The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

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ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC'
TO THE EDITOR OF THE a
SUN' theSlß,—At a moment like the present, whrn,
fearfully uncertain fate of tke intrepid Franklin a
n der
lie gallant companions will, in all probabilith
u
Eroviderce, occasion the solution of the log
anxiously examined nothern problem—end gl°l7_
indeed will it he for England when she announces_tc.
the world that her sons have accomplished this arda
ous task, though tempered, alas! her proud feeling
same time
must be with the deepest sorrow if at the
,he has to mourn for her missing children.
proAblfleammoofmtheent northlike
aboutthis wthoe
be
ensootl
voendl
quest!!o
of the C( ntral American Ship Canal, the
of the junction between the Atlantic and ree.lll
Oceans becomes every hour, more and more excitmite:
In the north, 'Englishmen, by the most deterrnul.a
zeal, amidst accumulated difficulties,
proved that nature has performed, by her owe slat
but awful power, and for her own purposes, vi'
of
man is about to do near the equator, by the pe"r
solved, is
the
thatgareiln
science and wealth, to meet the great demand of tom'
mercial enterprise.
and hard
It has required years of deep thought the
labour to ascertain what nature had done in, 0
Ile Pftot
Arctic regions, whilst numerous have been
trid various the suggestions, for many a "aY' - s
what man could and ought to do in southern climes;
Ivo°.
have nearliye
Now, however, matters appear to be taking a
active and practical turn. The great importancernt
a regular and quick communication with thew die-eete
coast of South America, as well as with our a
ant but highly valuable colonies of New Zealsilio
and Australasia, is now so seriously felt, as Isielithe
great impetus given to trade and commerce ethat
Pacific, by the discovery of Californian gold, has
everything seems to point out to us that the day
.
at length arrived when we shall be permitted to suers
come all the apparently insurmountable difflculti
and barriers of nature, and no doubt, before long:
England will be called upon, as a part of her ki_
tiny, to open a ship canal to the Pacific for .71
convenience and support of her cornmerckl,,
theree..7,
and naval fleets in that ocean—enabling her
to retain that high position amongst the nations.
ttohethweowrledifairneeavnedryquarterof the lobe, loYessentl6l
gthem 11—and.t°
her own offshoots—so widely distributed. -...7 the
the happiness of a rrh do.
cussions about the Nicaragua route, and
"of
reports regarding the one in the, province
Coco, will no doubt be familiar to Yis°e°l:
as well as the merits of the several other
as
routes that have been very lately alluded to, anti,
is not here necessary to dwell upon any other o's
the one originally pointed out by
which appears the best calculated to be of advantage
to England. clic°
A few extracts from a Work on South Ain iii
and the Pacific, by the Hon. Campbell Scarlett, *or
be all that is necessary, at present, to remind rut,.
readers that there is no occasion' for this ovle;
to have any dispute with America about the I‘.9cli
ragas or any other ship car.al--for theeach
nation may have its own. With regard t° b,
Isthmus of Panama, the Hon. Campbell Scarlett ° a
Humboldt, taps
serves—" For a ship canal this would never anivveYo
1 and I believe the Americans have found that out' she
proceed, however, to the extracts regardintighao,
Atrato and Cupica route to the province regards
'',;oo
Mr. Scarlett observes—" Humboldt was of °Pr)" of
that Cupica Bay merits the attention of ulAen for
science from the great facilities it presented
so" the question of a ship canal." , a lif
" The scheme is simply to connect CtlP•e- Dm
in the Pacific with a river (the Naipi) flowing iato .ch
Atlantic, by forming a canal across the interval 101
is ascertaind to he a perf ct level. h,„ in
" The Atrato flews through the rovince of C.---:,.' ha
which it takes its origin, reaches On Psi
southern end of the Gu'f of Darien, in
of Choco. a en&
" The course of the Naipi, previous to its con..u.-tbin
with the Atria°, intersects some level ceuntrY vvi:ned
fivei leagues of the Bay of Cupica." Humboldt ascerta
nnlible
the Atlantic a.l
tat " not even a ridge or partition or any s—nstaa
demarcation, exists between the Bay'of CuPtc2' °- • b
coast of the South Sea and the river A.NuiPi' w.htichn
empties itself into the Atlantic fifteen
embouchure of the latter river into the Atlantic. bell
In a note to his work the Hon J. °t
Scarlett says— f the
" It is well known that Captain Illinsworth, '3- An.
Chiliart frigate the Rose, caused a bout capable 01 cr;sl
leagues shore
raining tif,een men to be drawn across this into
(from Cupica Bay to the Naipi), and launcbei In."' um
Naipi. The Naipi has twelve feet of water, a" ev-e°ste•
therefore bo as navigable as the Atrato for steno'. alor
The Bs); of Cupica is largo, deep, and sheltered
[lay of Choco is also deep and sheltered." i
A on'
Cupica Bay is in latitude 6 deg. 10 rain , ar!`"d of
gitude 77 deg. 4.5 min. The advantages to Engle" -ne
this route fur a ship canal over all the others P" 0
posed will be evident to all who have reflected aP:st
this subject; and it will no doubt be remembered
e Of
the Atlantic and Pacific were once united by Lln-„sea
i
f the Atrato, and a river more to the sotttli" nal
than the Naipi, called the Aliratnbuca,
by the, °the
of
Raspadura. It would be well to ascerte'tinute
truth of all the facilities pointed out for this ri."o
before either our merchants or our Govern
men
committed in regard to any other Central Ane
ship canal. Better doub!e Cape Horn or the Cleo
Gaud Hoy, than be outwitted in this question, lids,
have been in those of our North Allier/CAD bout)
ries.—l have the honour to be, &e , Ar r 1.
it oBER rith- CARAICHAEL S-1
15, Charles-street, Haymarket.

