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Although , as we announced last week , the Fishery question seems settled so as to obviate all chance of hostile collision , yet it is hardly easy to -understand the state of public opinion upon it , nor the state of facts hi the Bay of Fundy . Mr . Seward , as the authorized mouth-piece of the Government , has given the most amicable explanations to the legislature , and the steam frigate Missisippi is to go to Japan , instead of staying upon the coast . Yet a report comes that the
British authorities have enforced their construction of the ward bay ; have expelled the fishermen from the Bay of Fundy , and have taken several prizes . The American journals take diverse views of the matter , some going in to protect the
Fishermen " hook , bolt , and sinker , " as Mr . Webster said , talking loudly of war , hinting that reciprocity is the object of the English , and declaring that there can be no commercial treaties till the Fishery question is settled . Other papers are far more moderate and pacific in then * tone . Probably the key to all the bluster is the approaching Presidential election
and the desire to get up an excitement which may be serviceable to one or other of the Candidates . A portion of the New York Press goes so far as to state that our naval forces are meant to be used against French , rather than American , poachers—That the Frenchmen are by far the most reckless and daring depredators—sometimes even driving away the English and Americans .
The Labos guano islands still excite much attention . It appears that Mr . Webster has written more than one semiofficial letter encouraging Americans to take guano in defiance of the Peruvian Government , and informing his correspondents that the commanders of the American forces were instructed to protect them in the commission of such acts—such conduct as this will neither raise the favour of a statesman
nor add lustre to the honour of a great country , and we trust that Mr . Webster , who seems so willing to assume a hostile attitude , will not be elected to rule the destinies of America . The man who would encourage or risk war between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon family , is not only a traitor to his country , but an enemy to the progress of the human race .
There are rumours that an Indian war is imminent . The Camanches especially , are becoming troublesome . More than one detachment of United States troops has suffered from them severely lately . For the few past years the Indian trihes have shown head , especially in Yucatan , and spread dismay and distraction among the descendants of their former
Spanish conquerors , but we guess they will fare badly with the more energetic and warlike Yankees , if once they come fairly to blows . Still the prospect of a war with fierce and barbarous enemies , is far from a pleasant one , and ought to make Mr . Webster cautious of embroiling his country with England .
There has been a fearful accident upon the American Seaboard , arising out of a collision between a screw Propeller and the Atlantic an Emigration Steamer , most of whose passengers were "Norwegians . Many jumped overboard at the moment of collision and perished . The Atlantic then attempted to make the shore , but the water put out the engine fires , and she went down ia deep water . The crew of the Propeller rendered all the assistance in their power , but great numbers were lost .
The question of whether or not Kaine shall be given up to Great Britain under the extradition treaty is not yet decided . The feeling of the Irish population is very strong against his oeing handed over ; they do not want for native sympathizers , and they are helped by the manoeuvres for the presidential election . Still we cannot form so low an estimate of the American Judges as to suppose they will decide that the man who shoots a landlord is a political offender .
A new political party has been formed in the States , composed of the Freesoilei * , the Abolitionists , and the Ultra democrats generally . If vre * nay credit the Time ? , which of
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disgustingly fulsome addresses , expressing gratitude to Louis Napoleon , and desires for the consolidation of power in his hands . An incident showing how fearful the government are of the slightest political allusion , the following incident is an example . A piece founded upon Sir W . Scott's novel of Guy Mannering was the other night presented at one of the Parisian theatres . In it allusion is made to an impostor who
dispossesses the rightful hair and asserts that might is his right . At tin ' s the legitimist portion of the audience cheered loudly , and the next morning the piece was suppressed by the police . What a spectacle , the " chosen ruler ' of a great nation with half a million of soldiers , one week asking for praise from the correspondent of a Foreign paper , the Ijext afraid of a play !
Haynau is in Paris , honoured by the" Algerian generalsdetested by the people . He attempild at a banquet to exculpate himself from the charge of ¦ djjpmen flogging . The statement merely amounts to this—thalthe outrage was the act of his agents , who went unpunished * . The explanation , however , was received as satisfactory b p h ' ose who have been educated in mercy in the razzias of the desert .
From Austria we are warned of a n $ jw element of danger to the rule of the boy Emperor . In addition to the discontent of the Hungarians , the military bodrerers who were used to put down Kossuth are ripe for revolt . Great exertions are being made to create an Austrian fleet . Workmen are busy at Venice—a great naval arsenal is being constructed at Pola—ships are building and orders given for steamers . The effort , however , must fail to do anything else than aggravate financial difficulties and hasten destruction .
