The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-27 00:00:00

EGHAM iIACES.

dIIHSTER, AUG. 25.

'TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. '
The Ciold (.42p of 100 gs, value, for horses of all ages.—One
tour-mile heat.
Mr: Make's Sprightly, 4 yrs old
Mr. W. 'Mellish named Romeo, aged
Doke of York's b. c. 4 yrs .old • • 3
Mr..Ladbroke's br. f. by Orville, 3 yrs old
Even'betting on the winher.—A fine race.
Mr. Lake's b. c. Venture beat Gen. L. ci*ower's b. f, Anas-
tasia, Bst. Sib. each, New Mile, 200 gs. b. ft.
• A Sweepstales of 15gs. each, for 2-yr olds.'
Mr. Forth's Pupil, 3 yrs old
Mr. Farrah's br. f. Lady of the Lake, 3 yrs old
Seaith's b. f. Twin, 2 yrs old 3
Mr7liatson's b. f. Pranks, 3 yra old '
Mr. Thornton's Anaconda •
Even betting on the winner.—,An easy race.
The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of_ 501. for all ages.—
The best of three heats—two mike and a half each.
Mr. Harrison's Grace 1 5 1
Mr. Ladbroke's Hamlet, 4 yrs old, Bst. 51b 0 4 2
Mr. Cojlin's br. g; Canterbury, aged, 3st.'6lb. 3 3 :3
Mr. Forth's ch. h. Accident, 5 yrs old, 6st. 81b..... 4. 1 4
Capt. H. tryse's Bellator,' 4 yrs old, Bst. 51b. ...... 5 2 5
Even betting on Hamlet—and 4 to l'against the winner.

• WEDNESDAY.
The Magna Chaste Stakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. for three year
ol,is; colts to carry SA. 51d. fillies, Sat. 21b, The 'New
Mile. The winner of the Derby, Oaks, or Pavilion• Stakes
1.7 at Brighton, to.carry Alb. extra.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Pointers
Mr. Batson's b. f. Pranks
Mr. Ladbroke's Octavius
Ged. L. G-6wer's br. f. Joan of Arc • 4
3 to I on Octavius, a,nd 100 to 20 against the winner.
SAME DAY.
A Sweepstalses of 25gs. each, 15gs. ft. for horses of all ages ;
two years cld, a feather; three years old, 7st. 61b, four
years old, BSt. 91b. dye years. old, 9st. 31b. six years old and
aged, 9st. 71b. mares to be allowed.2lb. Two miles and a
quarter.
•
his Royal Highness the Duke of York's b..c. by Boaster,
3 yrs. old '
I
Mr. Blake's b. 1. Atalanta, 4 yrs old
Sir ‘2. Iltinbury's Scout, 3 yrs old
4to 1 apt the wiener, and even betting betwixt Scout and
Atalanta.
Ike Ladies' Plate of 501. for three yrs old, to carry 7st. 31b.
four yrs old, Sat. 71b. mares to be allowed 21b. The t, inner '
of one plate or sweepstakes this year to carry 31b. of twO,
51b. extra. The winner' oft the Gold Cl.tp, or the first day's
plate this year, to carry an additional Ali. above the extra
weight. The best of three 2-mile hea.s.
General L. Gower's b. f. Anastasia, 3 yri cid
Mr. Ladhroke's Hamlet
Mr. Blake's Sprightly
Six to four against Sprightly.—Sprightly walked over the
Coarse.—The course was crowded.

Sir JAMES BLAND BLYRC;ESS,' Batt. is said to he
upon the eve of a Matrimonial alliance with Lady
MAROARET FoRDYCE. Nobody is: better -
fled to write an Epithalamium on the occasion
than the Baronet, if such' productions were.usual
with the parties theniSelyes.
Miss LAJNCAN is performing at Margate, and
Miss Vi 1•T:, daughter of Mr. PLowDEN., the
Barristet-, is there also, rising fast into reputation
as a comic

ELLISTON is to ratline his pint next season with
the Drury-Lane Company, and a Public Print
states, that he is to receive ten pounds for'every
night when he performs.
FRENCH PRISONERS.---AS a proof of the good
treatment of the prisoners of war in this country,
the following cqmprative statement of those sick
and in belle] will be the best answer to the ca-
lumnies of The Moniteur
- -- THURSDAY, AUGUST 20.

