Amalgamated Tbaiu_s' Picnic. —A general meeting of the amalgamated trades was held at the Prince of W ales Hotel last evening, when representatives from the various shops in town wishing to take part in the picnic attended. It was the wish of all present that the picnic should be held at Southbrook on Saturday, 21st February. After Tarious com mittees had been* appointed, the meeting : 'adjourned until Friday evening. The Ma&yland Ship Canal. —The route chosen for the proposed ship canal between Chesapeake and Delaware Bays begins at Queenstown, Maryland, said runs across the Peninsula to Lewes, Delaware, discharging into Delaware Bay, five miles above the Delaware Breakwater; distance, 51 miles. It is proposed that the canal shall be 200 feet wide and 25 feet deep, with tide locks only. The entire line will have to be dug; esti mated cost, $31,000,000. The saving in dis tance between Baltimore and any Northern port will be 225 miles.
