Star.
London, England, 1814-03-07 00:00:00

PRICE SLXPENCE-.HALITENNY.

TO THE PROPRqTOES OP EAST-INDIA S fOCK.
I.Amts and Gs .1.11119,
THE present state of Captain MtLuttr's health
baring induced him to dedite offering hiniself again to be. I
come a Member of the Court of Directors, permit me to raw*
my solicitation for the honour of Your support at the Gametal
Election in April next. I beg leave respectfully to submit to
your consideration the present state of the Direction, at cunuecs-
ed with the maritime branch of your affairs, there being WNW
time °sly three Naval Members belonging to your Court, of
whom one wiU be out in April by rotatioss ; whilst in the year
1805, when the proportion was moth &rover, It was deemed ex-
pedient to increase the cumber, on the ma:Union recommenda-
tion of the Court of Direttors.
Upon the death of your late worthy Director, Captain Roamer
WILLIAMS, I first Mal the benefit. to declare my intention of
offering my services, resting my pretensions to your favour prin-
cipally ou the expairoce I had acquired during more than twenty-
five years, passed In your regular naval toraice, and earl k
teeniinatiim to devote the whole of my time to the duties of the,
trust to-be reposed in me, should I succeed to thes great object
oi my ambitioo. The uniform entering reception I have cape-
riescocil on my canvass demands my gtattfal acknewlcslgnieat,
aad NlCaingts me to look wish ccioildence through your tamest
to-the day of election.
I baobab, honour to be, with great respect,
ladles acid C.indents-is,
,Your most otsedieotaud very bumble serirant,
a 6, George-street, Hanover- WM. S VAN Lk Y Cl.Altrat
square, March 4,1814.

NkiV YoUTH WILES.

A series of Sidney Gazettes, which have reached
town to the Ist of July last; confirm what has been
hefore mentioned respecting the state of New South
Wales. The great object of the merchants and inha.
bitants is to establish an export trade with this coml.
try, and for this purpose to obtain leave to ship, their
surplus grain (which was rotting in the barns), sa:t
pork and beef tor his Majesty's navy, and wool, said
to be little inferior to that of Spain, in return for the •
customary importations, instead of making remittances
in money, which drained the settlement of specie, and
impoverished the colonists.. Another object is to ob-
tain permission to distil spirits in the colony, which
would greatly benefit the cultivator, and retain the
money generally paid for spirits obtioned Irons Ame-
rica, the East Indies, and other places. Memorials.
on these topics have been presented to Governor Mac.
quarrie, signed by the principal inhabitants of the
different settlements, and transmitted by his Excel.
lency for the consideration of his M ijesty's Ministers.
The representations made to Ministers i England
and to Governor Macquarrie, have led to the removal
of the restrietion in rega:d to foreion trade with the
pOrts of the Derwent, and of Port balrymple at Van
Diemen's Land; so that merchants or trading ves-
sels from England, India, or other countries in amity
with Great Britain, might, from the 10th June, ISI
touch at those ports, and on entering their cargoes and
paying the' duties thereon, make sale of such portion
as may be, by the respective commandants, deemed
necessary to the wants or demands of those settle-
Ingots its like manner and with equal tree.tosn a. at
Port fackson.
Te relieve the cotnmercial distress of the Colony
of New South IVal:., arising Iron the scarcity of
specie, the Governor h.id put in circulation a quan-
tity of dollars, a piece struck out of the centre being
cut rent at 15d. and the r:mainder of the dollar at si.
sterling. The Commissary-General bad als') issued
notes of one, two, five, and ten pounds each, in par.
meat of provisions supplied by individuals to his
Majesty's stores. These notes were to be consalida-
ted monthly.
Captaia Jones, of the King George, from Sydney
Cove, New South Wales, gives an account of a suboa
Otaheitan, at presentain iuhabitant of New Zealand,
against whose artifices it would he no less humane
Oleo politic in masters of vessels calling at the Bay
of Islands to guard. This fellow, whom the seamen
call Otaheite Jack, was left there by the Seringapa-
tam, upwards of four years•since, and. he has a
perfect knowledge of the New Zealand dialect, with
a tolerable share of English, be never fails to ingra-
tiate himself with Commaeders by a tender or his
good offices in procuring spars ; but finishes his set-
vices. by inveigling away ti,e seamen, in oid:r as
much as possible to distress the vessel. Capt. Jones
supposes, that the people who suffer themseives to be
deluded by the representations of this villain, are
afterwards murdered on account of their apparel, or
to become food for the wretched cannibals who de-
voured nearly the whole or the Boyd's crew.
The following is an extract of a letter from Sydney,
dated May 8, 1818:—" The Governor Macquarrie,
Captain R. S. Walker, has arrived from Otaheite;
visited Pal:nerston's Islands, in the hope of di.cover-
ing, and apprehending, some or all of time ruffians
who, about two years ago, treacherously comb.ned
against and murdered Mr. I. Burbeck, formerly
master of the brig Cyclops, under whose orders they
had been left by Captain rodger, of the Trial, for the
purpose of procuring sharks' fius and beech•ia-mer,
and anoi her Englishman. The chief consnirAtors, it
appears, were two Portuguese, who prevailed on their
companions, atar‘ng whom were several Otaheitan
and other islanders, to join in the detestable project.
A quantity of the natural productions of the place
that had been collected, still remained, in a spoiling
state, but none of the delinquents could be found.—
Captain W. also touched at the Happies, and there
f..und several deserters from the brig Favourite, Cap-
tain Fish, who, from an inconceivable degeneracy of
inclination, had mingled with these uncouth and sa-
vage islanders, with the very basest of views possible.
as they were employed in constructing batteries front
the cannon taken oat of the Port au Prince, a stout
privateer of SO guns, which' had been cut off there.—
From these batteries they doubtless had a view to
the capture of shipping that may accidentally fall
within their range; and as a pledge of their determi-
nation to do all the mischief in their power, they
have planned and headed several expeditions against
The
numbbemutruchcoert tbaLyinufrri""latuidss
ostilitaltoratil
many undefended islands, which they plundered and
left destitute.
caliaupadratbpbliatees,gi:amecickionocamwasplinosohitiben;g
too
guarded
that
chance
to
go that way.".