_Sovereign of the Seas’_ passage was, in fact, an exceedingly good one, considering all things, but there was not much glory attached to beating the little _Gauntlet_, which only measured 693 tons register and was built of iron. The _Sovereign of the Seas_ sailed from Melbourne with the mails and a very large consignment of gold dust; but amongst her crew she had shipped some old lags, who attempted a mutiny in order to seize the ship and get away with the gold. However, Captain Warner succeeded in suppressing these rascals without bloodshed and kept them in irons for the rest of the passage. The _Sovereign of the Seas_ made the splendid time of 68 days between Melbourne and Liverpool; but after this one voyage for the Black Ball she seems to have returned to her original owners, who put her into the Shanghai trade for a voyage or two before selling her to a Hamburg firm. Best Outward Passages for 1853-4, Anchorage to Anchorage. +----------------+------------+---------------+---------------+----+ | Ship. | Port from | Date Left. | Date Arrived |Dys.| | | | | Melbourne. | | +----------------+------------+---------------+---------------+----+ | _Try_ | Bristol | Oct. 12, ’52 | Jan. 12, ’53 | 92 | | _Alipore_ | London | „ 16, „ | „ 19, „ | 95 | | _Marian Moore_ | Liverpool | Nov. 15, „ | Feb. 15, „ | 92 | | _Kent_ | London | Jan. 27, ’53 | Apl. 20, „ | 83 | | _Eagle_ | Liverpool | Feb. 22, „ | May 13, „ | 80 | | _Marco Polo_ | „ | Mar. 14, „ | „ 29, „ | 76 | | _Bothnia_ | „ | „ 5, „ | June 3, „ | 90 | | _Ganges_ | London | „ 23, „ | „ 22, „ | 91 | | _Osmanli_ | Liverpool | Apl. 16, „ | July 4, „ | 79 | | _Indian Queen_ | „ | May 17, „ | Aug. 8, „ | 82 | | _Gibson Craig_ | London | June 4, „ | „ 22, „ | 79 | | _Star of the | Liverpool | July 7, „ | Sept. 23, „ | 78 | | East_ | | | | | | _Statesman_ | S’thampton | „ 10, „ | Oct. 5, „ | 87 | | _Tasmania_ | Liverpool | „ 23, „ | „ 23, „ | 92 | | _Mobile_ | „ | Aug. 16, „ | Nov. 16, „ | 92 | | _Sovereign of | „ | Sept. 7, „ | „ 26, „ | 80 | | the Seas_ | | | | | | _Chimera_ | „ | „ 17, „ | Dec. 17, „ | 92 | | _Neleus_ | „ | Oct. 5, „ | „ 24, „ | 80 | | _Flying Dragon_| London | „ 14, „ | „ 30, „ | 77 | | _Kent_ | „ | „ 26, „ | Jan. 12, ’54 | 78 | | _Marco Polo_ | Liverpool | Nov. 8, „ | „ 31, „ | 84 | | _Salem_ | „ | Dec. 7, „ | Feb. 28, „ | 83 | | _Essex_ | „ | „ 9, „ | Mar.