The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-03

IMPORTANT TO FrsHKRMEN.-At a recent meeting
OF the Chamber OF Commerce at Halifax, Nova
Scotia SAYS the Portland Advertiser, IL was state
that a despatch had been received from the Home
Government, enclosing opinion of the Crown
officers IN England with reference To the right Of
the Americans TO fish on the coast Of British North
America. whether The views contained in this
despatch are correct or not, II regarded by the
Halifax merchants as document of great mpor-
lance to American fishermen, and owners OF fishing
vessels The following is a note OF its contents -
The Secretary read this opinion 10 the meeting. II
dehned explicitly that the rights of the treaty OF l7ei
had been ebrogated by the last war, and that me
rllshls OF American fishermen are now defined oy
me convention OF ISIS BY this they were admltted
10 participate in the fisheries everywhere beyond
three marine miles from the coast, and the crown
oihcers gave decided opinion that these three mies
should be measured from line drawn from mead
land % head land OF the coast, and that IL oy no
means permitted the Americans 10 enter the bays
and harbors 10 fish, even though IN so dong, their
vessels should be three miles from land. The right
10 pass through the Gut of Canso most explicit
" denied as regarded all foreign vessels-that pas
sage being only, IN some places, one mile In breadth
and the casting of bait overheard, was declared TO
be the same as fishing With regard to the assum-
ed night OF the Americans TO land on the Magdalen
Islands, the opinion declared was that by the con-
venon they had hit OF landing to their fish,
on all the unlnhabted coasts OF Newfoundland and
Labrador but they had right to land Tor this pur-
pose on any place inhabited by British subjects
The privilege OF entrance for procuring wood and
water was unrestricted.
ers who wac arrested on charge of taking from
the stage, between this city and Danville, $4,000
OF the funds OF the Bank of Kentucky, escaped on
the night ot the the 10Th ult from the sheriff and
guard OF Anderson county. He last seen in
Henry county.
The circumstances of Wether's escape were, we
understand, somewhat curious BY feigning sick
ness, he prevailed upon the officers, who had him
IN charge, to take hun 10 his own house. On arriv
ing there, he went to bed, and prevailed on them TO
let his wife sleep with him that night When the
lady came into the apartment, they of course with
drew TO lei her undress. The moment they were
out OF sight, Wethers, agreeably to previous ar
rangement, quietly slipped out of the window, eav-
Ing his clothes upon the chair and put his daughter
through the window into The room The mother
and daughter were soon lying cozily, side by side
with their heads modestly covered and the officers
returned IN d few minutes and guarded them all
nlght with unsleepDg vgllance.-LouisuiHe 10, m
METEoR.-A meteor of great size and intense
brightness passed over this city yesterday morning,
between 3 and o'clock 1t came from the south
and travelled nouhward with prodigious velocity
perfectly Illuminating every part of the city during
the time OF It's transit One OF the watchmen des-
crbes lis size as beingequalt TO that of hogshead
though any estimate OF must be considered as We
~ uncertain. The night was very dark when the
rralite passed over.-Sauann0h Repub March %
The CoMET-Capt Theobald, OF the ship Tanner
lane. saw the comet at sea, in lon 40. He measur-
ed The length of the tail and found il 10 be 81
Savannah Rfp March %.