The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-20


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The Galway Packet Contract.
From the London Times, July
The Galway packet contract ssands in very curious
position The plot Of the story chickens day after day,
is confessed that the solution must be hen without
prejudice TO the omnipotenoe Of Parliament Probably
most OF cur readers remember earlier stages Of the
transaction In the month Of February 1859 Lord Der
bye government entered nto contract wito company
asrsed .ha. IN confederation Of an annual subsidy Of
line Of mail packets should be maintained be-
tween Galway amt the tnited States Great, however,
| was the commoton when this contract TRANSFERRED
Another Atlantic Company, which had been anxious to
compete for the service, and which, moreove', had re-
petition, felt naturally wronged by he ARIA. nent
,hus privately concluded The people o. mad:
| their claims notwithstanding understood pa
the contrary again d.sregarded and that subs t
English lines st directed 70 New York and Boston,
the PR JUDGE Of ports desirable in the interests
Of the colony Finally, the advocates OF ecocomy were
dsSate*ed
the service thus largely recompensed from the public
treasury would have been undertaken and dschar ted
without any recompenee whatever beyond the profit
cruing from the postage dues
However, the thing was done The bargain according
10 precedent in such matters, was complete, Ter Lord
Derby had only exercised the authority and discretion
which he conceived 70 possess, and whether the
contract udcios otherwise, was at any rate
accepted Or the faith OF this acceptance shares
purchased money raised packets built, anti
length Friday last the day when the subject was
discussed in the House Of Commons Mr. LANG received
nj
new line had actually gone TO there was
hitch to be got over still Lord Derby cad done what
of his predecessors had In similar Cir
cumstances He had introduced into the contract
declaration that the subsidy TO be payable
Of moneys voted by Parliament, and bad brought tus
provision reservation distinctly under the notice OF
the contractors Parliament, therefore, TO have
voice in the matter but could the question be consider
ed practically open when half million Of money had
been subscribed and expended the fah Of the Settle
fl00, 900 EACH and Of them, have said had
actually sailed. To discuss the validity Of contract In
such operation was like debating the preamble Of rail
way bin month after the line had been opened for
traffic and yet, II there be discussion, what be-
came Of the approval reserved for pariamenr Things
in this predcAmen. when the Select Committee ap
pointed TO inquire into the general question such
tracts made their nrst report but this report contained
Committee, indeed deemed il " rnnecessary 70
discuss whether, under peculiar aud exceptional circum
stances may be expedent Tor the House of Commons
10 deviate from the ordinary practice Of voting the
moneys required 70 carry out contracts which the execn
tive government have ccnclusively effected within the
limits Of their authority but though they acknowledged
that under the actual terms Of the Galway contract Par
lament could withhold the funds, they were mot
pared 10 recommend this course"
These explanations will eucidate the quest ions{wh
which Mr. Lang was piled on Friday last. As u hap
only one excluded from the matter before the House.
Mr. LANG bad asked for vote OF million and upwards
the packet SERVICE but this did not comprise any
provision IN respect Of the Galway The
quence was that all the gentlemen politically patriot
sion was in vain that Mr. IAips declared meau no
thing, but was merely matter Of account The con
prepsred. and therefore was not brought TO BOOK
that all As Cor the question itself Il would remain
unprecedented psrhaps rather gain thauSoherwiss by
but enough Was the government going 70 sup
port the contract as well bring forward Would II
be brought as government proposition, and sustained
Mr. Butt put Is, by the full weight Of government in
fuences To these home questions M Iing had only
reply that another report Of the select Committee
the Of appearing; that until appeared positive
undertaking could be given but that as soon as
| IN circulation government would decision
| for considering the whole subject
Well the second report has appeared and The question
ID complicated and rather ess advanced than
before In the first report the committee had only been
Influenced their estimate Of the Galway contract by the
generally imprudent conditions under which had been
effected; but something The committee
inform the House that Mr. Lever the original promoter Of
the Galway line entered the ID u 1855, into
formal agreement with Messrs Irwin and Holmes where
by he oovenaDted to them the OF l0000 they
sovsrnmens So ssdy Of sac a. amount caIa.ea BY
the Cunard precedent or proToronatey smaller pre-
MUM in case the subsidy should be less To put this
transaction beyond all doubt the actual deed
duced, and is printed in the evidence What, then, do
the committee say thsS Why they that thou n
they have ground for SURPRISING that Messrs Irwin aud
Holmes did resort to any corrupt means carrying
their part Of the agreement the exeetou Of
due influence" could not according N their inference,
shave been excluded from Mr.. Levers View when he
made the barsap Al tar, 10 ac AZ Mr. Lever coi.er
Lever who entered INTO this agreement were himself
the contractor under the Galway contract, commit
Tee could not doubt that the House should withhold the
noe IN "a a Qf.Ff
however, cannot be thus simplhed Me- Lever, We are
told, still holds shares 10 the amount q about fourth
Of the whole stock aud st director OF the company
there e a considerable body Of independent proprs
tors, and the Board of Directors acquitted all eompl
the fresh hcts Of the case, the committee sin
fran frUm definite recommendation and 'deem Il m AT
Of The House, without suggesting any opinion III their
own" We Will not venture upon the ground which TIE
committee have avoided, but IL seems pretty safe to
Ucpae that She sess ON of 1850 vii not 70 cse
1 without at least one more Interesting debate.
| Tsom Dublin correspondence Iosdon Iimes.l
| rHE GALWAY POSTAL CONTRACT.
The following curious 81 element N reference " TIE
nna ale o. the celebrated Gasay Lever subsidy appears
In the Dublin Ersnssq Pot For months past friend and
Zoe Of The soosrses s have been sss Teps,ss os ga
Is correctly indicated by the PcSa few weeks, 4 10,
days, viii tell
this company-a rumor most startling Ia ia nature-trd
we'll calculated TO rouse the energies Of those in
terested III great national undertaking
1t Is confidently that the very when, by
superhuman excrton, this line has been fairly streiat
the very moment when, notwithstanding oppo
soJ the Government ind themselves almost cocrcod n
sanction "the subsidy" an arrangement has beer
Guided for transfer o. Subsidy toarva eomiany.
and that this sacrifice In 10 only coun.e iancei by
British Parliament but urged BY them upon the directors
Judge the Irish proprieors Alright, they would pre-
fer e,a loss " their capital, IN empowering N
out the project In ts integrity u becoming the recp
ens Of the patry return which they ~oad be entitled 10
ting PARTIES 20 this act 81 injustice. IL may n)t
be too late TO couneract the evil, and probably "a
accomplishment but moment should not be lest in or
gaining powerful opposition.
The magnificent steam packet the Ulster. belonging %
Levers Galway line was safely launched az Hll Al
quarter past Tuesday evcn.nD, July B. Tue
Tier .as hne, aud there very large attendance o.
1 spectators
Literature and Art.
The Bonner Zruns conta ms the following Professor
~colayius has lust Transmitted a yery valuable musical
relic 70 the library a. university. II sheet Of ~,
Per filled with notes Beethovens hand writing contain
ing Fragments Of the prncp aria In soprano, In the ars