The New York herald., 1863-11-05
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
ers-A Charter Granted by Rhode Is
Iand-A French Engineer the Pro-
toetOr-Tbc Ships to be Used
az War Vessels-Detalls OF
Plans and Purposes,
Co., &C., 60.

D. d. u.
raud cf Martinique. Vice Consul OF France Rhode Island
somo time made proposition for what he cons,d
ers important improvements steam navigation.
The proposal Is 10 build four plated steam
ships. four deckers OF the 6rst class vessels
able 10 carry their full complement OF passengers crow.
osrgo and 10 addition hundred and sixty guns Of thu
heaviest caibre TO be used against enemy IL the
casion should render necessary The Legislature OF thu
State OF Rhode Island has entirely OF the plans
OF n. Gouraud, aud 10 the year 1854 granted him Q
charter for The establishment OF an association
TO DO known tho '.Atlantic aud Mediterranean
Banking and Navigation Company" This charter seas
out that the capital stock OF the corporation shall
lllons Of dollars. divided into shares tho par valus
OF Eve hundred dollars Number Of shares be Ie
than four thousand and to be considered persouAi
eeac For the purpose OF carrying business the
poracn authorized to establish bank In the city ot
Providence BY the Of the Mediterranean Navgation
BaDk The capital stock DO nvo hundred thousand dol
ary 10 shares OF hundred dollars each son a the
bsrk established. is the design OF the projectors
% locate au the workshops necessary for largo ros
eouGry where the mammoth ships OF the limo will
he bs is expected that In less than eight months
after the establishment OF the company and the bank
they VIII be able place tho disposal Of the national
government number OF the powerful vessels which they
prcpcee tc build, which would be great contribution E
the IavA s,rcrgth OF the United stsies 3
Sc as not 10 impede the progress Q the steamships
against tie clements they will have TO wrcste with.
ccuto aud ccnouer the and contractor intends
rorose the sccepston OF his associates tho entire
suppression Of masts rigging and sails 10 these stupcu
dcas stesn-hps whose progress will resG only on the
pau OF ter ter separate and oscatng marine engines
their -hecs and rrcpesg screws except six nagmasts
of sus dmcnscnr carry tho star spangied Banner OF
the rEicn ports and by the national Gag Of tho
ccIutry whcse PORTS tho steamers OF tho association
will run.
Ccncerrne their capacity for carrying merchandise and
passengers their accommodations will at any time allow
them carry comfortably and with two thousanA
ace hundred 70 three thousand passengers principally In
the Cstorns, Austras Chaa and Japan trade. we'll fed
and besides thous md tons freight
merchandise, their crew. machinsts and their fuu
soppy OF coal Tor the voyage These sixteen siesmshps
thur built and prepared would sulce to keep up semi
monthly betw the above seventeen or
tweo,y named ports towards the eastward. and alter
psey with ports or tho Pacific Ocean above mentioned
and these SHIPS should be constructed and with be dis
posed carry two hundred aud forty guns OF heavy
catre, with all the implements OF war, that
they be converted at the least possible expcusc and
time into steamships OF the lrst class, whenevcs
they may be required for the public service.
The proposed route 10 be taken by these improved
steamers IL a very extensive Thev 10 alter
natey from the navy yards Of the company in Uppe.
Narragsnsctt Bay r l. aud OF Boston The rst port Of
cali will 10 onc OF the Islands OF the Azores. where .
British limo OF steamers makes ts stoppage thencc direct
,Soussna uD and ATTY @ leagues from t" the ports q Do
psrturc. Passengers aud malls f2r England @iIi
be forwarded hence by way OF 81 Malo de
deauk Tho latter Is one OF the wesi,hiest and moss
beautiful ctios 10 France in direct communication with
Paris by rnilroad and with Spain 10 the south. Ths
will shen proceed to Lisbon, the capital OF Portu
gal Cadz and Gibraltar passing through the Mcdiserra
moan reaypg their mt Carthagena Barcelona and
Msseies thence TO Genoa aud Loghorn, In the Kingdom
of I,sy touching PomJioo Civa veccha or al 0siIa
AT th0 ~
Rome. and 70 the bay and city OF Naples, where nrst
class depot, Or coal deposit, will 30 erected
contemplated that these splendid steam vessels starting
from the city Of Naples, and after rounding the Italian
coast shall alternately direct their 10 Smyrna
Venice Trieste and Consantnopc. far Odessa or
Trebxood 10 tho Black Sea, connect as one Of
Coustantiooc After having performed that esscriy run
taking rots mails passengers. freight, &C. the steam
and thence their port OF departure In Naragnnset Bay
Boetou.
Tho second direction proposed be followed by The
steam vessels OF this line, after leaving the bay et
Naples will be towards the island OF Malta and thence
areo, % G as 70 % ., ~ ns sros
Calcutta for coalng, and TO several other cities on the
coast Of Asia, China Cochin china lsran crossing the
Pacific Ocean 10 San Francisco, aud from this last port ID
California 10 the starting point asialready ment ned.
Immediately after the establishment OF the company
plan Of regular steam vgaion with the empire OF Era
M will be duly considered, and no effort shah be spared
TO make useful tho generous offers Of the enlightened
ss r%usroa a1' Sssroas having coser s.ncs
with the United states. Trade there IL hemmss
the valley OF the Amazon, and shut out IRON the
competition OF the world The Brazilian Legislature bad,
however, proposed
I. Freedom OF coast navigation.
q A monthly line OF steamers from some port oi the
United States Rio touching Al Para aud fcrnamouco
To omen The Amazon and Ia Plata, with their afhu-
enls 70 the commerce OF the world
Ip view OF tnese liberal propositions, committee
viii he appointed from among the first stockholders
OF the company FOR the purpose of brcakin the
question with the government and people of
IraziI. N. courand, IN his extensive obscrvatonet
ON this sub ect which 10 he published pamphlet
form oferp the fullest explanation OF the manner N
which steam by the proposed line TO be
formed with the principal ports q Brazil Marttniqne,
Buenos Ayres the strats o Magellan, Patagonia, sc.--
The istbrnns between Asia and Africa, being Gus
by deep canal between the cities cf Meran-
dris aud sucz Egypt. under the PATRONAGE snd imms-
diate protection of the m crii government o Inoce,
the Que OF the sultan and of the viceroy ~ tryps VIII
In the COARSE o between and three be perfectly
compSeed open steam navigation towards lnan,
China Cochin China japan and san frsncsco. IN pro,
GEES of time IN expectcd that The large and powcrtui
srsmers o< tha association viii be ane 70 navigate INV
seas of tho Pacific Ocean with beneh and rcscn the
cy OF san Francisco srarhtwsy by that new channe'
sosper than by others nov known. . -.
nr coursud warmly srpea's TO capitalists ana .ns psS
lie m general the plan thus bricny oevenys@
Tb,s Se saws s q and ccrtsin nvcsu)cns, W wnws