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IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN CANADA
ON THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

POLICE

MONDAY NIGHT.
CONSIDERING the abundance of money in the
country, and the abundance also of employment
for nearly all classes of our population, it is regarded
as singular that the consumption of the staples
of life is not increasing to any sensible extent. In
fact, during the month ended sth of August, for
which the Board of Trade Returns have just been
published, there appears to have been a decided de-
crease. We have a falling off in the consumption
of the month of above 200,000 quarters of foreign
wheat ; 200,000 quarters of other descriptions of
grain; 114,000 quarters of Indian corn; 1,600,000
eggs ; 158,000 lbs. of coffee; 340,000 cwts. of sugar,
and 170,000 lbs. of tobacco, besides a diminution in
spirits, fruits, &c., with an advance, however, in the
consumption of tea, cocoa, wines, and spices. Our
imports, however, have not declined in proportion ;
and hence, in past, the lifeless state which we ob-
serve in our principal markets month after month.
Whilst sending away our population at the rate of
1000 per day, we need not wonder that consump-
tion flags. Every morning that we rise from our
beds there are a thousand fewer mouths to be fed.
It must be borne in mind, too, that a large portion
of the emigrants at present leaving our shores are
of a totally different class to those who have pre-
ceded them. Neither the importer nor the revenue
felt any serious consequence arising from the Irish
Exodus. The poor peasantry and the farming class
in that country were never large contributors to the
Customs or the Excise. The class, however, who
are at present emigrating to Australia, are generally
large consumers of customable and exciseable com-
modities. Let a million of this portion of our
population be taken away,—it will only require a
few years of emigration at the present rate to do it,
—and we shall find a rather serious defalcation in
the Customs and Excise revenue of this country.
Prosperous as may be the population left with us,
owing to the absence of competition in the labour
market, and consequent high wages, we shall be-
come every year less able to consume the produce
imported by us in return for our increasing exports.
It should be borne in mind, too, that we have not
as yet experienced fully the effect of this drain of
our population ; as, for every thousand of them now
going, a five or six months' stock of provisions and
other necessaries is taken off the market.

GREAT EXCITEMENT

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The Canadian papers, received by the Royal Mail
steam-ship Canada, bring reports of most important
movements in British North America, in opposition to the
conciliatory !measures which, it was considered the Impe-
rial Government were about to adopt, with a view to allay
the excitement existing in the United States upon the
Fisheries Question. A very large public meeting of all
classes of the citizens of Halifax, was held in Hamilton,

Nova Scotia,
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' to petition her Majesty it
surrender of the rights of Fishe

gard to the

British subjects by the convention of 181
was called to the chair ; and having introduced the sub
ject before the meeting, a series of resolutions
by Mr. Doyle, M.P.P., expressing the satisfactic

Mayor

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which the citizens felt at the determination which her
Majesty's Government had expressed—" to remove all
ground of complaint on the part of the colonies, in conse-
quence of the encroachments of the fishing vessels of the
United States upon the reserved fishing grounds of British

America"—and also approving the judicious measures
adopted by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, to carry
out such determination. They "were reluctant to believe

that because a few threatening speeches had been made
in congress, and a single ship of war had visited their
coast, the Queen's Government would relax their vigilant

supervision over British industry, or weakly give up rights
secured by treaty stipulations." The resolutions went on
to comment upon the importance to a maritime nation of
supporting its fisheries, as the source by which its navy
might be manned ; and stated, that although, both
France and the United States had aided theirs by a sys-
tem of bounties, and had now 30,000 men engaged in them,
the fisheries of British America had been prosecuted with
success, without any bounty, " until her shores were peo-
pled with a hardy class of men, who consumed almost
delusively the manufactures of England in peace, and
who, in time of danger, would leap into the shrouds of
their national ships to defend the flag they reverence."
The resolutions concluded by expressing an opinion, that
they had nothing to fear, in ease of a collision between the
two countries, and by deprecating the deliberate sacrifice
of the interests of British America by any

weak conces-

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 4th of Sept. gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. £ 6,667,129; Increase £348,7014
Other deposits .. .. 12,136,546 ; Decrease 501,659
Rest .. 3,549,003; Increase 323,239
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £14,189,182 ; the same as before.
Other securities.. .. 11,100,487; Increase 453.764
Notes unemployed .. 12,542,790; Decrease 281,685
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,811,285,
being an increase of £190,850; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £21,852,572, show-
ing a decrease of f 61,182 when compared with
the preceding return.
The rest in March last, after the payment of the
increased dividend of 4 per cent., was £3,022,070..
On the present occasion it is £3,549,003, and 4 per
cent. deducted from this would leave only £2,966,883;
being £55,197 less than after the last dividend. It
being understood that the rest is to be kept at
£3,000,000, a smaller division than 4 per cent. must
therefore be anticipated.

