The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-10
News from the bahamas.
MEETING OF rHE LEdIsLATURE-rHE WRECKfHG
sYsTEM-CHAN6Ks PRoPOsED-srBAh TO REw
YORK.

News from the Bahamass
MEETING OF THE LEGIsLATURE-rHE wRECKING
sYsTEM-CHAHGKs PRoPOsED-srBAh TO EEw
YORK.
The schooner Arctic has arrived New Orleans from
Nassau, N. p, with advises dated 18th February;-
The Legislature commenced it's session on the 9th ult
M Nassau. Governor Bayey, In ns speech, gave his
views relation 70 suble;t OF great importance 70 Ame
rlcen commerce, viz the wrecking System, prose-
cuted IN the Baharas After rcnakng tnat the Incidents
OF the system have provoked rcmonstances Eag-
lshmen and foreigners, the Governor says:-
Associations instituted for tho protection OF mercantile
ano thpp'ng interests IN Pars, 10 Liverpool and New
York, have conveyed TO her Nastys government com
plants Of the losses which they state been nj oted
them by tho frequency OF he sh ~hich occur
upon coasts the excessive remuneration paid to
the sslvors The underwIters coun0ls t-at ouly
arc vessels exposed 70 the inevitable dsgsrs Shieh in
certain localities beset Jorts sh,ae and reefs
also TO thoee hoavy Losses which result from culusvs
wrecks preconcerted savsges They represent that
shipmssters make dishonest cOmpsct with colonial
wreckers that high savages awarded BY Interested
arbtrsors and that TIE right of appeal is virtually
raiized by the expensive procedure o. the appellate
court There e.1e too who the wreckers OF
violence, menace lduc. anost pratioal. Yon will
gather that. WHINE have been compelled 10 admit that
too many Of wrecks have been the result Of collus
and that the average of salvsge Is zoo high, have
never lost an opportunity OF rebutos Tho charges OF
menace, piracy violence Ievead aglnst wreckers
We can establish Court of Inquiry into those OF
wreck which throw suspicion on the behaviour OF iho
mastere We can transmit the evidence thus collected To
the government II the rartes implicated suspected
So long rs the physcai condition OF cossts and seal
remain what they are, long vii ha vocation pond
TO the exgences Of aud the dclaes Of mani
ty and trust that the members of the Colonial Legsa.
ture will show their appreciation Of the confidence
posed in them by her Majestys government, and will
cheerfuy sanction the OF pr0y which may
correct ACKNOWLEDGED evil Without tr ment to honest
and useful services.
The Governor estimates hat The proposed court o. in
quhy into wrecks will demand OutDy u ESl0 year,
OF which amount hc infcrs tht halt wl borne by
the imperial treasury.
In relation TO the scheme which at tho last session the
Legislature approved estab hiug etc am munica-
ton between hassau and Nc York the Governor says
Is engaging the attention Of the Lords OF Admir-
and he hopes that long interval will elpse before tho
realization OF the project - wi messed.
After copgratuetng the Legislature the increasing
cultivation OF ut IN the ont stands and expressing the
hope that It's extension and will still moro
largely developed, the Governor hays.-
1fec assured that the attention OF the opu-
lent and tgent classes directed 10 the deve
Of lnsuar resources and their Efforts seconded
by the regular and continuous industry OF aborious po-
pulaton, great accession OF wealth would accrue 10
islands which, addition TO fruit salt and sponges could
also produce cotton and those textile materials which
nov so much sought for in the markets Of Europe.
The House sf Assembly, in the address In reply 10 the
Governors speech, assure his ExceIlency that any
which may bs laid before them for the regula
ton Of wreckng and the creation Of court OF Inquiry
into the OF wrecks shall receive that ample
sderation which subject Of such great importance de-
mands On the same day bill 10 consolidate and amend
the wreckng laws Of the colony introduced.