The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

PROSPECTS OPA WESTERN ROUTE TO

Ariaraur4.

The West Coast of America is exciting fb
greatest attention. Panama has become • great pease
port. It is the Southampton of the Pacific. The &mite of
Magellan are likely to be • considerable thoroughfare.
Beglish and Awaken Seats are stationed on the coast. By
the last weasels • portion of the former was moving down
on Peru, to protect Basil& interests there ; another parties
was movies up to British Columbia, with naval Orme ; end
• third portion war about proorading to other parte of the
coast, eollee•fog specie. United States troops are goofing
over the isthmus of Posterns on their way to Oregon and
California ; sad Eeglish military esginsers are creaming the
Isthmus on their w►y to Vanotinver's Island. A conaider-
able European emigration, chiefly from Germany,
has been going on for years to Southern Chill.
The etched silver mines in the world are on
the southwestern coast of America and the richest gold
miser is the world are on the nort►-weans oust. On the
western coast also are the most valuable manure deposits to
be found on the globe. Newsmen in the Berlins language
are now published la Chili, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Cali-
fornia, and Vassoesver's Wend. Veil mamma will most
probably boos mom the Pacific to and from Panama.
Everything indicates increased trade and • vast
inereire of the population of the American emelt
hardener on the Pacific Ocean. Already there is
a considerable trading intercourse between Asstrelia
and South Western America ; as @suasive eedgr•olos le
going on from Chine to the Minoan and Son Franeireo, and
the South Sea whale fishery is an important and extensive
branch of commerce.

At the present time there it a Ilse of British mall packets
running from Panama to Valparaiso twi xi • month, aid
calling at Mare ports. The distance of their mail route is
2,718 miles, aid the annual subedy is 2%00N. There is also
an American line of mail packets running fortaightly be-
tween Panama sad San Francisco. They touch at eleven
ports. The length of their mall route la 4,200 miler, and the
subsidy is scoot 70,0001. per annum. The postage &rived
tram this line of mail packe.• is already upwards of 40,0001.
a year. This lies of steamers hes conveyed 175,000 per
to California, and brought 200,600,000 dollars worth
of gold thence to Panama. For four years this compaay
have paid • dividend of 12 per cent., sad they pay Vander-
bilt, the Leviathan shipowner of America, • large Ina every
your to prevent his placing opposition reenters ou their line.
There is oleo a line of mail packets running between Panama
and Central America

It le unfortunate that there are so few convenient!meane of
getting from the Atbeetle to the Pacific. A railroed has
east to west through the United States, or through our men
North American provinces, which would be the wand way
to British Colombia, will not be accomplished for may
years to come. The Straits of Magellan are too fir wash
to be of very great service In reaching the northern-coast of
America or for maim the Pacific. The route by thew te
' Vancouver's Island is only 1,500 miles nearer than thst by
Cope Horn. The most northerly of the Central Amide's
routed to the Pacific, the Tehuantepec, willi never be • da-
vonrite one, in consequence of the dangerous northern whole
SO oaten met with in the Mexican Golf. The Mienriguas
route is not at present used, became of the
dietarbed Mate of the district sad the disputes with the
government, who own the territory In which the
Nicaragua Lake is situated. The only useful route now Is the
railway berms the Isthmus of Panama, and although net se
WAY • 10010 to the gold eggiage to British North Anodes
by many hundreds of mike es a more more sorthers prosy
WOOS Central Atomic& ft perhaps forms the shortest oat of
any to &nabobs. From the statements of fir Word
Lynes to the depratioa about the Australia& lean serricio
from the feet that the directors of the Royal Mall Casper,
have bad an interview with the Cassini Beerelery about
eetabliehing a mall communication to Vancouver's Weal sad
Australia frees Poems, and from the &denary of the pre-
sent line of Americas steamers frost Prams to tiro hen-
clew to seeemmodete the tide of enaisretien new Bowing to
Fraser's River, ft Is very retold, theta Ilse of &Ma
sail packets will ran along the Whom Melt of the Pride
to British Colombia, sad oleo mess the treat omen to New
beard sad Anesulles Burn lire will sot only be of
Iscalealabis servine to &Web Nsth AIMOVIIS mad
Men Australasian esliewir, het • they will hesessiely
preempts British hirers to the Peelle. Presto hes A-
geism' • footles at Tahiti, and the totted States et the dead-
wish lam& The Swath Bea whale &hag employs et pre-
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say he emidiesd men the whin dee the vast send ft
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toestee sogieretat of Lessen la issablesr the midi
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weeler• mufti loosen Amin& ad Pomp. The mei of
foal weld be twormooly mitred tf la mow derierre the
pseellet wall he lilted with trilby. Herr to do se la leppe
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prelihre he deptiellets, and pertieed reirsies. Thee
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sers its replier to rose* Alpe room be lifted or
hatband, sad It eserequutly loos to be ematiswily at
with, se miller bog itreirshie the soled is he eel* ern.
easier • suet embed et tad vaiseeeeserley, for if um to
modem It era en ea memoir dreg es the reed of the ship.
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to Amanda
and Vancouver's the whole length of their we
rows will Without MAIN ream, with about 60 eteMina
placer. end their Wipe will run over every year upwards of I
1,000,000 nautical Whs.