The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-10

SCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
BOTA1Y Bay,


July, after o5ser wing that new governor bss
been appointed for New South Wales, which
is to be discontinued as place Of punish ment,
and to be converted 10 I" more important pur.
poses - proceed 10 give some account OF
the settlement, de rived from the infot nation
of an eye Witness The following IL an alb.
straci Of that account"
Botany Bay is ST. called from tho quantity
Of new botanical plants found growing on its
shores The most consde' able district is
Sidney, wbere arc built ships of 500 ions,
which sail 10 China and Peru. The East
India C0mpaoy are jealous OF tho trade OF
China :--sopuld they crush it by their influ-
, ence in The British Parliament, the measure
would infallibly produce opposition, and
might be productive Of serious rupture. The
climate is pure, diseases being scarcely
known,) and tho soil is excellent. The
Spring there is in August. Fresh fruits and
vegetables DIRE produced in Svery scasen. Ag-
hcultural labor is tho most profitable al
though in the town orc found mech ani's, man.
ufacrueers, aud artists of every description.
There arc two harvests in the year, OF wheat,
maize, * grass. One bushcl of maisc produ-
ceS 6oo Rice, millo,, and oats thrive we'll.
The wild cattle are almost as numerous
sheep has produced a very superior leece,
estimated 20 DO worth IS. per 10. in Esglspd.
The climate is favorable for sheep, and the
mutton 10 not surpassed. A woolIen manu-
factory is established at Paramatta, "a depen-
dcney y and a, Sidney, 7s looms arc employ.
cd in weaving sails and sacklag, coarse
cloth and linen.
From Sidney, the voyage to New Zealand
is frequently performed ia three DAYS; 10
CiaNs, IN five weeks 10 Poru, in tour 20
Bengal, in six aod to the Cape of oood
Hope, in hye. The sea tha, wsshss the
shores Of New South Wales and OF Peru, has
20 Violent cprrenis, no Trade WINDS, no
Chinese Tuif IONS.
Herring visi, Botany 3ay during Novsm-
her, and the following months; ard five or
six species of the FISH common to the Bit
ish channel, are frequeo,y caught. Sperm
whales abound. Cse house in Sidney, ot
three partners, JormeTIy eeaviefs, iD one year,
rcmilted oil and seal skins to London 10 toe
value of 5o,ooos The trade IN skins and
coal is most thriving tho culture OF II x aud
hemp, for cxpo,taticn, Is 'apidly increasing.
Niasts sod spars arc exported 10 bengai--and
o proi,sble lradc is carried on IN Sandal
wood, procured sro,n he nsighboring Fecjso
Islands.
Potterics and breweries have been cstab-
lishsd. Iron ore, good and abundant, has
been discovered, but not yet worked but
tho chief hope Of New -Soulb.W Wales CONSISTS
in its extensive Wild territory, recently ex'
plorsd. II is probable that here the future
glories OF this interesting country VIII bx
their scat. Already tho people are as remote
from caami,y as any nation upon carth. Por'
haps, OF no distant day, the inisnt colony, ar
riving a, mature vigor, may reject parental
controul, and assume the 1cpendent func-
tions OF It's manhood. s.-
EXPERIMENT OF THE BOTTLE.
10 ths Editor Of tie London .Msmfhy Magazine.
Having seen some remarks IN yoor Mag
a:ine for December, 1915, p 500, respecting
the sinking OF az empty bottle closely cork.
ed, to the depth, of 100 fatboms, am indus.
ed to hope you will not deem the follwing
of six expert ments, made on board the Yrincc
Leopold, near the Bay Of Dhcay, on the 10Th
of October lss,, as unworthy oil insertion.
First, We let down an empty bottle well
eorked (which was sunk by the aid of lcad)
about So fathoms WREN drswn up II was Ill
led with water, the co,k inverted and Forced
about half way out Of ,he bottle. 1.-The bottle
was filed with fresh wa,cr, closely eorked'
and let down sgsio--vhen drawn up the cork
was inverted as betotc, Snd the bottle Iull oil
wster, which was b,aekish.
: The third tins the cspt. put piece OF
twine under the cox, and ,ied It round the
neck Of the bottle. so that II the corr went
ia the tvine must bsssk. IL vas again sunk
10 tho ssmo dcpfh, oud when ,ssen~up The
coyd was vnucb fofcei hui not brokS n, and the
bottle was about half fuii ct wsler.
A piece Of ,wine was again pot uadcr the
eoIk. sna . thick coat OF sealing wax on the
tep M IL. il was sunk this time 80 is;homs;
wbsa raised the ,yire anj seal were bol
brokeo, cod the ee,s Was Inverted.
We than. tied . piece of ,vpc under the
cork, forced strong stocking needle ihro'
,ha ,op Of IL, which re,,ed on each side OF
lho bottles nscs, spd aippsd u !, boiling
pieb. II vas K, down the same drp.h as