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      No. 7. New Series.] London, Saturday, Se...

      No . 7 . New Series . ] LONDON , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1852 . Peice Fourpence Halfpenny

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      The last mail irom America puts us in possession of what is p robably the real state of the Fisheries question , about which there has been so much mystification . The New York Journal of Commerce contains an article which puts the matter in its proper light . It will be recollected that Mr . Webster assumed it to be the intention of the English to enforce strictly the treaty of 1818 , and drive the American fishermen

      out of the large bays . This view was taken up by a portion of our own press at the time , and , subsequently , the journals which are supposed to represent our government gave a totally different version . They said that the preparations which were making were merely to protect the inshore fisheries , and that negotiations were in progress for ceding to America the disputed right of fishery in the bays . Both of these modes of stating the case now appear to have been

      incorrect . Our government neither intended to assert the right of the Colonists to exclusive fishing in the bays , nor to give it up ; no negociation for that purpose were ever set on foot . The object was merely to protect what the Americans themselves acknowledge to be the rights of the British crown , and to leave the bay question still open , probably , with the view of making it the subject of negotiation at some future time . It seems to be admitted that the British officers in those w aters

      have acted with gentleness and moderation , and that there is no chance of a collision between the naval forces of the two countries . The parties who feel themselves the most aggrieved are the colonists . They had 'their , expectations roused by the ambiguous terms of the official documents of our government , which expressed a resolution to protect all

      their rights , as well as by Mr . Webster ' s interpretation of the correspondence . Now that they discover masters are to remain in statu quo , they are vexed and disappointed . Altogether the affair has been sadly bungled by our statesmen , who have created misunderstandings and embarrassments without serving a single good purpose .

      We have before noticed the order of the Lone Star , having for its object the extension of the power of the republic over the whole of North and South America and the islands near . We have now some further details of this extraordinary institution . It is a secret society with signs and passwords , and numbers about twenty-five thousand members , whose characters have been strictly scrutinized before admission , and several of whom are men of considerable wealth . Though it

      has been but a few months in existence , it is stated to be able to command capital to the extent of half a million . We understand its principal strength to be in the Southern States , and if that be so it would seek to add slaves states to the Union . This impression is confirmed by the fact that coloured men are excluded from it , even the lightest coloured Creoles not being allowed to enrol themselves . The first point upon which this society is intended to act is Cuba , where the

      population is ripe for rebellion . The . constant tidings from that beautiful and mis-governed island are of arrests and executions on political grounds . The exaction and tyranny of its Spanish rulers are becoming totally unbearable . It may , however , be somewhat embarrassing to the members of the Lone Star , who decline the fellowship of Creoles , that their nope of support in Cuba must rest upon the coloured population . However that maybe , it is currently reported that an expedition destined for that island is preparing , almost

      without attempt at concealment from the United States Government . It will be far stronger and better organized than that of Lopez , and will have the good wishes of the niajority of the Americans who begin to look upon Cuba as their lawful property . The feeling in favour of invasion has been increased by the return of some of the Americans who followed Lopez , were taken prisoners and afterwards pardoned by the Queen of Spain . Instead of their release being looked npon as a reason for friendliness toward Spain , their tale only

      serves to fan the flame . The Americans are lashed up into fury when they hear that some forty of their fellow countrymen , after being compelled to kneel down , were shot in the back . A general feeling to avenge them is excited , and before long it will burst . out in some over tact . Altogether the affair carries us back in imagination to the times of the Free ,

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      Companies which formerly played so conspicuous a part in the wars of Europe . It seems so utterly opposed to all our nineteenth century notions , to hear of men making preparations for war against a power upon friendly terms with their own government . It is but seldom we refer to the affairs of the States of South America . Their history seems to be one of perpetual civil wars , carried on with savage ferocity , and lifting now

      one and now another dictator to the seat of power . An item of this week ' s intelligence , however , is at once so important and gratifying that we must notice it . The chief market for slaves , kidnapped from the cost of Africa , has been the kingdom of Brazil . The government of that country has entered into a treaty for the suppression of that traffic and appears inclined to perform its part in good faith . The

      number of slaves imported into that kingdom before 1846 reached above 20 , 000 a year . In 1846 , our commercial changes having greatly stimulated the production of Brazilian sugar , the number rapidly increased , till in 1849 ; it was 60 , 000 , In the following two years it fell to about the average , but last year it was under 4 , 000 . If these figures are to be depended on we seem near the extinction of that horrid traffic which

      we have long struggled at a vast expense of life and treasure to suppress . It is curious to remark that while the Brazilian slave trade was growing , that of Cuba was declining , and now that Brazil is closing her ports , Cuban purchases which are , however , comparatively small , are augmenting . The Indian Overland Mail informs us of the fall of Prome , a place situated some distance up Irawaddy . The conquest was effected by some steamers sentHvn the river under the

      command of Capt . Tarleton for the purpose of reconnoitering rather than with any other object . The commander found the natives friendly to the English , and obtained information from them which enabled him to get out of the way of some forts by taking another branch of the river . He discovered that the place was weakly defended , and clashed in and effected its capture without any loss of life , a few only of his men being wounded .

