Star.
London, England, 1818-11-27 00:00:00

NEIV SOUTH WALES.

the David Shaw, arrived last week from Port
direct, (touching only at the Cape,) we have
letters from Sydney to the 20th of May, at
rine the colony was in health and tranquillity.
.'id Shaw is entirely freighted by the princi-
iereantile house in the settlement, and brings t
cargo of oil, •fur, seal-skins, and wool ; the
of the territory and its adjacent shores. -•
lad been the mistaken eagerness to ship mei-
to the settlement, from Europe, Bengal, and
.aat the markets continue completely glutted;
articles of British manufacture we selling at
cost ; and in proof of the overflow of Asiatic
this vessel brings 50 tons of sti,gar, for ex-
to the Continent, to relieve the overladen
Sydney. The Calcutta market has been for
ie also so improvidently supplied with Eng-
goods, that large quantities have been actually
from thence to New South Wales, in hopes of
and fine porter, costing in London £6. per
hogshead, has, after this second long and expensive
transit, been
.sold at £7. 10s.!1 The Master of the
1!;e of 'Wellington, pfivate trader from London,
ble to dispose of his investment, had left it, divi-
between Port Jackson and Van Dieman's Land,

. proceeded to the Isle of France with a cargo of
fine horned cattle ; thus, an exportation of live stock
!y co mrnenc ed from our enterprising brethren
.ntipodcs.
autumnal rains of March and April have this
used only a partial overflow of the South
The price paid by Government for the sup-,
icir stores with fine fresh meat, was 6d. per
ind 10s. per bushel for wheat; a fine milch'
Id be purchased for £lO. The annual mus-
luded at the date of 1817, gave the follow-

number of persons in New South Wales 17,165
in Van thenian's Land - - 3,214

Population of the territory -20,37 D
were 11.500 acres of t% heat in cultivation in
tth Wales, 1,150 acres of potatoes, barley,
and 11,700 acres of maize. The following
luantities of stock exclusively in New South
ix.

- 2,650 I Sheep - 66,700
liorord cattle - 30,650 Pigs - 11,4C0
above 20,379 persons there were 4,100 male
1,340 women prisoners, and 850 of their
and since the period this census was con-
this portion of the population will have been
_nbled ; upwards of 4,000 men, and about
'amen, having been forwarded thither from this
and Ireland, since June of the last year.
hiding the settlers who have since gone out,
population of the territory may now be es-
t 25,000 souls. In 1812, the total number
Cants were only 12,171, by which it will
icy have been doubled in six years!
colony was consequently considered to be se-
want of a considerable reinforcement of
strength, there being only 600 of the 48th
in the whole territory, who have to Rani•
:wo principal settlements in Van Dieman's
provide a company for the establishment at
;.uw, as well as to furnish parties for the va-
:posts of the now unavoidably extended lines
ling Port Jackson, which permits very few
to remain at head-quarters.
anxiety on this subject has been long felt br
stationary inhabitants, as well as that a King s
'nsuld be again stationed in the harbour, as a
against the easy possibility of outward as-
to frustrate the numerous combinations of
isoaers, who arc ever forming plans, and often
to carry away the colonial craft, to
ain destruction of their own and the crew's
and.r.he ruin of the owners.

Governor Macquarrie took the command,
ltlotiEh there was not half the above-stated
Ition, a sloop of war was stationed at Port
and the military force was also much supe-
. present strength. From the same causes
hopes are entertained that an increase to the
' establishment will take place, proportionate
'id advance of claims on their attention.
ices had been received from Lieut. King,
_ in December last, in the Merma;d cutter,
elete the survey of such part of the west coast
Holland as was left unexplored by Captain

dey, the Surveyor-General, had just again
•quarters with a party, to prosecute tl.e in-
L' the Government, in exploring the interior of
Aland, to the westward of the Blue Mountains.
shearing of the last season had furnished a
larger supply of fine wool than at any fOrmer,
affording well grounded hopes, that a few
' reader the exportation of this valuable ar-
tuch moment to the inhabitants, as the pas-
_:liinate of the Colony for the Spanish sheep
probably not surpassed in the world.
The Bank lately established at Sydney promises
imate advantages to the territory.
last advices received from Otaheite, the
; in tranquillity. " The Missionaries," says
Gazette, " were in the full enjoyment of
tealth, and every wished• for success is attending
iurs, all the islanders being converted to
.ity !" Sp-aking again of these islands, ano-
azette says—" A great majority of the natives
' and delight in perusing the various tracts
1r them in their own dialect ; furnished by
h subsistence from the most trifling labour
Low Mitch of their time in reading, and-even
ig, corresponding with each other on the leaf
'autain and banana. There are very few fa-
ithout one• or more readers." An attempt
sugar from the luxurious cane growing in
atry has every probability of succeeding.
Church Missionary Society have also, through
personally indefatigable exertions of the Rev.
Marsden, formed an e.,tablisliment on the north
New Zealand ; and it is an interesting proof
u-ocal services commencing between ourselves
fine race i•:inen inhabiting the above islands,
advertisement of departures in the Sydney
of March 9, specifies the names of twelve
Zealanders and six Otalicitans, who compose
r the crews of two colonial brigs, then on the
Ailing for the coast fisheries.
the long indiscriminate des:ruction of the
ibe of seals, thew valuable animals have be-

come as rare on the shores of New Holland and its
adjacent islands, as they have lately proved in all
other parts of the: world.
We are happy to learn, that after an elapse of
many years, and the failure of repeated attempts
from this country and Bengal, a medical Gentleman
of the Isle of France has succeeded in carrying the
Vaccine Virus to Port Jackson in an unimpaired
state ; and the children of the Colony are receiving
the benefits of that invaluable blessing.
As may be naturally expected, the inhabitants of
this increasingly interesting territory look with rogret
to the eagerness with which such numbers of deluded
people emigrate to America, without turning their
views towards their countrymen in the luxuriant and
tine climates of New South Wales and Van Dieman's
Land.