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the man whose body was found on the 16th of 

 October, and seven for robbing the stores, and 

 two others were found guilty of manslaughter ; 

 three were executed at Sydney, two at Para- 

 matta, and three were pardoned. The body of 

 Morgan was ordered to be hung in chains on 

 the island Mat-te-wan-ye. This spectacle, 

 shocking to the refined mind, served as an 

 object of ridicule to the convicts, and terror to 

 the natives, who though, hitherto, particularly 

 partial to that spot, now totally abandoned it, 

 least the malefactor should descend and seize 

 them, in the same way as their superstition 

 prompted them to imagine spirits did. The 

 Prince of Wales sailed for China on the 23d, and 

 on the 6th of December, the Sylph to the same 

 place. On board the latter two male convicts 

 were discovered. Nothing but the superior 

 ignorance of the convicts can account for the 

 repeated attempts to leave the colony in this 

 way, as no obstacle was ever placed in the way 

 of their quitting the country with some degree 

 of credit, when the term for which they were 

 transported had expired. A little native girl, 

 whose parents resided near Broken Bay, and 

 were among those that committed continual 

 depredations at the Hawkesbury, was brought 

 in by a party detatched against the depredators, 

 among whom were shot, her parents. She soon 

 became a great favourite in Sydney, which 

 made the natives about that settlement very 

 jealous of her, and at length they found means 





