The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-28 00:00:00

NEiV SOUTH WALTS.

INSURRFCTION.

!ROM !RE SYDNEIr GA2XT ).1 ARCH 11, 1804.
At half past eleven o'clock, on Sunday night. an
express was received by His 'Excellency, from Capt.
Abbot, Commanding Officer at Parramatta, with
intelligence that the prisoners at public labour et
Castle Hill, and the Settler's men, were in a state of
insurrection, and had already committed many dar-
ing outrages : Sydney was instantaneously alarmed,
the military and inhabitants were under arms, and
the Captain, Officers, marines, and ship's company
of His Majesty's ship Cakusta came on shore in ten
minutes after the alarm was given; and•by the Go-
vernor's orders all horses throughout the town were
held in requisition.
At a qn atter past t welve,Lieu ten an t Hobby brought
in an account of the outrages committed at Castle-
hill, stating the insurgents to be in great force, and
advancing towards Parramatta in different direttions.
A trooper was dispatched to the Major, from His
Excellency, requesting him to take the command of
a company of the New South Wales Corps, then on
their march from Sydney ; the Governor with his
;null retinue proceeding onwards to Paramatta,
where he received information from Capt. Abbot,
that a great body of insurgents, all armed, were at
Park Gate, at the West entrance of Parramatta.
Major Johnston and a trooper, who had preceded
the detachment, came up with the rear of the in-
surgents at eleven o'clock, whose numbers have
since been ascertained to be 233 men, armed with
musquets, pistols, swords, Ste. and a "number of
followers which they had taken from the settlers.
A number were overtaken and made prisoners,
among whom was the leader (Philip Cunningham),
who was to all appearance left dead on the road.
It appears that this Conspiracy had been in agi-
tation upwards of a month. Every arrange-
ment that was made by these infatuated people
sufficiently evinced that some pehons yettanknown,
but not unsuspected, at Sydney and Paramatta, had
the principal dire lion of these plans, and were only
waiting the success of Cunningham's exertions.
The alarm began at Castle-hill about eight o'clock
ran Sunday night, where there arc upwards of '2OO
Irish prisoners (sent here for seditious praftices in
Ireland), by setting a house on Ste and ringing the
bell, when Cunningham appeared as the avowed
leader, vociferating 64 Death or Liberty!" and as-
suring those who were joining him, that Sydney and
Parramatta were in their possession ; that they had
nothing to do but obey his orders, and plunder the
settlers of their arms, and after being united, to
march to Hawkesbury, where they were assured of
their force being augmented to 1100 men, with
which they were to return to Castle-hill on Tuesday
morning to breakfast, march to Parramatta, and
after planting the tree of liberty at Government
House, they were. to proceed to Sydney, the pos-
session of which was also supposed secured by three

disaffeaed charafters, and then embark on board
the ships, which would also be ready to receive
them.

A RETURN OF FLOUR,
From July 14 es July 20, front the Cuchet Office.
Seeks. a. d. Sacks s. d SMCIL9 ~ 4
bI 0 55 0 13361 SU 0 10......1: 6
67 '4 0 65 44 6 315.......47 0
len .5.2 0 539 49 0 40 1. i
70 52 0 921 43 0 82 46 4
And 23 Sacks at 4:rs.
.36 sseka.—Aserag
A. higher than Lost R,

Total.-16i
Us. 7

ge 49i. 111 d
;elan.