North Wales Gazette

-7 C, R ■CALeCTTA, May lo.-A princess of New Zealand, one of ifae daughters of Tippahee, has arrived withiti these few days, in Calcutta, accompanied by her husbandt an Englishman of the name of Bruce. As the adventures of this couple are curious, and have excited a pretty general interest, our duty to our rea- ders required that we should collect some au thenticuutline pf their stdry j its princil at points, we are embraced in the sub- joined uaraUve :— George Bruce, son of John Bruce, foreman and clerk to Mr. Wood, distiller, at Lime- bouse, was horn in the parish of Radcliffe- highway, 4T79» lii 17139 he entered on board the Royal Admiral East Indiaman, Captain Bond, as Boatswain'sboy. Sailed fromEngland for New South Wales; and arrived at Port Jackson in 1790, where, -with the consent of Captain Bond, he quitted the ship, aud re- iiiaiiied at Now South Wales. At Port Jackson, Bruce entered into tbe tiav-,it coloi-ii'k'l service, and was employed for Several years under LieutenaiitsrIiobins, £ liiv-, ders, and others, in exploring the coasts, surveying harbours; head-lands, nicks, &c. During this time Bruce experienced various adventures, which do not conie within the design of this narative. After being thus em- ployed f«r several years, in vessels ofsurvey*, lie was turned over to Ihe Lady Nelson, Cap- tain Simmonds, ayessel; tilled up for the ex- press purpose of conveying Tippahee, Kiug of New Zealaiid, from a visit which qlcrnaôe C to the GoverntnenHbf Port Jackson, to Ins own country. The King embarked, a a the Lady Nelson sailed od her destination. Duftnp, the i)ass,,t,e, was taken dangerously ill, and Bi-tice was appointed to he acquitted hirnse|f,sP .highly to Ihe sviug s satisfaction, that he was honoured with{hissper I',eial ¡favour; and, on their arrival, the King requested that he should be allowed to remain with .him at New Zealand, to which Caplain Simnipjids consented, aud Bruce was re- ceived into the family.of Tippahee.. Bruce spent his iirsl few mouths in No* •. Zealand in exploring the country, at-id iii ac quiring a kllowledgctlfthc language, nwiii sers, and customs of the people. ile>fovn\ti hecoullhy hea-lthy and pleasant, full ofro at an lie scenery, agreeably diversified by hifh -oj dales, and covered with wood.—The fseopie Were hospitable, frank, and ope; iii,oti,Ii rudc,.iiid ignorant., yet worshippi>»i "either images nor idols, nor aughl thai is the work of human hands acknowledg- tug Ollt Omnipotent Supreme Being. As the Kiug proposed to place the yolitl Englishman at the head of his army, it was previously necessary step that he should h" tattowed, as, without having undergone thai ceremony, he could not he regarded as a warrior. The case-was urgent, and idmitted of no alteniaiive. He therefore submitted resolutely to tin* painful ceremony; and his countenance presents a niasLerSPCLifllell of the art of tallowing. Being now tallowed in due form, Bruce was recognized as a warrior of the first rank, naturalized as a N-ew #eaJan<ter, received into tbe bosom of the King's family, and honoui' ed with the hand of tire Princess Aetockce, the youngest daughter of Tippahee, a maiden of 15 or 16 years of a&e, whose native beauty had probably been great, but which has been so much improved by the fashionable embel- lishments of art;"that all the softer charms of natiwe, alt the sweetness o,f expression, are lost in the holder impressions oftattowing. Bruce how became fhe chief meinher of the King's family, and wavélted with the Go vernment of tbe lslaud. Six Or eight months after his marriage, the English ships, Inspect- or, the Ferret; a South Sea Whaler, and se- veral other English Vessels, toached at New Zealand for supplies, and all ef them found the beneficial influence of having a country- man and friend at the head of affairs in that Island. They were liberally supplied with fish, vegetables, &e. j&c. Our Englishman and his wife were now contented auid happy, in the full enjoyment of domestic Comfort, "with