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~. II TiJE VENIN G S'l'Aß. ONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1816. PRICE OF rocKi THIS DAY AT TWEI .VE O'CLOCK ' Ralucri! 64t# —Cons. mo.lbOt—Coos. for opg. 6S4i Oyer Cam. 78*- 5 per Ctiet. Navy abut . `Esche • Bala, 46.71. pr.—lndia Bonds 151. 161. pre. .Yesterday we •received the Paris Papers of the 11th and 12th. t'hey contain no proceedings of the Lt-, ; :Jove Clptabers worthy of recording : the : Kayo, by a Royal Ordinance, bas‘ extended the boonties on the importation of grain to rice and maize, or Indian corn. Thirty millions• of francs (ahout a million and a halt English money) are aby t iit to be added to the national debt of France, to , enable her to liquidate-the claims which extraordinary circumstances have imposed upon her. A Message trolVi the KINO was expected to be presented on Thursday last. It was eipected to contain the Pro jet of a La.v to define the extent of the responsibility of Ministers. The French funds keep up: thisihews that the French money-changers are not depressed in spirits by the probability of their Government want in *tote money. Last night we received Hamburgh Papers to thell 7th imst int. Under the head of Berlin we l e arn that II the KING of PRUSSIA means to visit his Rhenish Pro- ' vinces in the, Spring, and from thence proceed to Trance, where he will review the Prussian troops in person. in the mean time, in consequence of the ttigh price of corn in the Rhenish Provinces, the KING has ordered 20,000 lasts, or 160,000 quarters of rye, purchased in the ports of the Baltic, to be' sent for the consumption of these provinces. It has been announced at Hanover, that the Waterloo Corn. inittee of London mean to allow to the widows and children of the Non-commissioned Officers and Pri vates of the German Legion, who tell in the battle of Waterloo, the following very liberal pensions : To the widow of a Private. an annuity of 810; of a Corporal, 812; of a Serjeant, 416;. and of a Serjeant-Major, 820 ; to their - children; until they reach their seventh year, 414 each ; until their four teenth year, 815, at the close of which they are to receive a present of £l5. if they reach their twenty first year, and the funds of the Committee permit, then the son of a Private is to receive an extraordi nary present of £3O, of a Corporal 835, of a Set leant £4.5, ani of a Serjeant-Major *5O. NEW SOUTH WALES. , The Zebra SIO:)p of war, which arrived at Ports• mouth from New South Wales, brought us intelli. gence from that Colony to March last, and also a writs of Sydney Gazetecs.—A mong other interesting articles, these 'Papers contain a narrative of a tour Made by Mr. Evans, under the direction of the Go. treinor, in tte lately explored country to the West ward of the Blue Mountains. Mr. Evans proceeded from Bathurst with instructions to pursue the disco veries as much further Westward as the unforeseen occurrences to which a -travellers in an unexplored country might be expozei, would permit. On the 13th of Miy, 1815, he commenced his tour, and on the .2d of . June, finding' his provisions would not enable him to proceed further, be began to retrace his cours:: back to Bathurst, where he arrived on the 12:h June, having been absent thirty.one days. In the course of this tour, he travelled over a vast number . of rich and fertile vallies, with successions of hills well covertd with good and useful timber, chiefly the stringy bark and the pine, and the whole country abounding with ponds and gullies of fine water ; he also fell in with a large river, which, be conceives, would become navigable for boats at the distance of a few days travelling along its banks. From its course, he conjectures that it must join its waters with those tf the Mazquarie River; and little doubt can be entertained that their joint streams must form a navigable river of very considerable sire. At a distance of kb rut sixty-miles from Bathurst, Mr. EVAIIS discovered a number of hills, the points of which end in perpendicular heads, from SO to 40 feet high, of pure lime , stone of a misty grey colour. place, and also throughout the general COlllllll )urney, kangaroos, emu's, ducks; ate; were great numbers; and the new river, to which rims gave the name of the Lachlan, abound* ith. The