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 58 EARLY BECORDS OF PORT PHILLIP. Sullivan Bay, 2nd Jany. 1804. General Orders. Parole — Westminster. C. Sign — London. Garriso?i Orders. The garrison court-martial which sat this day is dissolved. The sentence of the garrison court-martial which sat this day will be put in execution at 7 o'clock to-morrow morning. Detail for duty. Sullivan Bay, 3rd Jany. 1804. General Orders. Parole— Bristol. C. Sign— Hull. Garrison Orders. The Commanding Officer is willing to believe that the unsoldierlike behaviour of the prisoners Eae and Andrews will never be imitated by any of the detachment. He feels it necessary to point out to them that it is the duty of all good soldiers to discountenance such a proceeding and report it to their officers, as their concealing it may be attended with consequences very fatal to themselves, as well as injurious to the service of their sovereign, to whom every man has sworn and owes allegiance. Detail for duty. Sullivan Bay, 4th January 1804. General Orders. Parole— Liverpool. C. Sign — Dover. Garrison Orders. Detail for duty only. Sullivan Bay, 5th January 1804. General Orders. Parole — Falmouth. C. Sign — Penzance. Some danger having been apprehended from the fires which have been lately in the vicinity of the encampment, the Lieut.-Governor directs the settlers and others who have cooking places in the rear thereof to extinguish their fires at nine o'clock at night ; and, as these places will be visited after that hour, any person who may be found acting contrary to these orders will be reported in the morning. Garrison Orders. The officer of the week will daily visit the tents at the hour at which the men dine, and inspect the state of the provisions and the mode of cooking, observing at the same time that such economy is used by them as to ensure a proper proportion of the ration for each day. Detail for duty.