no wants that were ungratified, biessed Willi health and perfect independence. Bruce forked' forward with satisfaction to the progress of civilization, which he epeNed to" tllfroduce among the people with whom, by a singular destiny, he seemed doomed to remain during his life, While enjoying these hopes, the ship General WeHestey, about 12 br 14 months ago, touch- ed at a point of New Zealand, where Bruce and his wife then chanced to be. This was at some distance from the King's ptace ot resi- dence. Captain Dalrymple applied to Brnce to assist him id procuring a cairgo of spars and benjatuttl. &n<} requexteti specimens of the principal articles of produce of the island, all whichwas cheerfully done. Capt. Dalryiuple then proposed to Bruce to accompany hiiA to North Cape, distant about tweuty-five or it thirty leagftes^ where it was reported that gold dust could he procured, and Capt. Dalrymple conceived that Bruce might prove useful, to him An the= sekrch-for the gold-ditst. With great reluctance, and after many entreaties, Bruce conseuted to accompany Captaifi Dai- rympl':l.uldedhelUöstsi.)Ie.mu assurances of being safely brought biick and landed at the Bay of Islands. He acccxrdingly e.iHbarked with his wife oil botird the General Weliesley, representing, at .the same time, to Captain Dalrymple, the dangerous consequence* of taking the King's daughter from the island; but that leflir was quieted by the solemn and repeated assurances of Captain Dalryraple, that he would, at every hazard, re-bind tjiemt at the Bay ( fIslaiids, the place from which they embarked. Being at tength all onboard, the Weliesley sailed for the North Cape, where they soon arrived and landed. Finding that they had been entirely rhisihformed as to the gold dust,-the Weliesley made sail, in order to return to New Zeakind—but the wind be- coming foul, and. contilluiug so for 48 hours, they were driven froth the island. On the 3d day the wind became more favourable, but Captaiu Dalrymple did not attempt to regain the island, but «tobd on for India. Bruce now gently remonstrated, and reminded hiiii of his promises;- to which Capt. Dairymple replied, That be bad something else to thing of, than to detain tile ship, by return- ing with a valuable cargo to the island. Be- sides,. be had another aud better island iu view for him, 4 I CH reicbfifg'tbe "^eegee, or Sandalwood he chose to go on shore, and remain there f, Islands, Capt;in I-);klry,iiiple-,isked Bruce, if which he declined, on account of the barba- rous And sanguinary disposition of their inha- bitants. Captaiu D. desired that he would chuse for himselff and then took from him several little presents, which he himself and his Officers had given to him at New Zealand; these now were given to the natives of the islands, in the boats then alongside the vessel. ■ ■ ieavinr the Feegee islands, they steefed towards Sooloo visiting two or three islands in their passage < but the limits of this narra- tive do not admit of giving any account of the occurrence?, at those places, though they are not devoid of interest. After remaining four or five di^ys at Sooloo, fhey sailed for Malacca, where they arrived in December last. At Malacti, Captain Dalrymple and Bruce went on shore. Tbe latter was anxiomr to see the Governor or ComtHarifiing Officer, to state his grievances, and as it was late in the evening when be landed, be cocald not see him till the following tnorfting, by which tiririe Captain Uafrjf4H|iJe bad weighed from Malacca roads, leaving Rriwfe on sh«re, and carrying uffhl. wife on board the Wellesley to Penang. -t -ma:iidii Bruce acquainted the Commanding Officer at Malacca with his case, and expressed his wish to regain his wife, and to return with her to New Zealand.