natives appeared more numerous' Bathurst; but so very wild, and apparently h alarmed at the sight of white men, that be not induce them to.come near, or to hold any :curse whatever with him. At the termination tour Mr.. Evans saw a good level country, of a Interesting appeafance, 'and a 'very rich soil; le conceives that there is no barrier to prevent travelling further westward to almost any extent -Ould be desired. • The distance travelled by on this occasion was 142 measured miles out; 1, with digressions to the southward, made the distance 155 miles from Bathurst. He adds at Ane tittle, that having taken a more direct line w Bathurst than that by which he left it, he the distance then only 115 Miles ; and he ob , es, that a good road.may be made all thatlength ,out any considerable difficulty, there not being thah three hills whicli may nor be avoided. v essel named the Brothen, brings a Melancholy ohnt of the massacre of several or her's and the, VG mew, by the blew Zealanders, at Trial Her. boar, at the estiniatei distance of 1 . 50 mile.' S:E. of the Missionary station at the Bay of Islands, being between the river Thames and Mercury Bay. The Trial sailed from Sydney on the 23cl of May, for, the Marquesas, intending to call at New Zealand,' and there join the Brothers, Which had a few days previously taken her departure fur that purpose, chiefly for the purpose of collecting flax. They re 'stained a month at the Bay of Islands, and from thence adopted a south-easterly course, trading with the natives as they went along.. M 'king a short stay at a harbour which did not appear to have been bre fore trequented by any Europeans. they named it, Trial Harbour. and received very friendly treatment, with a promise of having a quantity of flax p rovide d against the return of the vessels. They went towards Cook's Straits, and after running down a considera ble extent of coast, returned to • Trial Harbour. The natives not having procured the flax according 1 to their promise, Mr. Hovell and Mr. Barnett de signed sailing thence on Monday the 21st of August, but were attacked on the noon of the preceding day, and the decks of both vessels taken possession of by anammense number of the natives. Mr. Hovell states, that at half-past twelve, A.M. he observed a number of canoes alongside both vessels, but that from the friendly terms he was on with the chiefs and ()diet natives, he had no suspicion of any design against the vessels, both of which were pro vided with boarding-nets, through the interstices of which they bartered their commodities with the islanders. The Trial's people were down at dinner : Mr. Hovell was on the quarter-deck, folding a m a t, with a friendly chief, Narruroe, near to whom was another chief; the latter, on some signal supposed to have been given by the former; spruw upon Mr. Hovell with his club, and struck him (*the back of the head : he reeled, half stunned ; a second blow was aimed at him, which he avoided by rushing forward and precipitating himself down the forecastle hatch way. The assailants now crowded upon the upper deck, of which they obtained complete possession, while several who had intruded themselves between decks, were opposed by the people and killed. nose above tried to ship the main-hatch, in order to shut the crew below, but two men stationed at the hatch way, kept them off with their muskets. Their numbers increased, and a rush was momentarily expected. A constant fire was kept up from below, and the natives crowded all on the quarter-deck to keep clear of the firing up the hatchway. The cabin sky-light afforded an opportunity of firing upon them there, the occa sion was embraced, and two discharges drove them sal the quarter-deck. They were astonished and con-, Omsk at the unexpected attack through the sky light;irhich was fatal to several ; they ran forward, still determined, however, to persist in their attempt of capturing the vessel. In passing forward they were again fired at from the hatchway , but a t this cri. 1 tical moment arrived Jacky Warry, a native who had before belonged to the Trial, and by his directions to cut the cables of the two vessels, the crews were re duced to the last extremity. They soon drifted ashore, and the assailants, to avoid the firing, crowded in and about the long boat. A