The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

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It might be expected that we should offer some
remarks on the Telegraphic Dispatch which was
yesterday morning received from Paris, and made
known to our Readers. But important as is the
fact of King Ferdinand's having announced his
intention to proceed to the head-quariers of
the Duke of Angouleme, we think it would be
idle to speculate On that fact alone, without
knowing what has preceded or followed it.
Such seemed to be the impression entertained
yesterday in the City. At the opening of the
market a slight and cautious advance took place
in the price of Consols; they rose to 83k,
but shortly receded to their former pride,
and closed, as on Monday, at 831. There
was much idle speculation and rumour in
the course of the day. Some wise acres pre-
tended to doubt the Telegraphic Dispatch
altogether; others sagaciously suggested that
the Cortes might merely have sent out Fer-
dinand to negociate for them, keeping his
Queen and Royal Relatives " as securities
for the faithful and zealous discharge of his
mission." In the afternoon it was boldly as.
serted that an Express had been received,
stating that another Telegraphic Dispatch had
arrived, informing the French Government that
King Ferdinand had not arrived at Chiclana ,
on the 29th. We have taken pains to ascer.
twin whether any such express did really ar-
rive, and we believe we may confidently say
there was none. At the same time it may un-
doubtedly have happened, that a disturbance
in Cadiz has prevented the King from leaving
the town. We have all along endeavoured to
impress on our readers the state of turbulence
and disorder in which that town must necessarily
have been for a long time past. The scum and
refuse of Spain are gathered together there,
mixed with the inhabitants of a large and opu-
lent sea-port, and with some respectable mem.
hers of the Liberal faction from various parts
of the country. Among all these persons there
is no settled authority, no paramount in-
fluence. The Ministers declare that they are
absolutely without money. Sonle of the Cortes
refuse to give them any fresh resources : others,
on the contrary, say, the Ministers ought to
'be authorised to seize all resources within their
reach.—One regiment mutinies : another dis-
arms and decimates it—the place is bombard.
ed--two hundred of the inhabitants escape
in boats, and seek shelter among the French.—
That a town under such circumstances cannot
long hold out is perfe"ctly clear ; and that
the persons who call themselves Ministers
and Members of the Cortes can have no hope
beyond their own personal safety is too mani-
fest to be disputed. We only hope 'that amidst
so much confusion there may still be sufficient
force.on the side of the well-disposed to restrain
the excesses of the most desperate and fanatical
Rebels. We will cherish the hope that a few
hours may assure us of the King's actual libera-
tion ; and when that event takes place, we shall
consider the Revolution to be substantially at an
end.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

[Prom the &Ulu, Newt Letter, Oct; 3,1823.1
NEW_ SOLITy W4LES.

which the following isr a copy,
rtb letter, of
has een received by a friend of the Editor from a near rela-
tive in New South Wales. The matter which it contains is
well 'worthy of the attention of the public, and particularlY of
such persons as wish to emigrate to that country.l
Sydney, 24th April, 1823.
MY Dina Faiiwn-•-At length, after a three. month's re.
sidence in this delightful colony, I sit down to ftilfil my pro-
„oho to you. I should suppose you have seen my letter of the
14th of February last, written shortly after my arrival in this
country, of which, if I recollect rightly, I spoke in ratherlat_
tering. term; but 1 am sorry to have to say, that my increase
of knoWledge respecting it, does not allow me to hope for a ful.
fitment Of those advantages to emigrants, which in 'the first in.
Stance, I was intlitted to believe had existed. 'On a more
minute inspection, I have 'discovered obstacles of which I was
not before aware—difficulties. which very few Init men of large
capital can 'be able to surmount. I shall ,endeaVour to give
you a detail of circumstances relative to obtaining a grant of
and shall further inform you of Sow e of the recent Measures
pursued by the present Government in thiaColony, and I shall
also say, something of the effect of Capital. On arrival in the
colony, the first thing usually done, is to endeavour to procure
your grant, and set yourself down' on such' land as you may ob-
tain, and cominence.the cultivation of it, 'andllua rearing of
stock ; for these are the only means 'whereby the preScnt influx
of iinigrant mettlers is to be provided for. Well, then, in order
to obtain such, you give in your order to the Colenial Secre-
tary ; or, in case you have no such order, you memorial the
Govertior.te allow. you a grant of land, proportioned to, your
tiieans of bringing It into Cultivation. As nil respectable persons,
almost invariably, obtain a grant on inettiorial,'_yon in a few
days get a tePIY, stating that his Eicellency will give you a
grant of land according male to the number of
iaalekeclownevnictytsmyoann
take offthe hands of Government. One of the recqt regula-
tions is,' that for each man yon are allowed 100 acres of land—
You then any,' your means will 'allow you to
off the store, which conitnunication 'being made, you get an
your answer; stating, that you shall get two thousand acres of land,
'd
and only six men *, who together with yourself; will he fed
lotffintahreksetdo,rts.setftoier soi:int:oannth:.witYhoyuoittilieinnesnel,e%u
dycnir but.--
your land,' get
It is difficult to get any 'good land nearer Sydney than 120
miles,_for it is long since occupied or given in grant. Now, the
grant obtained, what is next to he done ? Why, procure your
stock, anti commence the cultivation of your farm. 'Stock of
almost ever kind is so very' dear, 'that unless a person has
'Y'oure onlyget six to 2,000 serer at preheat, e
influx settlers' being so great, and• Government not being able
to supply them with men from the convicts.

