The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 11,

1852

F. Slight, EN., Secretary of the London, Brighton, and
B,,uth Coast Railway Company.
Sir,—Tho paragraph %-
hie% appeared in the Timis of
yesterday is evidently written under a misapprehension
of the facts, and is clleu'ated to do some Nary bath to
myielf cal to your company, as it will /cave an impres-
sion that your directors are dissatified with the warner
in wiAcla the steam service between Newhaven and
Dierpe is at prk:,sent performed. and that consequently
your che.irtirn was present at the trial of the Wave
Qaeen, with a view to subaitutinEt b,tter boats.
As it is stated that the speed and general results of the
trial of the Wave Qasen were satisfactory to your tom.
Pany, arid as my veLA,I, the Paris, which left Newhaven
on Saturday twenty-five minutes after the Wave Queen,
and was the first to land her passengers, having maqe
the passage in ten minutes less time, I em justified in
supposing that the service, as at present performed. ha;
been far from unsatisfactory to your directors.—Yours
obediently, HENRY P. MAPLES.
5, Arthur-street East, Aug. 10, 1852.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

COWES, Au°. 9,
DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTIC FOR THE

CONTINENT.
Her Majes-y's lieges had a grand treat hero last even,
ing in one of the most beautiful Liz,kits msny ever had
witnessed. The Queen having signified her intention of
embarking on board the Victoria and Albert this after_
noon, the royal yachts and the whole of her Majesty's
steam fleet proceeded into the bay in front of Osborne
House, taking up positions in a line to the eastward, and
all the yachts that could be mustered (a goodly number),
led by the Commodore of the ItJyal Yacht Squadron in
the xari(a, formed a line to the westward, and a prettier
sight has seldom been seen than these beautiful vessels
sailing in line into the bay. Efer Majesty and the royal
family embarked at halt past six o'clock under a royal
salute from the steam-trigates and yachts, all dressed
their varied flags,
with yards manned. The feat
out in
remained for the night in the bay, and at six o'clock
this morning steamed away with their royal charge for
Antwerp.

London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.
Sir, London Terminus, Aug. 10, 1852.
—ln reply to your letter of this date with refer-
ence to the experimental trip with the Wave Queen, I am
desired to say that the service between Newhaven and
Dieppe has been performed by your steamer, the Paris,
satisfactorily to the directors of this company, the pas-
sage having been made on the average in less than five
hours and a-half. lam to add that the chairman of this
company was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, in
order to witness an experiment with a vessel of a novel
construction, and not because this company is dissatisfied
with the manner in which the present service is per-
formed.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
H. P. Maples, Esq.
FRED. SLIGHT.

