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Government House, Sydney
New South Wales, 31st August 1808
Sir
I have the honor to write to You for the information of My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and I beg leave to refer You to my despatch of the 30th. of last April as being immediately connected with my present Letter.
After I had appointed Lieutt. William Kent as Acting Commander of the Porpoise on the 29th. of March, he sailed, as then related, for Port Dalrymple on the 19th. of April without any orders from me, although I sent my Secretary and the Master of the Rose, Mr. Richard Brooks to impress on his mind, that it was necessary to separate himself from the Rebels, and keeping his Ship in good order never to lose sight of me or suffer any insult to be offered to my Person and Dignity, or obey any orders from the Usurpers.
On the 26th. May Captain Kent returned from Port Dalrymple, without Lieut.t Governor Paterson, neither did I receive any Letters, or had I any communication with him; all intercourse between me and the Officers of the Porpoise being prohibited; and notwithstanding the message I had Sent to him before he sailed, and warned him to keep away from the Rebels; he on the 30th. May became a Member of their Criminal Court, which
To
The Honble
Willm. Wellesley Pole
Secretary to the Admiralty