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X X I I . T h e Reliance fails fprNorfolk-Ifiand, and the Walker arrives with
Lieutenant-Colonel Paterfon from England.— Difpatches*received.
— Orders refpe£ting bread.— Tranfadtions.— Regulations.—Storm
o f wind.—December.— Th e Britannia whaler fails for England.—
■ Settlers diflatisfied.— A Spanilh prize arrives.—T h e Martha from
Cape Barren Ifland.— A criminal court held.— Wheat continued at
the former Price.— Gaol burnt at»Parramatta.—Harveft begun.—
'Live ftoek,
X X I I I . T h e Swallow-Packet arrives, on her wa y to China.— ArticlesTold.
— Th e Minerva arrives from Ireland with convij&s y—~and the
;Fhynne from Bengal.—Three fettlers tried'for murdering two
•.natives.— AITeflment fixed to complete - the gaol.— February.— Military
rations.— A foldier fiioots himfelf.-— A whaler from America,
with a Spanilh veffel, her prize j the Hunter from Calcutta,
. and the’Friendlhip with Irilh convicts, arrive.— Inutility o f fome
o f thefe prifoners.— Cloathing iffued.— T a x on fpirits to complete
;jthe gaol.— Tranfadjions.-—A new magazine begun.— March.—
Th e Reliance fails for, England.—-A mountain eagle (hot-.— The
Martha arrives from Bafs Strait.— Settlers fell their Iheep.— Flood
occafioned by bad weather.— April.— Criminal :court held— Th e
Speedy arrives from England with Lieutenant-Governor :King.—•
-Th e Buffalo from the »Cape.— Regulations, ..
X X IV . Reports o f .feditious' meetings among the Irilh convidls. —The
Mriendfhip fails for Bengal.— Letter from Lord Mornington re-
;fpe£Ung peifons refident at Bengal formerly inthis^cplony.-— Cor-
xefpondence relative to .Indian conyi&s, and perfpns at Calcutta
wilhing : to 'becomeJetiJers in N ew South Wales.— Orders.— Cri-
. minal court held.-rr-Juuei— Two: men/hanged for iheep-ftealing.
— T h e Hunter< Tails: with Major Foveaux for Norfolk-Ifland.—
-The Buffalo ordered for Tea.— Public gaol.—July.— Three men
executed— General mufter.— Cattle ;purchafed— Th e Martha
driven -oil fhore.— Auguft.— Survey of public ftores.— Spirits
landed and feized.— Death of Wilfon.—September.— Rumours o f
Infurredtibn.—Volunteer .corps.— Coal found.— T h e Jo h n Ja y arrives.—
T he governor quits the fettlement— Live -. ftoek, & c .—October.
hThe ^Buffalo,; fails .for England.—Touches at .Norfolk-
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