Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859), Friday 31 December 1841, page 2


SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF HOBART TOWN.

Arrivals. — December 25 — the ship Tuscaloosa, 283 tons, Taber, from New Bedford, 15th July last, with oil.

25 — the schooner Isabella, 68 tons, Griffiths, from Sydney via Twofold Bay, in ballast — passengers, Miss E. Fitzgerald, Edward Sidmond, Wm. McBullen.

26 — the bark Mexborough, 376 tons, Bridgman, from King-ston (Dublin) 12th August, with 143 female convicts and 85 children, Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Hampton, R.N. — passengers, Mary Penner, Mary and Jane Carroll, Ann Fox and five children. Hannah Murphy and two children. Jane and Catherine Nowlan. The Prince Regent, with male con-victs, sailed the 6th of August.

27 — the bark Conrad, 361 tons, Campbell, from Canton, 2d October, with tea — passenger, Robert Simpson.

Departures. — December 22 — the schooner Prince of Den-mark, 127 tons, Smith, on a sealing voyage.

28 — the brig Highlander, 219 tons, Lucas, on a whaling voyage.

24 — the schooner Marion Watson, 146 tons, Douglas, for Sydney, with sundries.

24 — The schooner Industry, 96 tons Mathews, for Port Phillip with sundries.

24 — the barque Maria, 280 tons, Miller, for Singapore, with

sundries. 24 — the bark Maria, 280 tons, Miller, for Singapore, with sundries.

26 — the schooner Lillias, 88 tons, Smith, for Port Phillip, with sundries

26 — the barque Mississippi, 365 tons, Rossiter, for the South Seas.

26 — the steamer Shamrock, Ayling, for Port Phillip.

IMPORTS.

Vessels entered inwards from the 21st Dec. to the 28th Dec.,

1841, inclusive.

For schooner Agards (?) — 102 sheep, Order; 2 cases starch, Weyland.

Per schooner Isabella —246 sheep, Dr. Imlay.

Per American ship Tuscaloosa — 12 barrels black and 800 do sperm oil.

The bark Conrad — 3703 chests, 1832 half chests 749 ten-catty boxes hyson skin tea, 200 ten catty boxes hyson, 200 do twankay, 200 do pouebong, 200 do souchong, 200 do, gun-powder, 200 do orange pekoe teat, 443 chests 150 half chests eongou tea, 62 chests black leaf pekoe, 80 chests twankay tea, Order; 3 cases merchandise, Captain Campbell.

EXPORTS.

Vessels entered Outwards from the 12th Dec. to the 26th Dec.,

1841, inclusive.

Per bark Hebe — 102 casks black oil, C. Seal; 372 bundles whalebone, W. M. Orr; 185 casks black oil, 83 bundles whale-bone, 137 bundles whalebone, 111 bales wool, Kerr & Co.; 71 bales wool, J. G. Jennings; 69 bales wool, G. Hunt; 41 bales wool, J. and W. Robertson; 1 case curiosities, J. Lester; 1 ditto, W. D. Bernard; 1 package linens, G. Rees.

Per schooner Marys — 1 tierce tobacco, G Bogle; 3 tierces tobacco, 30 quarter casks Teneriffe wine, J. G. Reeves; 3 tons flour, J. and R. Walker; 3 bundles leather, 40 dozen kangaroo skins, 10 cwt. ginger, G. Clinch; 20 tons flour, 300 bushels bran, 1 winnowing machine, 30 casks ale, 80 hams, 10 tons rice, 5 tons sugar, 5 bags saltpetre, 10 cwt ginger, D. Mac-

pherson.

Per schooner Marian Watson — 34 casks tallow, A. H. Man-ning; 71 bags bark, 1 case leather, F. A. Downing; 1 billiard table, J. Duncan; 13 cases straw bonnets, 3 tons hay, A. Mor-rison; 193 bags bark, G. F. Evans.

Per bark Mississippi — with original cargo.

Per schooner Industry — 90,000 shingles, 20,000 laths, 100 posts and rails, 200 palings, 200 feet timber, 30 spars, 3 bushels apples, 2 bags onions. — Houghton.

