Harbor Grace Standard, 1886-03-06

              VOLUME XXVII
HARBOR GRACE, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 6,1886.
Insurance Notices.
PHCENIX
Fire Assurance Company.
Lean Aim stukkt i i -ii.utiXG citoss
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED IN 1782.
TKl"STKK- * DIIIEl "Toll h*.
.loaepl.  Win.  Uaieii.l.ilo, Fsq.
Ilrialow  llovill.  Ksq.
The  llou. .laiues Hl_g.
John ClaltOI.  _*i|-
Oetsviu* K   Coupe. Ksq., M.P.
I..- .r;s  Arthur Fuller,   Is.sq.
Charles  _   Guodhart. Ksq.
M. Kho.le Hawkins. Ksq.
Sir Johu Lubbock. Bart. M P., F.K.S.
Charles Magnay, Ksq
The lion. Kdwin It. l'ortmaD.
Du.ll.-V Itolx-rl Smith. Ksq
Win. .lam. s   riii„„|.s ....  Ksq.
UUS. DIKKi-TOU:
Jons .1. 1H....1MHH.1.. Esq.
Wn.tJMI CM._-l.oNA..,' Joint
Fniscir.lt. ILtCisos-ALi.,;      Secretaries.
The engagements of ihia Oltiee arc gnar-
B.i'ee,! by a numerous and wealthy    l'io*
1' .p',l'_   "nud tuc'Vroiiipiiiiideaiid liberal-
meI "me  .ei','. _,..«,. 'l.el '.,_..,.„. Iclued.
Advertisements.
HOUSEHOLD WORDS!
" PIKESIX FIRE OFFICE
FIRE AND LIFE.
ESTABLISHED   A  1>.  183 7
III. Mi <>..H'_.
1 il ,*,  .N~.i.   sl'UBEr, Uj.i>os, EC
Capital: £1,000.000 Stg
Uisnrniieea effected on nlmost nil  kinds
ol   pirq-erly   in   Newfoundlsnd   al   lowest
l"""" '   J. Allil'SIL'SCLIKT.
QUEEN
Insurance Company
Capital— £2,000,000 Sterling.
QUEEN _N8UKASCE BUILT-. 0
LIVERPOOL,
QUEEN INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
00 URACECHUROH STREET,
LONDON.
TiV KN'IY- FIRST ANN UAL REPO Rl
Tho Re|KirtB and Account* lor the
y.ir lS7tJ, presented to the Sliiii,rli,,l>l,-,s
mi the Annua! Meeting,on Tuesday,"*7lh
Mav, 1873, at which Bernai - Hall.Em].,
presided. bIiowciI, ill the Dividend and
burnt* at tlio rato togetlior of 1. i>er
cent, waa di-clured, £14,035 being car
liud lorward.
FIRE BRANCH,
Thiit the Premiums for 187_, alter
deducting Rn insurances amount.*! tt,
eiSij.274, beiug an uioreaae of £!.,30l
over the Premium Inoome of 1877; and
the, LoBBOB to £2-1,061, being55.1, per
ex-uu on the Prniuiuiu» ot the Year.
IN THE LIFE DEPARTMENT.
That New Policies had b_W issued
l,.i £222,485 ; and thai tho Li|e Funds
ty the addition* made to it as tiie ream*
ot the year'* operation* new represei.ts
67.9 percent, ofthe entire- net Premium,
received on every policy in foroe.
The surplus balanoe in the Fire Ac*.
coun. wss aliowri to be £107.599, out ol
wbich £20,000 was approprirted to
Sutpenae tccoiint, raising that Account
to £140,000 sud making with the Reserve Fund and Balance*carried forward
£24.000.
