CHAPTER IV.—The year 1815—Arrival of the first steampacket on the Mersey—Narrative of the voyage of the THAMES from Glasgow to London 15 CHAPTER V.—1816 to 1818—London packets, the DEFIANCE, MAJESTIC, REGENT—Loss of the REGENT (1817)—Liverpool and Eastham Packet, PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (1816)—Liverpool and Tranmere Packets REGULATOR, ETNA (1817)—Parkgate and Bagillt Packet, ANCIENT BRITON (1817)—Loss of the REGULATOR (1818)—First Spanish Steamer, ROYAL FERDINAND (1817)—Siberian Steamboats (1817)—David Napier—The ROB ROY, HIBERNIA (1816) 23 CHAPTER VI.—Early Clyde Steampackets—The first steamer to cross the English Channel, CALEDONIA—First steamer on the Rhine (1816)—Season contract tickets issued (1816)—Stranding of the ROTHESAY CASTLE (1816)—Steamship passengers’ fares on the Clyde in 1818—DUMBARTON CASTLE steams round North of Scotland (1819) 27 CHAPTER VII.—1819 to 1821—The first steamer to cross the Atlantic, the SAVANNAH—Arrival at Liverpool of the first cross-channel steamer, WATERLOO—The ROBERT BRUCE—Curious accident to the MORNING STAR—The TRITON—CONDE DE PATMELLA—SNAKE—Cattle ventilators suggested—The TOURIST—London and Leith steamers 32 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 CHAPTER IX.—Routes to India and the East—The ENTERPRIZE—Lieut. Johnston, R.N.—Lieut. Waghorn, E.I.N.—East India Co.’s Bombay and Suez Service—The Peninsular Steam Navigation Co. (1834) altered to Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (1837)—Sketch of the Company’s career—Suez Canal opened (1869)—Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co. (1855)—Title changed to British India Steam Navigation Co., Limited (1862)—Bibby Line 45 CHAPTER X.—Steam on the Pacific—The TELICA (1825)—Mr. Wheelwright—The Pacific Steam Navigation Co. incorporated (1840)—Pioneer steamers CHILI and PERU—Sketch of the Company’s history 58