The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-02 00:00:00

THE GALWAY SUBSIDY.

At a special meeting of the Waterford TOW*
Council, on Tuesday,
The Richt Worshipful the MAYOR proposed the adoption,
pursuant to notice, of a petition to Lord Palinonton,m;
to for •• renewal of the subsidy to the Galway
athletic Company. His worship said be had a few days ego
received a draft of • petition to parliament from the cow.
mutes rooms at Galway preying for • restoration of the sub.
sidy to the Galway line. Every Irishman, he said, se
matter what his politica, should join in forwarding this
project which should be oonsidered in a national point of
mew, and he had much pleasure in moving the following
That the policy of conceding • postal 1
to the Galway Atlantic Mail Company has been vindicated
by the testimony of tome of the most eminent iitutesmen
in
Eftlaod ; by the all but unanimous testimony of the Irish
members of the Hones of Commove; by the general feeling
of Ireland and other portions of her Majesty's dominiona, se
expressed in numerous petitions to parliament. and memo-
to members of her Majersty's government; and filutily by
the report of the committee of the Howe of Commons ap-
pointed last summer to ioquire into the circumstenoen ono
neeted with the withdrawsd of theenbeidy from the company.
That the report of the Galway Atlantis Mail Company, just
issued, shows that since last simmer strenuous efforts have
bees made to place the company in • position of efficiency se
regards steamers and capital, and that the directors are DOW
prepared to uudertake the mail service with every prospect
of carrying it out successfully and to the satisfaction of the
Post-office authorities. That of late considerable progress
has been male towards the completion of several lines of
railway, all converging to Galway, and coonectiog it with all
parte of Ireland, especially with the important manufac-
turing districts of Ulster, with which direct COMMODiCr
tion now exists. That the time is rapidly approaching
when an application will be made to your lordship to in-
stant to the Galway Atlantic Company the subsidy which
was withdrawn from it in May of last year. That it is die
to the people of Ireland generally, whose commercial into-
rests require to be fostered and developed ; to the directors
and shareholders of the Galway Company, whose capital
is largely involved ; to the landowners. merchants, and
traders of Galway, whose interests are directly concerned;
and above all to the impoinl necessity of speedy own-
miutication with the continent of America, that the an-
plication for a renewal of the subsidy be not refused. Me-
morisbita therefore pray that your lordshipi will be gra-
ciously pleased to give to the appliostiou of the direc-
tors of the Galway Atlantic Company such faveramble
oweideration as will at once satisfy the expectations and
promote the iutererted the people of licked, by renewing
the mail contract.
Alderman Cox briefly seconded the resolution.
Alderman KENT said be could not comprehend why snob
efforts should be made to defeat the Galway lino, which
afforded such great facilities for rapid transit across the
Atlantic. He related how, on one occasion, he left Galway
at half-post twelve o'clock on Saturday night, in 1838, in •
vessel not in the most efficient state, and yet they were in
time for mum in fit. John's on the following Sunday week. He
couldnotcomprabead why English merchants, Wm knew the
advantage of a rapid communication, should not exert them-
selves and assist Irishmen to give strength to the company.
r((Hear,
at which
wir, hear.) The fact
they
of be beheved,
did rat Ttetha some
I (Hear, hear.) Mosey, it was known, opuld effect anything,
and it was carious bow one steamer had three or four weeloi'
=, sad lost her way in fine weather. When the fine
which the company put on the line were running,
they performed almost miracles. They ran to Newfound-
land in six or seven days. (Hem' hear.) However
es British enerchaats not assist them in support:
nig the line, Irishmen of all polities should unite in sus-
taining it themselves. (Applause.)
Councillor BLAU, said Alderman Kent was the
very best authority on this subject, for be had performed
maw transatlantic voyages. (Haar, hear.) He (Mr.
wished that the foul agencies which had been men-
lisnsl confined to those at the other side of the channel
ohs endeavoured to mar every Irish project ; hut tiptoe.
Imesealy he had reason to know that the most potent
iikense came from Ireland, and he spoke advisedly when
he mid is The Galway Company was one of the unhappy
Wisner et the fact that nothing could be attempted for
fir etheoitage of Ireland but Irishmen were the first to
ems leeward to destroy it if they could. If a man in
ligibri get on is the wild his neighbours endeavoured by
fair esenwitition to reach him ; but in Ireland if • rims
got beyond his wishbone the whole anxiety was to poll
hies dews. It was the same way in a national point of view
as it was with individuals. They found the Galway line
waning the axed heroic exertions to have the transatlantic
esemumicaMe—eome of the poorest farmers and shop.
beepers put their wisp into the project, but no wooer
woad dont te emend than English influence proved SOW
• WIDOW is getting the webs* withdrawn, at a time whoa
it tisemespay was allowed • little time it would have re-
mised %self. (Hear, hear.) The company was now, boo-
mer, ma pomitins ask the govemment to fulfil the pig-
mies gime by their peedeeessors. (Hear.) But on whom
was it likely the government wonld fall back to
"reify themselves is minium to comply The Iris&
weineleses themselves. Every member connected with
Waterferdeimed the memorial to Lord Palmerston to re-
new the subsidy ; matins act was the more honourable to
them, Menem if the thee of oornmunicatico were removed to
any ether paid—le the Shannon. for bistance—no locality
maid he more beitedied than Waterford. (Hear.) Bet
lime was pent loan& jealousy. Cork had en ides that it
might be =Meths pert of departure, and Limerick sad
Lessleaderry bed the mine notion • and the remelt would be
that if &slams were pointing out soma one place and soma
smother, Lord ?absentee, clever man as he wee, would
MOM this ee peaded that he would idiot no port at all,
and thus a shame WOW be lost of making a great or
Mewl dennonstesthe en the subject, owing to the con-
temptible jealousies ad the Irish people themselves. (Hear,
best) Galway deemed a fair trial, at all events, DWI
Kit owe welly SOMA wanting let the station be removed
easel, Loadeaderry. er Fermi. It the subsidy had sot
been withdrawn they esold sew have • line of ebramers
moan lietwees Havre sad Waterford. No one bad dos
mese to ihrweed the Galway packet undertakiag Om Dr.
Gray~. with whom be (ID. Blake) bad best mieciaird in
their aueesdul effects to procure a subsidy from the French
Cl=(bar, hear)--end who, am only upon that,
est—emy OW, subject whisk VII likely to benefit
the eseskey. rook • forward did energetic part. (Heir.
Mae.) He (Mr. Blake) was glad to dad • eisanimous feeling
the council on the present 00011ii0S, sad be hoped IPA
the &meg feeling which they expressed in favour of giving
Galway • fair trial would have the desired effect. (Applause.)
The petition was unanimously adopted. •

