The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-08-17
A NEW FACE TO THE FISHERY
QUESTION.


peared in the Democratic Review ,endeavoring
to prove, and proving with some plausibllity.
from Parliamentary and other reeds, that the
ownership of British America, rsted in the
Earl of Sterling, decayed meuber of the
Scotch Nobility. The Parliamentary records to
prove this title, date back to the reiq Of Charles
the LIST. Yankee ingenuity Discovered in this
agitation new field for Speculation and they
were not wanting in enterprise to tale advantage
of it. A company was organized, nth distin.
guished statesman and a Washington Banker,
as members, visit made to the oil Earl and
bargain concluded for the Canals and Nova
the Fishery grounds, as a part of he purchase,
and as the best point for arrivinsnt speedy
settlement of The question, il alreay being the
subject of diplomatic action between the gov
eminent of this country and Graf Britain
The details Of the matter will BE- found in
special Washington correspondent, to the New
York Herald of the 9th inst, which We here
subjoin.
new and formidable caimantfor the fish
cries is in the field. The government has been
| notified that an American companr-includng,
it is said, amongst its members distinguished
statesman, one Of the most prominent bankers
Of Washington, former Ass stait Secretary
of the Treasury of the United Stars, and sew
eral leading capitalists in Wall treet-make
exclusive claim to all the fsheies now in
controversy between the Ulitee States and
Great Britain, under title derived from Alex
n.I Ill, nsA ;t,r
Lieutenant General and Lord PROPRIETOR of
Canada and Nova Scotia, and tllathe company
propose testing the legality of thar claim, by
fitting out vessel manned by American sea-
men, and despatcliing her to the fihing grounds
claimed exclusively by Great Bitain, or by
granting licenses to the American fishermen of
Marblehead and Cape Cod to prosecute their
business on all the coasts of Canada, NOVA
Scotia, New Brunswick and Price Edward s
Island, being more than three thousand miles in
extent, IN spite of what they pronounce the
diplomatic bunder of 1918, by which the Unit
ed States, after obtaining from Great Britain
The concession of the right of fishing on certain
coasts of Newfoundland, on the shores of the
Magdalen Islands, and the southern coasts Of
Labrador, renounce forever the liberty of fish
ing within three miles Of any othr part of the
British coasts in America, or of cureing or dry
ing the fish on them. The company say that if
the title to the fisheries is in Lord Stirling, and
not in the British government, hehas the I'M
doubted right of transferring it to American ci-
tizens, who, if disturbed in the right thus ac-
CURED, may demand the protection of the U.
States, which will be bound 10 see if the title is
good, and if so, to defend it.
A collision may be anticipated and should
the administration decide to sustain the rights
asserted by the company, the British Govern
ment must make large concessions, or war
seems probable.
Lord Stirling is now in Washington, whittier
he is said to have come by advice IF some of the
leading statesman of Great Britain, who
thought this the place most advartageousIy 10
assert his rights. He is man Of venerable ap-
pearance, some seventy years of age, OF digni-
fed and courteous manners, and OF well estab-
lished personal honor and integrity. He is
accompanied by his son.
John l.. Hayes, Esq, counsel for Lord Stir
ling, states that interview had with the
Hon. Rabert J. Walker, late Secretary of the
Treasury. MIR. Walker said that prior to his de-
parture for Europe, he had, at the request Of
Lord Stirling, examined the case, and all his
multiplied engagements prevented his having
been professionally employed Us counsel, as
tanned and undoubted conviction, which was
confirmed by conversation relative to the case
with several distinguished persons, during his
ship, identity, and legal rights Of Lord STIR
ling.
/, myself, hare had an interrep with Mr..
Watker, and he informs me that Mr.. Hayss $
statement is true and correct