steady discharge of seven muskets at one volley, drove them overboard, and thus the crew regained the deck, of which the enemy had had possession four hours. They now saw the Brothers within half a cable's length, also aground, with upwards of 100 naives on the deck. —The Trial's swivels were now employed in aid of her musketry. and soon cleared her. Mr. Burnett and his people regained the deck of the Brethers i from whence they also had been driven, and a joint fire was kept ep as long as the natives were within its reach, which did considerable execution. Mr. Burnett's report of the affair states, that at half past twelve o'clock he heard a shout from the Trial, and immediately his own decks were crowded with na tives who had been previously alongside his vessel ; that he was instantly aware of the intended assault, and seizing a musket, shot one of the most forward. Mr. John O'Neal, Mate of the vessel, and a native of New South Wales, for some time defended Mr. Bur nett against the attacks of several .adversaries, with an empty musket : he was himself attacked, and fell, , overpowered by numbers. Thomas Hayes was t h r own wounded into a canoe, and killed on shore. —Joseph Marsden and George Hallogan, the former wounded, jumped overboard, and were protected by a chief's wile ; the latter rejoined the vessel, and sup poses Marsden, who did not return, to be still alive. William Morgan, a boy, was wounded, as was also Mr.. Burnett, though, not badly : and the'next morn ing the two seamen who hadbetn unfortunately killed on board the Brothers, were interred. On board the. Brothers were killed Matthew Jackson, an European, and Tetia a Pomatoo native; and Christopher Har per,: weunded. Accounts have been received from the Missionaries at the Society Islands (whose abode has for a length , of time been fixed at the island of Eitaao) of a nap tare perfectly contrasted to the foregoing gloomy and diicoeraging intelligence. Several religious tracts have been prepared by the Gentlemen of the mission, in the Taheitan tongue, and proportionate numbers ' of printed copies forwarded from Sydney for their use. A regular schoof had been along time open for the instruction of persons of all ages, who had a desire to be taught. The numbers that attended, were varied by the circumstances of the times, and seldom exceeding SO or 60, until lately, when the number of pupils exceeded six hundred and sixty.— The number of candidates for Christianity exceeded a thousand in number. The few Missionaries that are there stationed are cheered with the pleasing pros pect now before them,• but have had a severe lonia the recent death of Mr. Scott, an able and active Missionary. Independent of those taught at the school, many others have learned to read midis the tutorage of their own countrymen, whose books they borrow occasionally, and thence accrues a new, senrce for the extension of knowledge. Idolatry has received ad universal shock, and totters Itol4 its foundation throughout all the islands. Some of the 'opposing Cniefs, with the Priests and their fames, =dew • • r• • %.• f it your to prop the rotten fabric, but their t orts con epicupusty tend to the acceleration of its fall. The Governor has made several excursions into -various parts of the interior to observe the general progress of the agricultural and grazing concerns of the Colony, and has published the result of his ob servations. It was with much regret his Excellency had frequently to remark, that among the lower order of the settlers great slovenliness and neglect of the most obvious and necessary duties of farmers were but too frequent and evident in their personal appearance, and the state of their farms, in regard to cultivstion and improvement. This remark is meant to apply more particularly to the settlers in those fertile and luxuriant tracks on the banks of the Nepean and Hawkesbury, where Nature has been most bountiful ; as there the settlers seem to have done least to improve their own condition, or to tender their farms productive in any degree equal to what might be reasonably expected. Ellis Bent, Esq. the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Colony, died at Sydney, on the 10th November. ' He is succeeded in that office by Fred. Garling, Esq. By the Zebra we have beep favoured with a