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but if tliey were worse inis in Wlieo » ship anchor* in 105 of die bay*. the chief, cl-lialrd by ft nnmereoft body of hi* Sept, goes on board immediately. Hi* firat operation ia to examine die strength of die Tetul ft* re*peen her mean* of offence or defence, and Ihi* not more with • view of petty thieving, which i* considered 1 miller of coar*e praotice, than lo die capture of the vessel lirnelf, if such appear* to be praotioable. They appear lo poetess *on»e of the very worat propensities with which the Inman reie are afflicted. For example, ■■ reaped* their food, they couaider human fluli to be the aweeteat and moil deli-riant of all possible food. So regardless are they of hsasn life, that they are in the continual habit of cruelly murdering their slave* for the slightest fiiult. Captain ttriggi was witness to an ina'ano^ of a jonng female being put to death, for merely refusing to perform some menial nervine retired of her, and he himself saved the lire* of two young wen, (who had run away from their owner* for fear of being murdered for anwc trifling ofl'-nne.) by purchasing them for tome few pound* of gunpowder Ik aome fish Imnka. It ia not may ta explain the peculiarly horrible paation* and hahils of dim finely formed nice of people, by general description. Perhaps the heat method will l*e lo relate some of the circam-tfaoce* which attended Cap!. Briggs'* late visit, from which the reader will be enabled lo form a tolerably accurate jodgaieat of the state ofthings in general.”Then cnmcs a narrative of an expedition, upon an exterminating system of warfare, between two rival chiefs. It appears the Uobufioh and the i’ayio had chartered an English brig that happened to be in thcii' port on a trading voyage, to convey their tribes on this murderous expedition ; the Captain, to his disgrace, undertook to conduct them safely to the enemy, nnd to await while they executed these horrid murders, and tlieo to re-conduct them to thoir own port We understand the reward offered nnd accepted by theCaptnin was a cargo of New Zealand flax—the savages kept their faith,and they were shipping it on bourd the brig at the tins tbo informant left. The vessel is hound to liomlon.where she will no doubt have arrived ere ibis intelligence can reach the English nation,but we hope and trust it will bo with our fellow coootrymen in sufficient time to enable them to reward the merciless wretch, who could thus connive as an accessary to murder, in the manner his conduct deserves. Every one here is well acquainted with the name of ihe vessel, hut the charge is of so sorious a nature that we hesitate to mention it, although there cannot be a doubt on the question. The result of the expedition is thus described Under the cover of tho night, the RiAnltoh, Ihe Payie, their men, landed from the ship, und having succeeded « capturing tbe wife and daughter of the Mnrinewie, they km them on board, and a work of death ensued, utterly un-■pnkabte or indeaorihablo, for the borrihle cruelties which perpetrated. Tha whole population of the place who ‘Wool escape, 1 were killed, except ahoet fifty reserved to k* laksa back lo be snorifioed at tbe Woody feaat of triumph •kith awaited their return. At day light in the morning, tbe *:etors were a«en eativoly employed in catting up and pre-P*negfor the ale am kettle tha dead bodies of the slaughtered •ictima of the night. Tbe crew of the wane I described the liorron whiah they wilaeaaed a* beyond every thing dreadful. Th. whole of lh« day was oooapieji ie and peeling inh*sk*ta, bead* and bodiea to be conveyed hack. Amongst •kv victim*, trai a Ani young woman, near her acooochenieut, *ki» wsscat open, her unborn infant extracted, Her head ami 1« of her body salted, and tbe remainder, in the presence of'lw captain, officer*, and the whole crew of a Briliah ahip, MF*y TO THE PIUS!! fOn the 11th Nov., in the morning, the hrig having arrived •'k her cargo of human flealt, living ami dead, about 11a. *•. preparation* wete made for iho triumphal' landing. And » peculiar feature in tlae cbarocler of tbe New Zealander* exhibited. Ferocious as appears to be the mala chsrac-***, that of the female appears in strung contrast thervlo. ®lis single woman waa on tbe beach 10 receive either hoaband lover, (for auch there are even in tbe moat savage state, ihe Ne»»d®fUm tender passion,) not a child to weloomo it. parent, not * lather to welcome hi* *on. All wa§ silence, and except, aa ‘peeled the eannibal warriors, and tbe dead mutilated re-m**oa of their slaughtered victims, solitude. Tbe prisoners *erB laadtd