The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-13 00:00:00

SOUTHERN OCEAN.

( From the Calcutta Monthly Journal for October last.)
HUNTER'S ISLAND.
" Whatever is new is interesting, even if there
be nothing else to recommend it—but when a new thing p?s-
scsses other claims to recommendation, besides novelty, the In-
terest is increased.

We have been very obligingly favoured with an account of
the discovery of a new island in the Southern Ocean, whici':
we trust, will Prove agreeable to all our readers. Subjoinca
are the documents which certify the event. The merit of this
discovery rests with Captain Hunter of the Donna Cartnelita,
which ship only arrived here a few days qv.
The discovereri went through the ceremony of taking P°9"
session in the name of his Majesty George IV. of England, by
turning up a clod of earth, hoisting the British flag, and nam-
ing the hew land Hunter'S Island. The inhabitants agparently
had never before seen an European, and they could ardl.9 be
convinced that the clothes of the Donna were
not Carmelita's people W'
not natural integnMents of their bodies.
It appears that an interchange of garments is reckoned the
highest mark of respect among the natives of Hunger's Island'
We have seen anti handled the cloth presented by the King i°
Captain Hunter. It is about 6 feet long and 3 broad; ("In'
an oblong square. It appears to be made of hemp, or 50112 e
vegetable fibre resembling it. It is not dyed. It is cloself
woven, and ends in a fringe all round. The labour of weaving.
such a garment merely with the hand, and without the aid of
a loom, thread over thread, must have been extremely grei_t•
particularly considering the patience necessary for such a tao•
It is remarkable that on comparing this cloth with a bit of ills
manufactured stuff which enveloped an Egyptian mummy-"
they appeared to be exactly the same. Without further pre;
lude we now present our readers with the documents referTra
to, being an extract from the log-book of the Donna Carmelite,
and the statement of the chief officer of the same vessel :
Extract front the Donna Carmelita's Log-Book.
July 20.—Fine clear weather, carrying all possible mai% 'At
11. 30. P. M. saw the land, bearing S.W. by W., distance d,
miles—up courses and shortened sail to the- topsails,- and stood
towards it at daylight—fresh breezes—the land discovcral
proved to be an'island.
_ _

- At 43 A.M. closed in under the lee of it—observed a" nu fiber
of fishing canoes to. leeward, which were plying for the shore
with all possible dispatch--bore down and intercepted one of
them, and with a good deal of persuasion got one of the people
to come on board, when I presented him witiLa hatchet, and a
piece of white cloth, which pleased him much, as he shewed
to all the canoes that were about the ship,.and after that we dia,
not want visitors. About this time a Chief came on board, and
on my making signs that we wanted refreshments,_ he sent al,
the canoes on shore, and staid on board himself with a few others.
At 11. 3Q.,close in shore—armed and mann'd the cutter, and -
dispatched her on shore in charge of • the first officer and our
friend the Chief, keeping another on board as a hostage. L.
At 1 P.M. the canoes returned from shore, to the number
~thirty, laden with hogs, yam, plantains, and other fruits, sa".:
traded with the greatest honesty for iron hoOps, nails, sin"
pieces of white cloth, &c.
They seemed to be.very expert swimmers, as they often `tuna
their canoes overturned, but it never incommoded them in the
least, for they soon put them to rights.
They are about the colour of Malays, but have more of the
European features. The island from the ship appeared mot
beautiful, and it seemed to be well cultivated and inhabited.
The canoes were very handsome, not unlike the Ceylon canoes,
and ornamented with shells.

At 4 P.M. the cutter returned from the shore, having on
board twelve hogs, a great quantity of yams and tropical fruit
of different kinds. The Chief Officer related the foll"ing
particulars :
Chief Officer's Report concerning the Isle of Onaseuse, or
_

