CHAPTER XIII.—British Government and the Atlantic Mail Service—Mr.

Samuel Cunard—Formation of the Cunard Line—The GREAT BRITAIN, launched 1843—Leaves Bristol for London—Inspected by H.M. Queen Victoria—Leaves London for Liverpool—First voyage to New York (1845)—Stranded Dundrum Bay (1846)—Re-floated (1847)—Sails to New York (1832) 78