The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-04-27

All of these vessels with their with admi-
vessels Of and srenet tn be i aud
able guns OF the largest cabe now used on board
Number Of miles steamed annually by this company,
three hundred and cghyone thousand nine hundred and
sixty, (3Si,96o)
PROPOSED ROUTES BY GREAT BRITAIN.
l.t From Panama. t across the Pacific, TO the Gaapa.
ID From Cape Of Good Hope acro., tho Indian ocean.
Sd From Singapore, via East India islands. Eastern
Rseapituatio~ OF steamships, s. horse power.
% 62O tonnage, g., ,3ss; miles steamed, l,57l ,06s
will also read to the Senate description Of this great
Oriental route. It's extent and magnitude are astonish-
ing: SCR
AT Suez the head OF the Red sea, two
In waiting for the passengers and mails conveyed from
across the desert ooe Of the steamers suez belongs
East India Company and has Bombay for is dssiins
The tenth Of the month is ared a. the day Of dsps,ars
and all and hns' having been shipped The vessel.
laos miles Here they part company the Oriental steamer
e Point dc Gale in the island Of Ceylon-a distance of
23f miles Having exchanged mails with the vessel for
on 10 Calcutta where arrives about tweny-eight
days from Suez after uaversng 47oI miles, and spending
se vessel in waiting at Point de Galle as soon .s
receives what the other has brought her, starts eastward
uaverng 2s6 miles. strives Penang, in the
pcnnsular OF Mslscca from thence scsmipg down be-
tween Sumsa and the main land she arrives at the lito
Chinese sea- terrible for its yphoous Hong Kong, where
little No Is ready continue the limo OF
"The number Of miles steamed by the vessels of this
company under contract is 3Sl $50, and the payment
f2o4 800 snnum The MAKES nm Snn1ni % 1y-
dspd OF eight per cent on capital o. about ~
supposng that the fleet was kept and ths
reduced to that derived from passengers and msr-
chandse aone only could dividend be paid, bat
sctna loss sustained every Of moro than o000
another striking illustration OF fact already adveed to,
that post office contract such schemes Of regular
and efficient ocean steam navigation could not be main
taincd."@
This shows that although the propetors Of this Oren
tai line now divide eight per cent dividend per annum.
taken away il could not be sustained but that there
would be loss of 4l26,000 per annum.
There is doubt about what is the policy OF England
She looks 10 the great returnher commerce and 10 her
revenue by OF her postal contracts yet she would
be the gamer by establishing and Keeping up nese I'M
mensc lines OF steam navigation Inese mxy-tnroe
ocean steamers, with tonnage OIL ol34e Meamine io,-
00U miles per annu under the control OF the admi
ralty and are capable Of being converted. at any time,
into war steamers Now, senator's, look at the policy OF
Enrland BY her lines OF steamers she has surrounded
the world We all remember that striking sime OF Eng
the rising TO the setting Of the sun That figure will be
changed War will give way TO peace, and the merry
ring of the ocean steamers bell will be heard bell sound
ing TO bell the world round.
The Indian mail which len Southampton In August
las, filled is7 csess each capable o. % noa,"g
brought through France Making allowance for the news
papers contained In these the number oil letters must still
have All this writing and transmission Of
necessarily increase trade and qucny
bring additional supplies articles this country, she d
ties on which than make the difference be-
,cen tho peyments the the of
the post office But higher tons than those OF
prof, and loss We have no hesitation In saying that
the bessngs country OF those lines ospeedy comma
would not b. purchased dsary not one farthng
Of the contract money were returned 50s1ri it