Hunter's Lland.
At 1 P. 31. got close in shore, the native desired us to pull in,
when we observed a great concourse of people assembled on
bluff point of land. The surf being pretty high, landed oppo-
site the people. The Native in the cutter pointed out the King
(Funafooali) ; the King with his attendants came round and
seated himself. close to the boat; the Native desired me to walk
towards the King. thought it best to go unarmed; as it
would make them have more confidence in us ; most of them
were armed with war clubs, with short round Iteads,'some With
spears from 24 to 40 feet long, afterwards I saw some
longer. A great number of women, numbers a whom carried
two spears, I judged for the use of the men. I was desired T.
sit down close to his Majesty ; after making my obediencF,
made him a present of a white shirt, putting it on him ; I like'
wise gave the same to his brother; they seemed highly pleased:
and in return made a present of a hog, a basket of yams 0,13(,1
baoanahs and cocoa-nuts. After sitting some time surrounded
by men and women, I made him a present of a looking-gt,sss
which seemed to surprise them greatly ; it went from the Nil
to the Queen, and from her all round, every one taking a
at it, and then touching the crown of their heads with it; that
ceremony they performed with_ every little thing given them.
He took a shell from his neck and gave it me. I then made
signs if there was any water to be had, they said //outow, and
pointed. amongst the hills. I showed them a small cask, the
King immediately gave orders to two of the natives to go and
fill it. I expressed a wish to go anti see' the watering-place.
the King got up and desired me to follow with our friend the
Native-1 took the carpenter and four men armed, in ease of
an accident—the King had gone by a shorter route over the.
hill; however, I soon found it was not the watering-place they
were taking us to, as we found ourselves on the beach, not far
from the boat, in a kind of cove, with a smooth beach, when
we saw his Majesty seated with all his attendants, and I 'wee
requested to sit down opposite him on the ground, which I
accordingly did ; the beach was
.marked out in apartments by.
rows of stones, the upper part of this spot having a little grog
of cocoa-nut trees, and a great quantity of large calavancq-
I tasted some, they were very good—they seemed to be on their
guard, as all round the place were bundles of spears of a great
length, but tied together, as indicating their peaceable inten
tions. The women were ordered on one side, but only for I.
short time, when they all crowded round us--,-they were parti-
cular in looking at our shoes and buttons, but were very civil-
After sitting some time, I presented the'King a sheet, tying it
round his body; in return he presented me with his covering
from the same place, likewise with another hog and some yams
&c. its before. I then gave him a small penknife, he seemed
highly pleased, anti sent immediately away for more hogs and
fruit, desiring us to wait until they brought them ; at the same
time, as far I could understand, he wished to go on board the
ship, and to take the present for the Captain—at this time the
small cask came down, carried by two men ; we found, instead
of water, it was milk from the cocoa-nuts, which made methink they had not a great plenty of water—the water the
natives drank was very good. Shortly after,•the King's mother
came down, an elderly woman, about 50 years—the King him-
self seemed about 30—his .Queen about 20, stout, and good
looking, and was the only one that had part of her bosom co-
vered. She was a fine stout woman, and a fine figure—her
teeth perfectly even, and very clean ; all the women and
inen had their little fingers cut off b 7 the second joint on
the left hand ; and the women. had their cheek bones pe-
forated, and the blood smeared round about an inch ; I
suppose a mark of beauty. Some of the women were tat-
tooed, with a red colour instead of Mack, more erpe-
cially in their arms, mostly in circles, about an inch
round; they were uncommonly civil, and did not seem at
all bashful—some of them very pretty girls. The signal
being made from the ship for us, I expressed a wish to go
on board, but the King wished me much to stop until the
things came down from.the'cotintry ; but thinking the Captain
was wishing to make sail, and finding no water, at least not in
sufficient quantity to dispatch it quickly, thought it best to go
off. The King expressed a wish to go, but I wished him 6a
take canoes off to bring him, which he would not do,
was ashore; however, it getting late, and the ship a good
distance'off, I got into the boat, after leaving a ram, and a (aye
to the King, by Captain. Huotei's orders, for the benefit of
future navigators--having made sigps as well as I could for
them not to kill them ; pulled some grass and gave it to them,
to spew how they lived. The native we brought from the ship
and the two others, came in the heat. We shoved off, and
meeting several canoes returningfrom the ship, one of them
informed us that the natives we had left on board had gone
ashore. The native in our boat seemed very sorry, and imme-
diately embraced and kissed me, as he likewise did the car-
penter, in a friendly 'manner, and seemed v,:'ry sorry at part-
ing : he jumped overboard and swam to a canoe. He seemed
a very gOod man, and interested himself very much about us
on shore. We brought a number of their arms, which we got
for trifles. The King could not go in a canoe. They did not
seem to have seen any fire-arms befbre one of the natives that
came on shore with us had a sword made a present to him by
Captain Hunter. Iron hoops, knives, or iron of any kind, was
the best articles of trade. There was only one man that was
different from the others ; his body was smeared with some
yellow substance; he was one of the King's train. The ladies
were all naked—only a small covering round their body, and
that not particularly well fitted. !'he men mostly wore a kind
of mat round their body, made with leaves of trees rove into
them, made like a Highlander's kilt. The island was entirely
composed of lava, in some places almost a metal. Being so
short a time on shore, could not get up into the country to
look for any thing the island produced ; but by the appearance
of it it must be fruitful and very populous, as we could see
numbers of the natives all along the island. On the beach the
most numerous were the women ; they were mostly ornamented
with shells, their hair cut short ; some with a kind of sub- •
stance resembling flour paste on the top of the hair—it had a
curious appearance with their dark faces. It lies in the latitude
of 15. 31. South, and. longitude 176. 11. East, by observation-
brought up by chronometer for 4 days previous."

