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 Selections From Calcutta Gazettes to the 12th of Nov. last.

An English paper of the 20th of last May mentions, that about fifty gun brigs, luggers, &c. carne out of Flushiing to attack the gallant defender of "Acre Sir Sidney Smith: after a few broadsides, however they, were obliged to sheer off: the gallant Sir Sidney dashed in among-them, regardless of the fire of their batteriijs, until his ship took the ground, when he was obliged to sheer off: the frigates, three, with the Cruiser gun brig in company, suffered very much in sails and rigging; seven of the enemy's gun boats were sunk, one taken, and between 20 and 30 run on shore ; the rest escaped, fooie back into Flufhing, - and forn? to O ft end ; a very t heavy filing was heard heienearly th? whole of yesterday, which wefuppofe was Sir Sidney following up his blow in attacking the remainder 111 Oftend harbour ; 'nothing but the fhallownef? of the coaPc faved the whole of th¿ir flxiîhi from de ft ni St i on. We expect the news of ye (ter Jay's cannonade every hour.

[lis M ] jerry's fhi ) Ills, from the Eaft In- dies, laic from St. Helena, arrive! at Portf mouth on the 25th of lair April, wich fe v eral Lid.anien under convoy from Bengal; befides the following fouth whahrs, viz. the iViary, Rebecca, 'C/ius, and Gangs?-the two lat- ter prizes'to the Scoipi -»n. Captain Dagg.

The "Ship News" contained in the London papers the 281h of last April prefentcdi a truly melancholy account of our outward bound Weft India 3?et, not leis than I fn'tf ia.il of v/hi:h wet:- loft upon the coaft | of Portugal the 2 I of the fame niosub, with part of thcciewst acd many of the cargoes. We are ^remely iorry to learn, th'it the Apollo ftigate, Citnalj Dixon, convoying tieaboVe. was ¿lío lo,'}, und the Captain, third Li j \:u ni/and nearly too ¿f the crew unfonuparo*v drew:,ed. The convoy con- flit :d or o > '.all, the remainder of which pro iccntsJ ri/ij toy Age under protection of the

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Leticiv fao:n Holland complain or the emi- gration of mo ft of the wealthier Dutch citi-

zens at a ti m 2 when the contributions de- mand immsnfe funis. At Amfterdam 1500 warehoufes and ir.aga^Les arc advertifed to be fold or let ; and at Rotterdam, 460. The value of ho.?fes in thefe tno cities has de

cieared t h ree. eights, and of country houfes nearly a half from within thefe two years. At A «literal.:, n, of a population of 233,000, S J, o do arc deiciibod a* 1 educed to bevrray «ir.d in n*ed of relief.-The exe ange of Amfterdam, as well a«, that of Rotterdam, is iihnoft emly, fines French police agents demand paíítc, or arreft any perfon they choofe to ícgaulas íuípected, or to accule of ti ad n.g with Ki glru.d,

Thh West India Docks, occupying a fur face of thircy acrrs for unloading all veilels »coming from the Weft India iiLinds and Co- lonies, has been compleated fame time fince, and there is now fuilicient accommodation in the fubíYanüal and extenilve {tacks of ware- houfes for fuch merchants as wiih fo bond or to houfe their commodities within the
 * w*i)Iî, ur.expoícd to fire or plunder, as no

lights are fuflered at any lime, nor any per- j

ion allowed to remain onboard, or within ¡ the walls after dark. The* e^cacarion of .twenty four acres,, is, t proceeding in with
 * the dock for* loadiug, w¡liieh i« to o cupy

igrcat fpirit. 4n the,mtfanwhiky it is highly j gratifying to» it he Subfcri,b«r?. and encoura-

ging to rhefe grand nacional undertakings,

to find that the profits warrant a dividend orj ten per cent, on the fums already lubfcribed,

and which the fubferibers havekgun to receive.

NATIVES

With inexpressable concern we have to re- count a series of barbarities letely practiced by a banditti of these people, inhabiting the out-skirts of Hawkesbury.

