//. ^ u a<3s If J'our'nal of ^ i^ay'dpe. Trom i-o 0 0*0 /I to '^ort 'Phillip Loyido>1 _e^ 14 i !¦ A >t 1^ i-^s Wednesday.. 1 ¦ ¦¦ i s 1 i ¦¦ 1 -1 $ $ li •• ? % M£ 1 s. 1 ao a o Thursday.... 4 ¦¦ s ^ i -4* j3 ^^ ^ 14 i ^ ? £ a §:t a E3 Friday •• i ,. 14 .. i Saturday .... 1 •• i .. 14 i 1 All Cabin Requisites, except Beds, Bedding, and Linen, will be supplied. It is to be uiiderat -,jd that the Stores are laid in for the Voyage by the above scale, and tliat the several quamitica marked therein nill bc catefnliy weighed out to the Steward, who will supply therewith a suitable trtble, after the manner of the Cuddy arrangemcaU in sailing vessels ; all Secpud Class passenp^eis messing at the sa^ *s\%ble. DIETARY SCALE POR T.H E THIRD CABIN. Sanday ^ Monday ^ Tu-sday , g Wednesday ^ Thursday Friday , j £ Saturday -A *^ pint 4 M ¦a a "S _^_ o h Third -Claias passengers will have to provide themselves "with beds, bedding, and towels; as also a knife and fork each, one tablespoon^ oiie teaspoon, one tin plate, one drinking can, one tin quart and pint pot, and a keg or can for holding water. Wheji raw potatoes' are on board, they will be served out in lieu of preserved, one pound of the Ibtter being equal to seven pounds of the former. Rice may be" served out as a substitute for potatoes, or when they are expended; one pound of rice being equal to three pounds of potatoes. Coffee or cocoa may be substituted for tea. When fresh beef is issued, one pound to each adult per day will be allowed. There will be no rice, raisins, currants, peas, pickles, or vinegar, during the issue of fresh meat. Salt fish will be substituted on Fridays, if reqmred, in place of meat. 'J!pR quantity of water allowed to each passenger (adult) is three quarts per day. Children under twelve years of age one-half the above allowances. Infants under one year to have one quart of water daily, but no rations. It wUt be at the discretion of the surgeon to issue three times a week, to children under seven, four ounces of rice in lieu of salt meat. Nobertb will be considered as engaged until the passage-money is paid; and no passengers will be allowed to embark until their passage-money . and extra luggage charge has been settled, the receipt for Svhicn milat be produced to the proper ofiBcer on board. TKfeTiVrtliB firg appropriated in rotation as the passage-monejr U paid, and passengers', gencirally, will be expected to c6nforiti, duting the voyagfij to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by direction of the captain, for the purpose of promoting the health, harmony, and wwl-being of all on boardr PASSENGERS' FARES. DESTINATIONS. TO LONDON. St.VINCENT TAPP OI? 1 KING ADELAIDE. PT.PHILLIP SYDNEY. VBOU. LONDON 1st. 2nd clss. clss. 3rd clss. 1st clss. 2nd clss. 3rd clss. 1st clss. 2nd clss. 3rd ' Ist clss. clss. 2nd clss. Srd clss. 1st clss. 2nd clss. 3rd clss. 1st clss. 2nd clss. 3rd clss. 1st cks. 2nd clss. Srd clss. Gs. Gs. 20 30 40 404040 Gs 10 17 25 252625 Gs. 354070707070 Gs. 20224040 4040 Gs. 1010 20202020 Gs. 5040 5555 55 55 Gs. 30 22 30303030 Gs. 1910 15 Gs. 80 7055 Gs. 404030 1215 20 Gs. 2520 IS 68 10 Os. SO 7095 20 10 20 Gs. 404030 12 6 12 Gs. 25 20 JS 63 6 Gs. 80 7065 25 10 15 Gs. 40 4030 15 6 8 Gs. Gs. 25 80 20 70 15 S5 8 30 3 20 Gs. 40 403020 12 8 Gs. 25 20 16 10 6 5 ST. VINCENT 36 50 80 SO8080 CAPE OP GOOD HOPE KING GEOEGE'S SOUND .. ADELAIDE PORT PHILLIP 16 "' SYDNEY 16 30 5 N.B.— The Return Farea will be 10 per cent, above these Rates. REGULATIONS, I . The captains are required to avoid all preference or partiality in any respect in favour of one passenger over another on both the Company's ships. . 2. No passenger bookingfor a double cabin berth,in Erst or second cabin, is to be accommodated in a cabin by himself, so long as he can be placed in a cabin of the same class with another passenger, booked for a double cabin terth- 3. Whenever there may be more passengers than can be accommodated with first cabin berths, and who may, in consequence, be obliged to sleep in the cots, or otherwise not in any cabin, an abatement of £5 from the lowest first cabin rate will be made upon such occasions, but no passengers will be allowed this abatement so long as there is a cabin bed berth nnocoupied. 4. Although ladies may have sleeping berths allotted to them in the ladies' saloon, yet it is to be open for the use of all the ladies in the first cabin, between 9 a.m., and 9 p.m. every day. 5. Children of cabin passengers, under two years of age, carried free of charge ; above two years, and under eight years, to pay one-fourth the cabin , passage rate paid by their parents ; above eight years, and nnder twelve years, to pay one-half ditto, but not entitled to a separate cabin, 6. Passengers' female servants will be charged one-half of first cabin .. fare, and no abatement to be made on account of age. Men servants will , be berthed In the fore part of the ship. V- An abatement of one-sixth of the established rate is to be made in favour of families in the first and second cabins, but only in cases where the amount of passage-money (if charged in full for the whole party) would be equal to the full charge for four adult passengers. The term family is only io comprehend parents, their children, and their servants. 8 8. Passengers not proceeding after taking their passage, to forfeit half the passage money. 9. Merchandise cannpt be carried under the name of luggage. All specie, bullion, or other treasure, must be declared by passengers previously to embarkation, and any sum aboveL£l,5D will be charged for at the estab lished rates of freight. 10. The Company does not hold itself liable for any loss passengers may sustain by detention on the voyage, or delays arising from accidents. 11. Passengers to or from Australia are always to have priority of choice of cabins over passengers to intermediate places, whether previously booked or not. This is not, however, to extend to the displacing of any passenger to an intermediate place, while any other cabin berth of similar description is vacant. 12. Should any Outward oh Homeward-bound Passenger, who was originally booked for a fore cabin, shift to an after cabin^ or from a double to a single cabin, he is to be charged the superior fare throughout', 13, Passengers are not allowed to take on board wines, spirits, or other liquors, for use during the voyage, an ample stock thereof being provided on board at moderate prices. 14. All baggage, except carpet-bags and hat-boxes, mnst be shipped the day previous to sailing, after which no heavy baggage will' be received on board. 16. Passengers in the first cabin will be allowed tp take thirty cubic feet luggage, or 10 owt ; second cabin, twenty feet, or 7 cwt. ; third cabin, ten feet( or 6 cwt. ; any additional will be charged at the rate of three shiUings per cubic foot. 16, All packages of baggage to be marked with the name of the pas senger, a^id also with the words ' Wanted on the Voyage,' or 'Not wanted on the Voyage,' and must be in the .dock, ready for shipqagat, at l^a;st.two days prior to sailing. 