FUNDS
Capital  Paid np £180.030
General  Reierve Fund     170,__>
I- ire rand for unearned Premiums  140.00Q
Balance earned forward     HfiSn
Life Aceumolation Food     .  800,815
Aunoity Fund     11.535
(
£816,428
SIMON DOftOVAN,
General Agent for Nfld
8us-_o_*tn-
A. T. DUVSDALE
Harbor Graee,
B. O'SHEERAN * Co..
Pills <_ Ointment
Bel'l^lllHMal
BinpiiBBHll oilier Medicines for Purify
in-; the Blood ; they are svnilal.le for
all us ud slic ntul   lioilseho! I   l.-liii.lv
ior ..II .ii__.l..,s of ihe STOMACH,
LIVER, KIDNEYS   ,.n.' ROWEI-i.
Iu Coiig-slimi au.l Obsliiiolioiis e.l every
kind ll.i-v .Illicitly ..-i.ioi-e- the.nils.-, mill
in eoilSlii_li.HI .uu! .liH..i.l.-reu coudilion
of the Boweli,, they acl a* a cleansing
aperient.
For Del.ilitul.-.l Coiinti.iitioiiB und all
P. male Complaints theae Pills are mi
•lli-,i_»_-.l —tlli'V c.inec'all li n-«lllal itii*t-
,iii.I  Weaknesses from    wlmtevei - cause-
8 THE   OINTMENT
In utiiiv.illeel fo. the fnollii.v  it ill-.
AssurauceCompany |£5
Rl..-.
I    diB.
Miti.iifnetiired milv at Pi ofessoi  IloLlo-
iiat'h Estal.li-til«|-iii,
XFORD stiieet. LONDON
,1 at  Is.   lid . 2.9.I.,  Is-. G, lis..
■>«., .....I 33,. ,-ac.i Box an.l Pe.l d'V^J
1-yCAUTION   -I  have   no Af-ent ir.
the United Slates, nor are my Medicines
. Purcnas
o Label
If the addi
Londou, th«y ore apuriou*.
The Tm.le Marks ol my said Muii-
,.t Washington.
Signed    Tl  OM AS HOLLO WAY
5.13, Oxford Stir.-!, Loudon. |
NORTHERN
AsS-iranceC'mpany
— FOR—
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Capital— £3,000,000 Stg
FIKE PREMIUMS £103,(1)0
PKOBpEcrosES—Forma of Application
lor Fire and Life Itisuiiiiice, and ull
other Information Oan bu obtained a-
the utlic,• ot
A. OL IIAYWARD.
St. John's, Ageut for Nfld.
GUARDIAN
FIRE & LIFE
.issnranceComp'ny
OF LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1831.
Scbsckibbd Capital £2,000,000 "
Total I .VESTED FfKDS Vt-
WABD* or   2.750.00C   "
A.HliaLl.COlUu.W Alt-BOIT      360,000    "
The "GUARDIAN" being a fin-class
English Insurance Company .offer* allthote
advantage* most desirable to insurers,*/!*.,
undoubted aubility, favorable tenna and
prompt lettlemen to claim* for loss
Ihe undersigned hsving been appointed
JAMES S WINTER,
8t. John'
JOSEPH GODDEN,
ft\,   1 Sub-Agent Hr. Graee
Advertisements.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Slore economical than the ordinary kinds.
niul cannot be sold io competition with the
multitude ot low test, short weight, slum
or phosphate powders. Sold unl-i in cans
Ke.lAl. llAKIMi Pi.wi.tii Co., 106 Wall-nt.,
N.Y. Jai.31y
0___JEI_D.
GEO. WEBBER,
DRUGGIST,
Water Street, Hr Grace
D.M.JOHNSON. M.D.CM.
Physician. Surgeon & Accoucheur.
occupied t-y  Mi  l-..l»ai,l" ll„>le.
Uulll-a-ti to HI B.III-. 1 lo 4 p III., 7 IO 9   pm
Nov.l.',. Oiu
Harbor Grace Stove Depot
Gloss, Tin & H ardwnto Establishment
C.L.KENNEDY
Imiikful for   pn«t favois   n-ceiveil from
the   people   of this   town and  outpuils,
putrnus thnt l.o but uow in block a large
STOVES
of nil descriplions with   all I   .   latent
inprov.-iii.-i.iB—cuiupiiaing
COOKING
FANCY
FRANKLIN
HALL
and  SUIT'S,
ogether with GRATES ond FITTINGS
of nil  sizes.
