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Lea diagrammes suivants iiluatrent la m*thode. 12 3 4 5 6 li EPOR/r OF 'i ♦i •/ t 4 •: //•. rjiO(JJi,EJ)INGS IN NEWl'^OUNDLANI), n-rru A vimv to making st.john-s A PORT OF CALL lOH A |iH{ANSATLANTiO LINE Of STEAMlsllS. 1 8.-) I I I'rinlf (1 nt the On'oo of~I.. '"• Mornin./ I'..mi " sT^j,,, ;;, i^- 'J ! ... . .... 4t^.- r <• Cc-»w..^|^^,xti 041 LI VIK^~^\ 1 A Meeting' of the Inliabitants of Sf. John's, co:n-y\-d by requisition to the Higli Sheriff, was held at the FactoiV, on Saturday, the 20th Soptenibcr, to consider tlie necessity of adopting such measures as may lead to St. John's ))eiu"- made a Port of Call for a Transatlantic. Line of Steamers.-^ TliG Hon. William Thomas was called to the Chair and Ambrose Shea, Esq., M. H. A., was requested to act as Secretary. The CiTAiJiMAr^, on opening the Meeting, said that no one v/ho had resided in this Colony for even a short period, could have failed to notice the disadvantaws unrler winch we labor, for want of an earlier and more regular com- munication witli the Mother Country; but the number and respectability of the reqnisitionists at whose instance this meeting had been convened, gave promi-e of more en.-r>v..*ic and strenuous cllbrts to plice Newfoundland in hei pu>ppr position, and to secure to ber tliose adv;intagcs to which her e.xionsivc comnif^rce and her t-eogranl);.-:!} yitu;vtion mnxK--- iuvavhly entitle her. While Steam is doing wonders for riic noghbounng Colonies,said the Chairman, we are complet'-ly pass'.'d over m the postal arrangements, and our letters are carried five nmdrcd miles beyond us, for no other purpo^ie timntobe brought back tons again; thus traveliin- op- tiiousand n)iles more than suiiicicnt to reach us by a direct bne. I am aware that mnc]i pr.judice prevails on the otl-r «.!de ot the Athmfic, against the establishing of St. John's as a /ort oi Call lor Steanurs on {.heir voyai^e iroin Great Ihilain to North America ; but if wc can succeed in dir^pellin- lliesc pivjudices, and can i;Kbieo our Le-a .lalnre to iMu.jvc'it file grant to any line of transatlantic Stoanicrs toucbm- at tlis lort, we may shortly acconiplish a most desivabie ob- yx^, and prove tl.at tliis pivliminary meeting, and t'lese niiliatory jnoceednigs, have not hcen in vain., i"3ut, gewtle- inen, it will not bo .sutjici; ut n.-f w- ]<;..- r-.--.--y...-.,-..-. V 4t. proceedings v>itb a donr. we niust follow Ibem up v.ith un- I nasn.gagitalinn and persevering onergvifw e would ent'^r- io;:-c I ilii iLC ill .ce- ^\' iiv'-t resolution. R ;i\e to c; on .Mr. Uobin: thv:^:; i\ OUi,^. I'V.t- ■'^'1, to propose the a-. lloi;iNSGN-, Q. C, I iv as foilov.s : — 1 moving the first resolution, sj)ok 1 Jii. iCd- c-'en c.cpurc; Ti;:;t :uo bicainc Aiiicric; ■^i.Oils;!!; no^ jn tiie iii'st resolution of S; .TO at ^0 '^niLCT 1 loan i.Mii.'doii-| a.) s as a Port of C;.JI prcn.oto tlie conii d t K'ieii iJi'/iiiif: ihi ;.'i;.:r:.'Stji of this Coloiiv. '^'iyiy nre not mer. words of coiuoc, ^vhcn I decl^u--. 1 l^^el .t a. honor vo he calLd upon first to address iTi^ <-'"'!^nn;.iions. l;iv and cutI^J r^.on th ■ r" .^ "lu ' ff ^;i.c..b^,.Tii ^oniu:un!;-;:...,_., n. iiiv. >>i;-SLeju iiiiriunc *»y I ■ .;V.ii.^ Ste;iiTi~!mt al-w in iLu^Icina iinrl Scotlaiul, aid in Aniciioa. On t\vo former occoAops., when ap])lication was made from this Colony to the BiiLi-liCovemnieut to causi the Atlartic Sieamers fo call at St. John's, wc wore tcld that the contraj.s liad h-cn si-ned, and 1h;.t wc wore too late— il is to prewnt j^iu-h :m answer })oinp; ap;ain i^ivon to us that 1 reconiniuul imn>cdi:!to actioii, in order that the £:^eo;'rap]iical and pecu- niary advantages wiiich St. John's offers, as a Port of'Call, n-Miy be .^ct before the?;e Companies, before their ivlans— fram- ed in ignorance of those advantages— shall ho naitured. lam nc>t surprised at the strong teeling whioii e\ir,t:-; hero in lavoiir of the scheme now under consideration, for tl;e di.ssatisfac. that prevails at the mode in whicli our postal conmui licaticms with Great Britain are at present conducted IS derp juid general. The plan of carrying onr passcni^rs and lottcrspast liicir dcstinarion to Halifax/five hundred'a.id se\-enty iniles, to i;e rc-arr.ed the same live hundred and seventy miles, is really prcpostc-rous, especially ^vhen St. John's -s sucii an admiral)le and safe port ; but bad as is the phm, the execntion of it dm-ing the last few months lias be 'n stuly,or.-e; ibr since Ma;,-, when the xMail Steamer between St. Johns aral Halifax Wii:, loot, the postal connnunication oetween dns port and Nova Scotia lias been kci:t up by sai'- i\)'^ merchantnion. It is said that the terms 'of thciV con- tract permit the contractors to dispense with steam in the event ol cnsualtics. Should such be the case no blame is iauiy attacliable to the ry-aitractors lor this exercise of thci- discretion, but I do not think the GovenuTiert tliut has per- mitted such a disrc>gard for our conveniences are free fro n .ault, and I hope they will afford us redress bv aiding' tho scheme we Jiave now in hand. " '^ Tlie confidence I feel tiiat Atlantic Steamers will call liere arises from the fact that it will be for the inti-re-,t of thei- owners that they should do so. if wo prove Iw Canilali.sU that It will bo to their advantage to make St. Juhn's a Port ^all— they will come fast enough, for the orosoect of pioht IS the stro^-est attracuon to capital. VVe imist ad- dress men of busir.cb^s in a temperate niajiner, setting be/ore tl.'em ngnres winch cannoi be questioned— ftcis whicli ear- not bcgan!saycd,and wc im:st avoid aU cxat.^geralions, whicJi aye so well calculated to engender distru^^ and deibat our '•■•".i^vi.. xms is nor a n.-.v fjiu-stion wich us— the feasibility € ou to some parts of that testimony. " i am Collirctor of Hei \rMe.tv'.c Pn^t^ V . , t'^^iRiineu :— ruur.JanJ an^I its Depoiu] -nciei IVto ^ ^ '• ''V' ^''^^""'^ "^ -'^''-^•^^- "T I .: ,1 1 • "!;"-""'-"'-'<-*• — 1 took charge 111 Janmrir io<>o -./i.r::.g I he ast six years there has not becra montr?n\^l^^^^ (.'lir:::- Nvhich vesics have Hot nrrK-,^,! o* i V ^ *^*°""' »" the year vvitu cargoes. Last summe I cro ^cd th^ A .,''"'• ''^. ^''V^''' ^^'-^ to Halifax in the //i^.. "^ S can Sl^ p tl^T". "" 1^''^°^^ to ^.r-t-a glas. lull of w ^; Wl n w^tf^'Vi""^"'; ^1^ %' ''^^'^ u.:.s v^rv deep in the «-a-cr • Anr;Z!\i r Liveipool the Steamer ^o: exceed se^vcn kno . Tn hot It ?! f' V'^^^^'^ ^'^'^ '^^'^ ^'^^ between eigl. and nine kno s^'and . a uVv'^L'"' '7^, ^'" "^"' un.M she attained about eleven and a hal'L"; ^^a uTJT '"' '""''^ .wn, whence entered Halin^x. The .t"^ "^^ ^^1 ^^ """ {"-'v\L. o. o Lean I was in lor... du:in. ti:e whole ^.n-a^c,ai.d the n;;^:;'. T'' "^ ^^'1"^ ^^'^^ ^=^ ne v.ould hav- leiched this Pm-f c«, , .• ''''" "''*'-''ca lor bt. John s, fro... Livcpod, «s I'li •r./o ,d" V ;.rof r'sV'" ""^';"' ''"^ -=•>, »„a i-..i <.„,„. to sijoh,'',^ 'I :;:'/' i' '!","r"-''^°f .....X, and I find ihat St. John's is ks. subject to fo^; than I'' 1 p');. Ucnournblo Rom;nr Job. e.v.r >!„„! :_ r.'Oi. iver- iiavc been ercvud'ia tl-,- t • ^K~'T"A""'!.';"I' -ui in tht hade of this Colony upward, of d '=''Vyear.s. I iKue crossed t u Am" .• ,, r'^^'"'>' "P'vard. ol :)rtv tin),-. '/■', V ^'"-"^-'^ the Atlantic Ocean bt:t\vecn thiitv ird Jiiakiiig the land. 'I'i ho months duriiii ... >.■**, 7 winch fo^^^o pr-.vail arc uvaally May, Juno and July. 'J hose .i-.s arc more dense over theB.ii^k., but how over tlrick thev may be then- il . atir.ospherc js nc-nerallj speaking quite clear ;Tithir. a mile of the snore. I have repeatedly found the wind South at s.?a, with a thick fc- and as we approached thcshcrc the wir.d tended more off. and the fc' cia not reacii the land ; and such is, I believe, generally four.d to bo (he casa. rr,e .iafbour of St. John's is a very fine one ; it is .iiuated on the Eastern point ot Newfoundland ; there are no dan-crs to ore- vent access to it ; its depth is sufnoient for the largest sliips in the Isavy ,Mhere are no perceptible tides. The Light-house at present on Lape Spear, w;thm three miles of the Harbour's mouth, is of .