Star.
London, England, 1829-01-12 00:00:00

BRUSS&LS, JAN. 9.

The remarks of the sections of the Second Chamber
on the Decennial Budget have just been fini lied and
di ,tributtd among the Members. The *hole fills neatly
300 pages in folio.
It is reported in Holland, says La •Catholigae, that
M. N. Maanen longs for the enjoyments of private life,
and that M. de Heychins would in that case become
'the first Magistrate of the kingdom According to thus
new ver,ion, M. V. Cr4)bhleschroy w. uld retain the
office of M:iii:ter of the li•tenor, and M. Van Doorn
would remain at (Then•.
It is to be nb•er wed that all the.e reports of Mini,.

[teriAl chantte4 relate only to persons, and ore not cal..
Mated to encourage the hope of a change of system.—
Brunel4 Purrs, Jan 10.
PATEirs7

&ROI TIM GAZETTE DZ FRANC& JAN. 10.
PARIS, Jax. 9.
The day before ye,terday an ex less brought
patclieslo the Government horn the Cceint de St. Priest,
true Ambassador ar Matirid. An express was to be sent
yesterday to tie Son& b" cap ta'. It is alfiresed that
the contents of the dispatches Iron. Masisid relate to
the Treaty concerning the 80,000,0(X) of which we have
spoken.
The Count de la Ferrisnays has passed a better night,
and was this morning better; but there is no hope he
will be able to resume his public duties. It seems that
'in this repect the deci,si n of the phy.icians is absolut
and that vie patient is condemned to perfect Repose. ft
is therefore decided, as we have already said, toat th-t
portelauille of Foreign Affairs is to ch..nge hands.
However. things are in the same state as they were ye,-
terday. Ihe report, in circulation respecting oil
deli-
ber3tions of the Councils of Ministers are so conflicting.
that we will refrain from quoting 'hem, and still more
from weighing their probability.
1110 M THi PRURNAL DU oloatacs, JANUARY 9.
PARIS, I'LL
The Precursor publishes the following extract of a
letter from Toulon, rd the Ist cr. January
" Orders bate been received here to make new con-
tramfor the supply of all the articles necessary for a
Maritime expedurop. A pretty considerable number of,
teariaports have been again hired; seviral are in the
port or road. and some more ate expected from Mar-!
seilles. A great quantity of forage has been already
embarked in four transports. which are intended for the
conveyance rf mules. It is found that these
which are mare easily maintained than horses, andi
better calculated to endure great fatigue, were in evert
respect more suitable, whether they are to be seat to the
More/ or the coast of Africa.
44 An expedition against Algiers is still talked of. In
fact, it does not appear what other object the Govern.
ment could have in assembling at Toulon a great num-
ber of transports. Undoubtedly they are not intended
fur the Moist* Oor troops there
.have supplies for
sometime. andthe transports which are at Mimi° are
sulkiest for the use of the army. Is is intended to
Dude:take an expedition against the island of Candies ?
This may be, if she object is int Algieze." . •
(The course oi eachange of the 9th. pot . strived. and
the Goarlie it :Mee doom not quote later than the Bth
of January.)

