Paterson threw his lot in with the disaffected. He discovered that bj the instructions of the Cominander-in- Chiet officers were **not permitted on any account whatever to engage in the cultivation of farms, or anif othf'T occupation to detach them from their military duty." Ensign Barrallier could therefore serve no longer as Military and Civil Engineer and Artillery Officer. Dr. Harris could not act as Naval Officer. It was hoped that King's necessities would humble him. But by a General Order (9th Oct. 1802) he paid high compliments to Barrallier and Harris, and dispensed with their vahiable services '* in deference to Colonel Paterson's idea of the instruction" quoted. Paymaster Cox, as a magistrate, received certain ad- vantages. King, unasked, dispensed with the services of Cox, he being "precisely in the same situation" as Barrallier and Harris :
- And Rs tlio Governor iiiida it neeeii&Etry to anticipate any interpreta-
tion of His Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief a inatnictions to Lt. - Colonel Pa,teraon, he diapenaes with the attendance of the corporal and four privates of the New 8onth Wales Corps acting as a guard to the Governor when travelling, and requests that Lt. -Colonel Paterson will order hia thanks to he given to them for tlioir attaehmont and Eilucrity. The tro- ^ernor as Commander-in-Chief of this territory directs that no officer or soldier in the territory be employed on any other than their military dntyj except the Ciovernor'a orderly sergeant and an orderly private at Farramatta,"' Three days after the pnhlieation of this Order another appeared, granting provisional conditional pardons to **five prisoners of good character, who are to be mounted, and serve as a body-guard for the Governor," The cup of disappointment was not yet full. It was finnly beheved that no officer would be found to assiBt the deserted Governor ; but the belief was turned to dismay. Lieut, Bellasis, in a duel in India, killed his antagonist. The Fit/ cruiser was despatched for the sole purpose of conveying him to Sydney, whitlier he was transported for foiu'teen years.-" Kis wife and children accompanied him, and a memorial signed by the principal residents '* at Bombay, and the heads of corps serving in that Presidency, and other stations," was sent to influence King in his » Despatch of Kiug, l«t March 1802. J
