From Chester Courant - Tuesday 11 October 1785
  The KING, a new PACKET, lately built for the Conveyance of Passengers between Parkgate and Dublin, sailed, for the first Time, on Monday last from Parkgate; she had an extraordinary fine Passage, and arrived safe in Dublin Harbour; and on Friday Morning, having a Number of respectable Passengers on Board, she sailed for Parkgate, and performed this Voyage in twelve Hours, to the pleasing Satisfaction of the Gentlemen on board, who declared that they never experienced so fine a Passage before. Great Praise is due to Captain Hammond, the Master, for the Uniformity of his Conduct, and from his known Abilities, together with the excellent and well-furnished Appartments, with which the said Packet is fitted up, totally precludes every Shadow of Doubt of her not answering, in all Respects, the Purpose for which she is designed. The Prince of Wales, has been some Time in this trade, and has greatly surpassed the most sanguine Hopes of the Proprietors. A third, called the Queen, is in great Forwardness, and will soon be ready; Parkgate may then boast of, and vie with, any Port in England for the Eligibility, Dispatch, and pleasing Conveyance in Packet Boats.