Hea.
On hoard Prison-sh;ps in Hamoaze - 6100tth Sick
61
In Dartmouth Depot - - 7500 74
This.sthall proportion of kick . is not. the cons=
non average of perons not confined as prisoners
ofwar. tit_ Dartmoor depots 500 prisoners, such
as labourers, carpenters, smiths, &c. are allowed
to work from sun-rise to Sun-set ; 'they are paid
4d.-and Gd. per day, 'aceeicling to their abilities ;
and have each their daily rations of provisions,
viz. a pound and a half of bread, half a pounU of
'boiled beef, half a' polind of-cabbage,. and a pro-
portion of soup and small beer. They wear a tin
plate in their caps; With the title of the trade:they
are employed 'in, arid, return every evening to the
depot to be mustered.
Sugar from Potatoes.—Beet-r00.5., as a substi-
tute for sugar, are, it seems, to be superseded in
their-6rd by pOtatoes, as appears by the follow-
.ino• article :—" Doctor Koelreuter, of Carlstule,
has .found by a chemical analysis of potatoes, raw
or boiled, that the ivhole of their .substance may.
be. reduced into syrup and intosugar, without be-
ing. first
,converted into starch. The trials he has
made on small quantities„have perfectly answered •
'his expettations.—Heintends publishing his mode.
of proceeding, and expccts the most beneficial ad-
vantages froth manufactories of this' Lind on a-
large scale."

About nine o'clock on the evening of Monday
sennight a brilliant meteor was observed at Car•
lisle, apparently about 40 yards in length and a'
foot in diameter. It seemed to arise from the
North, and when, according to appearance, be-
tween the two 'bastions of the Court-houses, re-
mained stationary for a full minute, illuminating
the Street, waken it vanished.

King JOSEPH, would have been a suitable. com-
panion for 1,11/stal, in one respect*,,, for he 'would
not only have " 'robbed then:chequer," but, by
his conduct in Spain, it is evident that " no
place, though e'er so holy," would have been free
,torn him and his plundering hordes.

The Dreamers' are now outwitted by the fa-
vourite
,numbers being locked up in the Eit-.ht
Packets of Tickets liven by the Contractors of
this Lottery; and since the, celebrated Astrologer
'Mr B. has predicted that No. 44 Will be a Capital
Prize,
.evcrybodY wants
.tt;.yet nobody can get it,
but anybody may have a chance for it who buys. a.
Ticket•or Share, as it is locked up in a Packet,
which. may produceXso,ooo to a Blank, on 6th
September„ when all the Lottety, be -drawn:

BRIGHTON, Atm. 25.—A most shocking and
deeply-regretted catastrophe occurred here yester-
diy, in the commission of an' act cif suicide', by
Mrs: LOUISA MARIA GOLDINGHAM, a niece 'of
Major:General POPHAM, at her residence in Poe-
set Gardens. The deceased, who has left six
blooming- children to deplore the rash and fatal
act of their unfortunfte mother,: had been iy a
drooping way for some time, hitt, excepting in a
solitary instance, when she complained, in rather
a strange manner, of her being -unable to distin-
guish the letters in a book she held in her hand,
no suspicions 'we're entertained of her being in any
way mentally deranged. About half-past. twelve
o'clock in the afternoon•of yesterday, she had left
her parlour and retired to be chamber, the door
of which soon after being found locked, and no
answers given to, the questions•put to :her, her,
brother, Captain Poprt Im, brbke open. On
entering the,room., he. discovered his sister, in an
horizontal position, oh her face, and,weltering •
in her blood: Though horror-struck at the spec-
tacle, yet he etideavoured to raise her up ; and.
painful to relate, 'found that she bad deeply la-
cerated her throat both on, the right., and left side
with a razor, and severing the jugular artery, had
bled in the most profuse manner. She ~vas not
quite dead when discovered, but her last sigh es-
caped ber almost immediately , after.' The Co.,
roner's Inquest was taken on view of the body
this morning; when. Captain POPHAM'S testimony
Was to the above effect, and a verdict of Lunacy
returned: Mr. GoLiambitAra, the husband of the
deceased; -is abroad., but we know not in wbat
capacity.

POL#Cri.

