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the party to Natal was intended to be constantly employed between the Cape and the colony at Natal, but on her return she was burnt at sea, and all on board perished. Nothing was heard of the little party of adventurers till nearly a year afterwards, when, in May, 1825, the York, lieutenant Hawes, visited them, and brought some news of lieutenant Farewell's proceedings. That officer's first care had been to form an establishment, and this was done to the northward of the harbour, close to the wateringplace. The buildings consisted of three small houses and a few huts made of clay and bushes, and surrounded by a wall of five or six feet high, to defend them from the tigers and wolves, which were seen every evening in great numbers. Mr. Farewell was occupied in the construction of a large house, to be secured by a wall six feet high, and three in thickness, with platforms on which to place artillery. The party were healthy, and the soil was abundantly productive in grain and vegetables,; but owing to their small number, they had not entered upon agricultural pursuits. They had plenty of game and cattle, but were in want of bread and flour. They were on the best terms with the natives, and had the protection of their king (Chaka), who seemed to have great respect for Europeans. Three rivers, none of them navigable, cross the settlement. The inhabitants upon it were estimated at 250, of whom 100 were sent by Chaka to protect the establishment. Chaka having conquered this tract only two years before, had destroyed the greater number of the inhabitants. The harbour is well adapted for vessels not drawing more than nine feet water,

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His majesty's ship Lever, capt. Owen, was the next that touched at lieutenant Farewell's colony. She arrived there on the 15th of September last. An officer on board says, "It does not appear that Mr. Farewell is sufficiently provided to carry on his commerce to any great extent. He has, however, collected about four tons of ivory, much of it from the southern parts. He had a quantity collected near Ants River, to which' place Mr. Fynn was gone, to convey it to Natal. As every tooth had thus to be transported by land a distance of 80 miles, his traffic must be laborious. The intervention of hostile tribes likewise prevents lieutenant Farewell from attempting a direct communication with our old colony. But Chaka, understanding this, and affecting a great regard for the English, has determined on an expedition against all the Kaffres of the frontier, of whom this extraordinary savage says, he will not leave one man alive."

Mr. Fynn and the English of the party have adopted the Kaffre costume (a skin, merely, round the waist), but lieutenant Farewell retained his English dress.

2. SINGAPORE. By an estimated value kept in the masterattendant's office, the trade of Singapore has increased as follows :

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number of square-rigged vessels that arrived in the year 1823, from India and Europe, amounted to 216, of native oriental craft 1,550, importing nearly 80,000 tons of merchandize. And all this unprecedented increase of population, trade, and prosperity, has arisen, not so much from the favourable locality of this eastern emporium, and the safety and convenience of its port (both of which are excellent), as from the establishment in good faith of the principle of free trade; a simple provisional administration of justice, dispensed without delay; a strict and efficient police; and a judicious system of granting and registering lands; to which may be added, as most important, a large and liberal institution for the education of youth, of whatever country or religion. The Chinese, some millions of whom are spread over the islands of the great Asiatic Archipelago, are every where ready to receive instruction. At the college of Malacca, Chinese boys are not only taught to read their own and the English language, but allowed cheerfully by their parents to be instructed in the principles of the Christian religion. The college that was established there has now been removed to Singapore, and united to the Malay college founded by sir Stamford Raffles.

3. MURDER.In Manchester a murder was committed, under extraordinary circumstances, on the body of Mr. T. Price, a respectable fustian-manufacturer. About two o'clock in the afternoon, an alarm of fire having been given, the engines were brought to Marsdensquare, to a house, the lower part of which is occupied by the Savings' Bank, and the two upper stories by Mr. Price. Soon after three, the

flames, which proceeded from the upper part of the building, were subdued, and a person went up to Mr. P.'s warehouse to ascertain the extent of the injury, when he disthe door, beside a pile of velveteens, covered the body of Mr. Price near one of the pieces of which was placed upon him. He was lifeless, with a desperate wound above his left ear: his brains were scattered The skull appeared to have been on several of the pieces around him. cut through, but there was no implement found which the murder could be supupon the spot with Mr. Gibson, of the Savings' Bank, posed to have been perpetrated. had left two of his clerks in the lower story, when he went home to dinner. About half-past one, one of them, smelling fire, went up stairs to it proceeded. ascertain whence back-room of the second story, On entering the which Mr. Price used as a counting-house, he observed his hat the desk; he then went up the next flight of stairs, in expectation of meeting Mr. Price, and found the door of the upper room open, but the smoke was so dense he could see nothing, and was compelled to retire.