-> ve-v superior ccscnption, I have seen its light at a distance of thirty miles 1 here is also a -cod Light-house at the mouth of the Harboui. Th'^' Northern ice generally floats past the Eastern shore of this Island fiSo trilo^"' °^ -^^^ t""^' ^'^^"^ ^"^ ^P^^^' ^"^ reache/ofte times to Lat. 40 degrees. It opposes as much obstruction to vessels going from England io Halifax as it does to vessel. comi«<^ from E n - and to tnis Port In the n:onth of Anrii it is of freouent occ' :'; co .i.at t^.e sea to the Eastward is clear of ice, che fields luvln^ <.one b^ whiUt_ vessels at that time more to the Southward meet obstn -io^: iTV'p ^7 ^^ Tt-r- -^'^S^^ '^' Canard Steamers le^ Lk;;^^^^^^ for the Port of ot. ^hn's in a ligliter trim than they now do o;h°ch hey could effect on account of the voyage to St. John's beln° sho ter t :an to Ilahfax,) here to remain, say twdve hours, and repknls' d ei ock of coaLs i^' would reach Halifax in a shorter Sll^ 'Z, ^r'i^^U:s^ -' -t.c aiong^cf ^ti;^i?:^::;;^'h::5s M.-. John Cov^ins, examined :— vZl ^""r ^'^''''■'' V^'iri'-cr. I have been engaged in the trade lort»-four je^is. _ 1 liave arrived at Newfoundlar.d from En-^land an 1 iVe? n Countries .unng each month in the year. The coast of New o, .'A Harbour rf"« a Shoal to take up a vessel in making land. t£ nSn^ St. John's IS a safe and commodious one, it is as (ina ; p.ii, u.i, jce ,n April 13 soltor, more honev-cnm^frl fl,. „ : ^/-^s p>.c\ci].';!oncr the coa;t cf Nr-.vfn..,.,iJ..,.i .-.1 %t.. . o ^"--"ce. -nngti.e month, of May, Junc^nd Julfrdi^r^rriliS; m o lU CUtL-I <".' t on ih ^^^^^ pns.ed. -t '° "^^ feouthAvard by tho ice ^vhich hud ; I^-u St. John, to Capo Cloa. is 1700 :niIos <.r thereabouts." ' -< ^^Ho.^o,^^bIe CHAH.K. Fox Bkxxett, oxa.nin.d - ' 1 ^t of l,to years I have loH^.d^ ^^'^tn^n'^r''" ^^^^''^^ "^^^^^^ ^■> >it..te to order any ves.ol of nlc s'liH^V ''^\'?' ^ ^^^^''^^^ no iou., a. Lr.oas December or Tm/^'^^^° to forci-.u r-rsooftraaointh:;^c!:S.;hi^'Sic^?-^'" '"^'^ ^^"•-^- ^^^ ^^ noilung in the cli):.ate or ^he ooXTN,Zt\''''T'^'' ^'^^ there ^h^l:^. to i^, beinj, carried i^^.^^ ^ ^^^'^ou^dland M'hich present. >• itnin .he hist t\\o vopVc i^.r,^ ■,-. i i .Vo^urope.-ithc.t i;:;;^^^::::-;^^:^^^^^^ - ^Ms port -v<.>i=?lj- to a vov.irSm Gri:. {l^o «aue ohstruction., exist as >^:;v lh;S:;^;:^r^^^7^,-;}^-f ^ so cpld a. in Xova Scotia, "■''eel. of a Srcam-boar^Jouid no h^^ // ' ''^•^''"' ^'^'^'^ '^^^ P^^'^'^^^^ ' , ' -^niry ,hau on tW ennsN ^' ^'^' "'"^"'^ mconvenicntly in tlus i -Jiioui v.-e experienced after m-c had been out three or four days \ery boisterous weather, and shipped sonif heavy .«iea.s ; en leaving Liverpool tlie steamer was very deep in the water, froui the qnantitv of co.d she cr.rried ] besides h:cr hold being full, she had h;:gj ;.f c;;ai l:e;ip.d on deck ; on her departure her 'peed did no: much exceed .-even knots per h.our, but as she cor.iumcd her co:.ls a'^d got lighter, her speed increased, ; iid she laboured less, u:itil she reached her maxi-ium sneed,f;om eleven to twelve kuots,nt wluch rate she wcni on the' day bdbre her arri\al at Halilhx. On each occasicu we passed within t^^cn;y nn'les of the Eai-tern coast of Nc .vfound- land, and m IS-l-l, wc pu'^scd clo.c to the f^hing loatb. If th ■ ^tear.;- ershadk'ft Liverpool with .. less nuantiiv ci coals on boa.d th'rv •onlei i;avc made mnen betl::r ^^Lathel^ duiir- the heavv -a'c^ tney experienced, and would have reached the-ir de^tinatioV. In a shorter time. " I'hc Eastern Coast of Xewfeuudland is literally free from rock^ and hoa;s — tiic shor' _ be:ng bold and studded with good harbours, i...- m.-..:!.^ol;nngwh:eil lo^^i are prevaleiu .,re Mav, Jui,. J-dv and Au-u^t. Biuing i:;o tlickc.r fog. that prevail at sea, it N qenJ- ra.iy c.,.r wnhni hnr a mile citho shore, . xe.pt when the Vmd bow3 :.,:u tne _.^outu, a pcnnt Irom which it dor-s net faquentlv blow~.p prevail as nnuli on the coast of Xova Scoiia a. on th,,': 01 Ae\Meunda!;d. an! the I^vukv coast is beset by d.-u-cr, whk'- prevent y.^eols running during foi-s for a l-.arbour with th.-'^saiu- co'i- ndcncc thai ihey do on thi^ cua-t. ' ' "Froni Cape Cansc; to Halilkx the < oast is bc.et bv da-reror Bhoa,. ...d rocks whu-h extuid fnna (ho sliore a considerable d,^tance T iv. .^"' "r r-'^' ""' ^' '';" ^'■^">--'^l^>"'i^ ^^teanu r. wore ,. leave i.ivpipnoiin ligliier trim, ami crmi" dirt-ft to St ^)li,,'< li^v,. ., ... jdeniH. the:..y,.k of .oal, they .ouM acco,npU.[; ule ' vn • ^^J "i Livcrpo.dtoll.b.x.touchmg at ,S.. Jolu>'- in h>, ti..:o ihTui h ; yv cxp.nJ. lu -.un.g^iroct to HaliDv, not .thstanding tn. ' h^ n>ignt ivmam :n Nt. John'.. _ f nm of a^^:ion that L .u^i:^1i cater- that would be trar.sm.tted from and received at St. JohaV b thfl bframcrs woula be greatly increased." ' Mr. llobinson contin.iit'l. >>>.!:-]! \r ofthi' cvidoncp that jias :ilrc ti-nt si:b;ect, n;.d the iacts V^iiUi i i 1 jt< I, I.T u -ii:!)!'. y '.)oen taivfi: \\\,on tin's ^v^ V DOl- 1 » • i; \^ tl: ti( iii K Tin ' U ce -i; \.5\ li :e 1*1 ■'d v ' I •■ * 17 r h ha confinned Iv hundreds ;tc'( oso ^VJtlJcs^c.s uiiiih I by Ch truth most j)ooplc coniivcToi X. ■^vf()undl--,;i W Know tlieni t . com- ■ from g into r '-^ Pre^s, of conveying tlienforn!^' . ' "^^^^^•^^"'entality .-el an interest in steam nav ' " ' ^T''' '^''^^^ ^^4 !s a ..-uyiosu,! Steam navi"- i n * ' » , '"^^ "'"" may ;^c.nke toalinony, I s!,all ,„ V v ,.^": """d;.->.'.d concur i„ -?t,wom-. Jtis the opinion ht,l ■ '? ""^ '"W'^ piece of •: f "Ijose experience o? Xewfo'n J, "",,"" ^^'^''^y'^ •'^'"V. •«"--."l-.,a lengthened .seiTice on'Vl SI' •"''"'•■'=<' ''"'■''"^' a .-<■ !"'ch v.e ui.t. I refer to " nn, '^ "f "tcre.stetl evidence '■^ Lngiand 1 v Hear AJnuraUJoi, n If '''''', 'T'^^y Published :^ote „,ore for tl,e inn-poseo-'i^,-; ;,"'"' "'"^!' ^iieAdnn'ral :."'^"- eountrv a tern-.inu, of Tn^ " ,tr'if""'-'"-''^''-P'':t of ■"-.- ll:an n.iii any intention o fe V' ■ ' '"•;" <^'""'-"i"nica. -^v,!ound!and, and of ice LV „ f , ° V" ^1'" "''st of ^-"'-' J«.^t tin-s, that these rock rf"''f "f ""-'^o i">Pcdi- ■'■'"'■"orvisitcnts iloah-n,v to the -,n tW ,'".'"" I"'''''"™ "'o - Tfst. Tne fo^s no ,'„„w , ■ "'^ "'"•■» 'I"-' "ays aro l-O ruiies of the ieth^^gritn ach i"/"'"'"^' '''"■'■"^' *'- '■■ '!""ugl,, and she^vou Id „ . ."''!:"""■ ""«''' ^ve to 1 .■■■■vat !«recai,t;ons-/c„,//, ,.;/', T'""'" ""^ "'"■^n!..-f;.; th,/^;., ^i "^ ;;!^J^^'-' . Landowner, FarinJr, ' "y hnni-'in tnal)l!ng tijoni th R products nioi y aiu:it!oiial facility of liicii f sooner tt '.X'varointcMuluJ r-n,! rvUiliTs la '•'l"'i!y t.) Lhcic a.i,tinaf <' .ipplicd to the purpose convj'v'. on. rp"(]ii,-intit:('s of capital f 11 available for indu.stvio-s purposes that would otherwise be locked up. B-.t to sliow to foreicrn capitalists the sale and profitable f. -Id lor investment tliat would bo opened to them by Miik'n^: St. John'.s a Port of Call, on the outward and hoiv.-w;ird-bound voy.-'^re of Steam Shirs plving betwe-n ihe United Kingdom and America, I will put doWa few fi-ure? ' which I Deheve to bo considenildy under the true mark, and^ which are based chiefly upon tb.e present traffic— observe sir, the present trafiic— not takint^ into account the increa'^r' of travelhn-^ ar-d frei-lit wliich increased facilities wci:ld, L suppose, occasion here, as tliey have done every where else.: Actual niriibor of first r:ilil-i P:cc.%.i,-n..» -„ . Actual nimbor of first C.ibin Pa?s-:5^-nr3 per ar.nuu., he- ta,^,,.n ;!;;! UnitC-1 Kingdom .in J Si. John's, 203. x-20 encli £"060 Aciu:.! numW of F irst Cabin Passt-.-j^erVpe'r' onnuiV, bo- tvvecn^ L..ucd Stale., Cnada, Nova Scotia. :.nd ^:. Jotiii a. :i2, I'ii ccch Probahie number ofStcera^c P^s.e^^r^,' 20o' '^3 l^ch rresciit l,e::sl,t;ivc Gr.v.. |ier .%r.;,i;m P.-obah'. amount <,nVc;,!u of dry go:Da;'p^;Vm;um; ;!; IcOO tons, X.i per ton "' 1000 4.!; 00 -£11832 Probable hnrea.e of gram from Newfoundland Le.