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Building a Brewery and Carrying on his Trade in it, when finished: and generally such other Articles as he may know to be suitable to the Demands and Wants of the Settlements on Van Diemen's Land.

1813.

27 Aug.

4. Herewith I have the further Honor of transmitting for Gore's application your Lordship's favorable Consideration, a Memorial from Mr. for increase Gore, the Provost Marshal of this Settlement, praying Your of salary. Lordship for an Increase of Salary.

I have, &c.,

L. MACQUARIE.

mechanics for

P.S. In the event of your Lordship being pleased to approve Proposed of Mr. Morris's returning to this Colony for the purpose of experts, and establishing the proposed Brewery at the Derwent, he is desirous the colony. to bring out with him three or four Brewers, as many Masters, two Coopers, a House Carpenter, a Mill-wright, and a Blacksmith. I have therefore to request your Lordship will be pleased to grant him Permission to bring out with him those Number of Persons. L.M.

[Enclosure No. 1.]

[A copy of the memorial of Joseph Morris is not available.]

[Enclosure No. 2.]

THE MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM GORE, PROVOST-MARSHAL OF THE Memorial of
William Gore.
COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

To the Right Honorable Earl Bathurst, Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies, &c.

Respectfully States,

That your Lordship's Memorialist on the recommendation of the Earl of Harrington was appointed Provost Marshal of the Territory by Commission from His Majesty bearing date the first day of August, One thousand eight hundred and five.

That the Salary of five shillings per diem annexed to that appointment was arranged, as Memorialist presumes from the Inference, that the Fees arising from and attached to the Offices were so considerable as to be paramount to the Salaries of the other Official Servants of the Crown on this Establishment.

That the duty as well as the responsibility of the Office of Provost Marshal to this extensive Territory, and which is daily encreasing, not only in population and by the establishment of New Settlements at remote distances from each other, but materially in Mercantile Interests and Commercial concerns, requires the most sedulous attention, vigilance, caution and care, occupying the whole of Memorialist's time and attendance, to render due Justice to the Duties of it, and necessarily calling

SER. I. VOL. VIII-F

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Memorial of
William Gore.

upon Memorialist to employ and entrust many persons as Deputies under him at very considerable Salaries, and for whose Conduct Memorialist is held responsible.

That the Salary of five Shillings per day is so far from being an adequate compensation, when the great trouble, expensé, risque and responsibility, appertaining to memorialist's Office, are taken into consideration, that it would not afford memorialist the power of keeping a Horse to visit the numerous and remote Districts to which his Official Precepts direct him, while the Fees received in Memorialist's Office are scarcely sufficient to defray the expences of Bailiffs, employed in the distant Districts, a Principal Clerk, and other subordinate Clerks and Assistants, engaged in the execution of Processes, Subpoenas, &c.; Thus leaving the Office of Provost Marshal of this Colony incumbered with an accumulating weight of Duty with a very inadequate remuneration to the Officer entrusted with the charge, and to whom very great responsibility necessarily attaches.

That Memorialist, being at the head of a Department which in itself is high in importance, and looked up to by all discriptions of persons in the Colony as an Office of trust and consequence, he therefore presumes he cannot be considered inferior to the other Servants of the Crown on this Establishment, whose Salaries have been Augmented to one pound per day for their Services, and who also have the assistance of other Subordinate Officers employed and remunerated by Government, Whereas Memorialist is obliged out of his own aforesaid Salary and Fees to pay the Salaries of all persons employed by him in the execution of the various Duties appertaining to his Office.

That from the pay of five shillings per day Memorialist has a number of Assistants to satisfy, and the Fees are so fluctuating and precarious as not to be taken into computation on that Score. And Memorialist moreover humbly shews to your Lordship that he has a Wife and Six children to provide for, and that his Rank and situation in this Colony as an Officer necessarily call for a respectable Establishment without which Memorialist must be liable not only to certain privations but probably to Embarrassments in his Circumstances, which produce anxiety of Mind and subject him to many personal inconveniences.

May it therefore please your Lordship to take these Circumstances into your Lordship's favorable consideration and grant Memorialist such relief by an encrease of his Salary as in your Lordship's wisdom and Justice may seem expedient.

And Memorialist will ever pray,

WM. GORE, P.M.

Sydney, New South Wales, 13th Augt., 1813.

My Lord,

1813. 31 Aug.

GOVERNOR MACQUARIE TO EARL BATHURST. (A private despatch* per whaler Atalanta.) Sydney, N. S. Wales, 31st Augt., 1813. My Private Letters under dates 31st January and 31st Previous private letters. July, 1812, addressed to Your Lordship's Predecessor, the Earl of Liverpool, I take for granted must have been handed on by him to your Lordship, and therefore it is unnecessary to recapitulate their Contents here.

recommend

In those Letters I took the liberty to recommend my Brother, Macquarie's Lieut. Colonel Charles Macquarie, late of the 42d Regiment, to ation of the favor and Protection of the Earl of Liverpool, and I now his brother. beg leave to do the same to your Lordship.

As I Conclude your Lordship will deem it absolutely necessary to direct the whole of the Officers and Men of the 1st Battn. of the 73rd Regiment to be removed as soon as possible from this Country, agreeably to the Strong recommendation Contained in my Public Dispatch dated the 31st of last month, the Situation of Lieut. Governor of this Territory will thereby become vacant; and it would prove highly gratifying to me if your Lordship would be kindly pleased to appoint my Brother Lieut. Colonel Macquarie to that Office, in succession to Lieut. Governor O'Connell, on the removal of the 73rd Regiment from this Country.

