The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-01
TIE ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINES.
Our Annual Record OF the Passa gees OF the
European Steamers.


PASSAGES OF THE cuNARD, LIVERPOOL AND NEW
YORK SCREW, NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON AND.
nAvRE LINES, GALWAY, GLASGOW, HAMBURG,
BRXhEN, AND LIVERPOOL AND PORTLAND LINES
or STEAMSHIPS, FOR TIE YEAR 1860. ETC., ETC.
We now present usual in the beginning of the year
annual summary Of the passages of the steamship
lines plying between Europe and the United States during
tn year 1860.
Two steamships lost during the past year, the
FIRST of which the Hungarian, belonging the Liver
pool and Quebec ana Portland Company which sailed
from Liverpool the 9th OF February, and dashed
to pieces on the rocks at Cape Sable the night OF the
10th Of the month and every soul board about
$50 number, found watery grave The other vessel
lost tho steamship Connaught, OF the Galway,
Johns N r. and Boston line, which sailed from Gal
way hcr voyage September rs and destroy
ed by FIRE the Th Of October when within 100 miles Of
Boston, but fortunately all her passengers and crew
bcrng about 600 souls most mracuopsy saved by
the brig Minnie schiller vessel of only 192 bUrthen
under the command of Captain Wilson.
The Of the Cnard Company have during the
past year with their usual panctaalty not having missed
trip Tie Cnnard freight line OF steamers have made
sixteen voyages between Liverpool and New York within
the year past focws--Thc Etna, six; Jura, three;
Austialsan, two and the Balbec vigo Damascus Mela
and Ecdar, each.
phia Steamship Company have made their weekly trips
between Liverpool, Queenstown and New York with the
greatest regularity during tho past year. This com
pany FIRST commenced landing dispatches Cape
Race, which compelled of tho other lines 10 fol-
Tow their example. No fair comparison can be mado
between the passages Of the steamers Of this line
and those of the Vanderbilt and North Atlantic lines,
as tho latter only in The Liverpool, New
York and Philadelphia Company have recently pur-
chased the Etna and building large and power
full steamer be named the City OF New York, which
will take her place in the limo about the LIST Of May
next is confidently anticipated that the City Of New
York will be Of the fastest steamers aoat, tina
mex, season the average time of this companys steam
ers will probably be about eleven days to the eastward
and twelve days to the westward, which will compare
avoraby with the performances Of any other line The
tables below showing the passages of the vessels Of this
line will be found very accurate ana important they
exhibit the average time of each vessel
line of steamers from the Mediterranean commenced
running in the early part Of the year, and made one
| voyage each. They were the Tynemouh Robert Lowe
and MILO The first arrived here January 2, and left
again the l4h of month"; the second February
I5 and sailed again March 10, and the last arrived
the 10Th Of March, and sailed her return the Goth
Of same month.
One great event Of the year the arrival at New
York Of the mammoth steamship Great Eastern, which
sailed from Southampton June II, mt 10 A. NJ, and
arrived at the Lighshp at P. M. on the 2sh and
up to the city at p. day. She sailed again
hcr return the 10Th Of August at 40 p NJ arrived
at Halifax p. NJ the 18TH and sailed from that
port at A. ~ the 10Th and reached Milford uavcn
August 20, at $50 NJ Tho actual running time
days 20 hours and "a minutes, deuctng the diff
ference in time and detention by running into Halifax
Tho following tables show the passages OF the different
lines of steamers for the past year 1t viii be perceived
we have used time most Of them We bsgn, as
usual, with the
CUNARD STEAMERS.
EASTERN PASSAGES
deduct FIVE hours sailing east.l