Some o f the whalers that were in the harbour, proceeding on their
filhery, the town was freed from the nuifanee o f their feamen,
who could not refill the two temptations, fpirits and women, f<?
peculiarly calculated every where to lead them allray. The masters
of the fhips made many complaints that they could npt keep
their people on board.
At Sydney the walls' o f the granary were completed» and part of
the roof got up. The battery alfo was finiflied.
The weather during the month had been fo very fultry and dry,
that there was every appearance o f being completely difappointed
in the fanguine expectations which had been entertained o f a moll
abundant wheat harvelt. The palture and garden grounds alfo were
fuftering exceedingly through want of rain.
C H A P . X III.
THE SEMIRAMIS A R R IV E S FROM RHODE IS L A N D .— THE CHURCH A T S YD N
E Y B U R N T .----R E F L EC T IO N S .— SOME VE S SE L S SA IL ; THE NORFOLK
f o r v a n d i e m e n ’ s l a n d ; t h e F r a n c i s f o r n o r f o l k -i s l a n d .—
AN O TH ER F IR E IN TH E TOWN.— A SHIP A R R IV E S FROM TH E CAPE
WITH C A T T L E .— WORKS IN H AND .— B EN -N IL -LO N G .— TH E GOVERNOR’
S STEWA RD DESTROYS H IM S E L F .— AN ORDER R E SP EC T IN G THE
WOMEN.— A B A T T E R Y E R E C T ED .’— W E A TH E R .— STA T E OF TH E H A R V
E ST .---- IR ISH .— THE FR A N C IS R E T U R N S '; AND THE N A U T ILU S .— TH E
E L IZ A FROM S E A .— INFORMATION.— TH R E E D EA TH S .----ONE GOOD CHAR
A C T E R RECORDED D ISORD ER S ,— PU BL IC WORKS G R E A T H E A T .—
R E T U RN S OF STO CK, AND LAN D IN C U L T IV A T IO N .
October.] A N O T H E R adventurer entered the port on the i ll o f
this month, viz. the Semiramis from Rhode-Ifland, bound to China.
She made her paffage in three months and nine days. The mailer
reported, that when he left the States, they were thought to be on
the eve o f a rupture with France.
Between feven and eight o’ clock in the evening of this day, the
church on the eall fide o f the cove was difcovered to be on fire.
Every affiftance, as far as numbers could be ufeful, was given,
but ineffedlually; for the building being covered with thatch, which
was at this time exceedingly dry and combultible, it was completely
confumed in an hour.
This was a great lofs, for during the working days o f the week
the building was ufed as a fchool, in which from 15 0 to 200 children
were educated, under the immediate infpedtion o f Mr. John-
fon, the clergyman. As it Hood entirely alone, and no perfon was
fuffered to remain in it after the fchool hours, there was not any
:vo l . 11. s doubt