DEPARTURE of
the ROYAL SQUADRON.
PORTSMTIT, TUESDAY.--Her Majesty the Queen,
Highness Prince Albert, four of the eldest
ohfistEy
heoroaylalchildren, and the ladies and gentlemen
Court, left Osborne Palace at half-past six
o'clock, RE2
of the
and embarked
on the Victoria and Albert,
with the intention of starting early this morning.
steame at anchor off Osbor
The
ran-
rods, dressed shiprss, and fired royal salutes.ne
mannedeya
This morning the weather was very fine and pro-
pitious, a fine summer breeze blowing from the west.
The
royal squadron got up steam early, but it was not
i
till 45 minutes past six that the vessels began to move,
when under both steam and canvas. The squadron
came up the Solent and through the anchorage in the
following order:--
The Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smitbett
(in advance about a quarter of a mile).
The Victoria
_an_d Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence,
auH., with the royal standard at the
main.
Master-Com-
The Fairy royal yacht screw- tender,
mander .
,
The Black Eagle ht Master-Commander
Petley, with the steam- yac
First Lord of the Admiralty, the
Duke of Northumberland, on board ; Admiralty flag
at the main.
The Odin steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, C.B.
The Magicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay.
The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones.
The Baracouta steam_ frigate, Captain Hon. S. T.
Carnegie.
The Retribution steam frigate, Captain Hon. R. S.
-
Drummond.
assed through
The royal squadron p Spithead about
7.30 A.M., with the wind a little to the northward of
west, and on the starboard. quarter,
t.
nificent sight to early risers.
The royal yacht had a oretopsail set, and passed
through at the rate of 12 knots, followed
acrowd
o
bt.y
ethaenvas—
courses, topsails,
.sman-
of-war escort, under steam a
topgallantsads, royals, studdingssii .
When off Beading
Harbour (which is the east end
of the Isle of Wight) a signal was thrown
out from the royal yacht, " Catch me who
Can ;" for there was an immediate struggle for posi-
tion, and a regular race ensued. The Magicienne was
soon alongside the Odin, and these steam-frigates
were neck-and-neck for upwards of two miles, when
the Odin shook her off, and again stood number one.
Baracouta now thought it quite time to shake off her
lethargy, for (like magic) she passed the Magicienne
and Odin in succession, and at 8.30 was nearly hull
down, about a mile astern of the royal yacht.
We saw the last of the squadron at 9 30, thirteen
miles to the eastward of the Nab light-vessel, and
their position was as follows :—Vivid, Victoria and
Albert, Brack Eagle, Fairy, Barracouta, Odin, Magi-
cienne, Sampson, and Retribution.
As the royal yacht passed Spithead the Blenheim,
60, Captain Gardner, and the Tiger, 20, Captain Gif-
lard, dressed in colours, manned yards and cheered.
The Niger screw-sloop, Commander Heath, also got
under weigh, and then rounding the Spit buoy, coming
into harbour fired a royal salute, and manned her
rigging and cheered.
The Victory and Neptune, flag-ships, in Ports-
mouth Harbour, with the Excellent, were also dressed
in colours early, and as the royal yacht passed they
all saluted.
At Portsmouth it was supposed that the royal
squadron would sail at daylight, and in consequence
the Royal Artillery were on the qui vice at that
time and at their guns, but it was not till about
seven that the salute was fired from the Garrison
Battery.
The interesting spectacle of the royal yacht pass-
ing to the eastward was a most pleasing and beautiful
sight, and a number of the inhabitants and visitors
to Portsmouth were up and on the seward lines of
the town, and enjoyed it.
Around the coast a sharp lookout was kept for
the royal squadron from Saturday morning.
The Duke of Wellington arrived at Dover on Sa-
turday, and proceeded to Wilmer, leaving instruc-
tions that a messenger should be dispatched to Wal-
mer Castle as soon as the royal ships hove in sight.
DOVER, AUG. 10.—This afternoon, at half-past
four o'clock, the royal squadron hove in sight to the
westward of Dover, and their approach was imme-
diately announced by royal salutes fired in succession
from the Drop Redoubt, at the Heights, and the gun
battery below the Castle keep. Her Majesty's mail
packet Vivid, of the Dover station, took the lead, the
royal Victoria and Albert yacht being second, fol-
lowed by her tender, the Fairy; and another of the
squadron, the Mack Eagle steamer, bringing up the
rear. The weather was delightfully fine (although
much rain had fallen during the day), with compara-
tively calm sea and favourable wind. The royal fleet
steamed past at a rapid rate, and after clearing this
port about two miles, hauled in for the Downs. A
number of ladies were observed from the shore on the
deck of the royal yacht, which probably included her
Majesty the Queen; but this, in consequence of the
distance, we could not say positively. Great demonstra-
tions of colours were made by the naval and military
authorities, the royal standards being hoisted, and
numerous elevated points of the town decorated with
flags, during the passing of the squadron; meanwhile
dense crowds thronged the heights, parade, &c., to
obtain a view of the royal squadron, which remained
in sight of our town for nearly half an hour.
The Royal squadron left the Downs at 4 o'clock
this morning, on its course to Antwerp.
Weather fine.

Messrs.[ADVERTISEMENT.]
Allsopp and Sons are informed so me of
their respected competitors conceive that theythat have made
too exclusive use of Baron Liebig's letter to Mr. Alf-
sopp; and they, therefore, feel themselves called upon to
republish the letter, in order that the public may form a
correct judgment of the intention of that eminent autho-
rity, which was, unquestionably, to induce general con-
fidence in the genuine nature of the productions of all the
leading Brewing Establishments of this country, as well
as to convey a personally-favourable opinion of the ale
brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons:—
BARON LIEBIG TO HENRY ALLSOIT, ESQ, BURTON-ON-
TRENT.