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' •• • • ' • ! GuILDHALL.--Vstei•da;7, S. Pecirmont, anaintei
The trial Of IniMaS and Kiiiii Morre.y, at the ail , h • , ,
a glazier',. %vas oroueat tin ov tile Overseers of
Chester Assizes, oceupied the Court front eheht ;. . - - i . .
-
1»s palish, on a chereee elf deserting hiss wife and
O'clock in the Mortirhe till tvVii in the of J. 1,
TI:, h,ll ,~ <ls 6ow‘fe.:l to suffochitioo, and the heat .
twO'cliildren. * Fine 4 the.Paris'h On-leers tatea.,'
that the defendantashsconded, leeeeina• his wife and
wa.S es:lTerne. lidith MOrrev, the female prisoner; . •.• . . ,
~ .
. ~ . family cheraeaele ari the parish in A-nril, 181 o.
when first brceitglit into the bar, bad a veil beeore
Sinee that- net:od thee- had diSeoVered that he went
her faCee but it was ordered to he taken 'off.' She• , --, ' • ..,.... , . •—. • iI to Eamoeton, waese he pact his at i resses to a
covered. her face during the whole of the trial
*- • 1 her ha ••11 - • I''F,s'h'in, woman of. e;ood character,. and finally mar-
wit i ,s.rit ,i..,ice. and inost, of tile time rc- a,, s.• , f ..„',: wire 1h• 0. B . hip see
rigid het, ills 0i,... rwL ici.o alive, .yi ),
clitv.d her head oh the fro& of the bar. She did
cond. wife he had a:iother child, and, ueher eh the
ino` inyeea.i. to be at all' affected threaysl outthe • `
t -ts • eircumstances, his aiiscenicluct _had fdiea pecti-
whole of the awful process, but preserved a' sullen. ~ .-... —_ .
harty neavy on
.the woman he last deceived. The
unmoved hardness in every partof it. We tinder - .A . . nerenuant.expresseo great contrition, and proehis-
stand, duritne 'her examination by the matrons;
ed, in case the Parisheand the Aldermaa es hold
she shed tears. She does-not appear, from the c• . • -• • •• • e, • • - - i
re.,rain
.from prosecutmg irou for nigainy, to ao,
time of her imprisonment; to have entertained
his utmost to support both wives. He-was re-
manded-'for fzirther examination on Friday.. ' •
any apprebePsions of being cOpyleted. Lest week,
it seems, she parch. ased 'wine articles of we;tring
John Button, a. laboaring man, W:l3 aiSd made
apparel, washed tip her clothes, and spOke con- ~
ainenan.e by the par rail o ffi cers, as, the reputed,
fidently of going home as on Settnelay lest.
fphtlrhiest:l(:)f *an illeuitimatecluld; chargeable oa the
Lomas, from his .first being takers ieto custody,
i ElizeCeth Walker; .a gothic woman of
to the period of trial, openly and unreservedly
confehsedthe crime in all ita circuneitanteS ; in interesting appearatteeeattericiedwitfi the infant,
• .
and swore it to the defendant in the usual form.—
the exercise or devotion he has been -Incessantly . . . . . . - :, •
t} le he aliccred In his defence that be Sis not tile la-
diiigent, said he was perfectly prepared to meet o .
flier of the chihi, and the the girl had periured
his awful fate, and repeatedly expressed his cenfi- „ . _ ,
. . e. erseaa ale was a married man; -and pleailed ca-
dence in the mercy of him, %slid .hath said, " eV! .
tire ignorance of
.the girls situation, before he,
manner of sin and blasphemy Shall be forgwen unto
Was informed of it by the beadle of the Parish-.
met 4" . This preparedness of mind, accounts ea- ea . , •
-...
.o.obaunstandints the ,above declaration, he ad-
tisfactorily inourview for the absence of those . , .
witted, in answer to a question put hir one of the
emotioys during his trial, which such a situation, , , , s
cm ersets.,,,taat ihejoung.w(e)an h-. ;1 slept, ou a
one would think; is calculated to excite; Indeed,
the fountain of his tears seemed to be dried up certalrhilant, in the wine bed ivith I,s 'vviCe and
• himselt. There appeared a fortitude in him, aThich might be ,-.4, .., .
The girl, in her afliclivit, deposed, that-the &-
taken for insensibility, but which does not de:,,el4'e
fendant and-wife, and herself,, had been to a fair;
such a name ; and which we- tenst, teas ID4pireCi - , '
anti returning rather merry with theeinspiring
by the hopes-of- abetter world.
I juice of malt awl juniper, :theyhati.reposed to ;e=
- - • EXECiriION of tomAS. , . Cher, With tlii, teHing difference, namely, she tea
-On Tuesday this unfortunate young- man was lirecl to sleep first the defen(iant next, and two
executed at the East front of the Ne‘-;eCity Gaol, hours after Mrs.. Button , but before the latter .
Chester. lie was conducted from the Castle , j„ne,sn.con-ipany, all the,mischief had heen done.
about twelve o'clock, and sapported b 4 the . con- The Alderman obsereed, that the yonsee NVO-
Stables, iviilked to.. the boundary of. the City, -.: man bid sworn it was the defendant's ch;l,l, and
where lie was- receiVed by: the City, Sherii4 and -he coeldonly peefoi'M hisduty by ordering hiiii to
placed in a cart, which was in waiting. ; Immedi- ' and hail,
,r,',
atelyy-on being put into the cart the uahappy yo9th - The def6Drtmi ifiCn obser -ed,—" Please your
.. .
fell upon: his'knees, in which posture he continued, ' Worship,'" have hone to ask fo.become bail for
passing :along Castle-street,eßridge7street,•, and me. lam a pOor maul and it is as,unich as I a!1
Watergate-strect, until he ktryiVd
~I.t flip .-1'.4.
Gaol. In the Course of less than w- do to m2intain ray oveneclhidi•en, without •keep-
half anhOur he h•ne othes peopleh:n'—fie was committed for- W;alit
appeared-on the drop, in the
view
on- , . a
Of ti largeiec of seeeetieee -
course of spectators than ever we witnessed upon.
• -James Brunton and Judith, his mother, ,were
