“The City of Dublin Steampacket Company announce to the public that in consequence of the many complaints hitherto made of want of storage room in Dublin for goods going and coming by their steam vessels, they have taken the lot of ground immediately opposite the Packet Station on the North Wall, and are about to erect a convenient and commodious store on the same for the accommodation of the merchants and traders of Dublin. The Company have increased their capital to £100,000, and are proceeding with every possible expedition in completing their number of vessels, by which means they will shortly be able to despatch one daily from Dublin and another from Liverpool. The trustees have reserved the remainder of the shares now unappropriated exclusively for the accommodation of shippers and importers. Their vessels, the CITY OF DUBLIN and TOWN OF LIVERPOOL, continue to ply as usual. Their third and fourth vessels, the HIBERNIA and BRITANNIA, are nearly complete, and the fifth and sixth will be ready by the end of the year.” During the summer of 1825 the City of Dublin Company despatched their new steamer HIBERNIA on the same day and at the same hour as the ST. GEORGE. They were careful to inform those interested that this was done “not with a view of opposition, but for the purpose of establishing her (the HIBERNIA’s) character for speed and seaworthiness.” They were equally careful to point out that “the HIBERNIA has already made six voyages in company with the ST. GEORGE, and has on all occasions proved herself an extremely safe and fleet vessel, and not inferior to that well-known steampacket.” They also mentioned the inconvenience, delay and expense of landing by boats at Kingstown, all of which might be avoided by taking their magnificent steampackets direct to North Wall. The St. George Company replied to this courteous announcement by also informing the public that the companionship of the HIBERNIA was unsought for and undesired by them. It was not to be expected that the Liverpool companies would permit a strange company to take a lion’s share of the trade, and not make a practical protest. Consequently, in the autumn of 1825, the fares from Liverpool to Dublin were reduced to 5s. cabin and 6d. steerage, and on Monday, September 5th, one of the steamers sailed with upwards of 700 passengers at 6d. each. Early the following year (1st February, 1826) the managers of the City of Dublin Steampacket Company purchased the Dublin and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company, and increased the capital of the company to £250,000, in shares of £100 each. Shareholders, in addition to their share of the profits of the undertaking, were offered the following advantages:— (1) Free passage by all the company’s vessels. (2) Free storage for a limited time in the company’s stores. (3) Special accommodation in the payment of freights and charges.