The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-13 00:00:00

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ing encamped on the left hank of this river, whiefi riirsnr.is a wintlitr:
(-nurse, the.guvernor remair.ed here for a week, making excursion,: in
different threetions through the adjoining, cOuntry on both site.
the river. As the soil appeared to be exceedingly fertile, he made
choice of this spot for the erection ofa town at :ainie future period, to
which he gave the name of Bathurst, in honour of the present Stsretary
of State of the Colnies.
The site designed fur the town of Bathurst, is situatca by observatien,
in lat. 33 deg. 27 min. 45 sty siaah; and loagituit• ICJ deg. 77 two-
-4.; ace. East of Greenwich; the measured road, distance from Sydney
to it, being Ito English miles.
Within a dlstutte of about ten nines from the site of Bathurst, them
are not Ims than fifty thousand acres of land clear of timber, and fully
one half of that may be considered Iscellent soil, well calculated for
cultivation. Neither coals nor limestone have vet been discovered;
but the surrounding districts abound in game of various kinds; and
the two principal rivers contain a quantity of fish; bin 01 of one de-
nomination, resembling the perch in appearance, and of a most delicate
flavour: it grows to a large size, and is exceedingly voracious: one
caught during the governor's stay at Bathurst, weighed 1 /lbs. and the
people (stationed there, reported thatthey had caughtsonie weigh ing2slbs.
'ile bald game are the kangaroih, emus, black swans, wild geese,
wild turkeys, Lastasil ducks of varioas kinds, quails, bronze and other
pigeons,`...se. 'the water-mole urparadox abounds also in all the rivers
and rinds.

MITERLOO.

" Quin talia Janda temperet a gaudiiq."

ftiTentert NG ANECDOTE.—At the batik of Waterloo, on the
16th Juni., a brave Major of the agd Highlanders' preferring
to fight on foot in the front of his men, had Given his horse to
hold to a little drummer.boy of the reginwne After some
severe fighting with the Ft ench horse cuirassiers and lancers,
and after receiving severe s mitids,he fell front the loss of blood,
near a brave private, Donald Mackintosh, of his corps, who
was mortally wooded at the same instant. The lithe &loonier
lad had left the horse to assist poor Donald; a lancer seeing
the horse, thought km fair prize. and made a dash at him.
This did not escape' the watchful and keen eye of the dying
Hie hander, who, with all the provident spirit of his country
" ruling strong even in death," groaned out, " Hoot man, ye
manna tak that beast, 't belongs• to oor Captain here." 'the
lancer, miderstanding little of his brogue, and respecting less
his writhing gestures, seized on the horse. Donald loaded his
musket once more, shot hint dead,—and the next moment tell
back and expired content. An Offeer of the cuirassiers, at
this time, obsarvirg our poor Major still bestirring himself,
rode up, and stooping ft ton his charger, aimed to dispatch hint
with his sword ; our resolute Major seized his leg, and still
grappled with him so stoutly, that he pulled hint off his horse
upon him. Another lancer, observing this struggle, galloped
up, and, to rebeve his Officer, attempted to spear the Major,
oho, by a sudden jerk and desperate exertion, placed the
Frenchman, in the rick of the necessity, in his arms before
him, who received the 111011A1 thrust below his cuirass, and in
this condition continued lying upon hint, with his sword in Lis
It tud, for near ten minutes. The Major, unconscious that he
Ind received a death wound. expected all this time to receive
Iris own at his hand. At last the French Officer raised himself;
ran or staggered a few yards, and then fell to sat uggle or to rise
11011101 e. Aontlvr private of -his regiment Irmr came up, and
asked his Major what he could do to assist Lim?—" Nothing.
my good friend, bet load your piece nod finish inv." " But
your eye still looks lively (sard•the plots fellow); if I could
move' you to the t 1241, fighting hard by, I think you would vet
.do well." With the aid of as fellow soldier, he was moved as
the man proposed,ond soon seen by nu intimate friend, Colonel
Cameron, commanding the 9.2 d, who instantly ordered him
every succour possible. A blanket and four men carried Lim
a little in the rear. While tilt), were raising him, Colonel
Cameron eselaboed, " God bless you; I most be off— the devils
(meaning the lancers) are at us again —1 moat stood up to
them." He did so, and in a few minutes, stretched dead on the
bed of hononr, finished his mortal career of glory in the bold
defence of his country.—lt is a pleasure to add, that the brave
Major is still alive, wearing the honourable decoration and
marks of sixteen severe wounds received in this unequal and
arduous conflict, and lame too front a seveio wound received
betine, at the storming of lladalor.
WAR lifitisE9.--.1)11611Z the battle of Waterloo, some of the
horses, as they lay on the ground, leaving recovered from the
first agony of their wound, fell to eating the grass abort them,
thus surrounding themselves with a circle of bare ground, the
limited extent of which showed their weakness.. Others of
these interesting animals, to whom man so strongly attaches
himself, were observed quietly grazing in the middle of the
field, between the two hostile lines, their riders having been
shot off their backs, and the balls that flew over their fiends,
and the roaring behind, and before, and about them, caused no
respite of the usual instincts of their nature. When a charge
of cavalry went past, near to any of the stray horses already
mentioned, the trained anillidlS would set off, form themselves
in the rear of their mounted companions, and, though without
eiders. gallnp strettnonsly along with the rest, not stepping or
&itching when the fatal shock with the enemy took place.