3i a ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [January, 



vffk arthur arrives from india .-—-francis from norfolk fslanix— 

 Playhouse opened. — stills destroyed. — ceres storeship arrived, 

 —and experiment from india.-— -ship otter from america. na- 

 tives. — -deaths. a transport arrives with prisoners from ire- 

 land.— a criminal court held. — black cjesar. shot. — otter 

 takes away mr. muir. abigail from america arrives. — a for- 

 gery committed. — works. — particulars respecting mr. bamp- 

 ton, and of the fate of captain hill and mr. carter.— a 

 schooner arrives from dusky bay. crops bad* — robberies com- 

 mitted. — natives. — ■ benn illong. — cornwallis sails. — gerald and 

 skirving die. — orders. — the supply returns. — the susan arrives 



from north america. — and the indispensable from england. a 



criminal and civil court held. — sick. thefts committed. the 



britannia arrives from bengal. mr. raven's opinion on the pas- 

 sage to india. — state oe the settlers. the governor goes to 



mount hunter. deaths. — two men killed. consequent regula- 

 tions. the britannia hired to proceed to england report of 



the natives. a criminal court assembled. — a settler executed 



for murder. — the swan sails.— ship from boston. — deaths. wea- 

 ther. — a temporary church opened at parramatta. tfie sup- 

 ply sails. account of stock. — land in cultivation, and num- 

 bers in the colony. — a murder committed. — britannia sails for 

 england.— general observations. 



•.QN the firil of January, the Arthur brig anchored in the Cove from 

 Calcutta. Mr. Barber, the matter, who had vifited Port Jackfon 

 in 1794 in the fame vefTel, had been induced by the fuccefs that he 

 then met with to pay a fecond vifit to its inhabitants, with a fimilar 

 cargo as to the nature of the articles, but of much larger value than 

 that which he then fold. He had been thirteen weeks on his paffage, 

 •and had heard nothing of the Britannia. 



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