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Mr. Payne's, who he had cohabited with dur- 

 ing the passage) some clothes he had given her. 

 A riot in consequence ensued, and the prisoner 

 endeavoured to make it appear, that he in his 

 defence fired the pistol. The court found him 

 guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced him to 

 receive 600 lashes. John Fenlow was tried for 

 the murder of his servant, David Lane. The 

 charge was fully made out, and the prisoner re- 

 ceived sentence of death. Four who had often 

 broke out of prison, and run from the jail- 

 gang, were tried as incorrigible rogues, and 

 being found guilty, were sentenced to thres 

 years hard labour at Norfolk Island ; and one 

 man tried for a rape was acquitted. Fenlow, 

 being tried on the Saturday, was executed on 

 Monday, and his body delivered to the sur- 

 geons for dissection. A stone was found in his 

 srall bladder of the size of a lark's eo'sr. The 

 night before his execution he confessed tbat the 

 murder which he committed was premeditated. 

 The day before he was tried, he had prepared 

 an opening through the brick wall of his cell, 

 purposing, had it not been discovered, to have 

 escaped after his trial. 



On the 8th, the Susan sailed for Canton, in 

 which two women and a few men were allowed 

 to quit the colony. 



A civil court was held the next day, when 

 some who had been arrested by writs issued 

 from the last court were brought up, several of 

 whom being settlers, assigned their coming 

 crops for the different sums. Had those de- 



