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Tie Rev Postal Arrangements Be-
tween the West ard Europe.
We informed our readers some months since
that contract had been made between the Ca.
madam, the English, and CUR own governments,
by which tue great through mail between The
West aud Europe was to be carried By the
GRIND Trunk Railway and the Canadian Ocean
Steamers that run in connection with it. The
mails from this city and the West are to be
made up every Thursday morning, and they
will be forwarded By the Saturdays steamer,
from Portland. As the steamer ruus in connec-
ton with this train, passengers leaving with the
mail on Thursday morning viii be sure to reaeh
Portland before the steamer starts.
We find in the london Atses 4 full statement
Of the advantages Of this line, from which We
make the following extructa:
Hitherto the latest period At which letters for
conveyance br these steamers could be posted
III London, or throughout England, was Tuesday
evening. but for the future there will be clear
gain ot - hours, inasmuca as al letters posted
throughout Great Dri,ufn on Wednesday will be
torwar.lcd by that nights mail TO dublin. Accor-
ding to present postal arrangements they should
arrive there about ~ a. u. on Thursday.
This is an hour after the ordinary day
IN = w
olIice department has, therefore, entered
into IN arrangement with the directors Of
thc Great Southern and Western Railway Of
ireland to ruin special train from Dublin 10
Cork. It is to star, At IL A. ", and to ruu the
whole distance ls;5 rniles) in four hours and
hull The terullns Of the railway ot Cork is
only q few steps from the llirer Lee. Tic
then') will reach in 4 lew minutes the 1iycr
steamer III readiness fur their reception. From
this point TO Queenstown, distance Of shout
len miles, they will be conveyed in less than An
hour, SO that the mails can he put on board the
Transatlantic steamer ut or about 4:30 r. v. As
the average hour Of sailing Of the mail steam-
ships from Liverpooiis r. H.. and US the run
from that port 10 Queenstown (about 3l5 nauti
cal miles) usually requires about &C touTa, there
il but little chance. eyen under the most favor
able circumstances, Of the Transatlantic ste1mer
being ut Queenstown in ndyancc Of the mail
dispatched fr9u London On the evening Of the
Jay sue ieit liverpool j..
But on the 1st Of July next the accelerated
postal communication bctween Dublin and Lon
don will come into operation. From thnt dale
letters posted ID London for the evening des-
patch OH Wednesday will BE- in dublin nl 7.e0
q. I'll. the following day. IF desputched for Cork
by special express trim ut i a. m., they will
reach that city Mt haltpast II P. M. and Queens
town at p. IN. In September, lsso, The branch
e., 1.1r$
rleted. and as it will form direct confirmation
Of the railway from Dublin to Cork, this dist
ance can be accomplished IN 30 minutes, and
The delivery Of the mails on board the Cauadien
stea1ncr cnn be completed by p. ILL.,, giving a
gain Of nearly four hours ovcr present arrange
inehts.
II will thus be seen that by these arrange
mcnts there will be cleur gain for the cores
pondencc between Europe and America OF q
hours nj present, aud about eS from September
next.
As regards telegraplic intelligence there will
be gam Of two days, inas,nncli as the steamer
will not lcare Queenstown until IN hour late
enough en- Thursday afternoon to receive The
prices Of the british and Continental funds, as
markets Of that day.
As the arrangements for teleg1aphing ell over
the American Continent to and from Further
Point $50 miles below Quebec) are now com.
plcte, it follows, taking the average speed Of the
Canadian steamers iuto account. that telegraph.
ic communication from Eurone 10 America ran
thus be kept up in eight days. The news by
this medium will almost invariably be known ou
The American Continent OIL the Friday. and lis
effect Gun lie noted III the commercial cores.
pondeuce by the steamers leaving both Quebec
and New York on the following dar, {:satur.
day.)
The following arc the distances from Queens.
IT, y n
Boston, o,4.G; to Portland, 9.45Q; to Quebec.
e,e02. But the voyage from Europe to Quebec
possesses not ouly the advantage Of being uueh
shorter than to anY Of the other norris. but for
moro than ono third Of its length it is within
the smooth waters Of the cult and river ST.
Lawrence. Dy this route land is only lost sicht
Of between fire and six DAYS. Dr tie others it
Is moi visible excep. for few hours inter DO.
parture and before arrival The navigation ol
The st. Lawrence being closed in winter by ice.
the Canadian steamers 70 ~ and from Port.
land, the post nearest to Juror. after Quebec.
Tbs entire completion Of inc Grand Trunk
Railway Of Canada aud the opening Of the Vic
toria bridge enable the directors to establish q
system of continuous trains between Quebec
aud Portland with Chicago. The distance ii
the former 10 Chicago is .O07 miles. and Of the
latter to Chicago l,l3l miles, The .uccd Of
these trains. including I'll stoppaccs. is twenty.
three miles IN hour, consequently the remain.
ing time between Chicago aud Quebec will be
forty.four hours. and between Cbicaeo and
porfl:ud fifty hours. 1t is mainly in conse.
quen.e of this continuous system Of trims
working In direct connection with the Canadisu
steamers that tho United States government ba1
entered into the treaty with the Imperial and
Canadian Post Offices for the trausmitiop Of the
mails between Europe and the Western. North.
Western, and Southwestern S,ates Of the Amer.
ican Union. Nv means Of this connection thcre
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cions. m ~ which Comprise thousands Of % souate
miles Of as rich and productive land ~ thrre i.
IL any part Of tic world. The Canadian stesm.
er will. on the return yoyaee, start ou EACH Sal.
urday. In summer sue nav be exnected in
Queenstown on Monday, with a tetec.aphis
summary Of all i.nportant matters frnm eIrrr
part Of the American continent occurring be,
tween business hours on the previous SATURDAY.
week, and her mails Gnu be delivered 10 Loudo11
and throughout England on Wednesday morn
ing, 80 as to enable replies to be seat BY that
ercniuc's post, for the steamer that calls nj