—The Commanding Officer endeavoured to console him desired that he wonld>patiently wail -al Malacca, for a short, time, as some ships might probably touch there, on their passage Troui Bengal to New South Wales, by which he would procure a passage for htiuself and his wife aud thaf, in the irlfetn time, he.wo«ld write tor Penaug, de- siring Ah^t his wife should be returned to he iitisbarid at Malacca. After wailing for tbre<; ] or four weeks/accounts were received oi l Ca-pt. Dalrympie's lirrival at .Peua-ng i;ps wtiich BrHce obtained the Commanding Odi j cer's pcrirussion, and left Malacca in this Scourge jfuu-brig, fqr Ponatnj, whore, upon his are, ht: found that his wife had bee: barteuul awaj to Captaiti" ltoss. On v.aititi<; upon the Governor ai Penang, he was »sker i ivljat satisfneiion hp required ior the iil-treat- 'I •neut he ha<! experienced? Bruce answered, that AH be wanted was lo ha.e his re." •'tored, and fogda p to New Zcalandi 'I'inou^h- tlie interference of fhe Governor, his wrfe was restored to hiu) — With her he returned to Slalacca, in hope of Ihe promised passage to New South Wales hut as there was no appearance of ttie "d ships for that port, tie was now prÖmiseda- aassage for biinsclf and his wife to England ia one of the honieward-bouiid IlJdiauTCllfrom China, By getting to England, tie hoped from j thence to find; passage !o:" New South Wiles; but the Cbina fhips only anchored in Malacca liouds for a fijw lioura during Ihe night, so thaI, he ha'd no opportunity. of .proceeding by finy of the ships of that lleot. lie then en treated tbe'Coinmanding officer to him n passage in the Sir Edward Pel lew to PenaVfg, i where .he hoped to overtake the htdiameii.— j A passage for hiijiself and wife w.as accordingly j providotl oil board the Pellew and, ou his arrivaf at Piui&ng, be found the Iiidiaifieu stili''thel-e, i but he could not be ac coirirnodaled with a passage to Europe, with- out the payment of !tOa¡,lhHs.Nothavn< thkt sum, and without the meani to raise it," be came on with tite Sir Edward' Pellew to Bengal, where be,, and hi# wife, thS most af- fectionate companion of, his distress, have been most hospitably received, and where (heir hardship?; atid Idbg; sufferings will: be soothed and .forgotten in the kindness that awaits Opportunities will .probably occur, in the course of a few months, of a passage to South Wales, from whence they will find no difficulty in regaining New Zealand. £ t JtwaobeUeved that the vi^it of Tippahee to Port Jackson had parity for its object to inquire after his favourite daughter and his son-in-law, who had been carried so unac- countably from his coasts. As we were unwilling to Interrupt the course of the preceding narrative by any matter not. immediately xonnected with the parties, we reserved, for this place, a short account of tbe natural produce of New Zealand at raccount thatmust hi co i sale red as coming from a man long resident in the country, and who had opportunities of satisfying hiruself on the points to which lie speaks. Bruce, our present informant, relates, that New Zeatand abounds with agreat variety of useful timber, among which are the pine and the fir the forests are of great extent, and may be considered as inexhaustible. Flax and hemp, which are both indigenous to that country, giow in the utmost profusion. 101- mense plains arc entirely covered with these plants, some of which is cultivated, but much the greatei Jiirt is of spontaneous growth — The tree producing the white benjamin is also found in maiiy parts of this island. Minesof different yaluable metals are known to exist in the the interior. Specimens of their ores have been obtained but from the total ignorance of the people in metaHurgy. t, p or in any other art of civilized countries, their miries reniaki tin wrought. ilroucncsåre found in great abundance, and with these the natives paint both theinsel,ves a-tid.,tlieir ca- noes. Cahbage^f the common and sweet potatoe, jams, parsnips, turnips,, carrots, &c. rank among tbsjr garden vegetable#. They have a plant somewhat resemhling a fern, with a large root which, when roasted, is a pleasant; wfiolesoriie food, dud is a most excellent substitute for bread, j They have also. fruit trees, some of w-iiich -are indigenous; others