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The Sydney Morning Herald of the 15th of July publishes the following communication : -
" Old residents of Sydney will remember the shop in Pitt-street, opposite the Victoria Theatre, where for many years Mr Reuben Uther carried on the business of a hatter.
Not more than two or three are aware that he was one of those who, on the 26th of January, 1808, signed the paper addressed to Major Johnstone {then in command of the troops} requesting him, for reasons therein briefly stated, to despose Governor Bligh. Such, however, is the fact, and his death on Saturday last severs the last living connexion with that historical event, as all the other persons who signed that request have long since passed over to the majority. This document is in the bandwriting of Captain Macarthur, and is written on a sheet of note-paper. It is signed by about 80 colonists of all classes, and among other signatures there appears, in a clear and neat handwriting, the name of 'Reuben Uther.' This 'warrant' is now in the possession of Captain Johnstone, R.N., of Annandale, the eldest son of Major Johnstone, and himself almost a nonagenarian. This gentlemen rmembers seeing Lord Nelson in London before the battle of Trafalger, and was afterwards a spectator of his funeral."

 

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