Cornwall, Immigrant Voyage to New South Wales 1849-50

Cornwall Immigrant Ship October 1849 - 9 February 1850

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

A quick ship would bring us news to the first week of November. The Cornwall, with emi-grants, was to leave Plymouth on the 16th October, and has been out 106 days. The Thomas Arbuthnot was to sail from Plymouth about the 25th October, and has been out about ninety-seven days. The Achilles and Balmoral were to leave early in October, and have been out about 110 days.

All these vessels may be now considered due.

From SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) of Saturday 2 February 1850, Page 2. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/696662?

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IMPORTS....

February 9. — Cornwall, barque, 872 tons, Captain Couch, from London via Plymouth : 200 casks beer, Lyall, Scott, and Co. ; 158 casks beer, W. Dawes ; 15 hogsheads rum, 10 hogsheads brandy, H. W. Hamilton ; 100 cases Geneva, 15 quarter-casks wine, Monte-fiore, Graham, and Co. ; 50 half-barrells her-rings, and 10 quarter-barrels salmon, G. Rees ; 50 hogsheads and 286 cases beer, 40 hogsheads brandy, 150 cases gin, Smith, Campbell, and Co. ; 1519 bars iron, and 607 deals, Order.

The immigrants on board the Cornwall consist of 33 married couples, 87 single men, 83 single women, 32 boys, and 34 girls from one to fourteen years of age, and 9 infants. They all have a healthy appearance, and appear to have been well selected. Seven children died on the passage from infantile diseases, and one birth occurred. She has spoken no vessels either from or to these colonies.

From IMPORTS. in the The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List (NSW : 1844 - 1860) of Saturday 9 February 1850, Page 39. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161033073?

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Colonial Secretary's Office,

Sydney, 12th February, 1850.

IMMIGRANTS PER "CORNWALL."

HIS Excellency the Governor has directed it to be notified, for general information, that the Ship "Cornwall" with 311 Immigrants, arrived on Saturday last, in Port Jackson,

The callings of the adult Immigrants, and the number of each calling, are as follows, viz,:—

MALES. - Married - Unmarried

Agricultural laborers ......... 27 - 73

Shepherds .......................... 0 - 2

Carpenters ......................... 0 - 1

House Servants ................. 1 - 0

Grocers ............................... 0 - 1

Millers ................................. 0 - 1

Butchers ............................. 0 - 1

Brickmakers ....................... 0 - 1

Miners ................................. 1 - 0

Saddlers .............................. 1 - 0

Grooms ............................... 2 - 3

Storekeepers ...................... 0 - 1

Sawyers ............................... 1 - 1

Painters ............................... 0 - 1

On Thursday, the Fourteenth instant, and fol-lowing days, between the hours of 10, a. m., and 4, p. m., the hiring of the Male Immigrants will be proceeded with.

Before 10 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, the Fourteenth instant, or at any other times than those fixed, as above stated, for the hiring of the Immigrants, no stranger or person in quest of ser-vants will be admitted, or allowed to remain on board. Strict orders have been given to the Police-man on duty in the Ship, to enforce the observance of this rule.

All applications for servants must be made to the Surgeon Superintendent on board,and the Immigrants will be cautioned against hiring themselves to any person with out his sanction,and without a formal agree-ment, to be signed by the two contracting parties, and witnessed by an Officer of the Immigration Department, who will attend on board of the ship for the purpose.

Before sanctioning any engagement, the Surgeon Superintendent will be required to satisfy himself of the respectability of the hiring party, either by reference to the Officer of the Immigration Depart-ment who will be in attendance, or by such other means of enquiry as may be available.

No stranger will be allowed to visit the 'tween decks of the vessel unless accompanied by the Sur-geon Superintendent. Any person infringing this rule will be ordered to quit the ship forthwith.

The Ship will be anchored at the entrance of Sydney Cove, and will be provided with an external accommodation ladder.

The unmarried females (about twenty-five in num-ber) will be landed from the vessel, and lodged in the Depot at Hyde Park Barracks, where they can be hired between the hours of 2 and 4, p.m., on Thursday, the Fourteenth instant, by employers whose respectability is known at the Immigration Office, or who bring introductory letters from persons of known respectability, provided that such employers do not keep inns or other houses of public entertainment.

By His Excellency's Command,

E. DEAS THOMSON.

From IMMIGRANTS. in the New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) of Tuesday 12 February 1850 [Issue No.20 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 239. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228774537?

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Advertising.....

HENRY ROBINSON having arrived in Sydney by the barque Cornwall, is anxious to discover the abode of Ann and Robert Munsen, his mother and step-father, who left Plymouth in October, 1848, by the Pestonjee Bomanjee, for this port. H. R. entreats an immediate reply to this advertise-ment, addressed H. Robinson, barque Corn-wall, care of Messrs. Smith and Campbell, Spring-street.

From Advertising. in The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Monday 18 February 1850, Page 3. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12915803?

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The "Cornwall" Immigrants. - The immigrants by the Cornwall were thus disposed of:- Forwarded to Maitland, 17 ; to Port Macquarie, 41 ; to Moreton Bay, 26 ; received into Hyde Park Barracks, 40 ; hired from the ship, 67 ; Sent to hospital, 1 ; left the ship on their own account, 119. Total souls, 311.- Herald.

From AUSTRALASIAN BOTANIC AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) of Wednesday 27 February 1850, Page 3. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/696119/126391

PASSENGER LISTS

The NRS5316/4_4786/Cornwall_9 Feb 1850/ on the Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists via the New South Wales State Archives and Records at: http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4786/Cornwall_9%20Feb%201850/4_478600478.jpg&No=1