arc exotic. The oraHge and the peach have both been introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, and are in a very thriving way,- .f Breeds of swine and goats have been, lately, brought into^ew Zealand, and are increasing rapidly. Fish they possess in great variety and profusion; ana during all the months of the yean :,4a, the summer season they are vi. sited bv shoals of mackarel j, and during the winter their coasts are frequented by immense quantities of herrings. The island is watered by riiany, hiie rivers, which abound with fish, SONe ofwh Ich are well known in Europe, while others.,secin peculiar to the countries-in « tbe Southern Ocean. The shores of the rivers lad their l&kes are fretiueiiteti bj wild geese and wild-d it is fettt Ark able that they have notinu web-fooicd birds. The I only quatdruped ou the land is a kind of fox, and theyronly reptile a dull sluggish lizard. IV T,§ E IV C

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London maiikbts. CORN EXCHANGE, DECEMBER & £ V + .< Morrday, ^Christmas-day)—No busiaefs doa^ at tbe Cora Exchange. General Currency cm under. Zl ,'r(' Wheit.. —, 81 i Ws Grey Pease..42s 6ts M Bine. —a 92s 108* ( «iuall Beans.SSs 45s 0d -'fiye. ,4.8s'4s 'Ticks.r — s "Barley.. s 36s 57s Oats, ,29s SSs Oi Malt —sTOs 863 JPoiatuis. ,32s 40s 04. "Barley.. s 36s 57s Oats, ,29s SSs Oi Malt —sTOs 863 JPoiatuis. ,32s 40s 04. White -Peas—• 70s '64s j- Ra?pe Seed. „.4«g 52s"0d I

I AVfiRAG-E PRICE OF COlfNy i By the Quarter of Ei^ht Winchester BnsUels» IVheat Rye. Jiarley Oats* di f. d. s. d.$.. & AngltS^y; -•'■ '32" 0 2^ Caniarvonsh. 93 4 .41 4 .;2T Denbishsiiire tl2 6 — 56 2 | 33 Flintshire, 112 0 -——58 11 —-—* Merionethsh. 10% ST —-— 56 ()' 25$ Montgomery. H)9 7 60 0 ) 30 Chester, 91 S j '.■■■. I -—-r- i 33 » 'JII -&

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SHIPPINGS; C a r a a v osr.:—Arrived-—Jane, Roberts, t'rOTIV Dab))n, haHMt.t. Joha and Betsey,. Jones AnBr, Jones, from Dub fin, tKillasf; liettyss, Owen, Lovely Pe £ £ W Parr-3^ "'Oil) Liverppol, coal Put ill; by ,distr«s» weather, the sloop LillYi, —: from (•iveraool for Port Glasgow, wt'l* wheat; and the gaJiot,Argo, liates, from i'frt Glasgow for Kirkaldy, salt.—Chared out—Liver* Owen, for Liverpool,, slates} Bwch, Roberts, f°' Beaumaris, bartey. « IJ r au m a R i s.—yfyraW.—Merry Harrier, Gor«a" from- Liyerpoa! Joi>adab, Jones, from., Livet, pool, coals.. Good Intent,— .from Liverpo^ hark; Provhience, Agnew, fro-in filiin, oatS; Eagles, Rayv from Harrington E3comaned, .Ale^ antfeK from Harrington; Trintoa, F^nel, frfl" "Workington, coals. /i» r,LHEtvrfivid.—Ann, Jonef » Ind*»^* tigable-;=fir-i-fB'th CIizabeth, Evans, from Ll^ (tool, coal an-,i sundiie* Faore, Ellis; Simon. frömAheryshvilh, oik 'pl-ank.-(-,tea;fd- out—Mary's Thoiiias, for Liverpool, barley r' > oats; Fox. Thomas 1,,rince, for 130 mouyh, herrings Diana, GrifBih, for Liverj^ v.f barley «aul,C!iti«^ *,• .A- r J" j

ACOIDES rS,. OP FENCES, c. A melancfioiy instance of hydropho bia oc- curred a few days since in a .streeli.;Cir:u9«.>wi^,«}tiare r-iHiont five weeks fince, the eldest.child oi a poor woman, who had been to a shop in was followed oii hot- reluni l"i h-. &-A ",e dog who immediately seim u • f younger listers, who was pl-iyi- v cAiicheii, by the eheek. 'Symptoms ol hydrophobia appeared on Wednesday last and although medical as* sislauet* -wag immediately procured, the child died "Friday moaning, exhibiting 'all the horrors ofthat nio*1 'dreadful malady. It may be proper to *p(>rV the luUabitauts of the neighbourhood, atew hen driven from the house, seized several dogs that were in the street. The following circumstance ocetiri-ed a few days since, bet-ween Peûrithohd At.h,)u Moor, jOju; of ^he-most mountainous parts tn England; where within these few days, an Z, immense quantity,of snow had fallen, which renders travelling in t bat part of Cumberland extremely d and almost impracticable. As Mr. Campbell was proceeding in that di rection, in company with a soldier* of the iianne of Burue, on hlsrcturn from Walche ren, dreadfully debililatetl by the malady, the cold was so intense, that they were frequentlv obliged to clamber on their hands and knees lor several yards when Burns, at length, be- ''■time per!