26/07/1865 - 12/10/1865

The City of Adelaide created quite a sensation when she arrived near the Station on Thursday morning. She was announced shortly after 1 o'clock by the coruscations of sundry rockets and a display of signal lights. A general rush was made to the boats, but there were not many persons who imagined the City would so distinguish herself as to turn up on the completion of the 72nd day, although some were sanguine it was Captain Bruce, while others thought of Captain Legoe; at any rate it proved the former, and on boarding her same welcome that has been experienced several years back was given. The same faces, the same officers, indeed several of the old crew were there, and it seemed scarcely credible that almost a year had elapsed since the vessel first arrived. She has a full complement of passengers, whose expressions of satisfaction must be extremely pleasing to Captain Bruce from whom a few particulars of the passage were procured, Tending to illustrate the great improvement in the Adelaide trade since the year when first he brought out the Irene. The City left London on July 26th, and called at Plymouth to embark passengers, taking final departure on the evening of the 21st, and for the first stage northwest winds prevailed till she had crossed the Bay of Biscay; but the northeast trades were so light, and lost entirely in from 13° to 14° north, that it was August 25 before the Line was crossed in 23° west. From thence to the meridian of the Cape 23 days elapsed, but along the easting in 44° to 45° she made splendid runs, and would have arrived on Sunday in 68 days but for the intervention of four or five days of easterly winds between the Leuwin and Cape Borda. The gallant ship has not altered the lest in general appearance, and, with the usual good fortune of the master, he had scarcely anchored when the Young Australian paddled along-side, and was at once dispatched for the Eleanor. No time was lost in steaming up, and at daylight the mariners hove the anchor to the bows, and in two hours she was moored at the wharf. The President of the Marine Board being on a visit of inspection to the Cape Borda Lighthouse was desirous of forwarding the keeper and his wife without delay to the Port, and the City of Adelaide being communicated with, Captain Bruce complied with the request, and added two to his list of passengers. Register 13/10/1865