New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-03
Lines from New YORK and Ne 1-Or'eaDs,
Via Havana. gh4stes ard Panama, 70

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The postage accruisg on letters carried oy sne
,,rss or he a,lsntc cites 10 California and Ore
son = in na mu,h diminished IN consequence OF the
REDUCTION Of postage made 0y the ac' OF ioo aio VI
the increased number OF ieHeis eeht W p.'as- lie
uycsses Upon the oIhcr Ilhes tefy CoAs4uei'N
mcyeNe is confidently expected. s.o, Al.
TIE attention Off Department having oe peer h W.
reeted to the subject Of postal comnuhi.a,'os Seer
tween the United STATES and Mexco. II n so ma
tened that satisfactory propositions can = ye xOT
obtained for liBe Of mali CLEANERS n"", the es,sb-
haas, By way Of fanpico 70 ssil 49,, grea,ly facil
s,mens u ~ no.ta intercourse bet "een the
-. .nnn,,;es md \. worthy the considet'''V" VI
Congress. ,h;. Oenanment 20 con-
~, ~ 1o.il service from New YORK 70 Aht"eIiS
v,om New-Yo,k, BY Gibraltar MaIssiAeS """
Teslon 70 GeSo 20 San Francisco, BY the Nclra
~. ,onte which is nov IN operation
ZION New-York 70 Galway, IN lfe!ani
Prom Philadelphia 10 Havana
FROM Ney-York, by 81 Thomas, DC. 10 VENT
PROM Philadelphia TO Antwerp, and from New
York to NewOrleans by ocean s'edhoIs, IN con,
pectICn with c0Dtenpla'su iani"Hi oei
The State OF FLORIDA ., ~. no,,,,.
Believing that the future revenues OF me depart
nest would prove insufficient to Justify me employ
ms nj OF the service embraced in these oters, most
M the parties making them have been lniormc1, IA
substsnce that contract Tor the service wouiu DC
made by this Department and that tasir "a o'
should BE- submitted to Congress. Some, II nov al,
OF these lines would be found exceedingly use'u,
and sSyaLtareous. the service could be obtained
at rates not disproporaoned 10 the puoHc dement's
secured By their establishment
It's urder stood tta. the Belgian Government u
ready to cooperate in the speedy Establishment anu
srssn,esance Of the line TO antwerp ma poihl II
a favorable one for the c9uesp2ndenc7 Oei"ssn
this country and the continent OF Europe. ana IL II
not doubted that the estsbIishment OF such a nhe
would be exceedingly aoy"DtSSeG1s 20 Je ,r,"r.
countries not only III TCSpec, 70 thef p'stti it'Si
course but also In a much higher ce5ree, 70 tnelI
commercial Interests. 4 hope IS Entertainer tna'
this subject will be found 10 deserve i"Foi'oic 'o"-
A cory o. the proposition Of Nr. Ambrose w.
Thomps1n IN behalf Of himself AMI his associates,
for me establishment OF hle o. ola
tween New. York and Galway, isherewitn suontteo'
This prcpos iiion was received on tile 2o-h instant
too late for deliberate consideration IL VIII DC seen
that Mr. Thompson proposes 10 enter mo coni ,,
20 cary the mail for ten years IN steamships ietdy
convertible into war steamers for $lO0,OOO per an
nun for each ship employed or 10 contract Tor such
service and receive therefor only the hostages "ch
shall arse from such mail matter as may De actusiiy
transmitted in the ships OF the proposed llne rms
Department has, perhaps, no authority to make con-
tracts giving 10 such line the postages acciuhs
thereon and even II II has, there is manifest pro
pYiety in submitting the matter 10 Congress lheIc
4 mnnh resson tn hsavA .h". sub s.c. " -. woc.@
lessen the time required for the transmission o,
ahe mailc betaeen this country and England ahu
Ireland and other and cogent reasons not cfectiy
connected with its usefulness for mail purposes,
have been strongly urged III favor OF lts estao-
lsameht As these reasons viii, without douot.