Ainu, a lino assortment of  the newest
Gothic  GRATES
(British anel  American.)
IN THE SHOP
is a large Block of the following articles.
hiiiI others te>o numerous to Bpecify—
Psints ol all colors, Spirils of  1'Hrpeiiliiie
Mixeu Psint* in 1, 2 and 3 Ib tin*
i.u,*ee! Oil — boiled si.d raw, While   I. ml
Ziui While, Puny, Whiting, Ochre. Clue
Cupel snd Furniture Varnish. Mucilage
kerosene Oil. Window Msss-all sites
llnrn.-M,  Funilturo and Urns* Polish
I'.ruosLvick lllnck, Chase's Ueiuid Glue
(llyccrine Leitber Dresaing.
HARDWARE
of eveiy description.
Ov*l Boiler*,
Kn»melled and Tinued Boiler*
KnKlisliA-Aiiiericsn Kim nnd Mortise Lock*
Window Furniture. Sash Balance*
Urns* Pole Ends. Bracket* and Klug*
American Axe*and Hatchet*
Enjjlish Halcbete
A mericsn Cut Nails and Finishing Nails.
Glassware—Lamp ("Minnies and Burners
IJa.ll and Dining Room 1 -amps
Chandelier*—2 aod 3 lights.
Stio T»bl* Lamp*. Toilet Set*
Britannia Metal lea and Coffee Pot*
Silver-plated Table, l)e***rt »ud Tea*pooni
Silver-pl»ted Table aud Deuert Fork*
CUTLEBY of aU Kinds.
Ivory-handle Table and Dessert Knives
lrory-h»odle Fickle Fork*. ■
TOOLS OF  ALL DESCRIPTIONS
GKOCER1ES.—Coffee,  So.p*.  M»teh*s
To all of a hieh inspection i* iotited.
■arFor tale at tbe loweat possible price*
r. C.L. KENNEDY
Nor
LEGISUTIVE COUNCIL.
"" Fiiidav. Feb. 10.
"Die House met at half-past four o'clock
On motion of Hon. C. BoWlHWl. pursuant
tr, the older of the dny. the Address in reply lo iheJHieuiiiLf Speech wa* read a sec-
oud time. ^*
The 3.*,ili rule of the house was then *u»-
pended. and the Address was submitted lo
committee of the whole,—llou. James PiTra
iu tho Chair.
Tlio tir«t aod second psraf. apha were
severally read and adopted, aad the third
lead aa followa:—
lui'lhel-
llos. A. W. llAltvtr aaiil, before that
section was passed he should like to offer a
lew observations upou it. And he must
express his regret thai, notwithstanding the
tins chnuibcr by three member*. Ihey should
come before thin house si„l the couutry
with a barren iittirmntioii of lameiitation at
Ihe result of our fisheries i while no policy
or course ol action is fore shadowed or aug-
liealcd with the view of applying a remedy.
No opiniou is given, no promise held out
to an expeclsnt counlry thnt any Slaps
shall   he   ewsajed lo  remove or counteract
ol.biuga deplored, lie hnd no doubt thai
hou. uirml'dsol ll.it.
is (Mr. II.'.) yearly ....
of the vital n'ei-t«.sny. >■!
illy and pmclically with
ol our Il-I.el.-.- But so
here, hei should no.- his
c( ihe urgency, before n
j| duiug (oiueibing lo ,e-
ouml: nud to show thni
S_t_____*5$S
r,"e^_i."_rj;r.s_4-s__
5_fe___v_fs5.
li_il!_lil
e himself rind lliose nnsocinled  -Uh h
•  ago.  s-.bsvt|tiv-utly t.
