THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, February 10, 1791  page 6 has a lengthy article under the heading "Botany Bay" concerning the issue of sending convicts there. Portions include: "...relative to the settlement of Botany Bay...the delayed disposal of convicts was extremely dangerous to the police...by an unavoidable association of offenders to promote crimes...that the number of offenders convicted of crimes punishable by death had more than doubled...the number of offenders convicted of transportable felonies was more than four times the number convicted in the preceding ten years. He considered this an evil in a great degree to arise from the bad state of our gaols [jails]..." and more. Further on is: "...He had many doubts of the policy of the system of colonizing New South Wales...that it was the most impolitic scheme that had ever been adopted..." and much more (see).
Eight pages, very nice condition.