The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-11 00:00:00

SETTLERS AT ALGOA BAY.

We are happy in being able to lay before our
Readers the following account of the arrival of
the Settlers at Algoa Bay. It will be perused
with much interest •

The John transport arrived at Portsmouth late
on Tuesday night, from the Cape of Good Rope.
The John took out 600 settlers for Algoa Bay,
principally from Lancashire. The passengers
were severely attacked • with the ineazies on the
voyage out, but from the great attention paid
them, they soon recovered from its effects. The
John passed the Carmarthen from Calcutta for
London, off Simon's Bay, on the 9th June ; 'spoke
the Streatham and Larkins, from China, 24th
March, off the Western Islands, 12 days since :
also spoke the Elizabeth, off the Western Islands
from Sierra Leone, with oil, for London ; passed

the Bristol, of Bristol, for 'St. Helena; with Ge-
neral Coffin on hoard, on 27th June. The John
appears by the following to be a very quick
sailer : on the Sth, at 4 a. m. spoke a ship,
Lizard bearing N.E. 56 miles, made the land,
found reckoning correct, and passed through the
Needles p. ajtolh,ll p.
we have
been favoured with the
following Fetter from one of the settlers who
went out :

" My iDEAR FatiNn7-Accept a hurried statementof our Si-

Nation, as far as 1 liae experienced it. We arrived at Algoa
Bay, after a tedious passagesfrain England, during which we
experienced sufficient proofs of the very excellent arrange-
ments' of the Government for our comfort.. I have been
up the Country as far as Graham's Town, and.a more de-
lightful one cannot be expressed. The first landing at Algoa
Bay is a little unpleasant, occasioned by a continual surf, but
once landed, your-greatest difficulty is over. You then apply
to the proper officer, who has a surveyed Government plan
before him of the intended settlement, naarked out in
lots, of from 100 to 'lO,OOO acres. Especial care is taken
that every lot has a good. spring of water and well wood-
ed. You are then asked the number of followers you have,
each being allowed 100 acres. This being ascertained, the
quantity of land you want is sought for on the Government
map, without any partiality. An authority is then given you to
lake possession. Too much praise 'cannot he given to the
Governor for those arrangements. -If von have not brought
waggons, they can be procured of the Boors, with a team of
oxen, and off,you set. The settlement is about 190 mileS front
the sea. • Yon'pass a gotd Dutch farm every fifteen or twenty
miles. The I.;overnment - sell you a good tent for two gui-
neas, which you set up every night, make a blazing fire,
and, surrounded by your team, sleep in the greatest safe-
ty. We found on our arrival many respectable familtes
already housed. One Gentleman, who brought out an
iron, roof, was, housed, with all his family, in three day's
antnights, by lodging his roof on stumps of trees,
plastering up. the sides, and giving it a good white-wash-

.•
ing, which. had a most comfortable and: novel effect. The
climate bete is so good, that you have four crops a-year.—
I/y way of experintent, we planted some potatoes just after a
rain, and they appeared. in three days. The road up to the
settlement is very good, and excellent pasturage everywhere
for your cattle; plenty of water and timber. Tell Tom to be
sure to bring out a waggon ;•as also sonic vine slips of the
best kind, which are scarce. 'Tobacco will grow here very
well, About 3000 of us have arrived. Te give you an idea
of our treatment on board, the following is a copy of a letter
to that-best•of human creatures, Lieut. Charles Church, the
Government Agent, who, not satisfied with the kindness he
sheaved us on board the ship, accompanied us part of the way
up the country. I should' have said the Government will vic-
tual at sixpence a-head till you•can provide.yourself."

Copy of an-Address, presented to Lieutenant
Church, Royal Navy, Agent for Transports, on
the settlers quitting the ships
CAPE ToWNi .APRIL 22, 1840.

