Folio 32: Tuesday 26 June 1821: at 8 am standing into Stormy Bay, blacksmiths employed...

Folio 32: Tuesday 26 June 1821: at 8 am standing into Stormy Bay, blacksmiths employed taking the irons off each legs of all the prisoners, at 4.30 pm came to an anchor about three miles from Hobart town, carried the dispatches on shore to His Excellency the Governor and reported the ship's arrival.

Folio 32: Wednesday 27 June 1821: delivered to the Lieutenant Governor my diary and journal and complained of the master's conduct.

Folio 32: Thursday 28 June 1821: got under weigh and run the ship up to within musket shot of the town.

Folio 32: Monday 2 July 1821: the police Magistrate came on board mustered and took the descriptions of the prisoners.

Folio 32: Tuesday 3 July 1821: began to issue per order of the Lieutenant Governor to each convict, 1 jersey jacket, 1 jersey raincoat, 1 pair of [rasenduck] trowsers, 1 shirt, 1 pair of shoes, 1pair of stocking, 1 neck handkerchief, 1 woolen cap, at 8 am landed the prisoners per order of the Lieutenant Governor who inspected the prisoners in my presence (the master absent on account of indisposition) the prisoners bring asked if they had any complaints to make, announced they had none, and acknowledge them selves to have been treated with humanity and attention during the voyage.

Folio 33: Friday 6 July 1821: waited on the Lieutenant Governor who told me he had examined my diary and journal and was satisfied, and would give me my certificate on the morrow, on which I told him of the complaints against the master Mr Robert Weir of the Lady Ridley, which would prevent my giving him the certificate, I also complained of his having falsely accused me in the ship's log of 20th March of having made use of improper language and threatened to take the command of the ship, the Lieutenant Governor told me he had not seen the ship's log, and appointed Monday for the master and me wait upon him, when he would give me his distinct opinion.

Folios 33-34: Monday 9 July 1821: Mr Weir and me waited upon the Lieutenant Governor who read my diary complaining of Mr Weir, all of which complaints were admitted by Mr Weir thinking as master he had a right to do what he had done, the Lieutenant Governor was of different opinion and told him he had done wrong, the master now wished the business could be quashed, this I refused to while there existed in the ship's log the unfounded charge of my having threatened to take the command of the ship, the Lieutenant Governor examined witnesses on both sides, the result will be laid before the Navy Board by the Lieutenant Governor, I now begged the Lieutenant Governor to ask Mr Weir if he had any complaints against me, Mr Weir said he would do that another day, [in which] the Lieutenant Governor said if he had any complaints he must make them now, Mr Weir asked till next morning, I begged the Lieutenant Governor to have the complaints gave into at that moment knowing the dangerous ground I stood if Mr Weir was left to digest his thought for a night, the Lieutenant Governor could not then proceed having other business to attend to but appointed next day.

Folio 34: Thursday 12 July 1821: this morning Mr Weir went on board Lady Ridley, had a [pack] of his sailors into his cabin to talk with him, at the hour fixed, Mr Weir into his hand a small book with writing upon it, the Governor having looked over it and read only thing which he thought worth while to enquire into, the naming of which astonished me more than any thing I ever heard, it was nothing less than charging me with having threatened to throw him over board said to have been done on the quarter deck on 12th May, his own steward said he would give his oath to it, and a sailor who was not so sure, Lieutenant Governor could have wished the witnesses to have been more respectable, and said he would heard with caution.

Folios 34-35: Friday 13 July 1821: yesterday afternoon the ship's steward was sent on board by the master, he sat up drinking with boatswain till after midnight, and this morning the boatswain came to the governor and said he heard me say I would throw Mr Weir over board on the 12th May, I declined and pronounced the charge a foul conspiracy, Mr Lambie the chief officer, said he was officer of the deck on the occasion he heard no such words and if they had been spoken as loud as the Governor was then speaking he must have heard them, he does not believe that Mr Wilson [surgeon] ever made use of such a words, the Lieutenant Governor said he could not decide the matter, but recommended Mr Lambie going to England in the ship saying he would be a most material witness for me, Mr Lambie said it was not likely that he could go to England in the ship, for Mr Weir had threatened to turn him out of her for telling the truth. Copy of letter of Lieutenant Governor William Sorell to James Wilson surgeon ordered him to take medical charge of the guard company of detachments of the 48th and 53th regiments under lieutenant Marchall of the 48th on the voyage to Port Jackson.

Folio 35: Saturday 14 July 1821: copy of letters between Mr James Wilson ship's surgeon and Mr Robert Weir ship's master regarding return into the public stores all the remains of provisions and other government stores on board the Lady Ridley.

Folio 35: Sunday 15 July 1821: at 8 am got under weigh and stood out to sea, making the last of our way to Port Jackson.

Folios 35-36: Wednesday 25 July 1821: this forenoon the pilot came on board and told us that a ship towards us was the Coromandel store ship bound to England, I immediately wrote a hurried letter to the Navy Board, acquainting them of our having landed convicts at Van Diemen's Land and the arrival at Port Jackson, and my having refused to give a certificate to Mr Weir, before coming to an anchor the Naval officer came on board, with him I went on shore and reported the ship arrival to the Governor, then returned on board and directed the master to return every government store on board into the government magazines at Sydney.

Folio 36: Thursday 26 July 1821: Sydney harbour the guard were landed, I took lodging on shore, yesterday the guard ceased to be victualled by the ship, and I am no longer victualled either by the ship or the commissary, having to find my board and lodging at my own expense.

Folios 36-38: Surgeon's general remarks regarding the differences of opinion which took place between the master of the Lady Ridley and the ship's surgeon respecting their duties on board of the ship. Signed James Wilson, surgeon and superintendent.

Folios 39-46: Blank.