Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Tuesday 10 May 1853, page 2
To Captain Grey, of the Ship Queen
April 22nd, 1853
We, the second cabin passengers of the good ship Queen (which you so ably command), havlng so happily arrived at our destination-Australia, feel we cannot satisfactorily separate without some passing record of the mercy of Him who, in "ruling the whirlwind and guiding the storm," hath so providentially conferred upon us (at sea] the blessings of moderate weather, so contributive to our comfort and health, and our exemption from incidental danger, disease, or premature
death.
And since it has pleased the Almighty, the great disposer of events, in His infinite wisdom and goodness to make you instrumental in our safety upon and during the passage through the impend-ing perils of the restless deep, we beg to testify in return our high estimation of your zeal, prudence,
and nautical skill, displayed throughout in the active and energetic discharge of your arduous
and incessant duties.
Accept, therefore, our warm regard and hearty remembrance ; and be assured also of our kind wishes for your health, happiness, and prosperlty
in this life, and of our anxious hope and prayer for your eternal welfare hereafter.
Alfred Cowdroy, wife, and family Mrs. W. Whitlow
George Williams William Watkln - Mrs. G. Whitlow
F. J. Giles - Edwin Sanley, wife, and family J. Begg Edmund Croggon- W. Dawson Archibald Ginble - R. Korss
W. Craig - Charles R. Joyrlt
Wm. Coytor - Gustavus H Weight, C.E. Thomas Shore
Alexander Borthwidk - Thomns Carrlck Richard Grimes - F. Dawson
John King- Louisa S. Dawson James Grimes - Cecelia Dawson Isaac Accleston - Peter Barrett Anne Grimes - John Sladen
William Matsell - John C. Parry Harriet Matsell - George Smith William Challis - William Smith
F.M. Burnett - George Ermond
S. Buckwald - Thomas Bromllow Edward White - R. B. Paterson Isaac Simpson - S. H. Cowdroy Sarah Franket - T. H. Cowdroy William G. Brazendale - C.B. Cowdroy W. Matsell - Edward Jones
Margaret Dempster - R. Gregson, for self and five children Mary Fairhurst Cecil Tonge - James Gill
Jas. Thorley - Alfred Johnson Elisabeth Fairhurst - John Scott
Mary E. Fenby - James Smith
Robert Lindsay . George Stokes John W. Cowdroy - Henry Parker
-Mary Jane Parker
Ship The Queen,
23rd April,1853. To the Gentlemen of the Second Cabin.
Gentlemen - I thank you most heartily for the very handsome address with which you have pre-sented me, and when I say I am much gratified, I feel it is a feeble way of expressing myself.
Your compllment to my professional skill is but too flattering ; I value it highly, and hope it will over be to me a stimulus to future exertion.
Let me also join you in hearty and sincere thanks to Almighty God for the mild and favour-
able weather which he was pleased to grant us ; assuring you of my personal regard, each and all of you, trusting that in this land of promise the fullest wishes of your hearts may be realised ; and praying that In the life to come you may enjoy everlasting felicity. Believe me, my dear friends.
Your most sincere and obliged, A. GRAY
To Alfred Cowdroy, Esq, &c., &c.
The Freak arri red yesterday, from Hongkong, bringing a large cargo of teas. Th« Itajaithan,
Eleanor, and Susan, aro reported na loading for.
these colonies. The Arabia sailed for Hobart
Town on tho 13th February, whcnco she will rc tura to this port,'
The Fawn lin» had rory rough-weather,- having oxporionccd very heavy gales from tho W.N.W. and W.8.W. Sho has been off tho Heads sinco
.tho 1st. instant,.and. onrriod. away, some of-hor.
sails, when she was driven out to sea. Her cargo consists of 100 tons oonls, 00 bales wool, 3 bundles skins, 0 casks tallow, 3 cases sundries. Tho Jack, and Palermo, arrived on tho 23rd, and a barque, name unknown, on tho 25th ultimo. .'' '
Tho following goods per Panthca, .consigned to Augustus Droutlcr, wore omitted in our report of that vossol'a imports :-23 hogshoads shorry, 7 quarter-casks ditto, S cases champagne,; 5 casks bottled brandy. - . ; . , . >. .
ARRIVED AT MORETON BAY.-Florentia, barque, 453 tons, T.H. Banks, from Plymouth November 22nd. Passengers-Dr. Clegg, surgeon-superin-tendent, and 245 immigrants. The Florentia, has had a tedious passage of a hundred and fifty three days, from Plymouth, and had to call at Hobart Town for provisions, where some of her seamen absconded. The Florentia brings 245 immigrants, who are reported healthy by the Health Officer. There are 43 married couples, comprising 36 agricultural labourers, 4 gardeners, 1 mason, 1 herdsman, 1 shepherd, 2 smiths, 1 tailor, 2 carpenters, and 1 plasterer : 9 single men, viz., 8 agricultural labourers, and 1 schoolmaster ; and 64 single women, viz., 62 domestic servants, and 2 sempstresses. There were, 12 births, and 17 deaths during the voyage, the latter being 5 adults and 12 children. The Florentia is ballasted with coal.
ERRATA.-Tho goods to AV. King, in tho Nestor,
should havo been 5 cases piano-fortes ; tho con-. signmcnts to J. Filloit, in Panthca, should havo been 8 cases boots and shoos.