^islature. pe/ * * * 4 1 CO Ih. last Item IS the only one which can be deemed M)ecu- 1^'tive, but I woula not so far wrono tiie BritisN Cover lei' ' --o;.r parent Country-as to denb? its willing e^o^;^;en;n su ; ■ ^ /v"^'"''; '^''^ '" -'"'^ ^' ^^•hcn;J productive of BnlLl : b r" Ktl^':^i.^^^^^^^^ •■ ,A . ,,^^'^^'^1' Oovermnent were to -.•rar* annualiy •20,000 ibr c!m eci , --—'-■'_. IV* ill ;tt.ani Connnuiiication to :,r „^ • i weii as .:;!e \ n---,;-. RorVv; nl -^ ,--». •> '^ i-^'-^nm-ju, as en, route, ,vo..r hot > bo ■;vo;d l"'i''l'°",' "" "'^^'°""'- logins ruvsolu'ion :-"'"' '"=' "='^' I>'-"P°-«J tl.'o fol- and ji,x.,:,iy .„ ,1.0 r„;;;;:b: , ;V ro"i;;.;'r-M, X " 'i'r"'!"T.! The Honoi-vn!/' -!'ado of opiLion m-irvT vt ;, ";,""> '^-•ss r..,d creed, ,,iid 1 "U,, m,,n.K.,t,ng the interest thcy.took i; ihis 14 1 by tlw ■om here :'sr clas.v / calling iiinutior. Iti nioie )cciipi": on tlic- 2 to ten i Banks, increas- J^ great 5 part of a:ul the ?, which I shore t a line »i^-i"ie of North 5s^:!ls on ited, as South iiiii" out :}ie fol ;l'Cniostl icnloiy.j (1 IG65 u,v At- ■ uour of N land- •Miable ^hnt. no (1 from c-Mnnot 3;Ky to ition, nted, I and 1 this ' ju-'::y uli/kiiiaii pnncct. Re reu-rcd to t;.e v^^^^c-nv w n- ill ^vi-lc•h t]ic details h.d been presented to the nseetin- hv .Air Kobn:son. and of the credit due to that gentlcnian lor the great uilerest he liad taken in this niovenSnt Ba<- 'V.: ,tne ^po::;cer) did say tliat the question v.ov.' before t^e-n V.-:,: no lon-cr a niatter of taste or iceiin--it had bcco!:..> a i....tter ot nece^^sity lor every country that aspired to any d^- 'jiee of ni.portance, to secure a place in the ^rer-t pro-res- ^:ona! movements that v/ere now takinir place' in eve.y""nor- r:()n ol tlie world. BiU it was nccessarf to move capitalists, ari(. v,;m [\\v- v;.:y/, the appointment of a standing- Committee v/a.;. i.iust essential, to open and follow out coiTespondence with t;very qnari-r from v^hich thev co;ild hope for a favcur- :y'lc issue. He thought it use-less to dn-ect any attention to ti:o Old Imes which haul hitherto been successful. But from souie of the new lines they would probably find co-operation, i:. ireland the quection of niakiiiu: sonic portion of th^^* country an Atlantic Parket Station luid been taken up ns a national question, and Horace Greely, from New lork, %vho attended a late meeting in Dublin, spoke of the great proba- b.hty of the nicasuie receiving assistance in America. Now, if they could attract the attention of the promoters of that' undertaking, then- vievs n;ight probably b^ carried ou.t. 13ut t!:fye;ired not irom what qiiartev they received co-operation — Kugland, Ireland, or Scotland — froni any quarter let it come, and our jnn poses will be answered. It would l;e the duty of tha.' Committee to remove prejudices conceived in ignor- aaee and lb;~ta.-ed by interested misrepresentation ; to show i'.iek)eal advantages v/e can offer ; to refer to the almost ••ertaaity^of the increase of tiie Legislative grant to CSOOO ;i-year. Tiir.'ir movementh must be energetic — it would not do to remain in apat'uy while all the w()rld around us is in motion. He trusted that the public miral would he aroused t.^ liie griev;mci'S of the present mail contract, and that t;icy v.-oi;ld carry tiu-ir compiaint to tl;e House uf Cor.nnoiis, where alone such jobs can be successfully denounced. He ho[) d loo that tho Local Executive would be moved by the -.pirit that was manitestcd here to-dry, and that tlie VA- ecntivc Councillors who were present .vould be animated by similar imimlses at t!ie Council Hoard. See in Nova Scotia whai had been done by one man acting under the indaOiice '^f a Well ordtied system of Governmciit. To most men the « - ! ^ iry; ;;:j;",^" -r-- "r"' '^'^'^'' ^^'^^^^"-^ ^••^^^'^^^^^ '»■« s)>:^r i..u rc-.uu )t a ioati ot seven millions from the Bntish Gn , vcr>unent, tor a v.-ork which must ultim.te]> raise the Brills Pr.v.nccsto a position of greatness. 6e trusted th . . ^-..tur sp.nt of utility would l^reaftcr i.avk^^r puhli ± ; ccc.:hng.s, and he couM rot but coufess that the present w^ a rnost important step in the right direcrion. ^ ^ , , J Ihe Resolution was then put, and unani.nously agreed to ' p J,^l^"^""f ^^^^%Laurt:xce O'Brie.v, in rnovin^^ the tluVr The hor. gentletaan spoke of tlie many opnortnnifi(-« ),„ n J, of contrastmi? fo'' on the cni^t- nf wi I'l; '":'"'"« no other dangers, with >hl coast of \t f '^o™ bcotja, and its was gener'ally'so nmA "o" eiL^o rrt,?; ' "r"^'' 'f " otnerdangers.to.)nch.hceoast;ft4"^:^:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ jmhcal i„,pressions which there e vis ad wVll 7"' intimacy with us .vould entirely di«ioa ^ i„f' '\'^'°'"^'- tl.e great loss nod inconveniince Si-i n'. tm t^ '^"''"^ p«cn,, as well as the absurdity of pa I- „'" s om 1^''?™] heinc- earned five him,'rwi .v,i 1^'^^^^ 'n-rs .oni J'nglapd earned five hundred'?^-,:'' I^^aji^'^ ''^■""' ""'^ "' "« right" o'ltd"r„r;,'e';t i^Tfh";'' «--■!""-'. -1 had a and while Great C^^i ail l,n '' '"' '^",-," °"'<^'' "^^ """^l' ^ Coloni.s, we were 1 ,; '■""'' '''"'"' '« l'^''' <"'"■'' Lands, tha Ve hod 0,- vex ',; ""T"'^ "7 ^'"'^''^ °' '"•'■ ""■ny our best tnl ',1 ' f "";''''r'-''-f"f ^''e had given ^"r rhe^ippo-tm.;;; •.ndl:;4;ri'o"n"L''?''f rr' ^^^^"f'^^'^' ■y of .'!u- intorrstl^ of ihi.s Colony I y Ins 16 nillar business and his constant care, and rap at the door I ui the Government until he obtained for us redress. I.Ir. O'Brien then proposed the following Resolution :— Iiccohed,-Thai th. prevalence of fog and ice, on t!,is coasr.':md tlio consequent darget6, are nmch misunderstood and ex.ogc-ratod abicad—iogsaie known fiom experience not to prevail wuli'so muc'i c.i.^uy ov Ir.qu.ncy on .he cast bctw.cn C:,pe Bonavi.ta and St'. Johns, as o,,. he coast c-t >.s that he found but little lefi; for In'rn to say. He could aud l;:.s lestnnony, however, to that of others, relative to this coast benig generally clear of log, while that of Ha'ifax was cj-aue ir.c contrary; lie had been there several times, and uiiiv once louad .1 clear of I'o*^. I'iie Resolution \vas tlicn unanimously carried. G. T. Brooking, Esq., rose to propose the fourth Resolu- tion, and said, Mr. Cliairman,the Resolution 1 have just road to thoMeeting is such as 1 am sure will meet wirh a hearty reception from the prcseuv .Mi;ciing, and my only tear is that too nuich relirmcc will be placed by many on the unanimity 'vvliicli lias so fully characterised tlic proceedings of to-day, •n.'l that after leaving the present Meeting mauy -.viU forgot ir.at VAC work attendln.g the attainment oi' the ohicct we'^all have in view is only nov/ beginning, /riierc are several poinf-.s embodicc' in the Kesolution I 'have su!)mitted to the Meeting, tmd so nmch has already been said on the gcogia- pl-.ical position of St. John's, the plentiful supply of coals to be luul here at all times, and the cordial reception that will n'.ost ccrlai!]!) i'.ttend a renewed a]. plication to liu) Lcgi.-la- .'.irc for^ an incrcnsed grant for Jie promo'. ion of Dii(!Ct Ste:trn Navigation, th.it I pass o^-er tliesc subjects, merelv 01, ■rvmg tliat 1 consider no better auuronriat p})ropr;ation of pu!)iic money, for a limited period, can be made than by allbrdinir assistance t") some company or individual v.illing to under- '[ t ikc a Direct Steam Cr mmuriication betwccr. the United | 17 ill !l! >'t Kingdom and this Island. I do not .consider that any benefit can anse to us by endeavouring to divert from their present route any contract Steanri Pacivets, but I ain of opinion that in addition to are owed application to our Local Legislature, we should bring the sul>ject of Direct Sream Connnunica- tion under the consideration of the Imperial Government, and that we should seek to obtain from the Lords of the Ad.niralty a grant of n^oney for a .ertain number of years ; and I think we may tlie more confidently apply when we find that^in addition to the regular Mail conveyance by con- tract Steam from Halifax to Bermuda, an annual grant of above £'2000 sterling for a period of ten years has been gi-antcd to ])romoto Steam Communication between Neza York, Bcnnuda and the Island of St. Thomas. I offer these last remarks subject to correction by a gentleman present, should 1 liavc stated any thing in error. I would no^v pro- ceed to offer a few remarks on the mode that I think" we should adopt to secure the object we all have in view. I consider tlie ncmination of a working committee a^: most es.