17. The Company does not hold itself responsible for any loss, damage, or detention of luggage, under any circumstances. INTRODUCTION. To such of my readers as have performed a sea voyage, the minute detail which they will here meet with may be superfluous. But as the excitement which the gold fields of Australia has caused in the public mind is likely to induce many to emigrate who have never yet so much as seen a ship or a dock, I shall note every circumstance in connection with the voyage, both before and after embarkation, that is likely to prove instructive to such thorough landsmen. And first I wiU speak of luggage. I do advise that you will either see it on board, or obtain a receipt for it from the clerk of the dock stores. With the ' Australian Steam Navigation Company ' this advice to emigrants appears doubly essential, as an order from the London Agent is required before the wharfinger will give a receipt; and this being an extraordinary proceeding, is likely to be omitted by the carriers employed by your tradespeople. JOURNAL ov A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO PORT PHILLIP. May 2Bth. Although mail packets seldom fail to make their final depar ture from a British port on the day appointed, it would appear that no reliance must be placed on any other notice. The ' Australian ' was to leave London on the 28th, but this arrangement was changed for th» 29th, and ultimately for the 1st June. These changes had been notified by advertisement in the Times, but I, not having had an opportunity of seeing this popular mode of conveying such like intelligence, remained in total ignorance of the fact, to my considerable loss and discomfort. Of the first change I had been made acquainted by a casual call at the agent's ; but under supposition that the vessel would positively leave the docks on the 29th, I brought my wife np to town on the previous evening, and arranged for others of iny family to follow us by the first train next morning, all which, 1 need not remark, was worse than useless. May 31s;. This afternoon I attended the agent's ofiice to pay for my ' extra luggage,' in compliance with the printed regulations issued by the London agent. Ship agents, it appears, have peculiar notions of lengthy breadth, and depth. Their system of measurement is so strongly opposed to all the rules of plus and minus which I have ever regarded as accurate, that 1 cannot refrain from naming it here. Part of my luggage is a tent, which It was admitted did not exceed four cubic feet, but the two slight poles be longing to it being bound np with it, I was charged for a package nine feet long, two feet wide, and two deep— equal to thirty-six feet. The tent cost me £4 19s. ; its freight to Port Phillip is £5 8s. Let the emigrant remember either to have the poles of his tent with joints, or else packed up separately. ' June 1st. There are moments of our lives which, though they demand Onr utmost exertion and strength, are generally marked by a full display of our weakness. Theyare the 'good byes,' the 'farewells,' of our dearest friends, which the events of time impose upon us, and which, however favourable the prospects under which such separation may take place, how ever long and well-prepared the mind may have been for heroism, the heart Will, unrestrained, pour forth its most secret woes. With the passengers at 12 the ' Australian,' and their friends ou shore, these moments have just passed, and with, perhaps, as perfect au evidence of their sadness as life can produce. For nnder what circumstances can separation be attended with greater un certainty of result ? The shortest period for which we can possibly have taken leave of our relatives and friends must be sufficient, under ordinary circumstances, to produce such events as must counteract the utmost advan tages which our journey can possibly produce, and with how many must the ' farewell ' be for ever I The consciousness, however, of good intentions, and the solace of hope, soon restored us to philosophical reflection, and we began to seek those locali ties iu the vessel which, during the voyage, are to be more particularly our own — that is to say, our cabins and sleeping berths. The ' Australian' is a Clyde built ship, just off the stocks ; and though it was declared by the company's agent in London that she would be in the East India Docks full six weeks before her departure for the colonies, she was not visible to the southerns until within a few. days of the 38th, the day appointed for her leaving. And as it was necessary to insure my passage in her long before that, I did so (as I believe did every other passenger) withont having seen the vessel ; and as admittance on board could not be obtained without an order from the agent, I had but once seen my berth. It was then a depository for the, ship's, lamps, and, consequently, in a filthy state ; but as I had no doubt it would be made clean before I should require it, it, gave me but little concern, but to my astonishment I found it but little changed. The lamps were not there, but the berth was covered with oil, dirt, and shavings. The whole place was still in a state of confusion by a crowd of carpent^ra and others, on deck and below, busily occupied in bringing the vessel to that state of completion which I certainly expected to find on embarking. It was therefore irapossible, to find any one to whom I could apply to make my berth fit for the, reception, of my bedding, and I had tp clean it myself by scraping it with my knife. Finding my bedding nigh at hand, I placed it in my berth and again proceeded on deck. At a slow rate we steamed a few miles down the river and again cast anchor, for the purpose (I believe) of giving the workmen an opportunity to complete their work before reaching Plymouth. In a few hours she again got her nose free, and proceeded slowly on her course, June 2nd. The banks of the Thames and the southern coast of England " presenting many familiar and interesting localities to most on board were gazed on as we passed, with the varied sensations which memory produced, June Srd. At about nine o'clock this morning we sighted Plymouth. We entered the harbour without any occurrence worthy of remark, bat on pro ceeding a little too far before we cast anchor she ran foul of the Millbank Pier, destroying one corner of the pier and carrying awaythree boats and 13 the iron davits which supported them on her starboard side. Her bulwarks ou that side were also entirely smashed, and a large hole appeared in her iron side. A boy, who had been ordered into one of the boats, perceived that a collision was inevitable, but just in time to escape, aud the spectators and labourers on the pier had to run for their lives. Being under engagement to the government, she was immediately received into the Devonport Dockyard, and every facility was afibrded by the authori ties to repair her injuries as speedily as possible. The principal damage, namely, the hole in her side, was discovered to be in the cabin which con tained my berth, which, with another, was quickly pulled down to enable the iron workers to eflect the necessary repairs. June hth, 10 a.m. The very great number of hands which have been employed day and night about the vessel having eflected every repair neces sary for her proceeding to sea, the ' Australian ' is once more under weigh. She has the wind dead in her teeth, but does not evince any disposition to yield to its opposing force, dashing on at a very creditable speed, though it cannot be considered that she rides easily. I am surprised to find that a large portion of her coals are piled up in sacks on deck, so as to leave a very narrow gangway on either side. June 6th. The Bay of Biscay and a continued head wind of greater force than yesterday, is trying the steam power of the ' Australian ' to a pretty considerable extent, and she. certainly has no cause to be ashamed of her performance. 1 am compelled to remain below deck, or expose myself with inappropriate clothing to the rain which is faUing, my boxes not yet having been brought on deck. Hitherto there has been no regularity in the service of our meals, but last evening a printed notice was placed in a conspicuous part of our (second class) saloon, specifying a time for each meal. But as it had been discovered that the saloon tables could only accommodate forty-two persons at one time, and there being seventy-five second class passengers (equal to seventy, two adults), it was quite evident that we could not all tate our meals together, and it was ultiraately arranged, by the ship's purser, that the mar ried passengers and their families should Erst take their meals, and the un married afterwards. ' The necessity of a party division of some kind being admitted— perhaps no better arrangement than this could be made. Bat it is a question whether the fact of taking more passengers than the saloon can accommodate with out such division, ought not to have been avoided. With a fixed ration of questionable sufficiency, must not jealousy arise from such an arrangement? Besides, for how short a portion of the day can it now be appropriated for reading and writing— an accommodation which, surely, it is not unreason able to expect ? 