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      After All The Implied Promises Of The Mi...

      specific proposal made to it by the North-Western ; hut both of those rival incorporations show the liveliest desire to become one . Th _$ fact attests the general disposition _tq _supercede the old princip le of competition ; but thus ftur the project does not proceed upon the sure basis of Association , since it does not take the interest of the consumer into the alliance , . We believe , however

      that that would follow ; for the most intelligent of railway administrators know full well , that the prosperity of their trade depends , competitive victory altogether apart , upon the largest revenue which they cau draw from the public ; and they are finding out that , in the long run , that largest revenue is only to be obtained by consulting the interests of the public . Death to the public is also death to dividends .

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      Prorogation Of Parliament. The Queen Hel...

      PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . The Queen held a Privy Council at Osborne on Wednesday , which was attended by Prince Albert , the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Salisbury , the Earl of Derby , the Right Honourable Spencer Walpole , the Earl of Malmesbury , Sir John PaMngton , the Chanceller of the Exchequer , the Duke of Northumberland , the Earl of Hardwicke , the Right Honourable J . C . Herries , and the Marquis of Exeter . A prorogation of Parliament to the 21 st of October was ordered , and the following paragraph appears in a supplement to tbe London Gazette of tbe 17 th instant : —

      At tbe Court at Osborne House , Isle of Wight , tbe 18 th day of August , 1852 , present the Queen ' s most excellent Majesty in Council : It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council , that the Right Hon . the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain do issue writs for proroguing the Parliament , which was appointed to meet on Friday , the 20 th day of August instant , to Thursday , the 21 st day of October next ; and also for proroguing the Convocations of the provinces of Canterbury and York , from Saturday the 21 st day of August irstant , to Friday , the 22 nd day of October next .

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      AMERICAN NEWS THE FISHERY QUESTION . Two steamers have arrived at Liverpool since our last , the America and the Arctic , bringing papers up to the 4 th and * 7 th of August . Public excitement on tbe fishery question was subsiding , and the papers spoke of tbe subject with sense and moderation . Nevertheless the Mississippi set sail from New York on the 31 st , under Commodore Perry , for the fishing grounds ; and two frigates were being rapidly fitted up .

      In the senate , on tbe 2 nd , a message was received from the President , in answer to Mr . Mason ' s resolution calling for information respecting the fisheries , transmitting a report of the Acting Secretary of State , and slating that Commander Perry , with the steam frigate Mississippi , had been despatched there to protect American rights . Mr . Cass moved its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations . The greater part of the correspondence accompanying tho message has been printed heretofore , as it embraces all that has taken place on the subject since 1823 , a largo part of which wa . s sent tei tho senate in February , 1845 . The following letter is , however , interesting : —

      Jilt . CHAMPION TO Mil . WEHSTKB . " Washington . July 5 . " Slit , —T have been directed by her Majesty ' s Governmenit . te > bring to tbe _knowloelge of tbe _CJovornmeiit of the 'United States a measure which bus been neloptcd by her . Majesty ' s ( _le ) verninent , to prevent n repetition of tho Complaints wbieb have so frequently been mudo of tbe encroachment _, of _vessels belonging te ) citizens of the United State's unel of Franco upem the fishing grounds reserved by the _? _couvetntinn of 1 H 1 H . _Urge'tit representations having bee'n _nilelrcsscd to ber _Majesty's ( _lovcrnment by the _Geivoriimeiif . H of the North American provinces in regard te > these enoroiu : hinonts , whereby tho colonial _lishorie's arc most _Hcriounly prejudiced , directioiiH have been given by

      ili _<> Lords ol _be-r ' Majesty ' s Admiralty for stationing off Now Brunswick , . Prince Edward'm Inland , anel in the Uulf of St . 'Lawrence , such a force eif small sailing vessels anel Hle'umers us shall be deemed sufficient to prevent 1 lie infraction of tho treaty . 11 is the command of the Queen that tho officers employed should bo specially enjoined to avoid all iniVrforciico with vessels of all friendly Powers , except where they aro violating the treaty , and upem all occasion !) to avoiel giving grounds of complaint by harsh or uiinecoHHiiry proceedings where circumstances compel their arrest or seizurei . " I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurance of my high consideration . " . / no . F . C _' _uami'Ton . "

      Acting Secretary Hinder , under date of July b , acknowledged fhe receipt of this note . Mr . ( . iibh add reused tho senate for more than an hour in examination of the treaty of 1818 , and in reading

