A N A C C O U N T
OF TH E .
E N G LI SH C O L O N Y
IN
NETH SOUTH THALES.
C H A P . I,
R E C A P ITU LA T IO N .— A LOO PRISON B EG U N .— VARIOUS IMPOSITIONS
P R A C T IS ED A T TH E STORE.— OCTOBER.— R EGU LA T IO N S AND PROCEED
IN GS OF TH E GOVERNOR.----A MAN FOUND D EAD .— A WOMAN
M U RD E R ED .— DISCONTENTS AMONG TH E IR ISH , FOLLOWED B Y AN
o r d e r .— Ch a r a c t e r o f t h e s e t t l e r s a t t h e r i v e r .— h o u s e s
NUMBERED A T SYD N E Y .— B EN N ILLON G C LAIMS PROTECTION FROM
TH E GOVERNOR.----W EA TH E R IN OCTOBER.— NOVEMBER.— TWO V IC T
U A L L E R S A R R IV E FROM EN G LAN D .— CONSTABLE S E L E C T ED .— THE
F R A N C IS R E T U R N S FROM NORFOLK IS LA N D .— C IV IL AP PO IN TM EN T .—
A C R IM IN A L COURT H E LD .— EXECU T ION S .— ONE MAN HUNG IN
CH A IN S .— E F F EC T OF TH IS UPON TH E N A T IV E S ;----PUBLIC W O R K S .- •
DECEM B ER .— CONVICTS SEC R E T ED ON BOARD TH E S Y L PH .----R E F L E C .
T IO N S .— A G EN E R A L M U ST E R .— R EG U LA T IO N S .— A N A T IV E CHILD
M U RD ER ED .— W EA TH E R .
September, 179 6.] In the former account o f the Englilh Colony
o f New South Wales, which was brought up to the
29th o f September, 1 79®> ^ vvill be feen, that on that day His
Majefty’s Ihip the Reliance, and the Britannia hired tranlport, failed,
with the Francis colonial fchooner, for Norfolk Illand; whence,
vol. 11. b being