urge capital he cannot Purehaii-:YOU cannot buy so many I
;sheep ua that their wool (and even allowing on the increase of
11..0e15) will pay for the trouble and it isout of the qutstiiiii to
ctihtyate more land thin will be sufficient, in produce , for the;
sustenance of yourself and.your men, on account of the!distimce
your ate from any market ; and were you to send your *heat or
other grain to Sydney (and h is difficult to get any ready market
imuch nigher), the carria,ge, would cost more,than it would sell
'for. Besides, after thefirst six mohthsluive expired; you must
:provide foOd'fin your'oivn men, and are bound to give thetna
certain. quantity ofpork and flour, as well as to, clothe then:.--
You must also allow them 101. per year, each man, which, how.
ever, are generally given In sugar,•tea, (Ate, tobacco,
When I say bound, you are so in truth ; for Government;
previous Wits giving you the grant, requires you to executes
bowl, binding you and your heirs,. &c. in the penal sum of
1001. for each man, to maintain and support; on the terms'
mentioned, viz: 20 men permanently, till the term of their
transportation , shall have expired, some being for seven,
others for fourteen years, while, perhaps, the residue are for
life--For though you only get six of the number at present,
should there be am over Plus of convicts, your number is com-
pieted, and having executed the bond, it makes it incumbent
on you to keep its terms. From the facts which I have ad-
duce', I infer, then, that the settler coming here with a coo.
lined capital, would not only expend the whole of it on his
farm, but very probably contract debts, which may terminate
in
in his ruin, because his returns are generally long coming
round, did• when effected not adequate to' his labour ; for uh-
less be is able to commence upon a large scale, his income will
not be equal to his expenditure. It is true, it is said, and not
without foundation, that 'many persens here have realized
wealth, but they are only 'rich in what is called colonial wealth,
such as land, herds of cattle, &c. ; and those persons thathave
sheep are unwilling to sell iem, unless, as I have said before,
at unreasonable prices. Thus much for the present regulations.
In the former Government, it was a rule, that each settler ac-
cording to the state of his farm, had a right of sending so
many bushels of wheat into the commissariat stores, at 10s.
per bushel, which paid the farmer both for labour and carriage,
but at present It is taken into the stores by tender, so that the
settler has only 7s. fkl. now instead of 108.—and also the large
farm holders and those in the vicinity of the stores, have the
nionopoly, as they can deliver goods much cheaper, and the
holders of the small farms have to give it to the merchant at
verylow rates, for which they get, goods, such as tea, coffee,
&c. in return. Horned cattle are rather dear, but are fallen
much in price of late, for beef also is going to be received by
tender. . When this rule shall take place it will be got for 2d.
per lb. At present all stockholders have the same right of
sending meat into store at 6d. per lb. as formerly existed
with respect to wheat—and of course the large holders of
cattle will be able to sell, it cheaper than the small ones,
for some of the old holders have two thousand head of
horned cattle.. These, even at the small price of 2d. per lb.
will bring a good profit. When I am talking of cattle, let
me say something of the. grazing. One acre in some parts of
Ireland 'would be equivalent to four here in grazing, but that
difficulty could in some measure be obviated by improving the
species of grass with some good English seed. The transfer
of lentils much checked, because money or. the .currency of
the colony is 'very confined ;-nor will persons 'WY land, except
in the vicinity of Sydney or some other town. You are pre-
vented by Government from transferring your land. for five
years—and if,you sign the bond of which I have spoken, no
person would'buy the land 'With incumbrances, and should you
not sign it,' you can shew'no.title consequently no one will buy
it. As to the face of the count!ry-l; shall say nothing, it has
been the theme of so many letters, and were I to make use of
the little descriptive powers I am possessed of, Ifearl should
not do it justice. It would take the pen otthe unknown author
of Waverly, or the Inimitable Porter. Although it
is now winter and the wet season is over, yet it is very
warm in the middle of the day, but pleasant in 'themotn;
ing and evening. I should hope I have given you.someinfoer
motion, that may .be of use to those, who are filled-with the
idea of emigration to this colony, and trust I havemele plain
the disadvantages of a confined capital, but which difficulties
are mostly obviated by a considerable one, which etabitcono
to commence on a large establishment, in which employment
Can be found for the men taken off store. Yet should- a settler
get any land in-the vicinity of a growing town, he then tan ad..
vantageously employed them, but it is in vain you may hope, to
get within such distance, that you can find labour for them to
turn to your interest, without the aid of a considerable fund;
and should a person be incautious he may lose the small pit-
tance in which his most sanguine hopes were centred. I hope,
however, at some future pentid tiovernment may yet give encou-
ragement, and that it will devise means to act as a stimulus' and
as a reward for industry, and it is greatly to be wished that
this country where many unfortunate (victims are doomed
to expiate their ignominious offences, shall soon loose the in-
famy, and diagrace attending the greater part of its inhabitants,
and shall eventually rank foremost in the class of British Car
lonies.—l am, &c. • 'J. 31:

