The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

Agriculturivs, and of men who bad rendered them-
Selvee useful to their country by.their talents and es-
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ertions in their several pomits.
In the evening they returned again to the elimina-
tion of the animals sent in for the prises ',Welt be be.
slot's, and which will be delivered to-morrow.
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NEW SOUTH WALES.

A discovery has been made in New South Wales,
which must materially affect the future advancement
of that ca lony. " A giver of the first magnitude" 1141
been found in the interior, tuning through 's most
beautiful country, rich in soil, limestone, slate, and
good timber. A means of communication like this,
has long been anxiously searched for without success,
and many began to entertaio an apprehension that
the progress of colonisation in New Holland would
be confined to its coasts.
Mr. Oxley, the Surveyor-General, was sent out
with a party in an expedition to the westward of the
Blue Mountains,. to trace the course of the lately dig.
coveted river 'Adagio, and to ascertain the soil, capa-
bilities, and productions of the country through whiCh
it ,was expected to pass in its course to the sea. Mr.
Oxley left Bathurst on the 30th of April, 1817. He
proceeded down the Lachlan until the 12th May, the
country rapidly descending lentil the waters of the river
rose to a level with it, and dividing into numerous
branches lost itself among the marshes. Mr. Oxley quit.
ted the river on the 17th May, taking aS. W. course
towards Cape Northumberland. He continued Ohl
course entil the 9th June, when he was induced to
change his coerce to North. On this course be con.
timed till the 23d June, when be again fell in with a
stream, which he could with difficulty recognize as
the-Lachlan, it being little larger than one of the
branches of it where it was quitted on the 17th May
Ilekept along the banks of this stream till the Bth
July, when the whole country became a marsh alto.
gether uninhabitable. This unlooked for and truly
singular termination of a river, filled the party with
the most painful sensations. They were full 500
miles west of S)dney, and nearly in its latitude;
and it had taken them ten weeks of unrernitted exer-
tion to proceed so far. Returning down the Lach-
lan, be recommenced the survey of it from the point
on which it was made the 23d June. The con.
action with ell the points of the survey previously
ascertained, was completed between the 19th July
and the 3d August. It was estimated that the river,•
from the place where first made by Mr. Evans, had
must course, taking all its windings, of upwards of
IWO miles, II length of course altogether unprece-
dented, considering that the original is its only sup-
ply of waterAurieg that distance.
" Crossing at this point," lays Mr. Oxley, in his
Report, "it was my intention to take a N. E. course,
to intersect thecountry; and if possible ascertain what
had become of the Macqslarrie River, which it was
clear had never joined the Lachlan. This course ltd
us thinugh a country to the full as,bad as any we had,
yet seen, and equally devoid of water, the want of
which again much distressed es. On the 7th August
the scene began to change, and the country to assume
a very different aspect ; we were now quittirg the
neighbourhood of the Lachlan, and had passed to
the N. E. of the high range
,of hills which, on this
parallel bounds the low country to the north of that
river. To the N. W. and N. the country was high
and open, with good forest land; and 1111 the 10th
we had the satisfaction to fall in with the first stream
running northerly: This renewed our hopes of soon
falling in with the Macquarrie, and we continued
upon the same course, occasionally inclining to the
eastward, until the 19th, passing through a fine les•
orient country well watered, crossing in that space
of time nine streams, having a northerly court*
through rich sallies, the country in reeky direction
being moderately high and open, and generally as fine
as can be imagined.
" No doubt remained upon oar minds that these
streams fell into the Macquarrie, and to view it be.
fore it recelied,suck an accession was our first wish..
On the 19th we weie `ratified by, falling in with a
river funning arose* a,most beautiful country, and
which') should have bean well contented to have be-
lieveethe river we were.ii search of. Accident led
us down this stream about a mile, yihen we were suf.
prised by its junction with a river coming from the
south, of such width and magnitude as to dispel all
doubts es to this last being the river we had so long
anxiously looked for. Short as our resources were,
we could not resist the temptation this beautiful coon-
try offered us, to remain two days on the junction of
the rivers, for the purpose of examining the vicinity
to as great an extent as possible.
66 Our examination increased the satisfaction we
bad previously felt ; as far as the eye could reach in
every direction, a rich and picturesque country ex-
tended, 'hounding in limestone, slate, good timber,
and every requisite that could render an uncultivated
country desirablp. The soil cannot he excelled;
whilst a noble river of the first magnitude afforded
the means of conveying iss.productions from one 'ma-
to the other. Where I quitted it its course was
northerly, and we were then north of the parallel of
Port Stephens, being in latitude n dreg. 45 min. S.
and 148 deg, 58. min. E. longitude."
The course and direction of this river is to be the
object of an early Expedition.

A Sailing. Match toolliplat'eorn,WeOneday lest, for
a Silver Cup given by. W gentlemen .pf : the Erith.
Sailing Society, between.the foltowing .Gentlemen's
pleasure- boati, vis.—Witeiloo, Mermaid, Alableep,
Ludlow, Ind Spitfire. .:Thy Marled froPf fillrk-
itittre.hritige it t goose before Qse 090004 with
the %lad N.W. went round a bait moored otßefeey),
end arrived et Cumberland-gardens at half.pwit
the Mermaid being the winning host, the Waterloo
arrived second, Ludlow third, and Atalanta fourth.
The River 'was covered with boats, and thebnoks of
the 'Tames lined with spectators of all descrip.
tions.—We did 'not 'hear of any ,aacidept.s. The.,
below ' Badge match • the above Society, „will'
take place on Saturday, the 25th instant. ;, f .
Wednesday night one of the ticket purterstillyin
at the end of the Royal &chortle, wenue bailee&
whet intoikifOilt and was found yepterday morning
a corpse. His name is T. Bott ; he formerlrbepiin
in New.atreet, Diibopagite.strellie;
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