Per schooner Lillias — 317 bags and 4 hhds flour, 6 hides, 1 bundle leather, 1 cask groceries, 3 packages tinware, 1 bale 2 cases slops, 1 basket hardware, 2 kegs gunpowder, 2 bundles scythes, 2 packages furniture, 50 cases 8 baskets claret, 1 basket drugs, 59 bags sugar, 14 chests 4 half chests and 4 quarter chests hyson skin tea, 20 half boxes black tea, 600 posts and rails, 12,000 shingles, 2 drays, 36 empty kegs, 57 stones, J. F. Strachan; 20 chests black tea, Kerr & Co; 14 packages hard-ware, 4 bundles spades, 13 kegs 15 bags nails, 20 camp ovens, 24 cash boxes, 6 casks biscuits, Jackson & Co.

Per cutter Shamrock — 10,000 feet timber, 10,000 palings, 3 tons flour, 3 packages leather, E. Ware; 5 packages slops, 2 packages groceries, 2 packages hardware, 15 cwt. sugar, 1 bag coffee, 3 hhds 10 quarter casks wine, 3 boxes tea, D. Macpher-

son; 2 tons flour, J. and R. Walker.

PORT OF LAUNCESTON.

Arrival. — December 28 — the schooner Minerva, 110 tons, Fawthrop, from Portland Bay, Henty & Co., agents, with sundries — passengers, John and James Whyte, Esqs., William Corney, L. Wheatley, R. Lavender.

Departures. — December 23 — the bark Ganymede, 238 tons, Jobson, for Singapore, Down & Co., agents, in ballast.

24 — the brig Fox, 163 tons, Irving, for Swan River, J. Griffiths, agent — passengers, Æneas Allan.

24 — the schooner Will Watch, 63 tons, Harding, for Port Phillip, Fisher, agent — passengers, Messrs. O'Connor, Miller, Lewis, Murray, Ankin, and Clarke.

24 — the brig William, 149 tons, Le Grand, for Sydney, J. Griffiths, agent — passengers, Messrs. Morton, Griffiths, Miss Williamson, Mrs Hart and four children, W. Foster, Miss Foster, J. B. Shortis, Edward Mathews, John Duglin, Maria

Watson.

24 — the schooner Dusty Miller, 90 tons, Sanders, for Port-land Bay, J. Guillan, agent — passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, D. T. Gladwell, Richard Haggerty, John King, James Connor, Henry Sisson, Donald McKenzie.

24 — the schooner Bandicoot, 55 tons, Campbell, for Hobart Town, Connolly & Co., agents, with sundries.

27 — the schooner Royal Mail, 90 tons, Hay, for Sydney, Hay, agent, with sundries — passenger, Mr. S. Spyers.

29 — the schooner Sir John Franklin, 52 tons, Jenkins, for Melbourne, J. H. Campbell, agent — passengers, Mr. Athorne, Daniel Colman, John Carroll.

Arrived at Circular Head, on the 19th instant, the bark Emu, 381 tons, Howard, from London, 17th August, and the Cape of Good Hope, 8th ultimo — passengers for Circular Head, James Gibson, Esq., Mrs. Gibson and two servants, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Grigg and six children, Miss Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Rouse and six children, Mr. Wiltshire, Mr. Carr, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Corney, Mr. Hicks, and 30 indented ser-vants with their families — total, 96 persons. Passengers for Hobart Town, two Mr. Chapmans, Mr. Chaptan, Dr. John-son, Mr. Atkin. The Emu will leave in a few days for

Hobart Town.

MARKETS.

HOBART TOWN MARKETS, DECEMBER 30.

The market for grain continues excessively dull; little or no business doing. Prices rule nominally as under.

Fine flour at the mills, £20.

Wheat, 7s 6d to 8s; oats, 5s to 6s; barley, English, 6s to 6s 6d; Cape do, 4s to 4s 6d; Cobbett's corn, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel; hay, (pressed) £8 to £8 10s, old ditto, (loose) £6 10s to £7, straw, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton; Port Arthur coals, 20s, delivered; Sydney ditto, 45s per ton; she oak, 10s 6d; gum wood, 7s 6d per ton.

Potatoes, £14 to £16 per ton; cabbages, per dozen, 2s; turnips, 2s, carrots, 2s per dozen bunches; cauliflowers, 4s per dozen; new potatoes, 12s to 14s per cwt; peas, 4s per bushel; cherries, 8d, black and red currants, 8d per lb; straw-berries, 2s, raspberries, 1s, gooseberries, 3d per quart.

