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London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc—Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, sN—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 3s. 9d.—Caledonian,
I 5 9-16—Great Western, New, 5% p.—North British, Carlisle Ex-
tension, 2% p.—South Wales, 43,12—Y0rk and Newcastle, New, 1I
Cork and Waterford, 2s.

EXETER, SEPTEMBER 22.
STocs EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale Extension, s4—Central Cornwall and Devon, East-
ern27s.— Counties Extension, 2—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 104.
MANCHESFER, SEPTEMBER 22.

STOCK EKCIIANGE.—The sales are—Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
mingham, 14 dis.—Churnet and Blythe, 4 dis.,—East Lancashire
(late Blackburn and Preston), 8 p.—Ditto, 896 c. p.—Exeter and
Exmouth, 13s. 6d. dis.—Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 2t
(Ms.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2 3-1 G p.—Huddersileld
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 5-16 c. p.—Manchester and
Leeds Extension, 21p.—North Eastern, 1 5-16 dis.—Oldham Districts,
P.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, dis.—Shropshira
Union Railway and Canal, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 40%
—Ditto, No. I, 4 p.—West Lancashire Coast, 9-16 dis.—West Riding
Union, 2% p.

LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 81/2 p.—,
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 31/2 dis.—lluddersfield and Manches-
ter, 11/2 p.—lluddersfleld and Sheffield, 5% p.—Leeds and Bradford,
44% p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, 21/2 c. p.—Ditto, Branches, 20s. p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 4% c. dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.—London and
Brighton, 591/2 —Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 1 % —Newcastle
and Berwick, 121/2 p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.—Am•
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Ils. dis.—Grand Union, 14s. dis.s.
—Lancashire and North Yorkshire,lss. dis. s.—Lancashire, York-
shire, and North Eastern, 28s. dis. —Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland,
II s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 9s. dis:—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, 4/. 4s. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 12s. Gd. p.—MM-
land and Thirsk Junction, 16s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—
North Western, 4s. s. p.—Shropshire Union, 7s. 6d. dis.—South
Midland, 10s. 6d. p.—Welsh Midlands, 335. Gd. dis.— West aiding
Union, 48s. 6d.

HULL, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK EXCEANGE.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 80s. 6d.
--Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales, 225. 6d.—Malton and
Driffleld Junction, 12s. p.—North Staffordshire, 3/. 7s. p.—West
Riding Unirn, 4/. 9s.—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, Bs.—Grand
Union, 12s. 6d—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. 3d.—London and Man-
chester (Rem.), 7s. 6d.

SHEFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK Excn.ixor.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
31.35. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 21s. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 2 dis.—
Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 16s. dis.—Manchester and Lincoln
Union, 19s. dis.—North Western, 3s. 6d. P.—Sheffield and Lincoln,
1 ls. 6d. dis.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK ExclimmE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 1 Ms.—
Eastern Counties, 21%—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 3i di .
Wear Valley, 4 p. with new.

YORK, SEPTEMBER 22.
STOCK ExcnArmx.-The sales are -Ipswich and Bury Extension
(Cambridge and Ely), IN -Leicester and Bedford, % -Leicester,
Taamorth, &c., 2/. la.-London and York, 2/. Is. 6d.-111alton and
Driffield Junction, 21. I4s. 6d.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, 334 -North British, Carlisle Extension, 41. N.-North Staf-
fordshire, 51. 11s. 3d.-West Riding Union, 4k-York and North
Midland, Scarborough Branch, 47.
EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCIIINGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 141. 10s.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 41. 55. 9d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half
Shares, 151. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 6s. 6d.-British and Irish
Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 151. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 11. Bs.-
Caledonian Extension, 11. 12x4-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11.25.
I -Clydesdale Junction, 281. 7s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 11. 145.-Dun-
dee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 241. 10s.-Dundee and Perth,
251. 7s. 6d.-East of Fife, 11.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, V. 15s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 701.-Ditto, Half Shares, 18/. 10s.-Ditto,
Quarters, 171. 10s.- Ditto, ditto, New, 171. IN.-Edinburgh. Leith,
Lad Granton, 17/. 10s.-I)itte, Preference, 211. 55.-Edinburgh and
Northern, 91. 158.-Ditic, Newport, 21. 75.-Edinburgh and Perth,
21. -Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 185.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 691..
So.-Ditto, New Stock, 361. Os. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171. 15s.
-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 1 Is.-Glasgow and Dundee
Junction, 11. 13s. 6d.-Glasgew and Garnkirk, 39/. 108.-Glasgow
and Greenock, 161. IN.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. IN.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 1/. 135.-Great North of Scotland, I4s. 6d.-Granton Junction.
10s.-London and York, 21. 2s. 6d.-North British, 36/. 155.-Ditto,
Halves, 15/. 7s. 6d.- Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 41.-Scottish
Central. 191.-Ditto, New, 91. 155.-Scottish Central and Caledonian
Junction, 11. 135.-Scottish Midland, 81. 10s.-Scottish Southern.
11. 175.-Stirling and Dunfermlirs, 19s.
GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 21.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Airdrie and Coatbridge, 425..
—Caledonian, New, 28s.—Caledonian Extension, 325. 6d.—Caledo-
nian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 245. 3d.—Clydesdale Junction,
27%—Cornwall and Devon Central, 27s.—Dundee and Arbroath,
381.—Dundee and Perth, 25%—East of Fife, 205.—East Indian Rail-
way, 13s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 18 —Forth and
Clyde Junction, 38s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, W.
16s. Gd. p.— Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 31s.—Glasgow and
Garnkirk, 3936—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 288.—Lanark
and Lothians, 445. 9d.—London, Bristol, and South Wales, 245.
London and York, 43s.—Manchester and Southampton, 228. 6d.—
Scottish Grand Junction, 10s. 6d.—South.Eastern and Dover, New,
No. 4, 62s.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 20s.