14 And here, perhaps, a statement of the dimensions and means of ventilation of the second class portion of the vessel raay not be inappropriate. : The second class saloon is 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 7 feet high — being bounded forward by a bulkhead the whole width of the vessel, sepa rating it from the third class division ; and a bulkhead 10 feet wide aft, sleeping cabins flanking it on either side. The bulkhead aft is the termina tion of a range of apartments in the centre of the vessel, including the engine room, and extends to the first-class saloon— a passage 4 feet wide running. the distance on each side. Of these given dimensions, however, a portion of the second-class saloon is appropriated for the use ofthe stewards, consisting. of fittings for glass, crockery, &c. , Four narrow openings, each about 1 foot wide and 18 or 20 inches long, in the deck, on each side of the saloon (when not closed against rough weather), admit light and air. But these openings, it must be observed, do not admit the air directly, but only, obliquely from other apertures in certain buildings called the deck houses, variously appropriated, which occupy the centre of the deck above. When rough weather requires these to be fastened, there is positively no means of obtaining fresh air : for the stairs from the hatchway do not descend into the saloon, bat into one of the passages above referred to, and can only be serviceable to tbe passengers who happen to occupy the cabin there situated. The sleeping cabins are 7 feet broad at bottom, something less at top, 6 feet long, and 6 feet 9 inches medium height. The berths, two on either side, are 2 feet wide, leaving a space (excepting a portion occupied by a fixed ¦washhand-stand) of 2 feet 10 inches wide, and 6 feet long — that when lessened by the clothing of the four occupants of the cabin which may be hanging on its sides, does not leave standing room for so many persons. There are four small drawers under the lower berths, which, though conve nient, are quite inadequate to the wants of the passengers. A passage 2 feet 5 inches wide from the saloon to the ship's sides, separates every alternate cabin. From these passages, doors communicate with the cabins. To each passage and to each cabin there is a round port of thick glass, about 9 inches in diameter. These ports, when the weather permits, are kept open during the day, but are always closed at night. I cannot give the exact measurement of the accommodations of the first class; but the cabins are on a similar construction to our own, with the ex ception of there being but three berths in each, instead of four. The third class is altogether of cfiSerent construction, being much like the steerage portion of ordinary vessels, receiving air from two large hatchways. As regards ventilation, the third class portion has decidedly the preference. Of the four stewards to the second class passengers, one is incapable of attend ance from sea-sickness. The rest seem willing to do their utmost to oblige, but their required labours are more than they can perform, at all event* under their present undisciplined state, for half their time is taken up in controversy as to their respective duties, much to the edification of the passengers. June 1th, We have passed a most uncomfortable night, the vessel pitch ing and rolling to an extent that rendered sleep impossible. There has been rather a heavy swell,, and the ' Australian ' received some knocks on her head and sides that made her long, slight frame quiver like an aspen. But she has unquestionably a propensity for dipping her nose in the water upon very sUght occasions, to the frequent engulphing of her decks with tons of water, apd last night to the carrying away of a portion of her bulwarks on her star board bow, and a board bearing her name. By some means or other — most probably the coals which have escaped fiom some of the sacks on deck— the scupper holes have become choked up, so that it is long before she frees herself after shipping a sea, to the great alarm of the passengers, who, hearing the water roU, think it is in the vessel beneath their feet instead of over their heads. This morning a slight variation in the wind has enabled us to use a little canvass. Evening. The weather has continued squally and the sea high, nor has the rolling of the vessel (which I mainly attribute to the dead weight of coals and a qiiautity of loose lumber on deck) by any means decreased ; and there being a quantity of loose luggage in our saloon, the scene of confusion and devastation is beyond description. It has been my resolve studiously to avoid all mention of the private acts of any individual on board ; but when such acts become a general grievance I must look upon them as no longer private. JJwfe XlVth of the printed regulations forbids passengers to bring any luggage on board with them at final embarkation of larger dimensions than ordinary carpet bags, hat boxes-, &c. Now had this regulation been en forced, the saloon would not bear the appearance of a common stowage as it now does, and the danger, which now threatens, of having our limbs broken, would be avoided. By conforming to that rule lam suffering inconvenience which many of my fellow-passengers have escaped. But I maintain that the rule cannot be broken by an individual without annoyance to the rest. June Sth. Squaelly weather still, with the wind another point in her favour. We are now making ten clear knots, and certainly with less rolling and pitching of the vessel. But she is evidently in bad trim — one of the many evidences which we have that she has been sent to sea in a hurry^ Without those precautionary measures for the comfort of the passengers and the safety of all on board that is generaUy deemed necessary. The ill effects of the want of proper ventUation and the scarcity of attend- aace, is beginning to be seriously felt. The late rough weather has produced 16 much sickness, and as sea-sickness frequeiitty obill^s on too suddenly for the nvalid to seek a suitable spot, the flooring of his cabin or saloon frequently receives the contents of his storaach. This cannot be avoided, but surely some one should be provided to cleanse the place as quickly as possible. And yet nothing of the kind has been done for the last tW'o days. The night before last a large pailful of dirty slops, which had been left in the passage separating my cabin from the watercloset (it being Iny misfortune to be so situated), upset, and the contents of which are stUl washing about on the floor of the passage and cabin. 