THE TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 823, 10 June 1871, Page 3

THE TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

A telegram from New York, dated May 2nd, states: —"A Washington special says that, notwithstanding the secrecy the members of the Joint High Commission have professed in regard to the points of the treaty they negotiated, there is no doubt that it provides for the recognition of the claims of Englishmen for damages during our civil war ) that money compensation will be given for the use of the Canadian fishing grounds; that the navigation of the St Lawrence will be free to our vessels ; also, the navigation of Canadian canals, being bound only to pay toll. The San Juan boundary question is not vet fully settled, but we shall probably get all we claim in that direction. The close reticence displayed by Earl De Grey and the English members is not so strictly maintained by our own side. They venture to say, in reply to questions, that the country will be satisfied with the work, but they will not go into details. Our correspondent assures us, however, that the prominent points of the new treaty are as stated :—That our demands for indemnity for the depredations by the Alabama are conceded; the Englishmen in this country who suffered by our civil war are to be indemnified, and our fishermen to have the privilege of inshore fisheries, on payment of a certain sum as compensation therefore by the United States. It should be remembered, however, that the damages to Englishmen are estimated at some twenty million dollars more than our estimate of damages by the Alabama." —" Weekly Bulletin."