G'day, I am now the proud possessor of the text of Account of the voyage of the ship "Sir William Molesworth" from Glasgow to Melbourne - 13 Oct 1852 to 14 Mar 1853. which is a most interesting insight into life aboard such a ship in those days. The interesting thing about this ship is that it was "owned" by the passengers who I had originally believed had called themselves collectively the "Christian and Temperance Emigration Society of Scotland" The author of the account actually says"- "Perhaps I should have stated before now that the vessel belonged to the passengers who designated themselves the "Christian Temperance Emigration Association", and the management of affairs was conducted by a Committee out of their own number." It is also interesting that it would appear that the vessel was to be sold after arrival in Australia as this extract indicates. "The Trustees appeared to think that the request of the shareholders was very unreasonable and said that they were not pre-pared to, give us a statement of the affairs and intromissions of the vessel for this reason, that several Acts had not been received when the vessel sailed, but that they were to be sent on to Melbourne and would be there before us, and that the document of Agreement which we had signed did not bind them to give us any statement of its affairs until after the sale of the vessel took place." What I am now attempting to uncover is what was the fate of the vessel? It would appear to have never made another voyage to Australia. In fact, if my memory serves me correctly from earlier research on the subject (Shipping Arrivals and Departures - Victorian Ports - Vol 2 - 1846-1855 by M A Syme.) the ship did not sail ever sail from Melbourne after its first arrival. If someone has that book they may be able to confirm that supposition. Is there anyone out there who may be able to shed light on this matter. FWIW - I am currently converting the diary into a Word document which I will be happy to share with those interested. If any of you have ancestors who came to Australia on the ship (the passenger list is available on the Victorian PRO "Immigration to Victoria - British Ports 1852 - 1859 - Inward Passenger Lists" site) you will find it most interesting. When I have finished I will let you know what names are specifically mentioned in the account. Unfortunately William CALDER is not one of them :-( HURU, Mike (Sydney, NSW)