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  • wittylama 23 Feb 2010 at 14:45
    the "treasure for the use of the government" is the cases of Spanish Dollars which Govenor Macquarie used to create the "Holey Dollar" - the colony's first locally produced currency.

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On Thursday last arrived His Majesty's ship Sama- rang, Capt. Henry Case, of 20 guns, from Madras the  

23d of September last with treasure for the use of Government.                

This morning's market was very little attended,   owing to the rains; and the sales were over by a little

after seven. There were not more than two or three bosis-from Kissing Point, and no carts. Two bushels of new wheat, the only sample in the markets   sold at 10s. per bushel, and few bags of maize at 6s. 6d.

Reaping commenced at Hawkesbury the week before last ; but is much impeded by the frequent showers the last four or five days. "At Sydney the heavy rains set in on Wednesday night, and continued with little in- termission until early on Friday morning; but occa-

sional showers still continue.

The hail storm of, Saturday se'nnight, the dreadful effects of which at George's River we noticed in our last, has been to Mr. Throsby's agricultural concerns the most distressing calamity that could possibly have be- fallen him. "Out of 90 acres of wheat, all of luxuriant growth, a single ear has not been saved ; and notwith- standing the excessive heat of the weather the day after the hail fell, yet, strange to remark, some of the hail stones, after laying on the ground twenty six hours, mea- sured four inches round. The brains of a pigeon were

literary dashed out by one of the stones, and several sheep were killed, more probably, we should consider, from the cold, as they were newly shorn, than by the nail, though attributed to the latter cause.

Several farmers at Hawkesbury were considerable sufferers also from the hail.

Accounts from Windsor, by persons who left yester- day about noon, state that the lower banks of the South Creek were flooded, and that the water was several feet above Creek Bridge. We do not learn, however, that any alarming rise of the water had taken place in the

main River. "

The Parramatta River had a considerable use ; as had also the water at Toongabbee, but no unpleasant conse- quences have been reported to us from these places. The fresh in the Parramatta River is such, that the peo-   ple who came this evening down in the passage boat could drink the water half way between that place and Sydney.  

At George's River some serious losses have been sus- tained. The water on the main River is stated to have been yesterday within a rod of Mr. Johnston's door, and must of course have risen ten feet perpendicularly, and flooded a large extent of ground. The Creek at Cab- ramatta overflowed to a great height, and some serious     losses have been the consequence. Mr. Martin, Sur- geon, has received information that 130 of his sheep are drowned; Mr. Connell, of Pitt-street, has also rec-   ceived the disagreeable intelligence of ten head of his horned cattle having perished and others missing. Hugh Burn, a settler on the Creek, has lost five head of cattle, and other losses of the same kind are apprehended. At Duck River the water was several feet above the Bridée on 1hui.day; a Gentleman travelim;« on hoise back from PduamattaeoukUcaitdy perceive thebud»c i-ail, and in ciossing was din en up against it L»y the lapi dity of the stream. Yesterday, however, it hadd much

abated in height. i

Much of the growing wheal ha, been borne down by the Molerte of the winds «iceoi/psny mg the í^in,^ anti ile thickest and hiltótciops aie siutea io have « umicd most mjury m lim v ay. fchoiiM the tscathe. cleai, Kid the mopiietois be able to cuKnd take it od the ^louiid immediately, it may ,n gieatpart be sa.ed which can- not be the case should it lemain long in that .ate.

With much satisfaction wchave to state, that theie Bort on the different qualities of wool sent fiona hence . to the mother Countiy has induced several of oui prin-

cipal Colonists to ruin their attention to this object, which, fiom its promised importance it unaoubtedly Jays claim to and laige samples hate alieady been *ent herne. A ^Gentleman of Pan amalia, to whose at- tention to the improvement of ,husbandiy m general the Colony is much indebted, has sent thither by tjie Ad- miral Gambier between 4 and 5000 w I. and sends by the Minstiel from 3 to 4000 wt. more.

A <*entlunan now hcie, who last year commanded a ship in the Tipnspoit scruce, which was employ- ed in conveying troops fiom England to Portugal, favours us with the following extiaoidinaiy accouut of an intlepid female, who m the capacity of a soldier ioined Loid Wellington's amvy. Soon after she came on boaid he was induced fiom her tone of voice, to cnoniie whether she was a mau or not, and was in- formed by one of hei ofliceis that she was not. As- tonished at the infoimatian, he toogan opportunity to convei&e with her; «he artsweied his questions in tlie German tongue ; pud avmied him that she had been m the army twenty years ; (hat hei father was a seijeant in an Austrian legiment, and the wish of serving as ¿soldier had determined her to leave her father, wileri young, and in male attire enter theunartial lists as a recruit in a regiment vof cavalry, m which '¡>he served

fifteen y^ars befoi e-lier sex v. as discovered, which V¡ as \ in consequence of her receiving a wound. She went

to Portugal in a regiment of infanfiy, and »when the I gentleman,, from whom-we receive,, this extraordinaiy account left LidAm, vyas in, the liât of wounded, and likely to recover. - He saw anft^onverseef* willi her in the hospital, and had no rca&oa to suppose that her martial aidour had been* impaired by t the ~ disaster, whu h she supported with a degree of fortitude worthy

