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VII. Escapes exhilerating assurance, and afterwards, by instruction from his
superiors, have found himself compelled to revoke it, and had
revoked it accordingly, the case would have been intelligible enough.
But here no such assurance is given until the very
time when, spontaneously or under instructions, a resolution is
taken not to fulfill it.

N. 10 (p. 268) Feb 1793. At this time the expectation about
"the clause...in the chapter party" for preventing Shipmasters from
"receiving any person" whatever on board "from the Colony, without
"the express consent and order of the Governor" was found to be
realized. The Bellona, arrived 15th January 1793 came provided
with this clause. She had sailed from England on the 8th of
August 1792. The "improved" Colony was thus improved into
a pretty compleat Bastile: a key only being put into the
hand of the Governor with liberty to let loose any person whom
he might be induced to favour. Into the jaws of this Bastile
came out by this same vessel several free and honest families.
They had been inveigled hither by conditions held out by government.
These conditions are stated by Captain Collins (p. 267.)
Among these conditions I do not observe that of being dependent
for their return on the arbitrary will and pleasure of a succession
of unknown Governors, the instruments of an arbitrary
and perfidious Minister and his successors.-

N. 11 (p. 268) 19th February 1792. The sincerity of the assurance
given in the preceding August, as mentioned in N. 9, began
now to manifest itself. On this day sailed for Canton this
same ship the Bellona. Into this ship had been received six
persons from the settlement: two of them expirees, by permission:
two other Expirees also, but without permission: as likewise
two

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	294	Info in main headings field	n. s. wales
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d17 f73 / d18 f74
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
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