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poly to take place there, as was complained of 

 at Sydney. They wrote at the same time to the 

 Governor, denying giving*, any name to their 

 meeting, but heavily complaining; that, " after 

 much expense and trouble in rearing swine, the 

 storekeepers would not receive it.*' 



The Governor highly and justly censured this 

 manner of assembling, and in a printed notice 

 which he sent to them, told the inhabitants, 

 that if they felt any grievance, whether real or 

 supposed, they must submit their complaints to 

 the commanding officer of the settlement, by 

 one or two persons elected for that purpose, and 

 not by a numerous body of people. Every 

 other mode of attempting to gain redress was 

 illegal, and could only tend to expose those who 

 might be concerned therein to a very conside- 

 rable degree of danger, which he would most 

 undoubtedly inflict. 



In the course of this month was tried an 

 incorrigible offender, John Raynor, who was 

 convicted of house-breaking, and accordingly 

 executed, which fate he had often merited. He 

 left a letter previous to his execution, in which 

 he enumerated many of the offences he had 

 committed, and denied some with which he had 

 been charged. 



Various complaints, were made of the profli- 

 gacy of the women; who, from having met too 

 much indulgence on account of their sex, were 

 grown, as mk, r; be naturally expected, so idle 

 and insolent, &g£t they would not, unless forced, 

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