Star.
London, England, 1823-05-05 00:00:00

UNATTACHED.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brice Fearon, from the 31st
Foot, to be Licutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by purchase, vice'
Lieutenant-General Willi:on Doyle, who retires.
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Commissions si„;ned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Southampton.
William Alves, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
South Ilauts Aiilitid--11enry Christopher Ludlow to be Ensign.

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AUSTRALARIZ:
The arrival of his 11Iajesty's ship Bathurst brings
leters and papers from Sydney to the 23d of Sep-
tember. Captain King, the Commander, has re-
turned to England to lay before the Admiralty the
full results olhis voyages of discovery on the wr stern
coast of New Holland, in completion of those per-
formed by Captain Flinders.
It must be gratifying, to the many repectab'e fa-
milies who are looking to our posses,ions in this Anti-
podean territory as their future residerce, that almost
every arrival from Port Jack•on brings information
that the more the researches of the inhabitants es tend
inland, the more ate they rewarded by ascertaining
an indefinite existence of fine country ; and perhaps it
is nut sufficiently known that the interior of New Hol-
land yields in no instance to the beauty, excellence,
and richness of the finest soils of Van Dieman's Land,
with the difference of a climate that will ripen the
orange, the lemon, the olive, that invaluable grails, the
trraiz.s, and simiiar bounties of nature. It is asingu-
lar, but not generails known fact, that a century has
elapsed since Colonel Parrs., in a memorial to the
Duke of Newcastle, then Secretary of State to George
the First, laid it down as a postulatum, " that there
is a certain latianle on our earth so happily tempered
between the extremes of heat and cold, viz. 33 de-
grees, whether north or south of the equator, that it
will ever be found to be more productive of the
choicest gifts of nature than any other part of the'
terraqueous globe. It is a latitude," he continues,
" which sheds such fruitfulness on the earth, aad hap-
triness on mankind in general, that the further they
are distant from this degree, so much are they the
less happy ! Thus Barbary, Egypt, Syria, Persia, •
India, China, Japan, and in short ail other countries,
are found to excel in proportion as they approach it :
upon this principle, Carolina, and New Mexico, in
North, and Chili, and the territory bordering on the
Rio de la Plata, in South, are countries preferable to
any in all the Americas ; and thus Andalusia is the
best in all the Provinces of Spain, as are, for the same
reason, Languedoc and Provence the best in France,
and Naples and Sicily the most superior of all the
Italian dominions." It appears that so far back as
1723, Colonel Perry wished to induce our Govern-
ment to form a settlement in New Holland, and that
he subsequently addressed the Dutch and French
Ministry on the same subject; his application to the
latter was referred to the Academy of Sciences at
Paris, who coldly replied, " They could not judge of
countries they had not seen ;" and nearly 70 years
after, when Captain Cook returned from circumna-
vigating the globe, it was left for Great Britain to
add the vast acquisition of Australasia to the Empire,
and by the settlements in New South Wales to con-
firm the positions and realize the anticipations of that
enterprising man.
The last Sydney Gazettes bring only general local
intelligence, but they bespeik by their appearance
activity in all the movements of the settlements. An
Agricultural Society has been formed, promising
much advantage to the territory. Sir Thomas Bris-
bane is its patron; and some idea may be formed of
the increasing number of respectable colonists, from
eighty Gentlemen having sat down at Paramatta, at
the first dinner of the Establishment in August last,
when upwards of 1,5001. was subscribed, to carry
into effect the purposes of the Establishment!
The new-formed settlement at Macquart ie 'Has-
hour, established as a secondary place of transporta-
tion for the °Wending convicts, had continued to make
successful progress. The coal here is found good,
and easy of access; and the timber, both in quantity
and quality, answers every expectation.
As a proof that the increase of luxuries keeps pace
with the more solid improvement in all the comforts
of life, an advertisement in one of the Sydney Papers
invites masters of vessels to pick oranges for their
sea-stores from the trees of a settler, at sixpence per.
dozen. A very few years since, this estimable fruit
was only attainable in the colony at sixpence each !
The same Paper says, a house in Sydney is now
selling colonial tobacco, fully equalling the cele-
brated American negto head in its strength and pe-
culiar sweetness.