-entiab and that tlie service of on active and energ:l,ic Se- cretary should be engaged vo follow un the matter; that a pamphlet should be prepared embodying lull details of tlie pro- cee(li!igs of to-day ; and that such statistics and otlier infor- m::tion shonUl be added as might prove of .service to ony in- tei_].];i:g speculators, and of interest to us all. To jicconi- phsh this ol>ject, I think that with the c...-dial concin-rence o!l so many niemlion; of the Coanciland A.-.s^mblv as wo li;,d present here to-day, we may safely apply to His llorour the Adnunistrator of the Government for u sum of jCIOO sterlin'r to (ic-fray contingent expenses. We should then proceed to lay hi lore tlh" public as early as possible full information, and ^liouid place gu)>:c1vos in communication whh such persons as are hi.ely to advaiice the cau^e wc have taken in hand,and^I thmkwe may hope that the present important year ot Ibol, so replete with advantages to otiier coantri/\s may not pass away without our having the satisu;ction of rocordmg that m tins pivsoiit year wc have been cn.t])lcd to secure to t.ns old ancient, and h.yal Colonv, the estal)h.shmcnt 1 )t Uirect bteam Conununication with the* Mother Countrv I T\-T»- X> 1.: i.1 , , . .- J' ^ of ni-solcvfl, — Tint in rulJ l>iut>o.scci me lojiMwmg iiesolunon : — Uiuii to tiic G iical position arul natural : * • '• '.' ' ' '^^-'''I'^'i -M inc ooojrriinliical nositioi. arul nut n'^vuu.a.-r. M lb,.. ,-.M. .:• .sr. .I.u„V; (!u- /.l.Muif.l an i d •.IP IS supply of coal wliicL can aIwa^ she hacl l,*r«. M> ex.. , * m sengc-rs that would offer to a-d from tM, T i ' i^'^ !'^'^^^ ^"^ P-** ^ Legislature wouij Xd to anv Comnlnl '1"^^. -5" '}^ ^^'^^"^^ »^« I direct Steam Cou.mun7 atioz"L^Sif an^^^^^^^^^ or to include it in any more extfr^^r/^i^r j l!.^'"''^^ ^^>'^???n^> or to include it in any moVre "t^rdX . '''' ^'nited Kingdom, John's a Port of Call. ■^^°P"''^°" °* ^'eam Ships, to make St. untu success trmmphantly crowned them, and this Coun^rv should be raised from that obscurity in which sL so W md so unfairly had been kept. - ^ ^"^"^ Tlie Resolution was then unanimously passed. h It^ P^"^"^^^^^ E- M. Archibald, Her Majesty's Attoriev r--^ner il, m propcsmg the next Resolution, said,lM7chah^ ban, the Resolution which I have been requested to m-o^^^^^^^^ lud Which I ha^•e much pleasure in offcrir o- for the adoption n th:s meet:n- is one wlucli, while it announces a el^vS ropos^tioii, o:nbocIies at the same time one of the m^'hn! ■^* ."^n"*". o^ "^'^st important consideration, in tli^ .ojcct of Direct Steam Communication with the Mothei^ Loantry and with the leading Commercial Cities on the con' -. I .01, 0[ the vast: importance oflhe geographical position . i.ae Isumd which we inhabit, a glance at the cluJt of tlio . ".f XT*!;?''"" r''^ be suHicient to convince any reasonable r-.an Nature has conferred upon >'ewfo midland, in this re- Ijcct, advantages which, if rightly ..nproved, must be follow- lA uy i-csui ts whicli the most sag-cious and far-seeing amon- ::; can hardly foretell or conceive. The numerous and obvious [nvantagesofour position in reference to steam navigation Mone, liave been already forcibly and eloquently described ytliose who have preceded :n,?. .\othing is left for me - .-^ay on :nat suDJcct, and little, Indeed, on the kindred sub- l;.:toltne resolution which I hold in my hand. But, sir •■ -^e the establishment of a line of Eloctnc Telcirranh. a^rn-. :;-j island, to be connected witl: the main huufof America. rill be amended with benefits, social, political, and commer- i »•-- a.s well to ouri;eIves as to mankind at large, it re- ! !■ f' 19 quires but little reasoning to shc-.v diat its establishment must, at the same time, of necessity Jiave a powerful re-action upon Dn-ect Steam Communication with Europe and the neignbouriiig Continent ; that, in fact, with the accom- phslimenr of either of these projects, the other must follow HMll Willi the neiglibouving coiitinent. Now if ever there was one act or proceeding of our Lcsislaturc, and I am proud to say it was an unannnous one, by which ^ve have commanded tne respect of people abroad, it was that by which we held out facihties for the formation of a line of Electric lelegrapli to Cape Ray. The liberal encouragement which we gave it, proclaimed to all the rest of the world, as was .lust now said, tliat v,e were honest inour estimate of its im- portance, ana smcere in om- boiief of its nracticabilitv Oh- serve how tins ict of ours is noticed elsewiiere. At K-.v \orkaswellrs at Liverpocl-at Cork and at Boston it' I characterized as a most public spirited enterprize-nay mo^ -It I. pronounced a g:-..nd desideratum in tlie connAil'^' tion of intelligence between the Old and Ne^v Wovh^ ;7 f:i^:^:' ^ ±^^'\ '^^ ^^--^ -^h the £S thousand .niles ihroi-h d^-evis £>nd v^il^P P.r "?' -owysummitsofthe^.ckymonir;::^^:!;;^ :^ the rudest savages. monlcrthot the du'ellcrs on thrTrln;- sb.ores of the Athmtic and Pacific Oceans nl ho Id i nni^d ?t! 20 Ishraent 3-action and the accoin- t foUow me le>y, ts, who lication ere was roud to nanded tiich we Slectric t wliich as was ' its ini- ^ Ob- U Xgw 3n, it is Y> vaore auiii::a- Id, and loepest lay ap- iveaess DiriUiii- itli ihe JVC}'! IK' o tnjiiary !ssfally lKii;h- le iour ■ei tlie ibcs of I K'ctive itfliite f S;) lie nr,lcly "duous omote a/ I ill dc- \ elop and greatly extend our commercial resources and .consequently, make our Island, iVom its nu^ SeaS r ;'' -^^r ' '^'^^'^^^^> t^^ resort of steamersf and l^i^ ...nticof steam navigation traffic ; and, secordlv itn^nsl : ::a^^eu.oundland the n.edlum, L is de^d^^W^^: t^^^^ '■'^"? '^'' ^^"^' ^-'^P^" intelligence will be trans- init.ed between Europe and America~not the rare ond oC ::"^c'l^^Hr' of trasmission,but the great Commo^Hi^- ^... o. m e.i.gence between the two continents. And &t - p> Its beneiiciai mihu^nce on ourselves : looking af he ' -.anasrapic of our trade, is it not manifest that while re^ '''■^^nf fate of the respective markets of J^J^ fl^. . ua and Por o Ricp, are communicated to Hahfax nnd ilon- ■ -eal wnhm the short .pace of six days, and next year She ^.^nauaicatedm even loss time, we who are kept I ior^ . .^uL^once, must compete at a vast di.advaiiiage w th our ; a!, m the sarne^ trade ? Will not our placii;^ ourselve ••.?v K.? ^q';;^^^ty wiln the coiuhicntal provinces,1n point of ^-uclh^cnc. trom th. ^. o.t India Market., give us, iu'tur.) a "'i:?.'^':!'f''^ -^l^r^"'v'- ^-'^'^^ our neighbour. ? Bur, Si i-, "^!'\v !"'"^\vJ^':'r.'^^^:^--'^'^'"-^^^^'*^ ^^-^ I)oen established - .^.^ vve:.cern Uorui it, IxmohcuU influence upoa comuioroe ;^-^oeen mcalculal)lo. Tiicre are now leadin- iVom New ,g"v to otaer commercial emponums somn er-ht or ten ;.- m telegraph m coiistant ope/atiom I bav-S been in- ■^-^ycj, on \,ha I oehcve to bo reliahle ai.thoritv, that the '"; i>et\veen tlie two towus of ilalifUx and 8t. John. N. B ■:■•. I.een doubled ^iinco the opening of telo-^anhic oommu- = .-;uion bem-een them, mainly if not ciuirdy owing to that ; --i^^e,— and no wonder, tor by Wn^ }na-netic a-ency dealers ^■] aie larger commcuhties common to die trade 'of both ;^!aces may command, as customers, the inliabitants of both , ; the same. A sale, ibr instance, of West India or Forei-n ;-!i'opcan ()roduce, advertised this morninu in ilahi'av U) :-'gO place m tlie course of the day, on any of the public ^-au-ves ihi.re, is cohniiunicated to parties in New ^•ruuMvicI; dealing in llio n.ercliandive in question, and '■..o^..edgc. of die stave of the New Brunswiciv maitet, -a-u mbtanlaneously transmitted, even while th.e Auctioneer, ■■ may be, is pausing for a bid, and tlie whole lot, con- I ) 21 sequontiy, may be knocked down to a Inyer tlirce hu dvad niues av.