The unguarded remark of a French chemist, that the
strychnine imported in England is employed in part as a
substitute for hops in the manufacture of beer, has lately
spread alarm among the lovers of pale ale. Having been
appealed to by you to express my opinion on this sub-
ject, which appears to me to be,in a dietetic point of view,
one of considerable public interest, I now offer the fol-
lowing brief statement:—
About a quarter of a century ago a brewer in West-
phalia fell into the practice of adulterating his beer with
nux vomica, from which it is well known that strychnine
is obtained. The peculiar morbid symptoms, however,
which resulted from the consumption of this adulte-
rated beer, speedily led to the detection of the fraud.
The effects produced by nux vomica and strychnine are
so characteristic, that every medical man will readily
detect their origin. The French novelist, Alexander
Dumas, has described them, though with more imagi-
nation than truth, in his romance of " Monte Christo."
It is possible that the Westphalian case, which, from
being made the subject of a criminal trial, obtained
great notoriety, has given rise to the assumption that in
England the strychnine imported is used for the purpose
of mixing with beer. But nobody at all acquainted
with the great breweries of that country could seriously
entertain the suspicion of an adulteration of beer with
strychnine or any other deleterious substance. It is
practically impossible that any operation of a doubtful
character could be carried out in these extensive esta-
blishments, on account of the large number of workmen
employed in them. Any attempt on the part of the
brewer to impart qualities to his beer in an illicit man-
ner, which are not to be obtained from malt or hops,
would necessarily load to his ruin, as he would be obliged
to communicate hts secret to too many persons, and to
employ too many accomplices. The draymen them-
selves, as good connoisseurs in beer, would protest
against any manipulation of a suspicious character. The
case has even occurred of an eminent brewer not ven-
turing to make use of a method suggested to him for the
purpose of clearing his beer more Effectually, because
the addition of a new ma!erial to the wort might have.
induced a suspicion in the minds of his workmen that it
was an illicit proceeding, and this would have endan-
gered the good reputation which his beer eujo ed. He
stated to me at the same time that no improvement could
be introduced into a brewery, the object of which was
not perfectly evident to everybody.
During a sojourn of several days at Burton-on-Trent,
I had an Opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted
with the method pursued in the manufacture of pale ale.
I convinced myself that the qualities of this excellent
beverage depended mainly upon the care used in the se-
lectien of the best kinds of malt and hops, and upon the
ingenui!y exhibited in conducting the processes of
mashing and fermenting. Our continental brewers b ,ve
mneli to learn in these points to come up to the English
brewers. I have no hesitation in saying that England
possesses the greatest adepts in malting. I know posi-
tively that the chiat brewers of Munich, who undoubtedly
produce the best beer in Germany, have gone through
ipl
eper
teinn tni ces
entertainedhi p iypenaeberlc;fon
public,
as t forwel thewell
a s
predilection
for the by medical men, for these varieties of b
n Btinttyont
.11 e This
general ina
=tribute to health
guides in the choice of things that ;
in-
stinct of humanity and experience appear to be as good
and enjoyment as the profoundest phfinotshoeph
eYx.cellent Pro:o3Ber Graham and Hofmann,
tion of the pale ale by strychnine,
re-
port already addressed to you uponhtahveo ainllderadteaddualtveerray-
guy strychnine contained in beer. I have y
simple process for detecting the most minute quantity
of
ff
andthe ghraevant conveniencefarther
rmyself, by
accuracy y
an of
analysis th r
ofmethod,
sa e
ral specimens of pale ale obtained from London houses,
assured a nmdy
supplied by your establishment, of the utter groundless-
ness of the imputation that this beer was poisoned wish
strychnine. I am positive, and am supported in my
views by the concordant analyses of all chemists who
have occupied themselves with the examination of beer,
that the poisoning of pale ale with strychnine has never
occurred. I believe I may safely add that it never will
take place; for although an ignorant brewer might be
induced, from interested motives, to add nux voicica to

his beer, the word strychnine so forcibly suggests one of
the most virulent poisons, that whoever has heard any-
thing about strychnine at all is sure to be aware of this.
By adulterating his beer with strychnine, the brewer
would be knowingly committing a crime which, in the
present state of science, must bs followed by immediate
detection and punishment.
Mr. E. Merck, of Darmstadt, one of the most exten-
sive strychnine manufacturers in Europc, informs me
that this substance is peculiarly adapted to destroy ver-
min of all kinds. In many pirts of Germany it is the
popular poison for rats and mice. This fact falll ac-
coun
beentintroduceds tor the largeinto commerce amount of the drug that has lately
.

