New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-01
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vssAN nSm England aud II greatly 10 DO desred that
We s~,s arrangements between the United States and
he Ve,ra Nnsscr. trsrce i,sy. Canada sc should DO
sacA a. 81 saar the speeiis and safest conveyance Of
lssssr. newspaper. aaa ether periodicals and all mail
waiter Al TIE Invest rates which will meet the expense
ssA Of rfssss s MT the case and unless pubns sen,l
nsns ~ 18th ,iaes 81 ,ae Atlantic shsn pow
.sn ressusss the negSusns than hitherto. will rot
sa ~ - we have read the oiclsl ocusspcndcnee. As
ia ssNw csssrcss carefully. and endesvor,d to place be-
es the rcssers 81 IN f,hsss the main facts Ia the fol-
Nswsas brief analysis
NJ RsnstOn writes Mr.. BneAauan. dated ION al, that
ns ssmmsfSls men 81 Liverpool Manchester, and elias
sSw have expressed desire this question promptly
s.gnessaa, he h.d met lond CanTieards. the British
POSTMASTER General and had invited him to IN a, "a. or
So ia cr 10 csu,sl the rate OF postage on half
caps e,er but tia, he would not sgree 20 less than Qd
no esnsl because Of The great Of the service Mr.
Rsasrn prVgcs that each pason should regulate is
asnS rsSe but - 40 60 be uniform beth for citizen aud
t>r~sSnsy Mt Cave johnson offers uniform rate,
with Srtisn Of prepay en,. each nation % add It's ewn in
land rate.
Isa Cisnlearae proposes ono uniform rase embrseng
AMI inland Of shilling AID two-pcnoe rs
osnts az part @ aS yscd hiEgdlm e dHg part g
~ ssfos Ssts. trA op.oa q pfepagHssaf On transit
rsscs hroush Easlaua he ptopoS,J 40 reduction.
TIE American Chamber OF Commerce. Liverpool, ex-
rsssss earnest hope that tho postage on shpeers
with he reduced AT present letters, conveyed to or
essci 10 charge Ct two shilloss, VIZ; "a cents
vsea ~ the ros; oee OF the United Stses which pro-
vses the CONVEY aid shilling toi cents by the
Rritisk rest oace which render, corresponding
NiSswhile letters transmitted BY Brii,h packet TO
rs.ssse of one shilling "a ssnts arc .ubjse, only to
small charge In passing through the Post Office of tbs
laitrS States viz cent letters from ;be
Vnnea States and stu cents letters trou sht into that
ocungy, delivered al the port OF srTva cents IN
the United States" This |, great aud most unres:on'
abe inscaslsy
losecn that the British Pos msstor General has posi-
y,s r.is,sd to tsI% .ay PS;,s treaty with the Unsd
viasi inland II the United States agree
that be would that that io,nd should be the
snsit rate IL Csnsas and would still insist
ins the present sns rates through England 70 the Con-
unsat CONGRESS must adapt its laws 10 the existing
lsiens In Entand tpesent II Is we'll UNDERSTOOD mere
that The American laws operate protection 10 British
mai packets ssaiu,tour own There example u the
ssopuoo in the postal Arrangements Of the basis Mr. John
proposes Thus letter taken by the Cunard line from
part Of the United Kingdom 10 Halifax is chsrsed
oay Il ia cent?. and sent forward even bat few
mes IN Noss SCOTS subject 20 an sdoiona ehsiseo
tso peace So the East India nail has for
somt and large additional one for ettensent forward
BY land from Bombay 10 Calcutta
Lord Cl.nrearde details the plan Of the Brt.h Govern
Pay there the fall postage on letter TO any inland place
~ the United Kingdom and person Ia Dublin Sheffield
anywhere in Enssnd or Ireland pay, a. his
post oee. in sum. the postage any place in the
a sss'es said Postsse to be uniform or the letters
I'VE are Tor uniform rate, ,y, LORD c. Of which he
Inland postage shall be equally divided between the two
countries and the shall be paid whichever
country the packet in which the letters my be cenyeysd
may belong And propose to reduce these rates far
nin our opinion The nature of the service TO be performed
viii allow. BY our plan person may put letter into
say pat office In either country, and might DO certain
ihstit will be forwarded TO whatever post office in the
other country II might be drected-prepad or IosGg
paid dsicsry at hiS option In such proposal
see no refusal Of the basis Of reciprocity We anxious
likewise. 10 establish perfect reciprocity In regard TO
closed mails and transit and rates between the
United State. snd our North Am.Iic,u Provinces"
pnn ns what, 4 carried into effect VIII be one Of the
most wonderful results VI civilization regular semi
weekly postal intercourse by steam the Atlantic
between the Kindred people Of England aud Amertcs
hope Gays Mr. tbs great sasht WIN inc
10 not TO be enbsrsed by Your fear OF making srcrGcs
In admitting US to undoubtea rsht and by your at
tempting to gain advantages IN Postal Convention There
q DO around for IL In equity"
Mr.. Johnson Postmaster General Of the United States
u OF opinion, that" postage IN America OF two cents OF
five cents or Of ten cents according to distance leave, the
Government is fully OF these things IL has into
d9eed the penny postage In Great Britain but not In Can
We have before the report of the Commissioners from
New brunswick and Nova Scotia the Colonial Post Of
sooer is withh.Id the Toronto Globe ale uniuomed
They recommend uniform rate Of five cents for the
Colonies II necessary 10 cents over 800 miles cents
Oof Postma.isr Generals specific reply, ia detail, to
the British propositions, isso important that we gvo
Each country shall establish It's inland rates, and
letters sent from one country shall be received snd
in the Post Oces of the other letters originating In the
There addition such inlacd be one uni
form rate, Of which the British Government msy INK
the smount- .
