Star. — London, England, 1831-05-18 00:00:00

THEIR MAJESTIES. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The KING took his accustomed ride in his ovourite pony phaeton, and drove through the Great Park for several liours. Ilk MAJESTY was attended by Sir JEYFRY WYATYILLE. Iler MAJESTY, attended by the gentlemen of her suite, rode on horse back throug'l the delightful drives and avenues in the vicinity of Vir tzinia Water and Cumberland Lodge, and returned to the Castle at five o'clock. To-day his MAJESTY again drove through the Great Park, 4nd inspected the Norfolk and Flemish farms. His MAJESTY went done in his pony phaeton. The QUEEN also left the Castle at three o'clock on horseback, attended by Prince GICORGE of CAMBRIDGE. Colonel Fox, Mt. WOOD, and Mr. HUDSON. The Royal Party re .urned a little before five o'clock. There have been no arrivals at the C.Ale since Friday last. Their MAJESTIES will leave to-morrow morning, at half-past ten o'clock, for Sr. James's, and are not expected retuin before the 30th inst. when it Is their intention to honour the ascot Races with their presence each day. COI RT CII~CULA t. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Plince George, returned to town on Monday evening, from their residence at Kew. The Duchess of Cumberland, at tended by the Baron de Liosingen and Lady Sophia Lennox, honoured the evening party given by the Countess of Jersey, at her residence in Berkeley-square, with her presence. The Duke of Gloucester honoured the performance of Mademoiselle Leontine Fay, as Valerie, with his presence on Monday evening. The Duke of Cumberland honoured the Noblemen and (tenth men of the Catch Club with his company at dinner last e%•ening, at the Thatched House Tavern. Lord Ponsonby has returned to town, from his mission at Brussels. His Lordship had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Treasury ; and had also yesterday a long conference with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign Office. The Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassadors, and the cssian Minister, had a conference yesterday afternoon, with Viscount Palmerston, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. There is so much ill humour displayed in the parting ad dresses of some of the late anti-reform members to their constituents, that it has been observed of them, that they have not only taken leave, but have carefully shut the door after them. That old, liberal, and consistent patriot, the father of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Labbey de Pompieres, died at Paris, on Saturday last. His Majesty has notified his intention of creating Richard Wogan Talbot, Esq. of Malahide, many years Member for the County Dublin, a Peer of the realm. Earl Grosvenor entertained a large party to dinner yes. tettlay, on the occasion of his son's marriage : in the evening there was a numerous assembly of distinguished fashionables. In spite of all the efforts of corruption, the 15 districts of burghs in Scotland will return 12 Members friendly to the reform bill ; and 12 others will, in all probability, be re turned by the counties ; making together an absolute majo rity of the Scottish representatives. As the Royal George yacht, at Portsmouth, could not be eot ready in time to bring over her Majesty's sister to this country, Captain Fitzclarence has been despatched from Woolwich, in the Comet steamer, to Antwerp ; and the illustrious party may be expected about the end of the week. The Gazette de France has the following extraordinary tatenient, to which of course we attach no credit :—" The Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover, has become insane." General Lord Donoughmore has bad a severe paralytic affection at Knocklofty, and is not expected to survive the shock. In this event Captain Hutchinson succeeds to his noble and gallant relative's title and estates, which will cause another vacancy in the representation of Tipperary. DEATH OF SIR JENISON Gonnon.—This aged Baronet died last week at his seat, Haverholme Priory, near Newark. He was in his 85th year, and served the office of High Sheriff of Lincolnshire so far back as 1783, nearly half a century since. He died without issue, and the title be comes eminct. The Earl of Winchelsea succeeds to his extensive estates. DEATH OF MR. RAINS, M.P.—This honourable and ;earned gentleman expired on Saturday, at his house in Bedford-square, after a short illness, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. Mr. Raine was a King's Counsel, and a Bencher of Lincoln's-Inn, and a fortnight prior to his dis solution he was returned for the Duke of Northumberland's close bo,ough of Newport (Cornwall,) which the honourable gentleman had represented since 1812. In 1816, Mr. Raine was appointed one of the Welsh Judges, and he continued to discharge the functions of that judicial office until the recent alterations in the judicature of the princi pality, when he retired on the handsome superannuation allowance of fl,OOO per annum. By Mr. Raine's demise a vacancy, of course, occurs in the representation of the Noble Duke's nomination borough. Mr. Raine was an