The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-05 00:00:00

HAGUE, SEPT. 17.

M. van den Bosch, fiat Assessor of the Commission of
Benevolence, has presented, in the name of the permanent
committee of that lostitotionot very important ieport to hi.
Royal flightless Pa nice odes as president and patron of
the Society.
It appems by this interesting vZocimient that the Con.
mission of Benevolence, in order to esssiblish the first colony,
11411 purchased a large-estate, called W est arbeekslotit, situated
in Drenthe, on the borders of Oseryssel, -and about half •a
league fun:, Streuwyck. pureliaae VlinbiAts of 800
morgens,.(earli about two ncres,) 100 of which are wood,
arable, and meadow !anal. aii.: the rentoiroder heath. The
latter includes a portion of marsh, bat the whole it•capable.
of being riniverted into fertile arable laud.
Settle I...ousands of • ti ees offer at once a apientity of build-
ing timber, and the eniting of underwood, whether for sale
or for use, m ill he very advantageous.
There are besides upon this estate eight good corrarlo,„ a
handmine house for the director of the colony, and
sit nate.' inn.

A canal already partly navigable, intersects the whole,'
and facilitates the transport of enininotiities iunsard and
outward ; this canal promises to he hereafter a sourer of
get.ost profit.
The •itnatinn is healthy and agreeable. The nrielibonr.
hood of the Aa renders the access convenit it. Extensive
fens in the noighbourhooll of the colony present to the
industi ions colonist, with rivoril to himself, moderate ad
vantages at p.•::sent, but hold out in time the pt °select of.
very profitable lahoitt,:and prepare for his children the means
of soon earning a au bsi3tcnse„
Situated near Steenwyck, adr: surronnded by a !mother of
small villages, the colony will alma''s have within its reach
medical a•sistatrce,schools and places of public worship.
Under such a favourable conch', rioter of circumstance.,
the committee, on their part, have neglected no arm ts for the
excel ion of the important plan which has .been adopted,
namely, to make au experiment of' a first colony, in which,
in the root se of this year, a cumber of indigent families
should he employed it agriculture and manufactures.
With this v iew, the important work of establishing sub-
committees ha•, in the cuari.e of a tee a eek•, hem' brought to
a considerable degree of forwardness. These committees
ate evtablivlied in eighty towns. lie village eoli.itiit tees ate
neatly appoisitetl, and 100 similar Committers will soya
be in aetisity thiongliout the whole extent of the nortliein tyro-
viitees.

Through the incitation.; ca•aperation of the governors and
the burghers of the different towns, as well as throng', the
zeal of the sub_committees, a considerable portion of the eon-
teilintion necessary for this year is actually colic cted. The
society, whirls already coasisis of move than 17,000 members,
is daily extending itself, and %sill soon Lei enereased by some
thousands more in ddl.cee eiiiiiarts of the country.
With teveet to the winks to the colony, the wood, iron,
stone, lime, Si:it. indispensably necessary fur building of Li
houses, hash already been conveyed to the ecdoay, bye ant-
tract moth: vo fdvoortthle tt-rto.. The canals in and shout the
colony, requisite for transpoe t, ale already brought to a nasi-
gablestate. The building of 2-.) houses is iu a very forwnrel
slate ; the ground foil the remainder is marked out, and their
foundationation 14W ; and, in consequence of the measures taken,
the whole estate will, v:ithia a lew days, be surrounded by a
deep ditch. Vhe advantages of this arrangement for the in.
ternal police and economy of the colony are incalculable.
Fifty morgens of good nicadow land, which are in,...ineled
within this circuit, will, in the conrveof the ensuing Spring,
b..• allotted by the commission to another experiment; or by
giving to each family two cows, a cow-house, and the neces-
sary stall fodder, the interests of the society will.he com-
bined with the farther comfort of the colonists. The ground
necessary for this purpose is already ploughed, and will he
sown with floriu grass.

All the itiliahitraits in the environs of Westerbeeksloot show
the greatest zeal in promoting the views of the society ; and,
among other things, plough the land of the colony gratis.
Several perions, and Inert particularly Messrs Van Royer, of
Vleihlcr,Tuttel, and Schuserman, of Steenwyck, merit the
highest eulogies on the part of the society for the important
assistance they have afforded.
Fbe ploughing of the ground before winter, besides its con-
venience fur the arrival of the colonists, further assures the
Society, that all the ground that may be let oil, even if the
winter should be severe and of long duration, can be sown
before the ensuing spring, and will give the opportunity of
ascertaining by experiments the best mode or raising stall
fodder for the colony.

With respect to manure, the necessary measures have also
been adopted. A supply of about 1,000 lasts is now conveyed
to the colony.
•The penis committee hopes to be able, with!ii a few
days, to present a report relative to the measures taken for
supplying clothing, household furniture, and ii,ensils, as with
respect to all these objects they have already made a very
favourable progress. Meanwhile, they are busily and (flee.
tiaaliy occupied with the arialigelliellis and purchases neves-
,ary for the provisioning of the colony, and regulating its
internal economy ; and they hope, before the end of the pre-
sent month, to lay before his Royal Highness and the other
Meinuers of the Commission at Benevolence a detailed State.
mem of their success in accomplishing these objects.
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The report concludes thus:—" An impartial view of what
has been done in the course of• two mouths, alit' above all
within the last fortnight, k a suffieient pledge that, in spite of
the already advanced period of the season, there will still,
before the whiter, be as malty families housed, clothed, pro-
vided with food, and set to work in the colony, as the finals
of the society are ,fapable of placing in that state. And thus
will the nation in the very oil int be convinced that she has
not bestowed her charity in vain, nor placed an ilopittper
confidence in a society, the inembeis of which rejoice that,
tinder the government and potholer of an illustrious Prince,
they have attempted somethigg towards the bettering of the
deplorable lot of their destitute fellow men, nod that they
have thereby bcenof•.ervice to their country."

TheGovernmeat rf Hayti (the division of Port an-Pr'::icc) allow
to ths widow of Petion an annuity of +9OO iteni•dcs, and to of
his nephews. an annuity of 1560. a; a rrarrof thv naLcaal gratitude,
for the Winces tendered by the late President.