-ay. It would occupy too mucli time to oil liiustrations, wiiici) may qo eas.iy ima-ined, and of which have just given you v. hciTii-ly one, of the inestimable adva ta-_s ot teiegrapnic communication to commercial xm in this Hemisphere ; to dispense with it where once cstablis cd, would be to revert to a state of pnrtial barbarism. I w mentior. but onj ether instance which lately came under ir own knowledge. A merchant in Halifax, at whose table was sittm- a few days ago, told me he had, an hour befor sent oif a to epph:c inessage to Porlo Rico, in consequenc ol recent mtelhgence, to countermand tiie lading of his sir y/ith sugars, as I understood, at prices named nnd advise When tne vessel had sailed some tln-ee weeks previousli Lpon enquiring how long the message would be in reachin iijs coiTospondent. ana ^vhat would be the cost of it • he r( ^.:d, Um.^ h-: :•., ssage Avas tlieji in New York, in tiae fb *:i : same afternoon for Havana, and wouli '^^' s tlian seven days— that it might cost \vv, -,^but would m all probahihtx" save ]{•: ^ lAit, M.-. Cmarmrn, the fonr^.tion of a' ine of tcl g;.i;).uu coinmiiuication with Qaeboc will bo al'x-id-l w-* Cjiuu u not givacer commercial advanrages to us, than thoi v/lueh will result irom the like communication with the Wes Indian or even the South American markets. TJic feitil regions oi Canada, and tlie F.. West of America, are lap'd^ bcconimg tue ca,";,p iood-producing countries ol' the v'^^k A commerce in spi-inging up on the shores of her vast iuHi seas, the luture cxteni of which no man livin- cir est r 01 these regions the St Lawrence has bern'desthi^ed^ p.t me a. uie grand outlet; placed, therefore, as x\ '■•ur' land :s, across tuc very mouth' of thi. great hi^nvay o^' ' ■■ - ' jua. yet ^tandmg almost midway between Europe' auu 4ina nca, the establislunent of liie telegraph and its ne^Jv^^ consequence ol bteam Communication, with Canad-rm J leadtoagi^at and growing trade with tlie int^ • ^' o j comment 1 look_lonvard. Sir, to the tin.e not Ihr di. an twi^ :)• of ■0 !; the Steal reach Pt ; tiOir.O tlil.-; Aevviorndland v.ill be-ome one of the commerce of tradini?' sclio^n -•an a da — ^vhen - reat eiitrc-i v>i:s of (i; r-.C 4U ^ tne screw propellers and lar;,-| ukc:. Will Voyage oni: thus lar o he great ocean ircgl.toc! ,vith tl.e kilk? agrieul u -a n duco ot tl,e .nteru,r, and »vill take back in e.xcLn^e ^^oT o', 22 .f which lo.ci^n c;:n.e. ; a;.^;;] ^^ ^ r o-J^o' ^'" '^"'f ^ ^^^^ ^^^i^- ble advJricipato in the same tX I'^.tici^^'vl''^ ^ -^^^ ^^'^'^^"^^ P^^^- rcial meJcioas warehouses will be c^ism n'i f •' ^c^^^^?°^i ^vIkmi capa- . establish scyfor the accorn..oclati:"or i fr;^' fn^V"^^^'^'-^ m. Iwil become or.e of the gix^at winter ore^^^^^^^^ ^^-^^^^^^ iinclerni;-^:.'e; lor when the tch-raT^h cWi i ":' ""^ ^^'^'^-^^^^'^'M^i-o- )se table ^.'--'nto ai:d Montreal no o ''^%^''^^^ O;oration frora mr befbn . l^urope, of uhich we'S 3'^^^^!^ fluctuation of prices )f his shr x..ition over those of the u o^.? f ', advantag-es of our d advise; .i' i'oiTl.nd and of n.U^v n^ westei-ly ports of ]3oston, .reviousl, ^y.p: tea, in the ^^an;!' ;^, f^ c;.^""^'. "' ^^^^^^^^^^ '^^^^ I reachin^ ^i-^ce en the other side o H e A I^^^^'^'t^^ '"^ P^^rticnlar it ; he n ;iHer the infhienee upon D^r.4 Sf^^'' v '' '''""^^-^'^ ^°^^- ii ti.iie fo '-oni this -ort whieli w-T j.p ' . i , '? ^^avigation to and .d woul, o..dland; as is sta^d* hi ^iifT'-^ by the making Ne.v- -' •' -y thu vanid coinxvvicf nf ri„ , '"'• /' 's not so -■-:i Xaviijation on tho At w^ '"' '™P»rti.:..o of '■-•^ <•!■ j;o»ton and V ev Yo K """ «*""='«'• The ^' "'-'i"^- v<-;,r!s- f,-" .^ r,-^ ' ™ l«.v .'.^vc-na thousands ^:-^it.utial aa-anta.,es c ivcd ■„ t.,,?™;',7' '"" f™«' 'I'O -;■ ^^--k n. But the ti u L f ; t , , '"'^' 'S"'^'-^ t° t'=o.se ^"■■,°f ono hoiu- in the m 4,' !„,',' r '';;-' "■'"'" ■'''-■ ■^•» i-™n ijieiioc of An ,' ;r " ' "''' ''" "«= t-^trenie ''■ "-1-bour, ic:idv for s-, m- n ? ^^'JJ be stationed -'"> ioi sea at the shortest notice ; for cost hir save !;ir e of tcL 'idrJ wit lan thos the ^Ves 'iie fertil ■e lapid! be \vorl( ist iuhui estiuiat; itined b i.s of il nd lar;,i IS hir oi iral pro not on! 1 1 n ^imiu. - ,«iii-... 1 '( H iiOC. . . f; (.• : cici. v;nc'^.ii:^, o: _ ^^ ...:rLccn }v:n-3 to the Hist trcmbli.r; ox-.erimcnt :s-in^.: oicain->.:^:p across the Western CJean, n^d ith I :..j numoers cf ]'c:-crfnl nnri stately ship^ ^i any hh:"::y ^ijJipor:;:::t polith.a! ..r, .• ^,-" '" ^'^-'^^''-^ o^" -^^1 Vv'usiii'.u.^-ioii, at \v,u-i .;■",•:•;' f --- ^■^';'C-sco.be it cvoi; at Auxico or Valparaiso'^ itwiH oe but to t^i..g)aph it on to this point, Ironi wiieiic/: Nvit:iin an hours tnne. the intehig.nce will ho in tiie conr'^2 ot cransn^iSMon to tno nearest port in KuroDc. Lc ' ' oacM Oru-ei\- tairtcen Vv/ar:^ fr\ f!.n -^^ - ;t f,.,,..,hr of inn ■ conirast \vi now^rapichy niak:ng the transit in constant succesc-on - imicii as we achnire thf^so noble productions o/art inev w^'' ^M^: t:.e navrT.ceas:ay iiTiprovenuaus in nav.I archiiectni " ano uiL.i ti:., ^.yo^y,-,:, o; scieuc.', i,e in inn: va.ilv sir-)-- ' by- ti.o^e wind, are y.t to ibllow then. \Vnei. our lelcS^;;;:" tinc^ ■? ^i- t ''^^^^'^" connnunieating.if It be practicable: since. 11 aIjl; (io:-5 n.C n'tr- ••'-,'.■. (-r ).,. ., >^-f 1 t«opc throe o,- fV.n- da^aaver:.,,.; Ira"...., ; hv „„ V" i'^ gT:>p.,v.,lla..c,::.;e rh. n„vs by the oarii..- ship: M" -aa.. .a eh.xt ,u>,u oui a niapietic attraction ■.vhichuill ii,; n '. .• s, •■ ■■-■ • '■' '"y.r'''!K':i(-T.t the tel(TO,",h and on each othe;-. One uortl abont the tbc. „„ or' si, ' o.a.pro.ent,p:H,anM.asha,lbettercppi;;:ttV, :::::.,';;; o co.r,pavn>,a. the .vla.ive „,e,-its .n'i.„u.vns i. r^'^n c' aahi.x- a„d „! thi. pon-and i can confider .Iv ,■ • T, I wstanco, be nunc hkdy to be r.-iV-'.wl "'•'•"."" "rst sonto of tne neu- Atht, c Sea.tN:^ ,i'co'''' ■'''"" '" spnnsh,.;' into evi.lanee. If a I n/i;, e'u 1 "''Tr ""V >>. "ii! call her- almost -i a „ • t, , f ' '■;~tabh..i,cT,: nr-^ c:;n he efl^oced tji nif>s: r?.pid t.ana- uvc'n boili iid.i of the r- n;^.w"^lv;^ "' '^-^ aitortn.able^peech ofthe Attorney .. eial, telt hou' unnecessary it would be ibr him i:o occupy :.. ame ot rhe ^.can^ There could be no second ooinion^ ■X^slJ^f' r '^" -'^'^^'^-^^^ '''''' '^^' Island con! . ^.n.- lb ^Mla tne Contment, and the ability and eneroy -f • -l?;!!: tl'^J ;?""'^' ■ -'^ '-^^^ ^"^•^•^^>' save then, the^be;^ i.uiiipiL lion. The lUsolution tlien passed. U^ey were in earnest, and th.L ;hey had tai<.n Ciu matter ud ^v^ch iideternnnation to leave no lueans untrict! ly uiiich .bev i::.Sat arrive ac a succe^s^ul result. He had listened, as h. ,ya, ^_..^e tney a!: nad. to i-ic nitere:.t;n- an(^ beautitu: ren^arbs cf tne Hon. tlie Attorney Genvrai. in which the probable results "•if ^:;P^^^^y'i"^^^^p-'M^li wcr.^ illustrated ilh ma.terlv S.VK1. ihehon. ecnthnnan h.,:d ])ut ibe question or the 1 elegrapa :n a h-ht that must awaken the serious attenlion ::': cc-'^'i^f^-'ifl I'len to the advantages it ^vill oilbr to tlie xiMde of both sides of the Adantic. The resolution he ^■•as . -Hit to propose went to pray the InipH-rial Government for a :'rant in aid of our present endeavouis; but was not the ::u.asure m reality of more consC^aence to the Trade ofthe ..UK-ed k;n.;vjom, us leading to ' ?e cstablisliment of tiiat ■ ..ich vvh» be the shortest roiiie across the Atlant'c for th'» 'T..ni-.Tn3Sion of intdliirencc i \S'e have had (said Mr. 1>.) J;;tiCii causc of complaint from the ne-lect of tlie Imperial vjGvei-nmc-nt, and the maimer in which our hslnn^ ri( the pro- jcci c)t n.ii.iiig Si. John's a P„>rl of Call for :i Transatlanlic Liae of VJ T i . 