anti reformer, and voted against the constitutional measure pro posed by his Majesty's ministers. He had, we believe, retired from practice at the common law bar for several years previous to his death. At their Majesties' last Levee and Drawing-room, a great number of distinguished individuals appeared in the new unifor-ns fixed upon by the King, for the Deputy Lieutenants of counties, supplied complete by FLETCHER ' the eminent Army Clothier, &c. of New Vond.street. This dress is exceedingly light and elegant, and proves an excellent substitute for the antiquated costume of claret coloured cloth, with steel buttons, and silk bags: it is likewise a much more ap. propriate dress for all public occasions, and in visiting foreign Courts. Deputy Lieutenants rank with Colonels in the army, and in the absence of the Lord Ltetitellant are the representatives of the King in their respective counties. An atrocious calumny against a lady of high rank, recently married to a ‘vealthy commoner, will, we understand, be brought ere long under the notice of the law ; weshall there fore say nothing further about it, than that it is, in all its parts, a f a l se h oo d f rom b eg i nn i ng to en d. Th ose who move in the distinguished circle of which the lady is an ornament, are hell aware of its wantof truth, and all persons of true feeling must feel indignant at such an outrage against a woman, no matter of what station in society. We shall take no no tice of the matter at present, only setting right one mis-state 'tient as to the settlement made upon the lady on her marriage. So far from being immense or exorbitant, it was no more than one thousand a-year, a sum much less than is generally settled on ladies of her rank, by gentlemen of the property bequeathed to her husband. Our accounts of the Irish and Scottish Elections, this morning, are highly satisfactory. Kerry is free—O'Connell and Mullins were elected without opposition, the Knight having fled, like Beresford and Massey. In Clare, the latest pull stood thus : MacNamara 402 ; M. O'Connell 278 ; and O'Gorman Mahon 241. In the City of Dublin, the ;toss majority for the reform members, on Saturday. amounted to three hundred and fifty—at which the cor ruptionists were in a phrensy. Upon the whole, we are assuted, that the certain majority, in favour of the bill, from Ireland, will extend to thirty-three. With respect to Scotland, we learn, from a Northern contemporary, —" that, in spite of all the efforts at corruption, the fifteen districts of burghs, in that portion of the Kingdom, will re turn twelve members friendly to the Reform Bill ; and twelve others a ill, in all probability, be returned by the counties, making together an absolute majority of the Scot tish Representatives." This we think a wonderful effort of virtue, when the barbarous nature of its political machinery is considered. THE GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NRW PARLIAMENT. Doraetabirc—E. B. Portman. Earl ; J. Calcraft. Esq. Dublin (County)—Lord Brabuon ; Henry White. Roq. Meath (County)—Lord Killeen; Sir M. Somerville, Bart. Tyrone (County )—Hon. H. Corry; Sir Hugh Stewart, But. STATE 01 Northampton (County), May 17. I Althorp .2322 Milton . Cartwright Knightky - 1995 Portman - 1847 Calcraft - 1333 Banks - Cavan (County), 2d day. Maxwell Young South well Abstract of the Returns made from 259 places in England and Waits, sending 497 Members to Parliament; the whole number of places bring 268, and of Representatives 513. Members. For. Apt. 37 English Counties, returning .. 76 York (4) .. 70 6 II Welsh ditto .. ... 5 6 24 Cities (London 4) .. 42 8 72 Counties and Cities 93 Boroughs (not comprised in Schedules A and B) 137 .. ... 117 20 172 .. .. 128 46 165 (Majority 177) Deduct 52 Schedule A 44 Schedule B sob ... ... 243 66 ... 104 ... ... 28 76 .. 29 55 .. 497 .. .. 10 IF POLLS. I _ Dortetahlre, May In, Four o'clock. - . 1679 • . 1436 - . 1160 - 424 - 402 - 205 .. 310 259 Retinas received ... 9 Returns yet to be made 268 total. Total numbers ... 513 TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON. An ankle in the John Bull newspaper, partly copied from the Albion, has just been brought under my notice, which makes a 1 and I admit, a plausible attack upon my conduct. I feel it therefore due to my character to state the facts of the case as far as I am con cerned, leaving it to the public to judge whether I am liable to the im putations contained in this attack. The first fact stated is, that I wrote to Mr. Cartwright a letter, which is quoted ; this fact is true. The second fact stated is, that Lord Spencer's Tenants have been canvassing for more than there weeks previous to last Wednesday or Thursday for Lord Milton and myself. This is not true. I defy any man to prove that any of Lord Spencer's tenants did canvas (or Lord Milton and myself previous to the 6th of May. It may be true, though Ido not know that it is, that two of Lord Spencer's tenants without my knowledge or authority asked some persons in their respective neighbourhoods to reserve their second votes, but in no instance did any tenant of Lord Spencer men tion the name of Lord Milton previous to