The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-04
Au In side View OF an English Emigra mt
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TO THE EDITOR THR HERALD.
We the undersigned storage passengers board the
steamship Queen belonging 70 the National Steam Sryi-
cation Company her recent voyage from Liverpool TO
York, request you 10 give publicity In the columns
Of your pepper the following regarding the
mediation afforded and other steersge passenger
the treatment which We and they received during
the voyage The berths were only twenty inches wide
aud arranged in Tiers OF twelve each. Two tiers
formed ono compartment each Of which was about thr
teen feet In length, ten VA breadth and eight In height
Twenty -four persons thus occupied compartment
space not more than suc'en, for sixteen The foul smell
IN the compartments, especially during a gale OF
wind. which lasted the greater part Of three DAYS
durins the first week OF The voyage, intoerablc
Dunng the gale 10 impossible for women and chill.
dren go deck and The the sfeerage during
thti time was abominabe. The ship. IN fact was over
crowded with passenger One pour woman had no
perth at all but another woman, plying her, allowed
her to steep Of tho foo. Of her berth Another woman
who had child with her six month"; old aud for whose
passage she paid 81 l5s was allowed only one berth for
herself and child And there other similar
on board In the next place there not sufficient ~,
ting accommodation. For about three hsndre, and
eighty passengers The stccrsgc In the fore part OF
the ship, there only twelve tables al which not
more than one hundred and psr.ons could ait
ia other parts Of tho secragc t was much the same
and the consequence Of this that half OF the pas
senger wcre obliged 10 lake their meals IN their bcr,hs
The space ON deck which Storage passengers were
permitted did not occupy al the very must than
threc thousand square feet; and ~ there
twelve hundred passcnrcrs, there NOT more than
standing for then that 70 where oue would or
she dck, they we're So 70 he 10 the way Of the crsw
GtItttneuTN
In shameful manner
AZ liverpool passengers ordered on hoard >, az
O'Clock the morning. aud Tor that day there was only
meal served out, which consisted OF bizcuif pork
and coffee. Butter served ont only two or three
times during the voyage. According 90 the comranyis
bills butter should have been served out every mofnint
but this 3. mentioned In ne tAcket Il,e
tea and cDfee vgy bad At times unit Tor The
dinner far but in ing or many often received
none owing 10 the insufficient number u stewards and
the small space allowed for passeuse'E some " tue
passengers we're obliged 10 help stewards serve
9u, the food The Language o. The stewards The pas
scnxcrs wa Outrageous and scandaods
The ungenilemaniy conduct o. one q. Tie officers on
Que occasion deserves " be partculafiLef. ~
man was sitting In comppny With another On he barr
cane dock when the 0ilver forward and kicked
lin In the small Of iheNfack and ordered him 81
1teersgc passengers slAged rpcn this deck three
~ Tour times, aud doubi nc Young man who vas
ons o. ne mor orderly % the esQle ship shoasll be
wtt doing no wrong
Passengers were no, permitted teffuy "a their urrage
oSfng Tue voyage, though they were az q lvefpoo!
IsMhey would; and The consequence oI\tbr wa that
1Auy hnd no bedding, IL WAS looked NJ W their
Wnnka One wDuan thng rircunstsrrrd laken fear
iniiy ~ On Tho tenth day 81 The vogsso
ibere y on thing furhnr vii n wish ~ mert on
~ Eface " civilization aud that 10 he indiserim
e inAnnes Va hich the married and Unmarried were
~ s'seincr Young unmarried womet we're obliged 70
ar' hhdfr.s and sheep u the same cymparlncut with
nieui fntftied pnd unugsfricd
yned-Wm Grigsly. J. Hovd 1. faes, Jas Haziey,
.kso. Jshn naigy, Nin Johnsfyt Patricx Coleman,
~ ". rckenn, Niccu Yunflor Hrank Mayer IT. Ouel
vsAi samuel BAR, Rich. IIar~ man. Michael Lyons,
ian an. hout-shenshenv, Japsss hnlvIl, James Wool
r,,, Iower, Noah smivd, Richard Main, Lawrencs
ofAa'sy' N.slaoiei Ncidaih. William j. Johnston Frld.