Star.
London, England, 1831-05-18 00:00:00

we repeat, as we stated in our last, that every thing which could be
done. by any possibility, has been effected. The operation was one of
abed'. te mei miry. The best interests of the colony were concerned in
it. tlis Excellency met the wishes of the colonists in undertaking it;
he entered upon it heart and soul ; he devoted to it all the means he
possessed, and he carried to it his very utmost personal exertion. Be
his success what it may, he is entitled equally to the warmest thanks
of the whole colony, and we have no doubt he will receive them upon his
return, in the proper manner, by a grateful address of the colonists,
convened by the Sheriff in the true English manner in public meeting.
Upon such an occasion, there will be but one sentiment, one anxiety
to express it.
From the Tasmania* of the 19th November.
A dispatch has been received from his Excellency, dated last mid-
night, in which the gloomy anticipations which all the recently re-
reit ed information had rendered too general, are completely dispelled.
We understand that his Excellency has every reason to believe that a
very considerable number of the Aborigines are inclosed. Two nume-
rous tribes arc ascertained to be within the lines. A native boy, who
was captured by Mr. Walpole, has been of essential service in tracking
his sable countrymen, in the course of which he evinced a sagacity and
quickness of sight quite inconceivable to Europeans. That white men
are with them, is, we are fully convinced, certain ; tracks of the shoes
called mocasains are in many places visible, and one very recently worn
has been found. Upon the whole, his Excellency's dispatch is far
from discouraging, and we indulge yet the belief and expectation, that
the hopes of the colony may not be disappointed.
The plain itself, as taz as we can at present judge of It, was in every
consideration unobjectionable. It has been carried into operation with
the utmost seal and ability, cn the part of all ; but as respects his Ex- I
cellency himself, it is utterly impossible to do justice to the statements
which we hear from all who have wi.nessed his indefatigable exertions,'
of the energy and ability he has evinced from the very first to the pre-
sent moment, and we shall, therefore, west sincerely deplore, should
this operation, so necessary to be undertaken, and so universally sup-
ported by the general voice of the whole colony, fail of the most com-
plete success.
From the next letter, which we refer to, we snake the following
extracts :

" Wednesday.—Nu Marrah, the black Chief, who has been so long
under tuition, and on such friendly terms, was attached to Mr. Rs-
beetson's party in search of the blacks, has thought proper to decamp.
This is bad, as the fellow knows the whole of our plans and operations.
Mr. Massey hu the young boy (taken the other day) with him fur the
same purpose. Part of the line has moved this morning, the left old*
right wing, the remainder move to-morrow morning. The right of the
left wing has moved in the same way to-day, and will follow the move.
menu of the right to-morrow."
Another correspondent makes a nearly similar communication,
adding, " If the Governor's manly and energetic attempt to suppress
these savages shall miscarry, he may attribute it entirely to the ad-
vice upon which he lately acted. The halt of the line was a very
great misfortune. Those by whose negligence, or whatever else it
may have been, such became netessaty have incurred a serious re-
sponsibility."
Thus, then, we have given the public the latest information from
the scene cif action. It certainly no where appears from any thing
above stated, that there is the least cause for the apprehension which
(in our opinion so incomprehensibly) generally prevails, that most of
the aborigines have either passed through, or not beer, inclosed. Let
us uow proceed to the only reasons fur this apprehension which we can
discover—they are certainly not very pleasant ones :
Mt. Evans, a respectable settler at the Ouse, was with two of his
men occupied in his agricultural pursuits, when they were suddenly
attacked by a tribe, he declares, of at least from fifty to sixty in
number. This tribe is generally known as the " Rig River Mob,"
to enclose which his Excellency made a considerable detour of the
right of his force, which was supposed to have been successful.—
Mr. Evans is a man of great personal prowess, and no less en-
ergy of mind ; be instantly, to use the expression of our infor.
mane, " dashed amongst them with his two men," and they
led. The cunning of these people is remarkable ; imagining that
the attack in the field would sufficiently occupy Mr. Evans, they
attacked his house, from whence they were also beaten off. So
rapid was their flight, that they left behind them their " munitions
of war," spears, waddles, baked bread, fried mutton, blankets,
and other articles. which prove, in our opinion, that if they have not
white men actually with them, they at all events somehow or other
acquired the habits of such. ndeed, when they fled from Mr. Evans,
they halted at the top of a hill, to which he did not consider it safe to
pursue them ; they then called out to him in good English, to come on
and that they would tight him. It is now too certain that this tribe,
the capture of which was so sanguinely hoped and believed, are at
large ; and our readers will perceive how much cause for apprehension
arises therefrom.

