; the horse at once stopped, and the trooper then ordered the nder to dismount and lay down ; he replied that he would sooner be shot than do so ; the other -man then galloped towards the trooper thinking to rescue bis mate, bat Wright covered him at oocewith his rifle, and pulled trigger, but tfie cap missing fire, the bravado came nearer still, but being covered,with a revolver, became somewhat alarmed and jmade off. Wright having, after marching a mile, given his prisoner into thecharge of the foot police atXelso, gave chase to the other man and when turning sharp round the corner of a fence, carno upon a third man of the party; this man had a revolver upon him, but being ordered to stand lie did so at once; Wrighf then took the revolver from him and brought bim to Kelso, where he delivered him up to the police, and with several other troopers proceeded at a rapid pace in search of the third man, who, in the meantime had got so far a-head that they could not overtake him. It is believed that the man who escaped had a considerable sum of money in his possession • and as he can be identified by several parsons, it is hoped he will yet be captured. On the same day three other persons named Dillon were apprehended by S. U. Wilson at their .own residence at Winburndale, and were brought into Bathurst. The five men were examined privately by the bench yesterday,-and remanded to the gaol, bail being refused- ,*» The Yield op (Joed.—accoMu^ to official U'.cuments anUysed bs th » Journal dee De&afr.'the value of gold-exported from' California from 1848- whon t: c gold mines tegan to be worked> up, Jo the enfl of *85y, was 2,660,000,Q00f.. , W (i at f^ m Australia from . 1031 : 52,; when the^workiag of- tbe *ruMs commenced, ' &p to tue-ltid of tOe same year,>:is"JlsJ^)UQ,OGOf.~ ' tofcdl,. W2,000,000f. J : As; -however,* a "k - wot'omciiuly wgisteteii \v/hh ' ?- - »^J«m^ot;> countries, the prolMV^Ufe^ii^sa^s 4e. 4 'S^P^ ?a*u<J 'P* 6 -wfal lexpoict was «i)&ut E6«),ooo,p^of. To* be iddeiliboui Woatern coast of Africa, A» previously to 1848 thsro -i J' ■■