THE LATE COLLISION IN THE SEA OP
MARMORA.

The Lerant Remld of the 23rd April says :
" It would be difficult to compress into the mine spies
more inaccuracies than appear in the following account of
this diluter, is serrated to the P correspondence of the
Independence Beige of the 15th
"The collision which recently took place in the Slack
Sea between the Russian ship Colebide and the British
steamer Laconia has produced so lively en emotion through-
out the whole Levant that the Turkish ,government has 4-
oided on having en inquiry help into the circumstances.
it is alleged that the fault is attributable to the English
dimes, who, as soon as the usual mast.lights hail been
axed, all retired to their cabins to sleep. They were, it 'is
mid, in such a state of drunkenness that even the colli-
sion could hardly rose them. The Meaner of the pasiln-
pes would have been easy ; but, instead of occupying
themselves with this, or caring to save the unhorse-
' nate people who were sinking, the English vessel never
stopped but on the contrary steamed sway from the spot
at full ;peed. The inquiry is proceeding with the greatest
care, the Russian and English Consuls aches in entire har-
mony and with the joint determination that the truth
dull be known.'

" Not OM single incident of this whole string of
allegations has a particle of foundation in fact. The
cabanas, to begin with, did cot take place in the
Bleak Bea, but in the Harmon; secondly, the Turk-
ish government not only has ordered no inquiry to be
instituted, but has no power to do so ; thirdly, the official
prenatal the Russian commander and his officers—which
we have seen—does not even venture to pretend that the
officers of the Laconia were either' drunk 'or asleep,' and
doe* not say that the latter vesesi steamed on and away
without stopping—aa would, of course, have been contra-
dicted by the fact that aserly sixty passengers were actu-
ally saved ; end finally, the Russian and British consuls are
lacing 'either joist ace separate action in the matter,
which has. an the siontriu7, been referred to her Majesty's
&prams Consular Court, where an action baa already been
begun, and before whisk the truth is likely to be arived
at in a very different shape from that presented by the cor-
respondent of the Brawls journal. It is incrediblo that
such a version of the disaster could have been iu any way
furnished by either the Russian agency or the Rubsian con-
sular authorities ; and yet it is difficult to understand whence
else so malicious a Belson could have emanated."

•
THZ BoILZE EXPLORIO3I AT BILRTON. —Tenter-
day afternoon the inquest we. reword upon the bodies of
the unfortunate deceased killed by the boiler explosion at
Mil/fields. near BiMimi (who now number 28), before Mr.
T. V. Phillips, at Bilston. Mr. Rose, the employer of the
defamed, was present, and also his counsel said solicitor,
with Mr. E. Wright, the engineer, who made the oflicial
examinatiou ; and Mr. A. Bourse, the travelling agent of
the Steam Boiler Assurance Company, of Manchester, who
produced for the assistance of the jury solos; photographs of
the riven boiler. No additional evidence of importance was
given. The coroner, in summing up the case, mid that the
jury could not return a verdict of maoslaughter ag.diat the
engineer, bemuse of the ruling of Baron Channell nt
the last amines at Stafford. to the effects that •n engineer
who bad left his engine could not be found guilty of that
offence unless it could be shown that be knew that his boiler
which exploded was short of water. The jury, after •
lengthened deliberation, returned the following verdict
"That the boiler exploded from an over pressure of steam,
but how caused there is no evidence to show. The jurors
express • strong opinion that boilers of this size sad des-
mptioa should not be made or used for high-pressure
steam."

Among the curiosities of the Romney Exhibition,
Mangurated last west by Lord Palmerston, there is • rye-
down of the rasp of the South Nit Bubble eehorte.