Star. — 1820-09-20 (London, England)

FRIEND—We an safe at the. Cape, after a ve-y tedious, though not unpleasant passage, on the 9th of Apri after staying there about three weeks we all embarked vgail fur this place, from whence we immediately proceeded to the place marked out as our new Settlement, which is about seventw English miles from this. We all enjoyed tolerable good heaps during the passage, and were well supplied with good provbirns all the way. Our friends all continue in good health ; and, netwithstamiing the change of climate, 1 think there have beers, fewer cases of sickness than there would among an equal number of persons in our own country. The soil here is er:trentely fertile • and we have an abundance of fresh meat and.iish of vo rious descriptions. The earth yields forth its crops of vatieus kinds almost spontaneously. We have already a comfortable place of warship erected, and many good dwellings, with outbuildings for our stock, &c. " I have met with so many old acquaintances, that I could sometimes fancy myself in Old England ; but, alas ! there is a vast distance between us and the lane which I had often vowed never to quit.—' Oh! England, with all thy faults, I love thee stilL' " Yes, my friend, I am not so much of a Stoic as so soon to forget the land of my birth; and though there is every prospect of myself and fellow.emigrants enjoying comfort, and eventual affluence, in this land of our adoption, yet we often heave the deep sigh after now unhappy England, and the friends left behind us. The uncertainty whether we are ever to meet again in this world, is the chief alloy to our otherwise comfortable condition here. " My journey hither is to wait the arrival of some vesselsfrom England, on board which we expect acme essential ~upplies; and shall probably be joined by an accession of fr,,,ls Emigrants. There are two vessels now preparing to sail fur England, on board one of which 1 shall send this letter. When you write, you may either direct to the Cape or A lgoa 13ay, as there is a Commissary at each place, with whom each settler's name- is regi stet ed, and through whose departments our letters come safely to hand. 1 should like to see you here ; but I will not persuade. You may tell all inquires s that the country and our prospects equal our most sanguine expectations, and when the regret for absent friends, and the leaving' home, shall have worn trE, we shall all feel more comfortable. Adieu! "J. IL,"  The late F. Poem, Fog. of Bath, has left a sum, said to exceed Forty Thousand Pounds, for erecting on a field he purchased a short time ago, thirty neat cottanes, far the free residence (with endowments) of the Widows or Daughters of ten poor Clergymen, and the Widows and Daughters ot ten reduced Professional Men, and the Widows or Daughters of tet decayed  Merchants, for ever. Homy &mous, Esq. gave an entertainment a few daysago on his estate at Tun, in Somersetshire, to upwards of four hundred poor inhabitants of the Parish, on account of the coming of age of his Lady, when the happy assemblage were regaltd with a plentiful dinner at roast beef awl plum-puddings, and as much cider u they thought proper to drink : during the rep'st a band of music played on the green, and the church bells at intervals rung during the day. CHIMNEY4S EIEPERSoOa Monday se'nnight, an Inquest was held at Sunny Hill, in the County of Kildare, on the body of a male child, aged about seven years, who was found dead in a shrubbery at Sunny Hill, and supposed to have lain there about three weeks. From the evidence, it appeared that the deceased was the apprentice of three sweeps, brothers, of the name of Stone, and had been sold to them for two guineas; that he received from them the most brutal treatment at different times. It was sworn, they used to bury him in a sand-hole, and when he was thus almost suffocated they would draw him out again. The body was discovered accidentally, the sods that covered it being partly washed away by the rain. Marks of violence were per.eptible on the head, and a blow, as if from a sweep's scraper, was visible on the right temple. After examining a number of witnesses, the Jury found a verdict of Wilful Murder against Patrick Stone, John Stone, and Michael Stone. These men have been since apprehended and committed by the Coroner to Naas gaol, to abide their trials at the next Assizes.