'The stewards declare it is impossible for them to attend to it, they have not a moment to spare. I asked where I could get a mop or swab that I might do it myself, but was informed they were all in use for the chief cabin. The fastening of the door of one of the waterclosets (that near my berth) has been broken ever since we have been at sea, and the door opens and shuts with every roll and counter-roll of the vessel ; but the carpenter has no time to repair it. Waterclosets below deck are decidedly a great evil, especially when without an abundant supply of water, which it is our misfortune to experiencCj the tanks being generally empty. Altogether the stench of the place is becoming insufferable. June 9th. Morning. Smoother sea and finer weather, thongh still hazy. The wind is still dead against us. Our captain has made a visit of inspection below, and having politely listened to our complaints, special and general, gave orders for the immediate attention to all remediable grievances. Noon. Kain again, and, consequently, the passengers' luggage wUl not be brought on deck. June 10th. Fine weather and moderate sea, so that we are enabled to have the port-holes of our cabins open. But for this favourable change, I believe • sickness would have soon ensued. Evening. Figuratively or raaterially there has been a screw loose in the engine to-day, which prevented it working for two or three hours. The double-meal arrangement was attempted to-day with partial success, failing only in the hours of appointment. Salt provisions appeared on the table for the first tirae. The fine weather has worked wonderful reforms in a sanitary sense, drying the decks below, aud inducing the passengers to walk above. Notwithstanding the facilities which fine weather has afforded, no Inggage has been brought on deok. I have learned that there are others on board in the same uncertainty as myself, as to whether their luggage is on board, and, like me, wanting a change of apparel, June llth. This morning the following notice was placed in onr saloon j 'Notice:— To Second Saloon passengers. It is particularly requested 17 that the " gentlemen " only of the second class saloon will comply with No. 1 Regulation,* viz., not to come abaft the hatchway, — llth June, 1 852.' Now to comply with this regulation, the second class passengers would have to confine themselves to the gangways at the sides of the centre ' deck houses,' referred to June 6th, page 11, which gangways would be but barely sufBcient for a promenade, in the most confined sense that that word can possibly convey, if kept clear, but which in their past and present encum bered state would not allow us standing room. Besides, how farcical! Was it supposed that the ladies of the second class passengers would accept of the proffered liberty under such exclusive circumstances — could they regard it as anything but an insult ? The notice was received with a shout of indignation by every gentleman of the second class, and it was unanimously agreed that their feelings should be made known to Captain Hoseason, With that urbanity which I have before had occasion to speak of, Captain Hoseason admitted the justness of our complaint, and extended the limit of our range to the mizen mast, which embraces a space with n fixed seat, suitable for the, ladies, without depriving them of the company of their husbands and friends. The double meal system has been repeated with improvement, and may now be considered unfait aeeompli. June 12th. At length I have gained access to my boxes, aa have the rest of my fellow-passengers who had not previously done so. Much of the verbal information afibrded by the agent in London respect ing matters not touched npon in the printed regulations, though not of that positive nature which may be regarded as a tenable assertion, wore a colouring that has greatly deceived the passengers. In no case has this fact been more conspicuous than in his intimations respecting luggage. ' You will be admitted to your Inggage twice a-week,' said Jlr. Walton. By which I un derstood that the passengers' luggage would be kept apart from anything else in some apartment where frequent and easy access could be obtained,. in comfort to ourselves and without injury to our property. But perhaps a sketch of the general scene which the ' AustraUan ' presented on that occasion may prove amusing, if not instructive. Soon after breakfast, passengers (first, second and third class) receive intimation that their luggage wiU be brought on deck from the bold of the vessel, where it is kept with ship stores and general merchandise — dry goods and wet goods aU together. The passengers stand by accordingly. A con siderable portion of the deok round about the hatchway becomes covered ¦with boxes, so closely that but few can obtain standing room on the deck while they are selecting what they require. Others stand, sit, or lie, as est * Heferring to certain regulations previously posted in our ealoon, which had not been acted on. ,18 they can, on the boxes of their neighbours — who, if their politennss restrains them from remark, express their anxiety for your departure by looks and gestures of uneasiness. Of course there is nowhere for you to place what you have taken from your box except upon your person, and as you cannot possibly hold more than half what you require, you close yoar box aud pro ceed to your cabin with what you have, intending to return in a few minutes. You do return — but your box is no longer visible ; a second tier has com menced. You do not exactly reraeraber the spot which it occupied; and, while searching for it, your diHioulty is increased by fresh importations. At last you discover it under a certain box, whose owner is engaged upon it. You cannot expect hira to cease for your accoraraodation, and you are res trained to wait till he has finished. But by that time every avenue to your property is so totally blocked up that you give up all idea of reaching it un til these obstructions are reraoved by being taken whence they came. You go to seek another box containing property which youjnuch require. After waiting patiently till the last box is brought from the hold, altogether about six hours, without finding what you are searching for, you conclude that it must have been all the time on deok ; and, as the mass has now become three tiers deep, your only hope of discovering it is by waiting till they are gra dually removed below. In course of time it becomes discernible, and you begin to search for some particular article which you require. But it is at the bottom of the box, and there is no unoccupied spot where you can place the top things. You have so disarranged the original placing of your clothes that you cannot get the lid of your box closed again. At this agonising moment you turn you head away, and you see yonr other box ^frora which you have not obtained half what you required) being lowered into the hold in the uncorded and unlocked state in which you left it. You turn to seek advice from one, from another, frora a third. But all are in a sirailar state of consternation as yourself; and in despair you sufl'er the sailors to do what they please with your property on deck, and, having already lost your lunch, you attend the call of the stewards' bell to dinner, with such appetite as the adventures of the day may chance to have given yon. June lith. The evil of the stewards not having any locality for the per formance of their duties separate and distinct from the passengers' saloon is becoming more conspicuous every day. By mingling with the passengers, they, of course, becorae familiar ; and cannot perceive that wrangling among themselves, or indulgence in low jests (not always confined to themselves) is annoying to the majority of those who are compelled to hear it. Being ever present, they witness every movement of the passengers ; and their principal occupations are in that part of the saloon whieh, in connection with the peculiar construction of the cabins and other accommodations, render this circumstance of the utraost annoyance to the ladies, there being neither stewardess nor ladies' saloon to the second class. 