CHAP . XXXII.
TWO MEN K IL L E D ; CONSEQUENT R E G U L A T IO N S .— TH E B R IT A N N IA : HIR ED
TO PROCEED TO EN G LA N D .----R E PO R T OF TH E N A T IV E S .----TH E .FRANCIS
A R R IV E S FROM N O R FO LK IS L A N D .—“ PUB LIC W O R KS .— D E A TH S .——A CR IMIN
A L C O U R T ASSEMBLED.— A S E T T L E R E X E CU T E D FOR M U RD E R .— THE
SUSAN SA IL S .----A C IV IL COUR T H E LD .— AN AM E R IC AN SHIP AR R IV E S FROI\?
BOSTON.----A LONG -BOAT LO S T .— D E A TH S .— W E A TH E R .----A T EM PO R A R Y
CH U R CH OPENED A T P A R R A M A T T A .----A P PO IN TM EN T S.---- TH E SU P P L Y SAILS
FOR NO R FO LK IS LAN D AN D TH E C A P E .— A C CO U N T OF S T O C K .----L A N D IN
C U L T IV A T IO N , AN D NUMBERS IN TH E CO LO N Y .— A MURDER COMMITTED«
----B R IT A N N IA SA ILS EOR E N G L A N D .— G EN E R A L O BSERVA TIONS.
J u ly .'] A M O N G th e m a n y e v ils th a t w e r e d a ily fe en -flowitig'F rbm
th a t ftate o f diffipat-ion w h ic h h ad fo u n d its w a y in to th e d ifferent fe t-
tlem en ts , w e h ad to re g re t that tw o men lo ft th e ir liv e s b y tin: hand o f
v io len c e . O n T u e fd a y th e 4 th o f .this m on th , J o h n Sm ith , a feamati
b e lo n g in g to th e In d ifp en fa b le , w a s fh o t at S y d n e y in th e h o u fe o f
M r . D a n ie l P a y n e , th e matter b o at-build e r, b y a co n v ift - fe r v a n t o f
h i s ; and on th e fame d a y , at th e H aw k e fb u r y , DaVid lia n e w a s fh o t
h y h is matter, J o h n F e n low , a fettler at th a t place. T h e la tter o f
th e fe u n fo r tu n a te men liv e d b u t a f e w h o u r s ; Sm ith the feaman w a s
ta k e n to the h o fp ita l, w h e r e h e la n g u ilh e d u n til th e 9 th , and th en
d ie d . F e n low and th e cOnviCt w e r e ta k en in to c u fto d y , and Would
h a v e been im m ed ia te ly b ro u g h t to t r ia l; b u t, th ro u g h the careleffnefs
o f on e o f th e w a tchm en , F e n low fo u n d m eans, th o u g h in cumbe red
w i th h e a v y irons, to efcape from th e ce lls, and w a s n o t re taken un til
th e la tter end o f the m on th , w h e n fom e natives d ifcov e red him. lu r k in g
n e a r h is ow n grou n d s at th e r iv e r , an d , g iv in g in fo rm a tion , h e w a s
c a f i ly apprehended and fecured.
T h e fe tranfaCtions w e r e p ro d u c tiv e o f fome in te rn al regulations
w h i c h h ad lo n g b e en w a n tin g . S e v e ra l fettlers, w i th w h o fe co n d u c t
th e g o v e rn o r had had b u t to o m u ch caufe to be d ifp leafed , w e r e at
len g th d ep r ived o f all affiftance from g o v e rnm en t, and le ft to’ the e x -
e r c ife o f th e ir o w n ab ilities , p u r fu an t to -a no tice w h ic h th e y re ce ived
to
to that d ie d ! in -th e laft month. Severa l o th e r fettlers alfo, w h o had-
be en victualled ' from the p ub lic ftores lo n g b e y o n d th e p eriod allow ed
th em b y the c r ow n , w e re ftru ck o f f from the v ic tu a llin g books, A l l
perfons o f f th e ftores,- who. o f courfe did no t la b o u r fo r g o v e rnm en t,
w e r e Ordered fo r thw ith to appear at S y d n e y , in o rd e r to th e ir b e in g
m uttered and ex am in ed relative to th e ir rejp e£tive terms o f tran fp o r t -
a t io n ; w h e n certificates w e r e to be g iv en to fu ch as w e r e re g u la r ly
d ifeharged from the com m iffa ry ’ s b o o k s , and th e fe ttle rs w e r e direc ted
lio t to em p lo y a n y b u t fuch- as co u ld p rod u ce this ce rtificate. F req u en t
v ifits 5 w e re d irec ted to be, made b y th e magiftra tes , fo r th e p u rp o fe o f
fe ttlin gd fuch - d ifferences as m ig h t ar ife am o n g th e fettlers and o th e r
p e r fo n s ; and th e g o v e rn o r fign ified his de te rmin a tion o f infpeCting
th e ir c o n d u ft h im fe lf from tim e to tim e , and o f p u n ilh in g fu ch as w e r e
p r o v e d to afford f lic k e r o r em p lo ym en t to th e th ie v e s and v agab ond s
w h o ran. to the., r iv e r a n d -o th e r diftriCta from th is to w n an d Parramatta.
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T h e fe regu lation s b e in g , made k n ow n , as p u b lic ly and g en e ra lly as
w a s p offib le, in. o rd e r th a t n one m ig h t plead ign o ran c e , th e to w n o f
S y d n e y w a s - fh o r t iy after filled w i th p eop le from th e d ifferent fettle-
ments, w h o came to th e ju d g e -ad v o ca te fo r ce rtificates of? th e ir -h a v in g
ferv ed th e ir refpeCtive fcntences. A m o n g 1- th e fe were, m an y w h o h ad
ru n aw a y from p u b lic lab ou r before: th e ir tim e had e xp ired ;, fom e
who . had efcaped from confinem ent w i t h cr im es y e t u n p u n ifh ed h a n g in
g o v e r th e ir h e a d s ; , and fom e w h o , b e in g fo r life , .appeared b y
names d ifferent from- th o fe b y w h ic h th e y w e re com m o n ly k n ow n in
the fettlement.. B y th e a c t iv ity o f th e , w a tchm en , and a m inute i n - -
v e ftig a tio n o f th e n e ce ffa ry bo o k s and p ap e rs , th e y , w e r e in g e n e r a l.
detedted in the im p o fitio n , and w e r e im m e d ia te ly fen t to h a rd lab our,
in th e tow n and ja il gang s.
T o th e latter- o f th e fe -g a n g s ad d itions w e r e e v e r y - d a y • m a k in g ;;
fe a rce ly a d a y o r a n ig h t patted b u t fom e en o rm ity w a s com m itted o r
attempted e ither on the p ro p e r ty o r pe rfon s o f in d iv id u a ls .. T w o n o to
r iou s charac ters, L u k e N o rm in g to n - a n d :R ic h a r d ,E l lio t t ,,w e r e detected
on th e n ig h t o f th e 1 3 th in a v e r y fu fp ic iou s fituation in th e :
com m iffa ry ’ s fto c k -y a rd , w h ic h w a s w e l l filled a t th e tim e w ith Iheep
and o th e r flo c k . T h e fe w e r e fen t to th e ja il-g a n g , in c om p a n y w i th
one