So far we have seen steamers running from London and from Bristol to New York. Now we shall see the first steam-vessel crossing from Liverpool to New York. Facing page 96 is the other _Royal William_, which was built in 1838 for the Irish passenger trade between Liverpool and Kingstown, and owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, by whose courtesy this picture is now reproduced. The _Royal William_ was 3 feet shorter than the _Sirius_, but 2 feet wider, and with a hold just 6 inches shallower. In July of that same memorable year, the _Royal William_ made her maiden trip from Liverpool to New York, having been built and engined at the former port. In was no doubt a great temptation to emulate what the _Sirius_ had been the first to perform, especially as the two ships were so similar in many respects. Outward bound, the _Royal William_ did the trip in about the same time as the _Sirius_, though her return journey occupied about a day and a half less than that of the other vessel. But these vessels were not big enough, nor seaworthy enough, for the toil of the Atlantic, and both were soon taken off from this route. The illustration reproduced is from an engraving after a sketch made of the _Royal William_, as seen in the Atlantic on July 14th, 1838, when in latitude 47.30 N., longitude 30.0 W., on her first voyage to New York, and the landsman in looking at the waves which the artist has depicted may find some assistance in reading our previous remarks on “hogging” and “sagging” in this connection. [Illustration: THE “BRITISH QUEEN” (1839). _By permission of James Napier, Esq._] [Illustration: THE “BRITANNIA,” THE FIRST ATLANTIC LINER (1840). _From a Model. By permission of the Cunard Steamship Co._]