The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-09 00:00:00

AMERICAN FISWERIES.

yet S't ; NEW. OC+.
anxiery prevails here front its being under-
ststood that', nótivithstancling the declaration in the
House of Commons, in answer to Sir- Jon New-

PORT'S Ties:too respecting the 'pretensiphsof the
4tnericans to fish tin the Slhores 'of these P:ovin-
ces., there is some rea'irM to believe the 'British

Government intend to make some concessions to
the Citizens of the linked States. NVIly such
tenderness should be observed towards these two-

ple it is difficolt to understand, as,a direct oppo-
site line of conduct is pursued by them towards the

pour fisVrtneo of these Provinces. Sot long linct
One of our fist,termen, fro) Deer Island, (hopped
down the Bay opposite to Ltsliee, it; the Y~n~ince

of Maine, having on board some fish-and a single
barrel of oil.—His boat unluckily grounded on the'
American shore by the tide ebbing, when the
poor man's boat was seized by the American
Custwit-bouse Officers, and the,small cargo he had
'on board was condemned : he, homerer, remon-
atrated—gt aline, that on the. sale of the cargo
the subsistence of his family depended ; but all was
in vain—the cargo was retained, and the boat
restored.

" .Are these then the people to whom such saeri.

fices we to he made? And ‘vh,tt will be the edit-

dition 01 the Inhabitants of this Provii-ice if by
any fatality island is given up to the Ame-
ricans? There is not any sacrifice of Territory in
the Province of Maine they ,vill'not make, to ob-
tain the Cession of that Island, and if they do
they will gain possession of the Key to New
Erunswicli ; and in die event of another War it
will be impossible for us to carryon any Trade
whatever from St. John'!., or St. Andrew's, either

to the skier Colonies, the West Indies, or the
I.Mothet Country. The rumours afloat here re-

specting die proceedings of .the Cinumissioners,
on the botindarieS Of the:Province of Maine, fill
HS with -ahirm. The claim set up for the first
time by the Ame.rkans to the 'Grand Menan, was
a mere ruse de guerre to quality their assnranec in
still attempting to Obtain the CessiOn Moose
Island, though the same had been refused even to
be njtertailred by Lord GRLNVILLE in 1799, as
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'will be seen by a referenCe to the Duke of Pour-

LAND's Circular Letter of the eleventh of April in
that year, to the Goveroors of Nova Scotia,and

New Brunswick, on this subject. In addition to
these tvils, we are informed by Letters from the
Mother COunrry of th'e probability that a duty will
be imposed on timber from British North Arne-

iica, anti a rcutiction of the prtsent duty on
foreign wood imported into the Umite.d Kingdom::
b:)oulti that be so, and the other suggcs►ipns

carried into effect which are ta:ked cif Imre,

amongst them the admission of tobacco from the
United Stales, probably,for the consumption of
the British West Intli;2s in a contraband ways
things will be brought to such a Crisis as must
in a fete years decide the fate of these Provinces."

An article from Brussels, dated Dec. 2, says—
" All the donhts which still subsisted, respecting
the retirement of his Royal Highness the Prince of
'ORANGE, from his military employments, has now
ceased ; it is no longer doubtful that the Prince
bas demanded his discharge, and that by a decree
of his Majesty, of the 15th Nov., it has beets ac-
cepted."
There are strong rumours that the County of
Dewar will not be contested at the next General
Election—but in Cornwall much sport is expect-
edi, as great opposition will be attempted to a
continuance of many of the OLD InkleneeS.
The Anniversary of the Birth-day of ALGERNON
Lord PanDnuE will be celebrated at the'North -
• uniberland Arms, in North Shieltisi on Monday
vexr—Chairnian, WILLIAM LrNtECLL, ; NMI
Vice Chairman, IVILLIANI CLARK, Esq. A very
numerous Meeting is expected.
His Grace the Duke of NORTDUMBU,RLAND has
given a further donation of Fifty Poutrds to the
Alnwick Dispensary;--he has likewise subscribed
Five Guineas annually to the Royal Jubilee
'School at North Shields.

