MISCELLANY, ORIGINAL AND SELECT CHRONOLOGY OF 1826, FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1827; 1830), Saturday 6 January 1827, page 4. National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790370
January 7 —Prisoners from the Road and working parties lent out to assist in getting in the harvest, settlers paying men who conduct themselves well, and
work from day-light till dark, 18d a-day.
Meat supplied the Commissariat from 3d. to 41⁄2d. a-pound.
Correspondence between His Excellency and twelve inhabitants of Hobart Town concerning the execution of criminals.
Maccabe and thirteen others executed.
Mr John Grant died at Sydney on the 11th ultimo.
Lieutenant Gunn appointed to superintend the Prisoners' Barracks.
Sheep robberies committed.
News of General Darling's arrival at Sydney.
18. The Denmark Hill, 252 tons, sails for England with Colonial Produce. The brig Elizabeth Henrietta lost at Newcastle, New South Wales.
Jeffreys, the murderer, apprehended near Launceston.
28. The Larne sloop of war arrived at Hobart Town, with the Archdeacon
passenger.
February.— The Head-quarters of the 40th regiment removed to Hobart Town.
7. The Toward Castle arrived from England.
Joseph Tice Gellibrand, Esq. removed from the office of Attorney General, and Joseph Hone, Esq. appointed to act in his stead. # Joseph Tice Gellibrand
See below
Jocelyn Thomas, Esq. appointed to be Colonial Treasurer, and Rolla O'Ferrall Naval Officer.
The brig Nassau from Sydney, wrecked on the island of Tristan d'Acunha. The Bank of Van Diemen's Land shares a profit of 42 per cent.
18. The Lieutenant Governor and the Archdeacon, visit Launceston.
The Andromeda sails for London with produce.
Wheat sold generally at 8s. a bushel.
Revenue of Van Diemen's Land, for the year 1825 £48,403 2s. 7d. being £12,628 above that of 1824.
The ship Prince Regent arrives from England.
28. The brig Sun from Canton.
March 4 —Proclamation for the apprehension of bushrangers.
Mr. John Welsh appointed Master Attendant of the Port.
The Archdeacon holds his Visi-tation in St. David's Church. The Cape Packet, 200 tons, arrives from England with the Van Diemen's Land Company.
10. A party of bushrangers surprised and one taken by Lieutenant Williams of the 57th.
Edward Dumaresq, Peter Murdoch, and Roderic O'Connor, Esquires, appointed Commissioners of Lands.
11. Order in Council for sterling payments published,
18. Four bushrangers taken.
21. Edward Abbott, Esq. appointed Civil Commandant of Port Dalrymple. The Maria cutter lost.
Eighteen prisoners apprehended in Bass's Strait and brought to Hobart Town in the brig Duke of York.
Dr. Priest died at Launceston from wounds received from the
bushrangers.
^Mr. Charles Robertson shot by Captain Hugh Wilson.
see below
Thirty persons drowned at the launch of the Princess Charlotte at Portsmouth.
A new act to equalise weights and measures.
Sir Lowry Cole, Governor of the Isle of France, proclaims a reward for the killing of rats.
Dreadful fire at Montreal.
Hurri-cane in the West Indies.
The brig Calder lost at Valparaiso.
April.—Eight more bushrangers taken and lodged in Gaol ; Russel another having been killed and eaten by his companions Jeffreys and Perry.
Captain Kellie of the ship Cape Packet tried for shooting at one of his men on board that ship at sea, and acquitted.
Mr. Andrew Bent sentenced to three months imprisonment and to pay a fine of £200 for libel.
The Colony sub-divided into military districts, with troops and field police under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Bal-four. The " Ross Association" establishes a market at Ross.
Mrs Moodie died.
11. The ships Lang and Medway sail with produce for London.
24. The King's Birthday kept.
The Government schooner Despatch lost.
15. Mr. Bent tried and convicted of libel.
A society formed to introduce English game into the Colony.
24. John Montague, Esq. appointed to act as Clerk of the Council, W. H. Hamilton, Esq. as Colonial Secretary, Charles Arthur, Esq. as Private Secretary, and Malcolm L. Smith, as Barrack-master.