ides proved still-bom. lluvt nothing wan
practically done, na no tangible result, hnve
inBiiife»tcd-_iel. selves. He wn. not objecting ao much now lo theae resolutions
themselves having beeu passed, though lie
hnd condemned Ihem as rid.culous as regards securim. the object ihey had iu view ;
and when tho money »a» voted lor lhe
purpose it wa*. therefor*. nerh»p«, bs well
Ibat it was not expended, lu censuring Ihe
iiiactiQii iu Iba pstt. be was imbued with
iiroogMirpe thnl ibe present government
would havo come forward with a declaration of iii, iulentie.li loadopl some u,ensures
even an investigation of *oine *ott with n
view to remedy Ihe evils under which our
Chief indeiairy. that by which we all live,
move   and have  onr  being,   labors.    One
with ...id. i'.,
dence for lhat
s feebly
„lp which
Ther- ;-
atci,t.jret
i  should e
eitly about helping ourselves, and uo more
cheerful prospect lo contemplate, iu tl.e
net di»l*iit fulure, th»u a paupensed community, a bankrupt colouy, aod geueral decay aud desolation. The section of tbe
•ddreas under coo»ider*liOB may be »aid to
iwrlnke of * two-fold character, one portion of it referring to th* fisheries, the
other lo Ih* condition eif the markets.
As regard* unfavorable msrkeis, he
very much feared we ahall for uiAuy year*
to come he confronted wilb thi* cause complained cf. The policy of tbe English
Government in retaining gold as lhe sole
circulating medium of tbe world baa a tendency to. and will, make Ibe rieh richer,
and tha poor poorer; will ruin the merchant and manufacturer, aad oonlrout lhe
producer with au ever-declining market,
uutil wilhin a roeaturable time, unless lhat
policy be altered, we «ha!l aee a gold aover*
eign buying live barrela of Hour, and a gold
dollar buying a quintal of Shore morchsnt-
able fiah. and, while lhe u«c*__rica of life
will beoome very cheap, tho** requiring
ibem will not bare the wherewithal to buy.
Wbat effort oeold be made towardi increasing our n-arketa baa not boreiofore been
made. There hs* been uo snlficient attempt to obtain a reduction of the duty
imposed by tbe Spaniah Government upoo
tia'h of other'eonoine*. lUd'tbat extra
impost of two or three (hilling* nol exuled,
aod oot beeo levied »g»iusl us the present
season, instead of Labrador liah beiug aold
here for eleven or twelve shilling* per
quintal, it would h»v* re»dily brought
thirteen   ot lourlecu  ihilliugi, which  in*
crease, small as it may appear, would constitute to the producer tho difference between destitution au.l comparative comfort.
The Chamber of Commerce addressed a
strong memorandum   last   summer   lo tho
Homo Government in regard to thia matter.
or to let thu colony itself negotiate directly
with.Spain, with a view to the inodilica-
tion of Iheir hostile duties, and lo place
Uio fish of other
ll i
ter to Spain, hut almost a lifo aod deat
matter lo ua. That memorial has beeu lor
warded to the Colouial Otfico, but no reply
baa yet beeu vouchsafed lo u*. Of coira
document oing Irom a body to some e
lent irresponsible would not have the sai .
weight with Ihe British Government is if
it emanated from the executive of lhe colony. He urged immediate action upon
those representing the Government here iu
■>•'-."  »
secure tiie entry of Ne.loiitnll-iid caught
lisl.   iato    lhe-Spauish   pons    on    equal
oflier tiling tho Chamber of Commerce eu-
denvoreel lo effect, though uuavailiugly,
wns to hnve our fishery treaty lelntions
with lhe United Slates separated entirely
from those of lhe' Dominion, afler the
ceisaiion of ihe Treaty of Washington
'I'hey urged Hint a streuiiou* effort he msde
lo have the American market thrown open
free to our fiah, herring. _c, in leturu for
the privilege ol buying bait and ice from
our fishermen Irom "the lal Ji|ly last, when
it terminated, uutil lhe end of the season.
