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Otago Witness, Issue 15, 30 August 1851, Page 1

Dunedin. Markets. Retail Prices Current, August 30, 1851. First Flour, W 100 fts., 30s. 355.; Bread, W 41b loaf, Is.; Beef, sd. to od.; W »• 5 Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Pork, 6d. to 6|d. ; Fresh Butter, Is. 6d. ; Salt do., Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. ; Ground Coffee, Is. 10d.; Tea, 2s. Od. ; Raw Sugar, 3|d. to 4|d. ; Loaf do., 7|d. to Bd.; Mould Candles, 7d. ; Cheese, Is. ; Milk, 3d. to 4d. W quart; Potatoes, 4s. to ss. Od. W cwt. ; Firewood, W cord, 12s. to 165. ; Sawn Timber, 10s. to 12s. W 100 ft. ; Shingles, 12s. W 1,000; Bricks, £2 ss. W 1,000.

RATES OF POSTAGE. Ship Letters, not exceeding £ oz 2<l Do., do., exceeding J oz. and not exceeding 1 oz 4d. Exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 1£ oz. 6d. ljoz. " " 2 oz. Bd. And so on in proportion, being 2d. for every halfounce, or fractional part of half an ounce. Letters for any part of New Zealand need not be 2>repaid, and Newspapers are sent Free.

The arrival of the " Fly" from Lyttleton has confirmed the apprehensions which previously existed, and imposes on us the melancholy duty of numbering among those who have perished in the ill-fated " Maria" Mr. Deans of Riccarton, and Mr. G. P. Wallace of Wellington, two old and valued colonists. Mr. Deans came to "Wellington in 1840 in the " Aurora," the first emigrant vessel, and after remaining some years in this settlement, removed to Port Cooper, where he was joined by his brother, and establised a nourishing sheep and cattle station ; Mr. Wallace also was well known and respected as one of the earliest colonists. Their melancholy fate has excited the deepest feelings of regret, and increased the pain and sorrow which has been occasioned by this distressing calamity.— N. Z. Spectator. Extraordinary Accident with FireArms. — A very serious and unfortunate occurrence lately took place at Cahirciveen, which, it is feared, must have terminated fatally. Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Twiss, and some other gentlemen, dined together at the hotel — Fitzgerald's. Some discussion arose after dinner between Mr. Twiss and another of the party. The person with whom Mr. Twiss had the discussion left the room. When he had gone, the latter observed that he had never seen a duel, whereupon Mr. O'Connell said he would show him the way, and got a pair of pistols that had been for seven months in Dublin. They took one each, presented at each other, and pulled the triggers, when unfortunately the pistol which Mr. O'Connell had happening to be loaded, the bail passed through the right shoulder of Mr. Twiss and lodged in the other, causing the most frightful suffering, and inflicting, it is greatly feared, a mortal wound. Dr. Crump was called in at once, and the wounded young man sent for Mr. Dillon, R.M., and made a declaration that the transaction was purely accidental, stating, that he should not die in peace if he did not make a declaration to that effect. A serious accident happened on board the " Calliope," 26 guns, fitting at Davenport for the New Zealand station, on the 3d February. The vessel was being taken out of harbour into the Sound, in tow, by the " Avon" steamer. She was starting all well, when it appears the ship gained way on the men working at the capstan ; and on their -walking back to give each hawser an equal strain, the capstan " ran away/ carrying every one before it. The commander, Sir Everard Home, Bart, was most seriously hurt in the head and also in one of his legs, and several of the petty officers and men were also injured. The ship was again placed at her moorings .and would not leave them until further orders. It is said that five deer (two bucks and three does) had been captured on Mount Edgecumbe, and shipped on board the " Calliope," for breeding in New Zealand. [We since learn that H.M. ships Calliope, Fantome, and Pandora, have arrived in Sydney.] Idleness. — It is a lamentable fact, that in this city there are hundreds, if not thousands, who are absolutely doing nothing, find who are acquiring habits of idleness that will unfit them for fttt.Ore life. The crowds that daily gather ar&iymtfur courts of justice, the swarms that hang^bont our gambling tables, and the hundreds that are brought together in an instant by a noise or fight upon the Elaza, exhibit the numbers who are wasting their }ime and youthful energy in idleness and sloth.— Alta California.