The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-05 00:00:00

HOBART TOWN PAPERS, Et, . 1827.

After a lapse of nearly twelve months the Legis-
lative Council has again assembled, and the whole
talk of the town has been directed to the new Acts,
in number twelve :—they are reported to be an
Act to amend the late one for the retail of spirits;
an Act imposing a duty of three-pence on all news-
papers ; an Insolvent Act; an Act compelling
printers to take out a license ; an Act to in-
crease the duties on spirits (foreign as well as
colonial) of one shilling per gallon; an Act re-
specting runaways ; an Act for taxing dogs ; an
Act to impose a tax on windows ; another for
keeping the streets clean; a further Act to compel
wholesale dealers in spirits to take out annual licenses;
an Act for increasing the duties on auctions, from
to 5 per cent. ; and lastly, an Act which they
add they cannot accurately describe. These papers
contain some severe observations on the above mea-
sures, and more particularly on the tax on newspa-
pers, which it is represented cannot ever come into
operation; the Aet for compelling printers to take
out licenses comes in for some well directed obser-
vations as also that on windows which is represented to
be”an Act of oppression ; the only part of this legisla-
tive'enactment that • meets approbation, seems the
tax on dogs, these animals being stated to be an in-
tolerable nuisance. Rum is selling at 106.6 d. per
gallon at Launceston.
The natives have again made their appearance on
Mr. Eddies' farm, at Blackman's River, in con-
siderable numbers, and endeavoured to surround
some men at a distance from a hut, but failed;
they afterwards, our Launceston letters state, mur-
dered a man within two miles of that town ; in that
port wheat is selling for three shillings and sixpence
per bushel. Hops are advertised, the growth of
the Colony from Providence Valley, from which it
is calculated that the Colonial brewers in a short
time will supersede the necessity of importation from
England. The official Gazette contains a notice
from the Colonial Secretary's office of the 29th
August, 1827, expressing the Lieutenant Guyer,
nor's pleasure in observing that many of the me-
morials fur tickets of leave are recommended
by the masters of the applicants, and with a view to
the encouragement of such recommendations of de-
serving servants, his Excellency has directed that
whenever this indulgence shall be granted on the
certificate of the master, another convict shall be
assigned to his service with the least possible delay,
on his application. -_ The new Attorney-General Mr.
M'Leland, immediately after his arrival, was taken
extremely ill, and it was reported had died; he is
now, however, so much recovered as to be able to
walk out without assistance. It is reported the
40th Regiment is about to be removed to Sydney ;
the 39th and 57th Regiments are expected to relieve
them ; the 3d Regiment, at Sydney, will embark for
India in a few months. A gang of nine men, who
attempted to take the cutter Emma, Kemp,
and afterwards took to the bush, committing
several robberies, and firing at the military,
had been executed agreeably to their sentence. The
salubrity of the climate is proved by the fact of its
being now common for our officers to visit these
colonies for the benefit of their health. We observe
that Capt. Speak, of the Mon. East India Com-
pany's service, who came in the Research, bas re-
covered and gone up to Sydney, for the purpose
of getting a passage to India. Some oranges im-
ported into the port of Hobart Town are represent-
ed to have netted a profit of 7,200 per cent., having
been sold for 6d. each. At Hobart Town the pro-
fession of a tailor has proved so lucrative, says the
Paper, that they have serious inteations of not turn-
ing settlers, but tailors.
Silver ore, the produce of Tasmania, has
been found. The specimen is very compact,
and appears .to be rich in metal. Limestone has
Also been- found, within t ,miles ofHObatt,..TOW'n;
of excellent quality, and of John'
Kerr has been appointed by Messi'S.Ctiri and A'dey;
the two principal Commissioners, to be the third
Commissioner for the management of affairs for the
Van Diemen's Land Company. Liverpool Salt is
so scarce in the Colony, as to be selling for I 7s.
per cwt. Brandy has also been selling as high as
30s. per gallon; Salt Butter, per the Harvey, as
high as Is. 9d. per lb. An important discovery has
been lately made in New South \Vales by the Rev.
Mr. Threlfield, at Lake Macquarie, of finding an
extensive vein of coals, superior to what in England
is called canal coal, lying almost on the surface of
the earth. It appears a new act is in preparation for
registering all deeds, grants, and conveyances, in the
Colony, and to be in force within one month. A
robbery has been committed at the Colonial Trea-
surer's Office, and a considerable booty obtained.— I
Several men are in custody, charged with this
offence.
Further extracts from Hobart Town Gazettes :
The obnoxious duty of a halfpenny a foot on
cedar-wood is about to be taken off at Sydney. A
Mr. Thomas Livermore was accidentally drowned,
whilst crossing the river at Norfolk Plains. It is
singular that he was married only the preceding
Monday, when the Clergyman is said to have re-
commended him to make his will. On the 15th
SePt. was married Major Turton, of the 40th Re-
giment, to Katherine, eldest: daughter of Jocelyn
Thomas, Esq., Colonial Treasurer. The following
is given as the cargo of the ship
,Cia:nberland, Cay..
tain Cains, 'which, sailed from • HObart Town the
Saturday prior to the Ist June, 320 bales of wool,
besides the cargo taken in at Sydney. Passengers :
Mr. W. Emmett and two children, Mr. H. Walker,
surgeon, Mr.' Commissary Clements, Mr. W. 0.
Vallence, Peter Robinson, and Mead. We
extremely regret, to Close thiS information by stating
that unhappily no
.tidifigs, have since' been heard of
this vessel, -and there is every fear'to • be entertained
that it has foundered;erwill be-never heard of, from
the length of time which' has., elapsed siOCO she' lail-
ed for England. Capt. C.' wakan excellent
a worthy man, and to add to the, catastrophe, his
wife in England is dead, leaving two or three children
to lament the irreparable loss of both parents.