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On the landing of the Bellona's cargo, much of it was found to be da- 

 maged ; the fhip had been overloaded, and had met with very boifte- 

 rous weather on her pa'ffage; This practice of crowding too much- 

 into one fhip, had in many inftanees been very prejudicial to the 

 colony ; in the prefent inftance, of the Ruffle, Duck (which Govern- 

 ment had ordered for the frocks and trowfers of the convi&s, inftead 

 of the Ofnaburgs fo much complained of,) fixty-eight bales, contain- 

 ing thirteen thou fan d one hundred and forty-eight yards, and which 

 was mod excellent of its kind, were damaged ; fixty-nine calks of 

 flour alfo were found to be much injured. Of feventy-fix hogfheads of 

 molaffes, eleven hundred and feventy-two gallons were found to have 

 leaked out; one hundred and ninety-eight gallons of wine, and 

 feventy-nine gallons of rum were deficient, owing to improper flow- 

 age ; three hundred and thirty-five hammocks, thirteen rugs, five hun- 

 dred and twenty-feven yards of brown cloths, and one cafe of ftation- 

 • ary, were rendered totally unfit for ufe. Of thefe articles, there was 

 not one which in its proper Mate would not have been moft valuable; 

 and when the expence attending their conveyance, the inconvenience 

 that muft be felt for the want of every damaged article, and the im- 

 poffibility of getting them replaced for a great length of time, were 

 considered, it was difficult to ascertain their precife value; 



Among the occurrences of the month, was the untimely end of 

 two women and a child. Thefe unfortunate people had been drinking 

 with others at Sydney, and were proceeding to Parramatta, in a boat 

 with William-^ the hufband of one of the women,, when the boat upfet,, 

 and the man alone was faved, though he had fnatched his infant from 

 the wretched mother's grafp before fhe finally funk, and brought it 

 to more ; but for want of immediate medical aid, it was foon pafb 

 the troubles in which a lengthened date would moft probably have 

 feen it involved ; for its parents had been noted for their depravity; 

 they had been rioting and fighting with each other the moment before 

 they got into the boat ; and it was faid, that the woman had impre- 

 cated every evil to befal her and the infant which me carried about 



