NELSON
The NELSON left London 1st October, 1864 and arrived at Auckland on 20 January, 1865, with
Captain Charles Cobb in Command. The ship sailed via Cork to embark troops.
Transribed from the "Daily Southern Cross", page 4, of 21 January 1865.
ARRIVAL OF THE NELSON, FROM LONDON, WITH TROOPS.
The signal made at the Flagstaff, yesterday, first as a barque, and afterwards as a ship, turned out to be,
upon rounding the North Head - not as many had expected, the Viscount Canning, but the fine iron
clipper ship Nelson. The Nelson is a vessel of 1,248 tons, an iron vessel built in 1862 and is commanded
by Captain C. Cobb, a gentleman spoken highly of by the passengers; and feel sure that Captain Cobb is
deserving of all the commendations which were bestowed upon him. The Nelson is another of Messrs.
Potter, Wilson, and Co's magnificent Clyde-built ships, from the same yard as the Victory, now in harbour.
The Nelson's ways were, in fact, immediately taken up by the Victory on the former being launched. The
Nelson sailed from the Downs on the 1st October, and after embarking troops at Cork, took her departure
from thence on the 7th of the same month, passing outside Cape de Verde Islands, and sighted Madiera
Island. The N E trades proved very light, and the Equator was crossed on the 14th November, in 27.5 deg
W. Longitude. The S E Trades were also light, and the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was made on
the 10th December. Tristan D'Accunha was sighted on the 5th ultimo. The weather was very fine and
pleasant after rounding the Cape, and she ran down her easting between the parallels of 45 deg and 47
deg south, passing to the south of Tasmania on the 12th, sighting the The Three Kings on the 18th, and
and anchored off the North Head at 3pm yesterday, after a rapid run of eight days from Tasmania, and 40
days from the Cape of Good Hope. No vessels connected with the colonies were spoken with during the
voyage. The Nelson brings 292 rank and file of the different Regiments, viz , 14th Regiment, 10, 18th, 76,
40th, 52, 57th, 50, 65th, 65, 68th, 40, and the following offficers :-
	BRYCE	Captain, 2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment,
		in command
	CORNISH	Lieut, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment
	LLOYD	Lieut, 10th Regiment
	DE LA POER	Ensign, 65th Regiment
	SWINDLEY	Ensign, 65th Regiment
	TREDENNOCK	Ensign, 57th Regiment
	CALDECOT	Lieut, 68th Regiment
	JOBSON	MD, Staff-Assistant-Surgeon
	Passengers
	HAMILTON	Captain & Mrs
		3 Children & Servant
	PRICTOR	James
	LE PAGE	W
	CHARLOTTE	B
	JOHNSON	Martha
		Charlotte
		William H
	ANDREWS	Captain H
		Elizabeth
		Elizabeth
	ARTHUR	Elizabeth
	LODGE	Sydney
		Philippa
		Louisa
	PLINDERS	Mary
	HOGUE	James
	AGNEI	Alexander
	ROBINSON	William
	THOMPSON	Joseph
	MAGUIRE	Elliott
		Allen
	LOWRY	Thomas
	OGILVIE	Frederick H
	WILLET	William T
	HILLHOUSE	Adam
	OGILVIE	Charles
	PEMBROKE	Alfred
	HOLLOWAY	Luke H
	VINER	Allan J
	SMITH	James
		Mary
	SMITH	Eliza
		James
		Ernest
	SMITH	Sarah
		Ann
		Harry
		Russell
	MALANE	William
	CHISHOLM	John G
	CAILEY	Isaac
	VENNING	John
	SOUTHGATE	John
	CALVER	F G
	GARDENER	William
		George
	RAMSEY	D M
	PHIPPS	Fred E
		Hannah
	MCGRIGGON	James
	FERNOO	James
	WALLACE	Charles
	KNOTT	George
	MILLS	Thomas
	EDMONDS	Edward
	HORSMAN	John
	SCOTT	J
	CONINGSBY	T
	BROWNING	Adolphus
		Annie
	DUNN	Emily & child
	EDWARDS	William
		Sarah
		Victor
		Victorine
		Roderick
		Lucifer
		Matilda
		James
		Jefferson
	SMITH	Frances
		Frederick
		Elizabeth
		Alfred
		John W
		Emma
	BISHOP	George
	HILTON	Ann
	O'BRIEN	William
	HANLEY	John
		Margaret
		Isabella
		Elizabeth
		James
		David
	MCKEE	John
	MCMILLAN	H