VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 91, 26 August 1846, Page 3

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

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Mr. Gregson, as we announced in Tuesdav'a gam.., upon a handle dl w salter mg the present with the words following «_. P * bu? R, r*l am depUted t0 present to y° u triedbfvournr Ct T d - regard ia w^h y ouae Meld by your fd|o«r colonists, and of their gratitude for the semces which they acknowledge you to X

d,i m " tru, * e <>' epeciaily. to refer to your con. duct we. Member of the Le<i.latire Counc.l which your fellow coiuHi.te, l)eai ,y l 0 a m .~\™ persona, or bli J uch-a» w«» requued m order tobbiai.. the relief of h e coloa y fr 01ugross , nil grievoug , . ,»<•»

It only remains for me now to present to you h kf of ack U o w l ei l gem ent in the naJ of those who have done themselves the honour t<, H ub. acnuc iv it*

tiou-l' B, '" C ° ntained the fo!lu »ing inecrip

" To Thomas Gkouge GatasoN, Esq

Thonl ,^" Cc PIATE, aad the BUm °' T ™ thousand Guineas, were presented by his fellow, colonies as a tribute of their gratitule for his able Zealous and di.imere* ed efforis to promote the interests of, ,nd obtain the redre s s for. their adop. ted country more part.cularly during the period he «.t m a Member of th, Legi e lati r e Council o f Vau Diemen's Lind. 1816."

The Legislative Council etood adjourned to Tuesday tbe 30th ultimo, and it was generally believed that the members would ass-mble for the despatch of business. The Colonial Times says that there is now no obsttcle to Sir Eardley WiL mot convening the Council fur business, as S.r Robert Peel declared ia the House of Common*, that » England will take upoa itself the expense of all convicted prisoners, by a charge upon the coneolidatedfund.

The Hobart Town Advertiser states—" It Js reported that orders have been sent out to build the hull of a steamer intended for convict purposes the machinery of which is to be sent out from England.