The details below, of the “Mangles” – particularly the 1822 voyage – are supplemented by:-
Mangles: Victorian State Library
(A) Mangles Indent 1822;
(B) Mangles 1822 Indent Alpha;
(C) Mangles Assignments on arrival and some later Ticket of Leave/Pardon facts; and
(D) See also the late Valerie Thompson’s article – ‘Men of Mangles 1822‘ .
1822 ‘Mangles’ Edmund Markham
- Ship 594t. Built Bengal 1802. J. Coghill Master. Matthew Anderson Surgeon. B & W drawing and colour photo of painting at Bedervale.
- Cork 21.6.1822 – Rio – Sydney 8.11.1822. 190 male prisoners. 1 died. 189 landed Sydney.
- Indent lists Edward (sic) Markham, Age 20, Convicted of ‘Offence under Insurrection Act’ at Special Sessions 1822,Co. Limerick (actually in Limerick City FCM), Seven years, Ploughman, Native place Co. Limerick. Assigned (along with Thomas Shaughnessy) on arrival to James Byrne of Appin. Reel AO2749, last item on the reel.
- Surgeon Superintendent Journal (below) has no reference to Markham (or Shaughnessy, or Neville). Surgeon’s Journal AJCP reel 3202.
SHIP’S CAPTAIN’S CERTIFICATE
21 June, 1822 from Cove of Cork
“I do hereby acknowledge to have received on board the ship Mangles, one hundred and eighty nine male convicts to be conveyed to N. S. W agreeably to the charter party of said ship. The names of said one hundred and eighty nine prisoners with the counties from where sent are specified in the list handed to me by Doctor Trevor, each convict being supplied in Ireland as follows: one jacket, one pair of trousers, one pair of shoes, one shirt, one pair of stockings, one cap or hat, one brush and comb, one towel, thread and needles and a bag to hold spare articles. I also received two reams of writing paper, one dozen spelling books, twenty-four primmers, two gallons of ink, two dozen of slates, three dozen of pencils, two pounds of quills, seven pounds of itch ointment, four lbs of sulphur powder, seven pounds of hog’s lard, one pound of…… in powder, two pounds sulphate of magnesium, one pound of [….] aloes, three ounces of licorice of columbo.
I further acknowledge to have received from Dr. Trevor, the Lord Lieutenant’s warrant with a list of the names of said one hundred and eighty nine specifying the crimes, the trial and terms of transportation and a description of the person of each, to be delivered by me to the Governor of N.S.W which warrant & list were put into a tin case & sealed by Dr. Trevor in my presence.
Given under my hand on board the Mangles convict ship in Cove, this 21st day of June, 1822. J W Coghill Commander, Ship Mangles
P.S. to the Captain’s acceptance letter on Mangles (Reel AO2424)
“No such name as Peter Mooney, County Tipperary in Penitentiary House at Cork in the List of Names with the Lord Lieutenant’s warrant received this date.
The complement of convicts for the Ship Mangles is one short and the delay that would be required to communicate with the Government to have the name of another convict to be embarked, would be very expensive to the public.
Cove of Cork 21 June, 1822
Edward Trevor MD Superintendent of the Embarkation of Convicts.
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Mangles 1822 Sick List
(Surgeon Journal ADM 101/47 on Reel PRO 3202.)
The following convict names (Military and their families not included) appear on the Surgeon Superintendent’s running report, commencing on 28 April, 1822, well before the ship’s departure from Cove of Cork on 21.6.1822, and arrival in Port Jackson on 8.11.1822. In many cases the names come up on successive days as treatment progresses.
It is often hard to decipher diagnosis and treatment from the handwriting (though easier than the 1824 Mangles journey, when the doc wrote his report in latin!)
Only one death at sea – James Costello 22, from Co Mayo. Sentenced at the Mayo Spring Assizes 1822 to Life “for administering unlawful oaths”
Names, in chronological order:
Dea, Thomas
Delaney,Laurence,
Foley, John,
Nugent, John (Sic) The indent lists Patrick Nugent.
McDonough, James
Ormand, Patrick
Sullivan, John “a convict boy” i.e. the younger of the two Johns on board.
Prior to departure, the report included the following for June 2, 1822:
“Several of the convicts are complaining of various ailments, some of which appear to be real, and others feigned, with a view to being sent back to the Convict Depot.”\
Costello, James “died en route” Curtin, Michael, Cunningham, Patrick
Horan, Daniel Lynch, John Gleeson Snr, Dennis Dooley, John
Griffin, John Fitzpatrick, James. There are two. This the 20 yo from Co Kilkenny.
Grady, John Grady, Martin Fogarty, Michael Connors, James
Kenny, John Delaney, Michael McMahon, Michael Lynch, John
Doyle, Thomas Fitzpatrick, William.
End
Other ships in 1822.
- In 1822, 15 convict ships arrived: 1 from Downs (to Hobart), 4 from Cork, 11 from England. 11 of the 15 came to Sydney, the other 4 turned around in Hobart, although a few of the Sydney ships came via Hobart.Atotalof 2432 (2324 male, ofwhom20 died; 108 female, 1 died). 1576 (1514 male;62 female were delivered to Sydney. 835 (790 male; 45 female) to Hobart.
- Mangles made 9 trips to Australia. The only ship to make more trips was the Surrey, which made 11 trips. Mangles as follows:
| Sailed | Arr Sydney | From | Via | Days | Pris. | Died | |
| 1 | 11.4.1820 | 7.8.1820 | Falmouth | Direct | 118 | 190 | 1 |
| 2 | 21.6.1822 | 8.11.1822 | Cork | Rio | 140 | 189 | 1 |
| 3 | 13.7.1824 | 27.10.1824 | Portsmouth | Tenerife | 106++ | 190 | – |
| 4 | 23.10.1825 | 18.2.1826 | Cork | 118 | 190 | – | |
| 5 | 23.2.1828 | 2.6.1828 | Dublin | 100** | 200 | – | |
| 6 | 3.1.1833 | 19.4.1833 | London/Falmouth | Cape | 142 | 236 | 1 |
| 7 | 21.4.1835 | 2.8.1835* | Ports/London | 103 | 310 | – | |
| 8 | 23.3.1837 | 10.7.1837 | Portsmouth | 109 | 310 | 2 | |
| 9 | 28.11.1839 | 27.4.1840 | Portsmouth | Tenr/Cape | 151 | 290# | – |
* Hobart # 236 landed Norfolk Is after Sydney
++ Sixth fastest passage between 1821 and 1828
**Second fastest trip between 1821 and 1828 (by I day).
SOURCES of ‘Mangles’ Material:
(1) Substantial 3 page article re the MANGLES in “The Convict Ships” by Charles Bateson pp. 214 – 217;
(2) Log of Logs, Arrivals in NSW.
(3) Captain’s letter of receipt of the convicts . [Reel AO2424 in NLA and NSW Archives];
(4) Lord Lieutenant’s Indent Signed at His Majesty’s Castle, DUBLIN 19 June 1822. [Reel AO2749 in NSW Archives.];
(5) Ship’s Indent delivered in NSW. [COD 151 pp.203 – 216 in NSW ArchivesSurgeon Superintendent Report of the Journey. (AMD 101/47 PRO Reel 3202 in NLA.); and
(6) Check also “Convict transport to Australia.” 2 letters written en route and 4 from Sydney by Josiah Godber, prisoner. NL Manuscript 4199, NK7086. (Could be any one of the 15 convict ships of 1822.)
(7) Further to (C) above, ‘Mangles’ assignments in the Maitland area are also listed on the excellent ‘Free Settler or Felon?’ website.