GRIWOR M4GREGOR.—It will be reColleCted
that this person has 4ately assumed the title of
Cazique of POpaisl' and laid' claim to a large tract
of land on the Musqtiito shore, which he has been
disposing of to a great number of innocent and
credulous ''people of Scotland. Two vessels ac;-
tordingly sailed for this country with about 200
emigrants, but oft their arrival they found thern=
selves most giossly'deceived by his Highness. the
Cazique ; forimitead of a town' where they' had
been taught to believe every comfort was to he
obtained, they found•nothing but a few- log-huti
.containing a' small number of wretched inhabit-
ants,' a sickly 'climate`in the torrid 'zone, iind
hardly a vestige of cultivation. After 'suffering
unparalleled hardihips; arid losing many of their
number by pestilence, the British Commander at
Belize humanely sent a vessel and brought them
to that settlement. Some of the unfortunate stif-
fererss have arrived in this city, among others ir
Mr.. Grant, .of Canada; who .is the' bearer 'of a
letter from 'the King of the Mciscidito Shore• to his
Majesty's Consul at this port. This letter we
hit'ee had an opportunity of perusing, wherein we
find that. the King 'states unequivocally, 'that
M'Gregor's establishment had failed. This hu-
mane savage provided, a passage for Mr. Grant at
his own expence, and the letter was to recommend
him to the. Consul here, who has, kindly assisted
him. with the means of returning to the provinces.
We are told that some ()thew of the sufferers have
reached Boston, and intend to make public the
vile system which .M'Gregor resorts to to delude
the unsuspecting adventurers. We hopethey tvitl
do so; and, if properly authenticated, we shall
be happy in lending our aid in transmitting such
a statement to Scotland for the benefit of others.
(New York Albion.)

ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.---About six o'clock
yesterday evening, as Russell's Exeter Vast was
proceeding along the Strand, and had reached
to opposite Somerset-House, the axle• of one
of the wheels broke short, and in consequence the
van, which was heavily laden, upset. The coach.
man and another man sitting on the box were
severely bruised, and were carried into the shop
of Mr. Stanton the surgeon. After bleeding they
rapidly recovered. The guard escaped unhurt.
This van Was upset nearly on the same spot about
three months'ago.

A, fatal accident occurred at Blairstorte, Ayr-
shire, the seal of E. CATACART, Esq. on Tuesday • last. A
young man, an apprentice with liiessrs. Nicholson and Kay,
painters in Edinburgh, employed painting some of the rooms
at Blairstone, had occasion to pass aver in the ferry-boat to the
Other side of the water of Doon, on the lea-bank of which Blair-
stone is Situated ; but 'when near the middle of water, at
that time much swollen- froM the late rains, and running with
considerable strength and rapidity, he missed his hold of the
line thrown across for conducting the, boat. The boat was
thereon overturned, and the lad thrown out and swept down by
the current. The accident was observed by wgentleman On-the
banks, who, at -the utmost peril of his 'life, plunged into the
flood and made an attempt to save him ; hut, all his efforts were
rendered'abortive'by theleaviness and rapidity of the stream.
The lad was overwhelmed, carried. down-by-the • current,
and lost ; and; the gentlentan.who exposed. himself to save him
escaped with difficulty. The lad's name, we '
understand, is
Jame§ FirgusOrt' and his hotly has not.yet been found.—(Edin.
burgh Courant, Oct. 4.)