Star.
London, England, 1808-08-05 00:00:00

LETTER,
/ROM POMARII, =NO Op OTAIIIIIII TO TO IaSCONART

SOCIETY.

Pomace, the King of Otaheite, who has long been
in the habit of visiting, and familiarly conversing with
the British Missionaries at Matavias in that island,
has assiduously applied himself for a considerable
time under their directions, to attain the art of writing,
which at length he has acquired.
A letter having been sent to Pnmare, by the direr.
dons of the Missionary Society, the Missionaries care-
fully translated it, and laid it before him. The fol-
lowing answer, in the Taheitean language, was com-
posed entirely by himself. It was then translated by
the Missionaries into English, which translation was
copied by the King ; and may be considered as a lite.
rary curiosity

Matava, Otabete, January 1, 1607.
. wish You every blessing friends in your residence in yosr
country with success in teaching this bad land, this foolish bad,
this wicked land, this land which is ignorant of good, this land
that knoweth not the true God, this regardless land
Friends, I wish you health and prosperity, may I also use,
and may fehovah save us all.
Friends with respect to your letter you tent to me, I have this
to say, that your business with me and your wishes I fully con,
sent to and shall consequently banish Oro and send him to Ra- •
bates.
Friends I do therefore believe and shall obey yoer word—,
Friends I hope you also will consent to my request, which is this
I wish you to send a great number of Men Women and children
here.
Friends Send also plenty of Muskets and Powder for wars are
frequently in our country—Should Ibe killed. You will have
nothing in Tahati—Do not come here when I am dead—lchlta is
a regardless country, And should I die with sickness do not come
here. This also I wish that you would send me all the curious
things that you have in England--Also send me every thing neces.
sary for•writing. Paper Ink and Pens in abundance, let no writ.
ing utensils be wanting.
Friends I have done, and have nothing at all more to ask You
for as for your desire to Insruct Ichati cis wk t I fully acquiesce in
—1 is a common thing for people not to understand first but your
object is good and I fully consent to it and shall cast off all evil
customs.
What !say is truth and no lie it is the real truth-. This is all I
have to write. I have done.
Friends write to me that I may know what you have to say.
I wish you life and evtry blessing may I also live and may Jc.
hova save us aIL

Pomare King of TAW &c &c.

For
my Mends
the Missionary Society
London

Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo-
reign Offve. The following Members werepresent
Earls Camden, Chatham, and &thaw; the Duke of Portland,
Lords Haw'kesbury, Castkreagh, and 11/Ltd/crave, Mr. Canahig,
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Their deliberations continued from one to four o'clock.
Mr. Dyer sailed on Wednesday from Portsmouth,
for Cadiz, in the MINORCA sloop of war, accompanied
by the C.BtAMPION frigate, with 100,000 dollars on
board, for the support of the Spanish cause.
Dr. PARR has declined accepting of the valuable
living of Buckingham, which was offered to him by
Mr. COKt, of Norfolk, the patron.
The seat now preparing. for the future residence of
the Comte de LILLE, is Hartwell Park, belonging to
the Rev. Sir GEORGE LZE, Bart. which he has taken
on lease for five years. He will remove from Gosfield
Hall to it as soon as the Duke and Duchess of AN-
Gomm *, who are daily expected, arrive from Mitan.
MUNDEN has returned to England from his excur.
sion to Ireland, where his success has been extremely
great having performed to the fullest houses e.f the
season. His benefit overflowed, and was patrbr.ized
by the first families in Inland, among whom was that
of the Loan LIErTENANT.
There have been several meetings of the Proprie-
tors, Managers, and Trustees of Drury.lane Theatre
during the last fortnight, at which Mr. Snerannt
constantly attended, and several new arrangements,
it is said, have been made preparatory to a vigorous
season, the ensuing winter.
There are several alterations making for the pur-
pose of rendering Covent-Garden Theatre more in-
sulated than it is at present.
The country never appeared more beautiful than it
does at present, and the harvest, in every direction,
promises to be uncommonly abundant.
At 'he late meeting of the Kent Society fcr the
Encouragement of Agriculture and Industry, Wtee
1 team FETMAN was awarded two guinea: for having
brought up ten or fifteen chiliren, and Mr. fltanms,
of Canterbury, five guinea: for a cart gelding, of two
or: old!
It may be worthy to remark, that the night-
ingale has been heard frequently, during the present
summer, in the gardens belonging to the Earl of
LONSDALE, in Fisher-street, Carlisle. We have heard
it observed, that this bird was never farther North
than Yorkshire, nor more to the West than Devon-
shire. Our woods are rendered melodious by the
thrush, the linnet, and the blackbird; but, like the
groves of Scotland, we believe they were never before
visited by the sweet and tender strains of this noctur-
nal warbler.—Tyne Mercury.
A part cf the Tweedmouth Common, containing
about 23 acres, the property of JAMES FORSTER, Esq.
Postmaster of Berwick, was bought a few years ago
for 4001. four acres of which have this season pro-
duced the amazing quantity of 1500 stones of hay.
It stood so thick in the field that the mowers would
not cut it down at the ordinary prices.
Early on Monday last, Mr. THOMPSOI, of the Old
Mill Farm, in the parish of Mayfield, Sussex, obser-
ving something black in one of his cherry-trees, and
supposing it fo be a bird eating his fruit, procured a
loaded gun, shot at the object, and most terribly
wounded his own son, a youth 20 years old, whose
hat (the morning being very foggy) he had mistaken
for a blackbird. Great _apprehensions were enter-
tained at first of the young man's recovery, but he
is now deemed out of danger as to his life; and it is
thought he will for ever be deprived of the sight of
one of his eyes.
Sunday afternoon Lewes was visited by a storm of
thunder, lightning, and rain, which continued for se-
veral hours, and the greatest part of the time with
unabated violence. The lightning was extremely
strong and vivid, and the 'thunder tremendously loud
and awful. A cow belonging to H. JACKSON, Esq.
was killed by a flash of the lightning.
Tuesday, as a soldier •belonging to the 2d West
York Militia, was employed undermining some
earth close to a brewhouse, erecting near Arcliff
Fort, the earth suddenly gave way and f it in, in
consequence of which he had a thigh and an arm
broken, and Was otherwise much bruised.