320 INCREASE OF TRADE^ &C. 



By substituting steam navigation between Ja- 

 maica and England^ the voyage from Great 

 Britain to Peru^ could be performed in little 

 more than a month. 



The security which will be given to com- 

 merce by this prompt communication ; the 

 facilities afforded to merchants in realizing the 

 proceeds of their shipments ; the consequent 

 increase of trade ; the regularity of advices 

 along the shores of the Pacific^ so desirable 

 for British commerce; are points of universal 

 interest. To the squadrons stationed in those 

 seas, an immense advantage will also be gained 

 by the facility of communication and the in- 

 creased efficiency of their operations. The 

 moral influence to be effected will tend to 

 strengthen and sustain the governments of 

 the respective states against the usurpation of 

 revolutionary demagogues. 



