as members of the Legislative Council. In 1803 Campbell
had been one of the few respected persons who abetted
Governor Bligh when, under the guidance of Crossley the
convict, Macarthur was lawlessly imprisoned. Campbell
had given evidence in favour of Bligh at the trial of Colonel
Johnston. In 1825, Macarthur and Campbell were styled
"trusty and well-beloved," in a warrant under the hand of
the King appointing them members of the Legislative
Council; and the warrant was subscribed by Lord Bathurst,
from whom it had been so hard to wring consent that
Macarthur should be permitted to return to his home in
1817. The warrant of 1825 was revoked in 1827, and a
new one was issued; but the change was merely formal.
Stewart was no longer named in it, but the "officer next in
command to the Commander of the Forces was placed in
the Council, and Colonel Lindesay (39th Regt.) in that
capacity took his seat. The other members were re-
appointed. Soon after Darling's arrival it was thought
advisable to present an address to him, and a public
meeting was called, at which William C. Wentworth was
the moving spirit. He admitted that the new Council was
an improvement on its predecessor, but advocated agitation
for an elected Assembly, and sounded the popular note of
taxation by representation. Darling replied in general
terms; and, without committing himself to any party,
proceeded with his new Colonial Secretary to introduce
administrative reforms which previous laxity had made
necessary. In this, as in his task of raising the tone of
society, the Governor was to look for aid from the Colonial
Secretary, who was noted as a man of science, and in
addition to his services under the Crown had been for many
years the highly esteemed Honorary Secretary of the
Linnean Society, which unanimously ordered a painting
of him by Sir Thomas Lawrence. That two persons freshly
arrived from the mother country should concur in removing
from the public offices some relics of the convict element
introduced by Macquarie and untouched by Brisbane, can
hardly be wondered at; yet Darling and Macleay incurred
the odium of the emancipists by weeding the departments.
The order which they had not found they attempted to
secure by checks and counter-checks. They infused a
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