The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1863,

MAJESTY'S ships were lost. Why should not the
mercantile navy end the coasters enjoy the same
protection as the vessels in her MAJESTY'S service
and the emigrant ships ? What is possible for one
is, undoubtedly, possible for all, and we advise our
officials not to put a little trouble and expense in
the balance against the protection of trade and the
safety of the public.

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that the cultivation of tea, coffee, sugar, and cotton
fulfilled the most sanguine expectations, there
would still be difficulties in the way of the mer-
chant, the trader, and the producer so long as the
risk, delay, and expense attending the carriage of
goods remained what it ia. Even Sir CHARLES
WOOD recognises the advantages to be derived from
the completion of the railway lines; though we
wish he could also be made sensible of the impor-
tance of an improved system of water communica-
tion throughout a country whose noble rivers offer
every facility for extended canal works. Progress
is, however, being made in more ways than one,
and a design projected some time since, which has
just been brought to completion, is likely to be of
great service to Indian trade and commerce, while
it brings relief to the crowded port of the City of
Palaces. The late Lord DALHOUSIE, when Governor-
General, was aware of the evils arising from the
pressure on the port of Calcutta, and being desirous
of improving matters, he iaid doWn the plan of a
new harbour at the Mutlah, another of the many
mouths of the Ganges. This new port, which was
styled by Lord CANNING the Birkenhead of Cal-
cutta, has been named Cancingtown, in tribute to
the services rendered by that lamented statesman
to the internal administration of India. Since the
scheme was first projected by Lord DaLnouslE
the shipping has more than doubled. The Mutlah
river has been surveyed and buoyed, and a floating
light ship stationed at the entrance; the usual Ad-
miralty chart has been prepared, and every ar-
rangement made for the accommodation of vessels.
It is said that the dangers of the Hooghly are un-
known in the Mutlah, and that a ateamvessel can
always go up and down in a day. Vessels of the
largest size will be able to lie alongside the jetty,
and thus transfer their cargoes to trncks,which will
take them to Calcutta—the new line having been
just completed the whole distance. It is but 28
miles, so that the task was not a very formidable
one; but the advantages which it will confer on
Calcutta will be very great. Without any unne-
cessary delay, goods can be transmitted to and fro,
embarked and disembarked, with that ease and '
rapidity so necessary to business transactions on a
large scale. The enlargement and deepening of
harbours and construction of new ports confers a
lasting public benefit on any country, and the in-
habitants of India have cause to thank Lord DAL-
HOUSIE for the design. There is little doubt, judg-
ing from the rapid increase that has already taken
place in the shipping, that the new port will soon
rival our English Birkenhead in activity and good
service to its more important neighbour.

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 8.
The Queen walked and drove yesterday, attended
by Viscountess Jocelyn.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arrived at
Osborne to-dfly from Windsor Castle.