Correspondence between the Hon. William Napier, on behalf of the English shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railroad Company, and the Hon. Wm. Cayley, ... memorandum and extracts from debates, &c

by William Napier

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. ... the Company, the observation in his communication of the Honorable the Premier of the Government, " that the insertion of the proposed clause," will obviate some of the objections which have been raised against the proposed extension of relief, and being personally able to confirm the latter representations, I feel justified in giving my adherence on the part of the Committee of Shareholders to the additional clause in question. and hon. gentlemen opposite complained of our want of nerve, and our inattention to the general demands of the country, in not coming down with a larger measiue of reduction. One prominent member, the hon. gentleman who not more than two or three nights ago told us we ought now to come down with firmness and nerve and meet the present exigencies of the country by heavy imposts--that very gentleman on the occasion to which I refer, not twelve months ago was one of the parties who moved an amendment to reduce our revenue from 30 per cent. on sugar, and molasses, to 10 per cent. And he was followed by the hon. member for Montreal, who proposed j;o reduce the ad valorem duties from 12 to 10 per cent. I wish to contrast the view taken by those gentlemen of our position on that occasion with the views expressed two nights ago, when we were urged to come down with a bold measure of taxation on the country. It is satisfactory also to be in possession of evidence by which I believe the proposed Line, would by good management, in a very short time, pay its own working expenses, and I cannot but look forward without apprehension to a more prosperous result than has hitherto been contemplated when the effect on the traffic of this Section, of the Resources to be anticipated and made available, by the...

26 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2013

About the author

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A pseudonym of Christopher Hart

Christopher Hart (born 1965) is an English novelist and journalist.

He was educated at Cheltenham College (expelled), Leicester University (dropped out), Oxford Polytechnic and Birkbeck College, London, where he completed a PhD on W.B.Yeats.

Under his original name he has written two contemporary novels, The Harvest and Rescue Me. Since 2001, he has written four historical novels under the pseudonym of William Napier, the last three a best-selling trilogy about Attila the Hun and the Fall of the Roman Empire.

As a journalist he has worked as Literary Editor of the Erotic Review (magazine folded) and Agony Aunt for Time Out (sacked.) He currently writes regularly for the Sunday Times, where he is lead theatre critic, and the Daily Mail.