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WHEAT TO ENGLAND.
THE tenders have been .taken at ,three
shillings and three-pence three farthings per
bushel, and wheat has been privately pur
chased at half-a-crown. At present there is
no demand for the Sydney market, and
although it is probable the price will rally,
the prospect is not so certain as to secure
full reliance. It is however highly satisfac
tory that news of a cheering description
has arrived from England. The result of
last year's wheat shipments has satisfied
the exporters, whose speculations have
netted from tfur to five shillings per
bushel. The English market is unlimited.
No quantity of corn we can raise will ma- ci
terially affect the price in Britain, and our Li
farmers have now certain data on which to it
base their calculations for the future. The tl
colonial growers must determine if wheat w
shall become one of our chief exports, or ti
if cultivation shall be curtailed.
For the guidance of those inclined to 1+
grow for the English market, we have com- I
piled a pro firma account sales, in which t'
every item of expense is included. It will d
be perceived that we have allowed sixpence a
each for the wear and tear of bags, which h
in every case ought to be returned. If the ,
colonial insurance offices will underwrite g
the risk of partial damage the merchants a
and banks will be prepared to advance a
three shillings a bushel. In our opinion v
0
the rate mentioned (ten per cent.) is sufi- (
cient to cover the risk arising from partial b
damage, and we trust the directors of the 11
various companies will unite, and, at least,
afford the settlers an alternative in the v
present depressed state of the market. We a
believe our calculation will prove safe. t
There is greater probability that more will s
be realised rather than less. London cor
respondents advise their colonial consti
tuents that Van Dieinen's Land samples
of wheat are in request, and speak strongly
respecting the firmness of the market. I
S00 bushels, or 100 qrs.,
at 62s.. .............. 310 0 0 s
Oharges.
Expense of 250 bags, to be c
returned ............ 6 0 0
Freight, is. fd. per bushel, C
and primage ......... 63 0 0 C
Marine insurance from par- c
tial damage and total
loss, at 5s. per bushel,
say 10 percent....... 20 0 0
Expenses in London, in
cluding dnty, landing
charges, rent, fire in
surance, turning, screen
ing, commission, and del
credere .............. 45 0 0 134 0 0
Nett proceeds (4s. 4Jd. per bushel)..£176 0 0
When we had written thus far we were
favoured with account sales of two parcels
of wheat shipped from hence, which we
subjoin verbatim:
Account sales of 139 sacks of wheat, ex Agos- i
tima, Volnum, from Launceston, sold on change.
61 quarters and 7 bushels
mi heat, smutty, and outof
condition. at Ss. 9d. .. 175 11 3
Charges
Freight on 307251bs gross
at is. 3d. per bushel of
GOibs................. 32 0 1
Prituage ............ 1 12 0
E Duty on 62 quarters at 5s.
and prime and post
entries .............. 16 1 6
L Interest on duty ........ 0 1 11
Dock charges, working out
and delivering into craft 1 7 3
Metage ex ship ........ 1 5 11
Lighterage, landing, and
delivering, at Is. per qr. 3 2 0
Granary rent .......... 0 9 6
Brokerage, at Is. per qr. 3 2 0
Del credere, 1 per cent... 1 15 1
I Commission on £175 11s.
3d., at 21 per cent..... 4 7 9 05 5 0
f Nett proceeds (4s. Gd. per bnshel)..£110 6 3
London, Nov. 1, 1843.
I Account sales of 60 sacks of wheat, ex Agos
tine, Volum, from Launcieston, sold on change.
24 quarters and 6 bushels
wvheat at Ols. p~er qr. .. 75 9 9
Char'ges.'
Frcight on I 22971bs. gross,
at Is. 3d. per bushel of
O0lhs.................12 16 3
P ]rimage...............0O 12 10
Duty on 25 quarters at Ss.,
rand prime and pJost
- entries..... ..........60 15 0
Interest on duty .........0 0 10
sDock charges, working out
Iand delivering into craft 0 12 4
Metage cx ship..........0O 10 8
' ,Lighterage, landing, and
adelivering, at is. per qi. 1 5 0
Granary tent........... 0 a 9
SBrokerage at is. per qr.. 1 6 0
SDcl credere at I per cent. 0 15 1
SCommission on £75 Os. Od.
at 2trpcr cent .. .......1 17 9 26 14 5
:1
eNett procccds (5s. per bushel).. £13 15 1
r Lmn~don, Nov, 1, 1842.