Stu—We, the undersigned, parties of settlers, considering
ourselves indebted to you (under Providence) for our arrival
in health and:Safety on the shores of Africa, feel it our duty
to :mike some -acknowledgusent for the numerous and signal
obligations we have received from you.
In your racial; as well as in your cis it and private capaci-
ties, ydu have equally secured our gratitude, respect, and
esteem. As an Agent under. Government, appointed to su
p erintend and protect us, you have paid the most strict and
nnfemitting attention to alt the-various duties connected with
the charge committed to your care. No endeavours were
neglected to impress upon our minds the importance of clean-
liness, the necessity-of maintaining the strictest discipline
and subordination. No person was considered too- mean to
escape your regard—no complaint too trivial to be unworthy
of your notice, and if iyell7founded, it was sure to obtain im-
mediate redress. In public, you paid the most. regular atten-
tion to every religious observance.; in private, you admonished,
instructed, reproved, and advised us.
In your 'private Capacity, your conduct was equally honour-
able yourself, and useful to those around you. sickness,
}you to
were both our physician and our nurse; not only obtain-
ing for -us all the little requisites for our relief; but Adminis-
tering them with your own hands, and watching over us with
all the kindness and attention of a pirotit. . .
- In health, you were continhally suggesting sonic agreeable
amusement or innocent relaxation for the encouragement of
cheerfulness, and the prevention of disease.
In stnt, it appeared to be your study,
night and day, to
contribute every thing in your power for the promotion of
our health, comfort, and happiness.
If your kindness shoUld, in some instances, have Diet with
ungrateful returns, we can assure you it has been a source of
uneasiness and regret to ns, and we trust you will not judge
of the sentiments of all, from the ingratitude of us few. For
We can only Say, that though we cannot retorts, yet we can
never forget the services you have rendered us:
Hoping that you will accept this humble tribute of respect,
and wishing yourielf and family every happiness in this world
and the next, and that you may soon meet that reward you so
richly deserve,
We remain, your most obliged and grateful Servants,
(Signed by the Heads of Parties, on board the Joists and
Swoon, for themselves and those udder their directions.)
To Lieut. Charles Church, Itoyal.Navy, Agent for Transports
un board the John, Table Bay, Cap: of Good Hope.

Of the question !
Nay, 'Sir, the paiagraph even fuels the people,
for it says that " even the establishment of these
Acts" (of Adultery) a would not justify, in
the eyes_of the people, the 's•-degra-
dation ! !!-

Is that the case in England Sir !—the land of
virtue and of morals hitherto ! If so, things are
radically bad indeed, and require a Radical
Reform!

Nay more, " every father of a family through,
out the Country trembles at the very idea of the
details of ---- and with which! they

have been threatened." -==then comes a justifica-
tion on the plea of recrimination, which all Civi-
lians, I believe, consider as more than tanta-
mount to, pleading Guilty—and we are then told.
that the will never "expose female imr-

cence to the risk of contagion"—
Indeed ! and of whom are these details to be ?
If that individual is innocent, how can any
Libeller be aware that a developement or in-
vestigation of her conduct will lay open such
details ? '

But she has courted the developement—and' if
t is to produce such disclosures, well may the
rAadies of Britain exclaim--

" Infandum Regina! jubis Renovare Dolorem!".

Sir, we were on the point of kicking ydur
Paper out of our Club-room, when a fellow dared
to hint that the Libel was. extracted from the
MORNING Cultol4rct,tl—bilt .don't anise

to listen to those who know better than ourselves,
we kicked him out of the room along with it !

Your's, Radically,
TIM BOBBIN.

P. S. Pray, Sir, was this really and truly first
published in The Morning Chronicle .2 if so,
pray can you tell me what side the Party are of ?

%* We' are afraid that our lively Corres-
pondent Tim Bobbin, is not " a constant Reader,"
for otherwise, -he would see that one permanent
feature in THE Sus consists of daily Extracts
from the Morning Papers. The libel to which.
he alludes, was actually in The Morning Chro-
nicle, but we are rather surprized that Tim Bob-
bin should have noticed that, in particular, as the
Paper in' question every day contains matter 'of
much more ,inflammatory and of a Revolutionary
description.