28/4/1853 - 25/7/1853

transported c387 passengers (others were put ashore before sailing due to overcrowding); ship had minor collision in Channel on 30/4/1853 and no land seen until Cape Otway on 21/7/1853; some fights between migrants and a drunk tried to jump overboard twice;; best days run occurred on 30/6/1853, passengers occasionally helped with sails; Diary of David Stavely, published as "Dear Aunt Emma", edited by Pearl Collins, 1993;