19 At first they took their meals by th'sraselves at a corner of one of tha tables ; but the family circle is now frequently increased by two or three, and soraetiraes the whole, of the foUowing officials— viz., steward of the third class, butcher's mate, knife-cleaner and scullion, scavenger, poultry attendant (better known as Jemmy Ducks), and two youths, miscalled deck-cleaners. Oar four stewards have no fixed or regular place for sleeping, but take their rest in their clothes on the flooring, benches, or tables of the saloon. And one or two of the other gentry are always disgustingly dirty. Poor feUows ! they are in no way culpable. Four more obliging or civil men cannot be, so far as their labours to serve the passengers extend ; but they are altogether unfit for their situations. Two of them only have been to sea before, and the duties which they have undertaken are novel to them all. June 16th. Early this morning we cast anchor in St. Vincent harbour. We sighted the laud last evening ; but the night being dark, and the en trance to the bay intricate. Captain Hoseason preferred beating about at sea till dayUght. Evening. I have been on shore with several other passengers of the ' Australian.' St. Vincent, I should say, is just about as miserable a settle raent as this world produces. A single coup d'ceil ftom the vessel :issured us that no great luxury raight be expected, but we did hope for a meal of fresh provision. Nothing of the kind, however, could the place afford us — there did not appear to be such a thing as a four-legged animal in the island, with the exception of beasts of burden, chiefly mules and donkeys, and a few goats. Neither could fruit or vegetables of any kind be procured, nor so much as a mouthful of bread or biscuit. Nearly all the inhabitants exist upon haricot beans and maize. The few who do occasionally get some thing else, have it imported at great expense from some other country. The town consists of a few wretched hovels, the whole population, natives and Portuguese settlers, not exceeding 600. The coals wich we are taking on board are all brought from England. An address to the directors of the Company, drawn up by a Mr. Walters, for insertion in the Times, coraprising all the grievances which this journal has recorded and sorae others, has been signed to-day by raost of the second class passengers. One of the clauses is to the effect that since the cessation of the issue of fresh meat, our provisions have been deficient in quantity and inferior in quality. To this I raised an objection, declaring my belief that in quantity they were equal to the scale presented us by the London agent, and that we were premature in forming an opinion of their quality. My objection was overruled, on the ground (which did not appear to rae reasonable) that the question was not whether the issue was in accordance with any particular regulation, bnt whether it was what we required. With the exception of a coraplimentary allusion to Captain Hoseason, which I contended was uncaUed for at so early a stage of our journey, the othej 20 clauses were, in my estimation, so truthful, and the design so admirable, that rather than omit placing my signature to them I signed to the whole. I am happy in being able to report that every one on board is in a perfect state of health, but, assuredly, this is more attributable to cool breezes, a cloudy sky, that has greatly softened the power of the sun, now nearly vertical, and a sea that has enabled us to keep our ports open during the day, than to any circumstance connected with the construction or manage ment of the vessel. June ISth. Still in harbour, I have again been induced to visit the shore for the sake of a sea bath.* According to what I gleaned from a native, St. Vincent annuaUy loses a portion of its inhabitants by fever, the unhealthy season commencing about the beginning of next month. June 19th. To my utter astonishment I this morning perceived on deck the carcass of a bullock, certainly somewhat lean, but, nevertheless, beef ; and a living animal, also destined for our consumption, was fastened near its dead brother. 11 a.m. After three clear days and nights in this miserable place we have, to the delight of every one on board, weighed anchor, and are once more at sea. The coal nuisance from which the decks have just been cleared, is renewed in an aggravated forra, the coals being now pUed up without the protection of sacks ; and in some places they are scattered on the deck the whole width of the gangway. There are in the ' deck-houses ' two or three openings with precipitous descents to the engine and fire rooms. To pass these places while the vessel is rolling about, is somewhat dangerous under any circum stances ; but with a wide, clear gangway there were chances of saving oneself by clinging to the bulwarks or rigging. But now, to avoid falUng down the hatchways on one side, we must embrace the coals on the other. June Wth. The irregularity in preparation and service of our meals still frequently occurs. There is one fact to which I have not yet alluded, though it has long de manded reraark. Our ration of fresh water has daily assumed a darker hue, and has now become the colour of chocolate, and closely approaches its ordinary consistency. This appearance, we are informed, is occasioned by the rust of the iron tanks in which it is kept. Now, my knowledge of medi-; cine is so exceedingly limited that I will not venture an assertion as to the effect that taking iron in such large quantities as we must necessarily do, is likely to have upon our health, but -wiU leave the inatter to the consideration • The circumstance of a large shark having been caught and brought on board to-day, declares the necessity of great precaution in bathing in this bay. It is decidedly unsafe to venture iu deep water. 21 of the more experienced reader, unless facts should enable me to use the language of certainty. June 21st. The cabin ports are always closed at night, however calm the aea may be. I suppose this is a necessary precaution against sudden squalls, but it renders the cabins unbearable. Last night was so terribly hot that but few of the passengers avaUed themselves of their berths for sleeping in preferring to remain on deck in their clothes. My bed has been saturated with dirty dish watar, which the scuUion (not having been at sea before) threw over the wrong side of the vessel, and which fonnd its way through the port of my cabin. I took my bed on deok to be dried, but every spot that should be available for such purposes was covered with coals, empty coal sacks, or lumber equally dirty. Of course my bed is now in a state anything but agreeable. Some of the passengers' luggage (not mine) was brought on deck to-day, and received a terrible hauling over the coals. June 22nd, We have passed another bedless, sleepless night — last night's suffering being an increase on the former one by a heavy shower of rain, which continned during the greater part of the night. There is much sick ness on board, though not of a serious nature. June 2ith. For the second time since I have been on board, I have had access to my boxes. The scene was similar to that which attended its first appearance on deck, with the additional annoyance of a strong breeze blow ing our things away as fast as we took them out of our boxes, and a tolerable wetting from the spray that frequently dashed over the bows of the vessel. It is not, however, so iU a wind as to serve no one. Coming from tho south, it has produced a coolness that has proved exceedingly beneficial to the invalids on board ; and as we are running away from the suu in defiance of the opposing wind, I hope we shall all soon be in perfect health. The issue of purer water from wooden casks, or whitewashed iron tanks, may no doubt share the credit of producing this happy result. June 25th. Once more the decks are clear of coals. It is questionable, however, whether the passengers would not wUlingly endure a repetition of the nuisance, as it is now discovered that we have not a suflicient supply of fuel to carry us to the Cape, that which we took in at St. Vincent* being of such inferior quality that it requires an extraoiiiaaiy supply to produce the necessary degree of heat. The wind being contrary, we are proceeding at a very slow rate. It is reported that should the wind continue adverse, our ration of fresh water is to be lessened. June 26th. All the loose luggage in the second class saloon has been taken on deck to-day, and, for the first time, the flooring has received a thorough cleaning. * Cemented coal dust, known in London as ' patent fuel,' only esteemed for its low price. 