My Brother, I may venture to assert, is eminently well qualified to fill this situation with Credit to himself and advantage to the Public Service. His Character, as an Officer and a Gentleman, and for Honor and integrity through life, will bear the test of the strictest and most rigid inquiry; and his Talents and abilities as a man of Business are far beyond Mediocrity.

It certainly would contribute greatly to the Prosperity and the tranquility of this Colony, were I to be so fortunate as to have a Person placed next and immediately under myself, as Lieut. Governor of this Territory, in whom I could repose entire and implicit Confidence; and this would naturally follow were my Brother appointed to the Situation in question, as, of course, our interests and connexions would be one.

fostered by

At present, I am sorry to say, a good deal of Party Spirit Party spirit still exists in this Colony, principally arising from the circum- Mrs. O'Connell. stance of Lieut. Governor O'Connell's having married the Daughter of Governor Blight (the late Widow Putland), who was here with her Father when he was dispossessed of his Government, and remained with him during the usurpation of it, until the arrival of the 73d Regiment, when she married Lieut. Governor O'Connell. This Lady, naturally enough, has

Note 1. † Note 2.

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31 Aug.

Party spirit
fostered by
Mrs. O'Connell.

O'Connell's removal recommended.

imbibed strong feelings of resentment and Hatred against all those Persons and their Families, who were in the least inimical to her Father's Government. She is consequently on a bad footing with all those Persons, which excites a good deal of Party Spirit in the Colony. I am persuaded, however, that the remains of this Party Spirit and Faction will be Completely annihilated on the removal of Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. O'Connell, and that this Country will then be perfectly free from all Factions and invidious distinctions, for, tho' Lieut. Colonel O'Connell is naturally a very well disposed Man, he allows himself to be a good deal influenced by his Wife's strong rooted Prejudices against the old Inhabitants of this Country, who took any active part against Governor Bligh.

Under all these circumstances, it would most assuredly greatly improve the harmony of the Country, and promote unanimity in it, if the whole of the Officers and Men of the 73d Regiment were removed from it, including Lieut. Colonel O'Connell. Whatever time this event takes place, I indulge a fond hope Macquarie your Lordship will see no objection to appointing my Brother, lieut.-governor. Lieut. Colonel Macquarie, to be Lieutenant Governor of the Territory of New South Wales, in the room of Lieut. Governor O'Connell. I have, &c.,

Charles

proposed as

L. MACQUARIE.

Escape of convicts from Norfolk island.

GOVERNOR MACQUARIE TO EARL BATHURST.

(Despatch* marked "No. 12 of 1813," per whaler Atalanta.) My Lord, Sydney, New South Wales, 31st August, 1813.

1. I have the Honor to Inform Your Lordship that in the latter End of the Year 1811, four Male Convicts made their Escape from Norfolk Island on board a South Sea Whaler called "The New Zealander" of London, William Elder, Master. This Circumstance was reported to Me in due time by Lieutenant Crane, then Commandant of that Settlement; but as he Could not produce positive Proof of their being Carried off in the New Zealander, Any Steps on My part, previous to the Fact being ascertained, would have been premature; in Consequence I deferred making an Official Communication on the Subject, until I should be enabled to State it Circumstantially.

2. By the recent Arrival of Captain Elder, now Commanding the Concord South Sea Whaler, I have got the Necessary Information to Communicate to Your Lordship. From the Correspondence which has taken place between Captain Glenholme, the

* Note 1.

Naval Officer, and Captain Elder of the Concord on this Subject,

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to escape of

I am inclined to believe that these Convicts had got on board the New Zealander and Secreted themselves there for some time Papers relating without the Knowledge of Captain Elder, and it Appears by the convicts. Certificate of Captain Johnstone of His Majesty's Ship Scipion, dated off St. Helena on the 15th February, 1812, that these Men were delivered Over by Captain Elder in Charge to him. The Accompanying List will inform Your Lordship of the Names of these Convicts, with their respective Times and places of Trial, their Sentences or Terms of Transportation, and the Ships by which they Arrived in this Colony; and I enclose for Your Lordship's further Satisfaction a Copy of the Correspondence between the Naval Officer and Captain Elder, with a Copy also of Captain Johnstone's Certificate of their being put on board that Ship, and Captain Elder's Attestation to the Certificate and Signature of Captain Johnstone, Sworn to on the 26th instant. 3. The Facility with which Convicts may effect their Escape Necessity for by Means of Shipping from any of the frequented Harbors of this Colony or its Dependencies, Notwithstanding every Exertion to prevent escapes. prevent it, is Still so great that Unless Measures are adopted at Home to terrify these Fugitives from revisiting their Native Country in this Manner, by Stealth, such Desertions will become every day more frequent, as the Commerce and Shipping increase, and will be a Serious Evil unless Speedily Checked. In the present Case I beg to submit to Your Lordship that it appears to me that Captain Johnstone should be Called upon to Surrender those Runaways, and that they should be remitted hither by the Earliest opportunity to undergo at least the Extent of their former Sentences with such Additional Punishment as Your Lordship should be pleased to direct, as Examples to deter others from the same Line of Conduct.

stringent

measures to

treatment of

4. A Similar Circumstance to that now related has lately Special occurred here, which I have to represent to Your Lordship. A John Francis. Person named John Francis, who was tried at Middlesex Gaol Delivery on 10th July, 1811, and Sentenced to Transportation for Life, and who Arrived by the Ship Indefatigable at the Derwent in the month of October last, being Strongly recommended to me from Home, I was anxious to render his Situation as little Irksome to him as the Nature of it would admit, and in Consequence I had him brought to Head Quarters from the Derwent that I might have a personal Opportunity of Observing his Conduct and extending him Such Relief as he should appear to merit. Being bred a Surgeon I had him employed in the General Hospital here as an Assistant, which is in itself an

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