The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-21 00:00:00

ANOTHER ATLANTIC STEAM RACE,

Another remarkable race of 3,000 miles has been run
across the Atlantic by two screw steamers, in this instance
belonging to the same line. Like the celebrated trial
of the Russia and the City of Paris, accidental circum-
stances concurred in bringing about a simultaneous
start of the vessels from New York, and not a pre-
arranged plan of racing. The City of Baltimore
left New York with the mails for Queenstown and
Liverpool on her regular day, Saturday, the 18th of
May. A few weeks before another of Mr. Inman's
splendid fleet, the City of Boston, met with an accident
to her machinery when about to start, and the neces-
sary repairs having been made, was ready to start as an
extra ship on the same day as the City of Baltimore.
The City of Boston is about two years old ; the City of
Baltimore is a much older vessel, being one of those which
originally made the Inman line famous ; but within the
last two years she has been fitted with new boilers and
otherwise thoroughly repaired, so that she is in every re-
spect a first-class vessel. The City of Boston got away
first, leaving her anchorage at 2.15 p.m. on the Bth, pass-
ing Sandy Hook at 3.55, and stopping at 4.15 to discharge
pilot and examine the machinery. A few miles out-
side Sandy Hook, while she was thus stopped, the City of
Baltimore, which had received her mails and passengers
at New York at 2.2 G p.m., and proceeded on her voyage,
passed her at 4.36. Four minutes afterwards the City of
Boston was also under weigh full speed, and the two
vessels were in company during the rest of the voyage as
far as the Fastnet Rock, which lies off the south-east coast
of Ireland, between Cape Clear and Queenstown. This
point was passed by the City of Boston at 5.50 p.m. on
Monday, the 17th of May, eighteen minutes ahead of the
City of Baltimore, which passed at 6.8 p.m. The latter
vessel called at Queenstown, the City of Boston did not,
and this detour will account for the City of Baltimore
arriving at the Bell Buoy at the mouth of the Mersey
two hours and ten minutes behind her sister ship and rival
or the time being.

Mr. Reverdy Johnson left London for Southampton
on TburEd.ty.

The Liberals of Hereford on Wednesday celebrated
the victories of November and March by a monster public
demonstration, the working men of the city having sub-
scribed to present the Liberal members ousted on peti-
tions with some substantial token of respect. Messrs.
Clive and Wyllie declined to receive anything of pecuniary
value, and the presentations, therefore, took the form of
illunCnated addresses, which were presented in the pre-
sence of several thousand parsons on A. platform erected in
front of the Shire Hall. After the presentat'en the Liberal
electors, to the numbt•r of about 800, assembled at a banquet
in the music room and corridors of the ball. Colonel Clifford
(who represented Ilercford for 18 years, up to 1865) pre-
sided, and was supported by the Von. Lord Sayo and Selo,
Sir William Wyllie, N..C.8., Mr. Chandos Wren Hcskyns,
M.P., Colonel Edward Clive, 31. P., Mr. M. Biddulph, M.P.,
Mr. Henry James, M.P., it Gilbert Frankland Lewis, Sit
George Cornswall ; the late members, Mr. George Clive and
Mr. J. W. S. Wyllie, the Mr. A. Clive, Rev. R. Underwood,
Rev. W. Fowle, Rev. D. J. George, &c. The gathering war
of a very enthusiastic character.