THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, August 30, 1860.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 206, 30 August 1860, Page 2

THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, August 30, 1860.

A change Ims been made in the postal ar-; range meats, the mail by Marseilles hot being j despatched from Loudon till the 26th of thej month. The Australian mail packets proceed} only to Melbourne* whence the various colonial; mails are-ientjtp^theii^^seyeral^destinations ;j the homeward mails leave Melbourne on the i 26th- of, each! month: ' Thefe- has*been?v na change in despatch of the mails here/ but that a'inonth ’ should 1 beT; taken between' ’< this anil MhlbutiHie' is'odt of tlfe"question. The Lbrd Ashley .arrived in Nedsou frorir tlife'Jurtb'inail bn the '2lit inst., after a, quick passage of 5 days 8, hours, and the*' jirincipal European news will -be found in a'condensed form elsewhere. j

Sew iiks IBW'gwa? *. hcre tlmt yestejrday’s,. pail - did* * not --br i iig pij’ news 'froiir Tii^iilaki,iiutl.'.tli itt jitm eii't^ wasiincreased'ijby tliqdnt&Uigepie tlu|l' tlle’jjro-, prietors of tfib Wongtf, \vliil6jtiii»s liail laid : 6if r^dlved'iW to’ lend' t#* 1 to •WSngknui.iintil; ‘ a?r»wVifee- dn4teri : riffle* W 7 W&V#* 5 ;bsause ifthaw&l (Sff'iKe singly given to Ik hoped;iliatlli6’'mpnurufl ttf-tlie Governor as; lir a •|^(H? l^^uin&te‘fbetvi'eh!i: this ■jplace aiid-'f afanakfg. sea,; will have * the 'do. sired effect';-' t *■ * v ;“; *

. The Journal of ■R^erifsi?friHii- the Taranaki Herald, up to tlifl'l \ih iflst., will Ve ruiiOff elsewhere'; -and’ likewise' one v %t twofroifti; a JetWsn tM -ifgitelttoi* ,^(SKb-' ing- the'present pos'itio it «»F fFi6 : pl&deY'li wquhl appear' fro'rn' th#-' deb a to' sfi ';Paidiinit ent wliieli fpWprs©H«w«!# .-li&ifnjteife, ! fbbp from-Bidtaitf'oan' bfe • expected’ * for sdine/ftiiiTe.The latest-'despatch the Secretary-Tor <he Colonies .had, received from • t'M* Governor was dated the 31st March, and he had 8,- private letter from Australia of-date:. 18th irfprUriri-' timating th 6 sending of'.reinfofcetneitts thence to Taranaki..• -The Under: Secretary (Mr.'G Fortescue)inentioned' ; inr the House’of Cdtfitnons, that it was drought ' - these reinforcements would • -be * sufficient; -hut that -- if ’the hews by the' flext‘ niail ' 'nececaity juf. still !would act US-'the emergency might require. Up to. the departure of- the May mail from this faotliing?fd'r'trdiigpir<?il /to untkd it appear that’ the troops- utoeii in TafanakiJme notable tokfdps withtheir .'opponents •/and;; i ndeed, up to ; th& uwfer lunate f affair atr.P uketakauere, nothing occurred alarm , and 'aiHhe-issue of that day was 'rather owing to'i' thJi d4feMve< arrangements Of the directors of the movement than to any great superiority on the part of the Maories, even it does not prove,, that -YKe troops, under an efficient leaderare - unable; effectually to 1 quell tlie- rebellion sh-Mong” as it does not spread. Unless, thenftbe- Governor has; frithoiit any additional circumstance* to justify increased urgency, been more-pressing in- Ins demand for tt-oops tlian he was in his'fifst despatch, itis not unlikely tliat :; the. -H'ome Government may hesitate at incurring so great an expelleeuntil it receive iht'ellrgen'Ce' of the action at L J uketakaufefe’,'sd that'lfc-ftr'ay'be'near tlie end of the year before " any-assistance i’s ; obtained. On" tlie other iumd, ::, ifc' “is -pleasing" to" "observe that the Governor’s-';'proceedings were /fully endorsed Hdmfe Government-•’find that no disagreement as ‘to measures to be-adopted in reference ?to- the nativL's' would .'interfere with their, sending su6coii : r ? str sopTi' ; as they it necessary., :Let us hope that this (necessity was made in July, in .which case troops gray bu expected.-here in. Isovember. .. - In the ihoiisq-.of^RepresentaitiVips, the-dehato on the war . question was .resumed on the 7th inst., and Mr.-Richmond’s motion was carried without a division. 1 Indeed, nothing,else icbuld be expected; as, whatever /views members may entertain as to the original necessity for entering.on a-war, few.can now.doubt that its prosecution to a successful termination is .absolutely necessary. ~: . -No details of dim debate have reached us yeti ■ - s /. \ • . 1

The Wellington JRroyincial Covmeil met on the 21st, and aitersoine-unimportant business adjourned to tlfe 28 riF October.

