The New York herald., 1871-02-10
Enniand and the United stntes--Tbc
Qneen's Speech-Thc New sJolnt High

""o1S tio hauous hHI OI tue SUaugesl
political condolences. Yesterday, for ex-
ample, while the cannon in front of the City
Hall, within stones throw from the HERALD
Office, were laundering their warlike welcome
TO the great passing Fenian procession, we
Were receiving dispatches from London and
from Washington, the whole purport Of which
is new eRteRte cordiaye between England
and The United States. 1t struck us as most
extraordinary concurrence of events, that
waile hearing this warlike thunder OF the
Foniau cannon we sbould be reading these
lightning dispatches from the foggy Thames
and the frozen Potomac-from President
Grant and from Qieen Victoria. 'Let us have
p3ace!" And wlile looking out upon this
Fenian pageant, and recogn zlng in its political
and military forces an argument the most
powerful with England in behalf of peace
with this country, il appeared to us that this
imposing Irish parade was involuntarily
celebrating the Inauguration Of new epoch
OF progress, peace, prosperity and happiness
70 ''the three kingdoms" and ''the great
republic and to all their people.
The Queens speech to the two houses of
the British Parliament (tbe text of which we
publish this morning) gives us, in a few brief
sentences, the Inauguration Of this new his
| torical era. She says that sat different times
several questions of Importance have arisen,
which are not yet adjusted, and which mate
rally affect the relations between the United
States and the territories and people of Brit
fah .~ta k,,11 -
one of these questions Qhe fisheries) "calls
| particularly for an early settlement lest the
| possible indiscretions Of individuals should
impair the neghborly understanding which
is on al grounds so desirable to cherish and
maintain" In palmer terms, she would say
'4ou must look out gentlemen for settle
ment OF those North American fishery trou-
blas General Ben Butler has bsen making
| some mischevous speeches 10 the Yankee fish
ermen at Cape Cod, and he seems to be backed
up by General Grant. Those Yankee fisher
I men will be apt to take the hint, and
l they may get mp a fight, and get the
| Fenians on the Canadian border again before
we are ready FOR them, if they are not at once
attended to-" Viewing the matter in this
light, the Queen next says that she has,
through friendly correspondence with Gen
eral Grant, suggested the appointment of a
joint commission, and has agreed to proposal
from the President to enlarge the powers of
this joint commission, so that it shall embrace
the Alabama claims sand all claims for COM
pensation which have been or may be made
hy n aph hy ifo
the other"
This is all we have in the Queens speech on
the subject but what she has omitted touch
ing this joint commission is supplied us in the
correspondence (Which we also publish today
between her Minister at Washington, Sir
Edward Thornton, aud Mr.. Fish, our Secre-
tary Of State. Minister Thornton says he is
directed by Lord Granville to propose a
''joint High Commission" of members to be
named by each government: that it shall hold
its sessions in Washington, and that its bus-
ness shall be 10 consider and ''discuss the mode
OF settling the different questions which have
arisen ont Of the fisheries" and other matters
(such as the ST. Lawrence navigation question)
affecting the relations of the United States
with the New Dominion. Mr.. Fish, in reply,
writes he is instructed by the President to say
tha. ''he shared with her Majesty's govern
friendly and complete understanding between
the two governments oa the subjects sug-
gested land fully recognizes the friendly
spirit which has prompted the proposal" But
the President thinks the commission on the
limitations proposed would fail to secure a
perfect understanding of peace. He, there
fore, proposes to turn over to this 'Joint High
| Commissi sion" the Alabama claims, and if met
upon this ground, the appointment of the CON-
missioners for the United States viii be made,
and he thus hopes for "a just and amicable
| arrangement of all the questions which now
and abiding friendship between the two
nations"
This proposition being accepted, the Presi-
dent has nominated Secretary Fish, General
! Scheuck, Justice Nelson, of the Supreme
! Court Of the United States, Mr.. Hoar, late
Attorney General and Senator Williams, Of
| Oregon, 10 this 'Joint High Commission on
| the part OF the United States. From the other
| side we hear that Earl de Grey and Rlpon
| has been appointed. and tnat Minister Thorn
\ ton will be next in order; and we learn that
| Sir John Rose, Sir John A. Macdonald, Pro-
4 fessor Montague Bernard, with Lord Tenter-
/ den as Secretary, have been also designated.
| Tie members on the part of our govern
ment are perfectly satisfactory. Mr. Fish
! Is pacific ana conservative. General Schenck
is progressive, and has something of the
bold Western theory Of American rights !;
but no is IN old diplomat and he is not IN
reasonable. Justice Nelson brings with him
The GOODNESS, carelulness and legal precision of
the Supreme Court. Mr. Hoar. Of Massachu-