The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-31 00:00:00

• PolicS.

MI A Itslumr•rtOtee. see. an.
A asteel bookie; miens man of the mime of Kr was
brought up for examusation, I:tring meaported astathim a
pireket-boult, containing brat-puttes 4 am aliment air at
the property of Ina feeisantndper. . .
The Pnreecntair stated, that about two works ago he lo.t
kis pckrt-trnok aud its contents; it was taken out of hen
; Le did re..t at the tone suspect the Prisoner, beet ha
appeared to he vitae very lush with money, boulht new
clothes, and biro, a horse, in fact, breathe quite the hock ;
the Prisoner bed several time., without the Prueeeator'a
knowledge, taken &led worn LIP! 'bibs., and not kaowing that
be bad any how it resurerce +rum whence he creel,' get no
ninth looney, and so rudderdy, led him to suspect that he
most have stoke the picket-bunk. .1
The Primmer, in his defmee, aeknewledged that Imbed
awe worn a pair of pantaloons of the Prot.:tutor's, but la
had inflamed them ; he denied haring any- knowledge of the
put het-book or its contents . he said the money he had been
spendisig wi Risen tu him by a Capfuls —, at IVlia ista,
whale daughter be teniemplateil tu marry ; hef fortune wet
Pule. vont and tree fatter had giytt him !Sal of it, previous
to the innerisge.
The Lotto It *Tea obirerreet, it 112. rather singular Ste a
wrest to girt away his dmi,ebter's ter mar-
riage, to so youtg a meta m the Pewee!, and fur the periwig
ut squawk. ing it.
Ile remanded him until Thrirsdav, and recommended him,
in the interntedtete time, tu send-to %treatable for the person
be said bad given hint the money, to prime the Met.
It appeared that the Pi Pinner had been a Captain's chest,
on board once( His tioje sty's frigates.

Cl'l LUII• Lt. sysTica.fteeni, nee. 30.
An elderly 'l, 4!1, of the name of kkigh. ••• ehaiged by
the keeper of ..riiraie sift% an< nipti•iz to brio; licour :01.•
the prir.o to too Prisuions of the name of ittroirtie
The Tursilc.,: stated, that between the Loan of on. and
two, rstii.lai, the Piironcr ensue to the gaol, ai.€l inquired
ha< the aro, nes The witie:s had received information
that he had befu:-e 'wonLeht them fluor; le eesrelo•d bun,
eel in leis side-pueket (mad • ha;f. Out flask foil of re,.
He naked the Prisoner what it wait ' and be answered that
it was ate part.
The P. istmer tare in • written .h.feore, declaring that be
we. iznor•ot of the roles of the Prison; acd, if Le bad
krosisu It MAR a crime, he wonlel not ivies tr-iiiegrcge.d.
The Sitting M.11.1..Ta 'Tr impaired why he rallied the
Wpm white poet I He replied, because it. win brawl, sad
rams mixed. and three wen the materials that shire Tart
on made isr, he bed a right to Luuw it, fee he was Ity Feu-
fisonsa • Chemist.

On 4.e priatielog not to co to the Pricos aerie, the war-
tby Matistrtit tlioirootwol him

A Gentleman in lb, t.oust,aficr the Prisoner had left it,
stated thst he ass a Ch!osVsi. an 41.11 two', arA a Ms.
thudist Preacher. 11,.. apo!ioil t,. hint ■ fro elsOk kart to
ree.nantotol bona to ...elf Ne'skussu of fortune thst noskt
pftr....aw hail. found out a austrwrs that would
oh! vie t...,•.,th; anal to pewee th-sffseace of it, he
vrou3d rat ,t into ;forties, by itsing it himself, the moment
be had a petrol' weaned The fieothionte very humeeemey
obsorstd, he 'dyad las to pt as ioteedectiea to the
Dale of Queesseberts

Yesterday se'nuischt, T. F. W—a, of the city of
Limerick, met B. R—e, of Vary,. Ea+ herr R 0..-
brien, by invitation, to determine au Whir of Lo-
aner; the former was attended ley Cwiltsia N. B—s.
the latter by J. R—s, of Adam, Esq.; but the
Mayor arrived just is the criml.stutits were takiwir
ground. anti sg carded iu hviJittz Mr. R. over to
tine peace, whilst Mr. W. secu-ed his freedom by a
well-timed retreat.