1 1 1.1:,^ . M. II. A., Ill s( ^c.ici— It mvist l;t' highly ^;ratif\i;ig to every person having the v/ehare of this Ishind at heart, to perceive tint public attention has been fully aroused to tl;e importance of this suijjcct, and that prompt and enertretic mci^sures Nvill be tak?ii to secure ibr Mewfoundland a pai-ticination in the benefits of Direct Steani Co:;;: 'unication wfth the United Xiiigdom and tlie great Continent of America. Were' it r.otfbr a singular fatuity heretofore attending the vital inter- ests of this Colony, it should, ere this, have enjoyed tliis povv-erfui ageiicy of social, pliysical, and commercial proi^ress. it is usei'..-s, ho^vever.torep/ine at the pa.-t, though ;'ron/l. we inayiearn a taiuf-vy K'sson cf reliance on our own exertions anu resources. Tlic I:r!:i^i■i Governnieni may aid as i:i thia entt-ri rize, and thus at Icaigth extend to us a share of that parcKital succor a!ul regard uh.icn \vc have a right to expect. 'i'his is c?::sfntlaliy a commercial country, possessing ah the elements oi fut'.n.j -reatncss. It requires th.v strou'^ arm of a fosiering government to proteet its riglns, and^r.iore c.ipital and t-nterprize to develop ils \a>t resourx-s, \vhich lire at pre.-ent unknown abroad, and therefore unappreciated. If the Americans i^newas nn.ich of the value of thi^. Country as tiiey scmu to ki.ow of Cub:7, \ve s'nonld pr;>hal)lv Iicai the alarm of tl;reater;ed invasion bounde^I, \iie mcmen't the bhghteot diiierem-e shouid oc 'ur U-tucon the Imperiai Goveri- mtnt andthemi-lihouringK-public. Lushed on liit-ono side by (lie AtL.ntic Ocean, wh.ose waves n;i. within si- ht of ()ur doors, on inother by tlie Cuif of St. Lawrence, with .shores ot urequalled boldness, and an unusual ilcpth of wa.er to 'h, ',■ verge—abounding with lioblc harbuur.s ol' easy acce: >, and safe anelioragelor the largest sliips; tliis Island shall nevmiielca:, be distanced ui the race of improvement, if we {'ail to avail our- selves of steam power in turning its superior capahilities to advantage If wo hope to prosper we must extend our com- • mercuu relations into the heart of the neighbouring continciit; f nor snoma we rest satisfied until the wuodmuu, wlio h rcchiim- I Jng verdant and prohfic fields fron the wiUieines.^ ;don- the great Canadian lakes, and tlio farmers :don^ the -'r-u vV'lcvs -f the St. Lawrence end the Mississippi, J.all brcumo ^i^i{ir lie pro- Liiie of pub-ic )f this tvill be United iiiter- jd til is icress. 1 io we ?rt!ons .f that xpect. all the which ciril-ccl. )ur.try nr the it the 10 side of i)ur chore's 3 thoir Kl&al'e heiCijj il our- lios to ■ coui- inriit; chiim- 1^; tho iillcvs :^iai ?a;.-K.t bet'voM, this port ana I i .]:.■. v il;::::^''^ ? .^ o. the u,ss of tin:..-so important toC,;., .^ ;:i;;:: 7 ^t; " r"::?" "7^^^^ ^^'^^^ 1— 'o-s have thus lul ^- ^1', ht.'i-in.Miy (ro!n-oii;^on a vova - hat oven -r o::.i. ch.advanta^.s, ! i: ul by t!.. Cu.K;.' ileUu.;^ -' ' .iiul trci ti c United K;:n;aon!,' ';';" i I'r.lailx !!!!!!'"" Oi 05 .')0 ->i;.r.ii; . jfi .-i-ior.! '■0 tho Uriiicd States dirict [:om the Unitt'd Siatos din it . . . i'^ :«nd iroiTi the U.iiu-a Stat.s, v/a' Halifax.' ^' I (. 7 •■:■> ■ ■ f "-^^^liow .he mudcr.io r... £20 Merlin, for c.iJA . iiic J,;; |i^iiMn!."j>i; to and C^c--^- •'• nl' ■ ' l-- = ' :it wiil rroducc -u 'viii^doiii J c:. :• lor the lo:^ tu uiid iVom thu Uiut«d r>uteii ^ Xl.l l;i 2X'S 71 SI 100 CI SIO :Ci,2:w> n I I; I I 27 ■-',6J5 u ;:il.;t:i'e j^'raii^ M^ki Ki:i' ill ."I (1 .-.''■i- o: tor'.ui,;;;; u.e snr,, ^,' 2,500 ^vo ^haii i.ave :. i^ranu 'to-V-J^^ j^'/^ ^-i"" ^^}'^'- of -3000, vice, exclusive of the (.'r.orn/ r/i"' :' '^'""''^" ^'^^' ^^'•'■^ «er. P;-eP,e.s,. .,nch would be c n. l^-^Hr'/r" ^^^"'"^^ rhosc tu-o yea:-s, Uu i: i. t;:"^'\^^ '^^T l^^^-^'^P-^^ tor ^^-:^;'M>^ r.) mis:,.,H! bv n...i:;;ev' /"/!'' '*'' ''^^-" ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ' ;,"'^'^t not he borwe out by t\ic fa^r^^^'ri ''"'"^"'^'^'^ ^^"'^^ n-oiu tno United State, iuc^'ea ed .. .'" "'^'""'"^ ^'^ ^^'^^' oM.. vr..,„i , . "'.c-^asca List vear by th- lunniiio- ;V--;o,nlar trader, a saadi s:-i^ . v . ' f ^> ^'^^^ ^^^'^^'^'^^^ of ^^V-^^^ ^'^y '^ n^^c;;.:,dy ior r ; "" -^'cacation oi' a desir., ] I -■' - -L ....^r wiLvon-ce:;' ;d>ov . »! :'-'^-t:.Mi 10 an ex- J ;^;^f^'n^ M-c.n the bj.iness rt^a":. 'i:;.^'^^'^ '"" ^'^^- i^'^^^^' < f 'ein.clvcs. vlu-.vv.r th.v j.';!" '! '^'''^ "l^^''^^ ^''-^^^tea fbr 1 -:^' •:iVowin.. character of o.'..'l^.,^ '"■^^ ^'^"^i-i-'iiv idvin^j. and < ^^^'•^••^ ;i:^^0,()Oi., and our";;;;o ;.^''"''^^"''' J-: ,ort; ^.i,,.^ JiMilitjii aht! ,) in f he i irsi ii\'t; year: r le imn:b(,T of passeiiq-er '. ij i. lie nun ^ii-n rheal.c -. 1 -»-^ to L.ii..' i^co-!^ It,,.-,. , - . 'S 121- •a.ire i •.;■!'.}"* tins ser-^ ^tc•cragc ■ tiiat'l p'^-Ts tor U6 il <-' past. 11 ^■. towards ti*e e^ul of last ;'s for ' ' '"''' ^'^ ^''''^'- \ ''^ - little difli..„Itv h ^^^^ ;k" : ^''1^>' ^^^^-^ there ■^;- Government brs^KM^f^''^^''^'^^ ^'^P^^ f« the T- --'- the su.n I havr ;^' ^'^ ^^ ^'f '^ -^^^'^^^ ^•-•,-^- 'le.t ^vhlch the oreiiest r^ ■>. ^nstahnent of the F-^ to one of its ^o^^Z^TT"'"' "^^''^" ^"'^ ^'^^ ^^^^d ^-- of son,fi HMllic s nf n f ottsprm' ^'-^P-'^f^^^d ^■■^orten the WVst fnd-, ]s^, ] ,' '^ '} '^'^' not even ■ --^t, s.avlv it.; ;; /t" ;; l>esules al it h.s done in ^-----t,nu>st\::;c;e;';;n;i;i;"^^ iu;y. ■'" -'itjhji Amencaii dc-pen- ' '" ""■'"'"""■ "'■• ^^™S!"-" "•^^P^^sccl with .ccIum.tion. . ir.:»i-;rd tp.,r h,.r.. . "■"' .Pi-t .v.c ({(Mvu vers p.-operlv it every rc.son I 'i „ T'l- '"'^1 "^^^ only b. a chance, !< od intire:tl;; ; , ^ ; ;^''^'^^^ ^'^^^ 'f ->";^' i-y u.en, ; '• -'li-ot of tin., n V ;;,".? ;r"' "!""y^ '"'■"^•'•y -«^ 'e honor ,o prooo.^ !?;,; !"' i^ ^j/'^^'^'''^'^>=' ^- l>-i "o.. M willin..- .<, n„r ..1 k'.'\";'^ '■"'> •'"^' that we are readv ^iu^ l''"r'>H-orrLep.h.h,rc in their !avt .5^ •i sc-Soion vot.ese.r,in suchTr"^'"' "'''' ''^"^ ^lenibers o r.o d(..;bf, but on a >Dec;-Vn I'n^ -ncr tr.at there could be cneen.Ily v.ted. A Iihe>"l ^^n^.; :' H ""^^^^^'^^cwslv aifl ti;- case in ti.I. instance; ar^t l^^^u ^^^^^^^^'^^^ would be obtani-!- Direct Sfenn, -^ " '^7 che sooner ead to our I os:t,o. ,n whid. vc- r.,-e . o v p aced - v'^f "?>'• See the .^ia.l prohahlv Ic-v I--a!;-v "/'f ^ ^ «ter■ "''= ^inie >"•!« from the iloll,,.- (,■«,",.; a s!"'""'' '"'■" '""■'*ed ^I'd.the o„ly on. b, v.;, ,i;, '",''= "^'^''^t -^t<.'am route, -:hl... ar.d Syr'ney.'a i„. better for u. -^s Z'V '""-', -^^'■"'o'i"';ia::d i It t;.ou.b •« a,-o nearly n-,i aoi] lit" COl'"!'' 'v^* .-5. >.,';, I. I, .J. , , , ^ ^'-'^ '-^iwOu.;, hur. f)lTy :.tr-).,' Mei- :• y^ iation party 'v.' fore lN'ovu .■ the JUlSt lien, tion and !;cr- ack nee ii,g .;f ::.:-• v.-ni \k: success': i .„,,r F ;:" "''-'^ '-' '>';■ :«|,i,c,-,on ' '-^^ , a.Ki t.i:it m a tnn^ wbci^ n "vT-m •. ••- no lon:^.r hav^ tobe s-^ici t W^f^v -mVT '^'^''-" ^'^^"^^ '^ ? ^-^^s it to Newibundu;.d^"'i;t^ ;: f- r:;'' '^^^^ ^••.v:icG to tiie line o^' FUrtr]r .p , ^'^^^''"'^'^'^ ""d also a re- ^^v...n tin, and C-L i' ' ^n'^'^'""'^^^ ?^^^^ ^^'^^^'^^- ^^^'vey ^I ii'Vl ab;v ; ,': ^; j V;^: . / '\ '^'^^^- ^'^« Attoraev G,l ■ \.:.f,..' '-'^'•;- '0 l.i- advanta.-^-es v.- hieii must "-cv^-n^ ; --.y o .ny .n the co:.p].tion of that line. ^.I ch Ju ^ot '■.'M..ic::i;„„ «.-,,;,. uv^'r;;?: '";;■'•-"'" ■■' <■■"■ io„ be once ,,,0- ^ ;..-'■■'• ol t.!.-, ovi;,- iioiio he h,id bet lil;led-ej,t I'bev ■ ; T ,;;v r ' '"■ "^'' „,,,, :.„y.oMy^ { ■ ■ .,""n , "•? '■'■■■"■'^ '" "■■'"^■'"it ":e I;UeM inteill.rencc ' ' si:oiild t!ien be re,:dv u-ir ■ „-,„• ,■• . ., . "'t'-' '..ciicc. /. c'ica: ' '■".■mH„.;c;u,on iu-Uveei. l^u'ope and ■■■';■• fabb tltcn proposed the lollouir,- resolution :_ fi ; I I J,iJ^ n^t,,^^ «..*« .51 ^^ ./._ J. - 0GEii::c\, Esq., i;i seconding the Rc-oiution, uv^e' c..rinipo:-tancec/ jae i>;i^auue in an .arnest an 1 en)nluti. m.wii^c:-,— hpoKe ot the increase of capital, it would, in v-'iri- ous v.a3'£, bring to tlie country,-of the addition .0 the popu lation—ano th^ employment it Avoiild give to i, portion our shipping dunng tl- h^Aerto^ idle season, in the convey ingofcoai; ana urged the n-ny advantages certain to resiii :':;';' : ""^ ^^'■''''?' /-^fi^^cements for the utinosi: efforts bein<: maae to acccnipnsh tne desired object. The resolution was tlicn put and carried. r.