The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-21

IRE I.Po'"isg s0ay is eabied tram a Uelume, Of
w'.fh f6s (feorf editor qvas Purified in
Ed'H"0'gb IN 1892. IT bas beer N,ervd-
) 'ema'&ed, that this piece form, a
e@EHfgrpart to tbe bjRory ofour Peniteati
ar. i5e fame utter eUant Of prudence and
oeoHonly appears in both iaaanee5.
IN late paper you informed US, on fiicial
authority, that previous TO the 9Th of March.
1891, two thoufand aud twenty-nine conyiEfs
have aecn ihipped from England for New
South " aies. We ALTO learned, that prior
TO the 9 Of ebruarv, in the ranc wear, m,
expenses OF This efabliihmeat amounted to
three hundred and jcventv four ,houl,nd
pounds. Be!ides ths FUN, we ere told of
contingencies, 6 that cannot as yet be Rated.''
! Ii vas Tor the mintter'S credit to make his
project appear as frugal as po1ible, and to fup-
oreis part ot this enormous expenditure 70
'erve the temporary purpofes Of debate. We
may iatey affirm, that the contingencies .re-
ferfed to, make no trlHing fun. Ten add
tionaI months fall now ALTO to he added to the
account; and it IS not Unreasonable 20 com
Pute the total expense, up 70 this date, at fix
hundred thoutand pounds Thefe exiles have
not, upon az average been more. than three
| wears in New South Wales Duyina thu.
mort period we fee that each Of them has cnn
5h,s Country three hundred pounds. AS the
Climate. IS much more healthy than our own.
they may be expected to furvive tranfDorta.
ltlon Tor twenty years to come. BY that time,
the additional e&pcnce Of each convi6t will
amount to, perhaps, fix hundred pounds It
may Indecd be aledged, that before that time,
the country will be reduced to a rate of cul-
tiVauon. But a.circumhance mentioned bv
the governor efficiently ihows the grea, diff
| lance and uncertainty of fuch Drofpe9. Il
soft him and parry FIVE DAYS TO penetrate
tarty miles into the deiarf; and the fatigues
fhey underwent during ,h;s Journey were ex-
ce,hVe. In the fame paper you rell us, that
eighteen hundred and thirty other convEts
were tti@1 under orders To- ihppiag. It is
! Inpoh5te to cltimatc, with ary decree of
Certainty, what NAV be the aauual sxpence OF
this colony 5=forc tlc end Of 5hl ei ,e.r.h
century. hy very srlS1erate czIcula. .cr .,.
may uPpoie, that before ten years eiaol as.
colony will receive at Leaf ter rHoufaa5 ~
ditonal convitts; and it is bu, rai- 70 com
pute, that of the whole number bv thar sl~.e
itranfPorted, ten Jhoui1n will yhcu DC alive.
and maintained Al the charge OF government.
Now, if each Of theie gentry thall colf us only
thirty pounds year, the whole annual ex-
/ pence will amount TO three hundred rhouiand
pounds. Atthe end Of twerty wears il nav
rife to dcuo: that fun, To this we mutt add
the charming item Of fifty or an hundred
pounds ttcrltng per head, for the expenee of
their voyage. VIII the Britifh nation, with
its eyes open, walk into flch quit? Had
each OF thete criminals been ditchsgced from
I "a Is ,ret.y al 49,
committed one tenth part of the mitchell bv
sbufng his liberty at home, which he entails
ON rs by enduring Ravery abroad
| hete preulilcs are una fwerable, and we
mutt infer thar the Botany Bay lchsrrse is the
mott abiurd, prodigal, and imprs<ticable v!Gon
mat ever intoxicated the mind Of man
| poor fellow heals watch, or horie worth
hYe or ten pounds. The lois is paluy, buy
! marx the odlequcnces. His trial, in Scotland
| at leatt, COTS the public, betw"e expeuce
and Perloaal trouble TO Individuals, perhaps,
, tour times thar fun and then his tranfpor-
tation, the devil knows where, and the devil
knows why, perpetuatcS a burden upon ms
! country to the amount Of ten times the lois
incurred by the robbery and rrial put together.
In the modern tate OF matters, a criminal
I 1hen Convicted does not dcfcrye ihat side for
breaking a ihoP, or fable; bur, b4cauie if,
ne efcsPes the gaiow he plumbers the cr0.ic
! treaiury OF three, OF five or perhaps fifteen
hundred pounds. Transportation To- North
( Amer!ca was, in companion bUl ride before
brcakfait. New South W4ie, IS al he di(-
I lance Of FIX or eight thoufand leagues, if we
include the windi1gs and ttrNlnzs necslary
on the pahage la the former country, the
price OF feIons when landed, was iuficient
Al
latter, q tootpad, the moment we let him on
thore, is enrolled with many other tigbf
b0Hoarabh gentlemen in the rslpeaable and
aictul band Of "aiioaal beHGane,5
There IS not an old woman !H the three
kiDgGCros ,-ho could nor hay~ C,.-eq,I