letter from a gentleman at New South Wales. dated the sth of March last, at which time the colony was fast re ' covering from the late severe drought. a calamity it had been afflicted with in the course of the last five years, more frequently than had previously occurred, and the loss of cattle in consequence been very con siderable. Wheat was then 10s. per bushel ; beef an mutton 11.6 d. and butter 6 1 . per l b. ; horses an d ; cows, from LW to £l5 ; sheep, from SOs. to i€ 3 ; cheese, Ss. to 9s. 6d. per lb. The vessels belonging of the colony make frequent voyages to the islands in the South Seas, and are also employed in the whale fishery. European goods. of almost every descrip tion, were abundant. The settlers were making great exertions to improve the quality of their wool, and they will, ere long, export that article of the finest quality. Letters from the Isle of Frattee,;noder date the 31st of August and 9th September last, state, that the colonial schooner Gustance had been seized by his Majesty's ship TENS, Captain CURRAN, with 64 Africans on board. The naval squadron have been sincerely active in repressing this long-continued out nage on humanity and British law. The Musourro sloop of war was cruising between the Mauritius and Madagascar. The Oaciirres frigate had fitted out her boats so intercept the chase-marees debarking into the various creeks. The French Authorities for Pondicherry had arrived at Port Louis on the 17th of August last. The expedition had not returned from Madagascar ; but the latest accounts from thence are reported to convey intelligence that it altogether failed in its object, the Native Chieftains refusing to enter into any negotiation with the British Commissioner, Lieutenant Le SAGE, and much less to deliver up the agents in the late massacre at the Settlement of Port Farquhar. Thursday the Inconstant, Sir James L. YEa t went out of Portsmouth. Harbour, and the next Tay her crew were paid wages, preparatory to Sir Jima; proceeding to resume his command on the Coast of Africa. The Horatio, Captain Dtta.cm, sailed . on Friday i from Portsmouth for Deptford, to be surveyed ; the Alpheus, Captain LANGFORD, is gone to' Sheer ness ; and the AgBAR, Captain BULLRN, is gone into Portsmouth harbour to be paid off. The Newfoundland Sqoadron, under Vice-Admi .:ral PICKSIORP, have all returned home, except the Pike schooner, Captain BUCHAN, which vessel is to remain at St. John's until the next Spring. The Vice-Admiral arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday, in the Tiber. Captain DACRES, having had a passage of only ten days from St. John's. The Fly, Captain J. Baffhwor, went into Plymouth. The Pefsetis, Captain Ts RER, arrived at Portsmouth on the follow ing day. Captain BRaMER and the officers and crew of his Majesty's late ship Comus, came home in the Tiber. • * The Amphitrite, Captain PLUMRICOR ; Cameleon, Captain Low (Acting) ; Zebra, Captain Foams ; and the Elk, Captain ---, have recently arrived from the East Indies,_ to be paid off. The Amphi. trite, Cameleon, and Zebra, are new ships : they were built at Bombay, and are to be paid off at Ports mouth. These ships bring intelligence from the Cape and St. Helena of so recent dates as October 20 and November 5. BONAPARTE was at the latter date confined to his room by a cold : its severity most 'affected his head. PLONTOWSKY, his Polish atten dant; bad been sent away from the island. There was, it seams, sufficient reason in the latter part of his annduct, relating to his devoted master, to cause him to be removed; and he had been conveyed to the Cief Good Hope, and placed under the direction of I.ord CHARLIS SOMERSET, the Governor of that Calmly. It was with some regret, we are most cre di% informed, that PIONTOYISKI . was received it' flt.. 'line . by BONAPARTE. 