Bul, so far w is | uhlicly kuowu, lhe late
Government look no steps to secure Ihir
end. The iJea of the mercantile coinuiuu-
ity here iu sending a elelegate to Washing-
to'u was thst some arrangement inighl bo
made apart from the affairs of the ueigh-
bouriug Proviuce*. whereby the pro.lace of
United States duty free Ijnfortuualely for
lhe trnde iuieresia of this colony,  the twe
upou our trnde. IJiat season we placed an
addendum upon our .Ucvenue Act to the
effect that those countries having, tbe
pnvilege ol using our fisheries should be
subjected Itere to a special duly upon Iheir
produce, should this impost he c.fo.ced
Biiiiual il*. Thnt course hsd the effect for
t-elve mouths ol removiug those obnoxious duties ngsTTist our produce in the l)o-
•niiiioli, consequently n Isrge epiintiiy ol
oar Lerriug. seal oil  and  cod  oil found au
• linn duiies will be enforced this year, nud
one of the effects will bo ihnt our  l_hra-
eight   e
shll-
a barrel,   will  uexl" aenson.   weighted
it- reduced iu pi ice to four or five'
,gn per barrel in this country. The
»nv to effectnally bring ll.e Dom-iiiou
rilic* to a proper nenso ef n fair in-
e of liade relniit-ns.   is  lo plnco n
an   I'r" '
nirea. audi will be enfoiccd ngniuat Ihem;
nud it is posiihle, if the nuuiuer of articles we  proposed  to  put a lax upon Intt
tended, so ns lo inclulTo hay, oats, potatoes,
turnips, cabbages, &c . lhat ihe lo.er Provinces would be able to exert sulliciently
strong iiiflucuce al Ottawa to remove fiscsl
baniori that will recoil against themselves.
If sVerriug aud seal oil bo shut out from the
llsmiuioii by prohibitive duties we shall
lose oue of tLe few markets we now have for
those articles. One of lhe mosl potent
CBuaca of  lhe  uuprosp. *'*"
found in the ll
,  yearly   to
exceedingly successful during the pant two
or three yenrs. and in the present nensou
there will he nu addition to their buuk
tlt-el of forty or fifty vessels fro_ Frnn-e,
bnsides forty or fifty additional from Saint
Peters : making a lotal addition to ths
French bankers of eighty or.uiuety veBauls,
or eqii.il to our whole banking fleet. If wo
go the right way to work we cau minimise
lhe iujuiioua competition thua brought to
our doors, 'lhe Commercial society last
3 ear urged upou the legislature aud tin
government lhe vilal necessity.of piolnkit-
iirged that a bill thould be pavaed providing
ll ml the exportation of bait should bo tor-
bidden with power reserved lo suapeud
ilt exerciae at any lira* il necessary to
avoid any international inconvenience or
complicsiiou. That auggeatiou wa* ncl
srried out. Our people will *ooti bo «up-
ilying the French wiih bait Tor their Caleb
I fish Hii* year, whiih could have beeu
prevented had we a prohibitory law in
operation; and we could lliu* indirectly
--•'-'- ability to compete so exteusive-
 u foreign market*,    'lliese were
liiaticis that bear closely upou tho interests
l_berie»*od *uoh a* it i« within lhe
of our legislature to deal with,
e established, leu years ago, * bur-
' ftsleriea, wiih, at its liend. n minia-
oso duty it would be to study and
direct our tUheriea, we ahould have a very
different ataie o' thinga lo conlemplale today. The Norwegisus, French, Americau* nre all ahead of ll* in fishery matters,
and will continue to outit.ipuiao longs*
oar fisheries, like lhe unprotected lernnl,-,
are left without any oue lo look after theio.