22 June 21th. After the report that our fresh water was becoming so scarce that a deduction of our daily ration might be expected, it is somewhat remarkable that we should so soon be destined to suffer that inconvenience from accident. Yet such is the fact— sea water being this morning substi tuted for the portion of fresh, hitherto applied to the uses of the cabins, which substitution, we are informed, is occasioned by the upsetting of a cask last night during the (something worse than absurd) ceremony of Neptune's visit on board. June 28th. We have had fresh water for the cabins this morning, and we are assured that the full complement has been issued ; but it is noticeable that for the first time it has been insufficient for the uses of the dinner table. The reasonableness of my conjectures respecting the probable feeling that would arise from a double course of meals, though by no means wanting other confirmation, has been clearly manifested by this fact. June 29th. The wind continuing adverse, the probability of a visit to St, Helena is spoken of by our captain. July 1st. Probability has become certainty ; we are bound for St. Helena, and expect to be there to-morrow. July 2nd. Noon. We are at anchor off St. Helena — taking in coals and water. July Srd. 3 p.m. The ' AustraUan ' is once more afloat, with her nose to the Cape, sniffing the land air, for the wind still blows frora that quarter. July 5th. The deok of the ' Australian ' is less encumbered with loose lumber, and altogether bears a more ship shape appearance than it has pre viously done during the voyage. A like reform is visible in the saloon of the second claas, the fiooring having received another scrubbing, and much of the passengers' luggage having disappeared. July 1th, Strong head wind. We are scarcely making any way. We are not using more than half onr steam-power, being again short of coals. Evemng. We have shaken out our canvass to beat up against the wind. Long evenings and bad lights in the saloon, so dim that it is impossible to read by them. This has been the case for some time past, and raust continue, we are informed, until we arrive at the Cape of Good Hope. July Sth. It may be remembered that an address from the second class passengers to the directors of the Corapany was forwarded frora St. Vincent for publication in the Times, and that I objected to a particular resolution, declaring our provisions to be insufficient in quantity and inferior in quaUty. My objection arose from a sense of not having given them a fair trial. I ara now, however, in a position to declare that the censures contained in that resolution, respecting their quality, have been found to be perfectly just, the pork and beef being extreraely salt, hard, and unpalatable, without nutri ment and indigestible, and the preserved meats are certainly of inferior quality, and frequently of unpleasant flavour. 2;} Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the passengers should observe with a jealous eye the serving up at the separate tables of the pud ding, rice, and other provisions which, though frequently injured in the cooking, are decidedly of superior quaUty to the meats. An extensive diminution of the articles last referred to being more visible at the second dinner to-day than on any other occasion, it was proposed, and unanimously agreed to, that the forty-two passengers of the second course of raeals should request permission to see their provisions weighed out to them in an undressed state, and, as far as possible without obstructing the cook in his general duties, to superintend their culinary preparation. Under the ' dietary scale ' for the second cabin, iu the printed regulations, may be observed the following reraark : — ' It is to be understood that the stores are laid in for the voyage by the above scale, and that the several quantities marked therein wiU be carefuUv weighed out to the steward, who wUl supply therewith a suitable table, after the raanner of the cuddy arrangeraents in sailing vessels ; all second-class passengers messing at the same table.' Frora this remark 1 concluded that one or raore of the ship's officers would sit at the table and perforra the duties of carving, &o. ; but this has been entirely left to the arrangement of the passengers — which, though nothing unpleasant has arisen, might have been productive of much dissatisfaction. Our wishes inspecting our provisions haying been acceded to, the resolu tion will be immediately acted upon. July IQth. Evening. The wind continues adverse, but, having sunk to a gentle breeze, we have taken in all sail, and are once raore on our direct course. We are, howevei, proceeding at a very slow rate, still using but half our steam power. Two days' experience enables me to speak of the change in the raode of ob taining our provisions with the utmost satisfaction. It is reraarkable that the eight or ten officials (stewards and others, before referred to) have been compelled by this- change to apply to the purser before they conld obtain their dinners. July Vlth. Evening. We have so nearly consumed all our coals, that it has been deeraed necessary to put out our fires, and depend on the wind only for the rest of the voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, a distance, I ara inforraed, of about 600 railes : and as we are at present becalmed, our position is rather peculiar for a Royal Mail Steam Packet. Economy raay be a very good sort of a thing when it is of a positive nature, but the economy of saving a few coals, and expending ten times their value in other ways, seems to rae somewhat questionable. July \3th. We are still becalraed. Some of the passengers are desirous of knowing what they may expect to have for their Christmas dinner, as ther* seems a probability of their having to take it on board. 24 The terrible destruction of glass and crockery which took place in the Bay of Biscay reduced our stock sb considerably, as to leave us with a bare suffi ciency — just one article of a sort, and no more. We veiitured to hope that provision against the inconvenience that would necessarily arise from any further casnality. Would have been made at St. Vinceiat. That magnificent city, however, not producing such luxuries in sufficient quantity for the en joyment of its own citizens, could not possibly afford us a ftesh supply, however much it might have been desired. The apparent abundance which we witnessed at St. Helena again raised our hopes, but though our necessi ties had increased, we were again destined to be disappointed. The saloon tables at each meal now present a curious heterogeneous ap pearance, being at once covered with plates of all shapes and sizes for our meats and other substantials, and cups, basins, mugs, tumblers, champagne glasses, and small wine glasses, for drinking purposes. The first class passengers appear to be in a like predicament, for it is not uncoramon to see a first class steward enter our saloon, just as we are about to sit down to a meal, and slyly walk off with some of the above-named articles which we had been flattering ourselves were for our accommodation. July lith. The calm continuing without appearance of change, it was resolved last night to relight the fires of one of our boilers and steam for a few hours, hoping thereby to catch the south trade winds. But scarcely had the engine perforraed a second revolution when sorae part of the machinery snapped, and after an unsuccessful search for upwards of an hour to dis cover what was amiss, the fires were again extinguished, amidst the jokes and jeers of the youthful portion of the passengers. This raorning a favourable breeze has sprung up, and we are gliding on with every available bit of canvass set, at a rate of between three and four knots. July 16th. We have raade such progress since the wind becarae favourable that we have again lighted our fires, hoping to be able to steam the rest of the way. July llth. Unable to reach the Cape by the time