The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-06-21
From The Neo York Daily Express.
Eighteen days later from Europe !--ArrIval of
the Great Western--news from Europe In
fourteen days! .s


the Great Western--news from Europe In
fourteen days! >.s
The Great Western arrived at Quarantine about
o'clock, A. N. yesterday Sunday morning, having
sailed from Bristol the 4 b instant. BY her we learn
that the Sirius reached Falmouth, from New York,
May 18th, after passage of Is days. Capt. Roberts
writes from Falmouth:
ave had only three days fair wind OH the rest were
with strong winds and gales from the S. E. TO ~ Z.
should have proceeded Portsmouth, but wished to
land the Halifax mail, which received from her Majcs-
tvs packet Tyran, 700 miles from England, and our
New York mail, which is very large
should have arrived in England least three days
earlier, but could not keep up steam, owing TO the in
ferior quality Of the coan
The Great Western arrived ont in Ia days In
Bristol at grand entertainment board, the follow
ing among many other toasts drank with the most
enthusiastic cheering -" The Queen !" "Captain
Hosken, commander of the Great Western, and
prosperous voyage Directors of the Great West
ern !" "Proprierors I" !. President Of the United
States ]" Mayor Of New York !" :. Ladies and Gen.
temen Of New York, aud may their friendly and liberal
feelings be responded to by this city !" Mayor Of
Bristol 49, Directors Of Great Western Cotton Works."
I" Directors Of Great Western Railway" Directors
of Bristol and Exeter Railway - "Mr. Patterson,
builder Of the Great Western y Maudesay and Field,
engineers '"Mr Paris ornamental painter Of sooon'
:. Officers of Great Western - &C. Claxton, ESQ,
Secretary : Trade Of Bristol"
To The Editors of the Bristol Mercury
Sri wish you would inform me what the ladies' OF
Bristol have done that they should hold so unworthy
place in the opinion of the propre,ors of the Great
Western" steamship! Isuppose not so hand
some, less polite than The American ladies' that
be charged five shilngs for peep at the
bins while they absolutely pressed to come and
had splendid dceuner Ia Jochefe into the bargain
fyou any of your readers solve the enigma you
will much obige whole host of young ladies', and
more particularly yours ELIZA.
Clifton, May 81.
Tweny-sx miles Of the Great Western Railway
from London to Maidenhead is opened The Bristol
Mercury remarks but anticipate very brief
interval between the present and that period which shall
place. by Of the Great Western steamship, and
the Great Western Exeter lines, New York, within IA
days OF Bristol and scarcely l4t Of the metropolis Of
the united kingdom
We have letters from the Secretary Of the British and
American Steam Navigation Company, of LIST June in
which he advises that the Sirius leave Cork on
the 3lst May, under the command Of Captain Movie,
one Of the oldest steam commanders London. The
rican Steam Navigation Go. Of London launched
on 24th May, the birthday Of Queen Victoria. The
ship visited by crowds of persons--it is estimated
that the Sunday previous there $4,000 per-
to her She 10 the admiration Of all who see
her, especially Americans. The Br IL Am. Steam
Navigation Co. Of London have contracted for another
ship, TO be called the Pfesident-he engines Of
& Co, Of Liverpool and were receiving contracts for
three vessels Of greater size and capacity than the B
fish Queen-two intended for the London trade. and
two for the Liverpool those for the Liverpool line
are intended to carry 800 TO 1000 bales of cotton.
The Liverpool people preparing to avail them
selves Of their order Of things with their accusto-
ed spirit Sir John Tobins steamer, the Liverpool is
expected to be ready BY the LIST Of October and in
the mean time, Of the vessels Of the Dublin and
st. Georges Companies to be chartered and de-
spatched across the Atlantic
STEAM u.s. WIND.-The Sirius steam. ship sailed
from the Cove Of Cork the 4th or April, and the
George Washington, packetshp, from Liverpool on
the 26th Of March, for New York. The ship reached
that city the ed and the steamer the 23d April;
difference, (srking of two days for the distance be-
tween Liverpool and Cork Of days only in favor Of
steam. The packet ship South America, which sailed
from Liverpool on the Sd Of April, and passed by
the Great Western the 9th reached New York on
the I'd Of May the Sirius beating her (aer deducting
the allowance Of days) by nine and the Great West
ern by thirteen days. The packet ship United States
sailed from Liverpool the sh April and reached New
York on the 9th Of May giving a somewhat similar
advantage to steam wind in transatlantic naviga-
ton. .
The packe, ship North America and Sddons, which
sailed in company with the Sirius reached Liverpool
Thursday morning, % days from New York The
steamer it will be recollectcd, arrived at Falmouth on
Saturday evening, and would have taken her another
day to reach this port So that the advantage Of steam
against wind amounted, in the Of the Sirius. to
only four days in the Of the Great esern how
ever which sailed six days afterwards il amounted to
seyen onethird Of the average time Of the passage
| OF sailing vessels to the eastward.
The average passages of the packet ships to the
westward have occupied about 81 to the eastward 81
days, the Great Western did both passages in 80 So
that, by means Of steam three clear weeks will be gain
ed in the voyage to and from New York; an important
gain which may reasonably be expected prodgiousy to
increase the number Of travellers between the old aud
the new world. Liperpooi Albion
LIVERPOOL AND NEw York SrEAMsH COMPANY.
The successful result Of the voyages Of the Sirius
and the Great Weatern has led Immediately the for.
nation OF company in this town for the purpose of
establishing lines Of Steam ships between Liverpool
and New York Among the directors are several Of
the first merchants and best OF business in the
own--Mercmy.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT, WEsTERN-Durng her
voyage home she encountered head winds days Of
the fifteen, and on occasion gale, yet she
accomplished l2 knots during its greatest severity,
with the wind directly III her tecis, and completed her
voyage to king-road in ID days and l-2 hours her
engines averaging from IL to 10 strokes minute, and
with consumptn Of less than Of coal per hour
Bristol paper.
The BuDoET-The Chancellor OF the Exchequer IN
the annual budget shows great falling of OF the reye-
nue.. The amount of income for the year 1857 was
fis, $40 600 ard that for 1878 f35S0S,O00
showing difference between the two years OF IL 532
600. Among the additional expenses 81 the year, are
included ESQ 900 to provide for the interest Of the
West India Loan. The Canada item also is large
one. The bills drawn he said, and which would be
due in the months Of January February, March, April,
May and June consequence Of the nature OF the cir
cnmstanccs which had occurred in the provinces
amounted to f4675d6 There were farther bills TO the
extent Of fS70,000 In addition to these there was
In IN tha