your pale ale sent to me have anotheraf-
meimsof
opportunity of confirming its valuable
qourlad'l
ehiide spec
ies. lam myself an admirer of this beverage, and
my own experience enables me to recommend it, in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the most eminent English
physicians, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and
as a general beverage both for the invalid and the robust.
Giessen, May 6, 1852. JUST -

US LI.

gineers attWacaC':?h":
NARROW 4 • Taterrydait afternoon three
Dockyard
went on board the Widgeon st ra
storehousesvesel lying along ig,
5•,,,, sou:
wharf-wall adjourning the the boilers, and for that purpose o pene d the manhole,
three descended into the interior without having ttaekred was
to'clo some Workearlict
precaution of ascertaining that the one theY,
er° the other
tree of foul air. It was soon evident that one WI h foal air,
and tha., --
of the three engineers had been overpowereoduerbf, t-e fif
and fallen helplessly to the bottom of theb__ossiblB to save
not immediately taken out, it would 1::,1 ITewitomitt I.'homp-
won..
their lives. Highly to the credal t 'At the time eaonnd
son, one of the gang of convietadown
Ito
; be did,
board the vessel, he offered to go
and, after repeated
take up the engineers, whiling hand,
several times to get
convicts, who all lent a yr' assisted theby his brother
himself the three bodies
efforts, having to come nn dii ing II)
acnas:l, et,maemotostthdeiffiencguli.t
t throughresh ai rt, h
eh
narrowe s ee e eodpef n
Ive.g: fah
oi. tiv,
Tit there did not appear the slightest
rnt
ea sesepkrisruabnt
iedionenrg tianhaefpn:riisrge:ubieeyn for upwa r d s o f a quar t e r o f a n
out of the boiler. Fortunately, all
the engt :vase recovered. The heroic conduct of Thong-
the lives of the three engineers, at the
hoursm_,
deserves a free pardon, especially as he has
risk of his o:retntwo
t years and four months of the period of
already v:
,Asaers, transportation to which he was sentenced by a
seven ' - rrial for running away from a picket of the Royal
le:btu:ere:as:bed
coutt-wa;t which corps he was serving at Bermuda.
1
artillery, m
,r,,g Am ATEUR CHAMPION SCULLS.—The contest
----
for the amateur champion sculls, presented to the river by
iar.wiogfield, about twenty years since, was appointed to
;;;:e place yesterday at nine o'clock, the distance king from
Putney to Kew-bridge. The last contest for this honorary
distinction was in August, 1849 ; as for 185') and 1851, Mr.
Bone was unchallenged. This year, Mr. Peacock, being the
only challenger, became entitled to row the holder (Mr.
Bone) the final heat yesterday; the usual trial heat, upon
the 3,1 of August, being in this case unnecessary. A few
minutes before nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Peacock
appeared at the starting post, and was quickly followed by
the umpire in the eight oared cutter of the Thames Cluti.
After waiting twenty minutes, at the risk of losing the tide,
and Mr. Bone not appearing, and no signs of him or of any
quietly over the course, arriving at Kew-
preparations on his part being visible, Sir. Peacock started
alone, and rowed
bridge at ten o'clock, forty minutes having been occupied in
rowing the distance-s:h miles.
THE RUMOURED DEATH or THE EARL OF TAN-
KERVILLE.—A correspondent says--" An announcement
of the demise of this venerable Peer having appeared in the
Gateshead Observer of Saturday last, inquiries were made
at his Lordship's residence, in Hertford-street, May-fait,
when it was ascertained that the statement was premature,
his Lordship being in the enjoyment of perfect health. The
Earl TM76th year.
porn ill 1776, anti cQueequently i 3 his

ANTWERP, MONDAY.—Her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria will arrive here to-morrow, but it is impossible
to say whether the royal squadron may be expected
in the morning or in the evening, as we are ignorant
both of the time when her progress will commence,
and of the point of departure.
The Queen will most probably remain until Thurs-
day or Friday, and will be entertained at the palace
of Luken. His Mojesty King Leopold will receive
his illustrious relative to-morrow, if she arrives in the
afternoon ; and on Wednesday, should she not come
until the evening. In the latter case the Queen will
not land, but remain on board the Victoria and Al-
bert for the night. The royal yacht is escorted by
six frigates and several steamers. The presence ofiso
many vessels of war will give extraordinary anima•
tion to the port, and will mightily delight our jolly
old burghers.