lioped for, we have again put out our fires. July ISth. Early this morning we cast anchor in Table Bay, after again stearaing for about twelve hours, July 22nd. The passengers' luggage has been taken from the fore hold to make room for the coals which we have taken in. While the coals were being stowed below, the luggage remained on deck, and was exposed to a long and heavy shower of rain. The greater portion was covered with canvass or tarpauling, but many boxes had no such protection from the wet. The decrease of the ship's stores and the removal of What remained, has made room for rauch of this luggage in the after hold. The remainder is piled up to tbe roof of the deck houses, thus occupying a space hitherto appropriated as a smoking room for the accommodation of the first and 25 second class passengers. By this arrangement the decks have heen kept clear from coals ; but whether this will recompense the passengers for the injury their property must necessarily have received by the rain, is a ques tion I will not attempt to answer. At the present moraent, I know not whether my own hoies were among the protected or exposed, as I was on shore while the moving took place, and having j ust come on board, only had a view of the general scene as I passed below. 1 p.m. We have weighed anchor, and shall in a few minutes bid adieu to Cape Town. July 23rd. The tables were marked by the same strange medley of recep tacles for drink to-day as before we reached the Cape. It is supposed that there is an abundant supply of all such necessaries somewhere on board, but they cannot be found just now, and the officers on board have not felt thera selves coraraissioned by the directors of the AustraUan Royal Mail Steara Navigation Company to satisfy the passengers' wants, under such circura stances, by fresh expenditure. The deficiency of lights in the second class saloon is still a matter of com plaint, no fresh provision having been made in this respect. July 2ith. Noon. It has been blowing a gale from the north-east for the last eighteen hours, and though the barometer now indicates a favourable change, the 'wind has but Uttle abated. The gale carae on gradually, and yet found us so ill prepared that casks, tubs, and hencoops were knocking , about on deck in a frightful raanner through the night. Nor were we in a much better state below, boxes, portmanteaus, and other unfastened luggage being cast about with every lurch of the vessel, so that they who were in their cabins were constrained to remain there, or proceed on deck at the ira- minent hazard of having their legs broken. A large iron water-tank which stood in midships at the fore end of the ' deck-houses,' also slipped from its fastening, or, as I should more properly say, from its want of fastening. Had the way been clear, this immense tank (full of water) must have carried away the bulwarks, with the shrouds and whatever else might be fastened to them. But the gangway being choked up with such things as the last lurch had thrown there, no further injury was sustained than the smashing of a pork cask and a hencoop, the latter misfortune being accorapanied with the loss of sorae half dozen hens that were found the next raorning in a sadly mutilated state. A raore serious loss, however, attended us from another circurastance. A treraendous wave sent the ' AustraUan' so nearly on her beam-ends, that two of her boats were lifted from their davits by the sea and carried away. Our jib-boom also broke off close up to the bowsprit end. There is also another opening in her bulwarks forward, on the opposite side to that which was occasioned by the sea in the Bay of Biscay. In the fore part of the vessel, including most of the third class, they were half up to their kness in water the greater part of the night. 26 the carrying away of her bulwarks having made the deck leaky. Much of this water found its way into the saloon and cabins of the second class, so as to daraage our clothes in the cabin drawers, and, of course, the loose luggage in the saloon has also received damage. . This, however, I am happy to state, is the extent of the injury done by the gale, negativing the terrible predictions that have been uttered as to the fate that would certainly attend us should we have to contend with such a gale. Having said so much, however, I must further observe that no doubt was ever entertained of the strength and security of the iron portion of the vessel. But all above that had been pronounced too slight to stand much knocking about, July 26th. The wind has shifted to the west, and has so greatly subsided that we have ceased steaming, and we are proceeding on onr course by canvass only. August 1st. Our progress since my last note has been varied, never, I believe, having used our full power of steara. A strong west wind has now induced us fo put ont our fires. August 2nd. Morning. We have passed a terapestuous night, and it is still blowing a gale, accorapanied by rain. The sea runs high, but the wind being aft, the ' Australian ' keeps her nose out of it better than on former like occasions. August Srd. Less wind, but continued high sea. August ith. By daybreak this morning a sail was discovered ahead of ns. She is now running fast away from us, and being on the same course, she mest probably passed us during the night. Night. The wind having veered nearly ahead of us, we have once raore put on the steara. August Ith. Noon. Our firemen have struck work ; our engine is mo tionless ; and, if the vessel has any raotion, it is retrograde, the wind being dead against us, though fast subsiding to a calm. Yesterday, by some raeans or other, not clearly understood, the firemen's rations were lost, and the men have consequently not had anything to eat since dinner time yesterday. This is the cause of the strike, which, wheresoever the blame may lie, is rather a serious affair. 4 p.m. The firemen have returned to their work, and the engine is once more in raotion. August 3th. My luggage not having been accessible for upwards of three weeks, I ara sadly inconvenienced by the want of a change of linen. Many of my fellow passengers are suffering stiU greater necessity than rayself in this respect. August lOth. The wind (a mere zephyr) having become favourable, we have put out the fires of one of our boUers, and are consequently proceeding at a very slow rate. 27 August 1 1 th. Great scarcity of water to-day. Scarcely a drop appeared Bt the dinner tables. The chief steward declares that we have our com plement. August 12th. Not a drop of water at the dinner tables to-day. The last three days have presented a fine opportunity for bringing the lug gage on deck ; bnt it has been suffered to pass without such result. To-day the sea is too rough to expect it. August 1 Sth, Again no water at dinner, and but few at the second break fast obtained a second cup of tea or coffee; aud as most ofthe nups, and other articles produced at our tables as substitutes for cups, are considerably chipped and broken, the share of mauy did not exceed half a cup. I was particularly fortunate on this occasion, for it so happened that I had to drink from a butter-boat eapable of containing raore than half a pint, and a fortu nate lurch of the ship caused the coffee to run freely from the kettle at the moment the steward had intended to cease pouring. August lith. Last night, daring a storm, the engine suddenly ceased working. This moming the wind has dropped nearly to a calm. Kain water has been collected in abundance. Evening. As very little work has been done at the forge to-day, it raust be supposed that if any accident has happened to the engine it raust be ofa sUght nature, or else that it is so serious as to be irreparable at sea. It is more probable, however, that a deficiency of coals is the more immediate and direct cause of the cessation of steam. August 15th. I know not whether it is the general custom on board steam boats to supply the passengers with liquors aud wines in unlimited quanti ties, but I will venture to assert that a grog-shop on board a vessel bound for so long a journey as ours, must be a serious evil, especially when the pas sengers are divided into classes, and a lax discipline renders such division merely nominal. August 16th. Most of the passengers' luggage (I believe all that was wanted) was brought on deck to-day, and exposed to a heavy shower of lain for about half an honr. August ISth. No tea and hut very Uttle coffee at the second breakfast this raorning. There heing a deficiency for the first class, the first class stewards had helped themselves to our share. August 19th. 9 a.m. We are just off the entrance to King George's Sound, but cannot enter, the wind being against us, and oar steam-engine being still out of repair. Early this morning a few turns were produced, when sorae fresh accident occurred and it ceased working. A second atterapt was productive of an accident that might have been of a serious nature. A portion of the engine struck the roof and forced up two boards of the deck of the passage, starboard side, between the first and second class saloons. 