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William Randall was transported on the Frederick, departing 30th Nov 1812 and arriving 18th Jun 1814 with 3 passengers.
The Frederick was a 210 ton wooden sailing ship, built in Batavia 1807. Mainly transporting cargo and passengers from Calcutta, India to Sydney, Australia but also some convicts, (military). Also In 1815 she carried eight escaped convicts that had stowed away on the Archduke Charles when she had left from Port Jackson for Canton. SHIP NEWS - On Tuesday arrived the ship Frederick, Capt. WILLIAMS, from Calcutta, via Bencoolen and Batavia, with a valuable cargo of merchandize, - Passengers, Mr. WINDER and Lieut. STEWART, who removed to the Pilot, and sailed the following day for Sydney. In this vessel arrives 7 male and 3 female prisoners, destined for Port Jackson. Hobart Town Gazette, 18 Oct 1817. Arrived in Port Jackson 22 NOv 1817. Shipwrecked at Cape Flinders, Stanley Island, Queensland, Australia in 1818.
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The following extract from a report on the death of Dr William Bland, gives insight into William Randall's sentence. DEATH OF DR. BLAND. Dr. William Bland, one of the few remaining old colonists, passed away on Tuesday morning, at ten minutes to 1 o'clock. The deceased gentleman had been ailing for some time, but was not confined to his room more than a week, his last visit to a patient having been made on the 14th instant. During his last illness he was attended by Dr. a' Beckett, with whom co-operated Dr. Bennett and Dr. Bedford. It was feared from the first day that he was confined to his bed that the physical vigour which had long sustained him would succumb, as his strength had evidently been failing for months prior to the final attack. Had he lived to the 5th of November next he would have completed his 79th year. During his illness he was several times visited by the Venerable Archbishop Polding, with whom he had been associated for many years in movements having for their objects the social, moral, and political elevation of the people. The persons in immediate attendance upon him at the time of his death were his nurse, Mrs. Anderson, and an old and respected servant, Mr. W. Deemer. Dr. Bland was elected in conjunction with Mr. Wentworth to the first representative Parliament in Australia, namely, the Legislative Council of New South Wales. This election was very hotly contested, and the venerable gentleman was much injured during a scrimmage that took place on the hustings in Macquarie-place. Under the new Constitution, two Houses were created, and Dr. Bland was nominated to a seat in the Upper House, which he retained till the unsettled state of his private affairs rendered his resignation necessary. He, however, still continued to lead an active life, though he seldom took part in politics during the latter years of his life. Dr. Bland's name is associated with the educational, political, and benevolent institutions of the colony, and privately he was always ready to assist, both with his purse and advice, all who solicited him. We copy from the Register for 1843, the following brief notice of Dr. Bland, published in that journal under the title of ' Heads of the People.' ' William Bland is a native of London, and the son of a medical practitioner of late celebrity in that city. Having undergone the necessary preparation, the subject of our notice entered the Royal Navy as a surgeon, which position he held for some time, till sailing up the Persian Gulf, a quarrel ensued between him and the purser of the ship. The latter challenged Mr. Bland — they fought, and the purser fell at the first shot. Bland's second in this affair was Mr. Randall, the first lieutenant of the ship. They were both tried at Calcutta — found guilty of manslaughter; Bland was sentenced to transportation for seven years, and Randall for eight. In terms of this sentence, Mr. Bland arrived in New South Wales in the year 1814, but was shortly after emancipated, and resumed the practice of his profession. Sydney Mail, 25 July 1868.
NSW Convict Index. William Randall, per Frederick, 1814, Conditional Pardon, 27 Oct 1815. William Randall, per Frederick, 1814, Absolute Pardon, 8 Mar 1820. Received a Conditional pardon dated 27 Oct 1815.
Letter. Dated 31 March 1814, from Secretary’s Office, Sydney. …. 2. The ship Frederick alluded to in your letter of the 27 Aug 1813, has not yet arrived here, and consequently I am not enabled to say further with respect to the proceedings of the Governor General in Council in the Judicial Department of the 9th Jan 1813, and the sentence of the Supreme Court of Judication in the Case of James Halkett, a convict on board that vessel will be duly attended to on his arrival. The Frederick has been for some time at the Southern Settlement on the Derwent in Van Diemen’s Land, and is daily expected here. 3. William Bland, late Lieutenant, and William Randall, late surgeon of H.M. Navy, now convicts on board the above ship Frederick, are also not arrived, but the Proceedings of the Governor General in Council, and the sentences passed on these two persons at Bombay, as transmitted in your letter of the 4 Sept 1813, will meet due attention; in like manner as in the foregoing case. ... -------------------------------------------------- William Randall was a former Lieutenant in the Navy, sentenced at Bombay, Bengal on 14 April 1813. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. RANDALL, William. Per "Frederick", 1814; former lieutenant, Royal Navy; appointed Master, "Lady Nelson" in 1818. 1814 Mar 31, Jul 20 Convict from Bombay transported on "Frederick" under limited sentence (Reel 6018; 4/3521 pp.7, 21) 1816 Jan 16 On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1816 (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.22) 1816 Dec 6 Return of his memorial (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.343) 1816 Dec 7 Re Governor Macquarie's refusal to grant him pardon (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.185-7) 1817 Jan 13 Requesting usual indulgences (Reel 6047; 4/1739 p.107) 1817 Jul 14 Refusing his application for victualling order or other indulgence (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.242) 1818 Jan 8,9 Requesting recommendation to the Governor for the position of master of "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6047; 4/1740 pp.38-42) 1818 Mar 21 Re landing of necessaries or comforts for the use of prisoners at Newcastle (Reel 6066; 4/1806 pp.110, 113) 1818 Feb 16 Re appointment to command of "Lady Nelson" and instructions re conduct as master (Reel 6006; 4/3498 pp.57-9) 1818 Feb 24 To Wallis re Randall recently appointed master of "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.69) 1818 Mar 30 Re stowage on "Lady Nelson" for articles of Evans (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.128) 1818 Apr 18 Re passage for Thomas Jones to Newcastle (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.162) 1819 Jan 14 Re breach of conditional pardon (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.267) 1819 Nov 17 Asking leave to accept command of brig "Endeavour" (Fiche 3281; 5/3821.6A pp.16-7) 1820 Jan 3 Re application to be employed aboard "Endeavour" (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.152) 1820 Mar 7 Former Lieutenant Royal Navy of the "Hesper". Petition for absolute pardon (Fiche 3203; 4/1861 p.9) n.d. On list of convicts who have received absolute pardons [Mar 1820] (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 p.78) 1822 Feb 27 For passage to Port Macquarie and permission to visit settlement (Reel 6068; 4/1815 p.61) Letter dated 20 July 1814, from Secretary’s office, to Secy, Public Dept, Fort William, Bengal. I have the honor to acquaint you for the information of his Lordship the Governor General in Council that the ship Frederick of Calcutta, Duncan Master, arrived her on the 18th ult and that William Bland, late surgeon and William Randall, late Lieutenant in H.M. Navy arrived on board of her as Convicts under limited sentences. By this opportunity I was favoured with your letter of the 4th September 1813 on the subject of the above prisoners, accompanied by the Proceedings of the Governor General in Council, and the Sentences passed on them at Bombay on the 14th of April 1813, all which, I have laid before His Excellency the Governor, agreeably to the wish expressed in your letter above alluded to. Signed, Thomas Campbell.