«clly exiiausied, and was unable ip, proceed -atiy fartber. 1VIr. J. tbeti, C^ttwith-. standing the snow was beginning to fall very Shirk, with much.difficulty and exertion", reached the r"idence of Mr. Kiiklv at Alston, to whom he could not rehtelhe circumstance u-r hoarly a quarter of an hour, being quite j,tdd(s; whew, after recovering htmself, and inikitig-, kiiuwti tile t I having left is fallow traveller behiiid bim, upwards of • xty .miners were instantly collected, whom iiey at last faund almost covered with snow, aud apparenllj lifeless—on which they adopt /it such means us their experience had taught U; Mil to bring him to animatidin which. afler some -lifiie, proved but it is feared i thai: he will lose Ui6 use of h is limbs. H e iu a it. k a b l k Suici,,)r on tl)69 Ambrose Higgiiis, of E^st Pennard, Spmei^J set, Hung hiwisolff iii his dwelling-hoMse. in the course of the day Hijjgins performed his usual labour. In the evening he returned to his home, got a light at a neighbour's, aiid wellt in.to his own- was,heard to go to bed, and all w*s imagined well, Friday morning; not altendthg his work, it was ima- gined he was gone to \iel!s for Ins wife, who had not returned from the lair. Saturday ar- rived—the same uli:as were entertained. How- ever, in the evetiiiig a fettow workman got into the house, and there found him hanging by the neck, of course dead. It appearedhe hid shipped himself (Iuite naked; lied his lejjs and thighs close with a cord, to prevent his si lif- then placed the rOpe imme- diafeiy it^pomfe ljts rhin, as Jia stood at the bed's frtfVt, having first taken the sheet 601 his bed; and most curiously served if., lip iuto the form <>f a bag; tbeif- drew it. oy«r his.head aliuost down loins teeL~ After pinioning him- Kt lt ill that 'tafcifcifer, he plitced his head, or father his chin into tb«^J<i{»e, and swung off. There enn be no doubt he was a long while dying, as (he knot of the rPI was, up nearly to tf)«j to]) fif his hejid froa rhis poll. The Ju- ry returned a verdict, Felodese;, and be was buried in a cross-road. A monster supposed to be the same m enli oned to have appeared in Croydon, made bis appearance at Plymoiith Dock some nights qiiice, He ill used two women by throwing" their petticoats over their heads, and tearing their flesh with rth iron-toothed currycomb down their arms and thighs. Several stout shipwrights have dressed themselves in Wo- men's cloatbs, and have gorie single and in pairs through a number ol bye lanes, but hi. therto without success. A letter from Lowestoft, dated December, 18, I)reici).ts a most dis- tressing scene. The beach is., strewed with wreck, and between th is place and Yarmouth many vessels are on slrorc-the gale on Thurs- day evening, was tremendous. The extent, of the damage it occasioned cannot at presetifc be calculated. One vessel, the Cathefine, of Sunderland, coal laden, was upset nearly op- posite Lowestoft. From the position" of thd ship, and the violence of tbe sea» it was im- possible for some time to ascertain s^hetber any persons were on the wreck. At length [ one man was discovered, aud the Life lioat, was as soon as possible launched, which shew. ed her peculiar excellence in the mainier iu which she rose on the surf, a.nd stemmed the torrent. When the Life Boat reached the wreck, the only survivor of the crew was al- most perished wUh cold, and great was the diffiebfty which still remained tb get him into tlie boat. To drag birti by a rope tiiroLgh. the water was thought too hazardous iu his CMLhausled slate another mode was tbereiore adopied, but which, in securing the person, exposed him to be crnsbed between a piece of. the wreck, and the boat. Some of bis ribs were broken, and in that state he was coÜ- veved