=8th March.=—Lat. 49° 51′ S., long. 76° 24′ E. Wind N.W. Distance 296 miles. Ship running with stunsails both sides, high sea. =9th March.=—Lat. 49° 50′ S., long. 83° 47′ E. Wind N.W. Distance 284 miles. =10th March.=—Lat. 49° 28′ S., long. 89° 29′ E. Wind N.W. Distance 221 miles. =11th March.=—Lat. 49° 11′ S., long. 94° 44′ E. Wind N.N.E. Distance 325 miles. Midnight, fresh gale. Ship going 17 knots with single reefed topsails, foresail, trysail and fore topmast staysail, wind abeam. =12th March.=—Lat. 49° 11′ S., long. 106° 38′ E. Wind north. Distance 366 miles. Thick weather and small rain. =13th March.=—Lat. 48° 27′ S., long. 114° 16′ E. Wind N.E. Distance 318 miles. =19th March.=—Lat. 40° 25′ S., long. 143° 23′ E. Wind E.S.E. Distance 308 miles. 4 p.m., rounded King’s Island. 8 p.m., sighted Cape Otway light bearing W. 18 miles. Stood off the land till midnight. =20th March.=—During the night strong gale from East. 1 p.m., pilot came aboard. 1.30 p.m., entered Port Phillip Heads. Passage of 73 days—Liverpool to Melbourne. Passage of 67 days—Land to land. The _Lightning_ beat the _Red Jacket_, _Ralph Waller_, _Eagle_, and _George Waller_, which sailed either previous to her or on the same date. SECOND VOYAGE—MELBOURNE TO LIVERPOOL, 1855. =11th April.=—Early this morning the anchor was weighed and we were taken in tow by two steam tugs. Two guns were fired as a signal of departure, weather delightful but wind light and right ahead. When near the Heads spoke _Frederick_, of Liverpool, 95 days out. In passing she saluted us with two guns, her passengers and crew cheering, a courtesy which we returned. Calm for two days, ship only 11 miles off Port Phillip Heads. =13th April.=—Passed through Bass Straits, _Gipsy Bride_ and other vessels in company. =17th April.=—Lat. 46° 12′ S., long. 156° 28′ E. _Lightning_ sweeping along at 17 and sometimes 18 knots. =18th April.=—Lat. 49° 5′ S., long, 162° 50′ E. Wind S.W. Distance 314 miles. Sailing 16 knots an hour, wind steady with heavy cross sea. All starboard stunsails set. =21st April.=—Lat. 54° 21′ S., long. 175° 45′ W. Wind S.S.W. Distance 327 miles. =24th April.=—Lat. 58° S., long. 158° 35′ W. Wind N.N.E. Distance 285 miles. Sailing 14 knots close-hauled. P.M., heavy head gale, royals, skysails, jib and spanker in, ship pitching heavily. =26th April.=—Lat. 58° 7′ S., long. 150° 49′ W. Calm. Distance 79 miles. During night heavy snow squalls. =1st May.=—Lat. 58° 53′ S., long. 112° 25′ W. Wind E.N.E. Sailing 8 knots an hour by the wind. Sighted an iceberg 100 ft. high, 8 miles distant. =5th May.=—Lat. 54° 48′ S., long. 100° 44′ W. Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E., strong gale. Took in foresail and single reefed the topsails. (This was the only occasion during the passage on which the topsails were reefed.)