The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-24
NJ L,ne % Atlantic Steamers.
Cts soerHAMPTos CORRESPONDENCE.

NJ k.,ne OF Atlantic sseamers.
Or soerHAaPros CORRESPONDENCE
SOUTHAMPTON, June 10, 1858.
7he Nee Irish Esn< Of Steamships to New York Manches
tr fn Tie Feid-kanchesse- Men and Winchester Com
ueoe7.ai frtr II the Pion.er Of he Ian, the Indian
Empire- Speeches and Goasts- Old England, Young
Amcrsca, dc
Southampton waiegs been the scene OF 80 ne
teressns Ne Workers. to Aneri
cans TO English Scotch rh 10 short to tue
ca and travelling communities Of every nation, aad
mans ali the world "apd the o, mank,ud.n rnc
occasion was the trial trip OF = the steamer
intended Is the pioneer Of = new line to ruu
across the Atlantic The circumstances copns,ts with
this project have unusual degree of interest par
Hcularly period OF considerable commercial oepres
sioa and glad OF the opportunity Of giving you some
account OF them.
YOu have doubt heard OF city called Manchester,
city located 10 lancashire Thai place. your readers are
ns perhaps, all aware port Of entry but sucn Is the
fAct, and Manchester Is bout 70 lne of steamers
but ss the steamers are not going MXncoest
aoe they are to be owned there aud Manchester is q
port q entry There Is event connected with this sam.
pe sufccn, interest to in this come ti,u sad
which gocs 10 chow how slight accident the forum
d place may rest upon. Forty years ago there
resided near Manchester who, had he lived would
have proved the De Witt Clinton OF the place Tns man
was Frank DucknGeId Ashley, Esq, High Sheriff Of
Cheshire. gentleman Of great wealth. living on his an
estrai esaes owning coal ana agricultural lands
he projected ship canal from the Msrsey, near Liver.
pool TO Manchester. THIS was in 1916 1917, and he
died soon after the project would undouoed, have
been carried out Had that been done Manchester to day
would have been the London Glasgow Of the west OF
England, and Liverpool would have been like
Gravesens Grseoock. Ashley died, and his SON and
heir The present wn Ashley, Esq contents himself with
going down 700 yerds into the wells OF the earth for
coal, and The Manchester OF forty years ago old not
posses the sp ana enterprise Of thsr so no
would have tnrosn the Duke OF Bridsewaters grand
canal quite in the shade.
Only few cara Manchester was made port OF
eatry, through the exer:ous OF W, Giby, Esq, Toe
LIVERPOOL merchants thought they shockngly used
ana their presosstve greatly encrosched upon by
simple act There are 70 Cay people aud there is
more wesitb qn much erpfae and far more 90
ltoa Influence po,s,csi pstr oisn In MANCHESTER
than in Lverpool q manufacturers. merchants me m
bers Of Psrlamebt US well as pswspare-s are he "a,
snosn and have del Influence Liverpool
There Is AereA rva ~ aro Jealousy
the tso places they consider in Manchester tba, tder
towr Is the place or business, while Liverpool II only
port OF entr! fortunately ola ed n the the Sew
srr, where ships to anchor Tue feeling OF lea
LOUSY aots NOT 20 SO Tar as 10 make .he residents OF
place seek 70 anohise, even ignore existence OF
the oceT but 10 ttst OF powerful traders placed in
an Amos, iccorverent proximity The lords com
pAn thai there are very hgd expenses to meet ri Liver
pool while their cotton passing inward and taeir manu-
features edwards s1d oea considerable delay and de-
tentson You will then some of the crounss
CT which al eminent merchs CAPT ast OF Manches
Ter has Get 10 work TO get up line ~ steamships
ms gen le% :, John orrei Lever E.g nols fellow
Englishmsn) corn merchant having large interest in
some grain Lis in the west OF Irespd aud 4, England
gong 10 bave trans Aurc line OF fret cass paddle
vhee, steamers. Ge has bad large experiences n the
business OF etesrn commerce. having acme tim past
successful be FRO Lordon TO Copeabaxen sse,tio Il Pc
tersburg and other ports 10 the Baltic this side he
has selected the port OF Galway and your sids-po
