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THE Calcutta sailed from Spithead in April 1803, arrived at Rio de Janeiro the 1st of June, at the Cape of Good Hope the 16th of August, and at Port Philip the 12th October. Lieutenant Tuckey minutely surveyed that port, and the adjacent coast, and found it totally inelligible for the establishment of the colony. The prominent features of its unfitness were, the difficulty of egress on account of the prevailing winds, the great scarcity of fresh water, and the poverty of the soil. The colonists were, however, landed, and encamped for twelve weeks, and then removed to the river Derwent, on the south coast of Van Diemen's Land, where a settlement, named Hobart, was established. The Calcutta left the colonists to he removed by a transport, and arrived at Port Jackson on Christmas Day to take in a cargo of ship timber. The original intention of allowing Mr. Tuckey to remain six months in the country was frustrated by the renewal of the war, which rendered it necessary for them to return to England with their timber as speedily as possible.