the Ith of May, the day on which he was proposed. The third fact stated is, that Lord Milton and myself are bosom friends. This is perfectly true, but it does not follow that we are in the daily habit of communication and corres pondence, and it does happen that at the time just about the Dissolu tion of Parliament I had no communication with Lord Milton, and lie never mentioned to me any thing that be was doing respecting the Election for this County. I was therefore entirely ignorant that he was using any means to produce a contest in the county which I re presented. The fourth fact stated is, that a card was issued on the 4th of May in my name, canvassing for myself, and stating that Lord Milton was to be put in nomination ; of this card I never heard till Sir Charles Knightley showed it me on the day of election; it was printed at Peterborough, forty miles from where I was, without my authority and without my knowledge. I will now state the different steps which I have taken on this occa sion. On Friday the 22d of April, the day of the prorogation, or possi bly the day previous, I wrote to Captain Spencer, who was in Nor thamptonshire, to desire him to tell Sir Wm. Wake, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Hanbury, that a dissolution of Parliament would immediately take place ; in this letter I said nothing more whatever. I received an answer from Sir Wm. Wake by return of post, to say that this county was so equally divided in political opinion, that he did not think another Whig candidate could be proposed with any probability of success, and that we were also all living on such terms of intimacy with Mr. Cartwright, that it would be very disagreeable to do any thing hostile to him. He stated, also, that Mr. Bouvet*, and Mr. Hanbury entirely agreed in this, and that Mr. Hanbury had been ap plied to to stand, but had refused. I answered him immediately, th t I entirely agreed with them in opinion as to the state of parties in this county, and that I bad no wish whatever to disturb Mr. Cartwright. It was on the receipt of this letter from Sir Wm. Wake, and in an swer to a note from Mr. Cartwright, proposing, when the days of no mination and election should take place, that on Monday, the 25th of April, I wrote the note to Mr. Cartwright, which has been referred to as forming the grounds of a charge of duplicity against me. I have always considered Sir Win. Wake, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Hanbury, as my principal friends and supporters ; and although, undoubt edly, Lord Milton is so also, It never occurred to me that he had been doing any thing for the purpose of producing an opposition to Mr. Cartwright, excepting, perhaps, the application to Mr. Hanbury, which, by Sir Wm. Wake's letter 1 knew would not have any effect. In the meantime, the freeholders of Wellingborough signed a paper, stating their Resolution to support me, and any other Candi date, of my political opinions, free from expense. filr. Hill seat me these Resolutions, which were signed on the 25th or 26th, and which were published in the Northampton Paper, and I think I received them on the 27th. I wrote to Mr. Hill in reply, that I had no right or wish to interfere in the selection of a Colleague to myself; that all I asked for was, that :he Freeholders should re-elect me. I afterwards received similar applications from Kettering, Long Buckby, and I believe Toweester, to which I gave similar answers. At the end of that week, the day before I left Town, I heard a report that Sir James Longhorn was ready to offer himself for the County. I immediately stated tha t I did not think he would succeed if he did ; and that I knew my principal friends did not wish for soy opposition to Mr. Cartwright. As soon as I came Into the country, 1 found a strong feeling of ex citement prevailing, and a great wish that some candidate should be brought forward ; under these circumstances, thinking it very possible that some one would be proposed on the day of nomination, and that a contest would consequently arise very suddenly, I wrote to Lord Mil. ton, on Monday the 2d of May, to ask him to whom I ought to apply at Peterborough, in order to bring up the freeholders in my interest in that part of the county, in ease a contest should suddenly arise. But I did not ask him to take any one single step towards a mews, or prepa rations in any way for a contest. Lord Milton, however, besides giving me the answer to the question which I asked him, told me, that upon the receipt of my letter he had written to Dr. Skrimshire, of Peterbo rough, to form a committee, and this committee I find again exceeded his instructions, and printed, and perhaps circulated the card on the 4th to which allusion has been made. On the day of nomination, the 4th of May, I found that there was a resolution to propose Lord Milton as a candidate. I used every effort in my power to prevent this being done, and succeeded in my en deavours ; but in doing this I offended many rimy most zealous sup porters so much, that several of them who usually have honoured me with their company at my election dinners, absented themselves from my dinner on