The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-30 00:00:00

SVbNEY GAZETTE.

()cr. 12, .ISII prisonei.s arrvetl lAst
week in the t itli2titll Gambier were Imided vester-
se'n;;iglit-,-- all newlv clothed, and were the same
day mustei•ed ancnnspeeted by his EicceJlency the
Governor on the terrace of the New store, pre-
'f
to their being distributed Lziong

imratc

settie'rs

On Tuesday, the tith inst. the
,shi,o Governor
iiiacquarrie was launched from Cockle Bay, at a
few minutes- after seven in the evening, in pre-
sense.of a -number of spectators, amon,,-; whom
were many Or-icers, and several Ladies or respect-
ability. She is a bandsonie line vessel, her bur-
den from 130 to 150 tons, and is allowed to rank
with the best specimens of niarine architecture
that have hitherto been illustrative of the ethulous
spirit of adventure, athl well applied exertions, that
has marked the progress of a colony, still in its
tenderest stage of infancy.
OCT. Om:eland and Lieut. Ovens,
of the 73d, and .Ca pt. Piper, of the 102 d Regi-
ment, 'embarked for England, this evening, on
board the Providence, via China, and were accom-
panied by his
_Excellency the Governor and Mrs.
Macquarri'e, and a large party, composed of the
principal Officers.

OCT: 29.—'-Pursuant to General Orders issued
by his Excellency the Governor and Commander-
in-Chief, the Royal Standard was yesterday morn-
ing at sun-rise displayed on' Fort Philip, and the
Union Colours at Dawes's Battery; from 'whence
a Royal salute of twenty-one guns .way at the
same time fired, in honottrof his Royal Highness
the Prince of \Vales being vested with the autho—
rity of Regent of the United Kingdom :of Great
Britain and Ireland. These solemnities were
rendered the mare sensibly interesting; by the
day of their petfOrmauee being that also of the slst
Anniversary of our Gracious and Beloved Sove-
reign's Accession to the Throne.
Nov.. 9.—At an early hour on Monday last, his..
Exeellency Governor Ivlac.quarrie and his Lady
took their departure from hence for Van Diemen's
Land, that being a paft of this great and widely
extended territory which his Excellency had not
before visited.; its-distance from Sydney is about
700 miles.
.We understand it is his Excellency's intention,
after tuaking such arrang:nuents at Hobart Town
'as may appear nioSt improve:it, and to-
benefit_the inhabitatits, to proceed from thence
overland to Port.lArvmple, to make ar-
rangements-.there, and generally to inform bithselt
of the nature and qualitY of the soil, and of the
productions of the_country at large.
These beneficent purposes being effected, it is
his EXcelleney's intention to re-embark at Port
Dalrymple; •to which place the .Lady Nelson Vt.,
be directed to'proceed from- the .De...went. On'his
return vov.e,-his Excellency will have an oppcii---
tunity of seeir, the Various; islands interspersed.
throu;.rh Strait's and we trust we shall be
etro.b;ed.to witiounce his happy return to Sydney
a.`,);')iit.the first of the new

His 14;Ixcelleury l.i aLtenCieri Capt.:all Antlll,.
1314gaile-Afair,r j Lieutenant I\l:4,clain;
Camp ; anti Meshan, the .1-...til;g Scu.veyor--
General. .

altixled the Favorite;
Clipt,in Fisk, from Liokirt Tow,), vizl,iclir she left
on the sth of the present the tig,7ice-
able intelligence of.the safe arrival-there, on the
°3"(1 ult:= of his Excellency the Governor anCl. Mrs:
?tlacquarrie, and suite, having gone in an opeft
boat from Frederick 'Henry Bay, -Where they had
been obliged to- leave the La Nelson, owing to
contrary winds.
His Excellency, en his arrival,-received a loyal
and appropriate Address from the inhabitants of
nobart•Town, and another from the settlers at
New Norfolk, to both which he was pleased to
return suitable answers.

We have the further satisfaction to state, that
the harvest at the above highly improving settle-
ment was very luxuriant; and that the inha-
bitants were tolerably supplied by recent arrivals
from this place with European and Indian com-
modities.

The work of harvesting is now general through-
out the colony': some farmers have. finished reap-
ing their first sown wheat, and the latter crop is
in many places fit for the sickle. The weather
has been remarkably favourable, and the bary,:‘st
promises to turn out one of the finest we have
been favoured with for several yells, and the
growing maize has a fine healthy appearance.