board,- i t ' cannot':be Thought he would- take .them. 1 - The
convid, it is true, was a Frenchman;,named Peter-Baris1,
arid it is pdffible, on' [that* account* - he might have^beetecori^
cealed .through f{rity,' by hi& countrymen, - aridijcarried JofF
without 'the -knowledge of the commanding officer. A t ;the
very time the party from hence were gone by- land to .Botany
Bay, Captain Clonnard- came.round in a boat,- on4, a vifit of
ceremony from Monfieim de laBeyroufe to the; governor!
He: brought with hirir fome difpatches,;: which heifequeft'ed
might be forwarded to the French-ambaffador at the court
off London, by the firft- tranfpoits that failed for England;
T hecaptain-ftayed - all night,: and I return edo the-nexti morn-
ingf. This day, for the firft time, a Kangaroo .was ffiot and
brought into camp.- iSomeof the natives paffed pretty clofe
tp; the- Sirius, without'feeniirig to exprefs, by their s countenance
or adtionsi either fear, curiofity,. or. furprife. During
the- courfe o f .this:week fourteen marriages were. folemniy>r(!
The criminal court, confifting o f ‘fix -officers of his .Majefif
ty « forces by land or Tea, with the judge'advocate, fat- fot the
firft time; .before whom feveral. convidls were tried-for petty
larceny. Some iof, them' were acquitted, othersr fentenced to
receive* corporal pumfhment, and 'one- or two ’ were^-by
.the
:t-he' 'dpg.ifión ,q£, thé cebfirt,^ordered tai a barren iröokyót Jittle • i '
,ifland, .-in.i then middle o f _the>; harbour, there to remain on ^ February.
bread and .water for.a ftated time.
I * 2 th. -The commiffions were read a: feeond timeyhtThe
defire-, of fome of the rofficers,^.whole; fituation - with the
hattafion-iprêyfeAted -them from -being rprefent .at ..thqufirft
reading;; g after • which, the. dieütenant governor. 'and judge
advocate! were fworri in ,jüftie^s.rbfi thefpëace; .and Lieutei
Aant.K-ing ffec.ond o f the'Sirius) fuperintendant and commanding
.'.officer o f New Norfolk Ifland j ari: appointment given
‘him,by the. governor.;- -*
14th. - ffheiSupply failed for Norfolk Ifiand, with Lieutenant
.King, and his detachment, - confifting, o f Mr.'Cunningham,
mafter s mate, and Mr. Jamefon, fijrgeon’s firft mate, of
the Sirius, two marines, and twelve male and female, convidts.
The governor furnifhed him with provifions arid fibres of
ey^yi kind for fix months^ and with.; tools for, cutting down
timber; which laft employment was, the purpofe.jof his
miffion.
, 27th. Thomas Barretty,Henry Lovel, and Jofeph Hall,
were brought before the. .criminal court, and1 ;tried .for-
felonioufty and fraudulently taking away from, the public
ftore