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elude, if oiily for a moment, the paternal care 

 which the government took of its subjects. 

 Perhaps if we look back in history we may ac- 

 count for the origin, increase, and growth of 

 despotic governments ; from the same causes as 

 that yileness too general among the ignorant, 

 must have caused an increase of severity in 

 those regulations first established for the good of 

 the whole, and thus form eventually, that cli- 

 max of despotism, which in the more modern 

 periods of history are found overthrown. 



On the 1st of July arrived the Cornwall, 

 Southern whaler, tlrj master of which brought 

 an account that some Spanish cruizers had ap- 

 peared off Cape Horn, the whalers of the South- 

 ern fishery were directed to pass into these seas 

 during the war. Tins ship was followed by two 

 others, the Eliza from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and the Sally, 



This circumstance promised^some advantages 

 to the settlement. The whale fishing on the 

 coast would most certainly be effectually tried, 

 and the existence, and positions of shoals, har- 

 bours, or rivers, be ascertained. 



Having in a few days refitted, the 3 whalers 

 sailed on their fishing voyages. Previous to 

 which, the Argo, an American schooner, arrived 

 from the Isle of France, having on board a 

 cargo of salt provisions, French brandy, and 

 other articles on speculation ; which, as usual 

 in this country, found a ready sale, much more 

 to the advantage of the owners than the colo- 

 nists, As this ship came from the Mauritius, 