any similar occasion. He was attended by the.
_charged with rohhina- a,poor luau olthe name of
Rev. Mr. Fish, Chaplain to Count Gaol, 'who Foxari •of a variety of small sums at different times.
in the forenoon; had administered to him the or-; 'lt appeared that the prosecutor was entrusted with
dinanee, of the ,•:sacrainent, and appeared parti-- the•care of some horses in the George-yard,- in
culanye attentive to his situation. The young Beachestreet, andfliat he bad beets in the habit of
wan `eras all along expressed a desire rather to (Ed employing- the younger prisoner, a boy'about 11
than live ; and indeed every part 'of hisf deport- years of age, in ping errands for hint. •The'proa
meat. evinced the sincerity , of, his • &mtri- secutor ha
lion. d been robbed-of small sums of money
He was' dressed in. a blue coata light day after day, for a considerable time back, and
Waistcoat, anti
.lid ht corded breeches, • and
.the secrecy and address, withswhich matters were
looked remarkably clean. He .appeared particue conducted having induced him to suspect his own
laxly fervent in his demotions Upoa the scaffold, brother of. hefthe. the • Chief, those suspicions had
kneelieg
.while the chaplain. performed the so-. driven his brotler to sea, -Having been advised
lemn ,effi'ces of prayer. When the rope was . within these few days to .mark some of, the money
placed aromid his neck, he addressed sonic words lodged by him in
_his sliti, and immediately o -
to the • sum) nidinu- multitude, observing he-had. -missing- it to• "Lave • the boy searched, the plan
o
o. made his peace with God, and warned ahem to succeeded ; on the boy .was found one shilling -
take example by his present awful situation. ..Thst and a six Penny. piece, ivhich hail been taken away
before the cap, was.drawn over his face, he saluted yesterday moreing; also a key which opened the
the ekecutioner ; and when eyery necessary adjust- ..prosecutor's box ; and in the custody. of the mo-
ment had taken placee he gave the signal by drop- timer was found a.foreign dollar, which the prose-
ping his, handkerchief, the. platform fell, anti lie cutor had lost the day before. The boy was or-
was.- launched into an awful eternity After the , dered to be sent to the Marine Society, and the
dropping of the floor, .he struggled rather Vio- mother to be remanded till Friday.
lently, but rota very ‘few,miautes he was dead: Wm. Andrew's Was.' charged with picking the
Lomas. was in the 20th year of his age, and has pocket of Thomas Tipper, servant to Dowager
a father living ; whethee a.mother, we know not. Lady Fortescue, of his handkerchief, on Monday _
His grey-hcaded afflicted parent, was in Court dux- evening last.—He was committed fax trial.
ing sonic relit of his trial. He was rather low in
stature Wen. Jones was Charged with robbing a gentle-
man of his watch, on Saturday evening, in the
finenient, arising most likely from the anguish of neighbourhood of Doctor's Coalitions. The pri-
his mend. .
softer, in endeavouring to make his escape, knock-
ed doWii and very much hurt a boy who attempted
to stop him ; so much so, that the boy is con-
fined to his bed- from the injury he sustained.—
The evidence against the prisoner being satisfac-
tory, he -wasfidly committed for trial.,
UNION-HALE.-41trz Denier, Elizabeth Rose,
and Lydia-Detmer, were yesterday brhught before
the sitting Magistrate by VVoitley, charged with -
a riot-and assault committed: on then Door-keepers
at Astley's Theatre, on the preceding evenkog.—
It appeared that the prisoners went to the pit-
door of the theatrein a state of intoxication, and
presenting a check; demanded admission ; .onex-
amiling the cheek, howeverothe Door-keeper dis-
covered that it was not the re/rular check of the
0
evening; lee therefore refused to 'adinit them ; upe
on this the defendants attacked -him and pulled
him from hiS seat, and another Dow-keeper corn- . .
ing to h:ie essista,ltee; they siehed liim the same, • .
The Doorskeepers then called_ for the assistance
ofht constable, und WOrtley came up, when they
easSaalted hini adsoc•aaid it was 'With difficulty they
were secured;: -On being brought before the sit- -
ling Magistrate at this office, and on their express-
ing eoatritiote foritheir offence, Mr. Astley. was
induced:to forego 'prosechting them, on condition
•of their making a public apology. - .
• MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --,A young man was
yesterday charged by an auctioneer with oc-
casioning a disturbance in the street, oppo-
site his shop-door, by distributing printed hand-
bills, on which were.the words, " A cairion to
the Public to beware ,of being taken in at • mock
auctions.'' The Magistrate discharged the young.
lma, under a promise that he would not again -
offer to disturb the prosecutor in-his business.
The father of. the youth now Made his appear-
ance, .and declared, that he would himself repeat '
the annoyance, as lie conceived himfelf to have
been ill-oed; it seems, under the foilowing cir- .
cumstance. Having ofired a quantity of his
goods 'to the Auctioneer to, dispose of for him,.
which he refused to do, some words had arisen,
between the parties ; and he fell npon this-ex.
pedient of seeking his revenge; by getting such
bills printed, and his two sons employed to dis-
tribute them.
About an-hour after the complaint against the
son was discharged by the Magistrate, the fathaa•
was taken into custody, and brought up, in order
to rind bail for an a7sautt, in attempting to force
his way iutp the Auction ReLMIS.

