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jn three transports, having on board a considerable body 
of convicts. And that the major commandant would 
fhortly follow in his majesty’s fhip, Gorgon, with the re- 
maining part of the troops. 
‘'The marines, who are to be relieved by the new corps, 
feel great satisfaction at the prospect of getting home; but 
they are surprised to hear, that the cause of their being 
relieved is attributed to disagreements among the ofh- 
cers. 
‘That very unpleasant differences have taken place be- 
tween their commandant and the governor, we are all well 
aware of. Who is right, or who wrong, will certainly 
hereafter be made known. But it is a grievous hardfhip, 
that unconcerned individuals fhould, by misrepresentation, 
be involved in such affairs, or be deprived of that merit 
which is so dearly bought by their services in this coun- 
try. 
‘Much credit is due to Mr Meitland, the master of the 
Justinian, for his expedition on the voyage, which he afsu- 
red us would have been completed in four months, but 
for the untoward. and boisterous weather he met with on 
this coast. 
‘ This fhip was followed by the Surprise, on the 26th of. 
June, and by the Neptune, and Scarborough transports, 
on the 29th, all of them after a pafsage of little more than 
five months. 
‘The Neptune ethbarked two officers of the troops, and 
forty-two soldiers, four hundred and thirty-three male 
convicts, seventy-eight females, six convicts wives, free wo- 
men, and thirteen children. They lost on the pafsage one 
hundred and sixty-two, and landed two hundred and sixty- 
nine sick at the hospital. 
‘The Surprise had on board two officers and thirty-eight 
troops, one of whom died on the pafsage, and two hundred 
