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London, England, 1822-10-05 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF THE IPSWICH MAIL

A sereistion has bees for worse time on foot between the
thieves who robbed the Ipswich ertaiheosek of the notes of
Alexander and Co. to the amosot of 31,1091. and some per.
suns upon the part of the Hank. The thieves had signified,
sown after the robbery took place, that the risk they ran, anti
the ingenuity they exercised in this hazardous uuderisking,
entitled them to a very great part of the rum they had made
themselves masters of, aord they made an exorbitant proposal
to the concern, sadertaking to restore the whole of the notes,
upon the payment of no less a sum than 6,0007. in sore.
reigns, and as undersell from all charges or demasok. A
refusal was given to the munstrous offer tff compusiiion,
and the Aims, who were not skald of detection, stoned
careless as to the iejectios of their terns, being men who
hare already made fortunes ky enterprises of the kind, and
perfectly well able to try the patience of those who are so un.
fortunate as to totem within their reach. The efforts of the
firm for the recovery of their utiles were taut remitted iu Con-
sequenee of the Ir knowledge of the determined spirit of the
gang to make the best of the robbery. The sum of 3,0001.
was offered to them, upon cooditio• that they Would forth-
with return all the notes, sod the prioeipols of the comma
gave it to be understood that no larger offn *Wald be made,
and that the police should commence their operations with-
out delay, if these terms were not secreted to. The gang
rept ed that they bad already sent 3,0001. tutu eisculatiou,
and that as that motley was quite out of the question, they
must look to some profit from the notes still in their pusses.
sloe, and they accordingly demanded 3,000/. more as a te-
compense for their hiss if they were to give up all they had
risked their lives to obtsin. Fur some days the negotiation
was kept up, but the bankers were playing a deeper game
than the thieves. Is all those places where their notes were
in great circulation there was a " calling in," and it was
pretty well aseertaired at the time that moue or the stolen
property bad been circulated ; the report to that effect bas-
in been nude by those so steeply itstrrested for the impose
of *hawing that they were not to be trilled with. On Thurs-
day bilk were posted on the walls, off,ring a reward of
5,0001. to those who will give 10611111•11014 either at
Alesander sad Cu.'., or at Fry and Co.'s, St. Mildred's-
court, Poultry, so that the parties may be apprehended
and convicted, and the proptrly recovered : 4,0002. have
been offered upon conviction of the parties without the re.
rovery of the property, sad the public have been requested
to take uo more of the Black luk Notes of the Ipswich
Bank without well knowing the persons from whom they re-
ceive them, as Alexander sad Co. had instructed their
bankers is London to refer those Who presented such notes
to themselves at Ipswich. The colour of the copper-piste
has bees changed from Ulsrk to ted ; and at Fry's basiktog-
hourc on Thursday some sales of the Ipswich hank, which
were invented by strangers, were stamped with the words
a Stolen..-referred to Ahlianders and Co. Ipswich." Three
notes were returned to the persons who presented them, and
it is caleslateit that the gang cannot pass inure than a cou-
ple of hundred pounds' worth of the paper, as • g I
terror of the black Ipswich bank note predominates every
where.

A singular and melancholy circumstance occurred
on Thursday at the General Meeting of the Pension
Society, City of London Tavern, for the election of
eight male and four female aged pensioners. Oise
of the candidates, B. _ t: cur. aged 75 years. was
suddenly taken ill iu the room. A Medical Gen-
tleman was directed by the Chairman (Doctor
Rutter) to be sent fur; but before be arrived the
poor mau had expiled.

NEff SOUTH -WALE&

EXTRACT FROM THE *EPO*T Of THE COMMIS.
Stollelt or INQUIET INTO TUB STATE OF TOE
COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

(Ceatinued frays oar Paper If ThirsiraY)

