The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-04 00:00:00

Arn2rica—God forbid ! When an Englishman
le,ves his native country he should not desert the
s„ciety. „f ids fellow-countrymen, or abandon
the protection of law's which are too just and
equir:,.ble to be exchanr„ted with advantage. Eng-
I iud has vast possessions in foreign climates—
t 'tiler she may send her unfortunate but Ideserv-
nit; children, with- the double advantage or com-
fort to [Lem and honour and security to the parent

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The scientific projector of the plan in question
has men:ioned Saldanha Bay, near the Cape of
Gnu! Hope, as a proper spot for Colonization.—
The precise arrangements necessary-for the com-
pletion of this undertaking are not yet made
; but we will in a future Number of the .7Eeis
name the conditions, as we have received them
from the projector.—For the present it may be
sufficient to remark, that the advantages to emi-
grants would be much greater than any that were
offered under similar circumstances : their com-
fort and security would be proviskri for ; and,
what is more excellent than all, though the.set-
tiers would receive a liberal aid front the friends
of the undertaking, to enable them to enter with
confidence and spirit on the business of Coloniza-
tion, the circumstances under which it is ititetul-
ol that ibis aid should be given are so truly wise
and honoorable, that, with common prudence and
common industry, they might in five or six years
defray every advance in their favour, and become
,he free possessors of fertile farms, good habita-
tions, and a valuable commerce—without rent,
tithes, taxes, or obligation. it is no slight pros-
pect of happiness to be assured of independence
and comfort in a fruitful land, with a eOO,l so-
ciety, and ander the protection of British laws;
in which what is objectionable might meet with
modification and improvement —it is no trivial
consola ion for a suffering Eoglishman to be told
that a residence in a laud where every thing is
open to imitistry and enterprizes under the au-
spices of the parent country. tr ill reliere him of
the whips and scorns of time ;" and that the li
labour of a years will give ease to the remain-
der
of his existence in the bo:atu of felicity. It is
proposed to offer very considerable advantages to
persons of agricultural knowledge; and we trust
that liberal 'prospects will also be presented to
men of a different description, whose minds may
serve to give a character which has been wanting
in the establishment of former Colonies. All new
societies are naturally turbulent, unless they be
restrained by powerful moral intellect ; and it
the great body o' settlers who are expected to
embrace this scheme be not influenced by good
and virtuous directors, who, in founding a new
society, will consider virtue and morality as of
greater importance than wealth and worldly con-
sequence—if the hundreds of distressed but va-
luable men of talent and villas in this country
be not preferred to the ()bieris Of favouritism and
influence, better would it be !or a redundant
population to remain where they are, with all
their wants arid miseries, than to sow the fertile
land of Southei n Africa. The advantages of soil
and cliMate ate as nothing without the blessing
of gootlimciety. In forming a new colony to;
distressed *COOS iriflt!” r fis renlC O, twe
are not transporiieg convicts who oisterb our
peace at home ; and so provide accordingly.
Saldanha Bay, the sinot pr ()posed for theuew co-
limy. is an eligible part et Southern Africa', and
is of Iv 'it) tunics distant omit the Cape of Good
rinae, The voyage thither is generally pet formed
in eight or nine %leeks, and is considered sate by
mariners. The climate is warm and ectutal ; there
are no lake agues or p6tilevitial tevers, as in
America, to carry off their thousamis ; and the
soil is refreshed and rendered pruritic by a regular
tall of moisrore during one quartsr of the yea'r.
In the glowing language of the venerable pro-
poser of the colony, " Son hero Africa is out a
howling wildetuess inhabited by savages ; it is
not covered with heavy timber, atul impenetrable
thickets ; it is not without an extensive cultiva-
tion, producing not only wheat, barley, pease, and
other European grains, with' potatoes, yams, &c.
but abounding with horned cattle, sheep, hogs,
horses, and other European anineds : it abounds
also with all the edible roots and vegetables of
Europe, in addition to those peculiar to tropical
and stanherti climates. 'flue fittest and richest
grapes are also cultivated, with other European
fruits. In the spring season (I), almost immea•
surable tracts of country are said to he coveted
with the greatest variety of the most beautiful
flowers, soliciting the hand of industry to render
it more useftWy productive. The land it nitro:slit
into cultivation without much lawn'-, Sint.e it is
only incumbered, in some instances, by light
brush wood, which is easily removed, and is uselad
as fuel.. The seas abound with a great variety of
the finest fish, besides whalte, also abound
on the sea coast, and may be caught by bows ;
and the oil obtained without the charges with
which this article is borthened by the expensive
outfits of ships employed in the Oraeolatad and
South Sea fisheries." (2)
No finer situation for the exercise of industry,
and the reward of merit., could be chosen ; nor
is it possible to name any part of the globe in
which an equally reciprocal obligation could be
maintained between the parent country and her
colony. The harbour of Saldanlia Bay is one of
the largest and safest in the world, being. capable
of affording shelter to all the navies. in -Europe ;
it is accessible at all seasons of the year, and is
finely protected at its month, which is two miles
in extent, by two small islands and also by two
promontories With respect to the commerce
which might be carried on at Saldanha Bay, we
observe—that the colonists would, in return for
the articles of Europe,which they would of course
receive from England, export wine (the finest in
the world), brandy (superior to the French),
cotton, wool, skiffs (of different descriptions),
raw and dried hides, hemp, flax and flax-seed,
tallow, whale oil, tobacco, lice, coffee, dried
fruits of various descriptions—such as raisins,
figs; peaches, nectatiues, plums, &c. white wine
vinegar, elephants' teeth, ostrich feathers (and,
it is said, gold dust), Indian core or maize, cor-
neliana, agates, and other precious stones, and
• a variety of articles, which would depend on the.
spirit and enterprize of the colonists.
In addition to this commerce, there could be
another of infinite importance, in the establish-
ment of fisheries ; and that too Undra CirCUUI.