Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-12


,uGItt.S IMPORTANT hNn EEAy INTERESTED"
FROM WASHINGTON.
So,ei n's Startling Aspect "f ~" '''"e's
ton. -,
TSuc;al Correspondence ul The New YORK llcraldi
HAsmI:GrpS, TUESDAY, Aug. y, 1892
i urw c~lrii,,ht-mDst extraordinary IN It's CHARACTER ""u
II pn,lrnlous asprct-has been introduced inso me e'c"'
controversy about the fisheries The announcement OF ""'t"
Gill carse greater agitation and excitement than nave al
100 nrriuJ hitherto been manifested on the subject.
4 new and formidable claimant for the fisheries is IN lie
field.
r,uy-inclndimg. It is said, amongst its members a hIsi'n.
!" i ,,..i statesman, one uf the most prominent bankers m
1rasrinaion. n former Assistant Secretary .! tir Treasury
# the United States. and several lending CAPITALISTS IN van
s,reet exclusive claim IN hi Tue iisitr''cs M" VI con
,,,rcrsy between the United States anu ,ieu' oIi,i' "n
~ ~ III: Ar rived trim Alexander, Earl ui Surfing ana DoVah
Hereditary Lieutenant General aud LORD frople'"i u az
ala and Nova Scnlia, and that inc company raopJI" r,.rnrT
'I o i.yaHty of their claim, by fitting OuI u Ves'ci
80 American seumen, and despatching he! 10 'tc nsn,m
,y,unds claimed exclusively by Great biiu!,' " " -
ins licenses TO the American fishermen a. ~ ~" Coasts O.
cane Cod 10 prosecute their business On an -. EI"srT,
,,,,,du. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick ana iIlhcc i've ! !,
T.lud being murc than three thousand m'tes ~ - 30 ic,a
n,,. 81 what they pronounce The diplomatic o'u"uei "a -
slh'f - ~ ,,a Halted States, after obtaining from Urea
~ u, ,iu IN, concrssiun of The right oi h-hihS . u cchai
.nn.,. oG Newfoundland, on the shores III "c 'a"laie'
,|nJ. ana the southern cpastS "l Labrador rrho"hce LOT
>'l'" "h",. 81 fishing within three miles al uny nthei
cs., 50 ,,, Rritish coasts in America, or vi curing or drying
iiah IN theni. ,hot IL ,b, ti,I, Il, m, ii .hrricI il i'm
" .,,[Iinr and not in the British government, he has the
nni,uhr,,I right o! transferring il TO American citizens
"hn if disturbed in the right thus acquired, may demand
,I.n rn,.ctiun OF the UniIrd States, which VIII be bound la
"n Il The lille il good, and, il 81, Ia defend It.
a COLLISION may be anticipates; and shonld the admins
,,,Iiop decide 10 sustain The rights asserted by The company,
the British Government must make large cohctSsioh', VI
war SEEMS probable.
Lord Stirling is row in Washington, whittier he is sad I"
nave come by advice 81 some Of the leading stateSmrnn i Hreat
Brilaiu. WIN thought this the place most advaniage"u'ly 10
assert his rights. tie IS . man OF venerable appearance
some seventy years ol age, Of dgnifird aud courteous man
ners, and of well established personal honor ana integrity.
He is accompanied by hs sou.
Lord Sterling claims "a heir oi his ancestor, SIR hhnam
| Alexander of Menslrir, Scotland, Niscount of Canada, Wis
count aud Earl Of Stirling, and Earl of Doran, Ia whom
royal charters, under the great seal, were granted, ~hlch were
recognized aud confirmed BY act of Parliament III the pre-.
scncr ni King Charles the First. These are all ON record
al Edinburgh =
ION Seplenbcr, 1921 Original charter OF Nova Scotia.
I2h JuIy. 1928 Charter OF Nova Ddmus, Of the lands,
iordship, and barony ri Nova Scotia. :,
81 May, lG27 Charter uI The country anu DOMINION OIL
"a February, l62s-O charter of Canada, %incirjing
ffty leagues Of bounds on both sides OF The hIVer d. Law
renee and the Great Lakes 49,,
These charters gave the Earl q Stirling vast political and
administrative powers. He was made his MaJesty's heIedl'
tary L.ieutenant- General over the whole countries ID NOVA
Scotia and Canada. He was also niaos Jususe'g'"e IS,,
high admiral, lord Of rcyaItY, nni hereditary s!c~a'1; me
power was conferred upon him d maaih@ ohcers OF o'ate
and justice, Of comforting titles u honor, u coming '"onG,,
and The privilege o! making avs co"te,''''- t' Pun.1
state, good and government o! he country. ne ta' tS
power of Amounting one bundled ana MY oa'"he'sr ch'Ifl
Baronc,s OF Nova Scotia, who were 10 take ;:ecr"e"C" %
all other baroncts. Under this power "' n's, ~ 49,,
made over one hundred baroncti nearly lilN oi lhe 'f'fc"t
barouets In Great Britain hui their Jules from patents
granted by the first Earl OF SllTinS
rhe charters Of Nova Scotia and Canada give to Lord
; Surfing, his heirs and assigns, the complete night 81 tshins
| within siy leagues Of the coast, On precisely Inc coasts "hIcl
we have rciniuished an eftrntol coast % over m'ec 'ho".
sand miles in length. The claIttr " WV! pco!h, aicl
uiyino Tie boundaries Of the country granted inIlnH'n. .'""
