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ARRIVAL OF THE EMILY Natal Witness October 10 1850

The Emily, 580 tons, under Captain WILSON, reached Natal in 77 days despite her age and condition. There were reports that she was rat-infested. She carried 177 passengers and arrived at the port on 10 October 1850. Their adventure was not yet over, for while the vessel was in the roads a sudden storm caused her to part her anchors and be in danger of driving on to the beach. The timely intervention of MORELAND, Byrne's agent, resulted in the passengers and their possessions being removed from the ship during a lull in the storm.

Several Wesleyans came out on the Emily, and other emigrants included Henry SHUTTLEWORTH and his family and Mark MCKEN who would later found the Durban Botanic Gardens. Among the Cabin Passengers was John METHLEY, with his sister and brother-in-law, the PARKINSONS.

LIST OF EMIGRANTS AND PASSENGERS
Per Emily, Captain Willson, from London. Sailed from Gravesend on the 17th July 1850, and from Plymouth 23rd July. Cast anchor outside the Bar on Thursday, the 10th instant.
John Moreland, Agent.

Henry Arnold, Joiner, and family
Henry Adams, labourer
John Adams, teacher, and family
Joseph Adlam, and family
George Boiles, labourer, and family
Richard Bodier, bricklayer
John Benge, farmer
Charles Braithwaite, blacksmith
Helen Baker
Neptune Blood, farmer.
Thomas Chapman, baker
Benjamin Carr, carpenter
Robert Coleman, farmer
John Charteris, farmer
Andrew Chisholm, farmer, and Alexr.
Fred Dawson, gardener
William Delmore, shoemaker
George Felton, plumber and glazier
James Felton, currier
John Gillett, agricultural labourer
Alfred Ginger, agricultural labourer
Samuel Goldston, agricultural implement maker
Edward Hawding, labourer
John Hunt, millwright, and family
John Hendly, painter and glazier
John Hurst, carpenter
William Harman, gardener
Charles Handley, labourer
Robert Jones, farmer, and family
John Kruse, engineer
Frederick Leadley, woodman
George Lavender, shoemaker, and family
Neil J McKechnie, farmer, and Elizabeth
John Martin, farmer, and family
John Machell
Daniel MacPherson, carpener
George Marriott, farmer
John Methley, farmer
Mark McKen, agriculturist
Byron Munro, agriculturist, and family
John Nash, farmer
William Pridham, agriculturist
Lawrence Pridham, agriculturist
James Richardson, gardener
Frederick Reid, painter
Henry Redman, baker, and family
James Suddaby, farmer
Henry Small, agriculturist
George Smith, farmer
Edward Smith, farmer
Henry Shuttleworth, gardener, and family
Augustus Schrieber, carpenter
William Skinner, labourer, and Charlotte
Robert Styles, labourer
James Tedder, labourer
John Tomlinson, agriculturist
Jonah Thompson, grazier, and family
John Troy, farmer, and Anastasia
Wm Weir, mason
Samuel Willis, builder, and family
James Willis, carpenter
John Wood, labourer, and family
James Wray, wheelwright, and family

WESLEYANS
George Adams, agriculturist, and family
William Adams, blacksmith, and John
John Andrews, smith and farrier, and family
Wm Colley, builder
Henry Dixon, farmer, and family
John Edgar, agricullturist, and family
Robert Grosvenor, agriculturist, and James
James Greenwaway, agriculturist, and Clara
Charles Goodwin, wheelwright
James Hallett, agriculturist
Henry Hussey, agriculturist, and Sophia
Charles Linfel
William Newling, painter and glazier
Arthur Sharp, farmer
Mary Smart
Thomas Watkins, builder, and family
Rhoda Willan

Rev Mr Dickson, chaplain
Wilcox, Esq., Surgeon-Superintendent.