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Her cargo consisted of spirits, broad-cloth, and 

 a variety of useful articles. 



On the 30th, the Indispensable transport ar- 

 rived from England, with 131 female convicts, 

 and a small quantity of provisions. 



At a criminal court held this month, four pri- 

 soners were tried for forging, and uttering with 

 a forged indorsement, the note passed at the 

 store in February, James McCarthy was con- 

 victed of the same, and received sentence of 

 death ; the others were acquitted. This trial 

 had been delayed, McCarthy having broke out 

 of the cells, and remained for some time shel- 

 tered at the Hawkesbury. 



Three were tried for stealing some articles 

 out of a store, and James Ashford, a young lad, 

 was found guilty. He was sentenced to seven 

 years labour at Norfolk Island. 



Two were found guilty of stealing geese, be- 

 longing to Mr. Grimes, deputy-surveyor, and 

 sentenced to receive corporal punishment. 



On the 1 1 th of May, the Britannia, store- 

 ship arrived from Calcutta and Madras, with 

 salt provisions and rice, exclusive of the private 

 property of the officers, and one mare, five cows, 

 and a calf, brought for sale. With this ship ar- 

 rived Lieut. Campbell, and Mr. Phillips, a sur- 

 geon, belonging to the Bengal army, for the 

 purpose of raising 200 recruits from among 

 those whose sentences of transportation had ex- 

 pired. This at first seemed to promise as well 

 for the settlement, as taking weeds out of a 



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