The Colonist, a Sydney paper, lately received, mentions the capture
of a small vessel called the Alice, belonging to Mr. W. C. Wentworth, by the Prince George revenue cutter, commanded by Captain John "Roach. The Alice had been seized by nine convict servants of Mr. Wentworth. who would have succeeded in getting off in her, had they persuaded the master, Hamilton Ross, to act as steersman, and carry them out to sea; but this man and the orate, John House, who were asleep when the Alice was boarded by the convicts--pirates they were called in the Colonial paper—remained faithful to their master, and, by contriving to keep the vessel near the coast, enabled the revenue cutter to recapture her. The convicts, who were " lifers "—men transported for life, we suppose—had carried off considerable property from Mr. Wentworth's; but they did not maltreat the master or mate of the Alice; and, a day or two before they were taken, allowed them to go OD shore.
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