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be granted, which rested on the character of 

 the person, were to he paid to the committee, 

 and appropriated to the above purpose. 



Since the last arrivals from Ireland, a number 

 of suspicious persons were continually strolling 

 about Sydney at all hours of the night, se- 

 veral boats had been taken away, and property 

 to a serious amount stolen out of houses ; in 

 order to put a stop to these practices, the cen- 

 tinels were directed not to suffer any person, 

 the civil and military officers of the settlement 

 excepted, to pass after ten o'clock at night, 

 without giving the counter-sign; on failure of 

 which the centinel was to detain them until 

 the relief came round ; when, if the corporal 

 should not be satisfied with the account they 

 gave, they were to be taken to the guard-house, 

 •and detained till enlarged by the magistrates. 

 In addition to this, the constables were directed 

 to be strict in their rounds, and apprehend all 

 improper or suspicious persons they might meet 

 in the town during the night. 



In a few days after the issuing this order, 

 several of the Irish prisoners assembled at a 

 house, and making more noise than proper 

 during the night, were taken up, and lodged 

 in the gaol till the morning ; when they were 

 set at liberty with strong assurances of being 

 punished if again taken up. 



A new powder magazine was now began, the 

 former being at too great a distance from the 

 principal battery, and in a dangerously in- 

 secure situation. The foundation of the new 



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