The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-02 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We extract the following from our files of the Sydney. Ga.
-Tette and of the Sydney Commercial Journal, which we re.
eeived yesterday :

(From the Commercial Journal, Nov. 23.)
BATTLE AT WYHEMII, NEW ZEALAND.
By the Falcon, schooner yesterday, we have been put it
possession of the following particulars of a battle at
Wyhemii, New Zealand

On the 19th Oct. a battle took place between the Nata
Rawkaw and the Nata Aber tribes of Wyhemii ; the for-
mer commencing the skirmish by attacking the huts of the
latter, while they were comparatively speaking, in a defence-
less state. The Nata Aber tribe, however, nothing daunted,
defended themselves like the Britons of old for some time,
until they received a reinforcement from a neighbouring poa
(village), when they combated with their enemies, with extra-
ordinary courage, and an evident determination rather " to
die than live conquered and dishonoured." After a hard
fight of six hours, the Nata Rawkaw tribe began to retreat,
and were finally driven off the field. Upwards of 100 were
left dead upon the scite were the battle was fought, and a
great number were so wounded as to be unable to fly the
field.

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It appears that the Nata Rawkaw chiefs were so confident
of success, and the superiority of their warlike proWess, that
they and the tribe generally were accompanied to the spot by
their wives and children ; who brought with them a quantity
of cord to bind the prisoners taken dpring and after the battle.
The Tory arrived the day after the battle, and the surgeons
on board humanely went across to the spot, to dress the
wounded. The Nata Aber Tribe, it is said, behaved with
particular moderation after the victory was declared to be
theirs ; which species of moderation characterized their move-
ments in the heat of the battle :-they assisted their enemies
in burying their dead, and comforting the wounded; declaring
they had no wish to fight, but if they were attacked in their
homes they would defend themselves to the last.

(From the Commercial Journal of Nov. 27.)
EXECUTlON.—Yesterday morning, at the usual hour, the
following unhappy men were aroused to prepare to meet their
doom :—William Morris, John Gorman, Peter Scallion,
Joseph Saunders, and George Carey, all found guilty ofhigh-
way robbery and murder, at the last Criminal Sessions. A
little after nine the melancholy and heart-rending procession
moved from the press-room to the foot of the awful drop, ac-
companied by their respective clergymen, who, before the
criminals ascended the platform joined with them in prayer •,
that being ended, the whole were arranged under the fatal
beam, and the executioners performed their last sad office,
by affixing the ropes around their necks ; this done, the bolt
was drawn, and all their souls were ushered into the presence
of their maker.l

THE CROPS.—We are happy to learn by a gentleman re-
cently arrived in town from Appin, that the crops all along
the immediate vicinity of the roads were being rapidly reaped,
and the ear very heavy and full. One settler our Informant
states has been obliged to erect a temporary barn in conse-
quence of his crops yielding more than he could reasonably
have expected.

BREAD.—This article of general consumption, it will be
seen by reference to our market report, has taken another
rise of a penny in the two-pound loaf, How to account for
this we know not, as there really is no actual want of flour,
or how could bread be supplied even at the advanced price.
The millers and bakers will do as they like till the Govern-
ment interfere.

The five bushrangers who escaped from the Goulburn gaol
some time ago, were captured about ten days ago by Ensign
Hilliard, and a small party of the mounted police, at the
Abercrombie River, in the new county. They had eleven
guns, five horses, and a quantity of ammunition and sundry
articles. ---

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.
The following ure extracts from the Hobart Town journals
to the 19th instant inclusive.
SOMETHING NOVEL.—The brig Hamilton, arrived in the
river this day from New Zealand, has on board 20 bushels of
wheat, grown in that place as a sample. A considerable
quantity of land finely prepared for wheat, is now in culti-
vation. It is not improbable, therefore, that this years'
crop may produce a quantity of the grain for exportation.
THE SEASON.—Since our last the weather has been as
favourable for the crops as any man could wish. We are
happy to learn that the rain has been very general, as well as
abundant, and many of the crops, particularly the late crops,
have recovered the injury sustained from the hot winds ; but
in many situations in the interior the frosts have entirely
destroyed the grain and potato crops beyond recovery. We
are glad to learn that Mr. Laing, of Pittwater, is not such a
sufferer as our first information led us to apprehend ; his
splendid crop of wheat has been slightly injured, his damage
has been confined to his early barley. On the whole, there
is at present every prospect of an abundant supply for all the
demands of this and the neighbouring colonies, for excepting
about Brighton the damage has not extended to the corn
districts.

