Samuel Cunard Last year, Samuel Cunard, 53 years old, was awarded the Mail Packet Service between Liverpool and Halifax, as he promised to ensure a mail transport every fortnight all year long, what neither the Great Western Steamship Company nor the British and American Steam Navigation Company dared to propose the Admiralty. He has accordingly established the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Glasgow with his associates, famous George Burns, 45,