Our salmon fiahery might be extruded *l-
raoat indefinitely.   A few ibouwnd dollai
lioallyaodefl!
in a few yoara,
aad wb»t can be done wilb propagating _i -
'mott m»y, »lao, be »ccompli«li*d wiih c. I-
B*h.   "Ibere ueed be uo apprehension  of
iho want of markels it we can produce Ihe
right kind of tish nt a suitable price; aud.
he maintained, wiih proper caro anel attention, intelligently exercised, we should be
ahle, iu Ihe course of a few y.ea_. lo produce an unlimited quantity of abore lisl, at
n fraction of the oxpenae entailed iu securing a voyage ol bank or Labrador fiah.
Had Iho laic government lakou lhe matter
iu hand six or seven yeara ago, ihey would
have left bch'ud thorn, upon their retire,
ment from office, a tuonumeut more outlining than marble, instead of one of whose
durability there may be 1,1 uo doubt. Uo
failed ou Mr. Ayre. a member of the present Kxecutive, who had coincided fre-quont-
ly In the opiuious hu (Mr. 11.) hart urged
in this Council in connection with the fisheries aud tbe establishment of a fishery
bureau, to promote these views The hou.
gentleman has now a grand opportunity lo
write bia uame. nud the names of bia K.iccu-
tive colleagues, upon the roll of fame,
and hand ihem down to succeeding generations ns benefactor* who deserved well
of thu counlry which thoy had rescued from
the Ihialdoui of misery and waul and raised
it imo a coudilion of comlort nud independence. If radical ineaauren he not at
ouce taken, general impoverishment muat
aoon b* the reault. It is to the interest
of all iu Ihe colouy, from the wealthiest to Ihu poorest. Hint the choice should
promptly bu made between victory or death.
H.r i
,1 pay
the hon. gentleman the compli
log,   witb  a   persistency    snd   earnosi
deserving   of   success,    pressed  upou
niry, for imiuy auccesaive yeara,
n| erative necessity of establishing a
l or departmout devoted to the nuper-
and fostering of our fisheries. It is
certaluly remarkable that a country ao entirely dependent upon the oue liogle in-
bislry (or the support ot ils population is
entirely without a body or head to suner-
iitund Ihem. to protect, encourage and extend
ll.ein iu the moat economic uud profitable
ilireciinua. Such controlling institutions
.-list in other tlsli-produci.ig coiiuiriea. lu
Newfouudland up lo this limo uu steps hnve
been taken lookiug to au investigation of
ployiaenl ol a scientific gentleman a lew
yeaia ago who went to Labrador, returned, made a teport, and nolhiug more was
doue in ih* matter. ■ Und we a properly
established icsliliilion, with a thoroughly
qualified mini at ita head, fully e.iiivoiauiit
with the details, of fish nud fisheries, Iho
mode of propagation aud preservation, immense good would result from ils onera-
lious. It has been frequently nllirnied thai
the fisheries of ihe colouy aro declinilig
while the population is ever on Jhe increase, and the inference ia drawn lhat
thia waa not n natural condition of
ally .i
will lit
. lii.-.i-
quite another _>uside_>ttt
steps ahould !>.- left unln'sei
make thom ndvnnce proporl
people's increase. \\'e *ll
Ihem all lhe foatering care
mnfld, and he knew of ro n
cfoua towards lhat end as the estahlis
of n special department such aa suggested
by the l-ou. Mr. Ilan-.T. lie (Mr. 1)
doubted tho Rteei* of the Board ol Works
for such a service, evon with a competed
scientific man at ita head, ll IB aaid our
people art* atarviug because, iho markets
sro had. Fifty Slid a hundred years ago
Ihuru were periods of depression when lhe
lishormeu of the country, though uol ouo-
fourth liiu number of tho present population, were ns destitute aa Ihey nre now.
