Arrival of the Immigrant Ships
The "Royal Albert," from London direct, arrived at the Otago heads on Saturday night of the 5th March 1853. She sailed from London on the 1st November, and from the downs on the 9th. She brings 120 passengers, about 50 of whom are for this place. Owing to some difficulty which we are unable to explain at present, she is still lying off the native village, inside the heads.
Dunedin, Saturday, March 19, 1853.
The "Royal Albert" has been unable to come higher up the harbour than the Native Village, off which she is now lying discharging her cargo, to the serious inconvenience of all concerned. It would appear that the "Royal Albert" is of a peculiar construction, drawing a great depth of water, 18 ft.4 inches, in proportion to her tonnage, 650 tons.
We also learn that a bank has been for some time forming off the Native Village, upon which there are but 18 feet 6 inches of water at high water, rendering it unadvisable to bring up a vessel drawing so much water as the "Royal Albert" does.
Arrived. March 6th, ship Royal Albert, 662 tons, Norris, master, from London. Passengers:
Cabin
Hall George
Hall Agnes
Hall Miss
Johnson Fanny
Lang Joseph
MacDonald Mr and Mrs
Natress Mr and Mrs
Natrass Ann
Ogilvie Mr. Mrs and Miss
Oxford Sarah
Smith John
Williams George D.
Intemdiate and Steerage
Aitken Mr and Mrs
Atiken William
Ayson Mr and Mrs
Ayson Miss
Ayson Ann, William, John
Ayson Alexander, Elizabeth, Robert and Hugh
Ayson James
Ayson James, senr. and
Ayson Peter
Bannatine Mr and Mrs
Bott Thomas
Botterill Thomas
Buck James
Couty Mr and Mrs
Couty Emily and John
Crossman Mrs
Crossman Ann, George, and Samuel
Couper John
Davidson Mr and Mrs
de Lacy Corbett Thomas
Dixon Mr and Mrs
Dixon Catherine, George, and Eliza
Dixon M.
Fawcett Isaac
Farmer William
Hall Edward
Helburne Joseph
Henne Mr and Mrs and child
Hunter John
Hunter Margaret
Johnson Mr and Mrs
Johnson Eliza
Kennedy John
Lindsay Mr and Mrs
Lindsay Ann and William
Levi Mr and Mrs
M'Cabe James
McLeod Christina
Nichol Mary
Nicholas James
Reid Mr and Mrs
Reid Jane
Reid Mr and Mrs James
Reid Catherine, James, and William
Reid James
Rutland Mrs
Rutland Julia Ann, Joshua, George, Dudley, and Henry
Sedcole Elizabeth
Speid Alexander, James, and William
Speid Mary, Jean, Helen, John, Agnes and Eliza
Stevens Mr and Mrs
Stevens Sarah, Mary, and Emma
Stevens Edward
Sutherland Donald
Styles Mary
Tucker Stephen
Walker James
Watson William
Williams Mr and Mrs
Williams Lewis F
Williams Henry
From the "Otago Witness", March 12, 1853.
Southern Cross
The barque of 435 tons in which Alexander and Joan Ayson and family and Margaret and James Robertson and family sailed to New Zealand, left St. Catherine Dock, London in October 1885, arriving at Port Chalmers on 26th February 1856.
119 passengers and under the command of Captain Charlton.