familiar with the subject, shall perhaps hes. pro-
mote the object by simply recommending IL 10
the carly and favorable consideration OF that body
Application has also been made for the extension
nj The iyjps of the steamers Of the New-York and
Hsvre line to Bremen The subject Is yet under adj
vissment. 90
portal agreement with the Canadian Pos.-O Office
Department has been concluded, and the arrange
ent for bch il provided is now ia successful oper-
alton. Under this arrangement the postage on "A
single letter from any point IN the tnlei states 10
NJ m ia 10 n n q
aea euITeDcy-except where the letter is to be trans
nitted over 5000 miles from the boundary line at the
point of crossing, when the single rate OF postage s
hfieen cents-payabe IN either county. copy OF
this agreements hereto annexed.
An agreement OF similar character has oeen made
with The Post Office Department Of New. Brunswick,
embracing limits provisions Cape Breton, Nova Sc0ua,
and Newfoundland.
Looking 10 the eventual establishment Of a mail
line between California and China, via Sandwich
lkaDds, The postmaster OF San Francisco was some
Monthe since instructed 10 maize up and forward by
every convenient opportunity, all letters for those
distant countries where the inland postage 10 the
San Francisco office was PIE paid
Under provision in the second secron OF INC
postage act OF last session, an order was male, by
the advice ard consent o! the President, and went
into effect on the FIRST OF July last esa0l shing Two
cents as the TLte 10 be charged each ne Ysp3pef
tnot passing through Great BRITAIN mailed IN the
United States for or received from any foreign
country, other tn the British North Ameflc IN pro-
vinces, and the West Coast of South America, where
different rates were found more applicable and diff
feTtnt arranR were mace. rate OF two
cents for United States postage on newspapers
transmitted between the United States ami Great
Britain, had been already fixed by the existing
postal treaty with that county. This order vas
considered advisable, not only in view of the de-
sired postal arrangements with France, Prussia
and Belgium but also OF having, as far as practical
OLE simple and uniform rates Of newspaper poStlse
between the United States and the S.a'cs OF WIS
TEN Europe.
The postal convention with Prussia, whchhasf0r
nj months been ready for Signature. soon as IL
reduced rate OF transit postage should be consented
10 by the British Government, is suli unsigned, IN
eonseq9ence Of the failure OF negotiations WIN
Great Britain for the adoption OF satisfactory rates
OF transit postage on letters passing taroush mat
Angtom to countries beyond. For the same reason
Me ne gotiations with France for a similar post tai
arrangement have not been pressed to a dual con
elusion, and pending propos Al for postal conven-
ton with Belgium. III connection with proposition
for the establishment OF line OF mail steamers
10 Antwerp has been postponed for future consider
alton.
The renewed determination of Great Britain 90
insist upon transit rate ON letters passing through
England, which Is deemed excessive Is a subject OF
regret BY the postal treaty of December, lSiS this
Government made the most liberal concessions.
The terms OF The treaty were highly favorable to
Great Britain, but am constrained to that IN my
Judgment the liberal spitlt thea manifested by the
United States has not been reciprocated The treaty
provided that the British Government might send
letters In closed mails Though the United States,
tmossly by the way Of Ne~Iork or Boston, to their
Month American Provinces, AZ twelve and hall
cents the ounce, which vas deemed equivalent TO
eAly enc half the rate then paid by citizens
on letters conveyed the same distance.
This provision was conceded. although the transit
rates on letters passing through England on their
way nom or 10 this country were len Temporarily,
~ was then supposed, 10 be Determined by the
british PostOfnce. except that they were no! 20
coed the rates which that Office then charged. or
should thereafter charge, upOn letters iron British
colonies or possessions. foreign countries passing
through England IN like manner and although 1t
was known that the rates usually charged (oeing
eneient III respect 10 letters addressed TO different
countries! averaged about thirty cents the ounce.
IL was then expected that this arYang mcGt in re
speet TO the transit rates of the two countries woad
De speedily superseded By one more In accordance
with The views Of mutual benefit and acco nmola.
een entertained by this Government and to that
end the folio sing provision inserted in the 18th
article OF the treaty
Bat The tw, cont acting parties agree 20 invite France
r. eater into communcailA With Them. without AS ii