Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Escort, 671 tons, Captain Daniel Smith, from Liverpool 30th April 1859, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 9th August 1859

. . . . — 4th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1859 ; —3— births and —2— deaths on the passage ; Dr. Matthew Moorhouse, surgeon-superintendent.

In the Reports by the Emigration Officer, Dr. Duncan, there was often mention made in regard to Nominee's or General Emigrants ; the list below made a special effort to separate those into two lists, so, I have combined these but made notations alongside the family name, thus, General Emigrants = GE and Nominee = N. — Robert

from the South Australian Advertiser Wednesday August 10 1859

Tuesday August 9:— Escort ship, 671 tons, passengers - Surgeon-superintendent Dr. Moorhouse, Mrs. Moorhouse, Masters James and Washington Moorhouse, Miss Emma J. Moorhouse and Mrs. D. Smith in the cabin. An excellent reference page for Dr. Moorhouse career.

The ship Escort, from Plymouth, completed her voyage to this port in 100 days. The River Mersey was left on April 30, with light winds prevailing. On May 27 the Escort signalized the ship Woodbridge, standing to the W.N.W. Could not make out her ports of departure or destination. June 15 signalized the barque Velox, from Liverpool, bound to Bombay; and on the same day signalized a schooner bound from Rio de Janeiro to the Sychelle Islands. No other vessels were sighted. On June 4 the equator was crossed, and on the 30th of the same month the meridian of Greenwich was passed, and that of the Cape of Good Hope on July 29. When in the longitude of St Paul's much strong weather was experienced. The medical superintendence of this vessel is in the hands of that highly respected gentleman. Dr. M. Moorhouse, who has been absent from this colony 2½ years, and now returns with his family. He has been very successful in the medical supervision of the persons under him, having had but two deaths, and those infants, whose lives were precarious when sent on board at Liverpool. The 'tween decks of this vessel are of a medium height, and present to the eye of practical sanitary officers a scrupulous and careful cleanliness. The immigrants are, as a body, very healthy, and the single females are reported to have been well-behaved and respectable. Amongst the live stock this ship has brought are some very fine white turkeys, Poland fowls, and remarkably fine ducks. The commander. Captain D. Smith, has now concluded his sixteenth voyage in emigrant vessels, having been in the eastern trade ever since 1840. He was then at Port Adelaide in the Fairley at the same time as the Lallah Rhook and Jarra were lying off Glenelg, previously to the Port being surveyed. The Escort was towed up yesterday afternoon.

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Enright, Patrick	inf	May17th, 1859	General debility	at sea
Davison, William	inf	June 23rd, 1859	Convulsion from teething	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Austin, Alice		May 1st, 1859	male
Day, Caroline		July 18th, 1859	male
Creasy, Elizabeth		July 25th, 1859	female

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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