The Passenger-Owned Sir William Molesworth

Date: 13 Oct 1852 to 31 Mar 1853
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1853 'PORT OF ADELAIDE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 14 March, p. 6. , viewed 05 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4790678

The emigrant ship Sir William Molesworth left the Bromielaw the end of last week for the Tail of the Bank, when she proceeds on her voyage to Port Phillip, carrying about 200 passengers, who have purchased the ship. The steerage passengers pay 12l each, the intermediate 16l and the few in the cabin 24l. This, with some freight, has sufficed to complete the outfit, and renders them owners of the vessel. On arriving at her destination, it is intended to allow the ship to lie at anchor for one month as a temporary residence for the emigrants, after which she will be sold, and the proceeds equally divided. The passengers had all to produce certificates of character, are all Protestants, and temperance people. The success which has attended this experiment of a select system of emigration, and the application for berths having been more numerous than could be complied with, we understand, induced Messrs Maccallum and Graham, the agents for the Sir William Molesworth, to make arrangements for establishing a permanent connection with the Australian Colonies. - Glasgow Mercantile Advertiser.

1853 'Advertising', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 31 March, p. 2. , viewed 05 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791171

FOR SALE.

THE fine fast sailing barque SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, James Watt, master, 418 28-100 tons burthen per register, built in the year 1848, in Nova Scotia. This fine vessel has just arrived from Glasgow with 227 passengers, and has proved herself admirably adapted for this service, as well as for their conveyance between the Colonies.

For particulars, apply at the office of the undersigned, where an inventory can be seen.

DAVID MOORE,

Flinders-lane.