ton Pbacephis Portland add other country towns and
manufacturing pAces'te portof Ne~ York The pioneer
ship Of the Inc is the Indian Empire, q splenoid
paddle steamer OF 4 200 tons burceo and 500 horse
power and whicd viii leave Galway next week Friday
June ls-the osy OF the week that Columbus sailed to
America, sne tie atusersary Of the DAY Eagsu
defeated Napoleon q, wA,erloo-and this stsamtr will
take to you the next regular mail that the one
Now, you may ask what al this talk sbou, Manchester
nAs 70 90 with iois line of steamers. Very You
sss y se , csr"ss 70 Es0s' s'S Why Galway has
here, and what elements Of support and success
there are al that Locality. There are good and weghty
Lever knows the trade, he po.itIou. and the re
sources OF the west Of Ireland weI ana wn.re ns
you may or may nc, know, the soson Board OF rrsss
employ ed Mr. Piny kes, a your city To write pam
phss on steam vita partcu ar a toe
port Of Boston, lie ooasecton by steam with Great
Britain and lresno. and also with New Orleans and the
West Indies Toe Bcsre OF Trade sent Their pamphies
done nothing themselves the idea OF Dercsn line Of
stesmships % Galway has cuOinssed In this proec aad
very natural termirA,ioa ali round
Now, the supp r. which the line is 10 receive be
petweep Gswsy and Liver pool. AMI that be tbs
melvin OF comm cpcaton between the transatlantic line
AMI Epeapd. No natter though this necess tA,cs q
rsnshTmens q goods at Galway, the goods tna ~i be
changed ship the CHER that point viii be
PRINCIPALLY cotton ccmipg and bales OF Manchester
goods gong west The very time occupied coapg the
bsads employed the steamers and little extra ma
chDery, vii 90 AL ns Ia very abort order. 0oa Tons
q ooa can be tho. into ship in two days by the
The large expense Of hppng bales Of goods fro ono
to smother when they lay side by sdsS You viii
not Usually steamships Of expense
Nov, dczen Manchester men, who gill have dircct
interest IN keeping up tbs line viii have goods enough TO
between Galway and Amercs ~ compared WITH tos route
from Liverpool 70 America, WIN be almost exactly In pro-
tood, &c aud of time (Which means wages, and
iea), and other matters Of expense in alf voyages
VII hps an u,s osn'o and b :vsn os Dssss
70 seed pleot, Of loading constantly In both directions
Toe item OF insurance, which Collins Co $4,000
year, VII be cut do one bali, THAI naif OF
al vessels between England and that
are srsoksd In toe channe aud hesdands about tbese
a55 All British NORTH America win now largely 10 this
eosnrei, az does hbeAiy b. the Bremen and Havre
81 az ere ircn The Continent The proprietor Of the la
an Empire 10 recev ed and read In my presence
letter from eunent Dublin that wants three huu-
dred ns 'rogo, 20 20 on The very first steamer, for
would by sIlverpool and New York Steamer VOC aid 70
these valuable parcels great deal OF Irish
tTAe kad sCch travellers and from America aod Elrope
"a ~. ssb ~ Ireland and have made 40 another
large TEN u business for such line of Lees
q railway betretn Galway and London are gong 70 eve
the sdvatAge OF half the usual fares and n
freight 70 tbs comrs1y 50 they viii be able - send rst
o. second cabin seerAss passengers between liver
pO0l, Mancaester, Glasgow ana London and Amercs at
a. iov nof lower rate than tbose existing By the LIVER
pool glasgow and Southampton limos. rns FIRST steamer
tA2es nal, and there saving OF eTeu twelve hours
on The average This lire compared Liverpool
thu company will unquestionxbly get contract fne
latest Lordon mail that Cal reach Liverpool steamer
o. saturday morn M "a tue one that leaves Londnn
90 FRIDAY ever ng q, nine o'clock That very mail
reach Galway fourteen hours by the present arrange
meats, ard e. soon certain improvements IN Hoyhczi
steamers are completed, in few months from nov, In
twelve bOUrs
ooup<re The prospect Of New York mall leaving
Galway, the west ,ast Of Ire, ssy
eleven NJ, with mail leaving Liverpool a. nine
O'Clock the same morning or tue former has q
hnndInd lha start nj