The place selected for the punishment of refrac-
tory-convicts is a peninsula of lowland, that is sepa-
rated froth the settlement of Newcastle by the
Hunter's River in front, on the eastern side by the
sea, and oil the western by the large nod spreading
inlets of the river. The place of labour is about
six miles from Newcastle. The convicts are lodged
itt one wooden buildiii;r, and are guarded by ■ cor-
poral's guard, and superintended by one overseer,
who is a convict. Each convict is tasked to pro.
care a certain quantity of aliens, which are found
in a loose and rich deposit of scaly loam, that is
easily removed. The shells are thrown into heaps,
after being dlsengsged from the loam, and burnt
into lime with logs of wood. The loading of the
boats with lime is a part of the operation that has
been complained of, as on account of the shallow-
ness of the shore the boats are moored at some
little distance, and the lime is carried in baskets on
the shoulders of the'cotivitts and 'deprisited in the
boats. I found that this operation was performed
only once a msnih•l but from the spray of the sea
mixing with the lime, and the shoulders of the con-
victs being without pYotection, it sometimes hap.
pens that they are slightly burnt. The eyes of the
men also employed iii burning lime are affected
by the smoke, but not in a greater degree than in
England ; and I foustd that they were to the habit
of exposing themselves, unnecessarily, to the smoke
of the lime kilns, that the stole of their eyes might
afford opretext for their removal from the settle.
meat. Frequent communications take place be-
te/ern the lime-burners station and Newcastle, and
the nature of the puni,liment consists in the fr.
Moral of the convicts from their associates, and in
the difficulty that they find in obtaining an
treased quantity of food, or in exchanging their
rations fur tobacco.

The allowance of food to the convicts at New.
cas•le consists of eight pounds of wl•eat Intl four
pounds of salt pork, or seven pounds of wilt beef
or mutton per week. Many 'complaints were made
t r me of the insufficiency of this ration, ■nd some
well-grounded complaints of its bad quality, which
arose from the causes Orem:), adverted to, the bad
packing and-curing of the salt beef and mutton
from Van Diemars s Land, ant the bad coring of
the salt pork from Otalitite. The want of a mill
to grind flour (the occasion of loss of labour to Go-
vernment, and real privation to the convicts) worst
lust supplied by the ertsblishment of a Windmill
that had teen begun and built by Major Morisse,
the present commandant, whose attention was no
sooner drawn to the necessity of such a build-
log than he began, with the 'suction of Governor
Macquirrie, to undertake it. In the month 'of Fe-
bruary, 1820, the stone work was completed ; and
seeing the obvious necessity for quickly completing
the other parts of so useful a work, I requested of
the cfref engineer, on my return from the Coal
River, that no unnecessary delay might take place
in completing the iron work, which could only be
executed and cost in the lumber-yard at Sydney.
This, hoverer, had to compete with the iron work
supplied to the mill of Mr. W. Hutchinson, the
principal superintendent of convicts, sod his part.
tier at Sydney. I found upon inquiry that the iron
work fur them was executed in the months of Fe.
brarry and April of the year 1820, and that the
iron work for the mill at the Coal lliver was not re-
ceived there until the 11th and 36th April, and 2cl
May. The windmill at Newcastle is now finished
and well placed, and in a strong wind is capable of
grinding ten bushels of wheat in an hour.
Major Morisset was so much impressed with the
advantages of messing the convicts to prevent
gambling and plunder of each otlusra rations, that
he has adopted that system whenever lw could find
it practicable ; and as I perceived that they he-
()newly rte their whole ration of meat at one meal,
and that it was the opinion of free persons who had
been long in the settlement, that the ration of flour
and meat, with the small allowance of vegetables
that the convicts could procure, was not sufficient
for their support in hard work in such a climate,
I recommended to Major Mori►set to apply to
Governor Macquarrie for on allowance of the
meal of maize at breakfast, which has since
been adopted with considerable advantage; and
the convicts are enabled to reserve a part of their
ration of meat for their supper. The want of cloth-
ing, and bedding for the convicts at the Coal River
was great during the period of my visit, and partook
more larger•, but justly, of the general want of
clothing that was experienced at that time through-
out the colony.
The punishments for offences committed at the
Coal River CQUIlig of work in the chain gang, and
flogging inflicted with more severity than at the
other settlements.

Upon the arrival of Cuptai,. IVAllio of the 46
regiment, in January 1817, to take the command,
the labour of the convie:s was slight and the disci-
pline relaxed. The regulations that he introduced
were effectual in reforming both, and he had
recourse, in the first instance, to considerable seve-
rity of puni►hment to restore and maintain them ;
during the period of his command the overseers
were allowed to strike the convicis with stn ks,
which at present they are 'not prrmitlrd to do. fly
the tenor of the orders that lie first issued, Captain
Wallis uppears to have tried the curet of intimida-
tion, mid denounced certain recapture or death
flow the blat k outlives to those convicts who at-
tempted to wake their escape; by these means he
succeeded in diminishing the number of their at-
tempts, but they still continue to be made notwith-
standing the failures that attend most of them, and
the miserable and emaciated condition of those that
return. I had an opportunity of seeing 011 e con-
vict that was brought into tVisidsor in a most
emaciated state, after having been out three weeks
in the woods, and living upon snakes and grubs, or
roots of shrubs; cud those who are captured and
brought back to Newcastle are also greatly reduced.
The native blacks that inhabit the neighbourhood
of Port liunte► and Post Stephens have become
very active in retaking the fugitive convicts.