Another insult has been offered to an English traveller by the Austrian authorities for merely looking over some fortifications with a guide book in his hand ; he was seized , insulted , dragged off to prison , and kept for many hours without food , and then discharged . All recompence has been denied him . We shall see whether Lord Malmesbury will act with more spirit than in the Mather case , or truckle to Austria . If the
latter , English travellers must avoid the Austrian dominions until the English people pluck up spirit enough to kick the abettor of despots from the foreign office . From the East the news is that the army for Lhe conquest of the Burmese empire is as healthy as it would have been within our own dominions . The war , however , promises to be both long and expensive . Some perplexity is occasioned
by the resignation of Sir John Campbell who commands the troops at Peshawar . This event is attributed to the interference of the Board of Administration with his military plans . The civil powers there , as in the case of Sir Charles Napier , appear bent on disgusting the most talented and energetic of their officers .
Australian intelligence informs us that the mines are more productive than ever and labour in great demand . The fears , however , that there would not be hands enough to secure the wool of the colony , have turned out to be unfounded . Some of the men who robbed the ship Nelson of a large quantity of gold , have been apprehended and convicted .
Mr . Delmege and the soldiers found guilty by the Coroner ' s Jury , of murder , have been set at liberty by Mr . Justice Crampton on such slight bail as shews the learned Judges light estimate of the offence . It Will be seen in news from Ireland that Fathers Burke and Clare are to be pros ecuted for their share in the tragedy . Father Cahill has addressed anqga ^ r letter to Earl Derby , which gives us a pretty clear insight into the nature of
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priestly love for liberty . After a flood of abuse , and a gust of rejoicing at the anticipated decadence of England , Father Cahill eulogized Louis Napoleon as fervently as though he were a writer in the Moniteiir . He almost worships the usurper for his devotional fervour , and elevates him into an angel . Priesthood may be on the side of liberty in Ireland , but the alliance is only accidental and temporary . Its best wishes arc with despotism alTovcr the world . The people of Ireland , if they hope to be free , must , among other things , not only shake off the incubus of the Established Church , but
the domination of the Roman Catholic priests also . Our daily journals have teemed with the . royal progress to Scotland , of which it is sufficient to say Her Majesty has been everywhere enthusiastically received . Great alarm is manifested at the prospect of railway
amalgamation . Great as the contempt of railway corporations is for public opinion now , then they would be beyond all hope of control . What their power would be may be judged from the Times' admission that no government would dare to interfere with them ; what their morality is , is shown by the assertion of the same journal that the desire of pecuniary gain with them overrides all thought of public duty or private justice .
The inquest at Bolton is terminated in a verdict of temporary insanity on the body of the pointsman who left his post , and a verdict , with respect to the accident , of manslaughter against the same individual , with a rider to the effect that there was generaV- |^ gligence . _ T ^ ere ^ of course it will end , and notMng ' win ' ' 'teaone Wtil tiie higher officials are made criminally responsible .
The ship-owners have put forward an address , claiming to have the principles of Free-trade fully applied to themselves They ask to be relieved from stamp-duty on Charter parties — for exemption from harbour-dues — from extortionate charges for coast-lights—from the obligation to employ pilots —and from heavy consular dues . If they are to be left to the chances of competition , they demand to be left to provide for their own safety at such cost as they think proper . All this the Times highly explained , but cavils at another
paragraph in which measures Xo ensure reciprocity with foreign nations are requested .
The reports of the police-courts record an application for summonses against Mons , and Madine . Poiteven and the proprietor of the Cremorne Gardens , under the act against cruelty to animals . The lady and gentleman in question have been making balloon ascents on the backs of ponies and a bull These disgusting exhibitions , which are a disgrace not only to the fools who gape , but to the age itself , ought promptly to be put an end to . The trade reports shew an improvement , and the accounts of the harvest shew that there will be more than an average . The public health too has improved , though the anticipation of cholera , which has made its way to some of the parts of
the continent , still hangs over us . The Free Library was opened at Manchester , on Thursday . A number of the principal literary notabilities of the day were present and much speech-making took place . However , this union of men of widely differing political opinions , for the purpose of procuring the means of education for the adult population , is a most significant
sign of the times . Let there be no attempt , at coercion ^ no attempt to stifle new opinions among the workers , and in the words of one of the resolutions of the ' meeting ,-wewill cherish the " earnest hope that the books thus made available will prove a source of pleasure and improvement in the cottages , the garrett , and the cellars of the ' poorest of our people .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04091852/page/1/
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