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REPORT.

ALES.

The Committee appointed to inquire into the manner in which.
,entc,ice3 of Transportation arc executed, and the effects_
• which have been produced by that mode of punishment;
and who are enipco,vel-ed to report their observations, and k
the Minutes of E6dence taken before them, to the House;.
have agreed upon the following ltepart.

The principal settlement on the Eastern corst
of New South Wales, was formed in 1788. It is
situated in latitude 33 south, longitude 170 east.
The most considerable dis:rxt .is that of Sydney,
e9ntaining,.by the return dated the lst. of March
1810, x,155 inhabitants, Partainatta contains 1,807,
Ha wkeshury,.2,3B9,. and Newcastle, Of the
total number l 0,454, 5,413 are men, `2,`221) wo,
men, and 2,721 children.' Of these, from 1-4,th
to 1-sth are- convicts ; but the returns of their
number have bean so irregular, that your Com-
mittee have not been able .precisely to ascertain
it. But they hope that this neglectwill be cor-
rected by the orders lately sent out from this
country. The troops are about 1,100 in number,
and the remainder are free persons. In addition
to these, are the, settlements of Port Dalrymple
and. Hbbart's Town, in Van Diemen's
about 5 degrees. to the. south /ot Sydney ; con-.
taining 1;321 inhAitants ; and at the date of the
last returns, 177 persons were living in Norfolk
IS!and, biit order,",- have been since. sent out for
it4lotA abandonment . The settlement 'in New
South Wales hounded on the north-Westand
south by a ridge of hills; known by the name of
the Blue INlont;tains, beyond. yyhiclwrio one --has
vet beep able to penetrate the country ; Some
have, with difficulty been as tar as 100 miles in the
interior ; but beyond 60 miles, it appears to be no
where prorticable 'for agricultural purposes;' • and,
in. ,many. places, the diameter of ', the habitable
country is much less ; in length, it extends from
P..Qrt Stephens to Port Jervis, comprising, from-
:North to South about four degreeS ; beyond these,
it is stated, that the Colony will not be capable
of extension ; and of the land
.Within these boun-
daries, about one half is said tobe absolutely bar-.
ren. The ground actually-in cultivation amounts
to rather more than 21,000 acres; and '74,000
acres are held in pasture.. The stock appears to
be considerable ;- by the return in 1810, the
amount was=---horses, 521 ; mares, :593 ; 'bulls,
193 ; cows, 6,351 ; Oxen, 4,732; 'sheep, 33,818;
goats, 1,732 ; bogs, 8,902. Of these a sm2llpro-
portion is kept by Government, of which, part is
killed for the supply of the public store, and the
remainder is made use of to stock the farms of new
settlerS. It appears from the evidence, that the
colony has for some years, except when the crops
have failed, from,inundations or other accidental
causes, been able wholly to supply itself with
corn ; but that it is still necessary to continue, to
a certain extent, the importation of salted provi-
sions. Thesoil and. climate are described to he
extremely fine, healthy, and productive ; diseases,
with the exception of such as arise from intempe-
rance or accident, are little known ;. and fresh
fruits anal vegetables are produced from the be-
ginning to the end of the year. The/river Hawkes-
bury is, however, occasionally subject to violent
and sudden floods, which have, in some instances,
totally destroyed the produce 'of the farms in its'
ppcin which the" colony• principally de-
pends for its subsistence. Great difficulties have
in. consequence at times Occurred ;. and thongh
.precautions are now taken. to remove the crops as
soon as possible from the low grounds in the
neighbourhood of the-river, no perfect security' is
yet obtained- aOinSt the recurrence of these disas-
ters. The out-settlenientS of Port Dalrymple and
*ltObart's. To iArri, in Van Dietnen's 'Land, are re:.
-preseaied as enjoying a purer climate, and more
generally productive. soil,. than w South Wales,
•
and to be. otherwise prosperous and- thriving.—
'Yete.yoUr Committee Must' concur in the opinion
,kitready expressed by his Majesty's Government,
that, more benefit to. the colony wilj be derives!
from the cultivation ,aud improvement of the 'set-
tlements that are already formed, than from the
formation, of new and:distant establishments,
wh'atevir may be the encouragement that a fertile
soil or an advantageous situation may 'appear 'to
hold out. • -
The currency" of, the colciny consists ,principal-
ly of GoVernment paper.and copper money ; but
ttom its scarcity, many of the transactions which
in other countries would be accomplished by mo-
ney, are here carried on by barter ; thus the la-
bourer is not paid in money, but in kind : he de-
mands from his employer such articles as 14-e 'is
most in need of, and they are delivered to hiin at
the prices which they bear in the market. At times
indeed wheat and cattle have in Courts of Justice
been considered as legal tender in payments of
debts. -