FAMINE IN IRELAND-GOVERN-

MENT MEASURES FOR RELIEF.

In consequence of the great distress in Ireland,
arising from the failure of the potato crop, various re-
ports have been circulated as to what the Government
is about to do to relieve the necessitous population. As
to what are the intentions of the Government we will
not venture any speculation, but what has actually been
ordered we may inform our readers.
Six of her Majesty's steam-vessels and two Ordnance
lighters are at present employed on the coast of Ireland,
not only in conveying Indian corn meal, but also ship
biscuit, from Cork to the various points on the coast and
up the rivers in Ireland.

Her Majesty's steam-sloop Stromboli, Captain Fisher,
has proceeded from Cork to Tarbert, with between 80G
and 900 sacks of Indian corn meal, and having dis-
charged the same into her Majesty's steamers, Alban
and Pluto, will return to Cork for more "bread stuff."
Her Majesty's steamer Alban, and her Majesty's
steamer Pluto, Captain Lowe, take the cargo from the
Stromboli, and convey it to Limerick for distribution.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Dee, Captain Driver, was
at Cork on Saturday last, loading with Indian corn meal
for Tarbert and Limerick.

Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, Capt. Aylen,
with 1,000 sacks of Indian corn meal, and as large a
quantity of sea biscuit from the naval stores at Cork as
she could stow, arrived at Dingle on the 17th, when it
was placed under the charge of the Government commis-
sary for the Dingle relief committee. The Rhadaman-
thus returned to Cork.

Her Majesty's steamer Swallow, Mr. Bryant master,.
has arrived at Cork, for the conveyance of Indian corn.
meal, having been placed at the disposal of the commis,-
sioners by the Admiralty.
In addition to the above, her Majesty's steamer Cemet,
Captain Johnstone, has been sent to Ireland with money.
She arrived at Cork, and having delivered some of her
specie to the Branch Bank of Ireland, proceeded on Sa-
turday from Cork to Tralee, Limerick, Galway, West-
port, and Sligo, distributing the money at the various
branch banks of Ireland, for the relief of the distressed
inhabitants.

It has been stated that the Government had ai-epro-
priated a sailing vessel of war as a store-ship. for the
Shannon, with the view of a better and more uniform
distribution of the provisions.
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Her Majesty's 44-gun frigate Madagascar has arrived
at Cork, from Plymouth, having been fitted up as a store
ship. There she is loading with Indian corn and other
provisions, and when she has been quite fitted she is to
be towed to the Shannon, and is to be moored at the
island of Foynes, about 20 miles from Limerick, as a
depot for provisions for that district. She is a very
capacious ship, measuring more than 1,100 tons, and in
order that she may be as roomy as possible her masts
and rigging are to be taken out of her. From this ship
the Swallow and other steamers will take provisions up
the Shannon.

The Government have likewise ordered that, two more
sailing men-of-war shall be fitted at Plymouth Dock-
yard for the same purposes as the Madagascar. These
are the Andromeda, another 44-gun frigate, of above
1,200 tons ; and the Andromache, a 26-gun ship, of
700 tons.

It is understood likewise that arrangements have been
made by the Government and the Admiralty to put
into active operation the Royal William Victualling
Establishment at Plymouth, for the purposes of grinding
of Indian corn, and the manufacture of biscuit.

TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN BRIGHT, ESQ., M•l3--
A paragraph has been going the round of the papers,
stating that the testimonial to Mr. Bright already ex-
ceeds 10,000/.; this statement is incorrect, the sum al-
ready subscribed does not exceed 4,0001.. The Rochdale
committee, with whom the testimonial originated, ex-
pressly states in their circulars that they do not ask or
wish for larger subscriptions, their object being or,lz to
obtain an expression of acknowledgment of the cervices
which their townsman has rendered to the ear,se of free
trade. The 4,000/. already subscribed hrA5 been re-
ceived in answer to circulars sent out, no returns having
as yet been received except from Wray, an agricultural
village, they having sent nearly 4/. subscribed in shil-
lings and sixpences.
A dreadful accident took place a few days ago
near Saint Gall, in Switzerland. A portion of rock on
which was a footpath gave way at the moment when
two young females were on it, and they were pre-
cipitated into the bed of a torrent, where they met in-
stantaneous death.
MURDER. IN LIVERPOOL. -- Yesterday evening,
about half-past seven o'clock, a woman named Catherine
Tunney, residing at 42, Thomas-street, received such
severe injuries at the hands of her husband, Owen Tun-
ney, as caused her death. From the very imperfect ac-
counts we were enabled to glean, it appears that they
had a quarrel, during which Tunney knocked his wife
down by a blow upon her head with his fist; and when
she was down he kicked her so violently as to cause her
death, before a surgeon, who was sent for, could arrive.
The unfortunate woman was in an advanced state of
pregnancy. The man absconded immediately, and had
not been apprehended at a late hour last night.—Liver-
pool Times.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION.
—On Saturday night last, about half-past nine o'clock,
a number of passengers, many of whom belonged to the
regiment of yeomanry who had been attending the
review at Worcester, booked themselves at the Spetchleq
station for Birmingham. After waiting a considerable
time they were informed that the train had been delayed
at Deffurd by the breaking of one of the axles, and
would not be up for some time, an announcement which
was not calculated to give much satisfaction to the ex-
pectant travellers. One gentleman dema:aded the money
which he had paid for his ticket, stat;,ng that he would
return to Worcester, but the demaneA was refused; and
words running high, the person ir, charge of the office
proceeded to eject the applicant force from the station.
The altercation, as may he supposed, attracted the
attention of the other passe,ngers, who rushed to the
rescue, and a great comcarition ensued, in the midst of
which the ticket manager thought it prudent to take refuge
in an adjoining office. After waiting several hours, the
mail train from Bristol came up, and the passengers be-
gan to felicitate themselves on the prospect of being at
length forwarded on their journey; but to their extreme,
mortification, they were informed that they could not be
allowed to travel by that train, although there was
abundant room in the carriages. The result of this
complication of mishaps and unnecessary annoyances
was, that they did not set out from Spetchley till nearly
one o'clock; and instead of arriving at Birmingham at
half-past ten, they did not reach their destination till.
past two o'clock in the morning, while the passengers
destined for the north lost all chance of pursuing their
journey, and were obliged to stop for the night hy
Birmingham.—Birmingham Journal.
The Journal de Liege contains the following 'ad-
vertisement;—" A. P., captain of infantry, having
an-
nounced ceo dr ipna tyh e
anyjournal
debt
contractedo f the
y hishe will
wife,notshe, thinks
acittnow-
it right, in her turn, to inform the public that she will
not pay any debt contracted by her husband, and that
her pecuniary resources enable her to
RaY ber debts
much better than her husband can pay his.

THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN
ALEXANDRIA.
(From the Builder.)
The Protestant church being now erected in Alex-
andria under the superintendence of our countryman,
Mr. J. W. Wild, is dedicated to St. Mark, the founder
of the primitive church in Egypt, and is memorable as
the first edifice for the performance of Divine worship,
according to the rites of the Church of England, per-
mitted to occupy a prominent position in Egypt, and
proclaim its purpose boldly. The Protestant chapel at
Smyrna is within the walls of the consulate ; that at
Constantinople within those of the British embassy, and
the new church of Jerusalem is to be attached to the con-
sular residence, and, like the former, screened from ob-