^^^^:^"^' ^" proposing the last Resolution, re- ncuxed mat tne ^::^ qucotion, for the consideration oi 7:'f^ '':L ^'''^^' "^^'"^"^ "^^^ ^^en called, having been Irf fn V"^ ■•^V.^n^inousiy and warmly supported, it feltto his ^ sh-s^"-f ^'^'- '^'' ^^^^^"- '^'' pActicafpart of the ^"dl;;:' ]?!'■'■ -'^ ^ ^^'""^^^"S Oon.nnttee, and he ielt as- S^dl ;:t;i^^J:;:;S - ^'"^^'''^ -^'^^ --t the approval j,^^i:.^^'^l^l!^''^ P^^P°^^ '^' foUowing resolution ^^^K.^Hakvi:v, Esq., seconded the Resolution, which was Hpro,nine„t part ,n tl,o pr'^ccXj o \h^l'!"'/'" '^^^ c •11, ui'gei; L'liipliatic , in vari- he popu- ortion of ■ convey- to result rts hcinn: ;ioi!, rc- L'alion of iig been ;11 to his of the i fcit as- ipproval !e cf pre- tate, and respor.d- > ini.y be •s Ci" ihii foin_:.f re- nte such P' - . r-' UiU. '.iio . J. r'ar- B. Rob- i-cy, \V. Brook- i^dwaid iraijs.-.c- :i2 '■ ^^^^'^to so li.-ti-nliai a Motrin- a- J ^{S'ii^'i • '^''^^'^^^^'od iuieqaivocallv r].- f i,n „.. , '^^^^ '\"^ '^1^^ to hiiiisoH' lo v'r„ :n vie;v, but ho would do TlntZ ^'^"V^^^^ ^" ^^^^ ^^^^^^ Mad contract between tl i. port W R.;]- ^'''^ ^^^^ ^o ^iie on sucli aninuuhersions. bu[ so lo t o! / "'' ' '^''y ^«"»t«^ i^^^^ q>-:-^t, the Contract;^ .amo^^o^ '^' '''? '''■'"^' '''' ^^ would however soon b;r;^.lactd ^^ 'f '"• '" ^?"^^"«^^^> ^^^^ ^crv:ce carried out hi anofifeSi^mL;'^'?^ '"^f '^'^ ^^^^ ^saiu to express his concr^reiice h; ^ ^^''-'^ ^'^^^ I^^rect Steaui with the Mother Sn.trv. ^'^^"•^'^^^^^s^ cf ^^'&^'!^i:ir:'c:^^ bo much -n or,opinioi, and he was ;u; ^ t- "^^ d;^^^ '^ ^^^^^•^^- ^■^^i/^bhsncd to-morrow, it wou d not a? in'? • ^'^"'V^ '^'^^^ -^^ii:iS interests. '^'^ niteriere with ex- WILLLUI THOIvlAS, AMBROSE SHEA, ^ Secreiarij, h was ► say a tak(.;n m the Mail *MPAj'M« A^.^^ '^■^•■fib^^ u J- i\. i f ADDRESS FRO:^[ THE CO^nilTTEE FOR PROMOTING THE EST-V ^^^''^^J'l^^^' NAVIOATIOX D^t1e: ^vn ^,M . ^^^^'^^ KINGDOM, THIS COLOXY CRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. ^'/"o ^^}^ /2;^./.^ II:nr;uroh!c Earl GREY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. iMay it i^leask Youii Loudsiiip— co^'en:,{^'S'l5i:;;r?^;?g°^:^-,I;t'^'^-^'^ -^ S. John., passed:- ' '""""'"g KcsoIaUon was unr.ni:nously of S:.ri;;;ers. ^ -^ i ori of Call fur a Transatlantic Line .iec^o/'lLirjK:^,:; :-;;;:;?;"-. Chicot ...ncHy t!,o Ob. CC.S of that Conn„:tt.e, a ,d o nb ch f o^ .l^'/'l "'? ""'" Lordship's coP,id.ru on tfe. wii • " ■ '° '"''"'^- '"'■ Your pr;,ycr. '^''•' ""on tl,e lollownig tacts m sui-port of our "niSu deiScS;i«^^;::t::uh ^"t vT 'i '■'« "^^^ Britain b-,u six h.uidre-l I ■ ..-p ,■"■"' '^."'■'■"" ''■°™ (^•«'l :-"'we,.n the X>«- rO. ;■;{•;;"''' '-"."S--' '■'■<•■ vory rout. ..i„.o.„l,.nlds, IS subjected 10 ;;«-,4rpn- 3i "• -tions arid clisailvrjita'^'es M' vp^nn^f r^f u^ ly . i ^ .^^1, 1 ^^^^iiu^icuz a^i-iovvU per annum pvorv ..^. .oucn cu thi:. ^olciiy to land letters or pas=;en-crs al- -oughsuch callv-'ould be productive o^ outt^iP^^ delay or^mconveinr.Ke; but such letters and pa ^^^^-^ar^ c.rned live Hundred and seventy miles beyond the "desina! :::;"ci:Lr:an;;;rv:^l^ -- ^^--^-^^ ■^^^^!^":^^:-'''' ^'"^ '''^ ^^^^ Western neighbours are ■■•A^in'^ f .^l^e^^^-espective countries with railroads, and mul- ^.:Mnig their s caniboats, and deem the expenditure of . /. :^'?^ s Goverr.ment, n./'uenced b) he same spirit ot ...o agt, aie wisely appropriating tens of thousands in carrv- '■^he'^'''J^sr^^;'^''T''"^''''f "' ^''"^^ Conmnmicati4 r;. r-^;>''''t- ?'^ ''f''''^y ^cqun-ed dependencies of u^catBritani, rh,. old and valuable Tolony, which ought, |..:^ It. geograph:calpositioir. and comr ercial and so^ia . :iion. to be considered and treated rather as a county of ^..atbnta:ii,has bcenso ovuHooked, that no assist:{i)ce :;.;;•' l%/'''''']t, C^ovcmment has been given to establish -icct btcam ComiTiumcation between it and the Parent ouite. It is true that the Imperial Government pavs X'lOOO ..•,ear or the conveyance of the mails by steam from Nova -otiatnAewfounclland, but such aline. However viluablo ■:a never bo a substitute for Steam Communication direct .ween this country and the United Kingdom, where so .:i;ich o { tlie capital engaged in te trade is centred, and with V. nicli cur commercial and social relations are so closely inter- Whoii the pre^:ent contractlbr carrying the mail between ; ! !iax and bt. John's was taken, it was generally undorstoori '':^f !^!T^ ^'^L^Z continuously employed in tiie service, . ih; ;;■ K -A ^pare S;.eanicr was to be always in reserve to meet : ;>■ untorcscen casualty. In May last the Mail Steamer was riier,.' ^-as ■::.) riscr-s .i^y't .i:-. coa- '.: rake h^-r p^ace : und ^mc* il I f I 'i I , } ! t ••■• ■^■'■-«* -i^JHii.^ 3o ) I in _ he^croixs eviis lo wnich the tra(L of this ciJonv is sub- jecleu oy the vvunt of Steam Comvauiucation with Great iir.tam am] /.rnerica, and the unequal competitiop -o v.bjr'i^ ]i IS exposed m Foreign Markets, may be estimated by You;- Lordslup iron-, the fact that our intelligence of the state of ^ma^cetsm Europe, in the West Kdies, in South and JNoun America, is ahvays many days, and occasionally in ^vl^ter, many v/eelcs, behind that of our western i.-io-hbours who are our active competitors ; and in trutli, the pressure on our traders sufficiently heavy without having this serious jack of n^.formation superadded. Our resources have already been se^•crel)^ in.paircd by the .rights ov.r car land and waters winch have been conceded to the French and Ameri- cans by tiit Imperial Government— concessions v/hicli have no. only deprived Her Majesty's subjects of the use of the most valuable portion of our fishing grounds, but have creat- ed rivals m our own t"ade, thereby depreciating the va^ue of tliat portion of our sliorcs which remained exempt from for- eign intrusion, and have accumulated difiicuL .^s oV: our com- rnei-ce '.yelimgli overwhelming, and wliich require all the fos- tering aid oi tnc Government to counterpoise. We cannot suggest any measure at present so well ca^cu- Jarea to counteract the:e advantages— lo promote the ha])pi- ness and prosperity jf the people of tliis colonv-to increase the nnports of manufactured goods from Great Britain— and to attract to our liealthy and essenti^dlv British colo'iy so— of the .Redundant population .f the mother country, as "the establishinent ot h'team ConuTmnication direct betv/een Now- ioundland and the United Kingdom. Nor are there any pliysical^'difficultics in the :vay of this project, lor the port of St. John's is excellent ; it is land- iocived and yet easy of access ; it is not be^et by any dans-er'; and It has a deptli of water sufficient for the \r o^t shiSs at ah hours. The eastern coast of the island is b.Md, and )nav be approacned with safety ; along its wliole extent, viz., from Cape bt. f rancis to Cape Race-there does not exist even one shoal or sunken d;mger.-7;here is less fog on this side of oia island tlian on the coa=;t of Nova Scotia, and oftentimes I 1 , > ^ „' ' ^" -""- ^aiiKa ui i'Hcwiound- land, rho cn:ist l^ ficc- fnnn i'vu-. v^^unu Tliosc uho an-:nten-tod in diverting tiic course of steam- '■ • ^' •'"■•■■^ "^-^^'^'^ i^orts du.l! much .,.on Ihc y ]s sub- h Great w.hich u )y Youi- state of mtb and )nally in ^•Iibours, pressure ; serious already and and Arneri- ch have 6 of the e creat- /cd'de of oni for- ir com- tlie fos- l calcu- I happi- icrease 1 — and crnr, of as the 1 Nfcw- of this 3 land- mgers, lips at d may , from in one iide of itimes bund- tean^- 1 the l:vc,^nca ol-ice on u)is coast. It is true that drilt kr^ does ...cprent our shores ni n.ore or less quantities, and ^vad^d .... -a. 1..., Lb.. .^^'^^^^^^ navigation are ma-nified by i. :-r::r:, ^;''^^^^^' .^'^-^-'^ and the United K^n^foi , . - oco.n be sol -supporting but remunerative. But d e ;^^i .in:nar unuertakm;,s, it will, in its infancy, recmbvl^ :.:::.ou.ass:stai.ce Our Local Government,' n^S•eof^t■ ■^'^fcs n M ^fJiemerothe extent of its means, ••:-!'n^ G--- T \ ''^^'-:'i'>^^ e lor the many wanrs of thJ '■ 'i;;' .; . ::: ^-'^'^'^^^"f; ^-^ ^^^t^ly passed an act affbrdin^. .