LONVICTS. 



£^1 



mark 1 have henrd in the colony, that, sonif fjf 

 the lower orders eoiitrive to ix^t go\'eriinieiit 

 servants assigned to them, ostensibly for the pur- 

 pose of mdivatinf the- m% hxi in tesi&^ m 

 ^ist hx pltmdaf^. tThld wb^ also !»e ixiiSefxei 

 from the very limited means thc^y can 4^thiMrifie 

 have for procuring a livelihood. As a veil to 

 such practices, and to lull any suspicion that 

 might be O^eciled, they dig, and pknt a few 

 potftoea itiid oth^ '^eg^Mm^ in ^ ^mall^c^t of 

 grotmd, laid out near Uteir Tmk m&ism^i m 



a srarden ; and tlie crown prisoners are procured 

 ostensibly to assist in cultivating this '* bit of 

 earth and tlius the vegetable gaa!d«a alfords a 

 cloak to j&mf enwrn. 



Convict's ought (if hy transportation any pu* 

 nislinient is intetided) to he sent, according to 

 the nature of their crimes, to iliv, whole of our 

 colonies, whether in the East and West Indies, 

 com of AM^iv solely %t tih« pttr^iosd 



being employed upon tbe public works, and free 

 emigration to be encoura(j;ed to Australia, Cape, 

 Sid. on a very extended scale. The influence of 

 the emancipist class of the New South Wales 

 population is great, and they are also possessed 

 of g^t wealth. As yf^th is Otte degree of 

 power, they must be regarded both as an in- 

 iluencial and powerful body. There is also that 



