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quiet which such proceedings have generated. It will be for 

 the government to teach this reverend gentleman that he 

 cannot be allowed to trespass upon long-established rights with 

 impunity* No person, in the memory of the oldest man living, 

 ever fished for salmon at Kildoney, or set up nets there, to 

 obstruct the course of the salmon from the sea into the river 

 Earne, until Mr. Tredennick attempted it ; and no matter what 

 his rank or station in society may be, the vested property of 

 his fellow-subjects ought not by him to be infringed upon. 



If it be the determination of the present government to do 

 away with all patents and charters, which for one moment 

 I cannot believe, it is surely no more than reasonable and just 

 that the present proprietors of the salmon fishery at Bally- 

 shannon, and of other fisheries similarly situated, should have 

 compensation for their loss. This is a principle which, I pre- 

 sume, no one can in equity contend against. At present, not 

 being aware of the nature of the new Fishery Bill which the 

 government is about to propose, I cannot offer any suggestions; 

 but, assuredly, the different proprietors of fisheries in Ireland 

 should meet, and appoint a deputation from their body to attend 

 in London when the Bill is brought forward, and communicate 

 to their friends, in both Houses of Parliament, the views they 

 may entertain on the proposed measure, and watch its pro- 

 gress. The Marquess of Donegal and the Rev. J. M. Staples 

 are at present reported to be the leaders of the opposition to 

 the Honourable the Irish Society, as regards their fisheries. If 

 I am rightly informed, his Lordship is extremely ill-advised in 

 the vexatious line of conduct which he has adopted, without 

 having the shadow of the shade of a title upon which to ground 

 his proceedings, as will be seen by referring to the opinion of 

 that eminent counsel, Mr. Litton, (see p. 47.) If he chooses to 

 set up any claim to this part of the property, indefeasibly vested 

 in the Honourable the Irish Society, it is his bounden duty 

 to go into a court of law and submit his alleged title to the 

 same solemn, deliberate, legal investigation which the Society's 

 title was subjected to in the years 1835 and 1836, when, 

 upon a full investigation of their title to the exclusive right to 



