The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-06 00:00:00

ANGLO-IRISH FISHERIES ASSOCIATION.

Yeeteedey aftereoen en &climatal Meeting of mem-
bers of puffamene sad other gentlemen, was held In one of
the ants-romma of the House of Comatose in the purr se
M ellerillvisegretaaley tre Me. Ward, ta explain the
plaits end thognigeeed Aagio-lrieh Fisheries As-
sminffse. glair Wan emeteied hy nearede" M.P.
for Kerry. Ameag these preerst, we the Lard
Mayor or Dublin, Lord Naas, M.P. Mr. Stained, M.P.
Mr. Scully 10 P. Mr. Mauna O'Connell, M.P., Colossi
Dena., 111.. P, Major Meehan, MP., tta
Mr. WARD stated that the new maenads& which was
provisissally registered, and which reposed t• raise • cap!.
ad of 20,0001. in shares. lad the leer ioliewiag objects in
view : let, to sepply the English and Irish merkate with
fresh fish at • moderate rate sad in comparative abundance ,•
2adly, the supply of Europese markets, sad
espealelly Ireland which had hitherto been •
largagefesemer of the article, with cured fish; thirdly, to
famish employment to a considerable portion of the Irish
directly or indirectly, as a large wawa% of
sa labour will be trellised is welds, eat the plan
and ioarthly, to realise • large profit upon the rmarm,whielt,
it was alleged, could net tail to be secured if the pima wen
practically and judiciously carried out. He promated te
show, by reference to parliamentary reports mad •
that thenwas an abundant supply of fish asthief=
Ireland, end that fishing woe on the decline fa that esemen
::Ult:the want of espied and enterprise, thedetsrteaateri
ef the boats employed lathe sweeties, eel Millies
et the gear. - The as M Misitiellela papas* as
ea= Weeks, with wells, assuaging fle ememeek wit
• small steamer to attend on the smacks and convey
the fish to the shore. They then proposed
convey the fish ever/ zwenty•four Noun to
Weston-euper-Mare, near Bristol, whi was to be their
principal depot, and then to tray emit it by railway to Olen.
enter, Birmingham, Manchester' and London. B r this
moans the fish caught on the Irishs/set would be sold is
Billingsgate within 3) hours of their capture wedelns MEW,
being killed. An immense additional ads of the artiste In
this country wee anticipated, provided a regular periodisel
supple from Ireland could be obtained. Ut late, owing to
insufficiency and irregularity, the supply had nut kept pees
with the advance of the population ; and it was believed that
tea times the present quantity would be consumed la Bil-
lingsgate were the company in full practi.al operation. The
consumption in all the great towns in England would also
be increased. In the district of Liverpool the demand was
enneautw, Mr. 111. Tiernan, fishmonger, of that town, having
stated that be had sold 2,0001. worth of herders in eight days
and that he had never leas than 4,0001 embarked in the
herring trade. Ireland had herself imp( rted no less than
146,0001. worth of cured fish in Isl 4, and her imports of
that article for • decennial could not have been rough
under 1,000,0001. The United Sates of America, availing
themselves of this demand, had exported tith to thew
countries, and had realised profits by the undertaking. It
was now proposed to make Ireland the Billingsgate of
Etgland, France, Spain, and others of the continental
countries, in the belief that the capital so employed ea
her wasters and southern coasts would tend greatly to
ameliorate the condition of her people, and to remunerate
all who might become shareholders in the company.
The LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN said that as an
Irishmen he would hail with feelings of pleasure any pima
which was calculated to derzlnp the resources of Me
country, and that no jealousy would be anted in Ireland,
on the ground that the speculation was an English one. He
wished, however, to km,w whether the capital was avail-
able, inasmuch as that was the cardinal point.
Mr. WARD observed that the capital would be forth-
coming in the City. All that was now required, wee to
ob-
tain the general approval of the Irish members in the =Ma
features of the plan.
Mr. SAUNDERS, an exteneive Laudon fishmonger, said
be was of opinion that a sum of 200,000:. might be profit-
ably employed in the taking of flab ea the nesters and
southern ceases of Ireland. Toe take, however enormous
it might be, would find • ready sale in Eeelend, and on
the coast M. Srein, where 160,000 tons and fish were annu-
ally c :mamma.
Colony DU NNE observed that so abundant was fish on
the coast of Ireland. that be had rometimes sewn the ground
ensured with it. He moved a resolution to the effect that
the Irish members there assembled approved of the objects
set froth in the plan, elthoeitt it was impossible at once to
went to the many and varied details connected with it, and
thought that it aoatained mach valuable information, and
that the formation of • company for the purpose of fishing on
the west come of Ireland, judielissly conducted, and provided
bote fide with capital, would be highly remunerative.
This resolutioa was seconded and unanimously adopted,
after which a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANRUPTCY.
lama& ILL a/3011.10N= liutmuuas.
IY lIE STEAD.

