The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-27 00:00:00

P ROC LA MATI ON,

BY HIS EXCELLENCY LACHLAN beaVAIIIIIE, ESA,•
CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVEENOR IN CIIICP Or
THE TERRITORY OF NEitti SOOI'H WALES AND ITS
DEPENDENCIES, &C,

Whereas his Excellency the .Govertior has seen
.with great regret, the immorality and vice si)•pre-
Intent among the lower classes of ON colony ; and
whereas he .feels himsch called upon in' partieular
to reprobate and check, as far a, lies in his power,
the scandalous and pernicious cu,torn so generally.
and shamelessly adopted thronglio A tiiis territofy,•
of persons of .differeat is xes eiihibiting and liv tug
together, unsanCtioned by the legal ties of matri-
mony ; and whereas the consequences of 'this im-
moral and illicit intercourse have been fi,und (as
might have been expeaed) not only highly inju-
rious to the interests of the ,society at laigc, but
oftentimes attentied also with grievou, calamity to
the parties themselves, and the innocent offsPring of
their miscondtiCt.

And whereas such praaices ate a. scandal to reli—
gion, to decency, and to all good goverunient ;: and
whereas also, frequent applications have been made
On the part.oldi.ers. women, to the Court of Civil
Jurisdiction, tor the grant of Letters of Admioistra-
Eton of the goods and effects of persoos .dying intes-
tate, on the sole grourtd of having lived for ii,num-
ber of years•with the deceased in a state of illegal
and criminal intercourse ; his Excellency the Go-
vernor, anxious to Enomute the intectests of virtue
(won which those of society must evtl rest) by the
encouragement of lawful marriage, to reserVeino-
railly and decorum, and to looted. the ionocent suf-
ferers from the consequences of such pra&ices,
and hoping that the frequency of such .comie:.-tions
may be in a great measure oa,Ving town ignorance of
the calamity which will probably result from them ;
and that a more extended'lnowledge of this cir:
cunts.aihe may be the means of checking the forma-
tion of such eng,,getnesits ire fur u, e, feels it his duty
hereby publicly to make known to the inhabitants-
ot this colony, that the -mere circumstances' of ille-
gal Cohabition (fur 'whatever length of time) with
any mati;couters no valid title upon .tl.e woman to
the gotws and etfeas of such person, in case he
should die intestate; and that letters of administra-
tion of the goods and effects of pet Sons dying itites
tate cannot: be l:gally granted to any applicants upon
such grounds, and under such circumstances iis
aloresaid;. and. that the distressful consequences
which must be felt in particular instances from the
refusal of such applicants, can alone be avoided
by the formation of honourable and legal engage
merits.

His Excellency the Governor, aware of the Ire-.
quency of such illicit connexions, and seeing the
shatneltss and open manner in which they are
avowed, to the utter 'subversion of all decency anti
decorum, .is compelled to expres4, in this public
manner, his high disapprobation of such immora-
lity, and. his firm resolution to repress.; by every
means in his power, all such disgraceful connection's,
and. publicly declare, that neither favour not patron--
age will ever be extended to those who contractor
enf_ourage them.
On ttre other hand, his Excellency the GovernOr
is anxious tO hold forth eve ry inclOxemeht to the
formation of lasting and virtuous connexions,', and
to encourage lawful marriage by every possible
means ; as he is. convinced, t hat from such ..counek-'
ions alone tan be expemcd to arise either habits of
intlustry,• or decency .01. condutt :—Those, these-
fore, who form such connexions, and whose life and
conduct are sober, decent, and industrious, may
ever look up to his .Excellency for all reasonable en-
couragement'. _ _

Asa further means eff/aing that improvement
which he soeurnesily .v..isties, his Excellency cannot
forbear to make known his indignation towards
those per,ons Who,. in defiance of -all Jaw and de-
cency, scandalously keep open, during the- night,
the- must licentious and disorderly houses, for the
reception of the abandoned of both sexes, and to
the great eaCouragement of dissolute and- disorder-
ly. habits ; and tie publicly avows his resolution to
give strict orders to the Officers of the Police to re-
port-to him the proprietors of such houses, and to
punish such offenders to the utmost extent allowed
by law. _

Fits Excellency the Governor sanguinely hopes,
that the measures he is now adopting will not be
inneffeduai in producing that decorum and morality,
the want of which is at once so disgraceful, and so
detrinxotal to society; and he trusts, that when the
inhabitants of this Colony- shall see that favour and
eucouragement are to be obtained only by a strict
observance of +he rules of morality and decorum,
hey will become sensible of the error and folly of
a louger indulgence of habits of profligacy and
irregularity.

Given under my hand, at Government House,
Sydney, dm 24th day of Feb. 181 U.

LACHLAN MACQUARRIE.

GOD SAVE THE KING.
By Cuminaud of hi.; Excellency,
JOHN THOMAS CAMPBELL, SeC.

This; day his Excellency and Lady, accompanied
by Colonel Foveaux, and other officers of rank,
civil, military, and naval, attended divine service in
the church of St. Philip, which was performed by
the Rev. Mr. Cowpar, who delivered a most im-
pressivesermonon the following text, from the ft.th

verse of the t.v ti 7 chapter dl the ist of B.ltnud:
—4' Ari.e,- ano nt him, for h be." A laige
party of seataro and -s..marints ,frona
ship irt cow attended ,zo to Fay the cloth. s
of respect anti atioration to, their,bentficept Creator.

. „
His 111a)esty's colonial schooner Estramina .soils
this dry for the river I.NrWent, with dispatches
from his Excellency the Governor in Chief to Wil-
liam 11.ig-h, Es i. hi. Majest's late. Representa-
tive in tins territo, y, and its dependencie,:, who;
it is expected, will immediately return to this
place.
Yesterday 'the Partamatta detachment of the
!02dregiment was relieved by a
,detachment from
the i3d, and in the evening the former arrived in
town. •

In pursuance of his <Excellency's General Order
,of the .sth instant, interpoping clemency io the he,-
halt of a number of
,persons confined, for misdetnea -
nor, those persons were ticcordiugly liberated.
Assize of bread gd. the loaf to,weigh 211)5: when
cold, or 2ths. loz. new.

Average prices of articles of yesterday's market :
,mutton, park, and beef Is. 6d. per lb. ; av heat
.23s 14.; 13;11)ey !;45.; maize l7s. per bush. ; pota-
toes 73. (id. per cwt ;
.half-grown fowls 3s. each ;
eggs 2S. adi per dozen.