this occasion. After the County Meeting for the Nomi nation had ended thus, I concluded that there would be no contest; and on the next day was surprised to find, on my return home from riding, that a letter, not indeed of a very encouraging description, had been received from Lord Milton, and that it was determined by some of the Freeholders, over whom I had no control whatever, to propose him. These are all the circumstances of the case in which I am concerned. When the contest arose, and when a great political principle was thus put at issue, I had no choice but to contend as eagerly as I could. I said I admitted the statement against me in the " John Bull " to be a plausible one t but if any one thinks that there is any impro bability in the statement which I have now made, I ask him does he not think it much more improbable that, with the opinion as to the state of parties iu this cotinty.whith I expressed In my private lv ttr Sir Wm. Wake, with the knowledge that my principal .upror tr. wished that no opposition should be made to ?Ir. Cartwright, 1 could have any denim to provoke a contest, to Itut my own Eat in degree of hazard, and certainly to involve mys If in a great and some cessary expense. I have the ho. - our to be, Gtntlemen, Your most obedient and humble Servant, Northampton. May 16, 1&31. ALTIIOIIP. NORTIIA M PTON SII• E ELECTION (Tuesday The polling, we regret to state, still continues in favour of Mr. Cartwright, who within the last four days has succeeded in striking off 104 from the majority of Lord Milton. Still it is true Lord Milton remains 121 a-bead of him, but as the Tories have declared their intention of fturliling.; the battle to the last, and are sparing neither money nor exertions to bring up voters, it becomes imperative on all lovers of free dom, who have votes for this county, to hurry dmi it and assist in defeating their efforts. At the close of the poll this evening, the numbers were announced to he, Al. horpc. 2 ,322—Milton,l,993—Cartwright, 1.874 Knightlq. 1,333. Lord A u-ritoneE said he had but little to say to them. 1-le hoped and trusted that he might consider his election as perfectly secured, and that it had been so several days 'tie fore. He apprehended from the present state of the poll. he should have to meet them for several days lonpat- ; ho thanked them for their support, and had only to express his hope they would continue him in his present gratifying situ ation on the poll. Mr. CA RTIV RIG HT said, he felt pleasure in announcing to them, that he hid again gained on that day's poll, and wt.ile such continued to be the case, he felt himself justifir in continuing the contest. There were many undecided votes, respecting which he looked with confidence to the de cision of the assessor, and he was justified in so doing, fur that very day in the Biackley division alone 27 had been given for, and only five against him. He mentioned this' circumstance, as he argued from it a similar result in the remaining cases : even as the poll now stood, if the Peter-i boro' voters were deducted, almost all of whom were against him, he should have a considerable majta-ity over Lord Mil ton. He understood that Ministers by their new bill pro posed dividing the counties, and he hoped therefore they would make a separate district of Peterboro' : he saw no reason why they should not, for it was a very populous part. That was another sulject to which, in consequence of a pub lication made by his noble friend, Lord Althorpe, he felt called upon to allude to. In what lie had before said, he' certainly never intended to accuse the noble lord of any de liberate intention of deceiving him ; lie wholly acquitted him of any such intention ; he only complained of the injury which it had done to him ; it was very unpleasant to recur to the subject at all, particularly as Led Milton w. - s present, and ho would therefore merely add, that he thought, under all the circumstances, Lord Milton ought not to have consented to appear before them as a candidate. He had only further to thank them, a.d to declare, in continuing the contest, he did so with considera ble hope of success. Sir C. knightley said, that as the present contest was for the bill, and the whole bill, he would make a few remarks upon the subject, and tell them what his opinion was of the bill. He believed it would deprive him of all which he was possessed of (laughter) : that was his firm opinion. He ob- 1 jected to the division of the counties, till they were made to resemble so many French provinces, especially as this WAS to be done by Ministers. He would not trust any Mi nisters to do this, and least of all the present. Then again, where a borough did not contain 300 voters, the Commis sioners were to make up the deficiency in the neighbour hood. Now, suppose a borough happened to lay half way between his and Earl Spencer's estates, it was easy to sup pose which way they would go to make up the requited number. On the whole, he thought the bill the most arbi trary and impolitic measure ever proposed by any Go vernment. The honourable Mr. Wentworth Fitzwilliam said he had again to thank them. With respect to the