The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-22 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Gazettes from Hobart's Town to the 30th o
Jnne were received yesterday at the New Eng

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-land Coffee-house. They furnish little of im

portance, beyond the direct and striking ev
dence they contain of the improvement of tha
colony, particularly in the manufacture, growth,
-or discovery of the articles most essential to its
own wants, and for which'the colony has hither-
to been 'principally indebted to Europe. Among
these may be mentioned coarse cloth, glue., parch-
ment, and leather ; printer's ink, mill-stones,
equal in every respect to the French burrs, to-
bacco, beer, hops, &c.; coals and slate are also
found, with timber fit for ship-building, and other
valuable purposes. Free settlers continued to ar-
rive, and were composed generally of persons in a
more respectable rank in life. The number of
persons arriving in Van Diernan's, Land, for the
12 months preceding, who at their departure from
England had received grants of land, consisted of
500, of whom one-third were accompanied by
their families, and had also brought out servants.
The following account of the state of New Zea-
land and the missions there, is extracted from the
Sidney Gazelle, May 31 :—" By the Woodlark, a
letter has been received from the Rev.M r.Williams,
of the London Missionary Society, stating the safe
arrival of the brig Queen Charlotte, Capt. Henry,
at the Bay of Islands, on her way to the Society
Islands. The Rev. Gentleman says, that the
vessel narrowly escaped being cut off at the North
Cape ; the natives in the vicinity being very
unfriendly and barbarous. By another channel
we learn, that Missionary efforts are rendered
fruitless, and suspended pro tempore, owing to
the state of confusion and warfare into which the
whole island by this time may be plunged.
Shunghee, that aspiring and enlightened chief,
who has but lately returned from England,
dreams and talks of nothing less than the total
subjugation of the whole island to his sway. All
his views are directed to that-one object ; and
be has actually issued a mandate to some of the
gentlemen of the Missionary body, prohibiting
their departure from the present place of re-
sidence on pain of the consequences, being
determined to class the friend with the foe
who shall dare to impede or obstruct his
measures ; and he will give no passport of safe
conduct, therefore the Christian arms are, in this
instance, for a time unavoidably grounded. This
Chief has profited considerably by his visit to
England ; having thence obtained a vast expan-
sion of mind, and imbibed incalculable know-
ledge. His observation upon Europeans, and
their customs, has been so particularly close, that
there is as much distinction, in point of mental
endowment, between the other Chiefs and he
that now contends for the New Zealand crown,
as exists, comparatively speaking, between the
Christian and the infidel. His quickness of per-
,ception is none of the least of his acquired
qualities, which, joined to unusual strength
.of mind, and a determination to conquer,
renders him very formidable. As to ability to
effect the intended enslavement, when the
'Woodlark left, he had one of the best armies
that New Zealand ever witnesi'ed : it consisted
of 2,000 picked men, and those were daily being
joined by others,who seemed to wish Mr. Shunghee
to be their King. This force, headed by Shunghee
in person, was on the eve of setting out for the
river Thames, intending to exterminate all the
refractory in that vicinity, and thus strike terror
into the hearts of all. It is thought that fie will
accomplish his vast undertaking ; but how his
`New Zealand Majesty will be able to retain his
blood-bought dignity, and suppress the envy of
the numerous Chiefs who govern the mighty
`tribes, is a
,problem which time alone can solve.
At all events, King Shunghee will be renowned
in the annals of his country. No other informa-
tion comes by this opportunity that is further
important ; at least, nothing that we can venture
tb report upon, without further and the most un-
equivocal testimony."

TIIE ANCIENT VESSEL.--This vessel was yes-
terday slowly moving up River Hill, near Seven
(Yaks-, in- Kent, placed on two waggons, drawn
.by twenty strong horses. It was expected to
arrive at the River Head, .about ten o'clock last