to be emulated. ~ <

The wanton ^cruelties practised by the French-when they were in Portugal upon inofrensive individuals .are of too dctestiblea character ever to be fdrgiven-by the. ^present, or by future generations, to whom the legend or historic page snail extend the doleful tale of sufferings, unprovoked,,.and stifle in the breast all sentiments but those of indignation and resentment. A report made on tile subject by the Vicar General of the single Bishopric of Coimbia, to the Committee for Portuguese Contri- butions in London, contains a list of assassinations nu m bering 2069 persons, and "the destruction of 1141 houses, which wreie wantonly set i fire to. The olive grounds were totally laid waste, and the unprovoked malignity of these vile aggressors even extended to the destruction of the parish registers, after robbing the churches of every thing they chose to take away\ The following particular facts from a paitof the distressing calal gie, are liere selected, hot on the account of their supeuux atrocity, but because they are less calculated to offend the delicacy of the reader, while they eoiivey v a sufficient idea of the unhappy condition of an inno- cent, sufleiing people. " Many of the, inhabitants of Canhi, and nil of Antanhol, weie in tlie latter place taken out and shot. At Trpeus they cut the sinews of an old man whom they found in his house, opened his veins, and then killed him with their bayonets. At As salaia, two priests 80 years old, were deliberately assas- sinated. At^ Figueii o ' dos, Vmhos they flayed an old man from the chin to the breast, and cut the thioat of another. rAt Pcmhal they hanged a peasant over a tree, and burnt him ovei a slow nie. At Vacarisaa they torc open the mouth of an old woman of 80, so that her lower jaw fell upon her breast ; another, who Was blind, they Cut down. At St. Jagp dea Guarda they burnt two women alive, and executed two min in presence of their w ives and childi en ; at Cuja, they lo/e out the tongue and jaws of a poor old palsied pian ; some were trampled to "death"by li°rseà- In the village oi'Passes 55 persons of both foxes were muidcrcd ; and one a child, burnt alive. /Many who escaped the sword of as- sassination became the victims of famine, as the oppres- sors, to complete their ra-, age?, destioyed allgiain, and every production of the earth they were not themselves

in want of.

" Biographical Anecdote.-The following letter, written by the celebrated George Alexander Stevens, is de«e-iiptive of the eccentricity of à cha- racter with which ths world is by no means un acquainted. It was written al a moment of distress, when m con- finement for a dtïbt in Yai mouth; and to those who are'acquaiated with his wntings, may doubtless prove acceptable'.-" Dear Sik-When I parted from you at Doncaster I imagined, long befoie this, to have met with some oddities worth acquainting you with. I,t is giown a fashion of late to write lues.- 1 have now, and for along time had, leisuie enough to write uiine-^ but want materials for the latter" part of it. For jmy existence cannot property be called living, but what the paiuteis term {still life ; having since February 18th been confined in this town gaol for a London ' debt. A* a hunted deer Í3 always shunned by the happier heid, bo am I deserted by the company, my share taken off, and no support left, save what my wife can spaie me out of hors.

" Deserted in my utmost need, y I " By those my former bounty fed."'

With an economy, which till now I was a stranger

to, I have made shift hitherto to victual my little gar-1 lison; but then it has been with the aid of my good

friends and allies-my clothes-This week's eatiug ' finishes my last waistcoat; and next I must alone for i my errors on bread and water. I

Theluistocles had so many towns to furnishjiis table; I -a-id a whole city boie the charge, of his meals. In

-fine îespects I am like him; for I am furnished by the <..{>. urs of a multitude. A wig. has fed me two clays, lue tiimmings of a waistcoat as long ;- a pair of velvet breeches paid my washerwoman, and a íuífled shirt has found me in shaving. My eoats, I swallowed by degrees, the sleeves I breakfafled uponv for /weeks the body skirts, &c. served me for dinner two months. My silk stockings have paid my lodgings, and two pair of new pumps enabled me to smoke several pipes. It is iiiciedible how my appetite (barometer-like) rises in proportion as my necessities make their terrible ad- vances. I here could say something droll abodt a stomach ; but it is ill jesting with edge-tools, and I am sure that is the sharpest thing about me-You may think I can have no sense of my condition, that while I am thus wretched, I should offer at lidicule. But, Sir, 'people constituted like mo, with a dispro- portionate levity "of" spirits, are always.'most merty, wheir they are most miserable; aud quicken like the

eye's of tlie consumptive, whicli Are always brightest the rfearer a patient approaches to dissolution. How- ever, Sir, to shew that I am not entirely lost to all reflection, I think myself poor enough to want arfa, vour,- and humble enough to ask it. . -Here,:Sir, J?

of phraíies,s to win it over,to my interest.* rlf you could,-' any "night; at a cóncerMÍmtke a small cöHect^onjfor vfi»

it might be the means of obtaining my liberty ; ana * you" know; Sir,-JJie-first-people oX^X^ik'jàbroad will

?perform the most friendly offers for the sjckr BeliotT" thereforCj-oflended at, the Vequest^of a poor, tfiouglî a

deservedly punished debtor.

G.A.Steven's.

To Dr. Miller, P. M. Doncaster.

Tlie following information on the subjectofLthe^»*^ ?tcrpiliar we copy from*an Edinburgh Paper:-'

A gardener at Glasgow^ practises a"fnode of destroy- ing caterpillar-j, which he* discovered by accident. A piece ofswool'cn ia , had*becn blown by the wind into

', a-currant bush; and when'taken out was_ found co- '

vered , with' the leaf-devouring, insects : on observing ' which ^e placed pieces of woollen cloth on every bush ; in,-his garden, and-found next day that the caterpillars ' had universally; taken to them for shelter; and. in this* way he destroys many thousands every morning. '

A London Paper of Sunday, April 5, announces the ' death of John Horne Tooke, Esq. whose remains ' were interred on the, previous Monday1 in a vault at Ealing, the burial-place of his family. , '

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