NEW ZEALAND.—It is in agitation by several of the in-
habitants of Launceston to send to New Zealand for two or
three cargoes of the natives of that country, to supply the ge-
neral demand for domestic servants.

(From the Sydney Gazette of Nov. 30.)
FLoUlt.—The prices of flour have undergone a 51i.7,11t al-
! teration since our last publication; an advance of six shil-
lings a hundred has taken place at the mills of Messrs. Barker
and Hallen. The prices are now as follows :—At Barker
and Hallen's, fine flour, 365. ; seconds, 30s. ; and ration, 28s.
per hundred pounds. At Dodds and Co., Hollinshed's and
Girard's, fine flour, 40S. ; seconds, 355. ; and ration, 265.
At Hughes and Hosking's, fine flour, 50s. ; seconds, 30s. ;
and ration, 255. per hundred pounds. There have been ar-
rivals of wheat during the week from India to the amount of
about two thousand bags. A supply of 2000 barrels of flour
arrived during the week in the Andes, from Bordeaux, which
supply was bought up by Messrs. Barker and Hallen. The
prices of biscuit are—for the first quality, 465. per hundred
pounds, and seconds ditto, 40s. Maize is quoted at 10s., but
wheat is not to be purchased.
MARKETS.—Beef and mutton improves in quality as the
season► advances—very fine beet and mutton is selling at 6d.
per lb. ; pork and veal scarce, especially the former, at Is.
per lb. ; poultry very scarce, and consequently dear ; eggs,
2s. 6d. per dozen ; butter, fresh, 3s. ; tub ditto, 2s. 6d. ; salt
ditto, 2s. There is a tolerable supply of vegetables—cucum-
bers from 4d. to Is. ; other vegetables no alteration in the
price. Cherries, the first this season, made their appear-
ance, but in a very small quantity ; no other fruits except
lo-
quats and a few oranges. Potatoes from 12s. to 18s. per
cwt.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY.—The veil under which our
Island-continent has so long been hidden is being gradually
raised. In a few years these immense regions will be ex-
plored in all directions, and divested of the mystery which
still surrounds them. Mr. Eyre's recent expedition west-
ward from Port Lincoln, has added much to our geographi-
cal knowledge of the interior, and the interesting fact an-
nounced in our last, of his having determined the existence
of an extensive lake far to the north-west of Mount Arden,
gives fresh countenance to the opinion entertained by Mr.
Windsor Earl and many other scientific gentlemen—that an
inland sea, perchance a water communication with the Gulf
of Carpentaria—may eventually be discovered. An expedi-
tion to reach the lake seen by Mr. Eyre, left Adelaide, we
are informed on Sunday last.
PROGRESS OF TIIE COLONY.—The last number of the
Gazette contains an official account of the total amount of
land sales in the colony from its establishment to the 30th of
June last. To this we have added the amount of sales from
that time to the present month, when the statement stands
as follows : £ s.
Amount of sales prior to the 17th October, 1838. 11,806 4
Amount of sales in 1838 up to the 13th Dec 1,760 0
Amount of sales in 1839, from Ist January to
30th June
Amount of Special Surveys from Ist January to
30th June
Amount of Special Surveys and sales from 30th
June to Ist Oct.

2,897 0

89,942 0

28,544 0

£1,949 4
The total amount, therefore, paid into the colonial treasury
for land from the establishment of the colony up to the pre-
sent time, is one hundred and thirty-four thousand nine
hundred and forty-nine pounds, four shillings, of which one
hundred and twenty-one thousand for hundred add eighty-
pounds have been paid during the first nine months of the
present year, being within a trifle of nine times the amount
previously lodged during the whole existence of the colony.
These sales are independent of the land sold by the commis-
sioners in England.
PRICE OF MEAT AND BREAD.—We are much gratified
to observe that the butchers have, during the present week,
made a very consideiable redtietion in the price of meat.'
Beef and mutton' which before were selling at one shilling a
pound, may now be had at from eightpence-halfpenny to ten-
pence.

