to their banishment, 44. A school formed for young offenders, 45.

Inherent love of liberty, 48. Re-

Laws respecting seamen, 51. Re-

Their progress in learning, 47.

fractory conduct of a sailor, 49.

lative situation of the guards and prisoners, 52. Soldiers intoxi-

cated, 53. Conduct of their wives, 54. Quarrel between the

guards and sailors, 56. Bad behaviour of a convict, 59. Allow-

ance of spirits to the guard recommended to be reduced, 60. Wo-

meu and children to have none, 61. Improvement among the

boys, 62. The convicts generally behave well, 63. Their letter to

Lord SIDMOUTH, 64. Two mutinous seamen discharged, 67. In-

terview with Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, 68. Interview with the

Deputy Colonial Secretary, 69. Agent for Transports visits the Nep-

tune, 70. Sixteen convicts are embarked, 71. Apprehensions of

disease from this increased number, 72. Official application not

noticed, 74. Precautions to prevent communication between the

new and old prisoners, 75. The latter generously share their wine

with the former, 76. Prisoners express their gratitude for being

kindly treated, 77. Neptune's arrival at Sydney; the convicts

write a letter, 79. Governor MACQUARIE's opinion of the voy-

age, 80. Observations in the colony, 81. Departure with dis-

patches, 82. Loss sustained by a hurricane, 83. Return to Eng-

land,-letter to Navy Board, 84.

CHAPTER III.

VOYAGE IN THE MORLEY.

Mrs. FRY's exertions, 93. Visit to the Morley, 94. Arrange-

ments for a school, 95. Religious books liberally supplied, 96.

Regulations, 98. Crimes, 100. Characters, 101. Sentence, 102.

Address, 103. Mrs. PRYOR visits the convicts, 116. Application

to the Secretary of State to permit a convict's child, above the re-

gular age, to be embarked; which is granted, 118. Convicts ap-

pear too familiar with the sailors, 119. Some of the convicts be-

have ill, 120. Captain YouNG visits the ship, 122. Mr. CAPPER'S

visit, 123. Bank Solicitor gives five pounds to every woman under

sentence for forged notes, 124. The Keeper of Newgate gives half

a crown to each convict from that prison, 126. Mrs. FRY visits

the ship, and admonishes the prisoners, 127. Improved behaviour

of the prisoners, 128. Two ladies and a gentleman visit a young

prisoner, to whom they give good advice, 129. Their perilous si-

tuation after leaving the ship, 130. Three invalid females removed

by order of the Navy Board, 131. Dispatches and sailing-orders

arrive; riotous behaviour of some of the convicts, 132. Morley

sails, 133. Arrives in the Downs, where the pilot leaves her, 134.

Boisterous weather, 135. Address to the convicts after leaving

their native country, 138. They request permission to copy it, 156.

Death and interment of two convicts' children, 157. Feelings of

the convicts during a violent squall, 159. Inflammatory fever ap-

pears among the prisoners, 164. A quarrel, 165. Death of a con-

vict's child, 166. Great improvement in a convict, produced by

employment, 168. Two old enemies become reconciled, 171.

Sailors attempt to break into the prison, 172. They threaten to

murder one of the women, 173. Captain BROWN remonstrates

with them, 174. They make another effort to communicate with

the women, 175. First prize won, 177. Continued impropriety

of the sailors, 179. Second and third prizes won, 182. A violent

quarrel between two women, 184. The sailors open a passage into

the prison, 187. Exertions of Captain BвOWN to discover and de-

feat their purpose, 189. They behave with more caution, 190.

Conduct of the chief officer, 191. Capt. BROWN musters the re-

fractory sailors, and admonishes them, 193. Effects of keeping

watch in the prison, 195. Cooking prevented by rough wea-

ther, 196. Conduct of the prisoners from Newgate, 198. A

letter, 199. Injury done to the prison, 201. A sermon read by

the Rev. Mr. REDDALL, 203. A letter from the convicts, 204.

Arrival at Van Diemen's Land, 205. The sailors get four females

out of the prison, 207. The Lieutenant Governor visits the ship, 207.