ist.) WEST INDIA DOCKS.
there • DELIVERIES for the WEEK, and STOCK ON HAND,
l pos- •-. . - for the Week ending the 10th of April, 1824.
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Chests 9f Sugar

Casks of Molasses

PRIM; O.
THIS {)AY AT

I.lauk Stock' - -
3 pee Cent. Red.... ...... ..851a
Pet Cent. Cons. 96k
34 Pee Cent. shut
4 Percent. f Old 102
k New ll)3i
S per• Cents. 1797
Bank Long Ann. 23 3-16ths
zt per

F STOCKS
TWO O'CLOCK.

8,907

India, Stock - shut
Intlia Bonds B2s. 80s.
South Sea Stock
Old Annuities
Es. Bills 45 52
Ditto Small
Bank for Act.
India for Curl. Acct.
Cons. for Acct.

Fttlo OF FOREIGN STOW:4 p LONDON, Apzu.:l3,

AT ONK o ciaicK. -
Nit' eit f Five per Cents. 1031.
( Scrip, 161 pm.
rtnwinn Six per Cents. 00.
Five per Centc (Metallic) 00.
Ditto New on.
NoApolitan Five per Cent. Bends, 951.
A uscrian Scrip, 16} preni.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 1020, OS.
apanisli Ditto 1821, 17/.
Ditto 11123,1611.
Prussian I Five per Cent. Bonds, 981,
I Ditto New, 99i.
Portuguese f Bonds' 951.
1 Scri, Bf.
Danish . Five per Cent. Bondi:, 102.
Peruvian - Scrip, 00.
Chili t 6.
Colombian .f Six per Cent. Bonds, 911.
I Scrip, 21 prem. .
Mexican * Scrip, 10f prem.
I Greek 11 dis.
Alliance Insurance Shares-151. .
ißank Shares X 24.05. Od.
Seven per Cent. 95.
Allied= Six per Cent. 94-102.•
I.Five per Cent. 100-102.
Three per Cent. 77.
CALCUTTA CURRENT —O.-- . . .
VALUE OF GOVERNMENT

SECURITIES.
Saturday, October 4, 1823.
Rani_ '
ttable, Prem 34 • a 35 0
sion-Remittable Do.
Saturday, October 11, 1823
Itetnittable, Prem 0 Oa 0 0
Ilium-Remittable, Do.
Saturday, October 18, 1823
R_emittable, Prem 35 0 a 33 8
Nou-Remittable, Do. . ll 8 a 12 0
Saturday, October 25, 1823.
Remittable, Prem 35 0 a 35 8
Non-Remittable, Do.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE: TO-MORROW.
51"rning, 44 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 1 minutes after 2.

• ST. KATHARINE DOCK.
This Day was published,
A PLAIN STAT EM ENT of FACTS,-prov-
-14-11. ing the necessity of additional WET DOCK ACCO3I-
lODATION in tile PORT of LONDON, price Is.
To be had of J. AL Richardson, Cornhill.

TH SUN.

SOLICII QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDE4T ?

LONDON,
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1824.

e yesterday offered some observations to
our Readers, on the alleged intention of the
French to withdraw their garrison from Madrid.
On this subject, we find the following statements
in the Moniteur of Saturday, and the Etoile of
Sunday. The article in the Moniteur asserts
that the intended evacuation of the Spanish
Capital will take place in pursuance of one of the
conditions of the Treaty of Occupation, which
stipulates that Madrid is only to -be garrisoned
by the French during the residence in it of the
King and the Royal Family. The Etoile,
on the other hand, simply asserts that it
iS not true that the French troops have
already quitted Madrid ; but it says nothing as
to the truth or falsehood of the alleged inten-
tion to withdraw them—an intention, the truth
of which is proved by letters received in
Londo❑ from Madrid itself, dated the end
or March.—\4'e think it very improbable that
there is any condition in •the Treaty of Occupa-
tion for the abandonment of Madrid by the
French during the absence of the KING and
Royal Family. Supposing that any serious
insurrection should render it advisable to re-
move the Court to a place of strength and
security, is it credible that the French have
bound themselves, on the occurrence of such an
event, to abandon the Capital to the mercy of

the insurgents ? If they have, we may rest as
sured that it is an obligation which they would
honour by the breach, and not by the ob-

servance

( From the Moniterer of Saturdv, April 10. )

