MACQUARIE to STEWART. 471 and a Black Native (Or Aborigines) of This Colony Named 1816
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MACQUARIE TO STEWART. 471 and a Black Native (or Aborigines) of this Colony named 1816. Dewall or Dual* whom I have banished as a Felon to the Settle- !Ly' ment of Port Dalrymple for the term of Seven Years, as you will ^ansportecHo observe from the Warrant or Order made of his Sentence which Tasmania. will be transmitted to you by Secretary Campbell. You will accordingly order the said Native Convict (Dewall) to be kept at Hard Labour and to be fed in the same manner as the other Convicts. Amongst the Convicts now sent in the Kangaroo for Artificers for the use of the Settlement under your command, you will receive Georgetown. the following number of Artificers, Vizt., 13 Carpenters, 6 Black smiths, 5 Brickmakers, 4 Bricklayers, 6 Sawyers, and 2 Plais- terers. The whole of these Artificers, with a proportion of Labourers, must be exclusively reserved for the use of Govern ment and for erecting the Public Buildings at George-Town. 2. You will also receive by the Kangaroo a large and liberal stores and tools supply of Stores, Tools, and Implements for carrying on the Georgetown. Works at George-Town; a List of which is herewith enclosed for your further information and guidance. There being no Car penters' Broad Axes, Spades, Shovels, or Blacksmith's Bellows, Anvils, and Hammers, now in the King's Stores here, nor to be had to Purchase in the Private Shops at Sydney, I am unable now to send you those articles, but shall not fail to send them to you on the arrival of a supply of such articles from England. I also much regret that I am unable to send you a Supply of Slop Clothing for the use of the Convicts at Port Dalrymple, there being none at all remaining in the Stores here; but I hope soon to receive a Supply of Slops from England, a proportion of which shall be sent to you by the earliest opportunity after their arrival here. 3. With the assistance of the Mechanics and Labourers now Public works to sent-to Port Dalrymple, and the liberal Supply of Stores and GeoTg^town.^ Tools, which you will receive by the same opportunity, I shall certainly expect that great and rapid exertions will be made in erecting the more immediately necessary Public Buildings at George-Town, as pointed out and specified by me in my Instruc tions to you on your being appointed Commandant of Port Dalrymple; for, as every possible facility is now afforded for erecting those Buildings, both in Men and Materials, the Super intendant and Inspector of Public Works must be strongly en joined to be very assiduous, and to use every possible exertion in erecting these Public Buildings with as little delay as possible, and to apply all the means he possesses towards this object. 4. The Eevd. Mr. Youl, a regularly ordained Clergyman, having been sent out hither lately as Chaplain for the Settlement of » Note 184. 472 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA. 181C Port Dalrymple, for which he has been specially appointed by 31 July. Commission, he has frequently expressed his earnest desire to Appointment of be sent down to his Duty at that Settlement; but I have hitherto as chaplain at resisted his several applications on account of there being no George tow-n. House or Barrack at Launceston fit for the accommodation of himself and his Family, for he is a married man with three or four Children. I have therefore to desire that a small Barrack or House of one story, containing at least four Eooms, may be built for the accommodation of Mr. Youl at George-Town as soon as possible, with Kitchen and other necessary offices, to be erected in one of the Angles of the Square in the Center of the Town. A moderate sized School-House must also be built in one of the Angles of the same Square, with as little" delay as possible, whieh it is intended shall answer in the mean time as a temporary Chapel or Place of Public Worship, until the' Funds of the Colony will admit of a regular Church being erected at George- Town. I leave to your own Judgment and that of Mr. Leith the size, dimensions, and Planning of these Buildings, only request ing that no time may be lost in erecting them, for it would be taking up too much time to wait for corresponding further on the manner of constructing them. I have, &c, L. MACQUARIE. [Enclosure.] Public SCHEDULE of Public Buildings to be erected at the expence of buildings to be erected at Government at " George-Town " at York Cove, previous to . George town. the Principal Settlement being moved thither from Laun ceston. 1st. House and Offices for the Commandant. 