Star.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

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Demerara; he was also employed in I:aly as one of the
Commissioners of the late Queen of Englan,i, and :Ater-
wards as a Judge in the Greek Islands.. This, practical
knowledge of foreign laws, combined with his experience
in England in the prosecution oft colonial appeal causes,
rendered him, in all probnbilitY; the.most competed
person that coulJ be fouttl in Gicit to, fill the
-:tuation of senior member of the Commission for 1-e,;41.
Inquiry in the Colonies.
s' Mr. Maddock is also known to pOisess steiY
ful legal sr:qui:erne:lts, and being remarkable .for his,
attention to business, and patient investiz•rtion, com-
bined with the best feelings of a liberal English Gentle-
man, made him also a most desirable yerson to visit this •
Colony on an embassy of such importance.
" It was highly satisfactory to s‘ itness the cordiality
which existed between those Gentlemen ; and on the
subject of the great question which involves the fate of
all West India property, their opinions are such is must
always be looked for fiorri impartial and upright judges.
" It is believed that these Gentlemen proceed from
St. Lucia to Dzmerara,, and horn thence to-Jamaica
pad the .onl y a'rprellepsion tkit‘ iemainS. wilh the knit*.
bitants-of this Coto* is with regard to tite-time that
must elapse ln•foie their distressing casecan he laid be-
fore his Majesty's Minister's, and, consequently, before
the friends of the Colony can have tl!e benefit of an
examination of those Geneeinen before Pat liament."

ALGO4 BAY.

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PRIVATE
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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. •

" Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, June 18, 1824.
" We are now becornhig ie some degree settled here,
and the colony is so far improved, that none who now
come out would incur any risk of encountering the
difficulties we met with at first. The way isnow paved,
and any person, with moLiera:e views and a cie,ical of •
five hundred pounds, would soon become independent.
For 'about etc in particular, great advantages present
themselves, and the people of that class already here really
feel themselves of so much importance, that they are,
in demeanour at least, like the nobility of the coontry.
Though 1 pay them very high wages. J.ans-compelled
to use argent entreaties to gut anything .konws-And at
this moment, so important a person is our, cohltilero
can neither get a pair of shots mended for Inte noir
money. The only drawback on the labouring olissss. is
the heat of the middle of the day for about four months.
The cautious I),:tch sleep in the middle of the .?ay, but
the English labourers spend their time in drinking, and
are therefore, generally incorrigihk drunkards. Print-
ing is at present prohibited here ;but we expect that the
next arrivals from Englana will bring out an order to
remove that prohibition. Indeed, the obstacles to im-
provement here are so temporary that they ate ha: ..iy
worth alluding to. Almost all the individuals liele
who we in authority are half-pay officers.
• .11The cli mate here is he_ttlrr tital :it C.t Fie-toe-ft, and for
my own part I had rather settle my family in tbeeouritry
than in a large town. 1 should du very veil indeed;if—
I draught. only of myself, and not of making provision
for my family, whom I long to have with me ; but I
tremble at the risk of placing them live, mei' I have
a home fit fir their reception. 1 am, therefore, strain-
ing every nerve to improve the land I have got, and to
build a house. I have already enclosed my land at
considerable cost, and have built some small houses for
the accommodation of the workmen. lam now pro-
jecting the building a good house for myself, which
hope to be able to accomplish for the small sum of .
£l5O. I have at present nothing but out-goings, and
have derived no benefit yet from the produce of my
land. Ido not expect to get produce from my garden
till near September, and I have constantly one man at
work, and have sometimes employed several. Clothes
are excessively dear. My flock of sheep and goats have
greatly diminished, and we have not sufficient shelter
for cattle in the rainy season, and from this cause I lost
lately three cows out of ten.. You will say I have not
managed badly to get on as I have. I have five horses,
a chaise, and cent but I have never had a ride in my
chaise, although I brought it with me from Cape Town,
for I can get no servaut
,to wait upon me. The neces-
saries of life, however, are extremely cheap. If you
cannot get roast beef in England, come here, and you
will have your sirloin at twopence per:ib. besides which
you will have grapes, peaches, melons, &c-. and wine
for about threepence a bottle. We hope for a free
trade here, and no-military superintendence. We are
all true John Bulls, and he e to have the Covent-gar-
den Election one day or other."