The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-06 00:00:00

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SYDNFY, JAN 2.—Thi, country never present-
ed a scene mote interesting to philantt,ropy Hod
the congenial feelings of Britons, than wHs e.hi-
bited at Paramstta on Monday las►, the 28,b
when, iii porinatice of the. invitation of his Ex-
cellency the Governor, which appeared in the two
last Gazettes, the natives, or aborigines of the ter-
ritory, assembled together to parlake of the kind;
netts and hospitality held out to them by Govern-

meat.
Although the day was intensely warm, it was
not altogether unfavourable firr the occasion. At
eleven in the forenoon his ExCelleney -the Gover-
nor, 'accompanied by the Lieutenant-Governor,
the Members of the Native Institution, and seve-
ral or her GeOtlemen, entered the circle where these
children of Nature were seated. Charts. were pro-
vided for the Chiefs of tribes (as on the former
occasion), detached and advanced from the line
of the grand circle, which not only distinguished
them personally, but showed the • number or
Strength of their several tribes, which were played
to the left of. their respective Chieftains, and con-
sisted of the families of each of them. The num-
ber thus assembled very far exceeds that of any
former occasion, being three hundred persons,
among whom were some tribes who had travelled
from beyond the Blue Mountains to he present
at'this festival, and whir were distinguishable from .
the natives on
.this. side, by their hair being de-
corated with a IMlllber of white feathers, and
the teeth of wild animals suspended in rude
festoons over their foreheads ; their bodies and
faces were also painted with red and white
ochre, which rendered their appearance singularly
mitre. There was, however, a degree of confi-
dence in their mariner, which indicated a con-
sciousness of security in the protection of Euro-
pean friendship, a circumstance, perhaps, the
more to be nondered at, when it is considered
that this was the first time that several of them
had.held any itrtercourse with white roes, or had
ever had an opportunity of seeing the advancing
improvements of the interior settlements of this
Colony. There were other tribes from the north
Hod South, wit or had travelled a distance of upwards
of 100
After his Excellency had conferred some badges
`of Chieftainship and of merit on the deserving,
the more. interesting part of the ceremony took
place. This was the introduction of the. Native
Institution into the circle, where they were shewn
to. their relatives and friends, and gave specimens
of their progress in reading, writing, and drawing.
This latter acquirement seemed to delight the
thief natives beyond
,atiy thing yet preiented,to
them, which was manifested by burSts of loud
infighter, leaping upwards, and other gesti-
,culations, the spontageous offerings of unculti-
vated nature.
When these ceremonies had passed over, the
whole of the native party were regaled ' with
roasted beef and plum-pudding, and a lair pro-
portion of exhilarating beverage.
On the Governor's retiring from the circle, they,
with one accord, and from one impulse, rose, and
gave Iris EXcellency three cheers, which they felt
as the only mode of expressing their sense of . his
kindness to•them, and gratefully to acknowledge
the pr otection of the British Government.

Monnaa.—Saturday night a man named Day
or Du/ y, who lived in Nottingham-court, Druly-
lane, came home in $ state of- drunkenness, and
began to quarrel with his wife, who was in the
last stage of pregnancy from words they came
to blows,vaud after ha%ing received a good beat •
nig, the wife went to bed, when tie husband be-
coming more enraged, dragged her out of bed,
anc: commenced a most savage attack upon her ;
her violent screams of murder brought the neigh-
bours to her assistance, when it was found that he
bad kicked her clown one night of stairs, and site
lay bleeding in a state of insensibility. Time stairs
were covered with blood, which gave rise to a
report that lie had stabbed her, but this was tint
the 'fact. The•%vatchnian was called in, and he
took the busb,and into custody, aml conveyed him
to the Nvatch-house in the coal-yard. The poor
woman was appirently dying, and constquently
a surgeon was brought in, who rendered every
assistance itm his power, but without avail ; she
died during tie night. When the melancholy in-
telligenee %vas commnoicated to the IMF. band in
the watch-honse, he burg into teats, and be.
frayed mist contrition ; he di:dared mos,
solemnly he had neither struck nor ki.ked her,
but said she was drunk and that the
boy jumped over her, which mast have .canse‘l
her death. lie is kept in close custody till the
result of the Coroner's Inquest is known.