The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-03

per annum. Penalty for non performance 10000
Jupiter. wood 200 30
Madrid Iron 800 100
Montrose wood $50 30
Tiger. ....... "oou oVo ZVO
SEA STATION
From Southampton, 9th of every month, for Gbral-
tar Malta, Constantinope, Smyrna, Sinope, Samsoun
and Trebizond (No mail contractl
Grin. Iron 800 300
Sultan Iron LOO 40 Ef1
Tagus wood 900 800
ITALIAN LINE.
From Southampton Goth every month, for Gibraltar,
Genoa, Leghorn and Civita Vecchi. (No mail con-
ira ct -:
Iberia wood 600 200
Pacha. iron 600 2lO
Station between Alexandria and Malta =
Ariel. iron $50 800
Besides the above steamers, the Peninsular and ORR
entail Company have four new ships nearly ready for
service to be distributed the various stations where
most required They consist Of the following =
Iecohi ..... wood 900 $50
malta Iron 1,100 $50
Sahges. -. -. iron I,j0O 400
Bombay. iron 1900 400
The total number of ships is therefore ,27-ther az
gregate tonnage, 25730 horsepower, $40. This
must certainly be considered a magnificent fleet of
ocean steamers and their appearance and performance
entitle them to admiration. They commanded by
able and experienced captains well oicered have
gineers of practical ability The ships themselves are
kept in admirable order and in all respects save ar
mament, resemble steamers of war One of the stipua
tions of the contract is that in the event
Of war these ships to be at the disposal of the adj
miralty and they have been built with view to car
ry marine artillery of the most formidable dimensions
for instance, the Bentinck Haddingdon, Hindostap
Oriental, Indus Pottinger Precursor, Rpon &c, are
equal in size to steam frgates Of the largest class and
are each capable of carrying an armament of two long
6Spounder guns traversing carriages and four or
six 49, FOUNDER guns on slides.
The vechi, Malta, bombay, Gauges, Peln Achilles,
Ariel, Braganza Euxine, Erin, Sultan, Tagus and In
dus be classed as being each capable Of carrying
GS-pounder arnidhps and tour "a or 50 FOUNDER
carrsnades. The Canton, iberia Jupiter Lady Mary
Wood, Madrid. Montrose, Pacha, Tiger, So might be
o2-pO m
ships, and four "a or 1s.pounder carronades.
Should war unhappily arise, (and from the present
threatening pplarance of the continent it is mpos-
sibe to say that it will not break out) these ships
would be powerful and useful addition to the British
navy They would be of immense use in conveying
troops, stores and in towing line of battle ships and
rigates besides the offensive operations to which they
might be applied when mounted with tho ordnance
for which they are adapted.
Besides the q ships of the Peninsular and Oriental
Company here enumerated, there are sailing out of
Southampton II steamships, each of 1900 burthen
and 500 horsepower, belonging to the royal mail
steam packet company, employed in the West India
rate order and are canabe of heinz easily converted
into first class steamers ofwar Respecting these
sells, and the company to which they belong, reserve
the details for future letter and my object in
tioning them now, is merely to show the important
of steam defence which is at the immediate dis
mail steamers.
There are about eight very fine and fast steamers en-
ployed in running between Southampton and Havre
and from Southampton to Guernsey and Jersey. AS
these vessels however only Of 300 to 500 tons bur
den, they would be of steamers but
would be particularly useful in conveying troops
rying dispatches, sc. in of war.
One of the most admirable points in the management
Of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, is the
IRENE regularity with which their steamers depart and
arrive Their arrivals from their voyages although they
cannot be calculated like the railway trains yet are
exact that they be implicitly depended upon
As natural consequence. the vessels made the
dunn of conveyance of specie to large extent and
all sorts of valuable goods requiring quick despatch
and mercantile men willing to pay u much higher
rate Of freight than by other vessels because of the
shorness comparatively, of the voyage and the
tainty of due delivery Of their goods without regu
larity and punctuality enterprise in steam navga
ton will succeed delays in departure and alterations
of dates of sailing and arrival disgust merchants The
rregularity of the United States steamers Washington
and Hermann has been the the enterprise
yet finding favor with the British public, aud If the
Ocean Steam Navigation Company can only manage
with freight and passengers intend shortly to adj
dress you special letter the American line of steam
ers thus referred to. only led to allude to them
in this instance having occasion to notice the regua-
rity Of the English mail steamers in contradstnction
to the rregularty of those that have recently been
plying to this port from New York.
ANGLO-AAIERICAN.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 1G 1913.
The Vest India Steamships-Donna Maria Preparing
for Spain-Porfugat-St Wrecked-
Markets-The Buirctr .46air.
In the letter which addressed to you by the Britain
mia, the 9th inst gave for the information of your
readers, list of the steamships (heir tonnage &c
the service of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company. ! now subjon u list of the mail
steamers belonging to the West India Steam Packet
Company. They follows