The bee-hives taken out by Captain Wallis, of the
Isabella, fortunately arrived sale, and four of their
thickly populated habitations are now in the neigh-
bourhood of Sydney, where the valuable little colo-
nizers seem to lose none of, their forces from their
change of climate, but rather to. increase in thrift and
hardihood. The owner expected to extend his four
to twenty hives in twelve months, so congenial to their
prosperity and nature is their newly-acquired land.
Those cultivators of the vine who have selected
proper situations have every prospect of being amply
rewarded. Mr. Blaxland brought over some samples
of Australasian wine in the Shipley, for submission
to. the Society of Arts, who have awarded him the
silver medal, in token of their approbation of its quality.
%Vhile every minor source of wealth is obtaining
du.: attention in the territory at large, the piiilcipal
feature that distinguishes IVw South Wales, more
immediately as it regards the interest of this coon.
try, is the peculiar fine wool of its sheep. The
very favourable prices it obtains here, and the high
opinion entertained of its qualities by our most ex-
pel ieaced manufacturers, continue to stimulate the
growers to increased exertion. On Colonel Purry's
principle of the fruitful character of the 33d degree,
the latitude of Port Jackson seems to be that in which
the pure Merino breed delight and prosper more than
in any other; for, although perseverance will ulti-
mately itn pro% e the flocks of Vin Dieman's Land, tiie
settler -in that island finds in his attention to the fine-
woolied breeds, difficulties to contend with ui.knowu
. in their more congenial climate of New South %Vales.
LORD GLENBERVIE.-ThIS Nobleman (who origi-
nally distinguished- himself as Mr. SYLVESTER DOU-
GLAS) died at Cheltenham, on Friday last, in the
80th year of his age. Before his elevation to the
Peerage, he was for some time principal Secretary
to the Earl of Westmoreland, as Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland ; and a few years afterwards, was appointed
one of the Paymasters-General of the Forces.
A PLAttc FACT.—Within the short period of three
months, Three Prizes of £20,000, One of £lO,OOO,
and Twenty-three other Capitals, have been sold by
CARROLL, at his fortunate Offices, No. 19, Col nhill,
and 26, Oxford-street.--No. 553, a Prize of £(20,000,
and the only °tie yet drawn, was sold by CARROLL,
in the present Lottery. The Last Grand Day, and
Finish of the Lottery, will be THURSDAY NEXT, when
Both the Prizes of to,ooo, and All the other Capi-
tals, must be decided.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT NEWMARKETost FRIDAY NIGHT.
011/11111.

2to 1 agst Emilio' I 6to 1 agst Nicol°
4 to 1 agst bru. to Pacha I 10 to 1 agst Pantina

OAKS.
4to 1 agct sister to Wanderer 10 to 1 agst Tint
5 to 2 agst Zinc. 11 to 1 agst Reserve filly.
10 to 1 agst Olivera 14 to 1 agst Sultana
NOTTINGHAM RACES—FIRST DAY.
Match for SO sovet dos. One mile.
Mr. Holmes's b. m. Oif•she-gees - -
Mr. Wilkinson's b. g. Funny-eye - - •
A pretty race, ; a good sporting gallop ; even bets at starting.
Match for 50 sovereigns each. One mile.
Mr. Huthwaitt's ch. g. Vipaldi - -
Mr. I'ollard's g. g. - - -
A good race, and easily won. 3tol on Vipaldi.
Handicap 10 sovereigns. One mile.
Mr. Wilkinson's h. g. Look-straight-if-you-caa -
Mr. Lowe's IC4tsg::roo - - -
M:. Statham's b. nt. Miss Moore - -

Mr. Kenney's g. m. Nancy Dawson - - 4
Mr. lluthwaite's ch. g. Beauty - - 5
Mr. Mowers'; b. g. Papmouth - - 6
This was a hard and fast race, and produced spurt of a grati-
fying description. The day was fine, and Cue assemldage on the
Course unprecedented.
SOBERTON DOWN RACES, :11AY 1.
These Races boasted of a larger assemblage of company than
has graced them for many years past : the weather was very fa-
vourable, and the sport batter than has been custczn.ay cn this
beautiful Course.

The first race was for a Sweepstakes of five sovereigns each,
for horses not thorough bred, bona fide the property of Sub,ci is
bers, that had been hunted with the Hambledon hc.unds, to carry
12st. each.—Eleven horses started for this race, and it was
contested between Mr. Haysom's ch. h. 011apod, and Captain
Sheriff's lir. r. Contract; the former led in the first heat, the
I...tter came in first the two subsequent heats.
The n.-xt race was for a Cup, the gift of tit: Gentlemen of
the llambledon Hunt, to be run for by horses nit thorough
bred, the property of Farmers residing within the li.xits of the
hunt—for which &Nen horses stated. The !port affor.ied by
this race was equally good as this former, the contest resting be-
tween Mr. Stephens s b. m. flog, and Mr. Friend's b. g. Fiddler:
for this there were also three heats; the first heat Was won by
the former, and the two last by Fiddler.

There was much beauty and fashion at the Ball in the evening,
at the George Inn, I,lambledon.

S EEEPLE CH ACE.

A match for 100 sovereigns a-side took place on Saturday, be•
tween Captain Beetham and J. S. Thissleton, Esq. The start
took place within two miles of Oakingharn, on part of Windsor
Forest, to go to a spot on Maidenhead Thicket, over thick en-
closed ground. Captain Beetham was mounted on that cele-
brated hunter Thorn, and Mr. Thissleton rock his grey mare,
one of the best of the Farley llunt. The distance is abaut nine
miles, in a straight direction, and the race was a very severe one.
The competitors gallopped together, taking across the country,
with many hazardous leap., until tricy reached Skottesbrook
church, where they separated, each making the best of his way
into the Bath road. Capt. Beetham got into the road at Knowle
llill, and his opponent a mile nearer M dile-ahead, and they
were together a mile from home on the high road. A.i depend, d
now on speed, and Thorn had it. The C-Ttain won the race try
about f..,00 yards. •