WELLINGTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 52, 3 January 1852, Page 6

WELLINGTON.

The Wellington papers complain seriously of the high price of bread there, notwithstanding the gieat reduction in the rates at which flour may be obtained. We agree with them in their remark, and note its applicability to our own case, that the bakers will find that they have adopted a very short-sighted policy, and one that must eventually tend to the injury of their own trade, by the encouragement it will give to all good and able housewives to bake their own bread.

Pottery.-—Captain Watt, of the " Governor Grey," has brought to Wellington a Jug manufactured at Wanganui, from clay found in that district. Neither the material nor the execution would do any discredit to Staffordshire itself; and from the nature of the clay, it would seem to be well adapted for making large pitchers, milk and wash pans, &c, for which there is a great demand, but which, in consequence of their bulk and brittleness, at present realise high prices. About a fortnight since, five sperm whales were captured by the whalers at Hawke's Bay; and a seal was clubbed by a boy belonging to Cameron's station, which turned out 8 gallons of oil. The Spectator says that sales of flour had been effected in Wellington during the week ending December 20, at 81. 10s. per ton by private contract, and i)l. 10s. by auction. Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, December 24, 1851.—First Flour, £11 per ton; Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d.; Beef, od. to 6d. per lb.: Mutton, 4sd. to sd. ; Pork, od. to 6d.; Fowls, per pair; 35.; Ducks, 45.; Geese, 4s. each; Turkeys, ss. each; Fresh butter, 10d. per lb.; Salt do., Is. 2d. ; Potatoes, £6 per ton ; Eggs, Is. 2d. per dozen ; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 2d. per lb.: Bathurst, Is.; Maize, 3s. 6d. per bushel ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; Firewood, per ton, 18s. NELSON. The Weather.—The weather during the last fortnight has been very unsettled for this season of the year, and on Monday and Tuesday last the quantity of rain which'fell was very considerable, the rain gimge giving about three inches. Although such broken weather at this period is interfering in some degree with the hay harvest, it is giving wonderful luxuriance to vegetation, and all crops afford the highest promise. The Markets—Since our last notice of the markets, several tons of fl >ur have arrived from Sydney and ITobart Town, the price asked for which has been 20/. a ton, but no one has bet% disposed to increase stock at such rates, particu-^ laiiy while small samples of wheat may be obtained at from 6s. to 7s. (id. per bushel. As more flour is expected in, we doubt whether the above price can be long sustained. Other articles of produce have undergone little chamre. s Strawberries are selling at Bd. per quart, irre'en peas 6d. per peek, new potatoes 2d. per lb.— Nelson Examiner. OTAGO. Three numbers of the Olagn Witness have come to hand. The most striking intelligence they contain, is an account of a ease tried before a full bench at Duuedin, in which one Justice of the Peace, James Macandrew, Esq., charged another, Robert Williams, Esq.. with assault and battery ! The Witness of Nov. 15, contains some severe remarks upon tbe irregularity of proceeding which characterised the" trial,'and accuses the Resident Magistrate of taking up

the position of an advocate, and of bullying the witnesses. A letter in the following number would seem to confirm the remarks of the Editor ii)»on the scene. The details, which are given at length, shew the attack to have been a most disgraceful one. The defendant was lined 30s. and costs. The Rev. T. Bums delivered an openinglecture (or the Duuediu Mechanic's Institute, — " On the value of intellectual self-culture to the working- man," on the 13th of November. At the conclusion of the lecture, wliieh'was delivered in the Schoolroom, a plan of the Hall intended to be Erected in Dunedin was exhibited. A water-color Drawing of Dunedin has been prepared by a Mr. Shaw, wlio advertises liis intention to have it lithographed, if sufficiently encouraged. The drawing is spoken of in the highest terms by the Otago journalist. Dunedin Prices Cuiuient, Retail, Nov. 29. ■ —First Flour, per 100 lbs., 355.; Bread, per 4 lb. loaf, Is. 2d. ; Beef,sd. peril).; Mutton, 6d.; Pork, 6d. to 6|d.; Fresh butter, Is. 2d. ; Salt do., Is. 4d. to Is. 6d.; .Ground Coffee, Is. lOd. ; Tea, 2 S . 6d.; Raw Sugar, 3id. to 4&d-; Loaf do., 7j^d; to Bd.: Mould Candles, Bd. ; Cheese, Is. ; Milk, 3d. to 4d. per quart; Potatoes, 4s. to ss. per cwt.; Firewood,per cord, 12s. to lGs.; Sawn Timber, 10. to 12s. per 100 feet; Shingles, 12s. per 1,000 ; Bricks, £2 ss. per 1,000.