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Transportation
Patrick Mcbride was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 251 (127). Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers (128/38 - 39). Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26783779 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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OTHER: NEWSPAPER coverage of his trial in Glasgow: 1 May, 1856 -- from the Glasgow Courier, p2: Andrew Galloway and Patrick McBride were found guilty of abstracting from the pocket of Isabella Callam, in Sauchiehall Street, and sentenced, Galloway to 4 years' penal servitude, and McBride to 15 years' transportation."
FOOTNOTE: THE VOYAGE TO WA: Patrick McBride’s behaviour during the voyage was “very bad”, according to his WA Convict record. He was flogged, receiving 24 lashes (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). What prompted this punishment? Although a requirement, no journal/full report of the voyage from the ship’s Surgeon Superintendent has ever been located, according to Bill Edgar (2018) whose research fills in some blanks. Around two-thirds of the Nile’s 268 convicts could be considered “serious criminals” by virtue of the violence of their crimes, or their recidivism or both. A point that wasn’t lost on the ship’s crew or warders. Edgar (2018) says between the starting point of the Nile’s voyage at the head of the Thames at Sheerness and her arrival at Plymouth a week or so later to take on prisoners from Dartmoor, two warders “having seen the potential for trouble… decided to refuse duties they could clearly perceive as very dangerous”. They left the ship. Between the Nile’s departure from Plymouth, on 23 September, and her arrival just over 4 weeks later at Bahia (in Brazil), a “litany of frightening incidences took place aboard”. Fearing a mutiny, the captain had nine convicts placed in chains “where they were to stay for the remainder of the voyage”. There was no mutiny. Edgar writes, however: “It had been a near run thing. The prospect of a mutiny had been very real.” Despite the Nile’s arrival off WA late on the night of 31 December, 1857, the bulk of the prisoners were not disembarked for five days. Twelve men were unloaded on 2 January – three bound for hospital and nine who went in chains to Fremantle prison. The latter were the “failed mutineers”, listed as men of “bad character” by the ship’s Surgeon Superintendent in a letter to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (Edgar, pp24-25, 27). They were: Patrick McBride (#3739 from Portsmouth jail, sent to board the Nile on 8 September, 1857), George Foxton (alias Thompson), John Turnbull, James H Jones, John Cirans (Ceirans), Thomas Ward, Michael Henry, John Ferguson, and George Woodcock (the possessor of at least seven aliases by this time).
From his Fremantle jail record: MCBRIDE, Patrick; #4613, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: Peter Date of Birth: 1830 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Puddler Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Glasgow, Lanark, England Crime: Theft Sentence Period: 15 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 2 Apr 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 23 Oct 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
TRIAL: 30 April, 1856: National Records of Scotland -- Reference JC26/1856/154 Trial papers relating to Andrew Galloway and Patrick McBride for the crime of theft, habit and repute, and previous conviction. Tried at High Court, Glasgow. Accused: Andrew Galloway, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Penal servitude - 4 years. Accused: Patrick McBride, alias McBryde, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - 15 years. --00--
CRIME: 1856: National Records of Scotland -- Reference AD14/56/88 Precognition against Andrew Galloway and Patrick McBride for the crime of theft, habit and repute, and previous conviction. Accused: Andrew Galloway, Age: 19, shopman, Address: London Street, Glasgow, Origin: Native of Glasgow. Accused: Patrick McBride, alias McBryde, Age: 26, puddler, Address: Saltmarket Street, Glasgow, Origin: Native of Glasgow. --0--
Occupation: Patrick McBride was listed on court documents as a Puddler -- a person who "participated in the making of iron, and later on, steel. The process of puddling was developed towards the end of the 18th century and involved stirring molten iron inside the furnace with rods. These rods were used up during the process." (From the Dictionary of Old Occupations at https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/)