Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Saturday 5 June 1819, page 3


HOBART TOWN, MAY 15.

SHIP NEWS.— Arrived in the river on Tuesday evening last the ship Hibernia, Captain Lennon, bring-ing 157 male prisoners; the complement embarked having been 160, and three having died on the passage.

The Hibernia sailed from Portsmouth on the 20th of

November ; and owing to a series of adverse winds in the Channel, and again off this coast, her voyage has been unusually long. Surgeon Superintendant, Charles Carter, Esq. R. N. —Officer commanding the guard, Lieutenant Mee, of the 83d Regiment.—Passengers, Rev. Mr. Hill, Assistant Chaplain of New South Wales ; Mrs. Hill ; and Mrs. Smith and family.