The' Black Ball Clipper Oliver Lbkg, Tupfalh MbiiiUb, arrived 'in port ibis "miii-iiing. from-Lou-lon, dfter a remarkably 'quick passag. of 85 dtiys from Plymouth. : Slio brings 60 Cubiu and about 240 ■'steerage 'Passengers. (rhie death und 'one birth occdretl on board during the 'voyage. Tlio passage lids boaii v very iple«san't'btio ; Utiil ibo passengers spouk -in high'te'n*n_ of the kindness ami atlen'tion of'Cuptaln Muml'ie, ttnd also of the : Surgoon Dr. Morton. She left Griiveseml ■on ihe M&th June, anchored iv the l)owns,, and passed Plymouth on tbo' "'2olh. When in Latitudfe 20 S..T,bng. 24 W., a slight cbllision took pla.o between, the Ulliie'r 'Ld'ny, and 'the Hamburg, 'barque .'./ ton., from Juntos, bound lo; ■Uumbdrg.' Tho'figitre head and pdrt of ; tho Slioh's /jib-rboom %_fo left on the 'Oliver Lang's deck; atitl a feWstaticheuus' 'and c_vering|board boldligingto tho luttor! ■wore .carried awiiy. After the accident,; 'Cuptniii.Muntile bonrdeel 'the Slioii, to 'seb'if'she'was 'making any Water; ft.undr she wus'"all'right, and forwarded lbiters ■bomb by _ier. The 'OliticrLdng did not ■sight land ufler leuving the. Knglisli 'Channel' Until svghlihg'D'Urvillc's Island: 'yestdiday 'uinrii.iig. -About -30 of ibf ipnsseng.rs'are ftir I Gt_rit(.rl.ui'v. eight for -Nelson, and tho'remaindbr for this place' 1 ' The ling Moa, und 'burl-bo City o ■Melbourne, front Auckland-; and tho cut'lf r Auckland, from Nelson, arrived tliis, 'tnoruing.
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Wellington Independent, Issue 1313, 18 September 1858, Page 3
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