Her cargo consists of 9 packages of specie. 5 casks EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS.
lof wine, 90 bales sheep-shins. 59 bales of wool, 552 TO Tina EDIT OF THE TIMES.
i rhinoceros horns, 56 tusks of ivory, 373 green hides Sir,—As the paragrap'a in your paper of to-day, with
34 dry hides, 19 bales of goat akias, 48 packages the tibve headiug, contains sem° information which is
sundries, and 5 casks pineapples.
this year
the
i likely to mislead the public, and injure the Newhaven
and Di, ppe route, I trust you will do mo the justice to
She brings as passengers from the Cape—Mrs.
following:—" The new steamer Paris, built
Hogg and child, three female servants, and one male
above line, crossed from
kenzie Captain Hall (Rifle Brigade), Captain Mac- Newhaven
,year expressly for the
kenzie (60th Rifle.), Captain Fitzgerald) 60th Rifles), wnaven to Dieppe, on Saturday last, with 100 pas-
sengers, a large usujit . of luggage, and three horses,
Captain Vians (45tti Regiment), Cornet Elves (12th in ten minutes less time thYan the steam yacht Wave Quee;:,
Lancers), Mr. Darnell, Mr. Morri4 Mr, Slater, Mr. with only aLout a dozon ladies and gentlemen, both ves-
,,,
Henderson, Rev. Mr. Gridge (Chaplain of Simons sole starting nearly together; the result proving that the Town), Mr- Seligman, Captain Brown, isir.Harrison, Paris Was the better boat for the trade, and Invirg roe
two men servants. peatedly made the passage in five hours." You will
The Propontis on her outward voya left ply- perceive that the present arranvements, on this route,
are far from being ‘• defective."—l am, Sir, your
mouth May 15, at 3.30 p.m., arrived at Sr.t Vincent's. obedient
servant,
HENRY P. MAPLES.
May 27, at 7 A.m., left May 28, at 8.30 p.m.; ar- 5, Arthur-street East, Aug. 9, 1852.
rived at Sierra Leone, June 3, at 4.30 Piv , left
ditto June 3 ; arrived at the Cape, June 26.. On
her homeward voyage she sailed troin Cape Town
July 2 at 6 P.M.; arrived at Sierra Lone, July 18,
at 1.45 P.M., sailed July 19, Ct 10 A M. ; arrived at
St. Vincent's, July 24, at 4.15 P.M., sailed July 26,
Br 6 P.M.; and arrived at Piymouth, August 9, at
G P.M.

