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colony of 482 persons. January the 1 6th, 1793, 

 the Bellona transport anchored in the Cove, 

 from England, with a cargo of stores and pro- 

 visions for the colony, 17 female convicts, and 

 five settlers with their families^ among the 

 stores were five pipes of port wine, some rum, 

 and 3000 lbs. of tobacco; and it was very much 

 to be lamented, that a large quantity of the 

 most useful articles in the cargo were spoilt. 

 On the 18th a melancholy accident took place; 

 the wife of Williams, a settler, with a child, and 

 the wife of a man named Green, had been 

 drinking with Williams and others, at Sydney, 

 and were going in a small boat to Paramatta, 

 with a bag of rice belonging to Green, and as 

 some water got to it, she endeavoured to move 

 the bag, and in the attempt overset the boat, 

 when both women and the child were drowned. 

 Williams and his wife were remarkable for 

 vileness; just before entering the boat they 

 fought, and she had imprecated every evil 

 to befal her if she returned to Paramatta 

 with her husband. The child was taken from 

 its mother's arms as she stink, but for want 

 of aid in time it died. The two women were 

 found in a few days, and Williams buried his 

 wife and child within a few yards of his own 

 door, and to complete the measure of his 

 iniquity, but a few days after, he was sitting at 

 his door with a bottle of rum, drinking one glass 

 and pouring another on the grave, till it was all 

 gone, declaring at each libation how well she 

 loved it when alive. The settlers avIio came 

 out in the Bellona having* fixed on their ground. 