To.remedy theSe inconveniences, • a supply of
silver' coin, .to the amount of-10,000/: has lately*
been sent to the colony : but whilst the necessity
of large importations continues, with the restraints
upon exportation,.it is not likely that this coin
will long remain there in circulation. The export-
at-ions from the colony have hitherto principally
consisted of oil, seal-skins, coals, and wool i the
fisheries appear t 9 have been much neglected ; and
the iron ore, of which'there is abundance, and of
. very fine gnality,_has not yet been worked. The
trade in skins and coals is the most thriving, but:
is Much ).traitened by the restrictions in, favour of
the East India Company. Me, stocks of sheep is
nbt sufficiently large tti make- wool an article. of:
great exportation. The culture of, l:temp has been
'less attended to than might:bave been expected ;
a profitable trade:in sandal wood 410 AtAivass been,
though illegally, car ivied on- w tiz the South -Sea
isbuld.i and c lkimt
,wobllen':minufacto.ries, pot--
teries, anclitretveries.•haNe •beets established, but.
not with ...airy gr,o.. -
The eonimerati.:regulatiOns'of therolony haTe
in marry' infa-Dees !lee!) 30 itl3l)ol;tie as. to
djscotrrago4i)Fcalltiie specillation ; for many years
•a'-inaximn,irki.iriet was imposed by the GovernOr
tipon' merchandize ; 'and at this priCe,
:COO) tp6 low"tii'afFord a fair profit to the' trader,
pia.?- vlxt~lci 6160 was distributed amongst ttie Ci-

_.''t r; Officers of the settlement, who
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an enormous profit to the poor -settlers. Part ,of
these abuses were corrected in the year 1 Yn s but
in the traffic of spirituous liquors they continued
to a very late period ; and it is therefore with the
greatest satisfaction that your 'Committee -have
learnt that measures have been enforced as well liy•
the Government here as in die colony,to put 'an
end to these practices. It is stated-in a dispatch
from Governor Macquarte, dated April 30th, 1810,
that every care will be taken to prevent the Of-
ficers of the 73d regiment, now in South Wales,
from resorting to any low or uinnilitary occupa--
tions, either mercantile or agricultural,
_for addi-
tional:means of support ; anst he. justly: adds.; that
such pursuits and avocations are subversive of all •
military discipline, and incompatible with the rank
and character of Officers of his Maje Sty's service.
And it is to be hoped that means will also have
been devised to restrain the Civil Wicers from
making as has beerrtoo often the case, the autho-.
rity of their stations the means of promoting their
own mercenary views. It will be for the Execu-' •
tire Government to consider ho Wfar the memorial •
of the OfficerS, praying for an increase of pay, in
consequence of the -deprivatiOn of these emolu—
meats, is to be attended to. But it does_ not rip-'
pear to your Oommittee, that the Military Officer
is-in NeW Sduth Wales exposed to such hardship,
or obliged to incur such expense, as to entitle ,
him to benefits mot generally bestowed upon: .
Officers of the British Army. ,Your Committee
have also learnt with satisfaction, • that- many of
the improper restrictions by, which commercial
speculations have. een thwartectin the c.'..,,lony•have
becsii pUt an end to. The impositio,n of maximum
.price,npon all imported articles of merchandize,
has been disContinued.—The maximum on the
price of grain and hetcher's' meat is no longer in •
existeoce And though a similar unfit to the price,
of labour was formerly frealuntlss atemptect, it
ihas been, as; might` be eXPecteds alssays either
evaded or disregarded,: One eommercial regulation
appears, however, to be still irs fulls foSce,
which, -
in the opinion of your' Committese- ought imme-
diately to be rescinded, it is that by 'which no ship
is allowed to dispose of any merchatidize in "Van -
Diemen's Land; unless it shall have previously
touched at Port Jackson. By this restriction all
mercantile enterprise is it once. put an end td
the dependent settlements; and supplies, absos
lutely essential t 6 •support" of its inhabitants,'
may in their greatest necessity be delayed to thesis.
The impolicy and injustice ef' this regulation are
so apparent, that your Committee trust it Will :not
long remain in existence.
The greatest difficulties to Which the Govern-
menthas.been subject, have arisen in its attempts
to regulate the supply of spirituous liquors. Their:
importatith used to'be limited by licenses giatit&i'
by the Governor: : on the arrival of a cargo, he
fixed the price at which it was to be sold, •at4l
distributed it at this price, which was genet-ally'
very. low, to the persons highest in authority
the settlement. The liquorS were afterwards paid
away by them as wages to their labourers,. or re-'
tailed at a very advanced rate to such of the inha- .
bitants• as wish ;to become purchasers ; .and the
eagerness for spirituous liquors has been so great
in the colony that the gains made in this traffic'
have been' enormous.- The temptations too to :
smuggling and illicit distillation, arc so great, and
their facilities in that thinly inhabited country so-
numerous, that all attempts to' check a clandess
tine supply have proved in vain.: and the qualities ::
of the liquor thus obtained are generally infinitely
worse, and more unwholesome than of that which
is legally imported. ,
Governor Macquarrie states in his • dispatch,
dated April 300810, that the various measures
which have been hitherto.taken to cheek the in-
portation, .and regulate the sale of spirits, have in-
variably failed ; and as it is impossible totally to
suppress the use of thens, a certain quantity being
essentially necessary for the accomthinlation of '
the: nhabitants; it appears to him that it would
good policy to .sanction' the free importation of
good spirits, under ;thigh duty of not less than
three or four shillings 1.4 r gallon, 'lle. expects,
froarthiS:Measnre, to put- yin end.to' all farther
attempts at monopoly, and bartering' spirits for
corn and necessaries, and to private stills, which
in defiance to every precaution, are still very nu-
merous in the colony; and he is persuaded that
this measure, instead of promoting drunkenness
'and idleness, will tend rather to leSsen.both. Go-
vernor Macquarie's
.suggestion met with 'the ap-
probationsof the Government of this country, and
orders were sent out to permit the free—importa-
tion_of spirits, under a duty of not less than 4s.
per gallon. Upon this subject your Committee •
entirely agree. with Governor. Macquarie in opi-
nion, that a less limited supply of spirituous
quors will not give that encouragement to idles
ness and inebriety, which at' the first view of the
subject naturally presents itself 'as an objection
to the extended importation, it 'has been 'stated:
before them
.repeatedly in evidence, that the'
scarcity of spirits has had no' other effect than to
stimulate the avidity with which they were sought ;
and that in times when the supply. Isas been nsost
regular and abundant, drunkenness has been the
least prevalent. But they are of opinion; that•ao
unlimited supply of spirits maybe furnished to the
colony in a manner much more conducive to its
interests than. by permitting free imppilation.
- The want of an extended corn-market, where:the
prices are regulated by a; fair and liberal competi-
Jion, is much felt in the colony. „
Of 10,454 inhabitants, 4,277 are Wholly, or in
great part, victualled from the-public 'store ; 'and
three-fifths of the corn brought to market are pur-
chased by'the Governor, at ..a.price,
,over which,"
from the largeness of his demand, he has' always
a Wryer of control, and which many. Governors
have takenoipOsi themselves absoluteiy?' to liMit;
So as scarcely to afford to the farmers a. fair profit
. for their produce ; and in the distant parts of the
settlement, they have been known to feed pigs
.with the corn for which they could .not- obtain a
sufficient' price.