MADRID, MA ncu SO.—The French garrison
which occupied Madrid is to repair to the num-
ber of 5,000, to the Banks of the Tagus, where
it will be cantoned, so as to surround Aranjuez,
extending its lines towards Toledo.. This forma-
tion of a kind of camp has been the subject of
many observations ; but persons who are well. in-
formed, know that by the treaty of occupation
lately concluded between France and Spain, the
City of Madrid is not to havea French garrison ex-
cept when the King and the Royal Family reside in
it,and that the guarding of them 'sent-rusted to 5,000
French, under the immediate command of Gen.
Bourmont ; consequently they cannot see in the
cantonments, which the French troops are going
to occupy on the Banks of the Tagus, any thing
more than the natural result of the treaty of occu-
pation. _ _ _

[Front the Etoile, dated Sunday.]

It is not true, as several Journals hare asserted,
that the French troops have.quitted Madrid.

FRENCH FuNDs.—Five per Cents. opened at 101. 90. ;
closed 101. 95. ; Loan of 1823, 16i. ; Bank Stock, 1,895. ;
Neapolitan s,per Cents. 951.; Spanish Rentes, 16.—Exchange
on London, one month;2s. 25. ; three months, 25. 10.—(Cours
A uthentique,)

Letters from Missolonghi, bearing dates 11th,
18th, and 19th February, have been received.
They state the complete arrangement of the mi-
litary laboratory furnished by the Greek Com-
mittee, which will be of the greatest importance
to the success of the war. Young Greeks, from
the age of 16 to 20, have been invited by an ad-
vertisement in the Greek Chronicle, published at
Missoloughi, to become apprentices in the
above establishment, where they will be em-
ployed as carpenters, founders, tinmen, smiths,
&c. and where they will receive their rations
and a dollar and a half per month. Au English-
man, who is an experienced engineer, has the
conduct of this institution under his care, and
is about to form an artillery corps immediately.
" At night," one of these letters states, " he lec-
tures to the officers, each of whom will be com-
petent, at the end of ten days, to take the com-
mand Of a gun, and to drill the men belonging to
it. Four gun-boats are bailing, each to carry
-an eighteen pounder ; these will prevent the
Turks from lying at anchor in, or blockading
the harbour." Two spies had just arrived from
Lepanto; they stated that the Albanians had
seized the citadel, and were determined to sur-
render to the Suliots, who were marching
thither. Albania was disturbed by a civil war;
Arta was left with only 500 men, and Previsa
with 80; mid the letters say," all the prospects
of the Greeks are brightening." The engineer
above-mentioned had entered into an agreement
with the Government for placing'Missolonglii in
a complete state of defence, and 1,.5p0 dollars
had been placed at his immediate disposal for the
purpose, with a sufficient quantity of wood.—
Missolonghi is one of the keys of the Morea ;
the defence of it, therefore, is very important,
and will afford also the best means for organizing
an useful .corps. A t the instance of Lord Byron,
twenty-four Turkish prisoners, women and chil-
dren, have had the offer of being released; nine
of them refused it and remained, the rest were
sent to Previsa; four others were sent back
•to Usuff Pacha, at Patras. A Turkish brig
had been run on shore at Missolonghi, and
set on fire by the crew, when they found that
they could not escape capture ; another was
blown up at Lepanto, on the same day ; these,
with the one lost at Ithica, had greatly weakened
the Turkish naval force. A Polyglot newspaper
had been established, called The Greek Tele-
graph, the prospectus of which was to be sent in
a few days to England.

Crry, Twelve o'C/ock.--Consols opened at
9611 for the Account, and went up to 961, with
little business doing up to this hour, most of
the Hebrews being absent this morning from the
Market, as to-day is one of their greatest holidays.
Consols for Money are 964, at which price they
remain steady.
FOREIGN AIARKET.—The prices of most of the
Foreign Securities remain steady, with little
doing.
Half-past Twelve.—Consol have lowered a
little, and are now 9628 for the Account.

The Alien Bill was last night read a third
time in the House of Commons. In the
course of Mr. DENMAN'S eloquent speech in sup-
port of an amendment that the Bill be read a
third time that day six months, he passed a
high and well-merited eulogium on the libe-
rality and talents of Mr. Secretary CANNING,
and in particular expressed his gratitude for the
well-timed generosity -of feeling which the Right
lion. Gentleman had manifested towards Sir
RoBERT WILSON, after the treatment that Gen-
tleman had experienced from the Continental
Governments.—The Report of the Committee
of Supply on the Grant for Building new
Churches, was brought up on the motion of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—The Game
Laws Amendment Bill went through a Com-
mittee of the whole House.