Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — The British Lion. [ARTICLE]

The British Lion.

London dispatch: The steamer America, of the National Line, has been ordered by the Brit sh Government to be gotten in readiness for naval transport service at sea within a fortnight. The America is to be armed with ten guns. The Atlantic Steamship Company, it is reported, are considering the question of the advisability of raising passenger fares and freight rates. If the contemplated advance be decided upon, the reason given will bo the depletion ofthe Atlantic fleet by the Government’s demands for transports.