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THE INQUIRER Occulta vitia inquirere
WEDNESDAY MAY 29, 1850.
Mr. Little has received letters from Mr.
Prinsep, informing him that he had purchased
from Mr. Henty, at the rate of 2s. 6d. per acre,
a large grant of land (20,000 acres) adjoining
Mr. Little's estate at Dardanup, in the Leschen-
ault district. Mr. Prinsep expressed himself
as much pleased with Mr. Yule's plan for secur-
ing an export of horses for the Indian market,
and intimated his desire of entering into a simi-
lar speculation. Had not Mr. Prinsep been in-
formed by Mr. Little that the Merope, upon her
return from England, would make a voyage to
Calcutta, he would have despatched a ship to the
colony ; and as it is, there seems to be but little
doubt that the Merope is sure of a full freight
from Calcutta. Mr. Prinsep will, we believe,
in the event of a trade being opened between
this colony and Calcutta, give £12 for every
approved horse, being not under 18 months.
Mr. Prinsep has not the smallest doubt but that
Mr. Yule's scheme will meet with the approba-
tion of the parties in India whom it immediately
affects, and that speedy cooperation between the
Madras people and the Western Australians will
be the result.
It is with much satisfaction that we give the above
information respecting the probable success of our future
shipments of Horses to India. The favourable impression
entertained by Mr. Prinsep of Mr. Yule's plan is gratifying
in the extreme, his opinion being of much weight. Mr.
Prinsep, when he expressed his concurrence in Mr. Yule's
view, had not been in receipt of more than the rough draft
of the plan proposed by that gentleman ; the inhabitants of
Madras, being in possession of the proposals as finally
matured, will be enabled to decide at once, and commence
operations — preliminary of course — forthwith. That their
decision will be favourable, is doubted but by few ; and the
supporters of Mr. Yule's scheme in this colony will be still
further encouraged by Mr. Prinsep's favourable judgment,
for though that gentleman resides in the Bengal Presiden-
cy, and our communications have been addressed else-
where, yet he is more capable of perceiving the requirements
of the Indian market than we can be, and his acquiescence
with the views of the body of the colonists is a matter for
gratulation. Mr. Prinsep's anxiety to enter into a similar
venture is a guarantee for the sincerity of his approval. The
price he offers is a very fair one, but we have heard it ob-
jected that 18 months is too great an age for the horses,
supposing them to be stallions, and would entail upon the
settlers the expense of fencing to keep them separate from
the mares until the time of purchase.
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