The war being.* .carried on so .neat: this place doe?.optseem to have injiired/much its general. trade : *jforfng % the second -quarter of this ;jgay~. growth .to a considerable.extent, and no doubt has done sp* inasmiich ; as |he ljas been greatlydiminished; -and•' the doubtful prospect in regard to, the future has made the settlers very chary qf parting with their money to supply waiita .-tbaii" are. not pressing.. But still,. notwithstandingihesc.reasons for expecting a diminished trade,, there is an increase both in exports and imports ; the former being not less than 41 .percent, more.than those for! the same pen«?d.: last: year.; .The principal. Increase has been; Jn f ;the export ,of butter, of I which four times as much. has Teen ; sent .off as was exported in .185 9. . :No doubt.the greatest, quantity of this article has ibeeii sent ■ to- Australia, add as pricesdhereliave not been higher than for some-i what has been usually there has thus been no" extraordinary inducement to make theserslijgcGkents,-, the- inforenceis tbat our -t&y greater. attention to dairy.husbandry,»eyen.at the comparatively moderate prices.-, that have been realized. tthe rates, that have prevailed during .the :pas.t .-yeak%haye been re.mu-' nerative, 5 branph .of riil-aTHiidustry may still be very considerably without any risk of the -profits being diminished, h it may be mentioned-tbat-. /th.erft-is now a considerable quantity of,'cheese made in the dis-trict-—probably: not mppli less than 6. or JQOQ lbs. but the. supply is not yet equal To the local ; demand, and so there is as.yet n'pne ( :e?ported.- There is also a large ihcreuseidfl-the;.- quantity' of lard sentaway, which.is The more remarkable as, there is a great falling off;rift,-, the quantity of'bacon tlie vejry lp% prices- that hay*:. been f ul jugs fog some market is glutted, the chance of a cNew MWdfhllhisnbttgh; itt the AustraKap ; mark«t3'vtonpreventJits^being. naupply exceeds the "demand-.i-'ilfTha® therefore*' beenOfoupd more proQtifoteptdvsead offi-tbe- . pigs alive!} and, if the mutHberfrof these is -added ltd the bacon, it Will be "found tbabln#e article of pork a considerably greater quantity Ims

.'shlppe d;than during'"’ the'-' same period of l J pr>9.. .The'liicreasc in the shipments of oats is'tt!so;remarkiiblcp-a mu.chlarger quantity of tliat : grain having ,4 -t'ee&Tgrd\vri ; - this year than at -aiiy tiifne > bßfoi‘*e‘f the I 'debrease in the export of wheat must, be ascribed partly to the very siriUlf supply 5 of native wheat which has bpeifhrought into *o'ur; market this year; and thfer« ! BMni/tlittle Inducement to’ ship this cereal :t to jtiiy other of the colOiiies. 'Wf bplievie'?t?iiat‘ithe'thi«l-qiitatp tefW the^f'eap'will Show a'difference iii this respect. The failure of : tiie potato cfop in Australfahtet year catfsed a; mifch greater -breadth’ of land to be planted with'tfris fOot, bbthby'Europeans and natives, than would: otherwise .have been the case ; and 'is its perishirble nature * makes immediate disposal -desirable, shipments 1 have-beeri -made t° nearly' The apparent falling off in the export of wool ii accounted for by the" clip having been sent ftris’^year-Hltrin 1 ‘THefodntiimed;draft's of’cattle from the district, arid the beginning of «■ trade" insalted' beef, arb in dications that- ere long our stockholders will get- their- cattle- disposed’ of at mote remunerative prices than they could have anticipated-a few months-ago. - ''' ' • ' in 1 tlie first quarter; of- this year there was. as. compared- with 1859,;a decrease in the imports; to -the- amount.' of 17 per - cent. ;.in the -jfecond ; quarter ;-.there'is an increase of onelialf pei* cent. •• •-- - ! ■ ' - There is a decrease of 65 per cent, in the tobacco entered for 'consumption; which shows ; the great consumption ’ of that- article among the riatrve population—the decrease no doubt being caused- by their not- buying so; much as > they have been accustbined-to do. The consumption oft spirits goes.nn increasingly, it * i>ejng* 30 per cent/ /more •• than inthe same quarter of lust year, and rather‘more than one-fifth of the whole’of our imports; That there should be sixteen hiindred pounds ex’ : pended on wine and spirits- in three months iiia district not containing more than a thousand men between eighteen and sixty years of age, • is at once a proof of there being a high avert age in the annual income of the inhabitants, and of a lamentable ignorance among them as to .what J will most conduce to; their- health', and ■. comfort., • ■ • -

As might he expected from the increased trade 1 the. amount of. tonnage entering ami leaving the port-has also been greater by about one-fifth.

It is to be regretted that the immigration should not be greater than the emigration ; but in the present condition of the north island it would, be unreasonable to expect that our population should 1 be increased in this '’During'-tlr^Afst'-'isiX. months of the year, lib'v&vef,* ft', has' b‘et&ir''s»creW4 hy the birth'of 19 female and 27 male children, as aguiiist 96 females and 24 males in 1859.

During the .same.',period there have been .fourteen deaths-, while last year there were ten deaths.

■' And the marriages have not beep more than half of jtlioso that took place last year, the numbers being respectively 7 and 14. ihis falling off is of .course accounted for by the unsettled state of. .the country- in consequence of the native rebellion. • - . Thus a review of the trade.of the 2nd three months, and of the population statistics of the first‘six months of this year, .gives good ground fop believing that, with peace restored, the prosperity of this district would increase at-a, very rapid rate. ~ • r ?