An iinpostor, a few detys ago, advertised an ex-
hibition of sparring et Glasgow, a isore he septa-
Newel himself n Paulin, the Game Chkken. from
London ; but tire impostor being detected on h;s
appearance on the stair, he was taken op, and
Sentenced. to he banished for three yours from thin
city. Tne tonnes taken at the door was minas-
ivied. arid intend Is be Wiwi to chaturbie pia•
Palm.

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NEWPOUNDLAND FISHERK •

There ar: few people acquainted with the greet
Newfoundland Bank Inhere', which is of ao much ,
enportatiee to this tistiotOrtaud employe many
ttiousands of people.frowe Etiglatid and Ireland. i I
After croseing the Atlantic wi evely retinisito
itemisers. to proceed on the tishini;th voyae, (kering'
England about the twgiuniug or Marc.,' they ge- '
,recopy come to stte;le anchor, on whet c.re termed
" the 'Banks of i'scwfoundlaii.;." ii. the month of
April, which are in length from lf,o to COO miles ;
in breudth,4bey may be effin.idered narrow. There
are two fishing 10n.1.5, the outer, and the Miser ;
the cuter bank is about lon miles or more off the
land ; the inner is limn se to WO mites off the
shore. They siddoin fish en, .he outer bank, from
the greet depth of water,- being from •o to lima
hit:wens deep, unless it is whets titer C*lloot Lind
any lisp ou the inner batik. They generully oast 4
anchor, end fish, in about 43 and SU fathoms of
water, with two, and some with three hooks bleach i
line, and dreadful is ork it is; at %overly a period of t
the year, from the excessive colduess of the climate,
Ow great fora uatural to that part of the world, and
the latense I oldness of the water, they Icing obliie-
ed to haul the fish tout such a depth as 40 and 5V
fatliums.—There are pounds or itielosures made
on the slack, for each fisheries,' to throw what he
catches ; the best place iiir tishiug is supposed to.
be the larboard bow, mud the larlsoard gloater, at
the latter place Use 3late fishes, and the goatswitist,
. on the how. There is erected a little Sine in the'
b _a I : a I
1 Illlubsupi sag. the vessel, on the starboard side, at -
which at in a barrel, the Ileadder stud Splitter, I.
men vslin ay, engaged for that very pui VOW, and'
who do not fish; the Heteider cuts °run the fish,
tears up it,. entrails, aad fercing the fish agents. the
edge of the stage, Weskit off its head, and drives the'
fish over to the Splitter opposite bites, who Mime- I.
finitely, a ith his sharp spliUsis .: keife, lays it dexter- 4
ously open, and cuts up the ,nand doate.from the
Lack of the fish, when he lets its-slip off from the.
stage on a chute, winch conveys them llielfin
into the hold of the vowel, where there es e
man stationed reedy to receive them, who is tense •
ell the Salter; leo minitoli ttely 14y4 than, 'week
out reguhirly in rows, end 01v:its streng bay saillli,
St. I:Mes stilt en them, where they generally liel
about a mmth, or until the vessel ha. a good cargo.
of thew. The liver is separated from the tisk irs •
the platform, and falls threieth the stage into kr.- '
casks.to make oil from. The lit.ad, carnage, and
sound boots, fall hearatla the platform. or crags,
aad are kept on the deck uutil they become a
burden by their weight, in causing the ocean to .
litel niueli iso her aide, and *ben there is a girl t
sea rn riiihig, it snakes the vessel riche at her @ocher '.
very di-agreeably. It ig usual, when they throw
this otftl overboard, to weigh anchor, and run tau
or three miles from it; fur if they throw it over.
board where they flab, the li-li will follow aka tiff -
thrown overboard, prey upon it, and neglect the •
bait which the fishermen use to decoy the fish to
the book. The writer of thi's has seen, when halt
have beau caught in great plenty, that in about,s