small advantage gained that day by Mr. Cartwright, it would go but a little way toward pulling down the majority which stood against him. Mr. Cartwright had said that he fully acquitted Lord Althorp, and he trusted, when that gentleman came to con sider all the circumstances, he would also include his father in that acquittal. With respect to Peterborough, he was willing to admit, that the great proportion of its free holders had polled for his father; but if their votes were to be deducted, he thought it would be but fair that those from Brackley should also be deducted. (Cries of " What say you to that, Cartwright ?") He thanked them for having gained the present majority for his father—he sincerely thanked them, and hoped they would not relax in their efforts. Some public-spirited inhabitants of Birmingham having. held a meeting, for the purpose of assisting in the return of Captain Spencer, for Worcestershire, a committee was formed, and about one hunched and twenty pounds sub scribed by various individuals, to defray the expense of for warding voters. A few days since, the committee received the following letter, which, if properly published, and we transfer it to our columns, ns a noble example of libetality and public virtue which cannot be too extensively known and honoured: To Captain Spencer's Birmingham Committee. I never meet an anti-Reformer but what in common parlance is doing well, and indulging himself in that selfish and unmanly feeling, sets no necessity for a change ; whilst, in the same breath, he Admits that the many are doing otherwise ; but I believe that feeling is fast giving way, and that a more generous, more English-like feeling will prevail, and shortly that there will be but one unanimous opinion upon the great question of Moira. I have just arrived fmm Bridgninth, after seeing and supporting. as far as my limited means extended, tao Gentlemen returned best ac quainted with the local interests of that borough, pledged to vo:c ffir Reform. The day before I was at Stafford: and iam happy to say that the feeble and perfectly insignificant rppoaition offered to the return of our late Members, who beth voird on the right aide, was met in the manner it invited and really deserved,—ridicule and con tempt. I am sorry to learn (1 hope untruly) that the return of Capt. Spenctr for the county of Worcester may be prejudiced for want of Funds to carry many Freemen, who live at a considetable distance front Wor. crater, to the poll, and from whom, in these hard times, it would he un. reasonable to expect more than a sacrifice of their time. I earnestly hope the Worcestershire men have more spirit than to be beholden to a Siaf. fordahire man for assistar.ce at such a time; but I freely give, if re quired, 1001. towards the fair expenses of hi• election, and'if met as it ought to be by the Worcestershire men, however inconvenient it may be, I will increase that sum to 5001. As for the 1001. if not wanted for that purpose, my Bankers, Messrs. C. Forster and Sons, of Walsall hold the cheque to the uses of the General Hospital, Birmingham. I do not mean to say, in thus subscribing my mite for electioneering purposes, that it ought to have the preference to charitabhle purposes ; but as I thoroughly believe that the general benefit which the country will derive from that most necessary and salutary measure being carried into full effect, will enable the public to contribute more largely to so Chriatian.like an Institution, at the same time the independence (which a nourishing state of circumstances will give to that class row claimants upon those funds) will render it the less necessary. THOMAS PRICE, Irontr.aster. West Bromwich, Way 3, 1831. A country containing such men as Mr. Price, and others like him, who could be named in the same vicinity, cannot be otherwise than great and free. VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. From the Tasmanian of the 5114 November, ia:v. We have the very utmost satisfaction in stating, that t e invariant expedition against the Aborigines, the establishing whit b ►:y his Ea celleney Lieutenant Governor Arthur will of itself entitle his Admini station to the gratitude of the Colony; and form an inn resting epoch to its annals, has, we have nu doubt, by this time succeeded to the ut utmost extent hoped or expected by the most sanguine. Our readers ,re aware of the nature of the plan—that it was a bold and hst_triluus one, and the sucec•a of which, as it was utterly impossible to c oimand, from the nature of the country, and from the limited meat,. jaas.saed by his Excellency with which to carry so extended an op. tatam into effect, disappointment could have been attended only with reriet— blame could h.lve attached nowhere. Succes', therefore, to the extent which we hope and beiieve we may with s. I.:1y announce, is infinitely the mo►e gratifying. We shall now proceed t•t explain to our readers, Mg clearly as we are *lda to do without the rt, cess:ery reference to the map, the manner in which his Exceilency has moat skilfully conducted this great operation to the present period. The general plan is well known to have been the drawing a cordon