Star.
London, England, 1830-03-05 00:00:00

SWAN RIVER.

Prom the Tasmanian of the 30th Oct. received this
day.
On Saturday last the long expected Collate arrived from Eng-
land, via the new settlement Swan River. The accounts brought
by this ship of that place are far from being satisfactory. The pro-
posed colonisation would seem to be a total failure. We have not
room in our present number for the detailed account we propose to
give of the proceedings of the new colonists; we can only give a
mere outline thereof. Governor Stirling, the Autocrat of all the
swans and gulls,:and other of his subjects under the " Act'
of Parliament," arrived in due course at his seat of em-
pire. His entrance thereunto, was far from being propitious. The
master of his ship, the Pannell*, on approaching the opening,
which when Captain Stirling was in the Success Frigate, had
been found by him to be so excellent and accessible, thought
he saw somewhat of breakers, and insisted upon hauling his
wind until a boat had been sent to survey. But Captain
Stirling was so satisfied of the accuracy of his own observation,
that he insisted upon proceeding; and upon the Muter refusing po..
siti rely so to do, Capt. Stirling himself took charge of the ship, and
boldly steered for the entrance. Unfortupately the ship struck,
and although she beat over the obstruction, yet it was with
so much damage that she has been dispatched to the Isle
of France, where she must be hove down to repair._
The next ship which arrived was the Marquis of Anglesea. This
vessel struck and received so much injury that it was found mew
sary to make a store-house of her, as it was considered unsafe to sad
lies again to sea. The Calista had the good fortune to gut away
with only the loss of her three large anchors and cables, arriving
here with only her small anchors. The Amity, a colonial brig el
the sister colony, also got on shore, and was very nearly wrecked in
Gage's Roads. Thus much for " soil harbours and anchors's,"
of the new colony. We now come to the land part of the oak
The entrance to Swan River was found totally inaccessible, even to
boats ; there being not more than four feet water upon the bar over
which it unceasingly broke. The stores, and every thing else taken
from the shipping was therefore of necessity landed upon the beach,
and carried a long distance across the land to the river inside the bar,
to be again embarked in boats for conveyance to the proposed Isla►
went, some eight or ten miles up the river. But the very worst pact
of the " Peel Colony," (as 'Mr. Hume called it in parliament) is,
that the country itself seems to be altogether unsuited for the resi-
dence of man. The land is barrenness itself. Sand, sand-steas,
and granite, without an acre of good land, as far as observation is
gone. The want of water is also most seriously felt ; instead of
those purling streams, and bubbling springs, which the London
papers spoke of, the only bubbling appears to have been that which
the Perl folks effected. In a word, the whole scheme seems to be
an entire failure of the most perfect and unqualified description.
The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrived at their
residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, between
eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday morning, from their
seat Bushy Park. The Royal Duke proceeded soon af-
terwards to the Trinity-house, on Tower-hill, where his
Royal Highness, as Master of the Corporation, presided
at a Meeting of the Institution. After the business of
the day bad concluded, the Duke presided at a dinner,
which was served in very excellent style at five o'clock.
The Duchess of Clarence paid a visit to Princess Au-
gusta, to congratulate her Royal Highness on the restora-
tion of her health, after her long stay at Worthing. The
Duchess, the Princess, the Duchess of Gloucester, the
Princess Sophia, and the Princess Sophia Matilda, after-
wards partook of a dijeuni.
The Duchess of Clarence dined in the evening with the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
The Royal Party afterwards honoured the performance
of Miss Fanny Kemble, in her new character of Mrs.
Beverley, in The Gamester, at Covent-Garden Theatrek
with their presence. The Duke of Clarence subsequendy
joined the party. •
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland had a select
party to dinner, on Tuesday, at their residence on Kew
Green. Among the company were the Duchess et
Clarence, the Russian Ambassador and Princess Lieven,
the Austrian Ambassador and the Princess Esterhaxy,
the Prussian Minister and tho Baroness Bulow.
A deputation from the Eclectic Society, consisting of
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Mr. C. E. Jenkins,
and Mr. Frost, had as interview yesterday with the Duke
of Gloucester, by appointment, when his Royal Higtasse
wits graciously pleased to become the patron of that P-
sititution, and inscribed his name.

To the GENTRY, CLERGY, and FREEHOLDERS of the
CDUNTY of ESSEX.

OZNTLIMEN,

THE numerous and respectable solicitations I have
received, urging me, in the most flattering terms, to become
a CANDIDATE upon the present Vacancy to represent this
County in Parliament, forbid any further silence, and I at once
appeal to your zealous and cordial support.
In ordinary times I should have been content to announce myself
an independent man; but in there days of political apostacy, you
have a right to demand an explicit avowal of my opinions and in.
tentions, and I can have no desire to conceal them. And let this
Address be appealed to in after times, as the test by which my
actions shall be tried, and your choice approved.
Before all things, I avow myself the sturdy enemy of political
jobbing and place.hunting servility t the uncompromising advocate
of the most searching economy, to be manifested in.the extinction
of every useless office, in the reduction of our establishments, civil
and military, and in the diminution of all official salaries, regardless
of rank or rancour ; a substantial reduction in the amount of our
taxes, and the charges of their collection, to the extent of at least six
millions per annum; the repeal of all those impositions, such as the
duties on malt, beer, soap, candles, and tea, which bear so oppres.
sively, and almost exclusively, upon the industrious classes of so-
ciety ; and in their stead, and with a view to the preservation of our
national faith and honour, I will strenuously advocate the adoption
of an impartial property tax, which shall bear slightly on slender
means, and with suitable weight upon those who abound in land
Or money.

In conclusion, I proclaim myself to be a proselyte to the neees-
sit, of a REFORM in PARLIAMENT; not, indeed, by resorting
to Annual Elections and Universal Suffrage, but byibbrevlating
the duration of. Parliaments—by concentrating the residences and
yet enlarging the Constituent Bodies—by extinguishing those Bo-
roughs whose Electors are not susceptible of adequate increase—and
by conferring the right of election upon all great Towns, at present
unrepresented, whose wealth and population entitle them to it.
Such are my views and principles ; if they shall be in accord-

ante with your own, u I doubt not they are, an opportunity now
offers, in which they may be rendered pre-eminently triumphant.
We live in times when every man has grave duties to discharge
to his country, and it shall be no fault of mine if this important
county any longer labours under the reproach of a neutralised Re-
presentation.

Meet me strongly and sincerely on Saturday next, and by your,
voices and votes tell the Ministry and the country that you are re-
solved no longer to be insulted by the hollow commiseration of '
" mending times," or the sneering assurance that a " genial sum-
mer will recruit your already wasted and fast-expiring. fortunes."
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient and faithful Servant,
Colchester, March 3, 1830. W. L. WELLESLEY.