408 HISTORY OF 



Lieutenant Colonel Paterson, and the commis- 

 sioned officers under his command. Th#ex- 

 pertness with which the various military mo- 

 tions were performed is highly to the credit of 

 the whole body, and in which the non-commis- 

 sioned officers have a very distinguished share. 

 The governor cannot lose the present opportu- 

 nity (as it may possibly be the last) of assuring 

 the troops generally, that the confidence which 

 he has long reposed in their promptitude upon 

 every occasion that might require their parti- 

 cular exertion, has ever inclined him to con- 

 sider with contempt the threatningssaid to have 

 been held out by a number of discontented and 

 misled people : well satisfied that the active as- 

 sistance of the New South Wales corps, added 

 to those precautions and exertions which have, 

 and he trusts, will continue to distinguish the 

 civil power, will ever be found a complete secu- 

 rity for the peace and tranquillity of 

 this settlement, and of His Majesty's go- 

 vernment in this remote part of the British 

 dominions." 



His Excellency's embarkation was attended 

 with every mark of respect and regret. The 

 road to the wharf was lined with troops, and he 

 was accompanied by the officers of the civil and 

 military departments with a concourse of inha- 

 bitants ; who shewed by their deportment the 

 high sense they entertained of the regard he had 

 ever paid to their interests, and the justice and 

 humanity of his government. 