1-111 expressed himself ' as not having wished for hi; attendance, seeing that: he.,had not-the means of rendering his abode on the island desirable; for it is not to be imagined that the £BOOO per annum allowed by Government for the maintenance of BONAPARTE and his suite is appro priated to any other purpose than that of purchasing latch articles of necessity and of comfort as comport with BONAPARTE'S condition .as a captive State pri soner. His rations are daily conveyed to his resi dence, and that without any regard whatever to his former character and condition. Sir POLTRNRY MAL COLM, who had arrived at the Cape in the Newcastle; ,intended to sail again on his retimn to St. Helena ,about the 26th of October. The Orontes had arrived at the Atauritius, as well as the MosqUito : the other ships of the Squadron continued stationed as before noticed. Lieutenant W. E. Itegrni, of the New. castle, had been promoted to the rank of Comman der, and appointed to the Griffon, vice Captain J A. MURRAY, promoted to command the Spey. The Amphitrite, Cameleon, Zebra, and Elk, all brought Mails from the earlobe Presidencies in India. The LORD MAIIOR 'has issued' a public notice calling upon the Magistrates of the metropolis and its vicinity, to send on board the HELM& frigate, which is stationed off the Tower, ell distressed foreign sea men and soldiers found in, their districts, to. the end that they may be lodged and fed there, until they ion be sect home to their native Gooßtrp ikt this i of the jui seen in ler. Eva with fit than at so mud could intercut of the t must in 'and 1)1 the trag • Hiatt c l • itim 0 which, • d ate sal back t made serves, withoi mote • A act 011 ertiar 4th, ** . - A detachment of the .55th Regiment t fr au • is arrived at Portsmouth, in order to embark Guernsey. Monday, a detachment of the 9C.,1 nsarclaed (tom Edinburgh CAW,. for f3rrw, t k ` o t A soldier has heei• punished tor u.. g on. eipiessions during the p 4ssing i.f the ct:n..,l t0w4 7 44 Spli-fieldst on the 2d of Dpcember. Yesterday MT. CLuun, the King's Aleswneer, rived in Downing•street, with Disp.aches .r in t i lt court of St. Petersburgh, atter nn abseliee of ,„ three months% Mr. GUY, the King's Me.wo r . rived at the same time with thspalclies After the atrival of the Messengrrs, Lind :A ti RIAOH transacted business at his Of f ice. A c,,, Council, we are informed, was sunitniiii-d. The Grand Duke NICHOLAS, alter visiting cn way the Duke of DHVONSHIRE and Lord HA:trati. arrived on Wednesday at York, and nex t 1: set off for Hull. '0 The Prince and Princess of SAIE COROVItO gr ee a magnificent entertainment yesterday at Clermont, I) a party of twenty.fout persons of distinction. Tb t banquet was given in honour ot Prince ',view s birth-day. On Thursday a ball and slipper is to be given to the domestics. Saturday the Rev. J. S. CLA [(Kr, Chaplain to the PRINCE. RacianT's Household, and the Rev. ; BLostnean, Clerk of the Closet, arrived 41 tte esti. lion, Brighton. The norm of 'Saturday night was sevcrely save it , fortunately, a d wAstote r r:l:l; ; ; " - tt '" Brighton. The North entrance gate to the ? was disjointed and blown down. On: of the s• a • 9ll e il i t f w r h a o the e . nd T ea h v e ou ch re a d nn t e o l, o,.e . his ami el on the ' t o. het i ent t g wounded by being jammed betwceu gat . d Col shipping. 'ENIRLa di c edDs The Princess or Waits lately raid 4 vist' tli the g of ni W th z e t.i. N ts t oc ii Duchess ot tuna, iite EttarltEts of r RANcr . • wi T th h t e he D K uk i e n a brilliant ball was given. Lord HOLLAND, instead of subscribing of the poor at Kensington, offered to I emp y tinny men during the winter. On the first tray 17 itenord ; on the next 14; and on Wednesday I fist i.ni ) rec. From the circumstance of yonng Warmest Un z been so long secreted from justice, notwithst,eg the large reward offered for his appteheasion, Sii y persons suspect that his fellow-conspirators are hi' to each other by secret oaths. We know not ohe i b i any proof has yet appeared that such unlawinl and dangerous modes of conibination have been !nand to ; but it is a subject highly deserving the most ac curate investigation. The invoking the name of the A LMIGUITY to give a,sanctity to crime, is one of the most fatal perversions of the moral principle. The native integrity of Englishmen has hitherto rendered such dark and desperate measures rare • a along lday we ever retain a national abhorrence of the worst mode of taking Gon's name in vain! PCNN3NG COMPLIktE.NT.