      It is said that if sufficient force had been at hand an unopposed advance upon Ava might have been made , and the war terminated at a blow . After the last Burmese war , a route was laid down which would render an advance upon Ava far more practicable and less tedious . Those in . command this time have thought fit to follow the old plan , but ihis affair seems to show that with a little more spirit and activity a Burmese war need not be the long and costly operation it has been .

      The news from Australia in respect to the gold diggings is perfectly astonishing . Marvellous as California !! wealth once appeared it now sinks into insignificance . The Victoria diggings at Mount Alexander , now that the miners have more water , are out-doing all precedent . If we may trust to the figures quoted , the escort is bringing down gold at the rate of twenty millions a year . The temptation is so great that the

      highest wages will not retain the crews of ships .. Servants are scarcely to be had at any price ; diggers are deserting the other parts of the country where gold is not found in such profusion , and emigrants from America as well as Europe are pouring in . If production of gold goes on at this rate , it must before long seriously affect the value of the metal , and render alterations of the currency imperative .

      The progress of Louis Napoleon seems to occupy the greatest share of attention in France . If we may trust to the Times correspondence , which as a rule it would be far from safe to do , his journey has been one blaze of triumph . It has been an eve ;* recurring succession of triumphal arches —congratulatory addresses—processions—bouquets—feastsfetes and fireworks . There is something significant and consistent in an incident recorded of this butcher of men stopping under an arch erected by butchers of animals , and receiving

      from a deputation of them an eulogistic address . The ones are represented as being enthusiastic and confined to Vive Napoleon and Vive I'Empereur . We wonder how those who write this would reconcile the asserted enthusiasm with the fact of the apathy of the people at the elections , and the difficulty , in many cases the impossiblity of obtaining the requisite number of votes to form a legal majority , or with the suppression of the . press and the presence of large bodies of troops . At Lyons for example , the population of which is

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      stated at 300 , 000 , fifteen thous . nd soldiers are thought necessary . The fact is the authorities have had plenty of . money at their disposal , and that has made it easy to get up the appearance of welcome . It is popularity dramatised . The whole career of Napoleon the little is a play , in which one scarcely knows whether melodrama or farce predominates . There is scarcely any doubt now , that the usurper intends to assume

      the imperial purple—if we may take his speech at the Lyons manifestation as a guide to his intentions . Ke congratulated the citizens upon having inaugurated an equestrian statue of his uncle , an honour only accorded to " legitimate " raonarchs —ho pictured the love of the people for that personage , and the joy with which they turned to his heir . For himself he said he should be content with the " humble title of President "

      but that it was difficult for him to decide under what name he could confer the greatest blessings upon France . This is a little beyond coquetry , and while its profound impertinence is disgusting , it is amusingly ridiculous to hear how this adventurer , fresh from a second floor and poverty in England , talks of the title of the chief officer of a Republic as a humble one .

      The affairs of Austria are tolerably bare of novelty . The commercial power of Prussia is waning , and the Cholera is busy within its bounds , An event has occurred in Saxony , which is significant . An English gentleman who has been for some time residing in that State , has been favoured with a domiciarily visit from the police—insulted—arrested—and his books seized . No charge was established against him and he was not detained . On the representative of

      England at the Saxon court , representing the affair to the authorities , they denied all knowledge of , or participation in it . The inference drawn is , that the outrage was perpetrated at the instigation of the Austrian government . If so , it is a new and rather alarming manifestation of power . If due compensation be not enacted , it will be high time for the people of England to ask Lord Malmesbmy how long he intends to permit despotic governments to insult and injure our countrymen abroad with impunity .

      After horses and cattle have been duly bought and sold , at the fair of Banmasloe , the Irish Roman Catholic hierarchy and their friends are to enter the arena , and to hold a Religious Equality-Conference , under the patronage of John of Tuam . The new society it is supposed will supplant the Catholic Defence Association , and embody a £ ood number of the Protestant

      Dissenters as well as Roman Catholics . Mr . Bright who is in Ireland , and who is not indisposed to bid for popularity , as a redresscr of religious grievances will attend the Conferencebut whether English Dissenters , who in common with Roman Catholics desire to see the establishment , overthrown , can agree with the priests about the disposal of its temporalities , may be considered an open question . If they can , the agitation will assume a formidable character .

      The great home topic of the last week was the death of the " Iron Duke . " This week it has been his funeral . The when , the where , and the how have boen discussed ad libitum . It is now decided that the funeral shall be a public one , at the cost of the nation—the spot St . Paul ' s , by the side of Nelson . Parliament is to be called on to give its sanction ; and as we do not hear its assembling is to be hastened , that will render it necessary to postpone the ceremony till toward

      the end of November at least . The journals of the opposition seem to be afraid , and not without reason , that the parliamentary preparations will respite the trial of the Derby cabinet , by driving legislation over Christmas ; and there is a considerable amount of twaddle about the inconvenience of dark , foggy , wet days , and the risk to the health of " the most excellent persons" of the kingdom , who arc likely to come up to attend the funeral ! We pity the " most excellent

      persons '' who are to catch cold , be ill , and die , through attending in carriages at the obsequies of the man who would have laughed at such fears ; and we trust that the " excellent persons" who manifest such trepidation at the thought of a November fog will not catch cold in their heads , as it is quite unnecessary they should be more muddied than they are at present . Those who are anxious about birthdays may like to know that a letter from the Duke's mother , published this week , has fixed his on the 1 st of May .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/1/