The next fact will best appear by the following letter from a very
respectable correspondent on the spot
" I hasten to communicate that the Natives have again this afternoon
visited the residence of Mr. Thomas Peters. Constitution Hill has
been the favourite resort of the late bush rangers, and it now appears to
be so with the natives.

" The particulars of the present case are as follows, on the truth of
which you may rely :—About four o'clock this afternoon the natives
stole down to the residence of Mr. P. he at the time being about 150
yards from the hut, tilling the ground: he saw nothing until he heard
the screams of bis two daughters, whom he left at home; be then
saw three young natives, boys ; he made all possible haste to the hut,
from which they made a precipitate retreat ; he followed them, but
shortly lost sight of them in a very thick scrub at the back of the
house ; his two daughters were both severely wounded. The spear
went in at the thick part of the hand of the eldest, and out of the back
of the band. The younger received a spear in the breast, but we hope
it has not passed through the breast bone. We are in the most dread.
ful state of anxiety here."
This is most calamitous. 31r. Peters is a respectable old settler;
his daughters are very fine women. Besides the two, who, we la-
ment to hear are thus wounded, he his two others, one married to
Mr.Armytage, the proprietor of the mill and adjoining estate near Bag-
dad, the other to Mr. Flexmore, a member of the respectable old settler
family of that name. So soon as this outrage became generally known
Mr. G. Kemp with three men started in pursuit of the assassins. Ws
trust they may be overtaken and treated summarily as they deserve.
From our next letter we extract as follows:

•' NOVEMBER 16.—There Is no doubt but that a very considerable
number of aborigines were enclosed within the lines. But I fear many
of them have escaped. I know that several of the Oyster Bay mob
have been seen at their old haunts. 1 never believed that Numarrow
was sincere. I now believe that he was a spy ; if so, be certainly was
a daring fellow to venture so boldly. The running away of the others
from Mr. Batman's, is also so extraordinary, that l cannot but believe
it to be one plan. If Col. Arthur does not turn back and give orders to
adopt most rigorous measures we shall have but sorry times of it when the
army is gone back. I would have them hunted down like wild beasts
for they are worse than any we have in the island. They murder all
before them ; and why should we show mercy. which they do not. I
hope the Hobart Town folk will support Col. Arthur in this so netts.
sary affair. If he had not done it. we should none of us have been safe
at our farms, and if he does not follow it up now he has begun, we shall
be worse off than ever."

Special Commissions have been issued for Limerick,
Clare, Roscommon, and Galway, to be held in Limerick
on the 30th of May, and in Clare on the 2d of June. The
days for the other places are not fixed. The Judges are
Moore and Jebb.

FRAUDS ET EMIGRANTS.—A great many persons who
have lately gone out as emigrants to Canada, Swan River,
Van Diemen's Land, and New South Wales, in different
vessels from the St. Katharines, London, and the West India
Docks, have, previous to sailing, obtained credit from various
tradesmen for goods, without having, as it appears, any
intention of paying for them, and well knowing that pursuit
is useless, after the ship in which they have embarked has
left the river. In most cases they obtain the goods two or
three days before the vessel is hauled out of dock, and they
take care that the debt shall be under 201. in order that they
may not be arrested on mesne process. If the creditor dis-
covers that his debtor has taken a passage, all the remedy
he has is to serve him with a copy of a writ ; but, before it
is made returnable, or further measures can be adopted, the
ship has left England, and is, perhaps, half way to the des-
tined port. This system of fraud is carried on to a consider-
able extent, and nearly every day tradesmen wait upon the
magistrates at the Thames police-office, stating that they have
been induced to give credit to persons about to leave Eng-
land for the colonies, and requesting a warrant, or the assist-
ance of an officer, to apprehend them. They are of course
told that the police have no power to interfere, and their only
remedy is by civil action. A few days since a tailor, residing
in Bist:opsgate, applied for a warrant to apprehend a person
who had obtained a suit of clothes for himself and two of
his children, and was at that moment in a ship passing down
the river. The magistrates regretted they could do nothing
for him ; and gave a similar answer to a haberdasher, from
whom the same person had obtained hosiery and linen to the
amount of 151. A fortnight since a brig, called the Dew-
drop, left the London Docks with emigrants bound for
Canada, and a passenger on board, who was served with se-
veral writs on the morning the ship was being towed out of
the basin, held them up in derision before his creditors,
who were assembled on the quay to witness his departure. •