This was the adjourned last examination meeting in the
ease et Hasid Stead, described u a patentee of wooden pay-
ing, of George-street, Adilphi. After several adjourn-
ments, the bankrupt now passed on the following
statement of accounts, erendigg from the Ist A?ril, 1810,
to April last :—To erediters, 8,2521. (of which 3,5001.
to owing to his relations); liabilities, 1,5211. ; profits,
3,345/. -By deficiency at the commencement of the account,
2,3611; paid into mart, 2001.; good debts, bS/ ; property,
261 ; from patents (eat), 1,216 ; law costs and actiots in I
se, tainin; patent 'Saber, 3,0811. ; tirade expenses, 1,0311.;
home and personal ditto, :,4861. ; losses, 1,757/.
1111. Linklater supported the bankrupt.
His Honour, after looking through the account+, said be
should allow the bankrupt to pass. It appeared he bad loads
Am on his premises, and some of his books bad been stolen ;
the probability therefore was that this, were the best
account+ be could render.
The meeting was also an adjourned one for the choice of
a trade assignee. Ms. reasell, the official assignee, was
chasm

DETENTION AND Loss OF NEWSPAPERS IN VIE
Pose-orrice.-510111 than one correspondent has recently
complaised of the detention and loss of Remmers sent by
post. From one place we hear of a paper posted ea Satur-
day last not being delivered till Tuesday—one day atter the
proper time ; in another ease a journal containing the last
news about Sir It Peel,was kept back by the Post-office people
from eight in the morning, when due, till late in the even-
ing. Still worse cases have to be told. A Croydin corres-
pondent rays—"A great number of newspapers are lost in
conn'ry post-offices; two letter•carriers nave been discharged
from the post-c,ffice in this town for stealing letters and
newspapers. A provincial contemporary of yours has lost
mom than one subecriber to his journal by an old newspaper
being inserted in the wrapper, and his weekly publication
abstracted. I have on many occasions sent his publication
to friends at a distance, and have titan bad occasion to write
a letter by the same post, In which I hadmentioned that I bad
sent them a newspaper. I have many times received replies,
stating they had received my letter bat no newspaper. I
have laid my complaint before the Post-office authorities,
but expect no satistutory redress."
ELECTION Or SBERITPA OF LONDON AND MID.,
DLESZl.—Andrew Caldeoott, Ego , who was on Midsummer
day sleeted, with Alderman Carden, to fill the office of she-
riff of London and sheriff of Middlesex, having intimated
his intention of declining to fill the office during the ensu-
ing year, several candidates have already been named to
be put in nomination at the next Common Hall, and yes-
terday morning the Town Hall as well as Guildhall were
extensively placuded with the names of Henry James
Coombe', Esq., tie izen and Ironmonger, and George Edmund
llodgkinson, fur Sheriff. No day has yet been appointed
for the election, as no official announcement of the refusal
to serve can be made, Mr. Caldiscott buying fourteen days
from the day of election to appear before the Court of
Aldermen, who then, on tenure of appearance cr sufficient
excuse, order the fiae of 5001. to be recorded, and the Lord
Mayor issues his precept for another election. Had Mr.
Caldeoott refund before being chosen, the fine would only
have been 4001.
THE New MEDICAL KNIcIITS.—At the levee held
on Wednesday last, her gracious Majesty Queen Victo,ia
conferred the honour of knighthood on Dr. (now Si:Thules)
Hastings, of Worcester; and Dr. (now Sir Robert) 01111,01,
physician to the King of the Belgians. Dr. Hastings has
been long distinguished as the founder of the Provincitl
Medical and Surgical Association, of which important
society he was many yam the secretary, the president of
its council, and at this time its president. Sir Charles
Hastings is also the author of a valuable treatise " On In-
flammation of the Mucous Membrane of the Lunge," and
of " Illustration' of the Noland History of Worcestershire."
We have reason to know that the honour of knighthood has
been conferred on Sir Charles 11a/tinge solely on public
grounds, and from no political or personal interest. Sir
Hobert Carswell was formerly professor of pathology in
HeAersity College, and was appointed physician to the
Lan court on the retirement of Dr. Andrew Comb..
the welLknown author of the great work on " Patho-
logical Anatomy," the admirable plates of which, all drawn
b Sir Itobert's own hand, are still, and must ever remain,
modelsy of elegance and accuracy. Sir Robert Carswell
is now in this country, in attendance on Louis Philippe,
at the request of hie daughter the Queen of the Belgisur.—
Lotted.
TIIE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION O Smelts.—
Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a Monthly Court oft he Metropoli-
tan Commissioners of Sewers wee held at the office, No. 1,
Week-street, Soho, for transacting the business of the Wm-
mission ; Viscount Ebrington, in the chair. A num-
ber of works were ordered to be emitted, amounting to
nearly 8,000 feet of sewer and pipes, at a oat of about
12,0001. The money for them weeks was to be borrowed on
the endit of the district rates, at not len than 6 per cent.,
which cre
ws t
be repaid by instalments, and to attend over a
period of 30 years.