DR. LAN .- hbe hoisehold fuiiniture and other
effects, the property of Dr. Lang, were adver
tised for sale by the sheriff, on account of an ex
ecution for the balance of amount due for build
ing the Australian College. It was expected that
thr' committee of the subscribers to the fund
would interpose and satisfy the execution before
the day appointed for the sale.
MAURITIUS.-The Jaune GeUry, from hence to
Mauritius, had arrived.-Van Dienaca's Land
wheat had been sold at three dollars, and bran at
two and a half-dollars per loIobs, oats, we regret
to say, were not in demand, and realised one
dollar sixty cents per 100lbs.-The Augusta Jessie
and Bangalore had arrived from India with coolie
labourers.
SEaIous ACCIDENT.-lVe learn with munchi re
gret that the Rev. Mr. Davies met with a serious
accident on Saturday night. His carriage horses
are rather spirited, and he was at their heads
while his coachman was harnessing them. All at
once the animals started off, knocked Mr. Davies
down, and dragged the carriage wheels over him,
by which his hip bone was broken. die are in
formed that no immediate danger is apprehended,
but from the nature of the injury, his recovery
will be protracted. The archdeacon, who officiated
at Longford on Sunday, will occupy the pulpit
next Sabbath, and Mr. Davies will arrange tor a
temporary supply until lie can again perform
service.
RELEASE OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS FROM
GAOL.--Mr. Douglass applied to his honor Mr.
Justice Montagn, for a writ of habeas corpus, to
bring before his honor the bodies of Mr. H. S.
Hutchinson, and Isaac Jacob, confined in gaol,
under a warrant fronmthe commissioner of the in
solvent court. Upon applying for his discharge,
Jacobs was sent back for 12 months, eighitmonths
of which time had expired. Mr. Hutchinson's
case has recently been fully reported in our
columns. The writ was granted. His honior de
cided that the warrants of commitment were in
formal ; and the insolvents were immediately re
leased from custody.
INQUEST.-An inquest was held on Monday,
on the body of an inthnt prematurely born, at the
female factory. The jury returned a verdict of
died by. the visitation of God.
WITNESSES' EXPENSES.-A witness detainjed
from proceeding to Port Phillip to give evidence
at the late sessions was allowed £20 for his ex
penses, and was not even called upon the trial.
His Honor Mr. Justice Montagn remarked, that
the expenses of witnesses alone, at. the three late
sessions at Hobart Town, Oatlands, and Lannces
ton, would amount to at least a thousand guineas,
SrIPPING IN HARBoUR.-Tie only vessel on
the berth, at present in port (Tuesday) is the
brig Scout. It is many months since the harbour.
has been so destitute of shipping.
Mn. THOMAS ARCHER. -Mr. Archer's friends
at a distance will be pleased to learn that the re
spected gentleman has recovered from his long
illness, and attended public worship at Longford
church last Sunday.
PERTH ROAD.-His honor Mr. Justice Mon
tagu, during the late sesssion, repeatedly referred
to the number of robberies committed on the high
road, between Launceston and Perth, and ex
pressed a determination to make an example of
any one who should unfortunately be convicted
before him of a capital offence committed in that
vicinity. It was not, probably, generallly known,
until the late session, that by a colonial enact
ment, a robbery accompanied with a beating, or
striking of the person robbed, is constituted a
capital offence.
9DUELrLING.-The general practice of duelling,
among the higher orders of society in this country,
is a siuie indication, that a spirit of infidclity is
alarmingly gone abroad. A christian fight a duel I
Impossible I True valour forbids it. And, to
mend the matter, upon the Lord's day too ? Stilt
more' impossible ? Every principle of his religion
prohibits the impious deed.-How much pain of
mind did not the conduct of a certain most re
spectable character give, to all the serious part of
the nation, on a late unhappy occasion of this sort?
Religion, good morahs,sonnd policy, true patriotism,
all forbad the uincliristinin rencounter.-Stake
his life against the life of a I----- Were we
to act thus iin common life, a state of confinement
would be thought essentially necessary for our
Swelfare and thme public goocm.-Can nothing be
1 done, no measure taken, to put a stop to this in
.. famous lpractice, this national opprobiinm? Let
those whom it concerns considcr.-Simnpson, 1791.

SCHOONER " EAGLE."--On Tuesday, the 2nd
instant, the schooner Eagle, bound from Emu
Bay to Circular Head, was caught in a heavy
squall, lost her main-top, fore-top, and top-gal
lant masts, and sustained otherdamage.