19. The Greenock arrives from Leith.
Lord Charles Somerset embarks for England from the Cape of Good Hope.
May.—Lieutenant Millar appointed Ordnance Store-keeper.
The duties of the different departments specified for general information.
The Woodman with male prisoners, the Albion with horses and implements for the Company, directed by Captain Thomas, and the Doncaster arrives from London.
News of the death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the King of Bavaria. Nicholas succeeds to the Russian throne.
Alarming distress in England, and numerous bankruptcies.
The Commissary buys oats at 5s. 4d. a-bushel.
Marquis Wellesley marries Mrs. Patterson, an American lady.
Dudgeon and Bell brewery prosperously established.
17.—The Providence arrives with female prisoners.
In a trial, Cartwright v. Mulgrave, for a bill protested and returned from England, a verdict was given for the full amount of the bill, costs, 10s. commission, 25 per cent, in the whole, and interest at 8 per cent, from the day of demand.
Dreadful fire at Miramichi.
Mr. Gordon and Mr. Anstey appointed Coroners.
Sheep commonly sold at 23s. each.
Death of Lieutenant Jeffreys, R. N.
The sloop Woodman of Sydney carries off three prisoners from Preservation Island to New Zealand.
Two black natives convicted of murder.
^Mr. Charles Robertson shot by Captain Hugh Wilson.
see below
Thirty persons drowned at the launch of the Princess Charlotte at Portsmouth.
A new act to equalise weights and measures.
Sir Lowry Cole, Governor of the Isle of France, proclaims a reward for the killing of rats.
Dreadful fire at Montreal.
Hurri-cane in the West Indies.
The brig Calder lost at Valparaiso.
April.—Eight more bushrangers taken and lodged in Gaol ; Russel another having been killed and eaten by his companions Jeffreys and Perry.
Captain Kellie of the ship Cape Packet tried for shooting at one of his men on board that ship at sea, and acquitted.
Mr. Andrew Bent sentenced to three months imprisonment and to pay a fine of £200 for libel.
The Colony sub-divided into military districts, with troops and field police under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Bal-four. The " Ross Association" establishes a market at Ross.
Mrs Moodie died.
11. The ships Lang and Medway sail with produce for London.
24. The King's Birthday kept.
The Government schooner Despatch lost.
15. Mr. Bent tried and convicted of libel.
A society formed to introduce English game into the Colony.
24. John Montague, Esq. appointed to act as Clerk of the Council, W. H. Hamilton, Esq. as Colonial Secretary, Charles Arthur, Esq. as Private Secretary, and Malcolm L. Smith, as Barrack-master.
19. The Greenock arrives from Leith.
Lord Charles Somerset embarks for England from the Cape of Good Hope.
May.—Lieutenant Millar appointed Ordnance Store-keeper.
The duties of the different departments specified for general information.
The Woodman with male prisoners, the Albion with horses and implements for the Company, directed by Captain Thomas, and the Doncaster arrives from London.
News of the death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the King of Bavaria. Nicholas succeeds to the Russian throne.
Alarming distress in England, and numerous bankruptcies.
The Commissary buys oats at 5s. 4d. a-bushel.
Marquis Wellesley marries Mrs. Patterson, an American lady.
Dudgeon and Bell brewery prosperously established.
17.—The Providence arrives with female prisoners.
In a trial, Cartwright v. Mulgrave, for a bill protested and returned from England, a verdict was given for the full amount of the bill, costs, 10s. commission, 25 per cent, in the whole, and interest at 8 per cent, from the day of demand.
Dreadful fire at Miramichi.
Mr. Gordon and Mr. Anstey appointed Coroners.
Sheep commonly sold at 23s. each.
Death of Lieutenant Jeffreys, R. N.
The sloop Woodman of Sydney carries off three prisoners from Preservation Island to New Zealand.
Two black natives convicted of murder.
June.—Mr. George Farquharson, a free settler, convicted of sheep-stealing. Cattle generally sold at £6 a-head. Barley 5s. 6d. Wheat 7s. a-bushel.
