A New Colony.
I It has bcen discovered, that theisnatdof.Trixtandx-Cuinba,}Ybich liesin South-lat 87 6 WVest-long. 1.44.~ atnd-wEibh Was nbvre knownto-bave been peopliabed fore the iYe44.. 1816; liha upon it,; lviig in greiit happiness, 2'2men and three womett. The Berwick, CaptainJeffery,fromLondod toVann Diemagds' Land, sent her: boata-shore on the,95th6fMlaich, 182S. The sailors woere rprised: boat findiogrcn Englishan,of *the nlame of Glass, forinerly a corporal in the artillery, aud the rest of the above-meationed population. Glass gave so favourab1e an accotnt of,the island, whichi is only nine miles in diameter, that it mav be of in portance to vessels, on their paseage to Van Diemanl's land, to touch there:* they will be sure of a amost fhvourble reception. T'here are on the island great plenty of pigs, goats, Potatoes, cabbages, &c.; a bundance of fish, and excellent water. This little colony had at the tinme upwards of 30 tons of po- tatoes to dispose of. The island is very fertile, in fact, in every thing desirable to settlers; and Glass declared that if they had but a few women more, the place would be an earthly Paradise. He is a sort of Govemor at Tristan da Cunha, by the appointment of the rest, on account of his military character; and be trades in a small schooner to the Cape of Good Hope, with the oil of the sea-elephant and the skins of the seal, which they catch in great abundance. There is a mountain upon the islana, 8,500 feet in height; the crew of the Bernwick saw it at the distance of 50 mlies. They intended to take on board part of the product of the island, but were obliged to make sail, as the breeze became very fresh. A IVBW COL ONY.