An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2

Recapitulation

A log prison begun

Various impositions practised at the store

October

Regulations and proceedings of the governor

A man found dead

A woman murdered

Discontents among the Irish, followed by an order

Character of the settlers at the river

Houses numbered at Sydney

Bennillong claims protection from the governor

Weather in October

November

Two victuallers arrive from England

Constables elected

The Francis returns from Norfolk Island

Civil appointment

A criminal court held

Executions

One man hung in chains

Effect of this upon the natives

Public works

December

Convicts secreted on board the Sylph

Reflections

A general muster

Regulations

A native child murdered

Weather

The governor visits Richmond-Hill

His transactions there

A stack of wheat burnt

Sawyers punished

Price of labour regulated

General character of the settlers

The clergyman's attention to the children

Criminal court assembled

Lawrence Davoran

The governor goes to Botany Bay

George's river

Public works

Lightning and its effects

The wind-mill tried

A civil court assembled

Difficulty respecting the convicts from Ireland

The natives

Some buildings begun

Weather March

Number of men not victualled by the Commissary, who had been convicts

An extraordinary theft

Court of criminal judicature twice held

One man suffers death

Price of labour fixed

The natives attack the settlers

Public works

Weather