Mr. George Gatenby heroically defends himself against six robbers and shoots one dead.
The gum plank introduced as an article of export by Mr. Bethune.
Some contracts for the supply of meat as low as 21⁄2d. pound.
The brig Fairfield arrives from London.
July.—News of a dreadful storm at Gibralter.
The Henry arrives from England.
A turf club established at Jericho.
Melancholy and disastrous shipwreck of the schooner Sally in the bay opposite Waterhouse Island, in which 13 souls perished.
A new bank established by Messrs. Gellibrand.
An institution for education, called the Cornwall Collegiate established at Launceston.
Missolonghi the strong hold of the Greeks taken by the Turks.
August.—Bhurtpoor taken and peace with the Bur-mese.
A general complaint of the costs of civil law.
The Legislative Council passes an act empowering the Principal Superintendent of Convicts to try prisoners for all offences short of felony. 10. Four bushrangers taken by Mr. Gray and Mr. Robertson, and three
notorious characters by Mr. Holdship and Mr. Lucas.
An order for the classification of the prisoners in the Colony.
14. The ship Earl St. Vincent arrive with male prisoners from England, and the Portland from Leith with goods.
Bad accounts of the exports by the Cumberland.
Hops raised by Mr. Shewbridge superior to the best Farnham hops.
Colonial soap meets with great success.
25. Three men convicted of the horrid murder of Mr. Simpson.
September.—Mr. Forbes erects a wharf at Herdsman's Cove.
Dogs become an abominable nuisance both in town and country.
Sudden deaths and other dreadful effects of rum.
The Veteran Corps arrives but do not accomplish much in their capacity of overseeing the prisoners.
Sheriff's sales become less common.
The whale fishery proves successful.
46,095 gallons of spirits with a duty of £18,071 consumed in the Colony
in 1825, besides what may have been smuggled.
Mr. Capon appointed Chief Constable of the Colony.
Sentence of Death passed on 37 criminals.
6. The Cape Packet, 210 tons, sails for England with produce.
9. An act passed to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors and to check the grog system.
A book society established in Hobart Town with 60 members.
Numerous runaways from these Colonies harboured in New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific.
The Adrian arrives with goods.
The season continues very wet.
Death of Dr. Heber, Bishop of Calcutta.
16. Twenty-three criminals executed.
20. A concert takes place in the Court-house, patronised by His Excellency and Mrs. Arthur.
Captain Middleton of the Earl St. Vincent convicted of smuggling 3 puncheons of rum.
Mr. Cunningham makes a botanical tour in New Zealand; The ship Harvey makes a bad passage to England.
Lieutenant Wale drowns himself.
A Mr. Wakefield runs away with Miss Turner a young lady of high connections, and occasions a great noise in England.
Lord Cochrane joins himself to the Greek cause.
Three new volumes of Arabian tales found.
23. An act passed to promote the circulation of sterling money.
Mr. George Gatenby heroically defends himself against six robbers and shoots one dead.
The gum plank introduced as an article of export by Mr. Bethune.
Some contracts for the supply of meat as low as 21⁄2d. pound.
The brig Fairfield arrives from London.
July.—News of a dreadful storm at Gibralter.
The Henry arrives from England.
A turf club established at Jericho.
Melancholy and disastrous shipwreck of the schooner Sally in the bay opposite Waterhouse Island, in which 13 souls perished.
A new bank established by Messrs. Gellibrand.
An institution for education, called the Cornwall Collegiate established at Launceston.
Missolonghi the strong hold of the Greeks taken by the Turks.
August.—Bhurtpoor taken and peace with the Bur-mese.
A general complaint of the costs of civil law.
The Legislative Council passes an act empowering the Principal Superintendent of Convicts to try prisoners for all offences short of felony. 10. Four bushrangers taken by Mr. Gray and Mr. Robertson, and three
notorious characters by Mr. Holdship and Mr. Lucas.
An order for the classification of the prisoners in the Colony.
14. The ship Earl St. Vincent arrive with male prisoners from England, and the Portland from Leith with goods.
Bad accounts of the exports by the Cumberland.
