ernment to enter into any treaty or agreement with the 
ich Government affecting said fisheries without the consent 
— Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, St. John, N.B., and 
her large centres of population strong resolutions have ree 
dopted in favour of the views held by the people of Newfound- 
nd, urging the Imperial Government to bring about the desired 
igement. 
The following resolution, first adopted at Halifax, has also 
adopted in the other cities referred to :— 
Resolved,—That the Board of Trade of Halifax, having 
‘heard the delegates from Newfoundland on the question of 
neh rights and claims on the coast of Newfoundland, desire 
9 express their warmest sympathy with the people of New- 
Siiundland in the efforts they are now making to assert their 
* constitutional rights. 
“ Resolved,—That the Board of Trade desire to express their 
Stionrrence with the resolutions passed at a mass meeting of 
“the citizens of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, held on the 26th 
‘day of March last, and feel convinced that it is the duty of the 
‘ Imperial authorities to relieve the colony of Newfoundland ° 
* from a condition of affairs which has become so anomalous and 
'“ intolerable.” 
DELEGATES TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 
The delegates to Great Britain and Ireland arrived at 
ii erpool, via Halifax and New York, on the 12th inst., and 
Euow the honour of laying before the British pals the 
ase of those whom they represent. In this pamphlet they 
lave endeavoured to make manifest those hardships under 
h Britain’s “most ancient colony” has suffered long, 
r which her development has been hindered to an incal- 
e extent, and escape from which seems now a necessity to 
Bi asernocs existence of her people within her borders. In 