of troops, formed of the line and the velunte Its, arourd the southern division of the island, within which to enclose the A , original, end by advancing southeey, to drive them tow,dels the eolith-eastern point of the island, forming the peninsula called Tastnan's, which contains some sixty or eighty thousand acres of land, enclosed by a narrow isthmus of a few hundred yards wide, dividing the Pacific Ocean ironi a bay of the river Derwent. The Aborigines, thus deiven upon this isthmus, would of necessity be compelled to pass it and enter the Peninsula, within which they can be safely enclosed, and it is hoped, by proper arrangements, civilized. A better plan than this cannot be imagined, either as re spects the first object of capturing, and the ultimate one in reference to their future destination. This being, then, the plan of operations, his Excellency, shout the middle of last month, took the field at the head of about three thousand men, ■nd proceeded to put in practice s under leis own immediate personal inspection, the plan of the campaign. It i is highly gratifying to know that every man has done his duty, to say the vet) , least As respects the military, it is an old adage in tie entry, that he in a Ford soldier who does his ditty. It is expected of none to do more ; and if the zeal and enthusiasm with which the volunteers have from the very first, day and night, done all, and much more, than : could have been expected of them, may have, by a sort of hardly fair comparison, thrown the cool and deliberate'` duty.doing" soldier into the shade, the proper way of estimating the matter is, to consider the soldier as doing all that was required, the volunteer as doing more Ithan was required. On the 28th of the last month the line had marched southerly, slowly, and steadily, under the disadventages of very bad weather in a very tugged country, rocky, and mountainitess, intersect d whir rivers and deep gulleys_in a word, to der the greatest possible difficulties, to a position extending front the town of Sorel!. .1 the head of the bay of the ricer Dement, called P,ttwater, to a bay of the Pacific on the eastern maw. called Prosser 's Bay. The line then formed nearly a se. mimetic, and was comp seed of twelve separate corps under the com mand of the following officers, commencing on the right t Lieutenant Barron, Lieut. Murray, Lieut. Champ, Capt. Clarke, Lieut. Cooley, Lieut Pcdder, Capt. Madden, Cap:. l'l'herson, Capt. Bayley, Lieut. Grove, Lieut. Ovens. Lieut. Auby a. This was the first line immediately enclosing the Aborigines ; a short digit? ce in the rear cf white, aseumd line of picked troops, under the command of Maj , w Dringlas-,ai d Captains Donaldson and Wentworth, was most judiciously formed ; so that any attempt to penetrate the first either by force or stra.agrm, was most likely to tail of success. On the 31st October, his Excelleicy was pleased to issue the following Order:— Camp, Sorel' Mettle., Oct. 31 —TI e Colunel commanding reques:s the Commanders ui corps will into,tu every 'cadet under their orders, that the advance of Captrin Donaldson's division will, it is hoped, enable thn final and decisive mascot-nu to commence to- morrow. " His Excellency, fully aware of the great privations which the leaden, as well as those serving with them, have been suffering by so protracted a separation from their families and homes, has observed, with real satisfaction, the cheerful and traiseworthy alacrity which has animated them in striving to accomplish the present important under. taking. The delay upon waiting for reinforcements has been unavoid able; for to have advar.ced the whole force from its present position would have assureely risked the loss of the great advantage which the labours of the ccinniunity have obtained in so successfully enclosing the two most dangerous tribes.; " A few more days must now terminate the great work in the moat satisfactory manner; and his Excellency earnestly hopes that the lead ers will, for the remaining short period, continue to show the excellent spirit which has all along been so conspicuous in their parties. They will perceive that the advance of the most forward parties will render redoubled vigilance necessary on the part of those who guard the line, as the natives, when Jisturbed in the interior, will undoubtedly Increase their efforts to burst through the position. (Signed) " O. ART H UR." From this order it is quite apparent that his Excellency is well as tisfied with the conduct of every description of force of which the cape. dition is composed. On the same day his Excellency issued a held memorandum, in which Major Douglass was instructed to push into the front of the line 22 parties of seven men each (including the leader) at day-break of the following day, Monday last. These parties were to take post 50 paces in front of the line, according to an order, sub- I joined to the memorandum. Captain Wentworth was also ordered to push 15 similar parties in front of the line as above. The whole re maining force of Major Douglass and Captains Wentworth and Do naldson were ordered to close up to the front line, and to fill up ail vacancies