The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-02 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

SYttraY., N. S. W. FrE. 12.—0 n Monday Ltst,
arrived the ship General Hewett, Capt. Earl, ftm»
England, having a detachment of the 46th regi-
ment, commanded by Major Ogilvie ; and yester-
day. arrived the Windhani, Capt. liligh; also frori.
England, baying on board the head-quarters of
the 46ili regiment, .commaoded by Lieut.-Colonel
Mile, who succeeds Lieut.-Col. O'Connell, as
Lieut.-Governor of this TerritorNi:tind is itccom-
panied by Mrs. Molle and fame; ahio
.Diente-
nant Walten;, of the Navy, Avnt for Transports.
Of the 300 convicts which the General Hewett
received on hoard, thirty-ave died on the passay.
Thomas NVest, who came to this colony a con-
vict for life, in the ship Earlc,ormyallis, in 1.801,
has received trona his Excellency, a conditional
pardon, in consideration of his getwral g-oOd con-
duct and character for sobriety and indusrry, and
also in consideration of his having lately erected
a water-mill for the grinding. of grain at Ilarcom
Glen, within two miles of •ShllleY, being the first
water-mill ever erected in the vicinity of this
torn:

NAV 21.—The good understanding between
the- natives awl our settlers, which had been
maintained for the last six years, has given place.
to frequent outrages, attended with fatal conse;
(petters.' On Saturday", a body of 60 natives
commenced photdering the fields of a setticr, when
three, privates tif the, Veteran Battalion •fired upon
them, and killed a 1;v. The natives rushed upon
tlicni before they could load again, and kii:ed
one prirate; Isaac Eus.ta'ze, and compelled the
other two to liv. They then plundered the
grounds of Alt:ssrs 'Milehoue and Butelwr. Next
day a party of 14 soldiers failiug in yid) them,
shot a woman and two children—the savages at-
tacked Win. Baker, a 'stock-I.:a:per of •llr. Al'Ar-
thi:, killed the maul and two ‘voinen, nampi Sul-
livan awl Ilerburt, • •

GOVERNM-ENT-HOUSE, SYDNEY, :FEB. 12, 1814.

Mr. Evans (the land-surveyor appointed by the
Governor), attended by five men, selected for
their general knowledge of the country, and ha•
bituiced to such difficulties as might he expected
to occur, Was supplied with horses, arms, atail inn-
, munition, and a plentiful store of provisions for
a two months tour. His instructions were, that
he should commence the ascent of the Blue Mottn-
' tains, from the extremity Of the present known
country at Lupo Island, distant about 36 miles
from Sydney, and thence proceed in as nearly a
west direction as the nature of the country he had
to explore would admit, and to continue his jimr-,
ney as far as his would enable him.
(in Saturday, the 20:11 of November last, the
party proceeded from Emu Island, and on the sth
clay, having then of their passage over the
mountains, arrived at.the commenctineet of a cal-.
ley on the Western side of them, having passed
over several tsaCtS of tolerably good soil, but also
over much rugged and very difficult 111:mataiii ;
proceeding throtegh this valley, which Air. Evans
describes as beantiful and ferilie, with a rapid
stream running throng :3 it, he arrived at the ter-
mination of the tour lately_ made lov Messrs
lilaxland, W. C. Wentworth. and Lieut. Lawson.
Continning in. the %VCS tern directioa preseribed itr
his instructions, for_ the course of .21 days .frotu
this station, Mr. Evans then, found it necessary
to „retain, and on the Sth ofJannary he arrived,
back at Emu Island,, after an excursion of seven
complete Wt:CkS. During the' course of this tour,
Mr. Evans passed over several plains- of great xx-
tent, interspersed with hills and vallies, abounding.
in the -riclieSt so;i, and with various streams of
water and chains.of ponds. The country ls‘ tra-
versed measured DB.l-, miles beyond the termination
Of MesSrs. Iflaxiand,•lVentWOrth, and Lawson's
tour, and not less than 150 from. Einuisland. -The
greater Dart of the plains arc described as being
uta-rly tree of .thither and .brushwood, and in ca-
pacity. equal (in Mr. Evans's opinion) • to .every-
demand. which this Colony way have for au ex-
tension of tillage and pasture lands for a century
to came. The stream already mentioned. con-
tinues its course H e westerly direction, and-for
several miles pas ..sg through the valiies, with
many and great accessiosis of other. streams, be-
comeisa capacious and beautiful river, abounding
in fisb.of very large size and fine flavour, many of
which weighed not less than Islb. This river is
suppOscd to empty itself into the ocean, on the
Western side of New South Wales,_ at a distance
of front 200 to 300 miles from the termination of
the tour. Front the summits of some very high
hills, Mr.. Evans saw a vast extent of fiat country,
lying in a westerly direction, which appeared to
be bostuded, at 3 distance of about 40 miles, by
other hills. The general description of these here-
tofore unexplored regions, 'given by Mr. Evans,
is, that they very far surpass, in beauty and fer-
tility of soil, any. he has seen in New South
Wales or Van Diemen's Land.

The Governor was so pleased ►vith themeri-
torious exertions of the small party employed in
thiS expedition, that he has already presented to
each of them grants of laud in this ne►►•ly disco-
vered and fertile country.

Yesterday afternoon the heavy baggage of the
2d battalion ot the 9lst regiment arrived' in the
Castle, with the regimental stall:, colours, music,
and drums. The colours were borne by two ser-
jeants.• They landed within these few days at
Hull front Bremen.--,On Monday, the 24th inst.
the 2d battalion. of ,the 42d regiment, under the
command of Major ANSTRUTIIER, was rlisemborlied
at Aberdeen, the serviceable men of the regiinent
having been-in evionsly dratighted into't he Ist bat-
tnl Courant, Oct. 29.)
Yesterday se'nuight, as Mr. WitionT, of Green-•
wich,-accompunied by his wife, son, and daughter,
and two friends, wt.re returning home in a car-
riage., the mini broke as they were descending
Mai/e-hill, in consequence of which the vehicle
'was overset. Mr. WRIGHT and his little 'girl
Ne.e•;e killed on the spot. Mrs. klr. and one of her
friends" were so severely hurt, that their recovery
is despairvd
A servant of Sir ALEXANDER AIU,IR APKENZIE,
of Ddvine, imprudently Wagered that he Would
swim across the river Tweed at Makerston, which
was considerably swelled at the time, and return :
be accordingly gained the opposite bank in safety,
but sunk on his wafback, and was drowned.,
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