A police magistrate and military guard sent on board, 208. Fare-

well admonition, 210. Humane attention of the Lieutenant Go-

vernor to the convicts, 238. Fifty convicts landed, 239. Lieu-

tenant Governor's certificate, 240. Seven women sent on board

the Morley to be conveyed to the Factory at Parramatta on account

of bad conduct, 241. Departure from Hobart-Town, 242. The

seven females behave well, and receive encouragement, 243. Ar-

rival at Sydney, 245. His Excellency the GOVERNOR and the

Honourable COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY visit the Morley, and

inspect the convicts, 216. Convicts are mustered, 247. Progress

of the school on board, 248.

CHAPTER IV.

MANNER OF DISPOSING OF CONVICTS.

The principal Superintendent takes charge of the prisoners, 251.

His extensive knowledge, 252. The manner in which the duties

of his office are discharged, 253. Convicts readily form connec-

tions, 254. Persons of indifferent character chosen to act as turn-

keys, 256. Public-houses too numerous, 257. Convicts' recep-

tion at the Factory, 258. Want of order in that establishment, 259.

Two women sent back to England, being too bad to remain in the

colony, 262. Proposed marriage of a female, 264. Reduced num-

ber of public-houses, 266. Little hope of reformation, 268. Man-

ner of disposing of male convicts, and their general condition, 270.

Want of regulation in the barrack, 273. Convicts purchase their

liberty from their masters, 275. Punishment, 276.

CHAPTER V.

SITUATION AND DUTIES OF THE SURGEON SUPER-

INTENDENT.

Government contract for the conveyance of convicts, 278. For-

mer manner compared with the present, 281. Difficulty of ma-

naging convicts, 253. Surgeon Superintendent unsupported, 284.

His numerous duties, 285. Obstacles opposed to his return after

landing the convicts, 287. Character of the commanders and

medical men in convict ships, 289. The Surgeon Superintendent

not allowed a servant, 290. Liability to disagreement between

him, the Master, and military officer, 291.

CHAPTER VI.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

Proposed alteration in prisons, 294. Other opinions, 295. Mo-

ral instruction hitherto neglected, 296. State of female prisons

further considered: possibility of reformation contended for, 299.

Behaviour of the prisoners in the colony, who went out in the

Neptune, 301. Employment recommended, 303. Check to po-

pulation, 304. Proportion of males to females, 305. Unhappy

connexions often formed, 306. The assertion that women from

Newgate behave worse than those from other prisons, examined,

307. State of the rising generation, 311. Formation of Bible and

other useful Institutions, 313. Cursory view of the French revo-

lution, 314. Early education recommended, 316. Devotedness

of Governor MACQUARIE to the welfare of the colony, 317. In-

aptitude of the Factory establishment to the reformation of its

wretched tenants, 318. Alterations suggested, 319. CONCLUSION,

320.

APPENDIX.

REFLECTIONS ON SEDUCTION.

Influence of the British Constitution, 321. The characters of a
felon and seducer, compared, 323. The history of a seducer, from
real life, 326. His birth and prospective talent, 328. Education,

Character of his travelling companion, 330. Exploits in

Paris, 331. Occurrences in Bourdeaux, 333. Journey to Mar-

seilles and Toulon, 336. Thence to Naples, 337. Description

of a hurricane, 338. Lands at Leghorn, 341. Visits Naples ; re-

turns to England; and is about to be married, 342. Excessive

grief occasioned by the death of a friend, 344. Goes to London,

and thence to Scotland, 345. His father's death, 349. Interview

with his mother, 350. Base attempt, 352. Change of disposition,

354. Extreme misery, 355. Extravagant conduct, 357. Elope-

ment with a young lady, 361. His dying moments, 362. Law of

honour and men of the world, 364. The seducer's character fur-

ther sketched, 366. Sufferings of unhappy women, 370. Murder

sometimes committed, 371. The victim of seduction generally

abandoned, 372. Notorious rakes received and countenanced in

society, 377. Prostitution an inevitable consequence, 378. Waste

of happiness, 380. Remedy proposed by Doctor COLQUHOUN, ex-

amined, 386. State of morals in Holland, Italy, and India, 388.