There waa a lime whou so hnd was thsir
coudilion am! so apparently limited tbeir
means of auppoit. that it wn, fouud necessary to oxport people frou. Newfoundland
lo the neighbouring provinces to escipe
imminent starvation, notwithstanding llio
fruitfiiluess of tho fisheries. The fact
therefore of fisheries increasing or decliu •
ing is uot an argument to acflotiut solely for
the pauperism of the people. Wo can do
nolhiug wilb Iho li.hetiea exctpt to protect ihem. not by speech, but by action ;
ind if thorough action do uut succeed in
removiug the existing dilficultiua, we can*
nt   help il.     We may talk as  wo  will in
rtuniii passive  the  wrong  Ilea at our own
,or.    But no matter wlml care wc  might
-dent nod active wo might show ourselves
, bo, wo should slill (nil to prevent the
.-curreiico of adverse timet aud sctiaoua
such a. we sro now Inineutillg. Wherein
iiuedy for tboae periodical
laiou which overtake us as
well as all fishing comiiiuniiic* ? Wc must
cast about for sucli auxiliary resources na
we have, niul iiollin,- s.. ret.Ill) presents it
Ihe culiivniion of tix soil. This ia
e complement to deficient ftalicriea ;
il we muat perforce look (pr aid u
ling the ever increasing population,
ia uot in the world n country when-
ve a liner opportunity lo caru a liy-
uforiably and indupeudeutly lhaii in
Newfoundland, lhe people have at hand
ry means of suateuBlion, it they
ui to irrssp thein. Laud ia lo
be   had  for nothing j land capable of pro-
nruij ., a
eniiipel!. .
Ih... l.ap-
,vl„, with hia oow, hi* pig.
and his fowl, thai finds himself
spply for cleemoayiisry aid.
>i« need uever want. Had the .
bis country (Irelnnd) audi oppe
they wonld conaider tbnnaolve*
titest peoplo in the world. Whi
tho people of Irelnnd or lhe Sooleli oroftcr*
any if Ihey could have aa much laud a* they
ch'..se io iska anl cultivate free from
all dread of grludiug rent* and grasping
laudlords, snd eveu aid iu astistiug them io
'■' rate It? Our mercantile olasseaaro net
oppre«*or* in that way ; Ibey help the l*bor*
irig oUsiera, aro kind and juat to tbem. and
' - ili-iu lo carry on Iheir ftsheriea; *od
the ordinary pur.uila of lhe oouulry^
fni! to support tho people it is not th*
fault of the merchants. 'I'here is abundance of cultivable land in the colonv owned
by the Government, and if not fir»t-cb_s
land tike Mint ol the old country ; it is in
mniiv places at least second or third class
land ami capable of producing all that w
essential to the comfortable aupport'of Oiu
poorer classes While theae blessings surround thein when failure attends Ibo prosecution of the fishery, destitution ia tho
rule, and a large proportion of Iho people
must appeal to*lhe assistance of the government, or Ihe charity of their neighbors to
tide them over those frce-ucntl* recurring
period* of want. Theru Is no juit excuse
for thi* lnraentablo condition of things
while tho abundauco of the waters aod of
the land nre within our reach. He was
gin,I then lo seo a sugge*ti<
o  dire,
of the peoplo to. and promote t«	
of, thia necessary adjunct lo ll.o finheri...
'They will, of course, aa they always have
done, constitute the backbone of the colonv'* auppott. and this being iccugiii-.'.l,
thii appeals of Hon. Mr. Hnrvey for tho
institution of a department to cherish and
only by nn intelligent combination ol ngri-
cultutu wilb tho great mainstay, llial wo
cau ever hope to atlnin anything approaching a coudilion of aettled comfort and
prosperity. To auch a purpose should havo
been devoted B portion at least of lhe money
received by tho colony in return for tho
concussion of fishery privileges to tho
Americans ; thai would hnvu beeu a legitimate nu,I beneficial outlet fur it iu im-
ptoviug the coudilion of the operatives of
the counlry. Wu have heard much com-
plaintabout interference with our fisheries,
on tho part o! our French livals. which
haa boon a grievance lor many years. Session after eeision this wrong has bucii harped upon, and the loudest denunciations:
littered against it. a. though tl.o interference were the chief came of our misfortunes. But with an inconsistency nl least
remsrkablo. wu bnvo actually imported additional competition hy ths a,"
the- Americans to participation
ery privileges; permitting then
rlueli     . iinvc "for years beeu   i
pari of the" Freudi.    By l»le  ii.
