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ing in the upper waters and destroying fish in 

 season and out of season, and by every descrip- 

 tion of device; and in these mal-practiccs, ac- 

 cording to the report, they arc generally abetted 

 by the magistrates of the upper waters. . . . 

 It only remains to bo added, that, with scarcely 

 an exception, none but Irish Members sat upon 

 this Committee. 



Thus far all is clear and intelligible enough; 

 Mr. Anstey was requested to prepare a bill; the 

 session came ; the bill was laid on the table, read 

 a first time, and printed ; but when the day ap- 

 pointed for the second reading came round, the 

 Member for Donegal, Mr. Conolly, supported by 

 a majority of those very Irish Members who had 

 voted for the report, induced the House to reject 

 the bill, as an unconstitutional invasion of public 

 and private rights. . . . Another bill has 

 been prepared, almost word for word like the 

 rejected one, and the Member who has charge of 

 it is Mr. Conolly ! Truly, the Irish question is 

 exceedingly hard to be understood. 



I imagine this quotation, although much 

 abridged, will be sufficiently long for the 

 patience of your readers ; but, long as it is, 

 it is too short to do justice to the ability of 

 the writer, -but it is, I think, enough to 

 show that if the Avolves make laws, the sheep 

 will not be very well protected. I trust that 

 if this second bill comes before the House of 

 Commons next session, it will not be left to 

 the guidance and management of Irish. Mem- 

 bers ; but that gentlemen having no sinister 

 views or interests to serve, will be induced 

 to interest themselves in the question, and 

 determine on, and pass a comprehensive 

 and Avell- digested law, which shall embrace 

 the whole kingdom. I have seen it stated 

 that the Duke of Sutherland had given a 

 jubilee to the salmon in his rivers in Suther- 

 landshire, for either one or two years ; and I 

 have heard within a few days, that there is an 

 extraordinary increase of the salmon, in con- 

 sequence of this judicious liberality. Can his 

 Grace be induced to give the country the 

 benefit of his experience, by requesting his 

 factors to publish the results of his experi- 

 ments ? 



The writer in the University Magazine 

 winds up his paper by an account of the her- 

 ring fishery in Ireland, for which he modestly 

 demands a grant of the public money. As I 

 know nothing about herring fisheries, I will 

 say nothing about them, but merely remark, 

 that it is with the Irish, give, give, give ! as 

 if England had so much money that she did 

 not know what to do with it, and Ireland was 

 entirely destitute. If an experimental farm 

 is to be established — a grant; the establish- 

 ment of manufactures— English capital ; the 

 forming of a railway — a loan from Govern- 

 ment ; and yet if land is to be sold, there is 

 plenty of Irish capital to buy it : and I saw 

 it stated in the papers a short time ago, as 

 the assertion of an Irish official, to (I think) 



the Irish Freehold Land Society, that he 

 knew there was as much unemployed Irish 

 capital as would buy up thirteen or fourteen 

 Irish counties. I should be digressing, or I 

 could give you a chapter (and a disastrous 

 one) of the employment of English capital 

 in Ireland ; and then they scream out Ireland 

 for the Irish ! The little town where I was 

 born, with less than four thousand inhabit- 

 ants, finds work and shelter for more Irish- 

 men than I believe the whole of Ireland 

 (barring, perhaps, the province of Ulster), 

 does Englishmen. Ireland for the Irish ! 

 Shortly it will be, England for the Irish 

 also. 



In conclusion, I would urge on all the 

 country gentlemen to consider seriously, whe- 

 ther they will allow the breed of salmon to 

 become extinct ; when a judicious and equit- 

 able law would give such a chance for the 

 increase and due protection of the fish, and 

 the consequent increase of value in the fishe- 

 ries. 



I may perhaps be allowed to add, that this 

 change of the law would not be of the slightest 

 pecuniary benefit to me ; the only advantages 

 which I should derive from it would be, the 

 probability there would be of excellent sport 

 for me as an angler, and the health and en- 

 joyment which would be attained in the pur- 

 suit — T. G., Clitheroe, May 15. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



A very curious Inquiry. 



Mr. Editor, — In common I believe with 

 several other Entomologists, I have for many 

 years had my doubts as to whether Pieris Cha- 

 riclea was a variety of Pieris Brassicce, or whe- 

 ther it was a distinct species. The great simi- 

 larity in the perfect insect, and the non-record- 

 ance of any distinction in the caterpillars, led to 

 the conclusion that Pieris Chariclea was an 

 accidental variety of Pieris JBrassicce. The 

 difference in size of the two insects, the differ- 

 ence in marking, the difference in time of 

 appearance, and the constancy of these differ- 

 ences, lead to a quite contrary opinion. The 

 only real way at coming to a decision, which 

 admitted of no doubt, was to obtain the cater- 

 pillar, and carefully watch its growth and deve • 

 lopment, comparing it with that of Pieris 

 Brassica. More easily said than done, I grant 

 you ; for I have myself searched for many years, 

 and passed as many Brassicce through my fingers 

 as would reach almost from my residence to 

 yours. Still I could detect no difference, other- 

 wise than usual. It so happened, that last 

 autumn I tumbled upon what I thought, at first 

 sight, was a little cluster of eggs of Pieris Bras- 

 sicce ; but it struck me it was not quite the thing, 

 and taking them home I instituted a comparison. 

 There was a great resemblance. Still, I was not 

 satisfied. In due course, my eggs were hatched, 

 and every one went into a state of chrysalis. The 