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man, in the service of Mr. Price, A man and wohave been taken up on suspicion. The man states, that he and the quarter past one, Mr. Price having woman left their master about a informed them that he would shut up the warehouse himself. The fire was discovered in about a quarter of an hour after, and the body was found in a lifeless state immediately upon the extinction of the flames. about 55 Mr. Price, who was widow and five children. There years of age, left a seems to be little doubt but that the wretches who perpetrated

this deed intended that the body should be so far disfigured by the fire, as to render its identification impossible. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against-Evans, and a man in the service of Mr. Price. [See infra]. COMBINATION.-The Cumberland Packet says, on Monday last, the seamen of the port of Whitehaven turned out, as the phrase is, for an addition to their wages, of half a guinea per voyage; with which demand the owners and masters do not feel themselves in a condition to comply; and the consequence is, a suspension of nautical activity, with the exception of a few small traders, navigated by the owners and apprentices. The seamen, like the shipwrights (who are still without work), have foolishly connected themselves with clubs, wherein worthless characters in general hold sway, and thus, as a body, they are led to do many things, which, as individuals, they disapprove of. The present period, however, is a very unfortunate one for their project. A diminution of wages, under existing commercial pressure, is a much more likely occurrence than so great an ad

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BRUSSELS. We learn from Gorcum, that the river Merwede is frozen from that place to Bois le Duc, and even beyond, which has not happened since 1784. Last Sunday 3 or 4,000 persons were assembled on the ice. The river Lek is covered with ice, which is so strong that even waggons pass over it.

4. TREASURE TROVE.-An inquiry of a novel nature was held at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge, before Mr. Chevell, one of the coroners for this town, on view of a large quantity of gold and

silver coins of the ancient kings of this realm. In June last, as workmen were pulling down a house adjoining the Eagle Inn, they discovered, on digging up the bottom of the cellar, a quantity of silver coins, and, after a further search, a jug containing gold coins. A considerable scramble took place among the workmen; but Mr. Howell, the contractor of the building for Corpus Christi college, secured the treasure. The question now arose to whom it belonged. The Bursar of the college took possession of part of it, and Mr. Bails, for Mr. Howell, of another part; and eventually the whole was deposited in the names of the Bursar and Mr. Balls, in the bank of Messrs. Mortlocks, till it could be decided to whom it of right belonged.

The lords of the Treasury, a few days ago, applied to the coroner, to hold an inquest; and after going through all the evidence, the jury without hesitation found their verdict upon the points directed to their consideration by the coroner, who desired them to leave out of their minds any question of right as to whom the treasure belonged, as that would be for the decision of a superior court-" that on the 3rd of June last, 195 pieces of gold coin of the value of 130l. 3s.; and 3,510 pieces of silver coin of the value of 70l. Os. 54d. were found by William Smith and Stephen Woodcock, labourers in the employment of James Howell, bricklayer, hidden in the ground under the site of an ancient house or building situate in Bene't-street in the said town, which were of ancient time hidden as aforesaid, and the owners thereof cannot be known.”

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number of square-rigged vessels that arrived in the year 1823, from India and Europe, amounted to 216, of native oriental craft 1,550, importing nearly 80,000 tons of merchandize. And all this unprecedented increase of population, trade, and prosperity, has arisen, not so much from the favourable locality of this eastern emporium, and the safety and convenience of its port (both of which are excellent), as from the establishment in good faith of the principle of free trade; a simple provisional administration of justice, dispensed without delay; a strict and efficient police; and a judicious system of granting and registering lands; to which may be added, as most important, a large and liberal institution for the education of youth, of whatever country or religion. The Chinese, some millions of whom are spread over the islands of the great Asiatic Archipelago, are every where ready to receive instruction. At the college of Malacca, Chinese boys are not only taught to read their own and the English language, but allowed cheerfully by their parents to be instructed in the principles of the Christian religion. The college that was established there has now been removed to Singapore, and united to the Malay college founded by sir Stamford Raffles.