(To be ertfiewed)

1114 li A' F. TS.

CORN EXCHANGE, Fainar, Oct°lna 4.

Although we have had many aril:rale of Wheat since
Monday, the trade is exceedisely heavy, and only prime
picked samples of New could obiaiu that day's prices; all
ot►er descriptions appear quite unsaleable, and prices nearl♦
nominal. Fine fresh New Bailey being scarce in demand.
•hat few sales were stadia were at the decline of last
Monday. We pave bad some arrivals of Oats this morning,
and the trade is hrary at n reduction of Is. per quarter.
White Pease being soiree are much asked for. and higher
prices are certainly demanded. In Beans and Grey Pease
illcre is no alleraiion.

UXBRIDGE.
Corn Inspector's Return, THURIDAT, OCTORTR 3.
Wheat, per load
Dien ditto
Barley, per quarter ...21. —d to 2P4 —d
Oats.. is. —4 to 2Rs —d
Beans 27. to 31. —d
ase
Rye 28. —d to 341 —d

DF.VIZES, °croons 3.
\Vilest.... 225 AI a 245 ad I
Oals .. 13s OA a 2Ss 0,1
8r,1rv.... 10, Od a 275 Oil Brims .... 15s Ada 18s OJ
751 Sacks of Vises' sold at the average of 171. 111.

SALISBURY, Oeroaalt 1.
Wheat 49,1 to 51. OLI I
Oats.... 164.0 d. to 1.35. 11,1
Barky. 'Ocl 42. to 284 Deans .. 202. 03. to 365. 041

NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
(By Ike Carcass.)
Ere.... 21 4d to 3s 411 Pest .... 2s 4,1 to 34 4tl
Mutton., 2s OJ to 2s 4J I Purk 2s Otl to 3s 4J

Lamb 25 4d lo 35 4d.

PRICES OF VAT AND STRAW

ST. JAM Rfell. W ITRCRaPRL.
New Hay. 316+ to 414. 0.1 I Hay .. 316. 041 to 4/ 4. Od
Old do. Ma Od to 01 Od Od I New do. 0/ Ots Od toll/ Or Od
Clover 3/7f Od to 41 4. Od I Clover 3/ 10.0.1 to 4/ 14. Od
straw 11 7. 04 to 1/ 161 Od Straw 11 6. 0.1 to 11 10. Od

PRICE OF HOPS. per Cwt.
Kent Pockets.
Sufsex Nelms
Kent 8111111
45. to 134 s
Sussrx asp .

PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of
Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tailow.mellers), 2.. to.

I'RICES OF TALLOM
Town Tallow 40s 8J --2 OJ
Yellow Russia 392 0.1 OJ
White ditto...—. Od —$ Od
Soap ditto.... 33s Od —s Od
Melting Stuff 302 Oil —2 OJ
Ditto rough ..20s Od —2 Od

PRICE OF CANDLES,
From Tallow Chandlers Hall.
Price of Caudle., per dozen, Ss IM—Moulds, les 61.
fid. per dozen allowed for ready mosey.
N.B.—The prices in the general Retail Shope are frost
73d. to Ad. per lb.

RAW

IDFS.

Best Heifers &Steers, per et. Ordinary.. 2s 841 to Is 10d
3a 4d to as Oil Martel Calf.. each 10. Od
Middlings as Oil to 3s 2.1 Esti. Horse Oa Oil to Os Od

SHEEP SKINS.

Sheep
Lambs

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Botts, 60 to 56Ibs each 19.1
_to 2214 per lb.
Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs. each 241 to 144
Dressing H ides . • . 1614 to 19d
es Fine Conch Hid .... lO to 214
Crop links 35 to 40 lha foe cutting 19 to 20d
Ditto 45 to 50lbs 204 to 224
Calf Skins 30 to 4011 is 224 to 264
Ditto 60 to 70Ihs 27.1 to 324
Otto 70 to flollis . . 264 to 28d
tint:o I Seals (Greenland) 184 to 194
Large (lino 164 to 194
T.,iiiir4 Horse Hides 164 to 164
tip.iiiish Horse Milts

COAL MARK ET, Orrosna 4.
Ships st Market. Ships Said Prue.

2SI Newcastle
21 Sunderland
1 1‘.11.h Coal
2 Culm