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      from the _instruction and correspondence of the commissioners who negotiated that treaty , as well as the correspondence between the British Commissioner and _Minister upon the subject , showing that the British construction was wholly untenable . He contended that th _<» American construction was the proper one . He _alfaded to the importance of the interests engaged in _tfye fisheries , and strenuously urged that tbey should be protected h y all the power ef the United States * if necessary _. He regarded the movement of Great Britain as most extraordinary . Mr j Davis said , his opinion , expressed some time since , that there was no cause for alarm , and tbat no war would grow out of this matter ,

      was still unchanged . Still he considered there was much in it of an irritating and vexatious character . He had listened to the senator from Michigan with much pleasure . Incidentally connected with the matter was the question of reciprocity . He now protested against any settlement of the reciprocity question by treaty . He woidd never yield that question to be determined by negotiation . He did not believe Congress would consent to yield the control of-the revenues of the country to the treaty-making power . It would never

      do to limit by treaty the revenues of tbe nation . To do so would be an encroachment upon the fundamental principles of tbe constitution . He considered this movement on the part of Great Britain as intended as a stroke of policy which might result as a dangerous one , and the colonies might perhaps find out that the object they had in view was not to be advanced by it . He pronounced the construction passed on the treaty by Great Britain as altogether erroneous . He did not think a war would grow out of this . He did not think Great Britain wanted a

      war , but if she did she could have it . He would never surrender any rig ht to her . Mr . Hamlin followed in a critical examination of the treaty , and of the correspondence at the time of its negotiation . He maintained that the American interpretation of the treaty of 1818 was correct , and that it was sustained by all the authorities . He considered that the conduct of Great Britain could not be submitted to without disgrace and dishonour . He had not concluded when the subject was postponed .

      The correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce , writing from Washington , under date August 5 , says : — Mr . Webster and Mr . Crampton have effected a truce in respect to the fishery war . Mr . Crampton would , as I am advised from an authentic source , have himself suspended the orders and withdrawn the naval force , if he had possessed the power . But lie has written to the Government _, and urged tho adoption of that measure . He lias , in the meantime , requested Admiral Seymour to remain inactive , as he probably will do , until an answer be received by Mr . Crampton . The Colonial authorities seem , however , disposed to keep up the war , and they make

      no secret of the fact that their object is to force the adoption by tho United States Government of the reciprocity measure . Lord Elgin has recently , in a conversation with a high functionary , denied that reciprocity was at all in view , when the orders were given . They were given , he says , in conformity with tho urgent petitions of the colonial authorities—petitions continued , hut neglected by tho Government , for six or seven years . From other sources , wo aro advised tbat tho British Government had no reference to thc promotion of the reciprocity measure , in their action , whatever might have been thc intentions of the colonial Government . But it ia hardly necessary to eliscuss the question whether reciprocity will or will not bo insisted upon as tho condition on which tho United States can enjoy tho right of fishing , as heretofore ; for vcrv few hero aro disposed to tolerate any proposition

      looking towards reciprocity , under present circumstances —whether by legislation or by treaty . It is a matter of uncertainty what course tho Derby Ministry , which is now firmly seated in power , will take aa to tho fishery question . They may condescend to suffer tbe matter to bo further investigated . Tbey may bo content with an arrangement which will carry into cfmet the terms of the Convention of 1818 , according to thc cotomporary understanding and _expositiem of if , by those who maele it . In that case there will , of course , lie no difficulty . But if fbr this she demand any equivalent—even reciprocity with Canada—it will not bo granted as tin eouivalont . After all this storm shall blow over , anel the freo-traelo principle shall be better understood and established in tins country , it is very probable that somo system of mutually beneficial reciprocity will be adopted .

      As it is confidently stated on this side tho Atlantic that the _qusticon is settled , it is interesting to notice that Commodore Perry , writing from _Eustport , Maim * , on the 2 nd of August , says , " 1 have been collecting information respecting the fisheries . Everything indicates a favourable issue . " Thus tho cloud seems dissipating , and war is at present averted , thanks to tho good sense of both peoples .

