The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

and Boston contracts were not mad

Western had pliki, by making winter passages (being
at sea in Novenand December, 1838, and January,
February, and March, 1839) the possibility of the voyage
being accomplished at all times of the year.
The following is copied from your speech, as reported
in The Times, of 25th of July :
" Mr. Cunard has thus proved to all, what no other

company ever yet proved, that it was possible to main-
tain the communication regularly through the winter."
* * * " But the Great Western Company
have never attempted to cross the Atlantic during the
winter months. The last period they ever sailed from any
port was November (1, and the earliest voyage was in
April ' • that company had made no attempt to face the
difficulties of navigation through the ice. Those difficul-
ties were never faced by any one but Mr. CRnard, and,
therefore, having overcome them, he was anted to the
preference."

What you, sir, call Mr. Cunard's doings have been
well done by the Boston and Halifax steamers, and the
difficulties they have had to encounter have been great, but

the Great Western has gone through the same, ice, and
all other difficulties. On one occasion we were thirty
hours continuously in ice, and at another time fairly
stopped, and with much difficulty extricated from a pe-
rilous situation; indeed, we have encountered ice very
frequently.

low, sir, for dates, (being every month you were told
the Great Western never sailed from any port :)

Left Arrived at Left Arrived at
Bristol. New York. New York. Bristol.
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1838. 1838. 1838. 1898.
October 27. November 15, November 23. December 7.
1839. 1839. 1839. 1899.
January 28, February 16. February 25. March 12.
October 19. November 2. November 16. November 30
1810. ;810. 1810. 1840.
February 20, March 7. March 19. April 2.
November 7. November 24. December 9. December 23.
Dnrinr this time the Great Western Company found

During thi
that the wins
small number
sequent extra
did not succee

time the Great
:er passages wet
of passengers,
wear and tear t
;di n getting the

Lt Western Company found
re not profitable, from the
length of voyage, and con-
of their ship; and as they
mail contract, and could
)y, having Government pa-

not compete wz
tronage, they very wisely decided on making
the finer monialie the year only.
.

I blame n r jet of men for using every exertion
to obtain sucHlPlßlonage, but I do complain of false state-
ments to obtain it; and as those statements affect-mi
credit as one of those who first solved the problem of At
lantic steam navigation, I make no apology for thu
placing myself before you and the public on an occasio
in which I feel peculiarly called on to do so ' • and I tru
r sense of justice to acknowledge that the statetn,
mane by you in the House of Commons, now referre
was made on incorrect information.
1 have the honour to be, sir,
(Signed)
Great Britain steam-ship, Liverpool. Augt

to you

JAMES HOSKE2

... _. —Since writing the above I find the names
Cunard on the Great Western passenger list several tim
and more than once during the dates I have given y
Those are Mr. S. Cunard or his brothers.

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