Van Diemen's Land.
The Times, 1824-10-11T00:00:00

I- - G! -rceivets Dy tne L*ovcrnor, who aftera short acqjuaiat-. 'ance I founddisposect to xerve me. My grant he made of -the first class; 2,0V0 acres, and allowed mse to fix on the Government rescrve. I 1,m dominated a magistrate of the district-a situation of'some im- portance here, endentitles me to provisions for myself and f6mily, together ikith Co11T servants permanenily, added to some patromage and much influence in the country. In civil cases at law, I am an as- sessor of daNages as a magistrate, and my rank in the navy makes me foreman of the jury in criminal ones, holdiag the oldest corn- mi.sion, as I understand, ki the island. NVe remained as short a time as possible in Hobarr.town, anid proceeded up the c6untry, or, as it Is tetinedi here, got Into the bush ar, soon as we could; we bought our bhllocks and earts, hiredi othert and departed, pitchin8 Ouir tents by the road side at night, We mid not to encounter the Inconvenience of living in a tent after our arrival, al li3 thovernor lent us the government.-louse close to our grant; we soon broke dp 12 or 14 acres of land, and got in some wheat, barley, oats, peas, antf potatoes. V. and C_ working hard at a garden, wvhich soon repaid their labouirs ; almost all our seeds succeeded. BuildIing our house anrd fencing land ia now our occupation: while thir, is gorig on, our sheep increase, our cows f'urnislt calves, and we ritall now make butter and cheese; with mutton therefore, and bete, notatoes, peas, unruips, Kangaroo soup, tea at 2i. fid. per lb., sugar froma the Isle of' France at 2:'d., we cannot rare ill. The coiricts I ftnd niieh bet- ier servants thnn I expected, the clinqate is healthy, ihe advantages equal to what I anticipated, and lant, -tbough not least. H-'s health I think eveIi by a few months' residence perfetly restored. I need hardly observe there are those wtho are dissatisfied every where anid under arny circuq-i an*, * we have, therefore, our grum- blers. 1 however ",el all the luxur,r of my situation, anid feel every da-, th `sence of rent, rates, itid taExes ; mv horse costs me no- .t,t-fn for his keep, my land is my own, the light of heavenI is ad- mitted to our dwelling gratis, I can ride 12 miiles round mv Ow'n land; and nobody. I ain satisficd, can enjoy more happiness than I have done tor rears. Let not any repOrts of distreas in this countrv render you tuntasy on our account, we shiall do well: my only regret ii that I did notget out here somne years sooner. I cart imagine no- thing nm.ore indepenident than cur situation; I ha-ie every thing about me that I want, with e exception of tea, sugar wine, &c., which m ay he had in exchange for our fleeces. Thc' advantages of breed- ng sheep are certainly great land for nothinz, 10f ewes will give you in 12 or 15 months 200 lambs, wvhich at 12 months old pod uce lambs themselves. Judge, then, in what a rapid manner yoar capital increases by the increase ot' your stock, independpnt of the wool: your 100l ewes would give yea 4001b. of wool at Is. per lb. in one year. This you will perceive is 201. per annum merely by the fleece, orthe capital embarked 1001. T occurs to me. that I have given you a flattering account of the cornmercial prosperity of this place, and at the same time tell you remittances5 cannot be mlade: the reason is tbis-there Is a balk establiliing, and the circulating melium here is entirely withdrawn; hitherto every shopkeeper and tradecsman issued notes, and there has been scarcely any thing else received; the prosp-et of a bank has induced people to re,iLe this kind of payment; the notes are for one or more dollars on demand; these are no w presenming for payment, and as many have issued without hav- ing dollars, much distress is occasioned, and houses, stock, and pro- perty of all kints is selling to take up the notes, and a geseral dis- trust prevails. This will subside when the bank is established. We are all well, and f repeat tiat I rejoice that I caine to this courtry." t.YrVD7EMEN',S LIAN.D. I EXTRACT OA LETTER DATFrn fOfART.TOW7- AsRTT-. IR2A.