—The fillawing coopid,l on a left-handed writing-master , was writ!en ahrtit the', beginning of the last century, by a celebrat,d Livine,l and sent to his School, encloi;n; a handsome •'•:xn1: 1 • Of thy .Rijl.t hand by wayward Fate berth, Rig* well thou Wr dist with the Hand that's Leit An attempt was made early in the morning 0f Thursday last, by several prisoners confined in ti-t New Bayley, Manchester, to effect an escape, In owing to the vigilance and activity of the Govetemr and his assistants, it failed. "'Wednesday John Mock . egnvieted of highway's!). bay, was executed, pursuant to his sentence, at de west end of the Tolbooth, Edinburgh. Since he' ceived,sentence, he behaved with much and evinced the greatest penitence. A new tioner officiated, assisted and instructed by ti gow Executioner. A more than orJinaty of spectators attended, notwithstand ng a tall which came on at the time. Mr. Othaldestoc's Hounds met this day at Flford: they meet at Bassett's Pole ; Wednesday, at at Wink) , Hall; and Saturdal at Grerulou. Sir Henry Crewe's Fox Hounds met this day, a. Shrubs; and on Thursday they meet at the Kennel each morning at 10 o i ckick. Mr. Meynell'n Fox Hosmds met this day at I Lodge ; will meet Wednesday, at Henlturst; Saturday. cross ; at half-post ten. hit. Cressett Pelham's Hounds met this day. it Springs; will meet Wednesday, at kio,:ghinood Farm; at C'ocwall Gate. '1 he Cheater Harriers met this day at Vickers Cron' Wednesday, at Black Dog; Friday, at Bretton, at I nee liantpshire Hunt met this day at 131tton Farm; row they will meet at 11tchborne Down ; hursday at Chufeh ; Satuniay at Smither's Barn- -at ten o'clock The Hambledon Hounds met this day at Swisher, Down; Wednasday they will meet at Old Winchester oils diy at Horn& an —at ten each day. t Ft day the oth instant, the writ-known Tact of harriers, hunted by Mr. James Grigg, ot t. off at North Maiden Down; afar killing a bp. , I' kinnelleil an old lox ; running him one hour anti a theek,'run in to him in sues style that would bast to the fat pack ot toe hounds in the kingdom. The quantity of cattle in Smithfield Mar. ' • mottling, was beyond precedent , an d all pr an qualitY. Giltspur-street, and all the lanes • adjoining or leading to the market, were cro*deJ excess. • CORN Elm - flavor., DECEMBER 15.—zWe had supply of Wheat this morning, consisting of carriage samples from Essex, bin there were vats froth any other quarter, and the best 2s..per quarter higher than on this da . butthere is no advance on any other decc;il Fine Barley fully supp orts last Monday's pricli stained and black samples were dull sale at h quarter cheaper. In conseqnence nf• a r eport . the exportation of all Grain will be soon. 01- 1 ' from Holland, old Oats ate from Is. to Per q it ter dearer. Beans and Peas were dull sale af o f each Monday's prices, having a lar g e quantity market, and but little demand. . CURRENT Perces As : I Tick Ditto, GS.. CD. 4 4 L' Wheat, Kent and Essex, OW, Oats, Potatne, 509. 4 1005. Ditto, Polandl 4o3. 3 G 54 70 Suffolk, 100 s. Ditto, held, 225.405. Norfolk, 90s. 108 a. £5.1. .ess per Flour, 1 00 s. 105 s. Pe't" Rye, 685. 725. Barley, $O5 6Gs 9eogstrot. 104. Wheat, DaFqic*, t r o ,,. itta Mak, 90s oSs. White Peas, 70% 711 s. boilers, 80e. 1145.. Grey Peas, 581. 625. Song news 721•70. Dittot Baltic Red, . Hambfror Bremen, 066,11 Brabant fed, 1066.1161 ale, Ow. OOt• • . much propriety ; dee A new Er tor icted by die G r inar y concoe the Ing a tall of sn to gel at Elford; toga Ce a ifaldirliekt; Fs L a a 1 this day, a? Rl' Kenuel at Ihrulall day at tiaras it; aaturday, at Rut this day, at Pre Lunend Farm; lt k g ickers Cross; will le titon, at halfla4t tr trnton Farm wait th Thursday at Nat WI ten o'clock each day• lay at Stephen's Cao alt t Winchnter Hill; II lC Ernst/crib stib,re7:l. In igg. of that place, th al f; a bey , v of hatch , ' your anti a I.alf wittw would haws dome cst , ;dom. . ft itittield ;Market , and all prime i sr the lanes and sue A tt, were crowded 1 • s.—Vie bad a r a consisting of I,n t there were no al ; id the best valiti non this day see I Diller descriptions. tondaY's b dull sale at Is.p ; ce of• a report th II be soon. prt.:libit• ti , Ic_ Per -- aft" R le".' Giscril' ^ - 1. 0(41 &liana Tv , ' 1 VILLE .:r ;ng. SI zlt . He IE j a the the IV let. 43. lit SePI : I riled ln The t c lt all Il i WC Yew day th' co-d l l SAILA I ILbO al 010ndf On breaks o'CloG Detscy o f Go( PaS! from and it gajCS HU" Relic tune, AT Char 1 DI from sand- It some DI At are iA Shy: welt Out is or has ilBl PC' RIC Cllll • bey this tail IBC dra onl Ge La