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London, England, 1816-12-16 00:00:00

TiJE VENIN G S'l'Aß.

ONDON.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1816.
PRICE OF rocKi THIS DAY AT TWEI .VE O'CLOCK'
Ralucri! 64t#—Cons. mo.lbOt—Coos. for opg. 6S4i
Oyer Cam. 78*-5 per Ctiet. Navy abut .
`Esche • Bala, 46.71. pr.—lndia Bonds 151. 161. pre.

.Yesterday we •received the Paris Papers of the
11th and 12th. t'hey contain no proceedings of the
Lt-,; :Jove Clptabers worthy of recording : the
:Kayo, by a Royal Ordinance, bas‘ extended the
boonties on the importation of grain to rice and
maize, or Indian corn. Thirty millions• of francs
(ahout a million and a halt English money) are
abytiit to be added to the national debt of France, to,
enable her to liquidate-the claims which extraordinary
circumstances have imposed upon her. A Message
trolVi the KINO was expected to be presented on
Thursday last. It was eipected to contain the Pro-
jet of a La.v to define the extent of the responsibility
of Ministers. The French funds keep up: thisihews
that the French money-changers are not depressed in
spirits by the probability of their Government want-
in *tote money.

Last night we received Hamburgh Papers to thell
7th imst int. Under the head of Berlin we learn that II
the KING of PRUSSIA means to visit his Rhenish Pro- '
vinces in the, Spring, and from thence proceed to
Trance, where he will review the Prussian troops in
person. in the mean time, in consequence of the
ttigh price of corn in the Rhenish Provinces, the
KING has ordered 20,000 lasts, or 160,000 quarters
of rye, purchased in the ports of the Baltic, to be'
sent for the consumption of these provinces. It has
been announced at Hanover, that the Waterloo Corn.
inittee of London mean to allow to the widows and
children of the Non-commissioned Officers and Pri-
vates of the German Legion, who tell in the battle
of Waterloo, the following very liberal pensions :
To the widow of a Private. an annuity of 810; of
a Corporal, 812; of a Serjeant, 416;. and of a
Serjeant-Major, 820 ; to their -children; until they
reach their seventh year, 414 each ; until their four-
teenth year, 815, at the close of which they are to
receive a present of £l5. if they reach their twenty-
first year, and the funds of the Committee permit,
then the son of a Private is to receive an extraordi-
nary present of £3O, of a Corporal 835, of a Set-
leant £4.5, ani of a Serjeant-Major *5O.

NEW SOUTH WALES.,
The Zebra SIO:)p of war, which arrived at Ports•
mouth from New South Wales, brought us intelli.
gence from that Colony to March last, and also a
writs of Sydney Gazetecs.—A mong other interesting
articles, these 'Papers contain a narrative of a tour
Made by Mr. Evans, under the direction of the Go.
treinor, in tte lately explored country to the West-
ward of the Blue Mountains. Mr. Evans proceeded
from Bathurst with instructions to pursue the disco-
veries as much further Westward as the unforeseen
occurrences to which a -travellers in an unexplored
country might be expozei, would permit. On the
13th of Miy, 1815, he commenced his tour, and on
the .2d of. June, finding' his provisions would not
enable him to proceed further, be began to retrace
his cours:: back to Bathurst, where he arrived on the
12:h June, having been absent thirty.one days. In the
course of this tour, he travelled over a vast number
. of rich and fertile vallies, with successions of hills well
covertd with good and useful timber, chiefly the
stringy bark and the pine, and the whole country
abounding with ponds and gullies of fine water ; he
also fell in with a large river, which, be conceives,
would become navigable for boats at the distance of
a few days travelling along its banks. From its
course, he conjectures that it must join its waters with
those tf the Mazquarie River; and little doubt can
be entertained that their joint streams must form a
navigable river of very considerable sire.
At a distance of kb rut sixty-miles from Bathurst,
Mr. EVAIIS discovered a number of hills, the points
of which end in perpendicular heads, from SO to 40
feet high, of pure lime,stone of a misty grey colour.
place, and also throughout the general COlllllll
)urney, kangaroos, emu's, ducks; ate; were
great numbers; and the new river, to which
rims gave the name of the Lachlan, abound*
ith. The natives appeared more numerous'
Bathurst; but so very wild, and apparently
h alarmed at the sight of white men, that be
not induce them to.come near, or to hold any
:curse whatever with him. At the termination
tour Mr.. Evans saw a good level country, of a
Interesting appeafance, 'and a 'very rich soil;
le conceives that there is no barrier to prevent
travelling further westward to almost any extent
-Ould be desired. • The distance travelled by
on this occasion was 142 measured miles out;
1, with digressions to the southward, made the
distance 155 miles from Bathurst. He adds at
Ane tittle, that having taken a more direct line
w Bathurst than that by which he left it, he
the distance then only 115 Miles ; and he ob
,es, that a good road.may be made all thatlength
,out any considerable difficulty, there not being
thah three hills whicli may nor be avoided.
vessel named the Brothen, brings a Melancholy
ohnt of the massacre of several or her's and the,
VG mew, by the blew Zealanders, at Trial Her.

