Tuesday 18th. Last night the Bush rangers were within ten miles of Hobart Town, where they had made themselves easy in a house during the day, besides committing a highway robbery. All the free inhabitants of the Town have been enlisted as volunteers to mount guard upon the different places of public buildings, in order that all the Soldiers may be in the bush in pursuit of the Bush rangers; and there are only a few Soldiers to mount Guard on the Bridewell & fort. Today where I was walking up the wharf with Mr. McLachlan, we met young Mr. Walkinshaw with his Musket, about to take shipping for Bassis Straits where a number of the volunteers are ordered to loo for the Bush rangers. When the Prisoners of the Jail knew of the Soldiers having left Town they made an attempt to escape, but were prevented on the alarm being made, when several of the bricks were found extracted from the Wall.