The last account received. at St. Petershurgh of the
voyage of discovery; under the command of Captain
Lake, holds out the.prospect of great additions-to oar
geographical and nautical knowledge. The expedition
had instructions to sail to the harbour of St. Peter and
Se. Paul, Kanstschatka, and thence to visit, in the win-
ter, the Caroline.. and, in the summer, to examine the
regions in, and at the other side of, Behring's Straits.
The first part of this expedition has been happily ac-
,eomplished, during a cruise of seven months-near the
equator, batistes the 6rst and tenth degrees of north
latiende. -A letter from Dr. Martens, ',manila to the
ospedision, cnntains.the fdlowing particulars:
"Our ship, the Soniavin. sailed from the harbour of
Sc. P.-ter and Sts Paul on the 19th 01 October, last year,
'and arrived on the 22.1 November off the island of
Ooalan. which was rediscovered by Captain Dupirey.
,act the Coquille, in 1824, where we had the pleasure of
-b coming acquainted with a people in the purest stoteof
mitotic, who bed remained hitherto unknowns, and were
wholly unacquainted with Europeans; who differed
even in language !tom all the other inhabitants of the
Carolines ; who, t) all appearance. never had any in.
tone.itte se with.the other Wan 's, and have hithetto lived
in such patriarchal simplicity, that not siogle weapon,
nor any thing tatembling a weapon, was met with in
the whole island. 'lli. 1r as the more surprising, as it
soon appeared that the Governri.ent of ahe place was'
atirtocratic. and several Chiefs considered themselves
a. masters of the island, and who, therefore, newt cop
steady live in peace and harmony. Their complexion
is of a bright Woven. the arms and thighs wooed, their
hair in a bunch braided together triion the he rif. and
adorned with flowers; their features resemble those of
the Malays. Leery thing proved that they did not
know what hostility was. Our Naturalists found
them the.mat faitlitul guides on their excursions. and
the most careful keepers of the insects and plants
which they. collie:ed. One of tl err Chiefs. named
Sipa, . ffered them his dwelling for their re•idence;
sod hem also they had an opportunity of making them-
selves acquainted with the domestic arranioments of
tne inisabitairts. The Ooalanese are particularly dis-
tinguished from the inhabitants of the other Corolinee
by being entirely free from the prnpensity to stealing.
They treat their women with great kindness and affen•:
mos. We could not obtain any clear swamit► of the telit
gion of these people. Their diet coniisti et btead-
fruit, bananas, sugar cane, cocoa outs, ashoripes. pi-
geon.. and s .me wild Enwl. As far as we could Icon
the island is divided into between finty and bay dis-
trict., each of which contains several villages, and
belongs to a chief. Several of thise Chiefs live on a small
island, separatiel.frons the rest of the inhabitalts. One
of them was treated with particular reverence; hi might
be considered, in some measure, as the king• of the
whole. We could not discover 111:w be came to enj y
this bonour—it certainly was to t far his wealth, for his
Majesty pooessed only two villages, while another chief
had eight."
Afer remaining three weeks among these peoPle.
"nose natural innocence ia so ami.hle, the Siniaviii
continu-d its voyage Dec.2o. Oa the 2d of Jan. 1828,
they discovered a new group of blonds. the. highest
and also the la•vst of all the arolines, r scept the Pei-
lew Islands. T;.e ship cruised eight days an ong these
islands, but no attempt to land was made, because the
iiileatiliants appeared very hostile. Wham the Siniavia
put sir a boat to :ook for an anchorage r landing-
place, it was immediately su•rounded try ot*er
the crews rf which used yes y menacing yesiuies. They
carried short 'pears, headed with teeth of the saw.6sh.
aed a sling made of plated eushes. When pistols charged
only w th powder w re &est at theni obey made no inn.
pression nn them. and yet eve y thing indicated that'
these natives had never bef re seen Esnoarean.. Their.
hair was. rather Cain, and beau:iiully cu• led. • They
wo.e about their oai t a girdle, with very deep, dm k
see! hinge; this girdle Coveted a past of the breast, and
was fastened on one shoulder.
Notwithstanding the beautiful appearance of there
fine lofty istairds,:the humane Capt Lucke would not
at enipt to land, because it was ev Went that it could not
be d;srie without bloodshed. The n sturalists weie there-
fore disippnintei in their espected harvest, and the Si.
niavia proceeded on her voyage. A. dog was all that
the) cat tied away. The letter continues—
• " Ois the 13th of January. we de.c.ieJ Los Valientes,
low, ' miserable islands, the w retched inhabitants o
which did not appeal even to .prissess 'boats. On it e
18th we arrived off the. Namur ick s ; arid on the 'l3d off
Maw lock Islands ( is:covered in 1796),. the natives of
which appeared very amiable and- coedited, which is
Iketubi) to be attributed to their intercourse with t' e
other Caroline. and with Mean s, Their ships are cal
ettlii.ed ler long voyages. mid are provided with com-
passes. An unexpected sight here was anEirgliill three-
mewed ship. the Pai ti edge. which, like 'many ()the' s of
.bat c ass, has, since 1823, visited the coast of Japan in
puituit of the spermac. ti whale. As this ship tas been.
omoosas long absent front Europe as the Siniavia, the
crew could not give us any news; however, mutual
visits were paid, which could not be otherwise than
age. cable in this distant part of the world.
"On tne 2J of February we discovered the island of
Rug; and on the Bth Uni.sn Island. On the 17th the•
&anvil: arrived in the harbour rf Caldera de Apra,
where she remained till the 7th of March, during which
time the Spanish Governor showed us every kind of at-
tention and politeness. On the 30th of March7we cast
anchor • ff the island of Ooropick, and this war the termi.:
nation of our voyage, atter five months cruise in ghetto.
pical regions. On the 18th we discovered the black and
barn en rocts of the island of Rosario, or Disappointment.
and on the following day we were fortunate enough to
see the beoviful island. of Bonin, which had been pie-
'Piously discovered, but whose existence *as afterwards
doubted, as Kruieninern could nit find them. The
Biniavin had been anticipand in this re-discovery by
the English sloop the Blossom, which. had been sent to
greC.Captain Franklin in Behring's Straits; a board
edgily- it had.kft showed that • Captain Beechey, tbe
Commander, had -taken-possersion of the islands the
pecedirg year, in the name of his Britannic Majesty
In one of those islands, which was otherwiscwhelly un-
inhabited, Caistain.Lutki found two Eutopeans, liv;ng
in great diipeas-o.a.Prussian, Chatles,Wettein, cf Ko.
ninftsbarfo;,tid. Jobo . Peterson, a Norwegian, who. had
served ne boarilap.fanglisb.shiplehich was wrecked on
this island in 1826. but the crew of which.bippily got
on shore. Another English ship, which arrived six
weeks afterwards, took the crew on board, but let