Thus far the proceedings of the meeting seemed to meet
general approbation ; but another honorable gentleman,-
-Mr. J. W. Johnston, M.P.P.,—stated that he thought
they should at once bring their opinions on the subject
before his excellency the governor, with a view that they
should be laid at the foot of the Throne. He accordingly
read a memorial to Colonel Sir Y. Gaspard le Merchant,
containing those opinions. The leading points in the
documents are, that the colonists of Nova Scotia regard
all right of fishing within three miles of their coasts and
shores, or of entering their bays, creeks, and harbours,
except for shelter; or for wood and water, as having been
renounced by the United States under the convention
treaty of 1818. If the Americans are permitted to enter
those bays, creeks, or harbours, they state that it will be
impossible to prevent them fishing upon their grounds as
freely as their own fishermen. They contend too, that
such a concession would lead to the introduction of con-
traband goods, to the• serious injury of the revenue ; and
they treat the privilege offered them of being permitted
to fish in American waters as entirely worthless. In the
memorial to her Majesty their views are expressed in a
still stronger manner. They insist that their bays and
creeks should be measu-vd from headland to headland—
which would of course close up the Bay of Fundy from
the United States fishermen ; and they conclude :
" Your memorialists deprecate all negotiation—all
compromise on the subject. The Americans will not—
probably they cannot—grant an equivalent for the pri-
vileges they seek ; and the only security for the Colonies
is the entire abandonment'of the present negotiations.
" Your memorialists most earnestly entreat your Ma-
jesty that the 'existing fishery restrictions may be pre-
served in their letter, and that your Majesty's power may
be put forth to prevent their violation."

OUR SHARE MARKET has been extremely inac-
tive all week, with scarcely a fluctuation in prices;
the general tendency of which has been upwards..
Mr. Glyn has resigned the chairmanship of the
London and North-Western, in consequence of ill
health, but we believe he will still retain a seat at
the board. His resignation has induced some heavy
real sales of this stock. We annex this day's quo-
tations:—Birmingham and Dudley, 301; Blackburn
pref., 27 ; Caledonians, 21*; Eastern Counties,
11 ; East Lancashire, 10; Lancashire and York-
shire, 871 4 4 8 ; ditto fifths, 34d ; Lancaster and
Carlisle thirds, llp ; Liverpool and Southport, 19;
Midland stock, 77-4 8 41; Dover stock, 2112 4 2 4;
York and North Midland, 241; North and South
Wales Bank,* Liverpool and London Fire and
Life new issue, 51p.

The memorial was presented to his Erzellency, and
will doubtless by this time have reached the hands of the
Ministry.