Last Wednesday se'nnight a fellow known by the name of Branch Jack went to the farm of John Llewellyn, one of the Military settlers, who was at dinner with his labour- ing servant in a field ; he was invited to par- take of the fare ; and after sharing in the repast, found means to get the settler's mus- ket and powder horn in his possession, with which he made off with a loud yell, which wv» returned by about 20 others that had before concealed themselves, but now came forward, and discharged several spears at the unfortunate men, two of which entered the master's breast, who fell immediately, two others passing between the servants legs. The latter requesting to know their motive for the barbarous assault, was answered by a flight of spears, one of which penetrated his shoulder, and another one of his groin. Af- ter he had fallen the natives closed upon him, and thrice struck him on the head with a to- mahawk, each blow occasioning a dreadful wound. They then hurried the unfortunate object of their fury towards the bank of the

river, and hurled him downwards ; when he had lain for some timehalf immersed he heard the

groans of his unhappy master, who was shortly after dispatched, by some of the assai- lants who returned to all appearance porpose

ly : and supposing the servant dead, left the seite of horror. In this deplorable condition the poor man lay for the space of two whole days ; and when upon the very point of expi- ring, was snatched by the hand of Providence from immediate death, and taken to Hawkes- bury in a bat accidently passing, where he gave the above detail to the Magistrate there

resident.

On the same day another event of the same horrible kind took place at the branch, within three miles of the above. The farm house of T. Adlam was set on fire by a body of natives supposed to be the same ; and after the alarm hal been given, a search was made for the settler and his man, but they had shared a merciless fate, a part of their Relicks being found among the ashes, and the remainder scattered piecemeal, to become the prey of prowling animals and carnivorous birds ; from which circumstance it is probably con- jectured, that after the ill-fated people had been inhumanly murdered, their limbs were se- vered and wantonly scattered.

It since appears that some of these pitiless barbarians had several weeks before intimated

their detested purpose to several individuals, who treated it with levity, as nothing was

visible in their deportment that could justify suspicion of a hostile change.

The above survivor, whose name is John Knight, gave the foregoing detail upon ,Friday evening ; and armed boats were sent from the Green Hills, to prevent any further mischief about the Branches : and it is de- voutly to be hoped that the measures adopted by order of HIS EXCELLENCY may bring the barbarities to a speedy crisis.

It is sometimes contended, that these out- rages are only acts of retaliation for injuries received ; but such a persuasion must be al- lowed to yield to observation and experience to the contrary.

Snould it at any time appear "that an indivi- dual amenable to the law abuses by mal- treatment any of these people, the offence is immediately investigated, and the slightest act of injustice treated with even greater ri- gour than it would have been had the com- plaint proceeded from a European. The natives are themselves perfectly aware of the protection they owe to the Government; and its Officers ; and seldom suffer an occa- sion to escape of representing the slightest grievance.

During the last Twelvemonth, no com- plaint has been set up by a native, except in

one single instance of assault about four months since : and in consequence of which the ag- gressor, altho' a freeman, was committed to the County Gaol from Hawkesbury ; and still remains a labourer in the gaol gang.

Nor did the act of this delinquent extend further than a blow, as he himself declares in his own justification, to a native who de- signed to plunder him, so instangible are the Regulations providing for their security by inflicting exemplary punishment upon any whole want of humanity might stimulate them to acts of wanton violence against this

race of men.

The benefits they daily receive from the settlers and other inhabitants are on the other hand boundlefs* aiufihould lay claim to every grateful return, which can extend no further than to, a pafiiye forbearance from, rapacity; but no coniideration whatever cari bind them ; nor even fecurc from afiaiSinatiprj him th;t is in the very(act of contributing to their lelief from want, And nothing further need be faidto refute a no .ion of their being actuated to enormity by a principle of relent ment, than the bare îecollection that thofb enormities aie periodical in their commence* ment, at eveiy feafon when they may defpjíl the ieitkr ofhis crop, and reap by ftealth and open violence the produce of a tract they are thcmfelvestoo indolent to cultivate; and unleis a piovoked oppofition to their doing which be dcemedapiovocation to the renewal of mifchiefs, certain we are that no pretence cation whatever can exift.

SYDNEY.

A burglary was on Tuesday night last effected in the dwelling of Mr. Nathaniel Lucas, in Pitt's Row, between the hours of 11 and 12 ; but a small property was taken away, owing to the villains being disturbed. They had wrenched open the backdoor, the noise occasioned thereby being attributed to the yard dog and the neglect of its being