The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-11
THE DAILY UNION.

CoweS and the main land by which you will OBJ
serve there are seven daily Communications with
| Southampton during the Summer, and five during
the winter; 81. The times OF departures of cleaners
plying between Southampton and the channel ISL
ands, and Southampton and Hayre. The traffic 10
ard from the channel islands amounted last year TO
| l2,00O going and returning and &c and from Havre
to $4,000 passengers. The railway from Hasre TO
Rouen (thai from Rouen TO Paris is completely will
be open in May next, when it is contemplated 10
put on five more very superior boats between
Southampton ard flayre. A daily communication
between those ports was in existence last summer
with then present force; and il il should be decided
| TO adopt the route from "New York via Cowes 10
Bremen,n | doubt not the enterprising owners OF
these boats would Keep one in readiness to act in
connexion with the American mail steamers. These
boats time their departure from Southampton with
reference to the state OF the tide their arrival at
Hayre; but if became matter OF. Importance TO
send boat forthwith to Havre for the purpose
oflanding the French mail from the United States,
| then it would be desirable to have one of these
boa,s in connection with our steamers; since al
though their steamers cannot get into the port of
Havre until high water, they could, nevertheless,
send a boat in with the mail
These great facilities OF transit from this port to
| Hayre would secure to the American mail steamers
| the whole passenger traffic between the United
States and Frame I'd the exclusion even dftlat por-
ton which is now drawn off by the Liverpool and
Halifax steamers, and the Havre and New York
line of packets. 4th. The prospectus or times of
departures Of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
poraton, and the circumstance Of their hav-
ing selected a port in this vicinity ought to
have great weight with the bidders for the
American mail contract. They should reflect
that company having such vast interests at stake,
woul id not allow any local predieetion to sway them
in the selection OF their terminus; but that they
would be guided by all the circumstances which
combine to make that convenient port for obtain.
Ing the custom CT passergett.
5th The prospectus or times of departures of the
West India steamers. This is twin giant with
the preceding enterprise; and the reflections
will force themselves upon the mndsof the bidders
as with regard to the Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany, with the additional consideration that its route
bears more analogy with that of the American mail
| steamers.
9Th. A map and prospectus, exhibiting the pro.
posed connexon between Manchester and the man.
ufacuritg districts Of Great Britain with Southanp.
ton. No doubt exists that ,Rle conhexioh will be
carried into effect; and when completed, passengers
will be able to go from Southampton TO Manchester
in FIVE hours, and to Birmingham in almost as short
a time as they now go from Liverpool. Passengers
wishing 10 proceed at once to London, will find the
route advocate to be the>most expeditions well
! as economical. From SOUTHAMPTON TO London,
seventy seven miles, the journey is performed in
two hours. The London and New York Of packets
have fair proportion of passengers, the greater
/
ers touching at Cowes. The Bremen route presents
no direct opposition c any very popular line of CONF
munioationj while ii will, atlhe same time, indirectly
acquire for itself most Of the tr,fic now passing
Through other channels; whereas the route TO
| Liverpool direct would be n the very teeth Of an
old and faVorle line of English steamers, and Of
the numerous and most efficiently appointed sailing
packets between that port and New York. All the
advantages for passenger traffic to be met with in
the route to Havre, Bristol Southampton Brest or
Lisbon direct, to be found in the Bremen route
| by way Of Cowes.
BY prospectus Of the American Atlantic Steam
Navigation Company, chartered last winter by the
New York legislature, it ia calculated each voyage,
to and from Liverpool and New York, will occupy
two months. The passage from New York Couch
days; and giving 10 days at Bremen, the vessel will
be ready to proceed on her return voynge al the end
of the first month, and a. the end Of the second will
be prepared to start again from New York. Thus
it will not require any greater number of boats to
perform this service than that to Liverpool
/ II may not be irrelevant to the matter Under
sideration 10 state that the population Of the south
western parts of Kent, Sussex, Hants, South Willis
Dorset, South Devon, and the southern division OF
Cornwall, amounts, by the census of 1881, to IL
500,000--being about 18th of the entire population
! Of England all of which district of country pos.
sesses the most rapid and easy means Of access to
Southampton, and most Of this large number Of
people are agricuturists and emigrants. Amongst
them, many would be found, Who having small
means, if an easy mode of conveyance was afforded
them to the United States, would take passage in
these American steamers from Cowes.
| | have endeavored to show, although with very
unbeeoming haste, the great advantages which the
Bremen route affords to contractors with regard to
passengers and which, think, will be admitted ia
cast the others into the shade. | doubt not, that
with regard to freghts of merchandise, strong argu
ments will be adduced to show this route WILL in thai
respect present equal claim to the consideration OF
the contractors though, if they should not be salts
fed on that score, l think it will be found any de-
fciency Of freights will be more than compensated
by the patronage Of the travelling community.
| have the honor to be,
| Your most obedient servant,