!__. uu'iir -.., . 'I '. r _! ■.".." uVa .i_Vr
rights hnvu been adjusted in a salisfactory
manner, coucclii-g favorable conditiou* lo
ihis colony. He doubled tbst there was
nuy mo,lilic»>ioii giauting So us piivilegus
which, by and under iho trusty, wo had
uot always possessed. The treaties alwaya
maintained ll.e - iverciguiy cf our territorial right and ail lhe privileges tbo
French possessed ou lhe so-called French
Shore woro limited to concurrent right e.f
fishing, ami of diying Iheir lisli upou tbo
sirnu.i in certaiu localities. 'Ihey had no
authority lo debar Biilish subjects from
uc-iipliiig or en,t,valine any portion of tho
•s sil oi Neai'oiiu.luoil. uo mailer whst^ assumption of right they had aot up. This
view of Ibu interpretation ol the tieatica
ha* alwaya been uphold by British statesmen, and by none mo.u empl.alic.1ly itau
lhe latu Lord|l'i>lmerslon. We ure now
told ..thnl lhe French havt consented to
permit us to cultivate Iho aoil, work niiuea,
nnd mako settlement upon this territory ;
butSwe aic.noi told thai ihey ever did posse** the right lo prevent ils from doing
these ,limes It wn. true thai, a few yeara
ago. a gentleman abandoned tLe workiug of
a mine con llial coast, upon lire remonstrance of the Ficiich, not ns n recognition
of their iiohiio itileifere, but io deference
to the dene ,'l lhe lu.p.-iial authorities
lo avoid uiiei national difference*.    Weato
British aiiojecta equal rights of fishing upou
that coa.t. they had a eoncurrunt right
with our fishermen, but il was nevor conceded by Ihe Imperial authoriliea that they
had an exclusive one ; and the opiaion of
tho oiowu law-officer* ot Kngland is emphatic and clear upon thi* point. Hen
ho argued thai those so-called o !
I   all.
and parcel of rights gi-init. 1
tc us by'solemn treaty erne hundred and
titty years leg". Any Iii itisli subject hud
the light tver amco the making of tho
Tn-iiU ul Utrecht, to l.uilu, lo cultivate
the soil, to w-oi k niii.es or ioieals or land ;
niul catch lisli u|ioii lli.it part of uoieal of
tlio island embraced wilhin the limits of
tho French linliuiy privileges. Hence,
notwithstanding tho negotiations wo
liave he-aid of, l.o would venture to ulliriu
that when the promised documents bearing upon lhe subject aro laid befora us,
the question will bo found to bo in exactly the same |B_iilioii us heretofore.
Now, with t_g.uet to the -leprosi-ed condition of the-markets, he muat uxpiess
' ' belief tlmt tho soiircu ot coit-plaiut
is in great measure traceable to ihu con-
diliuu or quality of the lish «x|mrted ;
uud a large |*icciitage of small
and inferior lisli. We Cannot cast asido
the fact that those result*, ate duo largely
(gleot upon tlio part of ourselve*.
If wo sent lo consuming count! iu* n uio
but well-cured pioduce, and of a qunlity
sui-ed "_> B'K-uiu! market*, doubtless tho
iobiiIib would not be so uuUvorable ss
present. Wo know too well that our
lerio* are carried on in a hurried, alip-
shtiil.stnvoulv iiiaiiuer.aiul it is to our own
l .s, aa it ia to our own loss, thut tho
iclp produced ia not of the quality
might Ue made. These nnd other
evils would be leeuadied by the operations of such au institution as lion. Mr.
H»rvey has been striving for, which,
auiongst iu other ihities should see that
none but properly cured fiab, no damaged, none broken, oi biubII, waa exported IO the marts of lhe world ; tiali that
could, in pouit of quality, compete sue-