boar, at the estiniatei distance of 1.50 mile.' S:E. of
the Missionary station at the Bay of Islands, being
between the river Thames and Mercury Bay. The
Trial sailed from Sydney on the 23cl of May, for,
the Marquesas, intending to call at New Zealand,'
and there join the Brothers, Which had a few days
previously taken her departure fur that purpose,
chiefly for the purpose of collecting flax. They re-
'stained a month at the Bay of Islands, and from
thence adopted a south-easterly course, trading with
the natives as they went along.. M 'king a short stay
at a harbour which did not appear to have been bre
fore trequented by any Europeans. they named it,
Trial Harbour. and received very friendly treatment,
with a promise of having a quantity of flax provided
against the return of the vessels. They went towards
Cook's Straits, and after running down a considera-
ble extent of coast, returned to • Trial Harbour.
The natives not having procured the flax according 1
to their promise, Mr. Hovell and Mr. Barnett de-
signed sailing thence on Monday the 21st of August,
but were attacked on the noon of the preceding day,
and the decks of both vessels taken possession of by
anammense number of the natives.
Mr. Hovell states, that at half-past twelve, A.M. he
observed a number of canoes alongside both vessels,
but that from the friendly terms he was on with the
chiefs and ()diet natives, he had no suspicion of any
design against the vessels, both of which were pro-
vided with boarding-nets, through the interstices of
which they bartered their commodities with the
islanders. The Trial's people were down at dinner :
Mr. Hovell was on the quarter-deck, folding a mat,
with a friendly chief, Narruroe, near to whom was
another chief; the latter, on some signal supposed to
have been given by the former; spruw upon Mr.
Hovell with his club, and struck him (*the back of
the head : he reeled, half stunned ; a second blow was
aimed at him, which he avoided by rushing forward
and precipitating himself down the forecastle hatch-
way. The assailants now crowded upon the upper
deck, of which they obtained complete possession,
while several who had intruded themselves between
decks, were opposed by the people and killed. nose
above tried to ship the main-hatch, in order to shut
the crew below, but two men stationed at the hatch-
way, kept them off with their muskets. Their numbers
increased, and a rush was momentarily expected. A
constant fire was kept up from below, and the natives
crowded all on the quarter-deck to keep clear of the
firing up the hatchway. The cabin sky-light afforded
an opportunity of firing upon them there, the occa-
sion was embraced, and two discharges drove them
sal the quarter-deck. They were astonished and con-,
Omsk at the unexpected attack through the sky-
light;irhich was fatal to several ; they ran forward,
still determined, however, to persist in their attempt
of capturing the vessel. In passing forward they
were again fired at from the hatchway, but at this cri. 1
tical moment arrived Jacky Warry, a native who had
before belonged to the Trial, and by his directions to
cut the cables of the two vessels, the crews were re-
duced to the last extremity. They soon drifted ashore,
and the assailants, to avoid the firing, crowded in and
about the long boat. A steady discharge of seven
muskets at one volley, drove them overboard, and
thus the crew regained the deck, of which the enemy
had had possession four hours. They now saw
the Brothers within half a cable's length, also
aground, with upwards of 100 naives on the deck.
—The Trial's swivels were now employed in aid of
her musketry. and soon cleared her. Mr. Burnett
and his people regained the deck of the Brethersi
from whence they also had been driven, and a joint
fire was kept ep as long as the natives were within
its reach, which did considerable execution. Mr.
Burnett's report of the affair states, that at half past
twelve o'clock he heard a shout from the Trial, and
immediately his own decks were crowded with na-
tives who had been previously alongside his vessel ;
that he was instantly aware of the intended assault,
and seizing a musket, shot one of the most forward.
Mr. John O'Neal, Mate of the vessel, and a native of
New South Wales, for some time defended Mr. Bur-
nett against the attacks of several .adversaries, with
an empty musket : he was himself attacked, and fell, ,
overpowered by numbers. Thomas Hayes was
thrown wounded into a canoe, and killed on shore.
—Joseph Marsden and George Hallogan, the former
wounded, jumped overboard, and were protected by
a chief's wile ; the latter rejoined the vessel, and sup-
poses Marsden, who did not return, to be still alive.
William Morgan, a boy, was wounded, as was also
Mr.. Burnett, though, not badly : and the'next morn-
ing the two seamen who hadbetn unfortunately killed
on board the Brothers, were interred. On board the.
Brothers were killed Matthew Jackson, an European,
and Tetia a Pomatoo native; and Christopher Har-
per,: weunded.
Accounts have been received from the Missionaries
at the Society Islands (whose abode has for a length,
of time been fixed at the island of Eitaao) of a nap
tare perfectly contrasted to the foregoing gloomy
and diicoeraging intelligence. Several religious tracts
have been prepared by the Gentlemen of the mission,
in the Taheitan tongue, and proportionate numbers'
of printed copies forwarded from Sydney for their
use. A regular schoof had been along time open
for the instruction of persons of all ages, who had a
desire to be taught. The numbers that attended,
were varied by the circumstances of the times, and
seldom exceeding SO or 60, until lately, when the
number of pupils exceeded six hundred and sixty.—
The number of candidates for Christianity exceeded
a thousand in number. The few Missionaries that
are there stationed are cheered with the pleasing pros-
pect now before them,• but have had a severe lonia
the recent death of Mr. Scott, an able and active
Missionary. Independent of those taught at the school,
many others have learned to read midis the tutorage
of their own countrymen, whose books they borrow
occasionally, and thence accrues a new, senrce for the
extension of knowledge. Idolatry has received ad
universal shock, and totters Itol4 its foundation
throughout all the islands. Some of the 'opposing
Cniefs, with the Priests and their fames, =dew