3. MURDER.-In Manchester a murder was committed, under extraordinary circumstances, on the body of Mr. T. Price, a respectable fustian-manufacturer. About two o'clock in the afternoon, an alarm of fire having been given, the engines were brought to Marsdensquare, to a house, the lower part of which is occupied by the Savings' Bank, and the two upper stories by Mr. Price. Soon after three, the

flames, which proceeded from the upper part of the building, were subdued, and a person went up to Mr. P.'s warehouse to ascertain the extent of the injury, when he discovered the body of Mr. Price near the door, beside a pile of velveteens, one of the pieces of which was placed upon him. He was lifeless, with a desperate wound above his left ear: his brains were scattered on several of the pieces around him. The skull appeared to have been cut through, but there was no implement found upon the spot with which the murder could be supposed to have been perpetrated. Mr. Gibson, of the Savings' Bank, had left two of his clerks in the lower story, when he went home to dinner. About half-past one, one of them, smelling fire, went up stairs to ascertain whence it proceeded. On entering the back-room of the second story, which Mr. Price used as a counting-house, he observed his hat upon the desk; he then went up the next flight of stairs, in expectation of meeting Mr. Price, and found the door of the upper room open, but the smoke was so dense he could see nothing, and was compelled to retire. A man and woman, in the service of Mr. Price, have been taken up on suspicion. The man states, that he and the woman left their master about a quarter past one, Mr. Price having informed them that he would shut up the warehouse himself. The fire was discovered in about a quarter of an hour after, and the body was found in a lifeless state immediately upon the extinction of the flames. Mr. Price, who was about 55 years of age, left a widow and five children. There seems to be little doubt but that the wretches who perpetrated

this deed intended that the body should be so far disfigured by the fire, as to render its identification impossible. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against-Evans, and a man in the service of Mr. Price. [See infra]. COMBINATION.-The Cumberland Packet says, on Monday last, the seamen of the port of Whitehaven turned out, as the phrase is, for an addition to their wages, of half a guinea per voyage; with which demand the owners and masters do not feel themselves in a condition to comply; and the consequence is, a suspension of nautical activity, with the exception of a few small traders, navigated by the owners and apprentices. The seamen, like the shipwrights (who are still without work), have foolishly connected themselves with clubs, wherein worthless characters in general hold sway, and thus, as a body, they are led to do many things, which, as individuals, they disapprove of. The present period, however, is a very unfortunate one for their project. A diminution of wages, under existing commercial pressure, is a much more likely occurrence than so great an ad

silver coins of the ancient kings of this realm. In June last, as workmen were pulling down a house adjoining the Eagle Inn, they discovered, on digging up the bottom of the cellar, a quantity of silver coins, and, after a further search, a jug containing gold coins. A considerable scramble took place among the workmen; but Mr. Howell, the contractor of the building for Corpus Christi college, secured the treasure. The question now arose to whom it belonged. The Bursar of the college took possession of part of it, and Mr. Bails, for Mr. Howell, of another part; and eventually the whole was deposited in the names of the Bursar and Mr. Balls, in the bank of Messrs. Mortlocks, till it could be decided to whom it of right be longed.

The lords of the Treasury, a few days ago, applied to the coroner, to hold an inquest; and after going through all the evidence, the jury without hesitation found their verdict upon the points directed to their consideration by the coroner, who desired them to leave out of their minds any question of right as to whom the treasure belonged, as that would be for the decision of a superior court-" that on the 3rd of June last, 195 pieces of gold coin of the value of 1301. 3s.; and 3,510 pieces of silver coin of the value of 70l. Os. 54d. were found by William Smith and Stephen Woodcocourers in the emHowell, brickground under house or street in Lof anand be

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