and ranged; seated on the beach ; their ctmque-7 , 7x brought on shore, In bankets, the salted bodies of . ,,®t of theii ferocity. Bach basket ia of sufficient bold a hemsn body out up into pieces ; of these there xooordleg to Caftm* Britrgt't calculation, shout one fr*W a ^ Wftrd*n®# (heB eouimonoed. It is th# most Vjtlel method of Vvjoiaing, any idea of which the human ... to himself. Tbo warriors entirely naked—*eir oog MaeV hair, Athoogb matted with human gors, yet ” *• tbe wind—in the led Hand a hnmaa Ifead■ boycotted musket held by Ihe middle of the caTTr •i,,, * •f» wprswrto# of whiehtUir by Wf*w1, ***•! d*“°® vmm!'ban, -T** victim— everjr now and —ih. n^whing formal- threatening death under its most horrible,y.° torlors I Bet they did not inflict il. None ofkUWd. At) •«. BppuniOMd Man., tfc.** B,MM' “« °,d »little boy excepted;J^vncril to be aattrtfford to their dwmon of v«nI *h« wt4 then prepared, at which these lw*aw Zealanders appear to be eminently susceptiblevictims were to be killed and eaten, ft eooiHtvd of about on# hundred basket* of potatoes, and a sort of green vegetables of defieloua flavour, and equal quantities of whale blebber and human flesh. Every thing being nrranged, lbs poor old mu was brought forth, horribly accoutred for death, having affixed roand bin ueok tbe head of his sou, wheat body formed part of tbe infernal banquet Chew exhibited. Here for the first time, to the disgrace of tbe female character, a lew women appeared. Some few, wives or mothers, whose husbands or whose sons had been in their turn killed end eatoft. approached tbe poor old mu, and plucking the hair of hie head and of Hit heard, pricking'him with tbe teeth ofeome fish or other animal, infliotad upon him every possible bodily torture, while others of these most horrible savegue, were doing I heir almost to agonise bis mind I Captain Bring,, who witnesatd all I hi a, determined to save this poor man’s life, and that of the boy, who was also to be eacrificed, if ■ncli could he done by either foroe or price. Tbe boy wae brought forth to die. A man had tha axe extended over hia head, and was about lo clsave it in twain, when Captain BrifjgM, at a hazard whinh may be easily understood, seised him, and by threat* and entreaties, the risk of which at such a time, he cannot now contemplate without shuddering, obtained the life of the boy (Itogether* nnd that of tha old man for ikr time ! The next day ha was taken to another place, where hi* doom wnn nested with every circunutanrM of horror and atrocity. The boy still live*. Captain Brigga paid the ransom of his life in muskets and gunpowder. He conveyed him in aafi-ty to hia ship, and he is now here, in ITibart Town, gritefully acknowledging hi* obligation to (ho worthy man who aar.-d him from death.”Clootl God I can such things be in any country ttndwr the Heavens, much less in a place where an extensive establishment Iihs for years existed, whose nominal end and object have been the promulgation of a religion that expressly forbids every thing of this sort. We verily believe, however, from all we can leant, that the principal part of the money that has ever been expended in this manner, has been more with an eye lo business, by an incrense of Ruin, tfmn with that pure and holy spirit, without which 110 good whatever could be likely to result. We would really hope, therefore, equally for the sake of the great cause I hat is professedly espoused, as for that of common humanity, that the state of alkiir* as now known to exist in New Zealand, will so far attract the attention of some of the philanthropists of the present day, as lo lead to measures that shill put an end to the horrid rites that are now prevalent there. As a principal measure, we would strongly urge upon the directors or managers of the Missionary Societies, no longer those of trade or profit, hut, following the example of the Divino Master whom they profess to imitate in their love to their neighbours, discard nil worldly considerations from their work of love, and let it stand wholly and exclusively upon its own merits. We may then, perhaps, liopo to learn that the persons who are sent out, having no secular affairs to detract their attentions from tlje main object, will effect some good. At present, however lamentable the conviction, yet it is forced upon 11s, hitherto, the result of Missionary Christianity in New Zealand, whatever it may be in other places, rather boars out what lias been said by the opponents to, than tbo advocates of, this mode of disseminating truths which can never be sufficiently valued.We have been favored by a Gentlemen withthe fill losing nbstraetof four tales of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land wool, which look place in Aaguat last, by Mr. Walt™ BucilAKAN :—August 24. 