CHAPTER VIII

.—The St. George Steampacket Co.—Steam Yacht

HERO—Liverpool steampackets highly commended in Parliamentary Report—AARON MANBY, first iron steamer—First steamer Hull to Continent—City of Dublin Steampacket Co.—Dublin and Liverpool Steam Navigation Co.—H.M.S. LIGHTNING—General Steam Navigation Co.—Belfast Steampacket Co.—Keen competition on the Glasgow and Belfast station—Advertising extraordinary—Messrs. G. & J. Burns commence business 1825—Messrs. MacBrayne’s Highland Service—Competition in the Liverpool and Dublin trade—First steamer London to Hamburg—First steamer England to India; rapid increase of steampackets—Hostile meeting at Swansea—The ERIN—Admiralty Mail Steampacket Service between Liverpool and Kingstown established—City of Dublin Steampacket Co. establish a service between the United Kingdom and Bordeaux 37

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