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KING to BOWEN. 211 Took Place Between 21St and 28Th of April, of Which You Have Isoi KING TO BOWEN. 211 took place between 21st and 28th of April, of which you have isoi. been already informed, and I made it my duty to see his orders 2I Al'8' punctually performed. With respect to my passages up and down this coast in the Voyages to Colonial vessel's, I will venture to assert that very little incon- ^e Decent. venience would have occurred in them had I been able to take advantage of my own judgment, a favour which has been never granted to me, tho' the public service could not possibly have been injured by it. I enclose a list* of the officers, civil and military, and prisoners on board the Ocean, formerly at Risdon Cove. I have, &c, JOHN BOWEN. [Enclosures.] [Copies of these papers are not available.] GOVERNOR KING TO LIEUTENANT BowEN.f Sir, Sydney, 25th August, 1804. 25 Aug. I have received yours of the 21st instant informing me that you had delivered your instructions and the public stores to Lieut.-Gov'r [Collins] immediately after the arrival of the Xancy, in consequence of a General Order given for that purpose by Lieut.-Col. Collins on the 8th May. You observe that your intentions about staying at the Derwent was not understood or sufficiently explained in your letter of the 24th April. On this Proposed subject, allow me to remind you that when you arrived in the ^B^wi0" °' Ferret, your intention of resigning the situation you held at the Derwent was fully understood, not only by me, but by every person of your acquaintance, which I understood was on account of the war. You had heard of it by the Ferret's arrivel at the Derwent,. and came hither in her, leaving your things at that place. I gave you permission to resign, and applauded your motive. I informed you that Gov'r Collins had reported Port Phillip as an unf^t situation; 'that I had given him his election of fixing at'Port Dalrymple, or the settlement you had formed at the Derwent; that he had made a choice of the latter, for the very cogent reasons he gave me; and that I had consequently Orders to furnished him with a letter to you to deliver the command, In- surrend(H' structions, and every article of Kings stores, etc., up to him. This letter was dated Xov'r 26th. Soon after your arrival in the Ferret I received Col. Collins's information that he had fixed on the Derwent. Consequently, you had not then received my letter of the 26th Xov'r; but on my communicating it to you, no observation similar to those in your letter of August 21st, 1804, was made by you. On* th Note econtrary 118. f, Not yoe u112 appeare. d gratified at the 212 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA. 1804. • idea of being allowed to resign, and was anxious to return to 25 Aug, give up the Government and your charge, and also to arrange Return of your private concerns. The Integrity was fitted with every pos­ J. Bowen to sible despatch. You were, on sailing, instructed by me to adhere the Derwent. to the directions contained in my letter of Xov'r 26th, and as it was indispensable that Col. Collins should receive your informa­ tion respecting the Derwent, I considered that the furtherance of his ultimate choice (in which the interest of His Majesty's ser­ vice was so materially concerned) should be aided by any possible communication previous to his leaving the Derwent, which I had reason to suppose would not be the case before the Integrity could arrive there. The unfortunate accident that befel the rudder* was surely not my fault, nor the consequent detention you experienced. You hired an American vessel to take you to the Derwent, where, as Gov'r Collins informs me, you declined giving up your Instructions, but offered him the command, etc. How far that was acting agreeable to my instructions of Xov'r 26th I leave to your own judgment. Had you returned in the Integrity you would have had three opportunities of a passage Passages to Europe, viz., The Betsy, Mersey, and Corromandel, by way of available to India and China, and a fourth by the Albion, south whaler, Europe. which left this direct for England on the 21st instant. Those opportunities I am sorry you have missed by not complying with my directions to give the Government, etc., up to Lieut.-Gov'r Collins, and returning here in the Integrity. Refusal to Respecting your appointment being anyways considered as deliver giving you a right to refuse delivering your Instructions, etc., instructions. up to Lieut.-Gov'r Collins as directed1 by me, I must inform you, sir, that Lieut.