which might occur. The utmost order and regularity in making these movements was strictly enforced, which were directed to be fully effected by twelve o'clock on Monday, at which hour a move. went in advance was to commence. A field sketch of the ground was annexed to this memorandum, executed, we apprehend, by Mr. Frank. land, the Surveyor-General. It is plain, simple, and comprehensive, and exhibits:at one view the different positions which the line is to oc cupy on the foul days during which this important operation is to be brought to a close. On the 3lst of October, the line occupied the post tion we have already stated. On Monday, the Ist of November, the lire was to advance so as to form a semicircle of a more extended arc, the right resting upon the Iron Creek near the Pittwater Lower Ferry, the left upon a promontory • I.ttle south of Presser's Bay. On Tuesday the 2d, the right still remained as the day preceding, the remainder of the line advancing, so as that the left rested upon a creek on the eastern coast, half way between Pros ser Bay and the Bream Creek. On Wednesday, the third, the whole line having closed in very considerably, its extent having much diminished, halted, the right upon the Carlton River, the left upon the Bream Creek. And upon the fourth day (yesterday), which of course will have been the most interesting of the whole, the line would march upon East Bay Neck, closing in and driving all be fore it, so as to reach that position by midedey, and form upon the sand-pit at its northern extremity, thereby, we anxiously hope, effec tually incloaing the Aborigines within Tasman's Peninsula, of which the Batt Bay Neck or Isthmus is the key. Thus shut in, whatever ulterior measures it may be his Excellency's pleasure to adopt respect ing these people will then be had recourse to. A very small force will be sufficient to effectually maintain the post at the nece, particularly if a small field work is constructed, extending from sea to sea (somewhat it; a miniature way of Lord Wellington's lines at Tones Vedras,) which, by the employment of the whole force for a few hours, could be effectually done. The arrangements for these operations were pointed out. and explained by his Excellency, in the -' Memorandum" of which we have spoken, in a very plain and explicit manner. His Excellency concluded it by expressing his hope that the investing line would put forth every effort to prevent the natives passing through it, who would of course, when so closely pressed, redouble their efforts so to do. In the field order of his Excellency above inserted, it is announced, in terms which admit anti doubt, that the expedition has at least sue. ceeded in capturing " the two most (tinge:eats tribes." There can be no qmstion but that the capture of these tribes will boon become generally known to those of their brethren who are still at large, and it is evident that the best consequences will ensue in their respect. The hostility of the tribes in the northern part of the 'ahead sheen' itself mere and more daily. We alluded in a recent number to the exnaordinary conduct of those who thuught proper to en. deavour to thwart the excellent and highly popular arratigenieots of his Excellency, in the manner we therein stared. Tic effect of this manoeuvre was, that seeeral of the Aborigines, who venue' have been taken. had the tiOrfTWOT received that co.operatien which he had every tenon and every right to expect, having (heaped, are LOW cemmiiting very btrOUN outrages. We make the following extract from the letter of a gentleman on the other bide the island : " I have had a smart work of it this week. No less than four regular eivacks on different points of my farm, at distances of two, three, and four miles from each other. Of course, all my shepherds' en rages have been stripped of useful articles. The !kicks now know the use of fire anus ; they made a held attack on one of my ' men for a gun, which wan placed about twelve feet from the place where he was at wolk, and which they euecrethal in obtaining. On Friday, she they came to my mill and commenced throwing bags of flour out of the window ; but on my people proceeding to attack them, they sheered cif, but appeared the saute ley et aroth.r place of mint, where they were again repulsed. At last the party, under Mr. Sanspson came up with them near Mr. Talbot's, where, no doubt, they intended to help themselves to what suited. They cone. menced by spearieg one of the p,r:y through the thigh, hut he fired a t the moment, and shot his at-pa:Lid that!. The lir cks tlien tan off, add Mr. Sampson's party cane laic last night, when I invite (lamely forwarded the wounded man on lustseheck to the torpor:, at Canntebelitown. The dead black wits left as a decoy to his frieods, who saw hint fall. and as no doubt they will return fur the body, is is hoped they may be captured." Titus much for the good effect of interfering with the Ocresettnnet arrangente:.u.. ,• We have heard with very great ogres, that the eleven mew raitered by Mr. Berman, as mentioned in our but, escaped on heyday laq, Wang with them ill the aru.s and atuniutieurs, provision, ,te. they S~ $1