New-York tribune., 1841-07-17
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NEw.YoRK, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY II.

BRITISH S7EAMERs-We find in New Orleans papers of
s,en date full particulars with reference TO the Pro"ct OF
r British Government alluded to in the Report OF the
sasc Committee on Home Squadron OF which we gave
abstract Yesterday TO establish line OF Steamers between
british ports and the West Indies. The capital of the
cnpanv is 800 0OO and the with the Govern
m for carving the mails is for years, and the
aon gao 900 during peace be increased % per
,oad war arise The steamers be fourteen in
v, Of which twelve will be service remain
:, in England ami in this quarter of the world. The
nEna,ion under which these steamers are to work en-
,sces regular conveyance backward and forward twice
eery month viii, every port, insuur and continental from
stinam to the East the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
he Wes and from Halifax by this City the North
bagres on the South The outwards from Europe
% NewOeons is by Madeira, Barbadoes Corunna, Porto
Rico and Havana, and the calculated accomplish it,
including s,eppascs is 254 days The time from New-Or-
cans 10 London will be % days This Of the great
est enterprises undertaken by any Government aud will
not only prove Of essential all parts Of the world
time of psace by the regularity and dispatch Of mail trans
vor,aion but will place in the hands of Great Britain
mendous power, be used in of with the
terrible efficiency. And yet this immense oicc will be main
ianed expense for is believed that the income de-
rived from mail transportation will thun equal the
nual expenditure
UNIVERSITY OF vlRclslA-The annual commencement
this institution was celebrated the I'd inst Despite
the sad bcreavements the University has sustained still
highly prosperous and greater number than usual have
gained the collegiate honors which they aspred L. w
GoOde of Richmond, read Essay before the Society Of
Alumni on Jurisprudence and the Profession of the Law
1t mentioned in the Virginia papers high and able
production.
NEw Muslc.-" Sweet Village Rose ballad by T.
Bishop; Come sing song Of our own smiling land
BY H. C. Watson; and Ny Bark is bounding near" by
" W Bae have Just been published at MlLLET's Music
Saloon, 329 Broadway.
D The Mormoniies holding meetings and making
the upper part of Newcastle County, Delaware
is said that their preachers are eloquent
p At the late commencement of Dickinson College, Pa
the degree of a. b. conferred twenty three young
gentlemen.
J Mr. A. c. Wheeler, of Rochester, while riding through
the town of Greece on the lOth thrown from his
mage and his leg 50 badly broken that ampuation
dered necessary.
A GREAT TuyxrL-Thc Baltimore Paro, that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Harpcrs Ferry and
Cumberland, will probably be completed in the ensuing year
With reference to the great tunnel the Patriot says
"Durrg the last month the tunnel the Doe Gully notch
which time supposed present the greatest OBJ
to the speedy completion of the road opened from
end end SO thoroughly allow carriage TO be driven
through it, This tunnel rhict ttcere hnndredfeet long,
md ercopdted the solid rock throughout was commenced
the lst Of June, l840 and carried through in little
than twelve months the working night and day
We learn from friend that during recent aun which he
made this magnificent work. t is only twelve miles from
Berkeley Spring,) he struck with the almost mathemat-
accuracy of its outline its appearance at short distances
being regular if it cut out of plastic clay, while
the material in fact around and overhead, is solid
marble