Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-07
DAILY EVENING STAR.
L5CAL INTELLIGENCE.

OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE Dight EEbu
Bursitt, the weil known lecturer, delivered a
discourse upon the abcve named subject &:
CaruSi saloon, before q very large audience
,f ladies' AMI gentlemen, who were sufficiently
numerous to completely FIJI the room.
The lecturer began by saying that tbe sinh
iect had nc lriy reached its contamination in
the British parliament, SO far as that coIntrv
Was concerned and then explained the princi
pies ami meaning # the Ocean Penny POSTAGE
namely. that the postal charge upon a Letter
across the ocean from port to port sbould he
tGo cents by this regulation the American
Pos; Office would receive five cents for every
letter sent across the ocean, two cents for the
ocean postage and three cents for the inland
postage. while the British asst office would re-
ceiye four cents for each letter namely two
cents Tor the ocean postage and two cents for
The inland ps5tage, 1t leaving u Mt the OPP
ton ot the various entries Ia reduce the
inland rates As they pie ed 1t only required
the cordial co-OpeTation of America and Great
Britain 20 carry ont this principle over nearly
AZ the globe. At present the postage to France
Is 10 cents to Germany csnts, and to England
cents -
More ubIit meetings had been held in
treat Brit IN IN favor OF this project than for
Ali the u,her reforms together. in all the large
cities. such IL london. Manchester. Dublin.
Birmingham. Liverpool, and others. while in
N a.
scented to the British House of Commons not
only from the various towns in Great Britain
out also from the British provinces across the
ssa. from Canada and Australia. In many
eases the ramcs of the subscribers we're nj
most obliterated by the burning tear. of the
writers ~ they fell upon the paper ere the
ink was dry At one hundred and fifty pub
lie meetings OF the kind, held in Great Britain
and ireland. ali persons having relatives q,
IL trn-- he sna
up one of their hands, and in nearly every
instance, two-thIrds Of those composing the
meetings held UP their hands 10 show tina,
the5 had friend. beyond the sea- At the last
meeting OF the British Parliament, sixty men,
bers aud seventy other influential individuals
waited upon the Earl of Aberdeen to u1ge
upon the government the adoption l.. once
and n0- by allnsnts, of the ocean reuny
postage The Governor OF the Bank of Enc.
Iaui, in iu,rot. icing the dcpltution. stated. in
his PREDATORY address, that the people would
never rest satisfied until the measure Ias
adopted. MIR. Miner Gibson had promised 10
bring the subject before The notice of the
British House of Commons. and sir Gladstone.
the Chancellor Of the E.xcheguer had tlaref
that he should be glad to see the matter
brought forward and fully Investigated. So
that during the sc3sioI. o. the present Parlia-
ment- it was certain that n committee would
be appointed to investigate il This would be
composed OF such men Us Golden Hume
Bright, Miner, and Gibson. while eminent
men VIC e calculating facts to be submitted to
L, showing that the ocean penny postage
EiSht be adopted without mourning any Sc
TiOus loss to the Post Office Department.
The speaker cal ed upon the United States
TO Unite in bringing about this benefit, and
said that it might appear great enterprise to
carry letters across the ocean for two cents
each. but, Notwithstanding our large and
varied commerce. our mail routes are very
direct and simple. For example in their
route 10 diffeTen; parts OF the United States
tie mail s;eancIS carry letters to four other
natioEs besides our oEn
The speaker then observed that letters TO
Astoria Oregon are now actually carried on
the sea ter nothing the inland charge t. New
York being three ntE, and he inland charge
al Oregon being the same sum, making the six
cents which Is The postal charge On all letters
to tt- above named place.
With regard to the ocean tage across
Atlantic, the agent of new steam packet
company Rad offered 10 carry the letters
ac-CsS for two cents each.
He then observed that AN enormous sum was
paid To the nrerC companies for Carving the
mails across, whilst u sum realized was only
>3U0 ,0no so that If there was no charge at ali
for ocean postage. only S300,0OO would be sag
rifoed, whilst by the adoption Of the proposed
plan, not one-halt, nor one-fourth of the sum
would be lost. To bring the present revenue
there would be required three times as u1ny
letters l. DC transmitted; ana there Is DO doubt
that the correspondence would be doubled 20
TIA, we have Immediately two-thirds of the
amount guaranteed, o? S2bp, 900 % the 5000 0On
leaving only 100000 10 be accounted for
TLsUtGan Penny postage would likewise bring
into the Mail bag. vast increase of lla.ue
scrip. EhIth Is 1T present conveyed by ether |
n
who nave crossed the Atlantic must know that
H vas; quantity -. letters are carried privately |
by persons across, and mailed at IiFerDooI for !
their various destinations. \ gentleman who !
vas once L fellow passenger with the speaker |
confessed that he had portemanteau full, |
which weighed nearly eighty pounds Besides |
this. twas i COMMON custom to enclose two or
more dihecent letters in one envelope, which |
would be dropped as Well diminishing the |
number % dead lettprs These and other cor
rectlIns would make the revenue reach the |
S3dO,uJ0. which is all that is obtained BY tae
existing bigh rates.
The remainder Of the lecture was an elo-
quant appeal, calling ND the sympathy of his /
listeners for the d"wr trodden, despot-ridden |
bread-taxed. oyer-iO. ed laboring population |
o. Europe Who were curing out at the rate |
Of thousand per dag to find home unier |
our free Institutions, and who lad all left FAM
lie and friends at home.
HVGD 10 OUR CITIZENS-There ia at the !
present time 4 great demand for furnished |
rooms rlOStly by young Inen who wish to re- |
main IN Wellington during the present session |
OF Congress. Vow. it is very ineonyenient to |
be obliged To walk from street To street il !
quest OF apartments, guided only by the Gus
toInary uyItte5l notices against the doors. We |
advi-e all therefore, who have apartments to |
let. 10 send in n small advertisement. to that |
effect stating the locality, whether it is fur |
nished or unfinished, AMI the price per |
month. Such an advertisement viii cost you |
but little. and being placed under the head OF |
" Apartments TO Let would soon bring you |
plenty Of applicants for your rooms If keep |
e-s Of boarding houses wore to advertise more |
ge1erally-stating the advantages offered and |
the pGices eharged-Lhey would soon find their :
funds sensibly increased. For. during the !
season Of Congress our city is teeming with |
visitors Of all classes. they must have boarding
houses, and visiting being an expensive luxury, |
the cheaper some can get good board the bet |
ter. while OIhers would prefer paying a high |
price. for the sake of boardins ~ what is |
termed n . irst class house Thus you see |
what great and widely dissemna. ed benefits |
may arise from simple action You will be |
benefited. and those In quest OF acconInoda- |
tons will 5e benefited.
PAPER NASING.-AnOng the list vi patents |
issued during the past week. we notice one of |
particular importance 10 the cause of civiliza-