FOR SALE, All EWES, now grazing inJfche jmf^W^ York district, 10 with laffibs, and 10 without. Apply to Mr. L. Lukin, or to ifr. T. Carter, York. August 24,1839. To follow the Sale advertised to take place at Leeder's Hotel, Perth, on Wednesday, the 28¿A instant, A VARIETY of Cooking Utensils. Perth, Aug. 24, 1839. "--?i- " ? ? ? ? - ? - ? - - - ? - i " SHERIFFS OFFICE. Perth, August 2, 1839. Jn the Civil Court REGINA V MORGAN. NOTICE is hereby given, that, on Wednesday, the thirtieth day of October next, at Twelve o'clock, the Sheriff* will cause to be offered for Sale by Public Auction, before the Court-House in Perth, tender and by virtue of an Order issued cut of the above Court, dated 2d August, J 839., ALL the estate, right, title and interest of the Defendant in and to all those several Allot T ments of Land situate and being in Section L in the town of Perth, and respectively marked and numbered in the Maps and Books of the Surveyor General's Office 63, 64, 65, and 66. REGINA V. ELLIS . On the said thirtieth day of October next, at Twelve o'Clock, will also be offered for Sale by Public Auction, before the Court-House in Perth, under and by virtue of an Order issued out of the above Court, dated the 2d of August, 1839, All the estate, right, title and interest of the Defend- ant in and to all that piece or parcel of Land situate and being on the Avon River, in the district of York containing 2,746 acres, or thereabouts. ALSO,-All the estate, right, title and interest of the Defendant in and to all those several Allotments of Land situate and being at Kelmscott, and respec- tively numbered 19, 20, 21, and 22, in the Maps and Books of the Surveyor-General. REGINA V. THOMSON AND TRIMMER. On the said thirtieth day of October next, at Twelve o'Clock, will also be offered for Sale by Public Auction, before the Court-H ouse in Perth, under and by virtue of an Order issued out of the above Court, dated 2d of August, 1839, All the Defendants' estate, right, title and interest respectively in and to all that piece or parcel of Land situate and being on the left bank of the Swan River, containing one thousand acres, or thereabouts, and called and known by the name of Sion Hill. For further particulars, apply to W. J. Lawrence, Esquire," Crown Solicitor. G. F. STONE, Sheriff*. ?I m ni»-- III III in i---tmrnmrnm li i. ? THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, August 20, 1839. IS Excellency the Qovernor has been pleased to appoint George Grey, Esquire, to be a Magistrate of this Territory. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, August 23, 1839. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint George Grey, Esquire, Resident Magistrate of the District of Plantagenet, in the room of Sir Richard Spencer, K.C.H and C.B ., deceased, until the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government is known. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, August 20, 1839. IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to place Henry Vincent, Jailor, Fremantle, in charge of the Native Es- tablishment, Rottnest, in the room of L. Welch, the late Superintendent. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, , August 19, 1839. IT is with much regret that His Excellency the Governor communicates to the Public of this Colony the death' of Sir Richard Spencer, K.C-H. and C.B. , Government Resident, Albany, which took place on the evening ofthe 24th ultimo By His Excellency's command, PETER BRO WN, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth,, Augustus, 1839. IT being the intention of the Local Government to dispatch H. M. Colonial Schooner Cham- pion to the Out-Ports on Wednesday next, 28ih Instant, Persons desirous of proceeding to any of these places, or having goods to forward, may.be accommodated. For Freight or Passage, application to be made to the Resident, Fremantle. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, August 20, 1839. THE Sale of Crown Land, Y J2, Avon District, comprising 754 acres, advertised for sale on the 18th September next, is hereby cancelled. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, August 23, 1839. _ SU RRENDER OF LAND. ypw^EIE undermentioned Application for the P|" surrender of Land having been received in conformity with the Public Notice issued from this Office on the 29th of September, 1837, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the publication of the same, with the view of affording interested Parties an opportunity of stat- ing their objections to such Surrender being made, viz : - J R T-hillips 1.200 Acres of Land on the right bank of the Canning River, from N. E. end of Location 15, being the lower half of a Grant of 3,600 acres originally assigned to John Alexander Dutton. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary. Colonial St cretary's Office, Perth, August 20, 1839. SALE OF TOWN ALLOTMENTS. OTICE is hereby given, that on Wednes- day, the 27th of November next, at Twelve o'Clock Ni-on, the Sub-Collector of Re- venue at Albany, King George's Sound, will offer for Sale by Pub'ic Auction, al that place, the un- dermentioned Town Lots, under and subject to the existing Regulations