Turkeys, 14s, geese, 12s, ducks, 8s to 10s, fowls, 4s to 6s per pair; eggs, 2s per dozen; fresh butter, 2s per lb.

LAUNCESTON GRAIN MARKET, DECEMBER 29.

Union Steam Mills.

Wheat 7s to 9s, barley 6s to 7s 6d, oats 4s to 5s 6d, pollard 2s, bran 1s 6d, per bushel; flour, first quality, £22, se-cond, £20, ration, £16 per 2000 lbs. — Launceston Advertiser.

SYDNEY MARKETS, DECEMBER 11.

Since our last not the slightest improvement has taken place in any of our markets, nor have we heard of any private sales having been effected; in fact, every description of busi-ness has come to a stand still — no prices can be affixed to any articles. The sales by the hammer of goods driven into the market leave such results as have never been before known in this colony — scarcely enough to pay freight and charges; this, however, is partly owing to the goods not being adapted to the market; one sale of well selected dry goods (at Lyon's) having shown a very different result from the generality of the

sales.

Flour. — There is no change in the price of this article since our last report, the sales of colonial flour are still affected by that of the imported flour.

Bread remains unchanged in price; several of the manufac-turers of inferior bread are selling the two pound loaf at 4d.

Wheat. — On account of the harvest, but five loads have reached Campbell-street during the week; the prices given for it have ranged from 5s to 6s 3d per bushel.

Barley. — Only two loads have been sold at the stand since our last week's report; the prices given were from 2s 9d to 3s per bushel; the dealers are asking 4s per bushel.

Oats. — None have been received for some weeks past; the dealers are charging 6s per bushel.

Hay continues to be of a fair quality, only thirty loads have been brought from the interior since the week began, but the scantiness of this supply is mainly to be attributed to this being the wheat harvest time. There it an abundant first crop of hay already secured by the growers, but they have not time at present to get it sent to town. There it also a good prospect of an excellent second crop from the late abundant and seasonable rains. The price given in town for new hay varies from £7 to £9 per ton

Vegetables. — Potatoes have declined greatly in price during the week; the best Derwents are now 12s per cwt, and new colonial from 7s to 9s per cwt. It is evident, from the quality and abundance of the latter, that a considerable number of the settlers have turned their attention to the growing of these, and there is little doubt but ere long we shall have no occasion to import from either New, Zealand or Van Diemen's Land. — Sydney Herald.

ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.

MONDAY.

Two Farms in the district of New Norfolk, at his Mart — Mr.

T. Y. Lowes.

General Sale, at his Mart — Mr. T. Y. Lowes.

Merchandise, at his Mart — Mr. T. Y. Lowes.

TUESDAY.

Stock-in-Trade, &c., on the premises, Bee Hive Stores, New

Wharf — Mr. D. Taylor.

WEDNESDAY.

Books, Reviews, Magazines, &c., at the Company's Mart —

Mr. J. C. Stracey.

Land, &c., in New Norfolk and Hamilton, at the Company's

Mart — Mr. J. C. Stracey.

THURSDAY.

Household Furniture, at the Argyle Rooms, corner of Liver-

pool and Argyle-streets — Mr. T. Y. Lowes.

FRIDAY.

Taylor's Porter, at his Mart — Mr. W. T. Macmichael.

China Goods, at his Mart — Mr. T. Y. Lowes.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The Observations are taken at 2 o'clock each day. | Dec. | Days. | Barometer. | Thermo- | Wind. | Weather. || | | | | meter. | | || | 24 | Friday. | 29 44 | 71 | N.W. | Fine. || | 25 | Saturday. | 29 42 | 66 | S.W. | Squally. || | 26 | Sunday. | 29 50 | 65 | S.W. | Showery. || | 27 | Monday. | 29 70 | 65 | South. | Fine. || | 28 | Tuesday. | 29 80 | 65 | S.E. | Fine. || | 29 | Wednesday. | 29 50 | 71 | N.E. | Fine. || | 30 | Thursday. | 29 50 | 67 | N.E. | Cloudy. ||

Hays.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The COURIER of Friday next will contain two wood engrav-

ings, representing James Williamson and George Bailey as they appeared in the dock at their trial at the Supreme Court on the 20th December instant, before His Honor Mr. Justice Montagu, for the wilful murder of Thomas Lord, at Swan Port; together with some interesting parti-culars connected with the lives of these unhappy men, who

are doomed to suffer the extreme penalty of the law on Tuesday next.