The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-26 00:00:00

THE FISHERIAS.

Owing to the strong winds un the east coast of Caithness
for die last eight or ten days, the herring fishing has not
Leen very successful; hut It is hoped that next week will
I,e e.,re Caeourable. Tor the last fonneen days it has
blown so hard off Wick, that, of the fishing boats that:did
make the attempt, numbers of them returned clean. In
-toeiterous weather, such as there has been of late, the her-
ring.; go into deep water, bey and the reach of the nets,
Ilse number of curers at Wick this season, and the stock of
a.uring materiels which have been laid in, owing to the
Sishin:., for the last two years having preyed so productive,
gre,oly exceeds that of any former season. The number of
fishing boats presently employed at Wick has be. it greatly
s•xsagarated. There were stated in sonic of the newspapers
to be upwards of two thousand boats at Wick alone, while
the fact is, that from Dunconsby Dead to Sarclet I lead,
upwards of thirty miles of coast, there arc only nine hun-
dred boats, and this number considerably exceeds diet of
any former year. The number of fishing boats from Dun-
cansby Il atl, all the way along the coast ta Crentarty,
sloes not exceed two thousand. As the fisltiaig -canon is
fast drawing to a close, fears arc entertained that thi•re will
he little amendment, in which case the fishing will be very
far short of former years. Most of th.. other fielilti7, stations
round the coact, with the exception of Cromarty, have ex-
perienced similar want of success. At Crotnarty ttithin
I ie.se few days, however, there 1155 'pen a very surc'..saful
take of herrings, which it is hoped will extend to other
quarters.
A private letter from Kirkwall, of Saturday's date, men-
tions that the herring fishery in that quarter had been most
lit.euccessful. At the height of the stream tides, which is
considered the best time for taking fish, the weather was
; and indeed, during the week, high winds and un-
t s vourahle weather prevailed. Should this week prove
eqnally inauspicaous, the fishing will be uncommonly bad,
a. the fishing is nearly at an end. The pric- per
barrel had risen to IL on the spot; and a farther advance
wa, anticipated.

The herring fishers continue to get en prosperously in
the West Highland lochs. Friday last ei;ht wherries, with
about eighty manes of herrings, arrived ut the Broomelaw.
They sold readily at Is. a hundred.
PILCHARD FISHERY.—The Beans, shim our last, have
been generally successful. On Saturday last about :mu
hogsheads were secured at St. Mellion, 150 hogsheads at
flunwalloe, and 131 hogsheads at Porthleaven, all on
the eastern parts of Mount's Bay. On the same day a
large shoal was enclosed at the Land); End, and the
prospects on Sunday were also very road. At St. Ives
two scans had "Fmk good catches ; and adv ces received
h'rc on Wednesday stated that the fishery continued
very successful there. Soicral semis in Iligbury Bay
shot on Saturday last, but the Yellin semi only se-
cured their 6sh—from seventy to one hundred hogsheads.
Dr srm Paper.
The Arrow, tender to the Ilarpy revenue cruiser, has
brought in here the Bee, a smuggling vessel of ten tons,
belanging to Cawsand ; the crew had thrown her cargo
overboard, near the Eddystone, previously to her being
captured.—Botsmoutli Paper.