™ liich h e appeared to h a v e a th o ro u g h kn ow le d g e , h e had purcha fed
from d ifferent pe rfon s , w h o had gro u n d to fell, about one hundred
acres o f land adjacent to th e tow n -of S y d n e y . H e foon foun d th a t a
farm near th e fea-coaft w a s o f n o grea t v a lu e . H is attention and his
efforts to cu ltiv ate th e g ro u n d w e r e o f n o avail. R em ittances h e re ce
iv ed n o n e ; h e con trac ted fom e little debts, and fo u n d h im fe lf
negleCted b y that p a r ty fo r w h om h e had fac rificed the deareft con n
e x io n s in life , a w i fe and fam ily ; and fin a lly y ie ld ed to th e preffure
o f th is ac cum ulated w e ig h t . A m o n g us, h e w a s a p iou s hone ft
w o r th y ch a rad e r ,: ^ In this fettlement his p o litic al p r in c ip le s n e v e r
m am fe fted th em fe lv e s ; but all his fo lic itu d e feemed to b e , to e v in ce
h im fe lf th e fr ien d o f h um an nature. Requiejcat in pace !
C H A P . X X X I .
•SLOPS SERVED— ORDERS.—LICENCES GRANTED----THE SUPPLY RETURNS
FROM NORFOLK ISLAND—THE SUSAN: FROM NORTH AMERICA—AND THE
INDISPENSABLE FRoM-ENffiLAND— A CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURT HELD
.-SICK— THEFiFS^OMMliyTEp.-THE BRITANNIA ARRIVES - FROM BEN-
OAL. MR. RAVES I* OPINION AS TO THE. TIME OF MAKING A PASSAGE TO
INDIA. A CIVIL CPUR,T----THE CORNWALLIS AND EXPERIMENT SAIL FOR
INDIA. CAUTION To MASTERS OF , SHIPS.-A WIND-MILL BEGUN—
THEFTS COMMITTED--- STATE OF THE SETTLERS----THE GOVERNOR GOES
TO MOUNT HUNTER.—REGULATION.!?— PUBLIC W O R K S— DEATHsl
A p r i l .] I n th e b e g in n in g o f this mqnth a v e r y liberal allow an ce o f
flops was fe rv ed to the p rifone r s male and female. A s it had been too
m uch th e p r a a i c e f o r the fe p eop le to fell th e c lo th in g th e y re ce ived
from g o v e rnm en t as fo on as it w a s iffued to th em , th e g o v e rn o r on
t is occaflon g a v e it out in p u b lic orders, that w h e n e v e r it fhould ' be
p ro v ed that a n y p e r fq n had, h ith e r fo ld -o r otherwise made aw a y w i th
a n y o f th e articles th en iffu ed , th e b u y e r and feller o r receiv.er-thereof
w o u ld both fubjeCt th em fe lv e s to co rp o ra l o r o th e r p u nifhmen t. O r ders,
h ow e v e r , had n e v e r y e t be en k n o w n to hav e , m u ch w e ig h t w ith
th e fe people.
T h e ft s
T h e ft s w e r e ftill n ig h tly committed. A t the H aw k e fb u r y th e co rn
(tore was bro k en in to , and a q u an tity o f w h e a t and o th e r articles
f io le n ; and tw o p eop le w e re apprehended fo r ro b b in g th e d e p u ty -
fu r v e y o r ’ s fow l-h o u fe . A l l thefe depredations w e r e ch ie fly com m itted
b y th o fe p ublic nuifances the p eop le o f f the ftores.
T o w a r d p re v en tin g the in d ifc rim in ate fale o f fp irits w h ic h at this
time p re va iled in all the fettlements,. th e g o v e rn o r th o u g h t that g ra n tin
g licences to a few pe rfon s o f g o od cha rac ter m ig h t h a v e a g o od
e ffe ft. T e n p e r fon s w e r e fe le fte d b y th e m agiftrates, and to th em
licences fo r tw e lv e m onths, u n d e r th e hand s o f three magiftrates, w e r e
granted. T h e p rincip als w e r e bou n d in th e u fua l penalties o f tw e n ty
p ou n d s each,, and o b lig ed to fin d tw o fureties in ten p o u n d s :
and as from th e v e r y freq u en t ftate o f in to x ic a tio n in w h ic h grea t
n um he rs o f th e low e r ord e r o f p eop le had fo r fom e tim e p aft been
fe en, th e re w a s m u ch rea fon to fufp ed t that a grea te r q u a n tity o f fp i-
r itu ou s liq u or s had been landed from the different fhips w h ic h had
entered this p o r t than permits had been obtained fo r , it became h ig h ly
n e ce fla ry to p u t a flo p , as e a r ly as poflib le, to a p r a d ic e w h ic h w a s
p regn an t w i th all k ind s o f m ifch ie f. T h e g o v e rn o r ju d g e d it n e ce fla ry ,
the m ore e ffe c tu a lly to fup prefs th e d angerous p ra c tic e o f re ta ilin g
fp ir its in this ind ifc rim inate w a y , no t o n ly to g ran t licences u n d e r th e
reftriCtions ab ov em entioned , but to d efire th e aid o f all officers, c iv il
and m ilita ry , and in a more particular manner o f all magiftra tes , co n -
ftables, & c . as th e y regarded the g o od o f his M a je f ty ’ s fe rv ic e , the
pe ace , tr a n q u illity , and g o od order o f th e c o lo n y , to ufe th e ir utm o ft
ex e r tio n s fo r p u ttin g an end to a fpecies o f traffic, from w h ic h the
deftruCtion o f health and th e ru in o f all in d u ftr y w e r e to be e x p e c ted ;
and u rged them to en d ea v ou r to d ifc o v e r w h o th o fe p eop le w e r e , that,
felf-licenced o n ly , had prefumed to o pen p u b lic -hou fe s for, this ab om inable
purpofe. .
H e alfo in fo rm ed th o fe w h o m ig h t, after k n o w in g his in ten tion s,
be d ar in g en o u g h to con tin u e to a£t in o p p ofition to th em , that the.
hou fe o f e v e ry offender ffiould be p u lled d ow n as a p u b lic nuifance,
and fu ch o th e r fteps be tak en fo r h is fu r th e r p uniffim ent as m igh t be
deemed neceflary.
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