The Corporation of icewcastle-upon-Tune hare
most liberally subscribed FIFTY POUNDS to, the
Nov Ban in that town.
Mr. ELLis's China continues to attract great
atteution. We understand another edition of it
is now in Ilte press.

Mr. INNEs•,and another Gentleman are men-
tioned as the New Candidates for klythe..
It is said the present Vice-Chancellor will be
the n.ew Master cf the Rolls, and that Mr.
I.,ExcH -will succeed Sir T. PLUSIER in the Vice-
chancellorship. •
At. a. QtArterly Court of the Proprietors of the
British Linen Cotnpany's Bank,-Edinburgh, on
;Nonclay, it %S as • resolved to give a bonus of 25
per ce,:t nn the Company's Stock, and farther to
increase the Anomil•Divdend from 9 per cent, to
10 per cent. It was also resolved to present to
Mr. GILCHRIST, the Manager, the sum of 1500 gui-
neas, besides a piece Or pieces of plate of the va-
lue of 500 guineas ; to Mr. 1-IiNDERSON, the Se-
cretary, the sum of
.1000 guineas; to Mr. •FLE-
rettsc,-the Senior Teller, and eldest officer in the
Company's employment, in consideration of his
long aqd faithful services doring a period of 44
years, 500 guineas —lt was stated in our.lasr; that,
the Royal Bank of-Scotland had added 500,0001.
to their capital of one million, by way of bonus.,
besides. dividing 9L- per cent. per annum.—(Scotch
Paper.)

SHIP NI-7:A-T.

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DE. i.', Dr c. the'
John and I'rinc2”Chariorre, foi• Jaitli4a.;- En -,
tetprize, for St. Lucie'; e;iard, ;or Cdiz ;
Editha, for 11.1e0Os and Atalinta., .for Rio
Janeiro. Arrived, and sailed fortti'c River, the.
RomnIas,PETERS, Iron) Virkinia,•in 30 d;tYs.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—At:rive'd 'the litre:tiles.
transport horn St. John's,
!Neil, Brunswick ; she
sailed the 14th November. in company, with the
Tilorn`rts, and Mariner, for LiverpOol. Also
arrived the .John Jackson, from. Newcastle for
Jamaica,. and the Doke of Bedford, iron) the
Do..Vrts for:Gibraltar. Pitt hack the Ocerkn.—
l'aSsed up Channel the Cher,'prad von Blucher.
ST! IN~IITZ, fritu St. Thomas's for Ilambnrgh, in
46 days. Sailed the Dorothy anti Isabella trans.
ports for London. ,

PLYbIOUTH. DEC. 7.—Artiyed tare Sir Godfrey
%I:Aster, from London for Jail ,

FALMoUTH, AFC. G.—Sailed. the Lady Mary
l'eli,Km packet with mails for Liston, Gibraltar,
and Malta; HanoVer ;rad Fortitude, for Jamaica ;
Lively., fur St.Michaers ; , and five other vessels;
for the \Vest Indic's, nones unknown, Arrived
,yesterday the following outward-bound vessels
from London '.:—Aut.nstris Sovereign,
Lord Cranston!), Eclipse, and Castle Lachlan, !or
J ttnaiea ; Flora, for Barbadoes ; Kate., for De-
marara ; and Sisters'. Providence, for Seville.
GRAYKsEtin, DEC. B.—Arrived the :Importer,
Pacyniddi, from Copenhagen ; Bideford, AverY,
and Britannia, Lewis, from Dublin ; William and
Mary, Fouler, from Ross; Fly, Holman, from.
Oporto; Princess of \l'7,ales, Stewart, from Ca-
hoc ; and Perseveranf-e, Roberts, from Ant we! p.
Sailed the Enzerald, Weatherly, for St. Thomas's ;
Grantham, Wood, for Demerara ; George, Oli-
phant, for Rio Janeiro ; Levant, .M` Kilbin, for
Belfast ; liappy Return, Morgan, for Cork and
Eliza, Wren, for Oporto. -