SIBELLA 1848

from London 6 - 04 1848 via Plymouth - Captain Coleman, arrived Port Adelaide on 16-07-1848.
CAPTAIN Edward Coleman; Chief Mate: Walden Dare; 3rd Master: Will Lacey; Ship Steward: Francis Treloar.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER (July 19, 1848) reported: The SIBELLA left Plymouth on April 6th, and anchored safely in the Port of Adelaide on Sunday morning last, and was brought to the wharf on Monday, having made the passage in 101 days.

She has brought emigrants from different parts of England and Scotland, consisting of married and unmarried of both sexes; agricultural labourers, miners, stonemasons, bricklayers, carpenters, artisans of different trades, domestic servants, etc.

We feel alloyed pleasure upon this occasion in stating that the conduct of Captain Coleman and Dr E. Gregory (Surgeon Superintendent) has been such as to call forth a grateful and merited expression of thankfulness from the passengers. So unanimous was this feeling that we understand a meeting was convened on board ship, shrtly before the completion of the voyage, when votes of thanks were formally passed by the free emigrants, to the Captain and the Surgeon, and the whole proceedings were ordered to be printed in the ADELAIDE OBSERVER, with the view to the information of their friends in England, and to encourage many who contemplated emigrating to this colony, but had been deterred by reports of ill-usage snd "short commons" on the voyage.

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