Hops raised by Mr. Shewbridge superior to the best Farnham hops.
Colonial soap meets with great success.
25. Three men convicted of the horrid murder of Mr. Simpson.
September.—Mr. Forbes erects a wharf at Herdsman's Cove.
Dogs become an abominable nuisance both in town and country.
Sudden deaths and other dreadful effects of rum.
The Veteran Corps arrives but do not accomplish much in their capacity of overseeing the prisoners.
Sheriff's sales become less common.
The whale fishery proves successful.
46,095 gallons of spirits with a duty of £18,071 consumed in the Colony
in 1825, besides what may have been smuggled.
Mr. Capon appointed Chief Constable of the Colony.
Sentence of Death passed on 37 criminals.
6. The Cape Packet, 210 tons, sails for England with produce.
9. An act passed to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors and to check the grog system.
A book society established in Hobart Town with 60 members.
Numerous runaways from these Colonies harboured in New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific.
The Adrian arrives with goods.
The season continues very wet.
Death of Dr. Heber, Bishop of Calcutta.
16. Twenty-three criminals executed.
20. A concert takes place in the Court-house, patronised by His Excellency and Mrs. Arthur.
Captain Middleton of the Earl St. Vincent convicted of smuggling 3 puncheons of rum.
Mr. Cunningham makes a botanical tour in New Zealand; The ship Harvey makes a bad passage to England.
Lieutenant Wale drowns himself.
A Mr. Wakefield runs away with Miss Turner a young lady of high connections, and occasions a great noise in England.
Lord Cochrane joins himself to the Greek cause.
Three new volumes of Arabian tales found.
23. An act passed to promote the circulation of sterling money.
Mr. Charles Burgh a settler convicted of stealing a mare.
An expedition explores the coal mine at South Cape, and ascertains its existence of a good quality in several parts of the island.
The Atalanta sails for London with produce.
Rum distilled from sugar at Sydney.
Coarse earthenware made at Maria Island.
October.—The black natives in New South Wales commit dreadful outrages. Wheat supplied to the King's Store at 6s.6d. per bushel.
A fine vessel of 105 tons called the Apollo built on the banks of the Derwent. The Van Diemen's Land Company's brig Tranmere arrives at George Town from London.
The Doncaster 235 tons sails for London with produce.
A bridge proposed across the Derwent 12 miles above Hobart Town.
The pay and rations of prisoners regulated by Government.
The Chapman arrives from England with male prisoners.
13. B. Broughton tried for embezzlement of public money and acquitted.
15. The brig Earl of Liverpool arrives from London.
The brig Mariner found deserted at sea 1000 miles from the Cape of Good Hope.
* Dunne the bushranger taken. * see below
Jane Robson a female convict and her illegitimate infant die in the hospital, deserted by the unnatural father.
Dogs continue to do great mischief in town and country.
27. The Hugh Crawford with goods arrives from England.
Robert Lathrop Murray tried for forgery and found guilty.
Great quantities of flour exported from the Supply Mills at Launceston.
November.—New settlements formed at Western Port and King George's Sound on the West coast of New Holland.
Sir Charles Turner, Governor of Sierra Leone dies.
A new Parliament elected in England.
Wheat 5s. a bushel, bread too dear in proportion.
A tribe of black natives headed by one called Tom, half civilized, commit several murders, among which was that of Mr. George Taylor, junr. of the Macquarie River.
Rum retailed in great quantities by sly grog sellers.
16. The Henry, 259 tons, sails for England with produce.
The Turkish Janissaries destroyed.
24. The Woodford with male prisoners arrives from England. 29. A Government notice regarding the black natives gives great satisfaction throughout the Colony.
An expedition explores the coal mine at South Cape, and ascertains its existence of a good quality in several parts of the island.
The Atalanta sails for London with produce.
Rum distilled from sugar at Sydney.
Coarse earthenware made at Maria Island.
October.—The black natives in New South Wales commit dreadful outrages. Wheat supplied to the King's Store at 6s.6d. per bushel.
