The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-17 00:00:00

LNI;GnATIoN.

NEW SO UT II WALES.

• -1.1.e"40.--

DREADFUL MASSACRE.
A vessel nanted thetErothers, • brings a-titelanw
choly aceottot of the massacte of several of lies
and the 'Ft lad's crew, by the New Zealanders, at
Trial llarbour,-at the estimated distance of 150
miles E. of the MisSionary
.Slat ion at the Bay
of Liam's, befog between the River Thames and
'Mercury Bay The Trial sailed from Sydney on
the 23d of Ai for the :Alattple.,as, intend; to
call at New Z,•aland, and there join the Brothers,
which had a few days previously taken her tlepar-
titre-tor that purpose, chiefly for the porpose of
collectiog. flax: They reMained a month :1t the
P,:y of Islands, and from Ifietlia. of:oloc..1
at 4nuth-
easterlv coor.se, tratii:ig with the •natives as they
Went along. Making a short stay at a harbour
which did not appear
.to have been bef ore fre-
quented .by 'any lintOprans, they named it Triad
Ilat hour, and the irr(i very ft iend!y treatment,
with a proinke of ha e;ng-..ti quantit y of tl tx pt ()vide,'
against the return of the vessels. Tbecl, went to-
Ward, Cook's Straits. and after runnitr4 down a
considerable extent ir-)f. coast; returned' to Trial
liarbottr,.which [nom! a'seetie of carnage. The
natal alll)eare4 no itsa frient'lY- than belore,inn
not having ;uncurd. the flax necording 40,theit
pionii,e, Mr. Mr. Boroett prepaied
for quitting the place. They designed sailing
thence on Monday'the 21•,,t of Aitgost, but were
nttac4ed On the noon of the oreceding day, and
the decks of bolt; ve.o..cls taken possession of by
an immense nntuher ••of the rtiitives. Mr. Ilovell's
account of the trati`suction states, that at half-past
12, A NI. he cibz•erved n nnti)ht:e of •Cfitioei along-
side both hilt tbat froth the•friendly tel
lie was nu with the chiefs and other natives, he
had no su,picion of any dt,ign against the vessels,
both which fete :ptovigkd with boarding nets,
through the interstices' of witten they bartered
thelr'Commodities with the islanders, The Trial-'s
IwoPhi were down at dinner Mr, llovcll, was
'Ott the quat ter-deck, folding a moat o friendly
N:)trortio, bear to Whom Was another chief,
the latter, tan tonne signal supposed to have been
given by the former, sprung urn) 111 r. Elowell
with his club, nud.stietck hint on the back of the
head ; he reeled, half stunned ; at second blow
was 3401 at hint, ',vliicli hue avoided by noshing
for‘t,artl and precipitating himself down the fore-
' castle hate'iwoy. The Assailant's now crowded
upon the npper &eh, of which they obtained Coot
plefe Possessiott, while Soieral who had intruded
tlicinelves between decks were oppoonl by the
ri!ople, And killed. Those above tried to shill
the inaiii-hateh, in otaler to shat the crew below,
but'to preveot this, two then were Stationed at
the hatchway, who kept them off with their ItlitS-
lielft. Theil inCreised, and ii rush was
niontent,it'lly expecfcd. A Constant fire was kept op
ft'ottl in.!ow, and the natives CrokOled alt 011 the
4411111er-deck to ~0-ep cleat of the firifu tip thehatCla.
tvay. The n y-itght atraded Ott oppOr Utility Of
firlog upon 111(.1111hete, the oceto.lon is. as embraced,
ainf tkvo tfroVe them oil the quarter-
deck They were astonished lititteOlifoiluded its
the tin6cperteil attack through attic sky•iight,
which -Was bud to several ; they ran forward, still
deiertd.oed, flowerer, to persist iii their'at«.rapt
of capturing the vessel.' 10 pas,ing.,forward they
were again-filed at front the hatch way, butt. •at.
this critical noiment .atrived Jacky
native Who had before belonged to tke.Ttiiil,
and by his direetiOns to cot the cables cif the alto
vessels, the crews were reduced to the last ex-
tremity: 'fluty soon drifted' ashore, and the as-
sailants, to avoid the firing, crowded in and about
the long boat.: All appeared lost ; yet
.to avoid
the horrors ;if falling Alive into the hatuls of the
, uS'sailants, the crew caste to the
,resolation of
blowing, the vessel up, and involving their cite-
Mies in their own destruction. Desperation re•
driabled exertion, and at steady discharge of seven
Muskets tit oath volley drove them ovilicard.,
and thus the crew regained the
.cleck, of
the enemy had had possession lour hours. 1.4.y•1
D'ow raw the lit'ot hers within half a cable's length'
also aground, wit onwards of 100 natives on.the
deck. 'Elie Trial's .swivels were now empinyed
iu
aid of her musketif, and soon eleared'ber. Mi.
Burnett and 114 people regained the deck of the
trother!, ft nut whence they also Irld been driven,
and it joint fire was kept up as lemg as the natives
ts..-ere within its reach, which did considerable ex-
ermtion. Mr..,Burnet es- report of the affair states,,
that at, halt-pasit 12 o'chick he hetmrti A shout from
the humedintoir hi, own decks were
crowded with natives who had been previously
alongside his:vessel, that he was instantly aware
of the intended assault, and seizing a musket,
tiboi one of the most tbfWiit'it. MI:. John O'Neal',
Mate of the vessel, and a native of New South
for so:ne thin! deft roiled Mr. Burnett
against 'Lb:: attacks of Several adversaries, with'
an eatpty itnniket t he was hintSckf attieked, and
felt,
e w ovrpoeved by tiranbers,' Thomas
was throw!! 'wounded into It canoe, and killed on
Shore... Joseph Marstlew and George i-lalllai art,
the former wounded, jumped overboard, anti Were
itrotFetett by 'a. chiet's wife ; the latter rejoined
the velisei, anti Supposes Marsden, '01.1r) did not
return, to he William Morgan, a boy,
tvttk SVOilflikd, us was fists Mr, Barnett, t! viii
1101, and the next tkinvning the tYi,O
who bad been unfortunately killed. on hoard the
lirotherS were interred. Ott board the BrOtbers
were killed,- Matthew .1;Icliqoo, an Baelope.to, and
'rola, a Novato° native ; and ChristOpher,Harper;
Wounded.
Ellis Bent,- El,' the Peptityjndge.-Allmeate
of .the Colony, died at„Sydney on tire kith of No.
liember..• is .neceetled in that idike
derick Gatlin;, Esq.