2d. Barracks for 1 Captain and 3 Subalterns. 3d. Barracks for 100 noncom'd Officers and Soldiers. 4th. A Guard House. 5th. A Jail. 6th. An Hospital. 7th. A School House to answer for a Temporary Chapel, with a Room at one end for Schoolmaster. 8th. A Store and Granary. 9th. Barracks for 80 Male and 20 Female Convicts. 10th. A House for the Commissary. 11th. A Barrack for 1 Surgeon and 1 Asst. Do. 12th. A Court House. 13th. A House for the Storekeeper. 14th. A House for the Prinl. Superdt. of Convicts and Works. MAJOR STEWART TO GOVERNOR MACQUARIE. — Aug. 6th, 19th, 21st, and 22nd August, 1816. [Copies of these four despatches are not available..] STEWART TO DAVEY. 473 GOVERNOR MACQUARIE TO MAJOR STEWART. isi6. Sir, Government House, Sydney, 30th Septr., 1816. 1. I have the honor to acknowledge your voluminous Dis- Despatches patches, with their several accompanyments, per Brothers, John acknowledged. Palmer, and Brig Spring, under dates as noted in the Margin,* and which do not appear to be of sufficient importance to require any particular answers or comments. 2. Now that you^have plenty of Artificer's Tools and Stores, as Public works at well as a sufficient number of Mechanics and Labourers, I shall Ge°rget°wn- confidently hope and expect that the Works at the hew Settle ment of George-Town will go on rapidly and without any future interruption. The Barrack for the Chaplain and House for a Temporary Chapel and School-House must be amongst' the very first Buildings erected at George-Town. I have, &c, L. MACQUARIE. P.S.—In regard to Mr. Mountgarrett's claim for the Cattle he claim of J. states as belonging to him now in the Govt. Herds at Port Dal- to°cattfe.rre rymple, I have no opinion to give, referring the decision of the claim to Lt. Govr. Davey. and the Supdt. of the Government Stock. I must also refer you to Lt. Govr., Davey for instructions Robbery of how you are to act with respect t& the Bobbery lately committed publlc stores- on the King's Store at Port Dalrymple. It appears to me, how ever, from an attentive perusal of the Proceedings you sent me, that the Soldiers have unquestionably committed that Bobbery. Sydney, 30 Sepr., 1816. LM. MAJOR STEWART TO LIEUT.-GOVERNOR DAVEY. 1817. Sir, Launceston, 24th March, 1817. 24 March. , On my return last evening from inspecting the new road, Transmission making between this and Launceston, I found Ensign Mahon, ° report- with a party of the 46th regt. had returned from a pursuit after the Bushrangers. The enclosed is a Copy of his report to me, which I have the honour to transmit for your information. I have, &c, JAMES STEWART. [Enclosure.] ENSIGN MAHON TO MAJOR STEWART. Sir, Launceston, 19th March, 1817. I have the honour to acquaint you, that that party dis- Report by patched on the 25th February by your orders under my command encounter of after a banditti in the woods, commonly called bushrangers, military with " bushrangers. * Marginal note.—5th and 18th May; 15th, 17th, and 18th June; 6th, 19th, 21st, and 22n'd Augt, 1816. 474 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA. 1817. on the 15th day of March discovered three of them (armed) 24 March. laying in ambuscade, close to a place called Scantling's Plains. Report bv Being then within musket shot of them, I called on them to G. A. Mahon on encounter of surrender, or that I should fire on them; they made no answer military with but immediately ran away, when I ordered a pursuit after them, bushrangers. still calling on them to surrender, but the hindmost man, Chap man, turned round with great deliberation, and snapped his piece at the guide, William Cresswell. Finding all efforts to take them alive fruitless, and that they would inevitably have escaped, I ordered three of the soldiers to fire, when one of the banditti named Parker fell; but I should suppose could only have received a slight wound, as he rose again in a few seconds and started towards the thicket part of the wood, turning round the second time and firing at the soldier, who pursued him; the soldier again fired and wounded him between the shoulders, but, the place being thick with brush, he concealed himself and evaded the search we made for him. Another of the banditti, Elliott, whom I was in pursuit of myself, placed himself behind a tree, called me by name, presented ,his piece, and swore if I approached him, he would blow my brains out. In my own defence I was then obliged to fire at him, when he fell and expired instantly, with his finger put in the posture of pulling the trigger.- Chapman still continued running forwards, and again, snapped his piece, when one of the soldiers shot him through the back; he expired in about twenty minutes after.