The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-04 00:00:00

HAGUE, SEPT. 17.

M. Van den Bosch, 610 Asses,or of the CemmisAion of
Benevolence, hap' presented, in the 11a410 of the remanent
committee of that Inetitotion, a very importaot report to
Royal ilizliness Mince Deck:lick, as preAideni eml p.ttrun of
the Scriety.

It aititrars by this interesting tiortimect that the Com-
mission of lienevolenc,,, tit ord; r to estaliosit tite....r,t. colony,
has piti..liastd a lurzeetttate,catleil Westet “t,
in 1)1 ;lithe, on the lottrdets of ovcrysto I, ;tad :shout hail a
length: froo Steen wyck This purchase con,ist4 of tam
maroon., r,f•aelt uliotit two act es,) 100 Of which are wood,
arable, act.' meadow land, aiiil the reira!ad'er heath. The
latter ineindes a portion of marsh, lint tint whole it capable
of haul: roar ertetl into feint,. at ably land.
Soot:. ett:tisantis tiees offer at owe a gnaw ity of build•
in; and the cutting- et tinder wood, w Lether for sale
or foe Ilse, will he very advantagt. outs.
Tlicie are Int,itlits num) this elate gent
haw hiputt home: fur the director of the colon., ant:
situated ion.

.)1?.tz:..1.

A canal MN-41y partly•nwi„thle, intpro.ct+ the -who.,
and facilitates the trauvurt of commut it!e% iow.nd and
outward ; thti timid proorkes to be hercultrr a muutee of

great Imola.
Tue situation is healthy and agree.tble.. Tl:e
hood of the Aa renders the aece.•s CUPVCIIitIIi. rkitllNlVe
fens in the neigb nein hood of the eoMity present to the
initustrinus eolonit, with regard to himself, moderate ad
vantages at .present, but hold out in tune the pi 03p....rt of
very protitaine !attune, and prepare Lt. Lis children the 11104/115
of soon earning a subaistenc•e.
Situated neat Stretiwyck, and anreatinded by a -number. of
small vrr..,ges, lit: colony will always have within its reach
nietlicalatssisianee,schnolslillll platst s of puSlicworship.

Uuder such a favourable ennortrrenae of circumstances,
the committee, on their part, have neglected no efforts for the
execution of the important plan which has been adopted,
namely, to mule an experiment of a first colony, in which,
in the course of this year, a number of indigent families
should he employed in agriculture and manufactures.
With this view, the importaut %oil. of establishing sub-
committees tics, in +hoeou,,c of a few neeks,been brought to
a ecnsiderable decree or forwardness. These committees
estalrhshed in eizlity towns. The vilbige civriurittees arc
nearly all appointed, and IN similar ceisiniittees will soon
be in activity On oughnitt !Manhole extent atilt noetheru krro-
winces. _ _

Through the meritorioes co-operation of the governors sod
the burette's of the different towns, as .sell as tin °ugh the
seal of the seb.coiumittres, a considerable porliou of the con.
hibution•necrtaarr.for tlii; year is actually collected. The
society, which already Cirlii;B4l of .niece than 27,000 members,
is daily extending itself, and will Wu be el:creased by strum
thousands more in different parts of the.emintry.
With respect to the.works.in the CNlOity, the wood, iron,
stone, how; Oct:. indsepensably necessary for Le dong of 57
Wives, have aireolity Mien conveyed to the eelony, •14i a con-
tract made en favoniehle terms. The canals in an.t about the
colony, requisite for transport, are already brought to o nevi-
gablestate. .The Madding of Yu houses is in a very ferseerd
state ; the ground lot the remainder is 'narked trot, and their
foundation lard ; and, in euitseirepee of the measures taker..
the whole estate will within a few days, be surrounded by a
deep ditch. The advantages ot this arrangement for the in-
tensel police and ecomenty df the colonwsre incalculable.
Fifty morgeas of gibed meadow laud, which are included
withinitliis circuit, will, in the course of the ensuing Sprung,
be allotted by the commission to another experiment ; or by
giviug •to each family two cows, a cow-house, and the neces-
sary stall fodder, the interests of the society will be cone
hilted with thefurther comfort of the colonists. The ground
necessary for this purpose is already ploughed, and will be
sown withilorin grass.
All the inbabitunts in the environs of Westerheekeloot show
the greatest zeal in-promoting the views of the society ; and,
among other things, plough the land of the colony grat;s.
Several persons, and more particularly Messrs. Van Royer, of
ledder, Tette!, asd Schusezmau, of Steenwyck, merit the
highest eulogies on the part of the society for the important
se.dstance they have afforded.
The 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, off, 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 experbuents the best mode of raising stall
fodder fur 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 permanent committee hopes to be able, within a few
days, to present a report relative to the measure, taken for
sepplying clothing, lionsehoid furniture, and utensils, as with
rerot-ct to all these objects they have already •made• a very
fa•ottrable progrest. Meanwhile, they are busily and elec_
twiny occupied with the arrangements and purchases neces-
sary• for the provisionirg of the coiouy, and revisiting its
interaldeconomy ; and they Isepe, before the end of the pre-
sentment:it, to lay before hie •Iloyal Highness and the other
diemberevf the Commission of Benevolence a detailed state_
meet of theironecess In accomplishing these objects.
The reporeitaneludes thns:—" An impartial view of what
has been dome.:ia the course of two months, and above all

within the last fortnight, is a :.-titficimit pledge that, in spite of
the already advase,ed period of the season, there will still,
before the whiterekc as many families housed, clothed, pro-
vided with food, and set to work in the colony, as the (mid.
of the society are capable of placing in that state. And thus
will the nation in the. very outset be convinced that she has
not bestowed her charity in vain, nor (laced an iniptuper
coeudence to a•society, the members of which rejoice that,
nuclei the government AO gaidance elan illustrious Prince,
they have autropied .eoßatung towards the bettering of the
deplurableetet air their destitute feilow men, awl that they
have thereby-been ofscrviee to their cuuutry."

'The Gineniorwo -f liayti (the- division cf Port au-Prinees, silow
'et the witiow t• e•itin an annuity of coo outfits. and to e.wth of
his nephews, son vuty of 1500, as • pro oithe tuitional gratitude,
los Wee:vices =untied by list lste eteudent.