e:- PHUT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
HERALD.—Mr. Webster has spoken at Marsh-
fiald. He is answerable for much needless and dan-
gerous excitement, when he tells a popular audience
to rest assured that the matter of the fisheries along
her Majesty's coasts in her North American colonies
"is a subject on which no one slept at Washington."
We cannot say as much for the wakefulness of our
British administrators for many years past. Mr.
Webster will surprise Europe by the precipitate
H a•
isrl,a,cne
oafmtohtol
course he pursues on this occasion. We had ex-
pected better things from one who is not only a most
hi i e
eloquent. speaker, but who has no small claims to take
gsetash•ehom Danteforemost
describesof living
wgsi statesmen.
easlml
the
inspiration of his severe and 1 state y muse :
" Con occ,ii tardi 0 gravi,
Di gran autori,i, Li for ambianti."
And yet most assured he will soon discover, that, in
the ground he has so rashly seized, he has nether facts,
law, nor reason, on which to stand. What does he say
of the English Governmere? That they have violated a
treaty. No! and he cannot say so. Toe most clear and
indisputable, and let us add, undisputed provisions of the
las",, treaty, the treaty on which this whole ques-
tion depends, not only sanction what they do, but
would justify much more than they intend or wish to
effect. Does he ellege tha', without violating the
provisions of the convention of the 20th of October,
1818, her Majesty's present Secretary of State fur
Foreign Affairs has strained in any degree their im-
port? Not even this is advanced. Is the complaint
that those provisions have been put in force without
necessity, and with harshness ? Something like this
is hinted. We shall soon see with what truth ; and,
brief as shall be our remark:, we can promise to dissi-
pate a whole cloud of mi-representations. But, first,
let us say one word respecting the most vehement of
Mr. Webster's accusations. He protests against the
English Government because they have now put
upon the treaty in question an interpretation differ-
ent from that which Lord Aberdeen adopted in
1845. This is at variance with all the facts of the
case. Lord Aberdeen interpreted the treaty pre-
cisely as it is now interpreted by her Majesty's
Government; and, what is more, Mr. Everett and
the American Government, as we can show, then
accepted this same, and still, in all respects, un-
changed interpretation. On the 20th of October,
1818, the two Governments agreed, and signed the
treaty, that all along her Majesty's open coasts in
America the Americans should be allowed to take
fish at a distance from the land not less than three
marine miles. Within that distance, even on the
open coasts, the possessors of the settlement had pro-
prietorship of territory and jurisdiction, by law, by
international right generally, and by virtue oithis
treaty expressly. Then came the question of the
" bays!, harbours, creeks, and inlets." P
From
these
(with the exception of some distinctly and categori-
cally named, from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands,
and from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, and even
these under certain restrictions), the American
fishermen were clearly prohibited by the convention.
Stress of weather and other extraneous exigencies were
allowed as excuse for intru.ion. This being so, then
arose the question of the Bay of Fundy. The Ame-
ricans represented that, though a bay, it was so
extensive that it partook of the character of the high
sea, and claimed liberty to fish within
there, the
usual and admitted limit of three marine miles from
the coast on either hand. Lord Aberdeen, in 1844,
conceded the requested advantage in a
—not as a right, but as a permission. .civeendly spirit
may here
remark that the demand for this permission, well
as the grant of it, guarded by a reference; as
to,
and
reservation of, the law and right to withhold ed t o
withdraw it, wholly overthrow the argument of a
supposed "right by prescription" as against the ad-
mitted force of the treaty, for if; indeed, there then
existed a " prescriptive" and suffered possession, of
thirty years' standing (as stated by Mr. Webster),
why accept it as a concession, why not protest
against it as a favour? But it is urged that it was
harsh suddenly to withdraw this leave. It is
not withdrawn. The American fishermen can
still pursue, and have not for one instant
been checked in pursuing, their avocations
in the British waters of the Bay of Fundy.
What of this American smack that has been seized ?
It was seized in that part of the Bay of Fundy where
the Americans were never allowed to fish at all—a
namely, within musket shot of the British coast.
Much has been said of the duty incumbent on her
Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs to have given
notice of the measures be was about to adopt. Notice
of what measures? Here is the mistake. Notice,
indeed, was given. Yet is there no change of policy
whatever, of which a notice might be necessary.
There is merely a change from the supposed protec-
tion and maintenance of the undoubted rights of our
poor fishermen, to the actual protection and mainte-
nance of those rights. There is no change except
from culpable inaction to the performance of an
avowed and bounden duty. Is it necessary for anew
Government to give notice that it intends to respect
treaties, to enforce all clear rights, and to discharge
its most sacred obligations ? Nevertheless, notice was
given to the United States Government in June last
that, for the purpose of securing to our fishermen
what remained to them of their indisputable
rights, after Lord Aberdeen's concessions, au
additional naval force (the former one
being inadequste), would be stationed in
those seas. Were the squadron twenty times
as numerous, the American fishermen will not
ee prevented, even in the Bay of Fundy, from filling
their nets, provided they do so within three miles'
distance from the coast, and not under the very sha-
dow of our countrymen's homes. For such a mere
measure of police no notice was needful, though a
notice was actually given. INThen the French in-
crease their naval force in the British Channel for the
protection of their fishermen, they neither give a no-
tice to us, nor are we so foolishly jealous as to expect
it. Every state disposes as it pleases of its navy, and
moves it from station to station in full freedom,
without notice to other Governments. No new duty
whatever is to be performed by our ships on the
shores of our British American colonies. An old ser-
vice is to be discharged more efficiently than the force
already there was able to accomplish. At the same
time it is to be observed that our fleet, though in-
creased, is not greater than that which the French
maintain on their own fisheries; nor is it unworthy
of notice that the French, against whom, or rather,
towards whom we have adopted the self-same mea-
sure?, have evinced no such susceptibility as that
which Mr. Webster is endeavourino excite amonng.
our kinsmen of the United States. We must, in 7.
eluding, say a word on the subject of the necessity
Lry_
of these measures, and of the conditions of
fishery, as they effect the two nations.
TiceDe
right. Americans
fish in the Bay of Fundy by rig"". rue of a friendly
take fish there by courtesy, and in vtiarte.
Since 1845
permission granted to a friendly
-hairs
e nets into these
the two nations have droppses.u. iv,
i conditions ;and,
waters, side by side, underiedsiirolna
dissimilar advantages. The
we may add, with very dliod aright to the produce,
English fishermen, who .
glibouring American market,
elled
carries his fish to the nejtopay a duty of 20 per cent.
and there is comp to
the same port fish which he
The American briogs
has taken only in
e : virtue of the liberality of the Go-
is
competitor, and receives a large
verntneut of "t
derived the welcomed intruder
bounty, the bounty
gains being actor
• Yhtful possesso
rib to depre
tion in force
ou I from the duty which the
pays!. Thus there is a double ac-
ciate the value of the produce to
ntrynsen have a right, secured by the
which "r el
treaties ; and a double cause at the same
mos.
, ifbralp3eration to enhance the price of the commis-
time -12 Q which his rival has access only by courtesy,
dities to
the courtesy of the country to
which he belongs who
;9a i this manner so signally injured. Mr. Webster
.
says that the American fishermen shall be protected
" hook and line, and bob and sinker." We also have
&Mermen in those waters, and the waters are theirs ;
and we want no more for them, and we have long
been content with much less than fair play for t"
ti their
hook and line, and bob and sinker."