- Albany Lot S No. 25 . Ditto No. 173. Ditto No 174. Ditto No. 206. For further particulars, reference to be made to the Offices of the Sub Collector at Albany, or the Survey Office, Ptrth. By His Excellency's command, PETER BROWN, Colonial Secretary. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1839. " Neither conscience nor taste will suffer me to fight one class or interest against another, for separate benefit, or to take the narrow ground of undeviating panegyric. " It was our intention to have offered some remarks upon the copious extracts we have made relating to Canada and Southern Australia, as they fully confirm the sentiments we have long entertained, in common with most men of experience, of the true policy to be adopted in the disposal of waste land. The article un- der the head of Emigration is taken from Lord Durham's report on the state of Canada. This report embraces many points of material importance to our com munityy and will unquestionably be read with much interest The article under the head of South Australia, a colony establisded with a change of system, bears strong marks of accurate judgment, founded upon incontrovertible data. A careful perusal of these two extracts will suggest to the minds of our readers the^ illustrative comparisons we had proposed to have drawn from them. CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF A NATIVE " NAMED WEEBAN. -This man escaped' some time back from the Perth Gaol, after he had been tried and convicted of a murder of a native child at Air. Shaw's farm, on the Upper Swan. A reward was offered for his apprehension, and on, Saturday last he was taken and brought into Perth by Mr. A. Jones, and others, residing at Guildford, and again lodged in tbp Perth Gaol, from whence he was ordered to be conveyed, by Air. Hunt the Under Jailor, to the Gaol at Fremantle. Mr. Hunt started at 9 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last, but impru- dently took his family in the same boat with him. They reached Point Walter about 12 o'clock, where they landed, leaving the prisoner in charge of a young man, the son of Mr. Duffield, whose whale-boat had been engaged for the tiip. His escapéis thus explained by J. Duffield, jun., in his evidence given be foie W. L. Brockman, Esq , J. P. : " We landed at Point Walter, and went up to the house. We stopped about an hour, and as we were returning to the boat, I was a little ahead with $he pri- soner. I had the chain by which he was fastened twice round my aim, with the padlock at the end of it. When I got to the loot of the hill, the pi isoner begged' me to pick up a stick, pointing toa blister on his arm, which he wished ta bruise ; when I stooped down he forced the chain norn my arm
I called out to Hunt, and followed after the pi isoner; I succeeded in catching him as he was jumping from a rock ; he struggled to getaway;I kept striking him with the padlock until he succeeded in drawing the chain down to him, and got my thumb in his mouth. I could hold him no longer, and he got amongst the rocks out of my sight. When the prisoner es- caped, lie had the chain, handcuffs, and two padlocks on." Search was made for, three hours in all directions, but without' being able to find the fugitive ; when the party proceeded to Fremantle, where the circumstances of this unhappy occurrence were investigated by Mr. Brockman. Want of room prevents our giving ex- pression to the opinion we entertain of this occurrence, coupled with the grounds upon which that opinion is formed. This will be a subject for future remark. DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS-EMIGRATION. . "I have mentioned the peculiar importance which,in newly settled societies, is attached to the' works for crealing and improving the means of communication. But in such communities, and especially when only a small portion of the land has been occupied by settlers, there is a still more momentous subject of public concern. I allude to an operation tf government, which has a perma- nent influence over the happiness of individuals,* and the progress of society: towards wealth and greatness. Iam speaking of the disposal, by the government,'of the landa uf the new country. In old countries no such matter ever occupies public attention ; in new colonies, planted on a fertile and extensive territory, this is the object of the greatest moment to all, and the first business of .the go- vernment. TJpon the mauger in which ¡tjiia busi- ness is conducted it may áín * be said thai every