to the shore; where every possible care and attention have been tihcwn to hMn., On Saturday a boat going from the shore to some- wreck,. was upset in tlie attempt to get off'; all tlie men were finder it, and in all probabi- lity some would have perished had-iiot a wave a itgain raised the boat, and enabled those who were beneatb it to employ means to assist themselves, and to receive hetp from othei s. One of the men would inevitably have been tost had it-not been for a Newfoundland dog, which saw hini tt,a dt»ta(ifc.from all humaii aid, swam to. him, seized hilI) by the artd riever left bis hold till the man was safe, though both the dog and man were frequently bUriediUliderthe waves. This is the second instance in which the same dog has preserved H(I life of a rational being. He belongs to Mr. Reed, of Lowestoft." .1,1-'

I ■ :t v Ml&CELLANIES. The Chase;—Tbe Cottesraore bounds had a h4rd run on Iriday iasU Tbej uivkeui)eikd :t" r a fox at ^Wtjodfebeatl; Lincolnsli'tre, and rail him for two hour* aud fifty minutes, with scarcely a check u,ideed the only one the/ received was through Reynard's taking sliel- I tcrtaJhe thought) in a drain near Ashwall* j b jt be was iminediatdy tol owed by an ex- L cedent terrier, who burst him out at the other end of the drain, where the hounds were ready to receive him but, strange *t it may appear, he leaped upon the backs of the hounds,, escaped them, completely, and ran into girWuifd uear Belveif <^ast h» t nl(J I meat Lambert, t^e huiitsmtn on'eof thf j whippe.-s-in, were the only prr^ons preset! i}1a"y excellent hars>-j were completely do Up long before that tune 'ilimble .one d» the ;nomeet the »• ■-vi.it pvlled th;'saiii!e c in a si able", at the George Siauifr Dipd.suddent- last r, Ulrd.a y,. at ihe Crt and Anchor Tavern, M hf w »* entextainii;. large piUt¥ of itieuflv rrijjhfated 0: the a(tvaar«d age ot Go.—To|!hi9 eriwof«r | iary ehiraeiteV w»: nay appljr «>«»* VV-htrio<J- tiik-j said of Lo»d Maiford—" Certainly nevei tti iu acfed such a p/.W, wrt u i^hedtvt with so much cosiSi., scv. and eloquence." I his tnf*ncy,,Jbe noi.\v, fretful, and vjoleii, but this pfoteed'id from bad management. & butt!} I!lp röèêed edfrof:n bad management. & !houg|i a Ijugilist, he had a particular .■' < ersion to Private Boxiu%» Iu literary tfw ieuts be ".as I)v no i-neaus deficient, and vt ui.)(ctd to author of illilly hu- morous piece* in prose and verse. Like Sjif Roper de C Aver ley, be has given the name A e that his matrimonial lexions were not very fortaimte* as his ene- lilies often reproached him with his Horns. That G. I). was a zealous Christiaa, we may jlldefl-om his hatred of the Jews. that he teved.the ing't there is no doubtV nay, It is well known that he chauiited God", save Ihe King eVery uifht to bed. To foreigners be had an uncpntrolable aversion: He was engaj^d m matiy law-suits,, and always proved too strong for his antago« nists i nor was this surprising, as his advocate# were always tbe Best.—Of bis funeral wa shall say little it was, better attended than that of any fublic character we remember," except Lord Nelitott's a pit was prepared t(1 receive the body in Coveht Gardeu Clifford was the gfawetiRgger j the funeral service was read .-with much humility and pathos by Mr. Kenible, and the chief mourners were !Vlessrs» Brandon and Harris. His merits and frailties aere deposited in the grave, and, we trust, will not rise till doomsday. A most disaatrouB lire recently occurred in tije pai-isli of Abergele, whereby the sufferer, Mr. John Lewis* farmer, has 16sf.tbe, whoff) produce of tbe last harvest. It began about one o'clock in !he nioriiiii, and in cousequenc of a high wind at the time, nothing could be saved I he corn, hay and seed cktver are es- ft mated at be^des two calves and ft, Variety of articles deslroyed in the out build- ings, the whole of which were consumed.—'t-* The sufferer is a very industrious man with a large family, wh<iin this misfortuoe ha* ^pdilT1 ■* ced to the greatest distress,