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REMAINDER OF SHIP NEWS.
On Thursday arrived from the Hawkes-
bury, the Frances Colonial Schooner, laden
with wheat.
Remain His Majesty's ship Glatton, Buf- falo, Porpoise, Armed Tender Lady Nelson,
and Cumberland Colonial Schooner; the Bridgewater, Castle of Good Hope, and
the Greenwich and Venus Whalers.
Mr. Moore, has received the GOVERNOR's instructions to provide a quantity of the best timber that can be procured for Ship-building. He has already been out to survey and make choice of the wood ; and on Monday next a number of carpenters and labourers will be-
gin the work. The trees are to be hewed according to the scale?, and put on board His Majesty's ship Glatton to be conveyed to England.-- Red and other gums, string aud iron bark, mahogany, and other hard
woods will be selected in preference to any
other.
On Wednesday last the Surprise sloop was put up to Auction, and purchased by Mr. Fisck (formerly an Officer on board the Sur-
prise French schooner), for 117 guineas : --- but was afterwards resold to Messrs. Kable and Underwood, the original owners.
At an Examination before the Magistrates on Saturday last (the 12th instant), Anna Jackson was committed to prison on suspicion of having stolen a gold ring, and other pro-
perty from the dwelling house of Mrs. Sarah
Broadhurst.