28 The alarm of two ladies who were sitting on the spot may be more readily imagined than described. 10 a.m. The weather is sqnaUy, blowing half a gale. We are beating about, waiting, I suppose, for steam to take us into the Sound. Noon. Again the engine has been in motion. Having carried us hand somely, in a very ugly squall, past a rather dangerous point on our lee, of course we ventured to hope we should soon get into the Sound without further accident, but just at the entrance the engine again stopped working, and we cast anchor outside, instead of inside, the Sound. August 20th. 8 a.m. The engine has again been brought into working order, and has brought us safely into the Sound. The ship ' WiUiam Stevenson,' of London, now lying here, having brought coals from England for ns, made the passage from off the Cape in the same number of days as ourselves. Evening. The weather has been so tempestuous that the day has been lost to us; no one has been able to get on shore, and, of course, nothing has been brought on board. August 2ith. i ¦p.m. We are again at sea, five clear days and nights having elapsed since we first cast anchor. Several tons of coals have been stowed in the hold under the second class saloon by means of a hatch ahout a yard square in the flooring of the saloon, close up to the after bulk-Bead , a portion of which has been cut away to make an oblique conveyance from the main deck from one of the entrances to the fire room. Though this opening has been covered with sacks, the saloon has been exposed to a cloud of fine coal dust the whole time. Every available spot for the depositing of coals below deck has been filled up ; nevertheless the gangway on one side of the main deck is entirely stopped up by a heap of coals higher than the bulwarks, and several sacks of coals appear on the gangway on the other side. To facilitate the getting out frora the bottom of the hold such of the mer chandise and luggage as was required for King George's Sound, much of the passengers' luggage was brought on deck, and remained there for two days and nights, the greater part of which time rain fell abundantly. A covering was certainly cast over it, but finding my own box entirely exposed, I can testify to the imperfect protection which this covering afforded. August 25th. The coals on deck are being conveyed below by the viaduct before referred to. The flooring of the second class saloon is, positively, paved with coal dust, cemented by grease and dirt of alraost every description* August 29th. Early this morning we cast anchor in the roadstead of Ade laide, having made the passage from King George's Sound (about 1,000 miles) iu four days and a half. This is the most creditable performances between port and port, that has yet marked the ' AustraUan's' passage. There are several vessels lying here wanting hands to proceed to sea. The 29 high wages offered by the captains of these vessels has induced the whole of our crew to strike work. They complain that they have not had proper sleeping accommodation during the voyage, and they now require their dis charge. An offer of five tiraes the wages for which they originally agreed has induced about half of them to proraise to work as far as Sydney, where they are to have their discharge if they require it. These terras, however, are not sufficiently tempting for the others, and they demand their discharge — a demand which Captain Hoseason seeras in no way inclined to yield to ; and the armed poUce which we have on board wiU most probably prevent them from leaving the vessel. August soth. Of our eighteen stokers, fourteen have struck work. I know not what their demand is, but whatever it may be, it is regarded by Captain Hosesison as unreasonable and wiU not be granted. 10 a.m. The fires of one of our boilers having been lighted by the engi neers, we have proceeded to sea with but half our crew and less than a quarter of our firemen. Of course this state of affairs cannot last long, 1 p.m. One of the working stokers has been severely beaten by one of the stokers on strike. Captain Hoseason having investigated the case, ordered the assailant to be put in irons. But the man retired among his companions and defied the oflicers to apprehend him. The stokers on strike, it appears, have threatened all who may attempt to fill their places ; and this brutal assault declares there may be some mean ing in their words. A dozen of the third class men, however, have made an arrangement with Captain Hoseason to perform the duties of stokers as far as Port Phillip. ' These men,' they observe, ' struck work to suit their purpose, and we did not complain. Our purpose is to get to our journey's end as quickly as possible, and it is unreasonable to threaten us for working for ourselves.' Every other passenger on board has determined to give these men aU the assistance they may require. Evening. Three of the stokers and one seaman have been put in irons. August Slst. Morning. We have passed the ' Back Stairs Passage.' The rocks, shoals, and currents of this place render it rather dangerous at the best of times, but with our short muster of sailors, and inexperienced, though truly willing firemen, and a head wind, the night has been one of ex treme emxiety. With the exception of a man who has been marked as a leader (to whom Captain Hoseason shows no incUnation to enter into terms), the seamen have all returned to work. Some of the stokers have followed their example. September 2nd. For myself and fellow-passengers intending to debark at Port PhilUp, no further incident need be recorded in this Journal. The ' AustraUan ' is lying at anchor in Melbourne Harbour. The voyage has extended far beyond-tbei:erm ejected, bnt ¦whether or not this has entirely so or partiaUy arisen from circurastances over which the directors of the Com pany or the managers of the vessel have had no control, I will not attempt to decide. Steam comraunication with the antipodes has, till lately, been con sidered impracticable. To a certain extent, therefore, a first attempt at its accomplishment demands our commendation and support. But the raere cir cumnavigation of the world by steam-power can interest the public but little, unless it be accoraplished with equal comfort to the traveller with that afforded by sailing vessels. Upon this point I have rarely expressed my own opinion, but have endeavoured to lay before the public such a statement of facts as raay enable thera to form their own conclusions. Nor should the probability of remedy in any future voyage of the ' Australian,' or other steam-packet, be lost sight of, should present evil appear to exist. '«.-^CRrOC7Y>>- — - Tvndale & Co., Printers, 3, Queen's Head Passage, Paternoster Row, YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 9002 03097 8101