Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-16
THE MASTERY OF rhE SEAS.

The London Daily News, OF late date, has
pleasant and impartial article on the contests be
} tween the Cunard and Collins steamers, which we
copy at length:
Racing is the great passion Of the Engiishmsn Horse
racing, boatracing foot racing, donkey-racsno kind
racing smiss him. Wherever the Eng shman goes
ne mus, have his There regular at the
Cooks Strait settlements in New Zealand and there is
race-course at Sierra Leone.
4. a race Is even now coming of, which England hs
stake Of terrible magnitude We alue to that race Of an
osnne number of heats running on the Atlantc BY
Sunards and Conss ocean steamers The stake Is nehe,
~ o. iess nan the ascendency the We The
"os ~ tne silly and obsolete Of those who used 10
- y ono nation asserting by force of arms mastery
- '.la's over all sther nations Hence forth hescan
DO no sovereign nation the great community of nations, s
and must continue republic
even IN republics there are individuals who posssss
more wealth., more power than Others Epoland Ia sl ts
hrst ctzen In the community of nations the % of EnIsr
stu the foremost on the If England loses hs en-
nard and Collins race, will be an even, Of had omen q,
french pageants at Cherbog,
Russian demonstrations the Baltic can ONLY alarm oH
women 10 and out Of pecoats Pe-emDepoe NJ no, nust
belong to the nation which possesses the most J
Dest appointed mercantile marine, and the most import.nt
branch OF counys mercantile marine will ere Iong ba ;s
ocean steamers If it be that American steamer h,
beaten our fastest and finest vessels Atlantic =
high time that we had searching inquiry into the state
Mr. Henley's.
according To- the New York accounts the American
ocean steamer Pacific made her last voyage om Lverpoo
TO- New York in l0d days Al hours from wharf to wharf
We suspect the time little longer writer in vas
erdsys Times states that the Pacific left Livepoola, PM
on the lth Of September The New York papers state
that reached that city Oh AS min p. M on. the als
nit Add hours 46 minutes for the difference Of time
occasioned by difference of longitude and we have 10 days
% hours f1r The length Of the passage.
The English steamer Asia is said to have made
ner last homeward voyage in 10 days Allowance
mi hovvav to uuoIa Ga. AZ = Z
owing TO the Of the currents the VOYAGE from Aneres
to England accomplished, than the voyage from ENGLAND
to America The Asias outward voyage to New York was
accomplished IN 10 days II hours SO minutes steam
ing tIme From this told, be deducted Ave
hours for the detour by Halifax. Bat this allowance is n
excess the increased distance the only element to be
considered The less resistance from cuens ON the
Halifax route ought also to be taken into account.
son the whole, disposed to admit that the Pacific
not the ASIA has made the quickest passage yet made be-
tween Liverpool and New York. Il is however, neck and
neck affair." Ia July last the American steamer At
lansc made the voyage from New York Liverpool in 10
days hours 20 minutes only hour 20 minutes in excess
OF the time taken by the Asia
are anxious to the facts correctly for there is
an evident and not unnatural straning on the part both Of
English and Americans make out The best case for their
respective steamers Even the, assumption that the Vic
tory still doubtful the result cannot be very gratifying To
our national prde Cunas Company have had ten years.
practices the first experiment in Atlantic steam navigation
on the part of the Americans made last wear by the
New York and Bremen The Pacific and Atlantic
are the first steamers launched by Conss Company Yet
Of those trial ships if not beaten has eoualled
the maured production of Cunads Company Is there any
thing in tho history of navigation that can
accoun, for ihiss
Some years back Government, unable or unwilling
to carry the mails the Atlantic granted contract 10
Mr. Samuel Cunad which that gentIemsn sold at great
premium to Glasgow company, fer the conveyance by
steam vessels of her Mses,ys mails between Liverpool
Halifax, and Boston, In s46 Ibis contract enewedfor
ten years from the lst of January, s4s and in expectation
Of the American competition which since arsen leave
was given to omit Halifax and make the voyage direct from
Liverpool to New York Both the original contract and its
extension given without any competition For this ser
vice the country pays EAU, 900 per annurn.
Following the example Of the English Government the
United States granted in lSlS, New York Company,
contract Tor carrying the mails to Liverpool ard their
first vessels the Atlantic and Pacific their
this to be followed spng by ,he and the
Baltic The Cunard Company, thus put on their mettle,
constructed the Asia and Africa which also placed on
the station this year. The result Of the contest
has been carried, is stated above.
We are ten years before you in shipbudng,' said
Yankee skipper the other day and years behind you
machinery in Eve years will be ahead Of you in
both To prove Jonathan wrong shall have to get up
competition home, and be taught the old
lesson that there no such thing nature improving
monopoly.
"Cunazd's company commenced with vessels Of l,l00
tons and engines of $50 horse power they have, step by
STEP reached 800 and 900 horse power But
and power the only things changed The model has
manned the the Asia of 800 enlarged ed
uon OF the britannia Of i lOO and bowling down the
Mersey, carrying before her enough swamp
cruiser.
The American steamers Of larger tonnage and less
power than the Asia and Africa, but Of e1qu site model
They are ten years ahead Of the Asia and Acs far
the hus concerned and far behind in the engines
They slip down the Mersey with ripple the bow,
dividing the like Grsvesend steamer In sccommo-
dation ventilation and general arrangement, the American
vessels are far superior any thing that has been before
iu this country.
will doubtless be said that attach too much impor
lance to the of transatlantic cousins We shall
be told that one swallow does make
traordinory passage is fair criterion We shall be ad
vsed TO wait for twelve month before give opinion.
In Spite however, of these and other wise that be
poured out confess that the voyages Of the Atlantic
and the Pacific o like the handwriting the wall to
rulers, which It behooves them to lay to heart"
TESTIMONY OF RIcH MAS.-The late Mr.. McDonogh,
the millionaire. il his will snys: