230 PHILLIP KESIGNS. 179a Sails in the AUftDtic MUltary honoun. OfBcors of mariDes. Captain- Lieatcnant Johnston. State of the colony at Phillip's departure. degree of concern in the settlement.*' Phillip went on boatd the Atlantic on the evening of the 10th December, and early the next morning the vessel sailed for England. Collins gives a brief account of his departure : — His Excellency, at embarking on board the Atlantic, was received near the wharf on the east side (where the boat was lying) by Major Grose, at the head of the New South Wales Corps, who paid him, as he passed, the honours due to his rank and situation in the colony. He was attended by the officers of the civil department, and the three marine officers who were to accompany him to England. At daylight on the morning of the 11th [December] the Atlantic was got under way, and by eight o'clock was clear of the Heads."* The officers of marines referred to by Collins were Lieutenants John Poulden (who was in charge of a small detachment), Thomas Davey, and Thomas Timins. With the exception of Captain Collins, Judge-Advocate, and Captain-Lieutenant George Johnston, the other officers of the Marine Corps, with the bulk of the men, returned to England by. the Gorgon and Supply, in December, 1791. Captain-Lieutenant Johnston remained for the purpose of taking command of the extra company which was raised by Phillip from the marines who had been discharged, and was attached to the New South Wales Corps.f Phillip took with him two natives, who afterwards returned to the colony.J Phillip had now severed his connection with the colony, but the work he had accomplished remained as a monument to his energy and perseverance. He had overcome many difficulties, and when he sailed for Englaiid there was a fair prospect of better times. Notwithstanding the serious disadvantages under which the colony laboured, leading to • Collins, vol. i, p. 251. t Ante pp. 94, 107 Historical Beoords, toI. i, part 2, p. 662. t ** With the GhoTornor there embarked, yoluntarily and oheerf uUj, tm natives of this country, Bennillong and Tem-mer-ra-wan-nie, two men who were much attached to his person ; and who withstood at the moment of their departure the united distress of their wives, and the dismal lamentations of their friends, to accompany him to England, a phice that they well knew was at a great distance from them." — CoUms, vol. i, p. 251.
