THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, July 26, 1860.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 201, 26 July 1860, Page 2

THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, July 26, 1860.

•TgE Native;' meeting at ' Auckland commenced PU the lOth instv, and an account of, the first day’s proceedings will be found in 'another .column*:; The General Assembly would meet yesterday.: . Members will be. ufiwilUpg to embarrass tlie Governor by criticisipg the war proceedings, and tlie business piay be restricted to devising* measures - for tbe relief of the colony from its present difficulties. But if general politics' ate entered on* it ia not unlikely that the ministry may be obliged to resign, in which case it is to be hoped a more capable government will beforrped.. Z’he members for Wellington.left by the. White; Swan, on Saturday afternoon for A uckland. On receipt .at : A upkiaiid Of- tlie intelligence regarding' the -engagement at ?Taitara, 300 sailors land marines were sent ;tq ! Taranaki in the Cordelia; but on their arrival Colonel Gold informed Loring that, he in-' tended to stand bn the defensive till further reinforcements were receivedr-on which the Commodore fetifrhed;with his men to/Manu* k&u. It' is to be hoped that, M ajor general Pratt is a man of.’ better mettle than Colonel Gold, and that his arrival will change the present gloomy aspect of affairs. ?T. Waring Taylor, Esq., is appointed Deputy Superintendent during Dr. Featherston’s abspncO at Auckland.' • - I

A coiTespondent at Waikato of the New. Zealander says, that it is the policy of \ the Maori king party, ih' order tb keep up the land league,-to set- up-Potatau’s son as his„sopceSspr, hufc f that?hd Sfltibl in thO pstiipatiori. off the numerous tribes, have-the “mana” (influence

prauthority'jofihis father. 4 ,I*uC A2 ' | | j ; . In the House'of'Commons'on .the BtftiMay, ; Lord A: Churchill asked the Under Secretary for the any new% had been received by-rthe Government disturbancefgt Tayanaki. .sMiCfcForteScue answered,-Jhatphe had that day received a letteri'from'the" Governor, who appeared to have met the difficulty that had occurred regarding a pui chase* of land from the natives with great promptitude

and prudence, and lie. hoped - that any,.serious ppliisibn^wpuliPhe avoided. ~...;'.V. ’'''Tlie Londoff Wool 'sales opened oh the 3rd May. -'The attendance of buyers was very great. The opening prices were at a re*!uic-, tiou of |d to from the March sales, but active. competition soon caused a recovery: 37000 bales had been sold up to 18th A/ay ; the whole was 69,000balea

LAst yehttwaS iidt c:ohsiderMf&> very’ favourable ohe for cereal or green crops ; -except on wet soils they did not produce the average quantities, the great drought that prevailed during the spring Uird- a luxuriant-growth on -the fern uplands..; jjft that, especially where the, grain “was sown T late,.it was in;- some cgsga^,[scarcely worth reaping. Gatsjßnd s bairl.gy being genially:. sown/lafe? than wheat, this rernark applies especjqby to them,, although; it.is,also of tatQgs wereplso asected{ by s the as a considerable breadthwas, .pjaqteif/ much (iTbonsequen%"}qf receipt ofAb^'n^wi'ifoia^Aib^iia.,at; the endAf the yeaKpfJilie failure of glie ; crbpiliere][,- the yield of.'tbi.s|roQf is .edpeeiaily^' > l|etovir -'‘.an icetwiß ,al|‘ these' drawbacks, hqwev’er,'..tjie., ayeyage .yieldigs. wilbi- Jbg, v seen from f tbg Return Jauntldn.?anqther column, will Bear comparison'' with thatgif any gpyi-grpwing c.ouptry ip. Europe .Araerida;vand we question /if,, in a; series: Australia would be .able to shQ ; w,,'at better result. The best yield 6jf.wljeat in tbe; ’district, uras 45 bsh. per acre. : :ln onedarge !fielA of oats'Tt was’ex pected . ibere woiiid" lie.'-; a.,-yield of 80 to 90 bushels, but the; attacks of tbe ; caterpillar and some high winds caused . a great" loss, so that th|rEwns 4ot more tl«m.. 35 bushels,. ; ta,the acte: The higiiest actual, /yield" threshed, out is 70“ bushels, raised on wetland, sown-in the end of October and reaped in April; th,e.sinallest acre is : 10 bushels. The largest yield of potatoes was 14 tons per acre, i-bad kin in grass: twn years. While the yield haV bn the whole, considering all the circumstances, been thus favourable, the growers have not had much reasoß-tbpsom* plain of prices, their wheat having brought from 7s. to Bs.; barley,’7s. to 7s. 6d.;/oats, 3s. 6d.; and potatoes, .£3 10s. tb £4: ;v The whole value of the crop at these prices nihbunts to Jg 14,057, or as nearly as possible £'B per acre—a result which sliows What a working man, with a. small and. a large.family to assist, and enable him., to dispense with hired labour, may expect tie do in this Neighbourhood, if settled on land of average quality bought at 10s. per acre: - ’