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SYDNEY.          

   

           

On Tuesday HIS EXCELLENCY arrived               in town from Parramatta; and the day after   proceeded to the Windmill Hill, attended by Major JOHNSTON, COMMANDING 0FFI-

CER of the New South Wales Corps, the CHIEF ENGINEER, and other OFFICERS, to lay the Foundation Stone of the hexagon Fort, to which His Excellency, on per-

forming the ceremony, gave the name of' FORT PHILLIP, in honor of ARTHUR PHILLIP, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Blue, who first Settled this Colony. The in- scriptive stone was deposited in the flank commanding the town and Surrey Hills;   the fort will be encompassed with a large ditch and glacis which are nearly compleat- ed; and, from its elevated situation, com-   mands the Cove, with the upper and lower approaches of the Harbour, and the whole surrounding neighbourhood to an extensive

distance.

His Excellency expressed the highest approbation at the progress that was made, and was pleased to order all the Gaol Pri-

soners (employed in the work) to be li- berated from irons; and at the same time   ordered a donation to the Government Arti- ficers, as an encouragement to their exertion and assiduity in carrying on the work.

On Sunday last a bird, shot by a boatman,     was presented as a new discovery, to a pro- fessed amateur, under the whimsical appel- lative of a Sky-scraper. He was too much the connoiseur also to be easily duped, but at length fell into the deception, merely be-  

cause a handsome sum had been tendered for it,―he flew to his Natural History, ex- pecting to find himself master of a rara avis, but was mortified and disappointed when from its description he had every reason to conclude himself Gulled.

The Civil Court met on Tuesday last, agreeable to the Notice of adjournment;   numerous suits and litigations were deter- mined, and in many others judgement went by default. On Wednesday and Thursday the sittings were continued, and adjourned to ten o'clock on Monday morning next.

HIS EXCELLENCY has been pleased to direct, that the Ann pinnace should trace the Hawkesbury River from Portland Head to Mullet lsland, for the purpose of ascertain- ing what proportion of land can be cultivated in that quarter.

As a Present from His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, Major Johnson has received three capital Tees Water Ewes and a fine Ram, a breed that must prove es- sentially advantageous to the general inter- ests of the Colony, in the propagation of one of the most useful and valuable specjes in the whole Animal Creation. One of the ewes has lately yeaned two very fine lambs;   and every possible attention will be paid to the important object of extending this excel- lent breed. Enough cannot be said in praise of that Munificence whose patriot spirit, extending to His Majesty's Possessions in the remote region of New South Wales,   deigns liberally to contribute to her real in- terests, and to aid in the foundation of her

future affluence.

The name of the unfortunate man who fell overboard and was drowned on the En- deavour's passage to Norfolk Island, was Wm. Richardson; he came out as a seaman   in the Coromandel, and left his ship for the purpose of remaining in the Colony.

An Examination was held at Parramatta on Wednesday last, the 5th instant, before His Honor the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR   and JOHN SAVAGE, Esq. at which John Green stood charged with feloniously stealing out of the dwelling house of William Mit- chell sundry articles of wearing apparel; for which offence he was committed to the County Gaol at Sydney.

The above offender underwent another examination yesterday; and being already a         prisoner, was returned to Parramatta, there     to receive a severe corporal punishment.

Two women were during the week taken before a Magistrate, one of whom charged with petty theft, and the other with absent- ing from her service without leave.―Both ordered into Government employ.

And a seaman, for threatening and abusive language to his officers was ordered to be imprisoned 14 days.

Much complaint arises from the negli- gence of individuals in the delivery of Let- ters committed to their charge. Such a neglect admits not of justification, as it con- stitutes a breach of promise, the consequences

of which may weigh heavily, however ig- norant the person undertaking the charge   may be of that circumstance. With so much   carelessness, indeed, do many people treat         the obligation to which they previously bind themselves by promise, that a private con-   veyance is little less than a certain miscar- tiage. A poor man a few days since re- ceived a letter from one of these special messengers, intimating the arrival of a small    

friendly donation by the same opportunity;

but as the advice did not come to hand until a lapse of several months after the departure, the property, was lost for want of being ap- plied for. This is very far from doing as we would be done by, and too frequently gives birth to an imputation upon friends,   which should be justly transferred to the negligence of the messinger. A thousand     instances might be mentioned of the above   kind, were they thought necessary; but the   man who forfeits a promise in this single particular, may justly be reproached, and with equal justice be suspected in every other.

The mode of disposing of persons whose turbulent or infamous deportment require their removal to a distant settlement, will, it may be hoped, work a reformation by the force of example. Such is the vigilance of the Police, and so essential is its activity to the common welfare, that no right of ex- emption can possibly be inferred from any   difference in the local circumstances of the offenders. A right of exemption must be founded in character only; and as crime reduces all transgressors to a level, security

must depend upon desert. An additional   draft, consisting of persons of either sex, goes by the Francis to King's Town.

A foreigner who was not altogether ac-//quainted with the value of coin, an evening//or two ago applied at a retail shop for a//pound of sugar, and demanding the price,

was answered ten-pence,―dat vil not do, answered the poor fellow, for me get von poun for von sheling any vere.―The shop-   keeper entered into the joke, and accord- ingly accommodated him at his own price.

Michael Young, a free labourer, set out

from the Hawkesbury three weeks ago, with a design of walking to Sydney: his friends have made every possible enquiry concerning him, but lament the possibility of his loss by

some unknown accident.

 

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