J IVeniwmthU New Mouth Wales. 
benefit to the colony in general, Ms 
capital is £20,000, divided into two 
hundred shares. It has a regular char¬ 
ter of incorporation, aiid is under the 
controul of a president and six direc¬ 
tors, who are annually chosen by the 
proprietors. The paper of this bank is 
now the principal circulating medium 
of the colony. They discount bills ot 
a short date, and also advance money 
on mortgage securities. They are al¬ 
lowed to receive in return an interest 
of ten per cent, per annum. 
This town also contains two very 
good public sehools, for the education 
of children of both sexes. One is a day 
school for boys, and is, of course, only 
intended to impart gratuitous instruc¬ 
tion ;—the other is designed both for 
the education and support of poor and 
helpless female orphans. This institu¬ 
tion was founded by Governor King, as 
long back as the year 1800, and con¬ 
tains about sixty children, who arc 
taught reading, writing, arithmetic, 
sewing, and the various arts of domes¬ 
tic economy. 
Besides these two public schools in 
tlie town of Sydney, which together 
contained, by the last accounts received 
from the colony, two hundred and 
twenty-four children, there are estab¬ 
lishments for the gratuitous diffusion 
of education in every populous district 
throughout the colony. 
Independently of these laudable ins¬ 
titutions thus supported at tlie expense 
of the government, there are two pri¬ 
vate ones intended for the dissemina¬ 
tion of religious knowledge, which are 
wholly maintained by voluntary con¬ 
tribution. One is termed 44 The Auxi¬ 
liary Bible Society of New South 
Wales,” and its object is to co-operate 
with the British and Foreign Bible 
Society, and to distribute, the holy 
Scriptures either at prime cost, or gra¬ 
tis, to needy and deserving applicants. 
The other is called 44 The New South 
Wales Sunday School Institution,” and 
was established with a view to teach 
well-disposed persons of all ages how to 
read the sacred volume. These socie¬ 
ties were instituted in the year 1817, 
and are under the direct ion of a general 
committee, aided by a secretary and 
treasurer. 
There are in this town, and other 
parts of the colony, several good pri¬ 
vate seminaries for the board and edu¬ 
cation of the children of opulent parents. 
The best is in the district of Castlereagh, 
which is about forty mlle.s distant, ami 
is kept by the clergyman of that dis¬ 
trict, the Rev. Henry Fulton, a gen¬ 
tleman peculiarly qualified both from 
his character and acquirements for 
conducting so responsible and import¬ 
ant an undertaking. The boys in this 
seminary receive a regular classical 
education, and the terms are as rea¬ 
sonable as those of similar establish¬ 
ments in this country. 
BARBOUR AND SCENERY. 
The harbour of Fort Jackson is per¬ 
haps exceeded by none in the world 
except the Derwent in point of size and 
safety; and in this latter particular I 
rather think it has the advantage. It 
is navigable for vessels of any burden 
for about seven miles above the town, 
i. e. about fifteen from the entrance. It 
possesses the best anchorage tlie whole 
way, and is perfectly sheltered from 
every wind that can blow. It is said, 
and l believe with truth, to have a 
hundred coves, am? is capable of con¬ 
taining all the shipping in the world. 
There can be no doubt, therefore, that 
in the course of a few years, the town 
of Sydney, from the excellence of its 
situation alone, must become a place 
of considerable importance. 
The views from the heights of the 
town are bold, varied, and beautiful. 
The strange irregular appearance of 
the town itself, the numerous coves 
and islets both above and belo\y it, the 
towering forests and projecting rocks, 
Combined with the infinite diversify 
of hill and dale on each side of the har¬ 
bour, form altogether a coup d’eeil, of 
which it may be safely asserted that 
few towns can boast a parallel, 
PARRAMATTA. 
The town of Parramatta is situated 
at the Head of Port Jackson Harbour, 
at the distance of about eighteen miles 
by water, and fifteen by land, from 
Sydney. tejidaal 3© 
The town itself is far behind, Sydney 
in respect of its buildings ; but it never¬ 
theless contains many of a good an d 
substantial construction. These, with 
the church, the government house, 
the new Orphan House, and some 
gentlemen’s seats, which are situated 
on the surrounding eminences, give it, 
upon the whole, a very respectable 
appearance. 
The population is principally com¬ 
posed of inferior traders, publicans, 
artificers, and labourers, and may be 
estimated, inclusive of a company 
which 