Newfoundland squadron, under Vice-Ad.
have ail returned home; except
the Pike schooner, Captain I.ll.lcuAN, which
lel, is to remain at St. John`s until the next
pring.
'l'l,e venerfible oak, at Northiam, StiVleN, lamed
for its si7e, and haring given shelter to Queen
EtAzikticrti, who once breakfasted nntier its ex-
ti.! tie Intioge, On ber Nay through the viillge to
London, wifb [list week partly blown dinvn:'

:

[Farther Eite,owagement.3,
A Lettcr of a worlting mechanic at Halifax to
friend of his in :England, who had intended to
emigrate to that place in the spring, but who',
lortunatfAy owl prudently, wrote thith..r first, tt
obtain intorm'atiou of the chanct (It gaining
tt
,uhsistence—Sets before hint the exact state of
things, leaving it to his own judgment to
,tin.tn a
4ccision on : and the intlividital to whom it
is addressed has not only resolved:to ronsio itt hi.;
native country, lint is very desiroos:iiiittAve
should
publish the intelligence foe the oidAnceof others
in tt. similar situation. M;ison's waeci, it it true,
are 7s. a day there ; but they are 10:virtu he re-
&iced to C?so while every necessary of life is at to
price relatively tar higher. Thu worktuati par,
I/. a week for his board ; a.coat., uhieh in Eng-
land would co.;1 31., cannot be, had there for less
\than 7/. ; a pair of common shoes 1 7i• (id. or I Zis4
the soling and heeling them %vasLinV
4s. to as. the dozen ; the making of at coat '21.,
and every r biog. else in proportion. The writer
coticinde,s by stating, that he hears.tratle is so dull
in , the United States, that several hundreds of
British'subjeets have applied to their Consul for a
passage home,. •

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHEW.