22 bales narked M. CM. to Is. 7d. ; 5 bale. I. N. Is. 4|d. ; II hales J. C. 1*. 4|d. to 1*. ltd. ; 19 bale* I. If. 1*. fild. to Is. Old. ; 37 bales P. F. Od. to Is. Od. ; 20 bales R. 1.1. H. 1.7 8d. to 1*. Iljd. ; 4 bale* L. I. H. Is. Sd. to Is. Old. ; 1 bales W.8. Is. ; 7 balsa B. G. Is. 4d. to Is. 4}d. ; S3 bales R. IOd. to Is. Od.; 2 bales W. L- Is. 2d , 0 bales T. T. Od. to I*. 4d. ; sod 12 bales I. S. 1*. fid. lo Is. 7d.—avarag* of the whole Is. 5rf. Angus! 25. S3 baiss marked If. M'A. 31.to 2*. 3}d. August 30, 21 hales marked C. L. Is. Od. to 2«.4£d. ; 13 bales O. B. Is. fljd. lo Is. lod.; 33 balsa II. It W. Is. 8Jd. to 2s. Sj^d. ; 12 bales diamond il. Is. Old. to It. 0«». ; 35 balsa J. B. Is. ]}d, lo 2s. OJd. ; 5 bales I. R. Is. 7|d.tol«. IOd.; 18 halts g- *• 8|d. to 2s. 3d.; II bale* a. F. A. I. I*. 8|d. to It. 10|d. ; 10 |.afea g. R. I*. 5d. to la. Oil.; 0 hale* diamond A.B. la. to 2*. Uli. ; H bales diamond A. B. T. I*. WJd, to 2*.; 14 hale* JI. f*. j M. to 2*. 3d.; fl baits II. R. 1*. lOjd, m 2s. Id. ; 10 bales diamond M. 8|d. to IOd.; 20 Italea T. P. la.2d. to 2s. Id. ; *88 hales diamond W. W. 8$d. to la. 8|d. ; 5 hale* N. B. I*. lOJd. to 2a. 4d. ; 8 hale* E. B. Is. 10fd, to 2*. lid.: 10 bale* I.B. 2a. IJd.to 3a. 4d.; 22 half* I. R. I. i„. q,\. to la. IOd. ; 2 bale* I. K. la. 7d. to la.6|d' ; 15 bale* I. K. M. la. 6d. to la. Hjd. ; 12 balsa M. A. Is. 7d. to 1#. Hid.; 35 balea O. 1*. G*l. to la. 11d. ; 11 balea D. la. 6Ad. to Is. lid.; 1 bale Z. 1*. 5Jd.; 4 balea A. la.Old. to la. 10d. ; fl bales H. la.O’d. to la. IOd.; 3 hales A. L. 1*. fid. to 1*. 5jd.; 3 bats* H. R. 1*. 7;d. to la. 8d. ; 17 bales W. 1*. 3|d. to Is. 8|d.; 41 bales P. W. la. 6d. to Li. IOd. ; 55 bales M. S. lfd. to la. 0d.—storage of the whole Is. 7d. Augatt 27. 7 baits marked H. B. T. la. 4d. to la. 54. ; 50 hales R. M.OJd.lo ls.3*d. ; 30 hales M. O. W. A. B. Is. 5d. to 2s. I Id. ; 52 bales M. II. H. ls. Old. to I*. 5d.: 10 hales C. Tid. to OJd.; 88 bate* F. If. If. 1*. 3d. m 1*. 5,1.; 1 bale II. il. L. Is. 2d.; 0 balea 8. 8. la. 5'd. to 1*. |ld. • 3 bales 1. P. OJd. ; 13 bales lt;?. JI. M. 1,. 3d. to Is. 5d : 4 hali-a G. II. C. la. 4d. to Is. 3d. ; I bale G. II. 1*. 4d. ; 0 bales T. R. If. la. 3Jd. to Is. 4jd. ; 3 bale* W. H. If. 1*. 4d. to la. 5jd. ; 1 bale P. F. 2*. 2jd. ; 41 bales B. I). C. 1*. 10Jd. to 2s. 4fd. ; 10 hales L. B. Is. 5Jd. lo la. 8d.: 4 b.lea H. la. l\d. j and 5 balsa J. P. la. lid.—average of the whole la. 5pl.A Club it in formation, the object of whichia lo eatabliah Annual Sailing and Rowing Matches on our beautiful River. Tbe plan at pivsem proposed is, to obtain aa man/ subscribers a* possible, and lo divide Ihe fund thus raised wlo four diflsreni priaea, oaaof which to be given ia a cup to the faMest aa.ling amaicur host—owe to Ihe regular •cameo employed in tbe Kangaroa passage boats—one to Urn amateur rowers—and the last to tbo regular licensed waterman. When the great otiUtjr of this Club ia considered, we doubt uot that maov individual will come forward and subscribe thoir wiles tow ard a ibis praise worth j undertaking__The am a lour sailing and rowing matcbos will, as a matter of coarse, excite a very great emulation, both on tbe part of tbe amaioara, and the boat baildcr* and others therewith eon-Mvled; end |h« occasional ignorance exhibited in iltc passage boau would thns partially he done away with, oa a reward of this kind would exoite a wish on their nnrt lo be more skilful in their profession. Thus, the very manv lives fbaf are annuaNy lost tbaoagb tbsir ignormiee woeld be re-dooed, and wo should not have to iasaat them aa almost a weekly necorraaoa. We wish uhmC heartily Urn parties aettmg 11 00 foot may meet with aoocaaa, and we will nromiaa them, ss leng as tbaintsutioa nsmaiaa as atprwes, propoaod.i-7* ,‘1 **' h**110 ,,pport ^ ■■Kavoora.Oar lie ad era will perceiva by an advertiie-msnt cl*ewhere Inserted, tbit on Saturday week ike rood of Hpbart Town era Hkely to ha wkoeasea of (ha mostbrilliant Rtgaith aver held In theee Antipodean regions__BvcrJ preparatloa I. Mw miking, oo (bat all parties may ba salUbcd. Wo helievu the Bond of The Old Regiment will attsod eat the wafer, and itofern ftmn 14 boats have si ready entered, some of which have beta bnilt, tod arc new baitding axpresflr for tbe occult*,
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Hobart Colonial Times
Hobart, Tasmania, AU
Tue, Feb 08, 1831
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