The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-06


This evening the Jason weighed anchor and steamed
away for the Land of the West" with six hundred and
twenty seven shps report says four hundred and fifty
three passengers That high figure tells well for the Gal
way lne and indeed may the passengers appreciate its
worth. Our readers may well imagine the hustle
quent on the embarkaton of such immense human
freight together with shipping the baggage of six hundred
and twenty seven persons, and yet all this was gone
through without almost the slightest inconvenience to any
What different story would they have to tell who
passed from shores to America before the enterprise
Of Lever had found better route to the New World.
was atering to hear the admiration with which some
Of the passengerspersons who than once crossed
the Alantic-spoke of the officers of the company Mr.
Butler the agent especially The courtesy and attention
and strongly remarked, in contrast with the surly de-
meanor Of the Liverpool officials.
OF those emgrang by the JASON 222 are cabin passen-
gers, and the remainder second and third class The
amount of cargo very considerable and is the largest
which has yet been shipped from Galway Hncudes more
than two hundred tons of goods from Belfast some
from Drogheda and upwards of eighty tons of merchan
disc from Liverpool We rejoced to say she brings
from Galway, from the establishment Of Mr. Francis Nc
Namara, 100 cases of ale and porter.
The Jason has been chartered by the company, and
this being her first voyage in that servce trust she
will make good beginning.
THE VOYAGE OF THE GREAT EASTERN.
[From the Galway vindcator, August 20.]
Galway has yet hope Of seeing the Great Eastern in
the waters of the bay The Midland Company have just
resolved giving the of f5 900 in addition to the
lin last evening for London, with view to increase his
offer The conditions are that the vessel is to lie in
bay for fifteen days before sailing for Quebec It is calcu
lated that thirty thousand people would visit Galway to
see the stupendous boat during that time.
from the same paper same day.]
proposal has been made on behalf of Mr. Lever MP,
to charter the Great Eastern steamship for voyage out
and home viz from safe port in Great Britain some
safe port in North America The terms offered are
100000 the vessel to be provided with accommodation
Tor 1000 and to steam fourteen knots hour
on her trial trip.
Company have declined Mr. Levers offer to charter the
Great Eastern That vessel will make her trial trip from
Portland, Dorset the Sth September, and will leave
Slates.o
The Great Eastern steamship advertised to start on
tne 10Th OF september on direct voyage TO the United
States Portland Maine will be the harbor to which she
will proceed the occasion. Passengers will be carried
At rates ranging from els to f25.
From the Dublin Evening Mail August 1871
The Great Eastern being all ready, what win be done
with her, where she will get cargoes are questions
traia and India won't d. New York would be- the bes
port TO get the full of her. but Nature saws no in the deph
OF water at the Narrows below the Empire City. rive
have proven thai Nature says yes-ED. HERALD Que
bee them with the Grand Trunk Railway and its connec
tons through the States, Canada and, with the St. Law
navigabe for vessels 500 tons TO Chicago 600
miles in the interior is the only port in the world where
she can get loaded.
On this side there are three rivals for this golden an
ple-Milford Haven, Hoyhead and Queenstown AS to a
passenger line, the odds decidedly in favor of the
Irish port all the Channel risks and danger from fogs be-
ing avoided and the ship way rejoicing clear of all
land in one hour while goods could be brought from Ii
vcrpool almost as cheap by steam by rail to Milford or
Hoyhe Instead of the men OF the Beautiful City,
vyng Galway let them pull together to have Queenstown
the port, ought to be, of the Great Eastern. Cork
and Quebec in six days. Dublin and St. Louis, the
Mississippi, in eight. 4
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The commercial intelligence by the North Briton is
mainly anticipated.
The weather in England favorable, and the crop
prospects continued excellent.
In the Liverpool market coffee dull. Rice firm: Car
dull. - '
In the london market breadsturs had declining ten.
iuency. Wheat was dull, and in Is. a 2s.
pwer % sugar heavy, and Cd lower. Coffee steady. Tea
29s Wool unchanged s ~ '''' ~
r,,e rhe ionuon i, money market was unchanged.
cent. """'"e" a' "io "oo'o " Poi
m Inc oad london Dgy Ns City Article of the evening of
uc .oo says;-Ihc funds to-day were quiet Upon the
result of the biddngs for the indian loan heinz made
snI coseS cGnsI @ advanced but subsequently reapscd