The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

THE CHANNEL FISHERIES.

The following Bill has lately been passed by the
French Chamber of Deputies :
Art. 1 declares that "all infractions of the regulations
of Jute 23, 1843, relative to the Channel Fisheries,
committed by a French subject, or any other individual
on board 'a French vessel, shall be tried by the correc-
tional police of the arrondissement, in which is situated
the port to which the boat of the offending party be-
longs.

Art. 2 states that " the proceedings can only take place
on the complaint of the Commissary of the. French
maritime inscription, or of the English consular agent
acting for his countrymen, without prejudice to the right
of the civil party to bring forward the matter by direct
summons."

Art. 3. " All acts and proceedings shall be on un-
stamped paper, and the assignations and acts shall be
delivered free of cod."

Art. 4. "The employment of nets or other imple-
ments of fishing, the dimen-ions, weight, or meshes of
which shall be in contravention to the regulations esta-
blished fur each kind of fishing, shall warrant the seizure
of such articles, and render the offending party liable to
a fine of from 10f. to 751., and an imprisonment of from
two to ten days."
Art. 5. " All persons contravening the measures of
precaution and interdiction expressed in the general re-
gulations, relative to the numbers and names to be
painted on each boat, the distances to be observed in
fishing, the casting of spillers or nets, the lights dis-
played, &c., shall te liable to a fine of from 101. to
125 f., or to an imprisonment of from five to fifteen
days."
Art. 6. " Other infractions shall be punished:-1.
By the seizure and destruction of the nets and fishing
implements, improperly used. 2. By a tine of from 10f.
to 250 f., and an imprisonment of two days to a month."
Art. 7. "In case of recidive, the punishment shall be
doubled. The case will be considered one of recidive.
when the person so offending shall have been condemned
within the preceding two years." . _

Art. 8. ;‘ Whenc—ver fishermen shall have committed
at sea acts of violence against other firshermen, or shall
have wilfully caused them damage or loss, the tribunal
can condemn such offenders to an imprisonment not ex-
ceeding twenty days, or a fine not going beyond 125 f.
Should there be, at the same time, contravention to the
rgulations respecting fishing, the fine or imprisonment
inflicted for such oflence may be cumulated on the
punishment of the other offence."

- Art. 9. " When the case is brought before the correcih
tional police, the amount of damages civilly claimed'
must also be stated."

Art. 10. " All civil actions for damages brought on
account of contravention of the general regulations not
proceeded with in virtue of Art. 2, or for acts relative to
fishing between French fishermen, or between French
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Art. 11. "Every nation, whether relating to the
shall
offences provided for by the regulations, or to civil dis-
putes
t relative to fishing, shall be prescribed after the
lapse of three months, dating from the day when the act
, shall have taken place."
Art. 12. "Every individual on board a French fishing
boat, accused of having committed, against an English-
man or a Frenchman, in the seas lying between the coast
of France and those of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, an act qualified as crime by the
French law, shall be tried in the ordinary forms by the
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Court of Assizes of the department in which is situated
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and taken to a French port in execution of Arts. 64, 65,
and 66 of the general regulations, the infraction shall
be ascertained by the juge de paix of the canton ; this
magistrate shall proceed, in conformity with the pro-
visions of Art. 49 of the Code of Criminal Instruc-
tion."

Art. 14. " When an English subject shall be arrested
and carried into a French port, in conformity with Art.
89 of the general regulations, for contravention of Art.
76 and the following of the said regulations, he shall be
tried by the Tribunal of the Correctional Police, within
the jurisdiction of which is situated the port to which
he has been carried, and shall be punished, if found
guilty, by a fine not exceeding 250 f. In case of non-
payment, or in place of this fine, the Court can order the
vessel to be detained for a space of time not exceeding
three months. The forms of proceeding in this case,
shall be the same as in
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REPRESZNTATION OF HERTFORDSHIRE.—The Hert-
ford papers announce that Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.,
mnefr ch a
has consented to become a candidate for the representation
of the county of Hertford on the next vacancy.
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Edin-
burgh, found, as he walked along, a purse containing a con-
siderable sum of money. He observed a lady at a distance,
who he thought would be the owner and loser. Determined
to be correct in the party to whom he delivered it, he fell
upon a strange vet ingenious plan to effect this. He resolved
to act the part of a " poor distressed tradesman:' and boldly
went forward, hat in hand, and asked alms. This was an-
swered with a polite "Go away—l have nothing to give
you." The poor man, however, persisted in his entreati
es,
would not go until he had relief for his famishing wife and
children. The lady, from reasons, no doubt, similar to Mrs.
Maclarty's, at last condesceded, but; to her dismay, found
that the werewith was gone. The merchant, now satisfied
that he was correct, with a polite bow returned the purse,
with an advice that in future she would be more generous to
the distressed and destitute.—Edinburgh paper.
APOTHECARIES' HALL. The following gentleman
were admitted licentiates of this institution at the last meet-
ing of the Court of Assistants, viz., Messrs. R. S. Jells, R.
Nichol, P. T. Gunning, Bristol; F. Collins and John Gather,
good, St. John's Lynn.
' A Berlin letter informs us that the King of Prussia.
Prince of Prussia to
has charged his Royal Highness the t s
to the Empress of
Russia, and express the regret
proceed to Prague, to pay his respects
of the King at her not visit--
ing Berlin.
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