servation.
It seems that in 1838 the British community at Alex-
andria, desirous to provide means for the regular per-
formance of public worship, held a meeting and deter-
mined on raising- a subscription for the erection of a
chapel. In the following year Colonel Campbell, then
Consul-General, mentioned to Mehemet Ali, the Viceroy
of Egypt, the intention of the residents ; and his High-
ness, with a liberality that deserves commendation, pre
sented to the community a valuable plot of ground on
the south side of the Great Square, in the Frank quarter
—one of the most prominent positions in the city, sur-
rounded in part by handsome modern buildings. The
frontage of the ground is 326 feet, the depth 112 feet ;
and its present money value is considered little short of
1,0001.
The Pasha at the same time expressed a wish that the
structure should harmonise with the neighbouring build-
ings, and be worthy of the English people.
This took the Committee by surprise, as they had con-
templated erecting a very simple structure, and for
some time the project remained in abeyance, until at last
it seemed probable that the land would be otherwise ap-
propriated. The necessity, however, for a suitable
building became every month more urgent ; the full de-
velopment of the overland communication, and the in-
crease of direct steam intercourse with Great Britain,
France, Austria, &c., led to a great influx of travellers,
and it was seen that the building was required to be of
the character indicated by the fasha.f The object had
attained a new importance ; the ground was secured.
and fresh efforts made to effect the purpose.
In the first instance, plans wero obtained from the
late Cambridge Camden Society, but these were not
considered suitable to the climate or locality, and could
not have been executed satisfactorily by Egyptian
operatives. Mr. Wild was then employed to make a
design, and seeking to conciliate the opinion of the Arab
inhabitants, and to meet the comprehension of the native
artificers, produced what is now being executed, and
which, while it agrees in plan and mass with the style of
art used by the early church architects, carries out a
general sentiment of Arabian detail.
The size of the building is considerable. A reference
to the plan shows a nave of 70 feet long, and 30 feet
wide, and a chancel of 23 feet long ; a western porch
of 20 by 16 feet, a southern porch 20 feet by 16 feet also,
and a vestry on the other side of the same size. The
whole height of the church will be about fifty feet, and
the height of the campanile 100 feet. The latter, how-
ever, is not considered by the architect a strictly neces-
sary feature in the design, and will not be carried up
until the rest of the building is entirely completed.
The foundations have been massively laid for the
whole structure, including the tower and the enclosure
walls, and the main building has advanced to the spring-
ing of the windows. It is proposed to roof in this por-
tion, then to add the porches and vestry, and to form the
enclosure walls.
When the design was first made it was intended to
build the walls of rubble stone ; but the entire failure of
a large and handsome church, nearly completed by the
Roman Catholics in Alexandria, and which has now to
be pulled down and rebuilt with other materials, at a
great expense. determined the committee to adopt the
architect's advice, and use square masonry, although of
course at a much greater cost.
This cost was further increased by the failure of what
has heretofore been the Alexandrian quarry, namely,
the ruins of the ancient city. The new fortifications
have nearly dried up this source, and have raised
so much the price of the stone so procured, that it
has been found cheaper to import the material from Malta
than to buy it on the spot. The walls are four feet in thick-
ness, and without plastering inside. The ceiling is to be flat,
formed into very deep panels by beams of larch wood.
Over it there will be a solid construction to prevent the
admission of heat from the sue. The west front, we
should have said, is handsomely ornamented, and has a
large central arch.
The cost of the church is estimated at 6,0001., of
which only half has yet been raised; so that assistance
is indispensably necessary. The architect says, in a
recent communication to the committee, that " its main
expense arises from the quantity of materials used, its
height and bulk. The ornamental details are easily
executed, and not expensive. The constructive forms
are simple and economical, if compared either with the
columns and entablatures required in the classical, or to
the vaulting and tracery required in the Gothic archi-
tecture."
Should the building now be stopped for want of funds,
the loss will be serious. After great pains and many
struggles with the authorities a body of good workmen
has been organised, and the work is going on steadily
though slowly, under an able clerk of the works, who
has not merely to superintend, but to teach the men;
and if the workmen so taught were to be discharged, it
would be almost impossible to re-assemble them.
Looking at the erection of this church as an object
of great importance—destined, perhaps, to effect eventful
changes—we do earnestly hope that assistance will be
rendered in England. Nor can we doubt it ; for, as the
committee remark in a circular issued in Alexandria a
short time since:—" While the higher motives of spread-
ing the truths of the Gospel, and give them an apparent
Toot in a memorable soil, will insure the warm adherence
o 1 the public generally, many persons will be moved by
the rew course of European communications with India,
and some by reminiscences of the illustrious origin of
Alexandria, and its great fortunes as the metropolis of
Egypt under the Greek dynasty of kings—a city in
which the first version of the ancient scriptures was
executed, and to which tidings of redemption were an-
nounced by the Evangelist St. Mark. Still a main re-
liance must be reposed on the exertions and zealous co-
operation of the wealthier class of the British popula-
tion in India. There are, perhaps, few of its members
who are not likely to benefit at some time by the place
of worship now in construction, so that each
,person is
personally interested in its worthy completion.'

