Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-24
AUSTRALASIA


The arrival Of his Nlaiesty's shin Bathurst brings
letters and papers from Sydney the 23d of Sep
emher Captain King, the Commander has re-
turned TO England 10 lay before the Admiralty the
u results oil his voyages of discovery on the wesl-
eIn coast of New Holland, in completion of ,hnse
performed 10y Capt. Flinders
Ii must he gratifying the many respectable fami-
lies who are looking 10 possessions in the Antipo-
dean territory us IhcIT future residence, that almost
every arrival frOm Port jackson brings information
thar 'he more The researches of the inhabitants ex-
tend INLAND, the more are they rewarded by ascer-
tanning an indefinite existence Of fine county and
perhaps II * Efficiently known that the interior
OF New Holland yields in no instance TO the beauty
excellence, aud richness Of the finest soils of Van
Diemans Land, with the difference of a climate tIrai
VIII rfen The orange, the lemon, The olive, that in
valuable grain the maize, and similar boures OF
nature.
II is singular, bu, not generally known FACT, that
century has elapsed since Colonel Purry, in me.
mortal 10 the Duke of New Castle, then Secretary
OF State To George |. laid it down as n posiiatuIr,
that there Is certain latitude our earth so han
PLY tempered between lie extremes o heat and cold
VIZ 50 degrees, whether south north Of the Equa-
tor thai II will ever he found TO he more productive
OF The choicest gifts Of nature, than any other part
OF The terralueous globe it is latitude he con
lines, " which sheds such iruitiulness on the earth,
and happiness mankind IN general, that the fur.
Their they are distant FROM This degree so much are
they the less happy Thus Barhary, Egypt, Syria,
ters'n, inu'a, China, Japan, aud IN short all other
countries are found TO excel in proportion they APP
ptoacb II upon this principle, Carolina, aud New
Mexico, in North, and Chill, and the territory nor.
dering on the Rio de Ia Plata, South, are countries
preferable To any in all the Americas and thus
Andalrfsa is the best in all the provinces of Spain,
nS are, for the same reason, Languedoc aud Prov.
NEE The best IN France and Naples, aud Sicily the
most superior OF all the Italian tominions" II ap.
pears that so far back 1923 Colonel Purry Wished
~ induce our Government to form a settlement in
New Holland, and that he subsequently addressed
NE Dutch and French Ministry on ihe same subject
his application 10 the iae was referred TO the Acad.
envy Of Sciences NJ Paris who coIdly reped " They
could not Judge ofcouunes they had not seen - and
nearly IOyeaIs after, when Capt. Cooke returned
rom cirrnmnnvIgaing the Globe, il left for
Great Britain TO add the acquisition of Australia
sla 10 INC empire, and by the settlements New
south Wales ~ contirm the posiinn and realize tine
antlcipatons Of that enrerprising man
The last Sydney Gdse!le brings only general local
intelligence but they speak by their appearance &C.
uyiiy ~ all The movements of the settlements. An
Agricultural SOcieiy has been formed promisun
much advantage TO the territory. Sir Thomas Bris-
banc is its patron and some idea may he formed OF
the increasing number Of respectable colonists f. ON
eighty gentlemen having sat down at Paramata al
The first dinner Or he establishment IN August last
when upwards " = 800 was subsc ribed to carr,
Into effect the purposes of the establishment
The new formed cstablishment at M,ccuarr;e
Harbour established secondary place OF trans.
portaton Tor I've offending convicfs, had continued 10
make successful progress. The coal here is found
Tgood and easy OF access and the timber, both in
quantity and quality, answer every expectation
As proof that tie increase ofluxuries kceps pace
I'VE ullIf Epitl improvement all the comforts
81 lite, an advertisement in one Of the Sydney la
prs invites masters Of vessels 50 pick ornnros or
iheir seastores from tie trees Of settler NJ I'D per
doasn. very few years since this estimable fru
! Vas on'y giiainabe 10 lIe colony Vt CD. each.
he same paper sNys, house IN Sy6ney is nov
selling colonial tobacco fully equaGling The celebra
ied American negro head in lis strength and peculiar
sweetness.
The bee-hiyes taken ou by Captain Wallis, Of the
Isabella, fortunately arrived safe, aud four Of eil
lhcky seUlf habii'tions are Nv The neighbour
ho0i ol sydney, where the valuable little colonizers
seem 10 lose none Of their forces from their change
u climate 5ui rather 10 increase in thrift and har.
dhond The owner expected 10 extend his four 10
twenty blVes ~ twelve months, congenia 10 their
prosperity add nature is their newly -acnnire, land
those cnliivafors of the vine who have selected
poper situations have every prospect OF being amply
rewarded Mr.. BlaXland brought over some samples
OF AUslralasfn wine "a the ShipIey, for Submission
70 the Scrieiy of hrs. Sto have arahrtic h;u, ne