PORT LINCOLN.—BV the Abeona we have letters to a re-
cent date from Port Lincoln. The settlement was progress-
ing satisfactorily, and every one was delighted with the place
and country around. The Mississipi, a fine French whaler,
had been lying in the harbour for some days, and had been
very successful in fishing. It is reported that a large forest
of fine timber, within twenty-five miles of the port, has been
discovered.

FEW BARLEY.—Last week a small parcel of barley, fully
ripe, was cut in a garden in South Adelaide, the produce of
which was estimated at fully one thousandfold l The barley
was a fine specimen, though the quantity was small. The
seed was put in the ground in May last.
NEW CHURCH.—The foundation stone of the new church
will be laid by his excellency to-day, at three o'clock, on
some ground presented for the purpose by Osmond Gilles,
Esq., near his residence in East Terrace. We have no doubt
that a large assemblage of the colonists will take place to view
this interesting ceremony. The sa.:red edifice will be called
St. John's church, and will be calculated to hold 600
persons.

THE SEASON.—As the fattening of cattle fed with grass
chiefly depends upon the weather, certainly there was never
experienced a more genial or providential spring. This sea-
son is acknowledged by all to be four or five weeks earlier
this year than the last. Vegetation has advanced rapidly of
late, and the pastures have assumed a rich and luxuriant ap-
pearance, and there is every prospect of abundant crops.
Sheep shearing has already commenced in this quarter, and
the accounts everywhere are very favourable. Wethers that
have been wintered on the low grounds, are with few ex-
ceptions, of an excellent condition, which. will afford great
encouragement to the buyer as well as the feeder.—Lancaster
Gazette.

FLORAL CURIOSITY.—We gave an account in our last of
a tulip, grown by Mr. Birch, surgeon, of Stalmine, which
had two heads proceeding from the same stein, and spoke of
it, as it seemed deserving, as a great curiosity in floriculture.
It would appear, however, that it is not so deserving of being
regarded as a thing of extraordinary occurrence, for we learn
from an old tulip-grower, that not only are tulips with two
heads growing from one stem a production frequently met
with, but likewise, that in his own experience he has often
seen them with three, four, five, and even more flowers pro-
ceeding from the same stem ; and in order to prove that he
was not Jonathanizing, he produced a tulip stem from which
four beads were growing ; and we further learned from him
that it was gathered in the, garden of Mrs. Moss, of Single-
ton, and is of the description called " French Breeder."—
Preston Pilot.

(From the Commercial Journal of Nov. 5.)
CAPTuuE OF BUSHRANGERS.—lntelligence has been re-
ceived in Sydney, announcing the capture of two desperate
bushrangers, by the mounted police, stationed at Bowen's
Hollow, under the charge of Serjeant Sneyd, on the 31st of
October. A day or two previous, the two men who are now
captured, and a third, made an attack upon the premises of
Mr. Brown, a few miles from Hartley, and after securing
the male portion of the family, they robbed the place of every
article of value they could lay their hands upon, after which
they departed. An express was sent off to the mounted po-
lice at-Bowen's Hollow, and Sneyd and a trooper*Proceeded
in search of the bushrangers, being joined in their journey by
some gentlemen of the neighbourhood. They traced them,
and came up with them near Piper's Huts. Sneyd first saw
them, and rode down upon them, on which one of the fellows
fired, but missed him. Sneyd then fired, and shot one of
them dead ; the other two were captured. They had with
them at the time three horses and a quantity of arms, am-
munition, and money. Sneyd, the serjeant of the police,
who acted so praiseworthily on this occasion, is the same in-
dividual who, a short time since, captured three notorious
bushrangers, among whom was Lambert, who escaped from
Goat Island.