[To be continued]

Mr. BETTY is reaping a second harvest by his
theatrical expedition,.which promises to• be full as
plentiful as the.first: He is now performing with
his usual' success- at Southampton.

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AMERICAN PAPERS

RESOLUTIONS •
Unruiriously vcted at a Meeting of the lukabitants of Boston,

July 18, I: 1i 2.

RESOLUTIONS--.1-L4OOO ISSENELED

. . , . .
• • _ " Boston, July- 18. •
" Whereas the inhabitants of Boston and its'
vicinity here assembledicherish with solicitude.
the union and independence of 'the United States,
and the liberties of thepecple 3 .and whereas•it is
their most solemn conviction that the course of
measures adopted' by the ;administration of the
General Government for several years 'past, .has a
' tendency to dissolve the union, to impair thbt in-
dependence, and to endanger those liberties 3 and
whereas', in'a more especial 'manner, they consi-
, der the late unnecessary and rhhiihous declaration
of war against Great. Britain and the con:Sequent'
connection with France, if. indeed Such connec-
tion A o not already exist, as' We have great reason
'to apprehend, which must inevitably.grow out of
suciFa war as fkal to our union, independence,
and liberty ; .a war, undertaken -vitbotit due no-
•ticeto our•eitiZens,: ivithik"adegnate nay.al pre-
parations, without permitting, the return of the.
vastproperty now in the possession and power of
the nation against which war i's declared—a war,
whose first, future, and certain effects, -will.be to.
• impoverish the eastern and:navigating States, will
be cOmpelled to .bear its. principal burdens,' and a
-great majority Of whose .I.3cp.ritt,entati,yeS - vbted:
.a,,:.-,ainst it ; and whereas, the inhabitants of ;this
town and its vicinity, froiii-arehict.w6..t. coun-
tenance a belief that they afe officiousiy.-disposcd
unduly. to intim:nee-titer fellow-jtizens, and p'
Mote any cat Coe hicalctilable consequencv.wiiich ,
often testilt ii-ant the, indignation, of . a firey, and,
injured people, whose. inteivAs lar lietrafea tiy'
their, priblic- servants---a 'belief,,,liiiih iis Oven -
I
. studiously and wickedly incuie-ated. Iv ine.n. thigh.,
-in: office, in-th .. n ..atioataird Stifte,•Gtivern 111 e 11tS ;
have; since.the declaration of var,abstainetri.rinii`s;
any public 'declaration 01--.lliel:ent.iiiie.rits.,..tittlet:,.:!
the conviction that a sense Of i'lit44t . aocLcitoy.„,„
~.'oo,ltt.l&id tile.; ..,iooit pe.ciple. of 'other to wlls :and
counties tó. afford. them . an.. cK.I-.6 iroe- -'cyni jt-in...tri6);:-
.might w:th proPriety' folio* ,•': fait the friends iot-'•:
the .Administra n tio and of. War,: not...,sitt-ktit',a vyfithy,
this.forbeara.ncer.have-endeacoured to proe';ii'e:.ati-;'
expression.of_approbation from, their .deluded fol.- _
lowers in this and other' St,i;tes,,,w.ll-ic..h. 14. ,calcit-
latedto exhibita .deeeptiye stauclartlo.r. public :c:iii-
niOn,. and encourage .a perse.vecance-lin.:their-d'e.L..
' atrUctiye. measures
.3.-and thus • liaVe rinide it :our :
duty, as.far,as...in.us lies, to countelicethe ten-
, dency of such gross:deception.. •Therefore
""'ResolVed—as.,.the.opinion of the Citiciis'as- '
-sembled- at the, place., That whire ;ire acknow-
ledge the constitutional power ofpong`ress7tO.
Clare war,' and the duty- of 'thc :.(itizens• to abStaiii•:..
frornrfarcibleresiStance to' stich .-a- nreastare3 -!•,yet,
-,are do nut surrender, but, . on`.the,"•cOntraly, Will'
maintain, at -e'VeFi hazard,- the.right•.-secured to -
.us by our StateConstitution,•Ofpeacedoly.expresi-;
