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to be re-chosen every 12 months, and ■ -approved 

 by the Governor. Bennillong who had become 

 tired of civilized life, and had returned to his 

 natural savage state, applied to the Governor for 

 assistance against a number of his fellow* coun- 

 trymen, who were determined to kill him, for 

 murdering a man near Botany Bay, of which 

 he protested his innocence. The Governor, 

 anxious to protect his companion from England 

 (Bennillong), sent a guard with him to the 

 brick-fields, (where the natives lay in wait for 

 him) to explain to Ills countrymen that he was 

 not guilty of that or any murder, and that 

 the Governor would not suffer a native to visit 

 any of the settlements that should dare insult 

 him ; and as they had all felt the comforts of the 

 settlements, particularly in cold weather, the 

 business ended. On the 1st of November, ar- 

 rived the Prince of Wales, from England, with 

 a cargo of provisions. On the J 3th, the Francis 

 arrived from Norfolk Island, with dispatches 

 from the Reliance, Supply, and Britannia; and 

 on the 1 4th Richard Atkins, Esq. oificiated as 

 Judge-Advocate, instead' of Captain Collins. 

 The Sylph anchored in the Cove, on the 17th, 

 with provisions ; she sailed with the Prince of 

 Wales from England, but was by contrary 

 winds prevented reaching her destination be- 

 fore. A criminal court opened on the 23d, and 

 was held till the 29th, at the conclusion of 

 which, eight men had sentence of death passed 

 on them ; Francis Morgan, for the murder of 



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