      _TKOUHT . K 8 IN ( IU 1 IA . Stiou is the beading of a paragraph in the Poslon Evening Transcript of the 27 th of July : —¦ " There are indications of a renewal of trouble in Cuba ; but this time it promises to be from within and not from without . It is stated that an extensive conspiracy , embracing not oidy many of tbe inhabitants ,

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      but even , of the _officials , is in existence , with the nn pose of _thrown qff the Spanish yoke , and _erecting Cuba into an _mSe _^ _encUart . government . The New To i Courier and _Ingwrer has received the first copy f ! revolutionary journal published in Cuba , hy a secret junta , at tbe ris _* of their lives . The paper will be pub Jished as regularly as the circumstances will permit The second _number was in press when the Courier ' s in ' _formal left Havana , It is circulated from band to hand

      , secretly among all classes of people , and so im portant did the Government consider the movement that a reward of 2 O , 000 dollars has been offered for th ' discovery of the printing office , and an additional reward for the seizure of impressions . Thirt y thousand copies of tbe first number were struck off , and th Courier has made arrangements to receive the succeed _^ ing numbers , and present their contents to its readers " The following is a translation of the first number of this sheet : —

      « ' THE VOICE OP THE _CTHBAN PEOPLE . " ' OKGkAN OP INDEPENDENCE . " < Year 1852 . ] Island of Cuba June 13 . [ _u 0 j " ' TO OT 7 B BEADKRS . ' ' " ' This paper has for its object , to represent the true opinion of the Creole Cubans—to propagate the noble feel ing of Liberty that every wise people ought to he poss essed of . In it they will see the light of all the political doings of the Spanish Goyen _^ ment , whicb that Government seels to hide—all the acts of injustice , despotism , and tyranny which are committed against our compatriots , without partiality . It shall be published twice a month , if circimu

      stances will permit , and we are able to surmount the innumerable sacrifices we are obliged to undergo for its publication . "Without doubt , as often as it is possible it will he published , without fear of death , or the penalties to which are condemned , in our unhappy country , the friends of the propagation of Liberty . "We fear nothing . If we are discovered by any infamous betrayer , we shall die ! but it will be after having rendered importan t service to the holy cause of the freedom , of Cuba . We only beg of our friends and compatriots to circulate industriously all numbers which shall fall into their hands , for the expenses and dangers which we are obliged to encounter , keep us from printing as many numbers as we wish .

      " The Courier translates two articles from the paper , which are of the boldest revolutionary character , and represent Cuba as ripe for revolt against the tyrannous government of Spain . He must be a bold man indeed , who , under the present stale of things in Cuba , would mix himself up with such a desperate enterprise , where discovery before insurrection must be attended with inevitable death . " That the elements of a desperate outbreak is at work among tbe Cubans we have little doubt . They

      are an oppressed and tax-burtbened people , and wait but for opportunity to throw off the yoke . This opportunity they did not sec in Uie proffered aid of Lopez and his filibusters . Probably the distrusted Lopez , whose character was execrable among them , and who was known as , an unprincipled gambler and desperado ; or perhaps they thought their salvation must issue from among themselves . " Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow . " We shall not be surprised at any time to bear of an outbreak . "

      Wail In Burmah. We Printed Tho Laconic D...

      WAIl IN BURMAH . We printed tho laconic despatches of the electric telegraph , relating to India news on Saturday ; fuller information has since arrived . The Burmese attacked Martaban on the 26 th of May , about six o'clock in the morning , with a thousand men . Our p ickets and a reconnoitring party were driven in ; the enemy came within musket shot , and were received by a heavy hre of grape , which broke their advance . They then established themselves on a hill near tbe town aud set up a flag ; but round-shot made it too hot for them , and they heat a retreat .

      The capture of Pegu was effected at the instance of tho Pcguese themselves who wero groaning under Burmese oppressions . Our troops , assisted by the natives , drove out the Burmese at a smart run , and having delivered the _Pcguese retired . But perhaps the most important news is the cry annexation gradually growing more loud . The ' itu " goon expeditionary force" is to bo converted into "Army of Burundi . " Tho following letter from an oflicer at . Rangoon is pretty strongly expressed : "' Thoro is one universal feeling throughout tho ciimji _. iliac ino _ufovornorMonorai cannot nneiA

      - escape » « ... _v- is ' thc victim of circumstances . ' Thc facta aro "" "V _^ j Wo storm and take Rangoon , and , ere tho white sine k _" our musketry lias curled away , tho inhabitants wh <> _^ deserted it , driven out by our shells and by tho buru , _£ _*? their homes , return to find _sholtor within the rttI , _K ° _( _£ _, 1 ( , guns . Within two months of this writing , W _<\**> , 30 , <) 00 persons have flocked in and rebuilt the ruins Rangoon 1 Tho river banks are lined with boats A _<* lre > n , or five miles alone _containing mon . women , and oh » »

      who feel themselves _mot » t secure when in sight _^ t steamer 1 _Boroo designing person spread tho repor _^ tho English wero going to leave the country j mo _^ t creatures prepared at once to doqimp or to follow to wa if thoy could . The expedition that went to ft v _> " *

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081852/page/2/