The following are some of her spar measurements:— Mainmast—extreme length 84 feet; diameter 41 inches. Main topmast—extreme length 53 feet; diameter 19 inches. Main topgallant mast—extreme length 75 feet; diameter 14 inches. Bowsprit and jibboom—outboard 55 feet. Mainyard 89 „ Main topsail yard 70 „ Main topgallant yard 52 „ Main royal yard 36 „ Main skysail yard 27 „ Sail area (studding sails excepted) 5500 yards. At the time of her launch she was considered the finest ship ever built at St. John’s. On her arrival in Liverpool she was at once bought by Mr. James Beazley, having cost him when ready for sea £22,683. She loaded for Australia in the Golden Line, and went out to Melbourne in 76 days under Captain Christian, late of Beazley’s _Constance_. From Melbourne she went to Sydney and loaded across to Shanghai; then sailing from Shanghai in the favourable monsoon, arrived home in 104 days, 4 of which were spent anchored off Gutztaff Island in a typhoon. The whole voyage only occupied 9 months 27 days, and she cleared £8018 clear profit. Her second voyage on the same route she did still better, clearing £8920. The “Miles Barton.” The _Miles Barton_ measured:— Length 175 feet. Beam 35 „ Depth 22 „ Registered tonnage 963 tons. She also was bought by James Beazley and loaded in the Golden Line. On her maiden voyage she went out to Melbourne in 82 days, and followed up this performance with two trips of 76 days each. The “Guiding Star.” Arrived in Liverpool in October, 1852, and was at once chartered by the Golden Line for £12,000, considered a huge sum in those days. Her life, however, was not a long one, as she was lost with all hands between January and April, 1854, and it was generally supposed that she became embayed and back-strapped by a huge ice island in about 44° S., 25° W. Tragic encounters with ice were by no means unusual in the fifties when every passage maker was trying to follow out Maury’s instructions by running far down into southern latitudes in search of strong fair winds. The “Indian Queen.” The _Indian Queen_, 1041 tons, the most notable Black Baller launched in 1853, and advertised as _Marco Polo’s_ sister ship, was a very fast vessel, her first voyage to Australia being made in 6 months 11 days, and in 1855 she came home from Hobart in 78 days. In 1859 she narrowly escaped the fate of _Guiding Star_. On 13th March, 1859, she sailed from Melbourne for Liverpool under Captain Brewer, with 40 passengers and the usual cargo of wool and gold dust. All went well until she was half way to the Horn, when on the 27th March the weather became thick with a strong N.W. wind and heavy westerly swell.