The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-05

Treaty Of 1914, OF the combined fleets Of Franc
and Americs forced them from il. Instead Q
r 400 nail Of British ships navigating its Bank
There is scarcely one. The deep sea fishery !
altogether abandoned to the French and Amer
cans, the In shore or boat fishery, ii may be said
10 the only fishery left to the British.
"The deep sea fishery, that carried on tn
Grand Bank and the other Banks remote from
the shore, is the best nursery for able and expe.
rienccd sesmen. This important fishery Is al
together engrossed by Foreigners passing along
these inexhaustible Banks. Swarms of French
and American ships may be seen busily employ
ed in dragging forth the treasures Of the deep.
Not one single English vessel can be found
among thsm. The tr-eolor and the star spang-
led banner float without rival or competitor on
the English Banks of Newfoundland"
British ships Of $50 tons, we sre told,
would loose over "a, 1000 in a season by en-
gagng in the deep sea fisheries, the price Of
fsh, through bountiss, being reduced far be-
low its intrinsic value. His remedy is free
trade. He would place the French and
Americans upon sn equal footing with the
British, and secure to thsm free entry into
colonisl bays and coasts. released of all re-
strictions, and ask in return an abandon
ment OF their system OF bounties, and free
access to their markets and those Of the
world for British ships and British enter
prize. To this proposition the Nora SEQ
t'an objects, that, II adopted, it would not
afford reciprocal advantage for the boon
to be conferred. The Nora Scotian re-
marks that, r..--
! son our own uninhsbited coasts the Ameri-
can fishermen have often come into port with
such superior force that they have appropriated
the best fishing grounds, and have been known
TO drive Colonial vessels from their anchorage
ground. They keep the schools Of Macksrei |
from approaching the shore, by covering the
surface OF the sea with bait. The desp-ses fish-
ing is injurioasy affected by the plan adopted
by the French, Of fishing by the BHifOtc. They I
enter our harbors, and in exchange for foreign |
products and manufactures, upon which no du- I
~ paid, carry off the best FISH, and thus lessen
the revenue and isjurs the fair trader. BY the \
enjoyment Of these privileges, and the supply 1
they gain from them, they close the ports Of
I rance and America to the products of the /
British Fisheries, unless at an exorbitant duty.
The composition Of the Americans in the West
Indies, in the article OF hsh, has become nearly
ruinsas to the inter-cOlonial trade. IL gives
strength to both as rival powers
Concerning the maritime powers Of this
country, Mr., Morris gives us the following
Estimating the number Of men engaged II
in the Cod Fishery at 81 900, and adding them to
he number employed in tho Whale Fishery,
gives al aggregate Of 81, 500 men employed in
he American 7 isheries, chiefly in the deep sea
fishery, the best nursery for hardy and able sea-
men. What a contrast II forms to the British
Fisheries. greatly limited, and confined almost
TO an in-shore fishery, in small open
boats not calculated TO make seamen it is not
900 much TO say that the Newfoundland Fisher
ss, instead Of being nursery for British, is the
sery best nursery for French ana American sea-
men.
"The Americans have already boasted that
heir mercantile marine equals that of England.
In dabate in the United States Senate, on the
Oregon Question it was said by Mr. Clayton:
"'We have at this time a Commerce Of
}, All 900 tons Of shipping England has ,i20,-
400 tons so that we are nsariy-nay, it 10 NV \
opinion we are completely on q par with her. l
ioubt, sir, whether England has greater COM
nercial marine, or greater interests TO protect
han we. II so, | would like TO know In what
Z consists. We have now 100 whale ships in /
he Pacific Ocean we have extensive In
liam commerce, and great and daily growing
commerce with China"
Mr.. Morris gives an interesting account
If the progress Of Agriculture in Newiound-
and and awards high, and evidently we'll
deserved credit to Sir John Harvey, as hav-
ne exerted himself to the utmost while in
hat island to promote its best interests.