* The Act of Parliament 6 Geo. IV., cap. 8 provides that
where British subjects abroad shall raise one half of an
amount sufficient for the support among them of a clergyman
of the Established Church of England and Ireland, or of the
Church of ;Scotland, the Government, at its discretion, may
contribute a like amount to the stipend. In 1840 advantage
way taken of that arrangement to create a salary of three
hundred pounds per annum; and as a majority of the sub-
scsibers were members of the Church of England, the Lord
Bishop of London was moved to appoint a chaplain,• who has
now officiated at Alexandria since 1841, in a temporary
building little adapted to the purpose.
$ The present annual intercourse of British subjects with
Alexandria may be stated as follows, from official informa-
tion :
Permanent Protestant resident's (1845)
Travellers in transit, to and from India
Crews of merchant shipping
Crews of steam and other packets (36 arrivals)... 1,516
Tourists and others, about

Total

6,050

SALMON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND
AND WALES. •

The importance of the salmon fisheries of England
and Wales cannot well be overrated ; and it is gratifying
to observe the efforts making towards their reformation
by the Association for the Protection of the
Fisheries of the liver Severn and its Tributaries. At
the late (the third) il.nniversary meeting of the members
of that Association, heM at the Guildhall, Worcester, a
few days since, J. M. Dutch, Esq., in the chair, the
Chairman presented and read a report of the Central
Committee, from which the following ere extracts :
" The principal subject which bas oeci:pied the atten-
tion of your committee since the last a nnversary, has
been the re-introduction of, and attempt to carry through
Parliament, a Bill to regulate the Salmon Fisheries of
England and Wales, which was considered by- thee Com-
mittee vitally to concern the interests of the Association.
This Bill, although materially altered in detail, was in
principle the same which was promoted by the Associa-
tion in the preceding year. It was introduced into the
House of Commons on the 16th of February by Sir
T. Wimeington, Lord R. Grosvenor, and Mr. (now Sir
J. Pakington, Sir T. Winnington taking charge of it. It
was to be committed on the 6th of May. In the mean time
many alterations were suggested, and objections made,
by fishery proprietors, and other persons and associa-
tions in different parts of the kingdom, most of which
the Committee were enabled to comply with, but in
order to arrange matters amicably, and to satisfy all
-parties, as far as your Committee consistently could,
without affecting the principle of the Bill, they deputed
your chairman, solicitor, and secretary, to attend a
'eneeting in London of parties interested in the measure
on the 30th of April. The whole of the clauses in the
Bill were gone through seriatim, all parties were appa-
rently agreed as to the alterations to be made, and the
deputation had hoped, from the satisfactory manner in
which the meeting terminated, that the Bill would have
passed without much opposition; however, in this they
were mistaken; there was an objection made by Viscount
Clive, that the proviso to clause 8, in favour of Putt
fisheries, was not re:efficiently protective of private rights,
and it was left to his Lordship to prepare a clause in lieu
thereof, which he was to forward to Sir Thomas Win-
nington for insertion in the Bill in Committee. This
clause was inserted in the Bill by Sir Thomas Winning-
ton on its being reprinted, mder the impression that
your Committee had sanctioned it; but, to the great sur-
prise of your Committee, on the receipt of the amended
Bill, they found a clause which, inst,ead of being altered
so as sufficiently to protect private righie, would have had
the effect of nullifying, to a very great extent, the prin-
cipal object of the Bill, inasmuch as it proposed to autho-
rise by law all practices by owners or occupiers of exclusive
fisheries that had been in use for the lest :10 years, includ-
ing every description of means for taking fish, by dams,
weirs, putts, putcheons, and other constructions and de-
vices; whereas it was amost essential object of the Fisheries
Bill to regulate, alter, and amend those very practices,
as to them the decay of the salmon fisheries of England
and Wales are mainly attributable. It was also partial
and unjust. It created an invidious distinction between
the classes of fishermen, inasmuch as it proposed to pro-
t vt the higher class of fishermen, or owners and occu-
pie To of fisheries in which stationery machinery is used,
in e very improper practice which had obtained the bad
eadn. ince of twenty years' standing, and left the whole-
net
some
erovisions of the Act applicable only to the com-
mon fi. sheries, worked by fishermen, who are in
general poor men of small means. This distinction
stamped the clause as being manifestly partial in its ap-
plication, %rid unjust in regard to the poorer class. Sir
Thomas W. vnington and your Committee made many
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