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FISHERY I.M PHU VEMEN
TO TILE EDITOR OF 7'HE SULLY,: cc bee
SlB,—Practical demonstration of any suuk novel
always been found to be the readiest way to C"1.
an idea to the mind. A practical lesson the penal
have been taught latterly in consequence of st own
weather at sea, which prevented open hnetenopliee
quitting the beach, thereby stopping regular,e";; the
of cod fish, was seen and felt experimentshi "b" nag
right.quarter. There is no better method of haeroper
a person (or a people), and to bring them to a P via
knowledge of their true situation, than hY,!,,t14,1. end
them into submission. All that has been wri"""for
said on the subject of fishery improvernew upoU
length of time back made little more impressiVr 011
buopuonndsh,afradlisdrayndcrlaeyb
public attention, than heaving an india rubber re.
OundTsheagabianl, only not Ow its
and so it goes on for a short time lie
strikes an'higbi
little
strength is expended, when it runs Le,eyer.
distance, and then lies still. A gale of wincku°,;(l the
shows a different effect. The gale has scte-i fsst.
clay so that when the ball struck it has stud , out
The supply of cod fish having been so sudden
It
off made the public wonder what was the oansid n`'s
having been explained that the open boats cetebat as
be put to sea during bad weather, and hew vessel°
greatest part of the deep-sea bad-weather
were either laid aside or engaged in the t.r obis
trade, in consequence of their owners not betnisinfl
to compete against the cheap along-shore cock Per oys-
showed the public that to support a fair viestefraught
tern, to extinguish a bad weather one was ,lay and
with danger and how that cheapness one such
dear, or perhaps none at all, the next, was no), sor
good system as the old one, when the market we Wolf
plied regularly, let the wind blow high eferrore
low. Fishmongers are now seeing the boats'
made by giving over-encouragement for oPe,ll4,bleg;
to the prejudice of the welled smack system 0' .": their
whilst the smack owners may well chuckle illijoreai
sleeves, that there is nobody so able as old
to blow sense into their noddles. letters
Having made some allusions in my formero4ll
to long-line and hand-line fishing, I have 11.15010'
O
beieg asked the difference between the convey t
The following brief explanations 11389 een-vh,j with
idea. Long lines are 40 fathoms in lenglare
25 snoods and hooks attached. The sn°°deeather out
feet apart from each other ; when the w
ron 00
moderate, these lines are tied together, and .00 the
a considerable distance in a straight direct' in' the
lines sinking to the ground. After being cod fish
water a few hours the lines are hauled. when •
along
sineg
take bait, they sometimes swallow the b.° in t
on
he
with it, and if struggling 'much they 'toed
water. Should the cod be alive When r the Well
board the snood is cut, and the fish put into sue
with the hook inside. The hand-line is
line is fitted with two hooks—it
plan for hauling cod fish out of the sea
.alive over
is held in 10 so•
on
the vessel's side, hanging perpendicular. 'd the g°
a nibble is felt the line is jerked upwardf, sa nest in;
are invariably hooked by the lip, which del the coe
j ure them much ; the hook being remove°
thnde
are put into the well.
the
Mackerel fishing is also carried on by tvi° tiler
for their capture. One is by netting
by what is termed railing.. The netting, r
much upon the same principle as fishing o
•It _
farther than the meshes of nets are lay at net!
them,
systoo
during the seasons when mackerel are blina,ol areot..!
are mostly used. The railing
pole out from the vessel's quarter, with Tor
the
ate
cleets is
o'r a doze;
cleets or notches for lines to rest on. In. the viblot
baited either with a piece of white rag °`„, slog!,
part of skin from a fish. As the vessel s.alef,,i slog
the rate of three or four knots, the Lnacj4,,liisth•blte-..1
the bait, and supposing it to be a small
snows ;6
By the netting system far the greatest quoveirent of
mackerel are taken ; and that is an inf. costa
yet unadopt€ d by the fishermen along the
Scotland and Ireland.—l ain, Ste., ‘fpso3.

TRH DRAMA IN GERMANY .-10
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GertranY',i-order'
a. r
e cut, there are 523 theatres of the first and sect:m._olr
,mploying 3,398 performers, 612 sin ers 2,340 (0` iegeb
5,835 musicians, 143 prompters, and '2,0i7°,611:Pati1164
Among the actors are 1 count, 2 barons, a° " "
nobles. move°
So frequent have been the lately of the that
it has been though
t,f savings banks absconding the dePO9"-'of th°
establishments in question, and instead of co"--
t advhablogto alter the 11°,°„ideriog
thou as Grohs, call theca cuttings.—rasqui"