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fit
your to prop the rotten fabric, but their torts con
epicupusty tend to the acceleration of its fall.
The Governor has made several excursions into
-various parts of the interior to observe the general
progress of the agricultural and grazing concerns of
the Colony, and has published the result of his ob-
servations. It was with much regret his Excellency
had frequently to remark, that among the lower
order of the settlers great slovenliness and neglect of
the most obvious and necessary duties of farmers
were but too frequent and evident in their personal
appearance, and the state of their farms, in regard
to cultivstion and improvement. This remark is
meant to apply more particularly to the settlers in
those fertile and luxuriant tracks on the banks of the
Nepean and Hawkesbury, where Nature has been
most bountiful ; as there the settlers seem to have
done least to improve their own condition, or to
tender their farms productive in any degree equal to
what might be reasonably expected.
Ellis Bent, Esq. the Deputy Judge Advocate of
the Colony, died at Sydney, on the 10th November.
' He is succeeded in that office by Fred. Garling, Esq.

By the Zebra we have beep favoured with a letter
from a gentleman at New South Wales. dated the sth
of March last, at which time the colony was fast re-
' covering from the late severe drought. a calamity it
had been afflicted with in the course of the last five
years, more frequently than had previously occurred,
and the loss of cattle in consequence been very con-
siderable. Wheat was then 10s. per bushel ; beef an
mutton 11.6 d. and butter 61. per lb. ; horses and ;
cows, from LW to £l5; sheep, from SOs. to i€ 3 ;
cheese, Ss. to 9s. 6d. per lb. The vessels belonging
of the colony make frequent voyages to the islands in
the South Seas, and are also employed in the whale
fishery. European goods. of almost every descrip-
tion, were abundant. The settlers were making great
exertions to improve the quality of their wool, and
they will, ere long, export that article of the finest
quality.

