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The expected fignal for a veffel was at length made, and on the 

 1 8th the (hip Barwell arrived from England, with male convids, 

 and fome ftores and provisions. Having toudhed at the Gape of Good 

 Hope, (he there heard of the lofs of the Lady Shore tranfport in her 

 pafiage to Port Jackfon, having on board about 60 convi&s, three 

 only of whom were males, and a large affortment of all kinds of ftores, 

 which had been fo long and fo greatly wanted. There was alfo a 

 complete company of recruits for the New South Wales corps oa 

 board, to whom was owing the lofs of the fhip ; for, after murdering 

 the commander, and his fir ft mate, they took pofleffion of the (hip, 

 and carried her into Rio de la Plata, where me was delivered up to 

 the Spaniards. This (hip, befides the public ftores, had a great deal 

 of private property on board, and was a ferrous lofs to the colony. 



In the Barwell arrived a judge- advocate, in the room of Captain 

 Collins, who had refigned that fituation. 



Toward the latter end of the month, the fettlers at the northern farms 

 were much annoyed by the natives, who came down in a body, and 

 burnt feverai houfes. This was not the only misfortune that attended 

 the farmers at this time, as much mifchief occurred from a violent 

 fquall of wind, attended with a fttower of hail-ftones, many of which 

 meafured fix inches in circumference, and appeared to be an accumu- 

 lation of fmaller hail-ftones, which had adhered together, by the in- 

 tenfity of the cold in the higher region of the air, until they became 

 of the above fize. Much rain fell during the month. 



The 4th of June was, as ufual, obferved with all- the refpect and 

 attention fo peculiarly its due; and on the 6th the Governor went up 

 to Parramatta, in order to travel into the northern diftrict in fearch of 

 a proper place for fettling, as farmers, fuch of the miffionaries lately 

 arrived from Otaheite, as were difpofed to continue in the fettlement. 

 He alfo propofed to fix there fome free fettlers who had been fent out 

 by Government, if he fhould find a fufficiency of good ground. On 

 a minute examination of the country, he had every reafon to pro- 

 nounce it fuperior to any that had yet been feen, and in quantity equal 



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