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1625, by a Captain Bailey. Another conveyancefor the body, the sedan-chair, was introduced first into England in1584, and came into fashion in London in 1634. The late Sir JohnSinclair was called a fool because he said a mail-coach would come fromLondon to Thurso. I am glad to say that he _saw_ it, and it opened up acommunication for the body and mind that has worked wonders in the farNorth. We now have a railway. _Steam. _--We proceed next to the grandest stage--or, as it is said inthe North, ..."We took a start. " What place have we to thank for this greatstart, but the very town in which I have the honour to give this closingaddress. Was not James Watt born here? The 19th January 1736 was a greatday for England, Scotland, and the world at large, for that day broughtinto the world a man who, by his talents and by his observations of whatothers had done before him, was the means of bringing to a workablestate that all-powerful and most useful machine, the steam-engine. Thepeople of Greenock may well indeed feel proud of being citizens of atown that produced such a man; for though many places have given birthto great and valuable men, and persons who rendered the world vast andlasting service, yet, I may safely say, no one has surpassed James Wattin the benefits he has bestowed on the world, on its trade, itscommerce, and its means of communication for both body and mind, as theproducer of the steam-engine.
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