The American Government would prefer the sesrate
blows:
On single lettss uader half AL uniform
rate ofseveu pence hslf-peuny OF fifteen cents .
Oh newspapers, periodical and pamphlets. one uniform
half penny one cent the printed sheet ounce
but edGers and ProYr,etor Of ns'rPaP rs m'gh erea"ge
The PAYMENT OF this searate shall be optional in either
country Or the respective inland rates may be combined
with the sease, aud the payment Of the whole combined
rate may be made optional In either oountfy. A..
y cent. the the combined rate between Liver
poel Southampton aud New York, or Liverpooi aud
Boston may be twelve pence ony Oh ~en
for each country For letters sent forward In America
some farther insnd postage Iequi ca ey ,9s
might be charged and collected 10 America and the
British Government have no trouble about It
Whatever postage made optional Is 10 be accounted
for th the sea rate shs belong 20 toe
country by which the psket conveying the letter sa be
furnished The representa- the respective nland
rates, shall beloog to the countries performing the iHsno
Eseh country shall account to the other according the
actual number aud amount Of postage:
On letters destined for countries FOREIGN or ooioha
the country receiving tIau'nitiing ths letters shall
charge in lieu Of inland postage the transit Postsse tha
woulc b charged upon letters for the sme dsstinaon
and posted by residents Of the place where the packet
may arrive ,- - !. ..,.A,i,hsh.
twsss the United States and British North Ame'i,s
Mr. johnson objects the uniform inland rate OF post
sfe for both nations because no part OF the btuh ianos
is more than few hundred miles from Liverpool while
American offices may be found thousands OF mics rom
Boston lie that the conveyance 5aiiio
Tor both 1.-THE United aud the BIRTHS Isle. The IN
land carriage differs In distance aud from difference In
density in population cost and In productiveness Ihe
distance from Live rpoo the remoest point IN the b
ish lses Is lew hundred miles From Boston 70 MO-
bile NewOeeps Galveston aud Austin is farther by The
mai routes than from London to Consiaptnopl9 smyrns
and Cairo Many Post Offices in the Uni'ea Stsss are a.
far s,undsr as the whole bre,dth OF the Atsnc: ana
river course from Pitsbursht New eens mailro
,hroused with all boats every day, and the distance
greater than the distance from Halifax to the ntea Mig
dom The regular mail from Boston TO New orleans
uses twice three times and each time oI
distance many times greater than the dissn,e across no
British Chanpe The line from Boston or New toik TO
ST Jobus passes over Lake ChamPl,n for a distance
srester distance between England and France or
England aud Belgium" .
the fiish Government would adhere 10 its proposition
Of one upform rate adding that experience hes proved
what indeed IL is easy TO comprehenc-ihst caleu alton
of the distances which letters may be carried sve no
inst Of the OF postal Arrangement The Trans
mort of ali hags 10 buta small portion Of the expenses
wsorsauixsd Post Once, aud the comparison made oy
Ar Johnsoo between the territorial extent othe Amer
can MON and that Of the British les cannot be afy IN
sttu,ed-ss affecting the question In hand-anisss m
Johnsop Gao chow that entire OF the ntea
States the PostOee Sysem Is as perfect as 1t Is In Eng
land.
Be that however, as may II 10 not upon any eomptr
Of either country that