This is all I think it necessary to
trouble you with. Their conduct will be pointedly marked thro' all its
stages, and I will be firm and resolved in such steps as it may be
necessary for me to pursue, and of this you, as their commanding
Officer, will be pleas'd to inform them.
I am, etc.,
JNO. HUNTER.
THE IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS
+Source.+--Historical Records of Australia. Vol. II, p. 128
In 1795, while Great Britain was at war with France, a great
rebellion broke out in Ireland. During its suppression many of the
Irish were transported to Port Jackson, and caused much trouble and
disaffection among the convicts there.
GOVERNOR HUNTER TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND
Sydney, New South Wales, _15 Feb. 1798._
My Lord Duke,
I have for some time been in doubt whether the representation I am about
to make to your Grace should be private or public, but on considering
that it might occasion the adoption of some measure interesting to the
concerns of this colony, I have preferred the latter mode.
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