ing our opinions,' 'either as indili,iduar.citizens,;.:or
-in a collectiVe:htidy, on that.seties of: disastrous..
measures Whieh,,for years past, lias.beentenditAg '
towards,.and has Oat , last terminate..d.io,. the met-
distressing of national evils—LWar,l •'t was waged
against a people nobly struggling for, ale initiu-
tenanee:Of their., own freedom,- and . that .of (4er,
nations endangered by the frAhinteiit, impious,
•••••
and sanguinary 'assault, of .the.. .greatest military
tyrant, and
_the. most determined enemy to free
Governments, by:WhoM-the-*orld has ever'ileett-
scogrged: . . ] •.-- ' - :
",Resedved; ' That we assert.the, (Tight, and that '-
we will exercise the right to deprecate this wari.4.
.to explain its..causes.•and• consequences,. so-that
the voice of this,great-people- May rise up againSt
its authors in a tone which shall convince all those
xyho. alruse the 'trust :COininited to them by the
peofile,lliat * their day. of . account is. at hand, •
and that they-innst expiate ilie-Ofrinces of de-
stroying the public prosperity,. and jeopardizing.
the Government and union of these States, "by
the rienlect . contempt, andindionation of that '
• portion of the pcqple
.I,ihO'lialie-Talleg victims to
'their misplactd confidence.' . . .. • •
'-•• "-'Resolved,'ll7ll'ai the declaration —of is'ar; un7-
der existipg.cireinnstances, is sincerely to be7del
.precated, as it tends to impair.the attachment of
.the people to the union of these. States,. and thus
to endanger its existence, by sacrificing the inte- .
rests and prosperity of ,one portion of them, to
gratify_ the pride, resentment, and mistaken policy
of another. , . . , ..
. . . •

. ,
" Resolved, That in a free
~Government, it is
at 0.11, 'times the right, and ,in seasons of public
calamity,.. it is the solemn duty -of every citizen
freelYto communicate his opinions upon the mea-
sures of the, GoVernment, and upon the motives,
of the men who administer 'it, to the'end,that
these measures "and motives May be universally
known, 'and. may be duly weighed and, considered,
when the people -are'. called upon to 'exercise.the
right of suffrage ; and that we will therefore dis-
countenance all attempts to check the freedom of,
speech and of the press ; and that .we will, heart .
and hand, rally round and support all those who
may (by any eombination of. men vehats'Oeyer) be
'menaced With injury to their persons, or.property
for the independent exercise of, their natural and
constitutional rights ; and that we. will preserve
the peace ancitruiciuility'Of this town,
.and
sup-
press every riotous or unlawful esscnibly which
may (by night or day) he collected for the put:-
poe.of restraining_ any Man frOin the
,expression,
'or" injuring him for the proinulgation of '-senti-
inents-and opinions Which he \may lawfully declare
and publish. .
" Resolved, Thp.t the aypearance of.armsd men
• • .
• in 'The peaceable, constitut„ional, and assem-
blies of the, Citizens, whether the saidarmed•per-
sonS 'are in the pay 'of the Government/of the
• -United States, or Merely armed .for the occasion,
is a measure highly indecorous and alarming—in-
asmuCh as its tendency is to overawe the-freedom
of deliberation ; and its final effect to destroy the
privilege of discussion, 'or to produce the wanton
effusion of the bloOd of •our Citizensand 'that,
fo'r these reasons, such intermingling of persons
so armed ought to be diseouraged and repro-
bated.- (General Dearborn and his /Officers were
all present.)

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