A fine vessel of 105 tons called the Apollo built on the banks of the Derwent. The Van Diemen's Land Company's brig Tranmere arrives at George Town from London.
The Doncaster 235 tons sails for London with produce.
A bridge proposed across the Derwent 12 miles above Hobart Town.
The pay and rations of prisoners regulated by Government.
The Chapman arrives from England with male prisoners.
13. B. Broughton tried for embezzlement of public money and acquitted.
15. The brig Earl of Liverpool arrives from London.
The brig Mariner found deserted at sea 1000 miles from the Cape of Good Hope.
* Dunne the bushranger taken. * see below
Jane Robson a female convict and her illegitimate infant die in the hospital, deserted by the unnatural father.
Dogs continue to do great mischief in town and country.
27. The Hugh Crawford with goods arrives from England.
Robert Lathrop Murray tried for forgery and found guilty.
Great quantities of flour exported from the Supply Mills at Launceston.
November.—New settlements formed at Western Port and King George's Sound on the West coast of New Holland.
Sir Charles Turner, Governor of Sierra Leone dies.
A new Parliament elected in England.
Wheat 5s. a bushel, bread too dear in proportion.
A tribe of black natives headed by one called Tom, half civilized, commit several murders, among which was that of Mr. George Taylor, junr. of the Macquarie River.
Rum retailed in great quantities by sly grog sellers.
16. The Henry, 259 tons, sails for England with produce.
The Turkish Janissaries destroyed.
24. The Woodford with male prisoners arrives from England. 29. A Government notice regarding the black natives gives great satisfaction throughout the Colony.
December 4.—Charles Bradshaw convicted before the Rev. R. Knopwood and James Scott, Esq. of re-tailing spirits without a licence, in which case perjury was committed by two witnesses for the defence.
8. John Burnett, Esq. appointed Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records. Periodical markets established at the Cross Marsh and New Norfolk.
Wheat sold in some parts of the Colony at 3s. a bushel.
The price of bread bears no proportion to that of wheat.
The Rev. R. Claiborne appointed master of the new school at Launceston.
A house burned in Elizabeth-street.
Inaccurate weights and measures used in Hobart Town.
Prisoners who bring property from England not allowed the use of it until after a period of tried good conduct in the Colony.
The brigs Sun and Venus wrecked in Torres Straits.
The Australia arrives from Hamburgh with sheep for the New South Wales Company.
A French expedition arrives at Sydney.
J. C. Macdougall and John Boon tried for infringing the licencing act, and acquitted, conflicting evidence in both cases.
A large vessel chartered at Launceston for the export of flour to the Isle of France.
Apart from any use permitted by the Act, the State of Tasmania grants users of this site a licence (within the meaning of the Act) to download, print and otherwise reproduce the information for non-commercial purposes only.
8. John Burnett, Esq. appointed Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records. Periodical markets established at the Cross Marsh and New Norfolk.
Wheat sold in some parts of the Colony at 3s. a bushel.
The price of bread bears no proportion to that of wheat.
The Rev. R. Claiborne appointed master of the new school at Launceston.
A house burned in Elizabeth-street.
Inaccurate weights and measures used in Hobart Town.
Prisoners who bring property from England not allowed the use of it until after a period of tried good conduct in the Colony.
The brigs Sun and Venus wrecked in Torres Straits.
The Australia arrives from Hamburgh with sheep for the New South Wales Company.
A French expedition arrives at Sydney.
J. C. Macdougall and John Boon tried for infringing the licencing act, and acquitted, conflicting evidence in both cases.
A large vessel chartered at Launceston for the export of flour to the Isle of France.
Apart from any use permitted by the Act, the State of Tasmania grants users of this site a licence (within the meaning of the Act) to download, print and otherwise reproduce the information for non-commercial purposes only.
# Joseph Tice Gellibrand
^Mr. Charles Robertson shot by Captain Hugh Wilson.
Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1827; 1830), Saturday 25 March 1826, page 2 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790690
* DUNNE bushranger
Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827), Friday 20 October 1826, page 3 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2448714
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Watch for future article on settlement of Irish in Tasmania
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