The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES

4t) et -'ners Will remember that we have lately ventured
ive titre's the most
sanguine anticipations that before long
f
titat:..,4l4 liave in active operation more than one line.woe
ate glad 'Qrarnunication with the Australian colonies.
realised t° per
that these expectations are likely to btee
all (I
illuell more quickly than. we
t,i)Pase, orhad ventured
-.14,.•n
I even to hope, was possii!le.
i, '' gular fact. . It is, however, a
'40%4; I Which is neither to be explained by any.
Pretio *8 of Political economy nor to be reconciled with
us e .
isrsza IPertence that no sooner has government stepped
fc)r thetd' 1" at a heavy expense subsidised a new company
leser,i mop
conveyance of the Australian mail,, thanlt
vietiir; rival undertakings have been directly organised.
10,58i'l eert
~
atnl.7 appeir that in this case the extremelylargen., tn far Y granted to the European and Australian Company,
forerenfretti creating a monopoly, will probably proves ea
eellik,rlr of several regularly organised lines ot m
Itpenetlieation.
In this case no one will grudge th.e.
fi!eertaei:f,rthis outlay, which can be only temporary, for it
ur wbi e, that at the expiration even of the first five years,
4'l Aihe,a. the contract has been awarded to the European
recur galian Co
111
_ernment will be in a posLio
t°llf,lles:rvlnieltee.h tid(n)rtpehafenayv:ougroaibl terms for the continuance
first considerationn of this matter,
Patti:l:4B4°ll naturall suggests itself, why did not these
their s' who are Y 44 capital . now so ready to come forward and embark
e wh„„ then these undertakings, offer themselves at a
lertio-ciu Was apparently better openin for their
tiaieont`',,and they had no heavily subsidised competitors
""'qu,,-",u: against ? There are several obvious answers to
..Xeitie-4`,on. The terms proposed by government rfefsueza,
tvhiehltv,elY to the overland route by the Isthmus of
tit'tlitled 1," authorities had, after much consultation,, deter-
rA eat)) PostsP°ll as the most eligible and quicke.trou te. for a i
! eieTril eonana'unication, in which speed was to be the
eel'io cut. We are not prepared to say
at that this
444411! Was wrong,,, considering the means hand for
44 ir,s it, and it must only in fairness be consideredaares
4like ehertnient in a matter in which .he several schemes
Ilst'r,er'inillttied• This ground was apparently occupied by a
*".4 riCQMPIoy and we were much astonished, in common
it. 111,1,4-Y other;,,that they did not succeed in obtaining
kc4lY l'ltile lie 4 lace the close of the war has not
itt,e-rilrulueentatte,tl thep mercantile steam navy from. thean
t,illt:laa t,EFansport service, but it has also given
nder
N u this as well as to other commercial un -
lear Again', the rapid reaction which during the present.
bees,,,,tnaken.
then
in the prosperity of the iu.stralian
hjkl° r0e443.,
prepared
n onlyd patrhteiall confirmed, and v. e were
extraordinaryy change wil;4l fertuusnat re for .
cu d In this and in thewhich prospects
the
11%')cl't eoaerLl_ostepYromn promising for the future, we entertain
gre,e,rtakie,,"ent. expectations that one and all of the new
reeolltly to iLs Will nut only succeed themselves,
complete development of the
but contribute
14 480f'eArillasotrei,apid and
klteti°4l4°4 t Ze"Australian and European
oSnteasmatNaradvaiy-
Isla It, 411,1°'2°Panay t whose first vessel departs
Ic'titil fo'rlvill he' followed by three others in each successive
the
tlef
° the, Purpose of taking the eastern portion o
b6l4l,tilre rille-ttt4ilie •stlimus of Suez, previous to the commencement
pt. e bee.. ar service in February next, two other schemes
°f poses tu Propounded during the last fortnight. One
114'ny:Ilieb°NrellakiP a fleet of vessels with the auxiliary screw,
experience in the
eq,, ~fell.,l.art,er7a,v!, a
.mostfavourable
ep,ip-
ottiv,riationging to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and
this tr °erts of'in magnificentW that this firm intend
in
Alai' ~a.e. Thitleir fleet and employ them
thei- Ltearn Nay! Other proposal einwataoteps
rt,t i),perations „Lgati.on Company, , rorproosme tt oh e Royalextend
c'tapa Y. the ist,irt this direction, and avail themselves of the
The first of these new
kJ, n!es st449stis of Panama.
tti,.;
eatith rte ~3 ltaelf the Australian Steam Clipper Com.-
,onablisCh,"ead quarters in London ; and its object is
'4'ith °rl and -"et of a direct communica.tlion,
ebleiptlpveeresn, k anziii Au trot'
by means of fast sat. Ina
4q 1 arY st
the tns, earn power to propel them in
oft
eenipatt As the result of a comparison betwegehnt
one of
th ae lar. r 3 ships and a vessel running on account of one
t se steons of tiaTno4 , •-. companies, the dircltoerosstcloanimly to prove
Ilinti! atnouttgu the proposed vessels w 1 one-half 1 the u the qc. those lately employed., and consume one- i
ih battit Ilantity of
carry. three times
coals, yet they will
Dreo flarlle Llsf ;largo, making the passages in less or at least.
Ph,?,re4ia, We understand that the company is
044t.atel,tantio,0efitshr,veeer.y
vfeasysoei,iar.;ably, and that it has already
the first of these, called the
dl the
1041 s,-.l° be despatched from London fur Melbourne
tii etork ~ 4,vember next, calling at Plymouth._ The
that th; °,;(2, this company state' that. " they feel convinced
44 4ve t- Yage can be performed in about sixty days out
44a1),3a1 1Y
daYs borne •" With respect to the other
th' fp' "Y tho Panama. route, the directors of. the Royal
04); n„e-eau.°',, Pack.et Company, sensible of the position which
4,4 show 11, point out, in the circular addressed to the
n well ers, the benefit they would confer upon themselves, I
ac as t
1.:4 ,ets, whh.e public, by establishing a line of mail, steam
A klarld 101 lvould s.rve at once as a link to connect both
tistr pia,atld Ite United States with New Zealand and
tn i.
terkie ili "Y the way of Panama. Calculations have been
tlti b eh lead them to believe that a line of auxiliary
u. ,essei .
-4trni- s might be stationed between Panama and
14 by the R lal 1 8
e oya al Ste Packet Company,which,