The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-06 00:00:00

NSW SOU 111 MILLS.

STOXIIIri JAW. 2 —This canary arllif presented s
acmes more leuresting to philenthrophy and the cou-
rant feellogs of ates., then was exhibited at Pars.
malts on bleeds, last, the 28th elt. when, le per.
seam* of the lesitatins of his Pentium, the Gower.
nor. which sprood is theta,. last Gossffee, the ma.
fives, or aborientes of the territory, assembled to.
gether to peruke of the kindliest sad hospitality held
eel to them by Goverament.
Altbnegh the day was inteestly we.., it wes not
altogether eafeetterable for the etcasims. At eleven
in the fermium, MU Eatelienev the Connie,. am i
coespanied by the fieatenant.Govenior, the Mem.
hers of the Native institetioo, sod several other
Gentlemen, entered the circle whom these children
of Naas were wand. Chairs were resided for
the thief. of tribes (es on the former ottasion),
detached sod advanced from the line of the
;mad circle, which not only distleeeldied them
personally, bet showed the nember fir streseth of
their several tribes, whisk were placed to the left of
ohne respective chieftains, and consisted of the fa.
ladies of each of them. The number thee sssesitted
very far envy& that of soy forma .cashes, beta*
three hoodred personah.gaipeg whom Weft sense
tribes who had travelled frees beyood the Bier
ifoentain* to ho present at this festival, sad who
were Ji.i,ngeishable from the satires** this side, by
their hair being decorated with a somber of white
koshers, and the teeth of wild mamas suspended
in rode festoons over their foreheads; their bodies
and faces were oho painted with red sad white ochre,
which rendered their appearance singularly noire.—
1 M... was. however, a degree of coofidence is their
manner, which indicant a conscientious of security
la the protection of Eeropests frieadship; a cir-
cumvent., perhaps. the more to be murdered at,
whoa it is considered that this was the grit time that
several of them had held any iatercourso with white
men, or bad ever had an opportunity of seeing the
I 'droning iespreenneuts of the interior settlements
lof this colas/. There were other tribes from the
mirth and south, who had travelled a distance of op.
wards of 100 raise.
Aft., his Escolleucy had &referred some badges of
chieftainship, sod a malt ow the deserves's, this mere
interestieg part of the ceremony look idea.; this
was the introdection of the Native 'saltation into
lam circle, when they were shown to their relatives
and Woods, end gate specimens of their progress in
roadiag, writing, mod draw* ; this latter armoire.
meet seemed to delight the elder natives brined any
0141 yet presesteel_ to them; which was manifested
by bents of toed laughter, leaping upwards, sad
other wild 'adapted's:, the spootasetros offerings of
enceltivated were.
When these annowain bed passed Over, the whole
of the motive party were regent with roost beef sod
pleimpedding, and a feir properties of exhilarating
lhoverer.
On the Governer's Whig frees the circle, they
with one award, and from one impels', rose. and
gave his Bacellenty these cheers, which they fat, err
'the only mode of impressing their sense of his kind.
nets to them, and gratefolly to acknowledge the pro.
fiction of the British Government.