^-lacavo cnc.,unio-emcr.t to the erectini of an Electric TeC ;: ;ap5i acres the i.hnd of Pscwfoundiand, to com^ct^ t ;::. die western world, and a survey of the work is ah^^'ly ■ ".o^iL.. ,. ijiey nave also appropriated CI 000 a venr tJ- ^^^theencouragen^entof this st5am enterprise-stilM^^ a_ uic parronage and support of our Parent (Jovcrnmenr ^ ^or an oi)ject so nni,ortant to the colony, and to the , ;a^i I abac, we eel assured we shall not appiv in vain .^.asliall receive the hkc measure of Imperial iavor tha{ '-.e-. .LMa-.-vIi colonies (::ijOv. ; ' :';;;:;;-^; ^':^^ n'quuy Respecting the amount that wou^d ; .tquacd^>rt^;ea^ta^lmentofouro!)ject,but!ul^■enothad • .^- n.an. o. (fomg so fully, and have accordingly emt)owered -.. III* I ■■-^■^ii.jfcifc.f.^..,^^ _, -&. ■Jif-- -^i*;. 37 ii t IKf as may be suiiicieni to indiu^e ■• l-iic ,>r ^r.-i ,%-,,. *- n u .. port on i.o). voyage.^ benvoe,. th. U.it.d Ki:.Ao n an Canada, or the United States. '^-.uuiu dm vV e have ihe honor to !).^, Vour Loraship's most obedic-rit s rvant?. WILLIAM '.HOA.AS, Chairman, BKYAN IlOJjiNSGN, AMBROSE SHEA, Secretary. V::3SKLS KNTKRi:D IXWAIIOS AT iT. JOHN'S. January,... Fu'iKiia.: y... M...-.1; Ai>r:i iMiiv J li • I e Ji!> Septtutbcr.. Oviioljcr November.. Dci'ciiibflr... ISIS ISiO IS 50 •a:> .. ... .'31 ... ... jl • ii; .. ••• M ... ... '..G • ■' • •• 'ii> ... ... iS • •'"' ... ■ •• 'it ... ... -7 loj ... 7{) ... •■• t" ... ...ilS . . . ^n i I'S ... ... S4 ... .. si IOi> ... ...11'; ... ..!:JS lie ... ...:o.5 ... ...!!,'. N.< ... ...102 ... ... .S2 fil ... •-■» ■10 so:) VEssi;i.srr.KAni::>ornvAiu)s ti^om st 'aiui.'\ry '" ' rimry ... Mari;!i. April .May ■■" June July ;;;;;;; A'i£ilit .' ^I'pU'ir.bi.r,,,,^..,.^ Oolobor ,..,V. Novf inhor l^ccimbcr !!,'. ■■> iUvr ' -^i". JOHN .V 181.S I'M.' ;.„(.» ... 2R . ••'. ••n -.'s ... \2 . •••• i» i:w • •• 11 .. •••• n u • •. I'j .. •••• -J^ -\-j ... !*'i .. •••• n «Ji .. S" .. ••.. Sf) i:!' .. GO .. •••• 01 ra .. 70 .. .».. To 71 ..I-'i .. .•.l.J« 15t» .. 7S .. •••101 1).^ •. Gy ... - 72 M .. •l.'> .. • 41 1.' •17 rsD 70.') 38 COREESPONDENCE V/ITH THE LOCAL GOVEP.XMENT WITH KEFEREXCE TO THE FOREGOING MEMOIUAL. I Siii,— S'- '^o^n's, Oct. S, 1S51. -iirntnln l^r? j^l!;. ^r'- '%'''']^' ^ memorfal to the the il,-.t onporu'mty "' '^"""''^ '° '""^■"i' it by We lu-ive the honor to be. Sir, Vour very obedient servants, VVILLIAM THOMAS. I * Arniw^ .,, Chairman. AMBROSE SHEA, <^'"- A^ui:, Esq., ^ Secretary. Acting Secretary. / 39 ' REPLY. Secretary';^ Office, Gentlemen,-' ' 10th October, 1851. I have received and laid befor- the Admiv^^frof.,. r .> Government your lettev of tii- W- cf '''^^^"'^^^^^^^- of: t\u Honor will ibVward W the fnJ t i ''^''^'''S that Hk thereu'ith enclosfed l-^U in^^^L \he memorial you that His Hono ha la^S/.r '"'^'^ ^" "^^"^^^'"' to the Right Honorab" il^^ £:^£^7^:^T''^'''''^ ml snth an earnest ^ecammendati.^^? it^^^' "^^^^"^^ Lordsiup's mo.t favourable consideration. ^^^^ ' ^^'^ "^'^ I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, CHRISTOPHER AYRE, Acfhiu- Secretary. Tlie Hon. W. Thomas, and Ambrose Siica, Esq, ] I ADDRESS raO)[ THE HOUSE OF As=ir>tnr^- . VlGATro.V i'^A.NS-AlLA.NTIC STEAM .VA. Wav it il^asi: Vouii JI.uesty— ;.u^'«ls. ..ot o„ly Of thi; Colon "T.Mr," ,"." '"" ■■"""■"■rci.il ^ 'IS Object miiy jjo 40 proiDotcd, cainic;v fail to command the attouH-- cf thr a)tc u t! b.co-.r.ng lorce. The first of these ch-cum. ar ;' :3:^ '^;'^ ''l?y^^-'^^^'"^ ^y ^^^^ ^^^terests identified with U ^ i ..K.uJ .aul t.e Lnited States were manifestly distasteful • 't^ "^^11? : the advantages to the Colony. aLl its titled ryau, A.ctear .uch claims alone are not held in sufficient ^^rZ i;i;tli" '"^ ''' ""'^^ "^"^^^ ^° ^"^ ininds u;!^"p' 7hey;ul>ject houevor, isnow .^j^^.^^. ^^ pi-^^ent itself i>) 01 c-lMll oiler advanta-es m a national point of vie^v^ .e ' 1 unnval^d nature of uhich, on this side of^he AtlantS ca,^ ' ..t b. a su!=ject ol doubt or controversy. The Legislature, ui ... p../ent Session, has passed a hill, gi-anting a'sani fuv ' he survey of the hne of Country f\-onrSt. Jolm's to Cu^' ! ixny and also nicorporaling a Company to establish a tele- i .n^phic comniunu-atiou along this lino, with a view +.. its I u--.iarc connection with the line of telegraph now nnmin- < |hrough ^ova bcolia, and ^vhich it is ir.tended shall extend \ to C^ve .vorth .n the Island of Cape Breton -from this point | a> bt. 1 auls— tnence to Cape Kay, a submarine line will be icipurv to maue the comnuuiication perfect with the whole \\es...rn Continent; and e\.n should the experiment of sub- merged hnes i . ove unsu.ressfid, the .hort distanc . between Cape Kay nnd Cape x\o.th-(al.out liftv nnles)-will be crossea, cither by a small steamer, or b'y' such other better 1 means as may be most advisable. From the liberal contri- I l:-utions odered by the Legi;-1ature, and the command the j propnctorsof tins ..ne wuuld pu>sess over the intc'lli-enceof the f vvlicMr vv est'f'iiit Viiif in,.)W ii-, i /> _. i ' i . . i . . . . "■ "■■•' •-:.''•. .iu»^;;,;j i^r CiOlnvi iii.illiic rn4U)s;ie amount of stock will be promptly taken, and that (l:!;we.rkwdl be m progn ;s ^^ it !iin the period of a few monihs. e n.i\ono reason io rf , , , '(^l thesucee-s(ulaccomplishme)it "1 tne lelegraph asm u.., degree problematical ; and when f' .. .■^,. ■^tola-,wkha6i.«wi^ I t i •li through to t.,e h;;^",r it^fe'^?"""^"""™""™ «mu.v,v,c!<, N.v... Scotia, and C^%5''^''' ^^'"''- ^'e" • ;me It may le broke;- h".., r' if 1°V '''"" "«"".'!> for £erc.,a-,.. l.cf,vo'enEu7r : rf ''■'-'■•'■' '''"">■ "f the po.:.on „„ can never h^™ ;;';',' fr-»' o™' pogkphicat i..<-5,apli,s;„ o.>ercitio:. it wi'l ■■■ ,u '" '''^ P-oposed the nict r.-n,;j - . fmsn-is ion of V t,.V,' "'^ "•'=*-'^'" ^y ^i.ich ;«tuec.:, _Eu.:,pe and An^^ ';itf.i:genco can Ve elfcctc-ri '!™ lumured niiles East "o^ -:>,,»■"" ''"?:': "^ *'. John's is ^-t.matejs tv,o and ;1 fi^d,;^;'' ;:^V"*'f - '' "'^ '^^^'^^t --the actual distance 'oe weei' h ^ '^'"'/''''^^ ^•''^™"s '^>s abroad ro.v,cctin-,- V^- f,v - ' f , V'™.';""'^ >i-.;!iressicn prc- ■V ..oh are suppiseu tS oin-^'o^^" ;';;f r".''"""?'-' «-' '-^ p..u ot the year. T!>,-c t.i /• , ^^'^^'^ «!-innir th*^ .m^af..^ encesthan i Noi'^ 0^^):^;^ ^« f ^ted b? thJsj'i^u^ bt Joim's to the straits of Be ,'e ?,"'", ''"''"'■" <^«^'^^ from ^ =■« hp't as to !orm buf , s, , I ■■ '° P-''-'«''''"co of fo., ■^^yigunon. On ;■ coast is bold < 1™ '" "'« l''-'2^'-ds of ^^ have so„,o of the fines I-'i];:,';'™'" '"f'^'^ - -'oals- -»on in .evero ^o^:" ^^^^^^^^ebrn^ry .r!^,:^ o'i>.; John's is „J„,„5 ',^f""''^"'"*'-''c Harbour mou !.s the Harbour ifT "f^.^I^r^V ?r' "■^■» "^ 'Lo e f - ^onthward of St. J^b,',";, 5;';'-^' ^'''"I^" tln'r;., n, 't' duo ronte of t,,eso sln'p' ' ^ ""•■ ''"'' '^ ""•''''"re in the Alio i^C^'IsJ'ifnj-T I ^1 ^>>i- three ?cars u-| f' ^^^^^^'^itecl a sum o^ Cinnn ^P^r?';^^'ir^"-^^:;x.l^!■l^'-5-H^ Coal / call « t-an be had once a Jnoiuh «" "S good terms a. In Kalif, ^•. and th( 42 ii^civasod comfort and spend of ships riuikir^ this a Po>-l of Cali,_ ai.sm^- irom the sn.all.r supply of coaj.^thpy taUV." re,u.. .s 01 ti.at class of ^.perio:^ isidcrata J^l^^; iau:u-aod Hi ^he economy of Steam Navigation "^ rcohu^-.adt'cp interest in the advaifcement of nat-'onal fr T a,.! Brmsh enterprise, as well as in our o^ wd le ; all ol which objects are involved in tlio matters hu^in ^.^^ - yJv' '^t'r^"^'' '^'^ P^^-^^^^ ^or tlie considcra- £i.^- .. irour Majcscys government, trustin- the -r^t bene- his .nou.. by inese facts to result from making St. John's a PQt ot Call tor the Trans-Atlantic Steamersrmpy be duly and practically appreciated. ^ ^ JOHN KENT, Spea/rer, ' -* >—- >-^« /j*^ "'-^m J i^-^- .Ju. 1:5 f i « f f ( i 1 . ; ^ 1 CM 1 i. i C^i 1~ r^ K 1 *-^ 1^ CI ■ •^ t^ vj -X • „« ~ cc to •—I 00 k.-5 CI CI "^ Ctf C k-'J ca 00 a fS ^ CO 5j 6 1 i t-i ■-a , ;j; ?r t«) 1^ c . 1 10 CO CO «3< f5 ;o • « 00 01 01 (*i _3 ^1 Cl c- ^2 »-C u —3 CO c« wh ■^ «<; f-H r^ > c an so CO -3 ;^. 51 c C0_ C3 fe ^-■■v 6 2: 1^ CO 'O ^^ ri C5 •^ < "0 ffi s? 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