-Gov'r Collins having made his election of the Derwent, there was no necessity for two Governors being within six miles of each other. What I did, and what that officer has also, has been by virtue of the Royal commands, which I do not consider myself justifiable in giving any other interpretation to than the strictest obedience. I am concerned it was not in my power to procurfe you better conveyances than those that have [been] furnished, which you will have the goodness to allow me to recapitulate. Voyages made When you first set out for the Derwent you declined going in by J. Bowen. the Porpoise, and preferred the Lady Xelson, commanded1 by your shipmate, Mr. Curtoys. When these vessels put back, at your request, I hired the Albion, south whaler. In that ship you went, and landed at the Derwent. You returned from there in the Ferret, south whaler, whose master I paid for your passage. You left this in the Integrity to return to give up the Govern­ ment, and settle your private concerns. This is the onlv Colonial *Note 115. PAYMENT OF SALARIES. 218 vessel you have been in, as you are returned in the Ocean, trans­ 1804. port. Therefore, how far you have been inconvenienced beyond 25 Aug. the ordinary occurrences of a sea voyage I am yet to learn. I have, &c, PHILIP GIDLEY KING. THE HIRE OF THE SCHOONER PILGRIM. Hire of [The papers relating to the hire of the schooner Pilgrim by pilgrim. lieutenant Bowen will be found on page 191 et seq., volume V, series I.] ORDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARIES OF LIEUTENANT BOWEN Salaries of S-ii.r J. Bowen and URGEON MOUNTGARRETT. J. Mountgarrett. [A copy of this order will be found on page 197, volume V, series I.] RECEIPT FOR SALARIES. Receipt for WE the undersigned do hereby Acknowledge to have received from John Palmer Esqr. Commissary One Set of Bills of Ex­ change each on the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, for the Sum of One Hundred and Five Pounds Five Shillings Sterling, due to us for our Services at the Derwent as P'r Order above Xo. 13, For which we have signed Five receipts of this Tenor and date. * JAB. MOUNTGARRETT. * Note 119. OFFICIAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHERN TASMANIA, 1804-JUNE, 1812. These papers are divided into two sections:— Section A.—Despatches to and from the lieutenant-governor or commandants. Section B.—General and miscellaneous papers. 217 SECTION A. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR COLLINS TO LORD HOBART. 28th February, 1804. isoi. [A copy of this despatch will be found on page 56.] LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR COLLINS TO GOVERNOR KING. (Despatch per brig Lady Nelson.) Head Quarters, Camp, Sullivan Cove, Derwent River, Sir, Van Dieman's Land, 28th Feby., 1804. By my Letter Xo. 5* which I expect you will receive by the Departure for Schooner Edwin, (a Duplicate of which accompanies this), your the envel1t Excellency will be informed of my Intention of Proceeding to the Settlement established under your Authority at the Derwent. As your Excellency requests that I will be unreserved in my Reasons for communications respecting the Settlement with the direction of Devw'enf ase which I have been entrusted, I shall proceed to state the motive site for that induced me to give the preference to the Derwent. The advantages which I must derive from establishing myself in a Place already settled had certainly great weight with me, as I mention'd in the Letter which I had the honor of addressing to you by the Calcutta; but a still stronger consideration than this determined my Election of that Place. Between the departure of Captain Woodriff and the Receipt of your last Dispatches, I dis- Discontent covered an improper spirit among some of my Military, who n™tfry. expressed a dissatisfaction at a daily Drill, which I had found it necessary to order. Having received sufficient Evidence of their discontent, and of a design to wait upon me in a Body to state What they deemed a grievance, I resolved instantly to check it before it could proceed to any such unwarrantable length, and caused two Privates (who I had reason to believe were the most dissatisfied) to be confined, and brought them the following Day to a Court-Martial, by which they were sentenced to receive each Nine hundred lashes, of which Punishment I attended the Execu­ tion myself, when one received Seven Hundred and the other five hundred lashes. The Public Order which I gave out upon this Occasion will be found in the continuation of my General Orders, which I send herewith.f This Punishment appeared to be attended with the effect which I desired. Nevertheless, on duly weighing the whole * Note 120. t Note 121.
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