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--We are glad to
learn that posts are now being put down for the erection of
the telegraph between Glasgow and Ayr. Communication
by this means between Ardrossan and the metropolis of the
west will, it is expected, be completed in about two months,
and between Ayr and those towns shortly after.—North Bri-
tish Mail.

DR. NEWIVIAN.—A correspondent says that a cir-
cular letter from Cardinal 'Wiseman was read on Sunday _
all the Roman Catholic chapels in London, requestingthe
congregationsfefria
The
et om e
au
s contributefo be towardsuseused
for
othareryfog expanses of
011
la
out
in
nialmo7t
ject are left to the discretion of the priests,
next Sunday. The letter states that Pr. Dr_
2 5001. has been
places a collection will be made after each of tehawaeradsearnv,Biceso
ex-
penses amount to 7,5001., and that of this ,
already collected.
Mr. T. C. Granger, Q.C., which too
in the representa-
thsuedddeeautlyh ofat
DURHAM (CITY).—In consequekncelat
York on Thursday last, there is a vacancywill be interred in
y, and there
tion of this city. Mr.,Granger's
either party until after that
the Temple Church, London,
will be no active steps takenfili.),y,Bo, of the Marquis of Lon-
donderry,event; but Lord Adolphus ;V: c
protectionist candidate at the
and the
offerdefeated
himself. Mr. H. W. Fenwick,
last election, will again forward in the Liberal in-
terest. South Hill, will be broughtLs next Thursday,
~,,. defeated by I%lr. Atherton by some
last election, and the contest will
After the death of Mr. Granger
remains
be a Cl°;113111, some influential electors put them-
selveswas known in u
1)
ication with Sir George Grey, but in con-
in cominvicas
arrangements the Right Hon. Baronet
sequence of pre
his name put in nomination, otherwise the
tnhe rcee a
s ao
rr
I: fyo u Lordr
votesA "‘'
as.a: teotribee.
declined having
seat would have been secure to him.
NEW POST-OFFICE REGULATION.—Bp a new r?-
came into
12t- issued by the Postmaster-General, which, .
posted.
operation
for places in the
within the metropolitan district
or
gu-n last week, all letters in the 'United King-
dom,in
,
being allowed.
unpaid,
no prepayment by means of money.
of simplifying
This new regulation will have the effect
dom must either have a stamthereon,. or be sent
ofticial accounts, and also of keeping_
the
actualthe Post-ofEce au-
ore.
thorities at St. Martin's-le-Grand than before.
collection of
the revenue more directly in the bands of