SYDNEY MARKETs.-Fine flour, 13s. per 100
lbs. ; seconds, 10s. to us.; bread, 3d. to 3}d. per
21b. loaf; fine biscuit, 24s. per cwt.; second ditto,
18s, ditto ; colonial wheat, first quality, 3s. Gd. to
4s. ; Van Diemen's Land ditto, 4s. ditto; maize,
colonial, Is. 3d. to is. Gd. ditto ; bran, 10d. per
bushel; barley, 2s. Gd. ditto ; barley, cape, ls.Od.
to 2s. 3d. ditto; hay, £2 10s. to £2 15s. per ton;
wheat straw, Is. 4d. per cwt.; potatoes, Sydney,
£3 to £4; Van Diemen's Land, 10s. per cwt.
Morning Chronicle, March 22.
BURGLARY DY FREE MEN.-On Thursday
evening last, about dusk, three men, two of them
armed with guns, proceeded to the house of Mr.
Palmer, of the Black Snake, Bridgewater, tied
the inmates, and took away a quantity of clothes,
and other property. Information of the robbery,
with a description of the persons of the thieves,
and the stolen property, having been given to the
Hobart Town police, one of the men, Michael
Robinson, was apprehended by district constable
Short, in Liverpool-street, with a quantity of the
stolen property in his possession. On Sunday,
about four in the afternoon, the same active officer
observed another of the men, in a piece of vacant
ground, near the catholic church, in Macquarie
street, and secured him after a desperate resist
ance. His name is Michael Ryan, a well known
character, The third is still at large. The dep
redators are importations from Launceston.
Hobart Town Advertiser.
MORE BUSHRANGERS.-Five men, runaways
from Brown's River station, are in custody for
robbing the house of Mr. Robinson, of North West
Bay, and stealing a schooner; they have been safely
lodged in our city gaol. The stolen vessel was
wrecked, and one of the. gang drowned, on some
rocks near South Arm.-lbid.
TVH BUSHRANGERs.-There are various reports
relating to this fraternity, but we believe we are
strictly accurate in stating that a party of bush
rangers paid a " domiciliary visit" to Ellenthorpe
Hall two or three days ago, relieving Mr. G. C.
Clarke of some of his stores, and other property.
The same party, as we understand, crossed the
Launceston road yesterday, closely tracked by that
.indefatigable officer Mr. Edwin Lascelles, and the
Sydney blacks, who are following sharp upon their
trail. Our next accounts will, we hope, notify the
capture of these marauders.-Colonial Times.
MORE PORT ARTHUR RUNAWAYs.-On the
25th ultimo seven men escaped from Port Arthur
in a canoe, and landed between East Bay Neck
and Primrose Point.-Their first appearances was
at the house of Moses Roberts, at the Carlton,
armed with sticks and knives. They disturbed
Mr. Roberts and his two men at dinner, tied themn,
and took their places at the table. They then
took two fowling pieces, cast some leaden bullets,
took away the clothes of the party, and ordered
them not to stir. On the 2Sth ultimo they robbed
.the but of a shepherd in the employ of Mr. Orr,
.near Buckland, taking away a fowling piece, some,
ammunition, and provisions. The same evening
they *robbed four huts at the Back River, but
being closely pursued by a party of the Hobart
Town police, they took to the Tiers, aid escaped
over the rugged ground. On Sunday, the 31st,
they made their oppearance at the house of Mr.
Stoney, at the Eastern Marshes, where they
At bailed" the people, and took away a quantity of
wearing apparel, a fowling piece, blunderbuss,
powder and shot, and provisions. They destroyed
a fowling piece and six muskets, and departed.
The same evening a party of Oatlands' police,
assisted by a detachment from Hobart Town went
in laot pulrsulit, bait we have not yet learnt with
whlat~success.-Ibid.
TnE "VINDICTIVE." - H. M. S. Vindictire,
Captain Sir T. H. Nicholas, arrived at Portsmouth
on the 25th November, from Tahiti.-Tbid.
BU5HRANGER SaiOT.-On Sinuday night three
armed runaways visited the house of Mr. Whittle
at a place called the Ball-.room, about twelve
miles from Evandale. A confliot ensued between
them and the men belonging to the establishment:
one of the bushrangers was shot dead upon the
spot, and and another wounded and apprehended.
TIhe others effected their escape.

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