PRODUCE.—We have experienced a. (inlet week
in our Produce market, with little alteration in
prices of. the leading articles of SUGAR, SPIRITS,
and TEA:; while COFFEE may be quoted firm, but
without any perceptible advance. DYESTUFFS are
very dull, and being in excess of demand, are a
little lower. INDIGO, however, owing to unfa-
vourable accounts of the crop, is 2d. to 3d. per lb.
higher. TALLOW is in good demand, and worse
to buy. In other articles there is little change, and
a general dulness has prevailed.
COTTON.—Since our last notice the market
generally has been steady, but up to to-day without
any apparent activity, prices on Friday being nomi-
nally the same as on this day se'nnight. In the
interim, the Canada's advices stating that the
weather was unsettled in Alabama and Florida, and
that fears were entertained of probable damage from
a storm which passed over that district on the 26th
and 27th ultimo, as to the growing crop, have
come to hand, and holders were induced to with-
draw their supplies from the market.. Under these
circumstances, prices have advanced from 1-16 d.
to iii. per lb. on the lower qualities of American,
but other sorts are unchanged. The market closed
firmly, and with animation. The sales of Friday
were 6,000, of Saturday 5,000 bales—of which
speculators took 2,000; and to-day 12,000 changed
hands, speculators and exporters taking 5,000
American. The import since Friday is 5,000 ~ales.
lArooL.--We extract the following from the
circular of Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool-
brokers, of this town, published on Friday last :
" The public sales here on the 9th and 10th instant
consisted of 5,294 bales of colonial and foreign, and
brought together a good attendance of the trade.
The Australian were almost entirely Adelaide
Wools, part of which were of a superior class, and
well got up, and fetched satisfactory prices ; there
was also a good portion of unwashed, which sold at
full rates ; many of the marks were, however, in
indifferent condition, being very moisty, sandy, and
wasty, which sold at relatively lower prices. On
the whole, the prices are about equal to the average
of the late London sales, excepting for the Sydney,
which were of a good family and in fair condition,
but did not bring prices in proportion to their
merits. Buenos Ayres were neglected, and the
greater part withdrawn. All the Cordova were also
withdrawn, but several sales have been made by
private contract. East India sold with great spirit,.
fully maintaining previous rates, and the whole
found ready buyers. Most of the other descriptions
offered commanded little attention, and were, for
the most part, withdrawn. The next public sales
of Colonial in London are fixed for the 14th of
October. So far, only about 30,000 bales have
arrived, and at present it is difficult to state the
quantity likely to be brought forward, but it is
supposed that it will be about 50,000 bales."
IRON.—At a meeting of Ironmasters, held on
Wednesday last at Wolverhampton, the puddlers
having offered to go to work if an advance was
allowed, the Birmingham Journal says :—" A reso-
lution was passed declaring a general advance of
20s. per ton on all finished Iron, with a propor-
tionable per centage upon the wages of the work-
men engaged in its manufacture, to take place
from the Ist of October next. This resolution will
doubtless be confirmed at the general meeting of
the trade to be held on the 30th instant, although
we are well aware that great anxiety is felt by some,
whose opinions are worthy of much consideration,
as to the effect that may result. There are, how-
ever, others sufficiently sanguine to look forward to
such a revival as will call for still further advances,
and certainly a very considerable speculative de-
mand seems to be already opening up, and business
has been freely transacted at the advanced rates."

A similar storm appears b have been brewing at the
seat of the Canadian Government itself, in. which Mr.
HINcKS, after the debate on the address, made a strong
speech, accounting for not having moved a condemnation
of the home Government for its conduct on this question,
but stating that on general questions, " while he held his
place as-a Canadian Minister, being as much a Minister
of the Crown as Lord Derby was, he should never con-
sider for a moment what might be the opinion of a British
Minister."

We have no doubt that much of this heat has arisen
from the people of British America being imperfectly in-
formed as to the real intentions of Lord Derby's Govern-
ment. It was stated by Sir DENrs LE MARCHANT, at
Halifax, that he had himself received no official informa-
tion on the subject ; and his Worship the Mayor of
HALIFAX, who was chairman at the meeting, stated that
the data► which they had were " the strong opinions of
the English journals"—of course, the Whig journals.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD,
AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—An accident of a very
serious character, resulting in the loss of two lives and the
injury of several persons, occurred on the above line of
railway on Wednesday evening last. The following de-
tails respecting the sad catastrophe have been obtained on
the spot :—The train was one of the Great Northern
Company, which leaves the Sheffield station at 9.10 p.m.,
in order to arrive at Retford in time for the mail train
from the north, which is due at the latter place at 10
o'clock. On Wednesday evening the train consisting of
a light engine and tender, driver Samuel Wright, stoker
William Lee, a first-class carriage with one passenger in
it, a third-class carriage with four passengers, a break-van
with the guard, Charles Tuckwood, in it, and two goods
waggons, started from Sheffield about the regular time.
On arriving at the embankment about three quarters of a
mile from the Woodhouse junction, and less than four
miles from Sheffield, the train from some cause or other
got off the line ; the engine and carriages ran some dis-
tance, tearing up the rails and earth, when the former fell
over the south side of the embankment, which is here 50
feet high, and the latter over the north side, the driver
being crushed under the fire-box, where he lay, with his
legs burning, for upwards of an hour, before he could be
extricated. The guard was killed on the spot, and the
other persons in the train more or less injured. Poor
Wright's legs are described as having been burnt to a
cinder, and almost off, and notwithstanding that every at-
tention was paid to him which surgical skill could suggest,
he died next morning, It appears that a short time back
he ran his engine into another at Leeds, for which he was
suspended for two months, and WedileadAy was the flipt
slay bf Mnalo4§4 !Nat

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 185'2.

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