The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

THE GALWAY PACKET STATION.

A public Meeting was held in Galway on Friday,
under the presidency of the High Sheriff, for the
purpose of hearing from the Rev. Peter Daly a de-
tailed statement of his two months' mission to Lon-
don, and the present position and prospects of the
packet-station scheme. The rev. gentleman, having
at great length given an account of his various
interviews with the official magnates, read the fol-
lowing communication from the Treasury, which
he had received a few days since while staying in
Dublin :

" Treasury Chambers, July 15.
" Sir, —I am commanded by the Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you
that my lords have had under their careful consid-
eration your letter of the 6th inst., addressed to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the memorial
addressed to her Majesty's Government on the sub-
ject of a grant of public money in aid of Galway
harbour. It has been impossible for my lords to
consider this case without referring to the general
question of harbours of refuge, and to the
numerous similar applications now pending from
other places, ,both in Ireland and Great Britain.
A select committee of the House of Commons,
and a royal comemqiusseisotniunappoofinhtaerdbuun last
of
refugeyea
r to
report upon the
pointed out several localities in Great Britain and
I forr e l
tahuedpwr wherets,ch h
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filorlltlhd be
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security
rgreatity of utilitysh ip.
purposesping, but the demands on
prevented tshue Treasury
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recommendations
for other
from gformthoerepdreiffisecnult to entertainteveneons
theidered.
obviously It is
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still
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any place for a harbour of refuge which
includedau and
commissioners;
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must rest present
upon
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re-
ferred, with other existing and
establishment
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contract
for o f
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service service
having thenced justntgo been America.
contracts
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House
similarse
Commons,ature tt to
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for her Majesty's Government
of
any publico f
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dependingexpenditure
upmoltmheonceuynturapcotns
shall
so referred until the result of that reference
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have been submitted for the considerationthoef Pareas
liament. My Lords further observe thate
does not appear to be one of extreme urgency, as
1858, in favour
the naval officers who rorted to the Aduf miralty
of the 30th of November Gal-
wayurkas, hi
as
wapch mayacke b
tstautiounxeusutated at a
tedthatcussot ofme slightw
£2,000, and which do not appear to require any
Government grant, being quite within the powers
of the harbour commissioners, will provide for the
more pressing wants of Galway as a packet station;
and that passengers and goods might then gene-
rally be landed and embarked without risk, and
the steamers might be navigated with safety, and
be in the roadstead with tolerable shelter and secu-
rity ; and they only recommend more extensive
schemes in case the experience for 12 months should
prove that a permanent packet station at Galway
is required for Ireland, or for the general advan-
tage of the United Kingdom. Neither is the exist-
ing evidence respecting the proper mode and cost
ofimproving Galway harbour sufficiently distinct
and matured to warrant the Government in pledging
themselves to any advance of public money without
further inquiry, even if other circumstances admitted
of their doing so. At present the only evidence upon
the subject consists of the report of the commis-
'sion of naval officers of 1852, who decided against
fuGefrael a
nwea reynzdair that
s dangerous or unfit for the terminus
and
purposeregularto
m theail service,sha!l
lugiving
; aud ptrhee-
report of the naval officers above referred to, who,
in the qualified recommendation which they gave
of a comprehensive scheme, after 12 months' expe-
rience, describe those alternative places, estimated
to cost in two cases £300,000 each, and in the other
£150,000, without expressing any decided pre-