Yesterday SAtiLEtt's Yard was crowded
with practical agrietthoriSts and gent eel.compiny,
through almost the tvhole (fay. Titr snputior ex-
cellence of many of the anitnt4, shewn, were
acknowledged by every; tone. •
Soon af(er three o'clock, each of tbecompany
as are members of the Club, withdreW to the Free-
masons"ntectn, and held a nyeefing), Sir .I.oilN
SANDERS•SHBRIG HT, P.:111. the Ghair,..vhen the
e-lection of officers' for the ensuing year took plaCe
as f‘PHOWg

Presl(lo4%-l-lis Grace fhe Itt. of BedfoJrd,
oh
Vice Presidents—Lord .(4nnerrille„ !•;it
n, ganders ge-
hrlght, Bill. Charles C. ‘Vestern, Eq, M. P. and Thomas
Esq.
Stewards—Mr Cl,o; Mild and Mr: John Warmington.
Treasurer and Secretary:—John Furry, sen.
on account of the state of the Club's fnmli,
asising from' arrears ot subscriptions, it was de
cided, that no preeniams could at present be an.
flounced by the Club tor next Christmas, anal that
the pnliiirat ion of whin for the preininms - gene-
rously given by his Grace the Duke of Bedford,
should be deferred nutil a 'meeting of the Club, to
be held on the first Monday in March, at eleven
o'clock, in hopes :that ,•.iticreased activity in the
eollector,in 'writing repeatedly to the members: in
arrear, mityhy that (hue justify thr Club in offer-
ing preminus of its own in addition to the Bed-
fordcatt premiums, as lies etofore.
Se, tm -r,e Members w ere ,iveted, riz,—Evaa R.:(1.
John ttifi;»,r, hsq. John IViiiiant 'Newton, Air. Thomas
Davison, Mr. :John Wetherall, 'John Cole Gillson, Esq. and
Mr. John Liddon,
About five o'clock near 100 persOns sat down
to an exedlent *tier, Sir John Sanders Sebright,

Bart. in the Chair.
On Sir John Seblight's health being drank, he
observkal., theft befurc biking !be Chair he bad
been pre* ed, by sonic of his friends around him,
cis bring; forward the subject of the Agriculturid
Distresses, hut he then, as now, had giVett his
()pink))) tvittiSt it ; a Meeting like Ott. present
r,vas not the proper place to dkeriss' subjects, in
which general politics, would ahnost certainly he
drawn in. The more of mode of Petitions
for redress, numerously signed, should be adopt-
ed, and whim Parliament assembled, he would
,taut fail .to give to such all the support in his
power.

DREADFUL FIRE.

trnither. ic Ulan rj

The fire which we mentioned yesterday to have
biolien out near ‘Vapping Locks was not entirely
subdued at a late hour last.night. 'I he actual loss
is much greater than we at first understood. The
fire commenced in the- warehouses of Messrs.
Viner and Co: and was oricasioned by the drying
of grain in the kiln. These premises were con.
sinned in a very short time :01tei the-fire was dis-
covered, As. were those of Mr. Wahlie, arvintner.
The extensive 'woikshops and premises of Messtti.'
Oh.yee,- w h kit were situated on the other side,
soon caught -fire, and Intrat with -great tory, when
' the utmost appreftettsion was entertained for the
adjoining houses, and some shipping on the stocks.-
Fortunately, the flames did not extend beyond
I hese huildings„ which were completely destroyed;
I but much ;loran preVailed on account of Messrs.
Oliver itaving about 61) chaldrons of coal; in their
cellars, in which it was feared the fire would com-
tuanicate. We. are happy to find that these gen-
tlemen were insured -to a large amount,' though
not, etptal to the loss they mnst sustain. The
powerful body of water from the engine of the
Dock* Cornparty was etcterlingly instrumental in
preventing the flames front spreading; but we
regret to hear, front II gentleman V ho was present
luring the ctinfiagtation, that some of the firemen
tom different insurance-offices were cry remiss.
at the disehat ge of their duties. This is not the
first time We have received coniplaints of a similar
nature; and it certainly,dtie tti the public, that
we should not omit to notice it,. It has been stated
to us, that, on this occasion, sonic of the firemen
neglected to play their engines on the prentkes
of Meisrs. Qliver, because they %: ere not insured
in their office but as they could not retnabt
wholly inactive, they directed the pipes towards
the rains of buildings which had tdreadv fallen in,
and front noitUrther danger etritlif be appre.
hentled.. This sharneful hi httvionr desei ves tin
severest reprelten4on : :for, whatever degree of
je;tlOnsy rival hip may exist antoug the firemen
of different litsnranec Companiei, we cannot sup.
Ittise, that the respectable persons who are gene-
xally'associated' in those bodies would eitlirecoatu-
enauce or prowl their sr:rya ots In a line of coll..
dtict so detrimental, not wily to the interests :of
intlividual,, but also to themsdves, as it is not
always pwsible tcl delerniillv how tar the fire ihr.y
crkt,end ; and it may often will preinisen w;iich
are actually fiisttred in their own office. 'l2he tire.
11 likely to recoveti—(Tirnes) '