hou fe s ereCting fo r th e g o v e rn o r and the lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r ; and th e
B u n g lin g o f the hofpital.
T h e f t s am o n g th e co n v ic t s d u r in g th e bad w e a th e r w e r e f r e q u e n t ;
and a ffieep w a s ftolen from th e fa rm on th e eaft fide a few n igh ts
p r io r to th e b ir th -d a y o f his r o y a l h igh n e fs th e Prince o f W a le s , fo r
ce leb ra tin g o f w h ic h it had been fo r fom e tim e k e p t feparate from th e
o th e r s an d fa t ten e d ; and alth o u gh a p roc lam a tion w a s iflued b y th e
g o v e rn o r o ffe r in g a p a rd on , an d th e h ig h e ft rew a rd his e x c e lle n c y
c o u ld o ffe r , em an c ip a tion , to a n y male o r fem ale c o n v i a w h o lh o u ld
d ifc o v e r th e p e r fon o r pe rfon s con c e rn ed in th e fe lo n y , e x c e p t the
p e r fon w h o a c tu a lly Hole o r k illed th e fh e ep , n o in fo rm a tion was
g iv e n th a t co u ld lead to 'a d ifc o v e r y o f th e p erpetrator s o f th is
offen ce .
• T h e a n n iv e r fa r y o f th e Pr inc e o f W a le s ’ s bir th w a s o b fe rv ed b y a
ce ffa tion from all k in d s o f labour. A t n o o n th e troop s fired three
v o llie s a t the fla g - fta ff o n th e eaft fid è, a fte r w h ic h th e g o v e rn o r
re c e iv ed the .c om p lim e n t s 'u fu a l o n th is o cc afion . T h e S ir iu s fired
a r o y a l fa lu te a t one o c lo c k , and a p u b lic d in n e r w a s g iv e n b y th e
g o v e rn o r . B o n fire s w e r e lig h ted on each fid e o f th e co v e at n ig h t,
w i th w h ic h th e ce remonies .o f th e d a y conc lud ed .
I t had been im a g in e d in E n g lan d , th a t T om e , i f n o t con fid e rable
fa v in g s o f p rov ifio n s m ig h t be mad e, b y th e quantities o f fifh th a t
-it w a s fu p p o fed w o u ld b e t a k e n ; b u t n o th in g lik e an eq u iv a len t fo r
th e ra tion that w a s iflued to th e c o lo n y fo r a fin g le d a y had e v e r
been b ro u g h t up.
W e w e r e in fo rm e d , th a t th e F ren ch fh ip s , w h ile in B o ta n y B a y ,
h ad m e t w i th on e v e r y fu c ce fs fu l h au l o f la rge fifh , lh a t m ore than
am p ly fup plied b o th fh ip s c om p a n ie s ; but o u r p eo p le w e r e no t lb
fo r tu n a te . F ifh en o u g h w a s fome tim e s tak en to fu p p ly about tw o
h u n d red p e r fo n s ; b u t th e q u a n t ity v e r y ra re ly e x ce ed ed this. T h r e e
ftin g - ra y s w e r e tak en th is m on th , tw o o f w h ic h w e ig h e d each about
th re e h u n d red w e ig h t, and w e r e d iftributed am o n g ft th e people.
H is r o y a l h igh n e fs Pr inc e W il liam H e n r y ’ s b ir th -d a y . was d if -
t in g u ilh e d b y d ifp la y in g th e co lou rs at the fla g - fta ff; and this com p
lim en t w a s p aid to o th e r branches o f th e r o y a l fam ily w h o fe birthd
a y s w e r e n o t d ired led to be o b fe rv ed w i th m ore ce rem on y .
O n
O n th e 2 6 th th e S u p p ly returned from N o r fo lk Ifland , h a v in g b e en
abfent fiv e w e e k s and tw o d ays. F rom th e com m an d an t th e m o ft fa v o u r able
accounts w e re re c e iv ed o f th e richnefs and depth o f th e fo il and
fa lu b r ity o f the c lim ate , h a v in g been v ifite d w i th v e r y little ra in, o r
th u n d e r and lig h tn in g . H is fearch after th e fla x -p la n t h ad be en fucce
fsful ; w h e re he h ad cleared th e g ro u n d h e fo u n d i t 'g r o w in g fp on ta -
ta n e ó ü fly and lu x u r ia n t : a fm all fp e cie s o f p lan ta in a'lfo had be en dif—
co v e red . H is gard ens p rom ifed an am p le fu p p ly o f v e g e ta b le s ; b u t
h is fe ed -w h ea t, h a v in g be en heated in th e lo n g paffage to th is co u n t ry ,,
turned ou t to b e dama ged , and d id n o t v e g e ta te . T h e lan d in g w a s
fo u n d to be v e r y dan ge rous , and he had th e m is for tu n e to lofe M r .-
C u n n in g h am , th e m id ffiipman , w ith thre e p e o p le , and th e boat th e y
w e r e in , b y th e fu r f on th e re e f, a few d a y s b e fo re th e S u p p ly fa iled .
S h o r t, h ow e v e r , as th e t im e w a s , th e ca rp enter o f that v-effel replaced
th e boat b y b u ild in g h im a co ble o f th e tim b e r o f th e iflan d , c o n -
ftru tte d p u rp o fe ly fo r g o in g w i th o u t th e re e f, and fo r th e h a z a rd o u s
em p lo y ffie m u ft often b e en gag ed in .
T h e fettlement at S y d n e y C o v e w a s fo r fem e tim e am ufed w i th a n
ac co u n t o f th e e x iften c e and d ifc o v e r y o f a g o ld m ine ; and th e im -
p o fto r h ad in g e n u ity en o u gh to im p o fe a fab ricated ta le on fe v e ra l o f
the officers fo r t ru th . H e p retend ed to h a v e fo u n d it at fom e d iftan ce
d ow n th e h a r b o u r ; an d , o ffe r in g to co n d u c t an officer to th e fp o t, a
b o a t w a s p r o v id e d ; b u t im m ed ia te ly on la n d in g , h a v in g p r e v io u f ly
p re va iled on th e officer to fend aw a y th e bo at, to p re v en t bis d ifc o v e r y
b e in g made p u b lic to m ore th an one p e r fon , h e made a p retence t<*
le a v e h im , an d , re a ch in g th e fe ttlem en t fome hours b efore the o ffice r ,
repor ted th a t h e h ad been fent u p b y h im fo r a gu a rd . T h e fe llow
k n ew t o o , w e l l th e con fequen ce s th a t w o u ld fo l lo w o n . th e officer s
a r r iv al to w a it fo r th a t, and th e re fo re fet o f f d ir e c tly in to th e w o o d s ,
w h en c e he returned th e d a y fo llow in g , w h e n h e w a s p u nilh ed w i th
f i f t y laffies fo r h is im p o fitio n . S till, h ow e v e r , p e r fiftin g th a t h e h ad
d ifcov e red a m e ta l, a fp e cim en o f w h ic h he p rod u c ed , th e g o v e rn o r ,
w h o w a s abfent from th e fettlement at th e o p en in g o f th e bufinels, but-
had n ow returned , ordered h im to be tak en ag ain d ow n th e h a rb o u r ,
w i th d ire c tion s to his ad ju tan t to land h im on th e place th e m an
lh o u ld p o in t o u t , and keep h im in his f i g h t ; b u t on b e in g allu red b y
th a t