Letters from the Isle of Frattee,;noder date the
31st of August and 9th September last, state, that
the colonial schooner Gustance had been seized by
his Majesty's ship TENS, Captain CURRAN, with 64
Africans on board. The naval squadron have been
sincerely active in repressing this long-continued out-
nage on humanity and British law. The Musourro
sloop of war was cruising between the Mauritius and
Madagascar. The Oaciirres frigate had fitted out
her boats so intercept the chase-marees debarking
into the various creeks. The French Authorities for
Pondicherry had arrived at Port Louis on the 17th of
August last. The expedition had not returned from
Madagascar ; but the latest accounts from thence are
reported to convey intelligence that it altogether failed
in its object, the Native Chieftains refusing to enter
into any negotiation with the British Commissioner,
Lieutenant Le SAGE, and much less to deliver up
the agents in the late massacre at the Settlement of
Port Farquhar.
Thursday the Inconstant, Sir James L. YEat went
out of Portsmouth. Harbour, and the next Tay her
crew were paid wages, preparatory to Sir Jima;
proceeding to resume his command on the Coast of
Africa.
The Horatio, Captain Dtta.cm, sailed. on Friday
ifrom Portsmouth for Deptford, to be surveyed ;
the Alpheus, Captain LANGFORD, is gone to' Sheer-
ness ; and the AgBAR, Captain BULLRN, is gone into
Portsmouth harbour to be paid off.
The Newfoundland Sqoadron, under Vice-Admi-
.:ral PICKSIORP, have all returned home, except the
Pike schooner, Captain BUCHAN, which vessel is to
remain at St. John's until the next Spring. The
Vice-Admiral arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday,
in the Tiber. Captain DACRES, having had a passage
of only ten days from St. John's. The Fly, Captain
J. Baffhwor, went into Plymouth. The Pefsetis,
Captain Ts RER, arrived at Portsmouth on the follow-
ing day. Captain BRaMER and the officers and crew
of his Majesty's late ship Comus, came home in the
Tiber. • *
The Amphitrite, Captain PLUMRICOR ; Cameleon,
Captain Low (Acting) ; Zebra, Captain Foams ;
and the Elk, Captain ---, have recently arrived
from the East Indies,_ to be paid off. The Amphi.
trite, Cameleon, and Zebra, are new ships : they were
built at Bombay, and are to be paid off at Ports-
mouth. These ships bring intelligence from the Cape
and St. Helena of so recent dates as October 20 and
November 5. BONAPARTE was at the latter date
confined to his room by a cold : its severity most
'affected his head. PLONTOWSKY, his Polish atten-
dant; bad been sent away from the island. There
was, it seams, sufficient reason in the latter part of
his annduct, relating to his devoted master, to cause
him to be removed; and he had been conveyed to the
Cief Good Hope, and placed under the direction
of I.ord CHARLIS SOMERSET, the Governor of that
Calmly. It was with some regret, we are most cre-
di% informed, that PIONTOYISKI .was received it'
flt.. 'line. by BONAPARTE. 1-111 expressed himself
' as not having wished for hi; attendance, seeing that:
he.,had not-the means of rendering his abode on the
island desirable; for it is not to be imagined that the
£BOOO per annum allowed by Government for the
maintenance of BONAPARTE and his suite is appro-
priated to any other purpose than that of purchasing
latch articles of necessity and of comfort as comport
with BONAPARTE'S condition .as a captive State pri-
soner. His rations are daily conveyed to his resi-
dence, and that without any regard whatever to his
former character and condition. Sir POLTRNRY MAL-
COLM, who had arrived at the Cape in the Newcastle;
,intended to sail again on his retimn to St. Helena
,about the 26th of October. The Orontes had arrived
at the Atauritius, as well as the MosqUito : the other
ships of the Squadron continued stationed as before
noticed. Lieutenant W. E. Itegrni, of the New.
castle, had been promoted to the rank of Comman-
der, and appointed to the Griffon, vice Captain J A.
MURRAY, promoted to command the Spey. The
Amphitrite, Cameleon, Zebra, and Elk, all brought
Mails from the earlobe Presidencies in India.
The LORD MAIIOR 'has issued' a public notice
calling upon the Magistrates of the metropolis and its
vicinity, to send on board the HELM& frigate, which
is stationed off the Tower, ell distressed foreign sea-
men and soldiers found in, their districts, to. the end
that they may be lodged and fed there, until they
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