Brunswick. prurccis III these wJ'ds -! nclul!nG ans con-
pretending within the said c"a''" dil 'lr'r 'rc"n''Inc''
from sea Ia sea, all the continent, win rivers, nFnoR', hays
shores, islamis, ur seas, lying mar q" "ithih SIX it's"," /"
any ,gI. 81 The snurr on lhc west, n"rih' or east s''t ~ 'e
COASTS, ari ir.ia lie southeast, here 'es''i. hr,","' "hl
he south part ol the -anr", whf:r l. 'Aic Hal'''' h' 'hr 1"!'
and ISLANDS suu,hwari w.iiIn ',i: '%i"''"~ "i me Coasts
thereof" sc. And The rl,artrr rf''"'!- - s1,nt i" SIR
William Alexander, his hrI!s or = S'shSr "'i"nf "'''i INNS,
ali .maralI,s :, AXES, watrIs, fisheries, MS wen IN ~ wafer
as in fre.h, of royal ishrs, az III uIiier-, w. QhdFrfSStOHs
tacubus, aquis pisca!Onibus; mH IN anna Sa,sa guam r"snH,
.uns regaliua piscium guam nt'r"m..J ~ tnaI'el an" an
| refers 10 undertakings which tc grantee may hiahe WIN
divers OF our auh,crr- and 0tIn's, VINO probably siiiIl enter
INTO contracts win him aui his ucits. asslances, or deputies,
inr lands, fisheries DC.
Courts ri competent jurisdiction liay" jn'iitiaiiy cS'ah
iishrI rLIt The present Earl" 81 Sl'riIn" !" tinrt'y descended
from the first Ear! "i Stirling, ami ne real hHf 10 MS ''"S
II. IN. titles al the present Entl oI Stirling have been
officially recognised on the mos! solemn "'c"'''"5 !" r"E
land and Scotland.
inserted upon INC great roll d the Peers ct scotland. IN
1881, a mll inscribed 10 The archives OF 'hr h'h@ NJ ra'",
| DuIu1I drawn M ~ hIufl VI l| i'"' - '''3
upon ~ register, and Transcribed upon IL inlniirs "i"'c
that urliuai The Far! ul Stirling has v"'rl aGa'a nj M gene
ra! elections of 1888 aud 1897. His name Is a'~' r'''stc' on
he ,.I a. ,!Iu~" Peers whn r"iipri'L ~ 'l''' '4., !''
lists rcrarGGi IL lie -nyal nrcl YES 81 ne ' fi"r ',In-'
Fran :ht-c lists rrru;- ~ ;."al lint lr'in - - - Ie
present Fad ni Stirling, aiw.,4 .t"n2n;;r1i IN M !l-H'-
voted .imIng i period al iwrjs. ycar- a. 2 'er: 81 S'"'
land, without effective protest. ;,
And ai-n that he was not onl recognized by his peel. hii
The MAGISTRATES and courts oi Limbaugh, hut That he Lord
Chancellor L%vnthurst, Earl Cry, The Pfme Mihiste', Tue
Lords Of the Committee u Cotncil, IN the hl"ss n1'n"'
ronrsponded officially with the rofi Of Stirling and address
Cd him hy his title.
John l.. Hayes, Esq, c"nr'"l for Lord atirIEg, s;ales
rl:, in mn interview had with he Hon. Robert ) walker,
Ltr Srci,:a.: Of The Treasury, Mr.. Walker said thai, Ir'"t
90 his departure lar ;,rl"pr, he had, N tie request OF i"'rh
Stirring r1aIninrd the carr, ana although his multiplied IN
.a.emr nts prevented his having been professionally employ
ed rs counsel, rs Lnrd Stirling desired, he lMf. v likcfi en-
irrraiEed "a unuOnolsd conviction, w"acs! was cnnifhi"' oy
onversliinn relative To the cas- with several distinguished
pei sons, during lis late visit 10 Englin! al Scot'snaI .!
inc HEN sIIp. identity, and :crai lights al Lord Sil:l!n-.
l. mys,li, have had an interview Wild ar. walker an"
no inio.ms me that Mr.. Hayes statement Is Tree ah- cor
rect. .:
As further Developments take place you sill'I oe HIS, u
fn,tupI nj Them. h