New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-09

Even for those persons who are most subject to IN
convenience from sea voyage, Il II not Oetsi 70
have than two agonies' Is II not some iil'ie
consolation the midst of their mser1es, that they
may retain undIsturbcd possession of the berth mo
which they may have rolled at Liverpool uni! 'iie
Steamer shall have arrived al New \ Ork'
There are many ports IN Ireland which have CON
tended for tie honor Of the Transatlantic Packet
station. The preiensions Of Cork, Long Island
Sound. Bere-Haven, Crook Haven. Dunmanus Bay
Vaieu,Ia. Galway, FOynes. and Tarbert tl(i'eE
ShannonJ are in turn discussed by the Comms-
sOners 1t would appear on the whole A.
though the palm lay with Galway, although tAa'
station Is not without very many drawbacks ana
clsacI aItageS which 20 not seem to nave
occurred 10 the ylyaclous lmaglna,lOns of our lr>
llow-subects. The Bay OF Galway i certainly
free from INJURIOUS tidal Influences. but the ROAD
stead which must be used oy the packet : twenty
Eve miles distant from those ISLANDS which guard The
bay, and does not oter any suitable shelter ior
Transatlantic packets such ~ womb enable mem
TO land passengers take N coal. When the
heavy gales from the W. : W. are blowing OF re
heavy Atlantic sea comes rolling l.. the situation 81
vessels of any SIZE which might be LAYING ~ GaWiF
roads would be preCariouS indeed We should atu
that though the difficulty might DC OOFdle1 DN me
erection OF breakwater and other works at a heavy
expense. even 50 the objections 10 Gaway are not
II an end The navigation Of the West coast OF Ire
land Is stated BY the naval officers examined. To pe
very dangerous. especially IN winter Inc codsl
from Mzcn-head. round TO Galway Bay, l., IN nauh
cal language, 'SteeptO.' there being 100 lannon's
water al Is or % miles off It's outlying dan
gers. II j also subject 10 togs and hay weather:
and 10 frequent heavy gales OF wind blowing toward
q Zee shore, with high Atlantic seas and very unceI-
tain soundings." Cork Is the freesi OF all the Irish
ports from these drawbacks. but then the dlnerehce
IN the length OF VOYAGE 10 NeW-Iork whether from
Holyhead direct or round by rail- from Dublin 70 oA
Is 50 Infinitely small not 10 deserve account tOrk
which nauticaliy speaking presents the greatest al
yanlages l. that one Of tire Irish ports which Offers
the sllghes, amount of acceleratlon-' iIentld the
greatest The adoption Of the last named station Is
however rendered quite lnpractlcabie by the dan
Of itS apt.
When TO the other arguments that have
been used throughout the DISCUSSION IN favor Oh me
lrsh ports, find none 10 ne OF sufficient weight TO
counterbalance the positive evils arising from tran
snlpment none which are not fairly set aside IN the
report OF the Commissioners !, was stated lor tA
ample. that fares would be reduced III consequence
of the lower rate OF insurance vessels sailing De-
tween the west coast Of ireland and the sea-
board of the United States. The statement up
on Investigation turns out 10 De mistake. me
insurance i not less than upon vessels SAILING
between Liverpool and Newly DIRK Again. II was SAID
that the CONVENIENCE Of migrants would be consult
Cd by the proposed change VINO ever heard yel OF
rlsh emgrantS gong out III hrSt-class steamer IL
costs them infinite pains 10 Scrape together where
wliha to pay seerage fare by sailing snip of an N
feriOrclasS Then, again, considerable stress mas Dee
laId upOn the adv anageS that would result lro eltC
trlc communication SuppO>ing the steamers 10 'dht
Their departure from Galway. and sppposhS that a
continuous line OF cleclrO-lelegraphlc commumca-
tion existed between HOlyhead and the lrl>n coast
The last of these conditions has not yet been real
ized. and the first probably never Will The COM
missionerS reserve one Of their most potent argu-
mcnts for the conclusion Of their report Al present
tie Government pays Messrs. Cunard Co. fli5,oOo
annually for the conveyance OF the mails 10 ana
from North America. " should II, however. be
found that the removal Of the mail packets 10 an
Irish port materially diminished the amount OF trait
fc conducted by means of their vessels. the result
would be a corresponding dlInnuton OF profits to
the promoters. and the necessity for proportion
ate increase IN the amount paid for then contract
On the whole we recommend dlspassiondte and
careful peruSa OF this very able report 10 al per
sons who NAV be interested IN the point at issue.
They must be singularly blind to evidence II they
do not concur with the conclusion OF the CommS-
onerS. that any tranSferrence OF The mail service
to an Irish port would be neither polite nor safe.
We should not benefit Ireland 10 any considerable
extent. at the same time that we inflicted very
wan,on injury upon that portion OF her MaleStyS
subjects who reside and cany on their business IN
Great Britain \ saving OF ten hours IN transit oi
eleven DAYS Is not considerable rlSk and so GER
tam an inconvenience London Times, June p