144 HISTORY OF 



loss. In the beginning of October, civil ma- 

 gistrates were substituted for military ones. 

 On the 4th, the store-ship, Young William, an- 

 chored in the Cove, with a cargo of provisions, 

 with which being overloaded, she was much 

 damaged. In consequence of this supply the 

 ration was considerably improved. On the 13th 

 the Providence sailed for Nootka Sound ; on 

 the 16th, the Supply for Norfolk Island.; and 

 on the 29th the Young William for Canton. 

 On the 5th of November, the Sovereign arrived 

 laden frith provisions. By this ship arrived 

 Mr. Hibbins, as Deputy Judge-Advocate. 



On the 7th, Smith and Whitehouse were 

 tried for, and found guilty of, breaking into a 

 house, stripping it, destroying the live-stock, 

 and cruelly beating a servant; on the 1 6th they 

 were led to execution when the Governor par- 

 doned Whitehouse. A printing-press, never 

 before used, though brought out by Governor 

 Phillip was now set to work, and ail orders were 

 printed. On the 20th, the Supply returned 

 from Norfolk Island, and brought the unplea- 

 sant intelligence, that the Lieutenant-Governor 

 was very ill; and owing to the rats, and a 

 weed called cow- itch, cultivation was much 

 injured. 



Several contests which had lately taken place 

 in Sydney and its neighbourhood, among the 

 natives, were attended by many of those who 

 inhabited the woods, and came from a great 

 distance inland. Some of the prisoners gather- 

 ing from time to time rumours of the existence 



