The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-05 00:00:00

vAtrd by the labours of Drs. 114)51tTi` and Cn r Y
the: former of whom 'hits 'pobliihed " The EAin.
burgh
.School of Medicine.," and the hater, Es-
stips on the Diseies of Children," among which is
one, on that most dangeroOs complaint, the terror of
parents and nurses, the Cynanche Trachealis, or the
CrOup.

• Fa E NCH Ayle c 00Te..:--Some years ago a Gentle-
mah
was travelling near the small village of Gondre-
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court, when his carriage broke down. There was --,
•no Inn near the place, and as it would, take up
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sonic time to repair the carriage, the Traveller ap.
plied 'at. the gate of a Monastery of Capuchins lot 4
Shelter and hospitality. He was received courteous-
and the good Fathers'. and the Stranger were
'conversing together upon a variety of subjeat,
when the bell rang for prayers. The Traveller ..
was asked if he would join in prayer:, his answer . .
was, that he was going 'to make an
,application to
their for that purpose: After dinner the conversa- :
tion was again resumed ; the Fathers talked of the„
interests of their Order, of the number of Capuchin • •
Monasteries in Germany, France, and. Italy; of the .'-'
merits and humility of St. Friers, their founder,')':
&c. 'Upon all these-Paints- the Stranger 'not only i
concurred in opinion with them, but even comtaii.
nicated to them information upon some points. Ira-
;bort, hii behaviour, his talents, his knowledge,'
and. his piety, so captivated the Capuchins,,.that
:they pressed him seriously to enter the Order.' The .:
Stranger hesitated for some' time upon this propo-, '
sition-r-in the mead while his carriage was ' an.
flounced,. and the Convent was quitted by—Noe. -..-
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The following is an extraet of a letter from . :
Hawkesbury,. New South _Wales, dated September.
zplirr•
" I am appointed, agent on the estates of Mr.
, and have 20 farms under my charge ; but .
you are not to suppose these farms like harm at
hot= i they consist of from 3o to 66 acres, some ~
more, hut not all cleared, with a .htit on each.--
The.principal farm;- on which I reside, has a mu..
dern built genteel house upon it, most agreeably
situated on. the romantic and beautiful banks of
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the river Hawkesbury.• . The whole of this extra:.,
ordinary country, with very few exceptions,
.of a;,. . I
spot here and there, (at least as far as ilas beeifdisr
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'covered), was one vast; forest on its being taken
possession of by our countrymen. It is'very thinly
peopled ; the few natives that are. ta:be seen Are
miserable slothful beings, possessin&no..manne-r or:" 1
ingenuity, nor spewing the least: Mc:11113600 to
acquire knowledge of any kind;:„Tiiis price` lies .
near a vast range of mountains, *Welt haVe been ,
but partially explored.. I have no-tdoulii,,"from
their exterior appearance, but they abontill 'with metals of great vfilue.- Oar ancortstdeFible iitian.. ',
tity of rain filling, it descends Irons 'these moon-.
taint •in torrents,, and inunda't'es the '.sihrsile. of
.the;
adjacent country, frequently sweeping- awaY•trien,- •
beasts, houses, stacks; stoelc; &c: before it, and'
leaving the Miserable settler as bare' as.:NatUre
formed him.. Notw.fthstanding these evils, these:
floods, like the aerftOwing otthe 'Nile, have their
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advantages,`bY fertilizing and enriehing Ilielind,'• ~
which prods Ces abUncis'nt crops there4te'r. ...I'luivei '
now. on 'Mr. ---..s account, near '4OO times of
beat on the 'ground, which we expert to reap in
Deeetither. „' ', - - ' '' .
• '4"4 In this dilitifl, where cultivation is properly
attended, to, we generally average *36 to 40 bushcli
per acre;, but.this extra produce only applies'to this
situation and a few others, Ploughs are seldom used.
.here, owing, to the stumps of the trees, which are .1 :
cut about three feei' above 'the surface, and' the ~
?ground is- broken by the hoe, and the .seed chipped
in. We hive, at present a great scarcity ; wheneis
now at zos. per bushel, but we shall soon (please ,
God) have a plentiful harvest." •