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APPENDIX 



The following letters are a selection from a great 

 number, published originally in the leading journal 

 of Dublin — Saunders's News Letter. The first of 

 the series was addressed to Lord Clarendon, at that 

 time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and being favour- 

 ably received, I continued the subject, until eventu- 

 ally, the preparation of the Bill for the amendment 

 of the Irish Fishery Laws, was placed in my hands. 

 [ The Bill stood for second reading in the House 

 of Commons in April 1852, when the Ministry was 

 dissolved, and on the formation of the Conservative 

 administration, it ivas postponed^] 



IRISH FISHERIES. 



to his excellency the earl of clarendon, k.g. 



My Lord, 



It has been said that he who causes two 

 blades of corn to grow, where only one grew before 

 is a benefactor to mankind. Your Excellency, for 

 great national services conferred upon Ireland, and 

 by devising means to teach the tillers of the soil 



