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SYDNEY.
On Thursday the Government Punt launched from the Dock Yard on Tuesday
the 9th instant, took in 135 casks of Beef and Flour for Parramatta. She before per- formed a trip, and brought round 15 very large and fine logs. This vessel is admi- rably constructed for burthen, and carries more than 40 tons; with a full freight one boat is found sufficient to tow her up or down, with the assistance of a mast and sail rigged forward in the punt. Her keel, or flooring, measures 25 feet and a-half, she slashes 36 feet, is 10 feet wide, and 5 in
depth.
The American Brig, Union, Capt. Pe- natton, mentioned in a former Paper to be
among the Islands in the Bass's Straits, on a sealing voyage, arrived at New Year's Island on the 11th of March last, and continued there until the 20th of April, when she sailed for Twenty-day Island. The time of her leaving the Straits we cannot learn.
The Governor King brought in a prisoner who attempted his escape in the French Ship
Geographe, which sailed from hence the 13th of November last; she touched at King's Island on the 4th of December, and put on
shore him and several others who had rashly engaged in a similar attempt; and on the
24th of December, the Geographe took her departure from King's Island.
The account this rash adventurer gives of his distress when left on shore at King's Island, is such as would deter others from making so precipitate an experiment. Dur-
ing a space of five whole days he had not a morsel of provisions, nor did any means of subsistence then present itself but what the Sea Elephants or Seals afforded, which fa- mine could alone have induced him to use. He surrendered himself to Mr. Stuart, Mas- ter of the George, on the 4th of last May, but was afterwards brought round as before stated; his appearance, when given up to Mr. Moody was truly ghastly and deplorable.
The following ludicrous event took place last week at Hawkesbury :- -A man who had long lived in connubial habits with a wo- man, was by her persuaded to go to Par-
ramatta, with a view of making a purchase at the late auctions ; this required an ab- sense of eight-and-forty hours, at the expi-
ration of which he returned, and was not a little surprised to hear that the lady had taken a trip to Gretna, and was then the
property of a legal claimant.
On Tuesday last Nicholas Murray, a pri-
soner was detected at Parramatta, in passing bad money. When examined he acknow- ledged having received it from J. Hill, a stock-keeper, who was apprehended, and on being searched, six counterfeit Six-pence
were found in his possession, which exactly Corresponded in appearance with two ten- dered by the former. They were both or- dered a severe corporal punishment, and the Gaol-gang.
We are informed that Mr. Chase has visited
Kent's Group. and procured 500 Skins there; that he has also been at Seal Island, and in creased the number there ; and intended to go to New Year's Islands, to render such assist- ance to Mr. Stuart as might be in his power.
The following litigious dispute was some days since brought before the Lieutenant Go- vernor and Magistrates, and which, as it re- lates to the Fulfilment of Agreements, we consider it necessary to be lain before the
Public.
This was a Complaint of Edward Flynn, against I. Fox and W. Conroy, for a Breach of Agreement whereby he had sustained a
loss.
Seven or eight month since the Respon- dents undertook, for a certain consideration, to repair a Boat, for which the Complainant averred they were to furnish such wood as
might be required : they had applied for and
received nearly the whole sum agreed for, but had never commenced the repair, or ta-
ken any further notice of the boat than barely to advise him to keep her afloat; with this
he complied, and repeatedly afterwards in- formed them that the damage increased and
therefore was desirous that they should take her in hand: but this they from time to time put off off, and now altogether refused to do, on a plea that the boat was past repair.
Fox and Conroy declared themselves ready to return the money they Had received. The former said it had not been in his power to accomplish the work, as he had been other
wise necessarily employed; the latter said he had at different times applied for such ma-
terials as Flynn had consented to furnish, and could not obtain them, but of this assertion he
had no proof. As the Boat was now too much damaged to admit of repair, they again offered to return the sum they had received,
and submitted to the Bench the equity of the
proposal.
To this Flynn hoped the Court would not compel him to accede, as for the sum agreed for they had themselves consented to fur- nish most of the materials required to her repair, and as, by their neglect alone he had
been eight months deprived the use of his boat, which he contended might yet be repaired, though from the condition she was now in, the defendants did not like the
task.
The Court after a patient hearing inform- ed Fox and Conroy, that by taking the mo- ney they had bound themselves to the agree-
ment, which must be fulfilled; and as it clearly appeared the present condition of the
boat was owing to their neglect, they must now either repair the old boat or build ano-
ther in lieu of it, which they consented to
do, upon Flynn's promising to furnish them with the wood, &c. &c.