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Having now reached that period, of the His- 

 tory of New South Wales, in which I find it re- 

 quisite, as a faithful historian of the country, to 

 introduce myself, I must beg* leave to make 

 use of the words of that truly respectable author, 

 and esteemed gentleman, Capt. Collins, who 

 has recorded the event which took place on the 

 3d of November, 1792, in a way which, while 

 it records the truth, will ever be my pride to 

 merit. 



" On the 3d of the month three warrants of 

 emancipation passed the seal of the territory : 

 one to John Trace, a convict who came out in 

 the first fleet ; having but three months of his 

 term of transportation remaining, that portion 

 of it was given up to him, that he might be- 

 come a settler. The second was granted to 

 Thonlas Restil, (alias Crowder,) on the recom- 

 mendation of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nor- 

 folk Island, on condition that he should not 

 return to England during the term of his na- 

 tural life, his sentence of transportation being 

 durante vitce. The third warrant was made 

 out in favour of one who, whatever might have 

 been his conduct when at large in society, had 

 here not only demeaned himself with the 

 strictest propriety, but had rendered essential 

 services to the colony— George Barrington. He 

 came out in the Active ; on his arrival the Go- 

 vernor employed him at Toongabbe, (some new 

 ground beyond Paramatta,) and in a situation 

 that was likely to attract the envy and hatred 



