fre e p eop le * , tw o ; to fettlers from p r ifone r s , o n e ; and to. ferjeants o f
th e N ew S o u th W a le s co rp s , one.
A s m u ch in c on v en ien ce ) alfo w a s fe lt, and the end fo r w h ic h g o v
e rnm en t g a v e u p th e fe rv ice s o f the fe con v id fs to in d iv id uals liable
to be defeated b y th e ir n o t re fid in g at th e ir re fp e e tiv e .farms, the
fettlers w e r e diredted as m u ch as p offible to p re ven t th e ir fervants
from h a v in g a n y in te r co u r fe , p a r t icu la r ly d u r in g th e n ig h t, w i th th e
tow n s in th e ir n e ig h b o u rh o od ; as m o ft o f th e ro bberies w h ic h w e re
com m itted w e r e n o t u n ju ftly laid to th e ir account.
I t appeared l ik e w i f e 'b y this m u tte r , th a t one hun d red and fe v e n ty -
n in e p eop le fub fifted th em fe lv e s in d ep en d en t o f th e p u b lic ftores, and
refid ed in th is tow n . T o m a n y o f th e fe , as w e ll as to the fervants o f
fettlers, w e r e to be attributed th e offences th a t w e r e d a ily heard o f ;
. th e y w e r e th e greateft nuifances w e h ad to com p lain o f ; and there
w a s n o t a d o u b t th a t th e y w e r e conce rned ab out th is tim e in ro llin g
tw o c a lk s o f meat from a p ile at th e ftore in a v e r y hard ftorm o f
w in d and ra in. E n o u g h to fill a c a lk w a s fo u n d concealed in different
h o le s th e fo llo w in g m ornin g .
A n in d u lg en c e h ad been a llow ed to f b m e o f the m ilita ry and others,
w h ic h w a s n o w fo u n d to h a v e p rod u c ed an e v il. H a v in g be en perm
itted to b u ild th em fe lv e s h uts o n each fid e o f and near th e ftream o f
w a te r w h ic h fup plied th e tow n o f S y d n e y , th e y h a d , fo r th e co n v e n
ien ce o f p ro cu r in g w a te r , o pened th e p a lin g , and made paths from
each h u t ; b y w h ic h , in r a in y w e a th e r , a grea t q u a n tity o f filth ran
in to th e ftream, p o llu tin g th e w a te r o f w h ic h e v e r y one drank. It
th e r e fo r e 'b e c am e an o b je c t o f p o l ic e ; :and the ' g o v e rn o r p roh ib ited
r em o v in g th e p a lin g , o r k e ep in g h o g s in the n e igh b o u rh o od o f the
ftream , u n d e r p en a lty to th e o ffend er th a t h is h o u fe fh o u ld be p u lled
d ow n .
O n th e 1 3 th , th e P ro v id en c e failed fo r N o o tk a S ou n d . S h e was
fo llow e d b y th e S u p p ly , w h ic h failed on th e 16 th for: N o r fo lk Ifland ,
h a v in g on board th re e officers o f th e N ew S o u th W a le s corps, and a
d e ta chm en t o f th e re g im en t to re lie v e th o fe n ow o n d u ty there. O n
* Such as the marine fettlers, thofe at Liberty Plains, and others who never had been
prifoners.
the
the 29 th th e Y o u n g W il liam , h a v in g been e x p e d it io u fly cleared o f h e r
c a rg o , fa iled fo r C anton.
C le a r in g th e fto re -fhip j w h ic h wasi; com ple ted o n th e 19 th , and
f lo w in g in th e p u b lic ftore th e p ro v ifio n s fhe b ro u g h t o u t, w a s th e
p r in c ip a l la b o u r o f the month. E v e r y e ffo r t w a s mad e to c o l le f t
to g e th e r a fuffic ien t:n umb e r o f w o r k in g p e o p le to g e t in th e en fu in g
harv-eft; and the mutter and regulation r e fp e f t in g th e fe rv an ts fo r tu
n a te ly p rod u c ed fome . T h e b r ick la y e r an d h is g a n g w e r e em p
lo y e d in rep a ir in g th e co lum n at th e S o u th -h e ad ; to d o w h ic h , fo r
w a n t o f br ick s at th e k iln , th e little h u t b u ilt fo rm e r ly fo r B en n illo n g ,
b e in g alto g e th e r fo r fak en b y th e n a tiv e s , and tum b lin g d ow n , th e
b r ick s o f it w e re rem o v ed to th e S o u th -h e a d . A p e r fon h a v in g u n d
ertaken to co lle c t fhells and bu rn th em in to lim e , a q u a n t ity o f th a t
ar tic le was fe a t d o w n ; and th e co lum n , b e in g fin ifh ed w i th a th ic k
co a t o f p lafte r, and w h iten e d , w a s n o t o n ly b etter g u a rd ed ag a in ft the
w e a th e r , b u t became a m ore co n fp icu o u s objedt at fea than it e v e r had
be en before.
N o v em b e r .] O n th e 5 th o f N o v em b e r , th e S o v e re ig n fto re -fh ip arr
iv ed from E n g lan d ; he r c a rg o a w e lcom e one, b e in g p ro v ifio n s . L ik e
th e Y o u n g W il liam , fh e tou ched at R io de Jane iro, and lik e h e r a lfa
h ad met w i th v e r y bad w e a th e r after fh e h ad le ft th a t p o r t u n til h e r
a r r iv a l ; from m a k in g th e fo u th cape o f th is e o u n tr y to h e r a n ch o r in g
fh e had a paffage o f th re e we e k s . In th is Chip a r r iv ed M r . T h om a s
H ib b in s , the d e p u ty ju d g e -ad v o c a te fo r N o r fo lk I f la n d ; b u t u n fo r tu n
a te ly w ith o u t th e p a ten t u n d e r th e g re a t fea l fo r h o ld in g th e cou r t.
O n e fettler a lfo a r r iv ed , a M r . K e n n e d y and h is fam ily (a fil le r and
th re e n ie c e s ) ; and M r . J o fep h G e r a ld , a p r ifone r , w h o fe p re fen t fitu -
a t io n afforded ano the r m e la n ch o ly p r o o f o f h o w little p rofit and h o n o r
w e r e th e en d owm en ts o f nature and ed u ca tion to h im w h o p e rv e r ted
th em . In th is g en tleman w e faw , th a t n o t e v en e leg an t manners,
(e v id en tly cau gh t from g o o d com p a n y ,) g rea t abilities, and a h a p p y
m od e o f p la c in g th em in th e b e l l p o in t o f v iew , th e g ift s o f nature
matured b y ed uca tion, could (becaufe h e m ifap p lied th em ) fave
h im from lan d in g an e x ile , to call h im b y n o w o r fe a name, on a
barbarous Ihore, w h e re the few w h o w e r e c iv iliz e d m u ll p ity , w h ile
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