three days,. (altering the summer), of those which lie' #
gamier the staze, toward, the bottom, oh the deck,
nothing 6se laces lett but the bone. all the rest. as it
eatitiplaelr dissolved as if saists-lime bad beret
throws' ott U. When the, vessel has got a sot. '
sieient y, she comes into her port So tr.t W... of 40pir...:
buraleu. The fish are thro,:ti into what ill ceJ54 . 1
a ram's-horn (a spare woodeu thing, perforated
with hetes, to admit the water to pass as and ;emir
1%M:11.014MM are tumbled about and well s.i.liwie '
afterwards thrown up out's stage or wharf, owl laid .. •
omit again by men employer' we the :;,terry on the •
shore. After the fish has lain souse little time oil
1 the stage, it is taken on hand-barrows, and carried a
On thy &lies, plares erected a!msit 'due fast ewe, 1
the i:rotind, so as to admit a cos rent of air to peal
under, send turtred over w.th fir-.Uniiglis sod ctime•...
. bear. w, of trees, on which it is ;.I .cec to dry, d
afterlday, uutit it hecumes suMtieutly cured •
solid, so as to keep for a considerable peri
time. Every 'sight, daring its process, it is Wane
into. mead piles, cotered over with bit-41,44A, wick .
weights-9u it, to keep the wet and damps, oat. It
is carless to see how extreme!o busy the people's ns
when it is likely to rain, or on at shower corning on,
to gather up the fish, as the rain very materiallyllll
iiijures it. The vessels generally stay bat three',
days in toe harbour, before they go out again on
the banks to prosecute their yoyege. They eatike
shout four, some five, traps ler cargos durme the .
•ea,.p.a, which usually closes abeet the latter end,
of September. The elumosial gales fiequently
put a -top to it, by mean.; the loss of (lodes atol '
anidiewas and atheneum disalsltng of the vessels, its .
the sea nos lie those gales tresssesidosi-1) highotride'
many vessels hive been known to auaniier at their
anchors at.wrie clueing amuse of the year. .
The poor fellows, in some Yeses-1,, tish from foot .
o'clock iii the morning, till et glit at night, mitt then
keep watch, regularly afterward.; so that e•hcra i
fish sire plenty, thew are aloro4 worn out, fur those
who keep watch, ..Wit the other port .leep the/it.
tie &hoe they have to go below, iieh en. ing the a;glit.
la other vessels, where the CaptaWi is a humane
man, he will let the fishermen have their proper rest
by night, and bob bylioy. exceptioic • 'mall lintels
that must be kept up, to see whether the OLsSit
drives. by the anchor giving irt.vm
On Suieley,. la day that ought to are devoted to
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IF sasertiser cud reiigioa.) the Men We eh-11dd) ed
d fixing their fithingtsckk duriog
t e tutor • g, and in the afternoon go tis toter cut .i
or else catch squish., a sqrvilid kind of lA, ,'loch,
'in rim; the latter pert of the fishing voyage, is turd '
to catch the cod wish.
Tile diet which three hardy men have, is need,
the same every day, •sditnng the time they ere on
the &the," i) namely. what is called disaster, f'r
brearkfatl, dinuer and supper: this is morl.! in the
fo:len Mg manner, a fish. just caught, is lt.r.g ur,
mill the tin. *trill ed of, it is skinned, wad they
cut up in Large pieces, and put intn a hedle, under
which is laid wane rashers tar .alt pork wheel, amid '
some broken pea-es of biscuit, then tht whole is 4
Jost covered a ith water, and boiled shout ten trio
nut-:", with scene dr% herbs, if they have say. seed a
Lithe th;ckesiug. this mess may disgust teeny
peci,:e at the thought of it, but the writer of this.
can assort them, that it is vary patetitbie, and Vt. 1
trendy outtitions, and the moo employed in the
fishery wt veny fat Orion :1.
' Sandals the) ere atuavred some) eef sod pncidkE,

nut the 'hest is generaily Irish, excessively salt, anti,
when boiled, dry sad hard, And scarcely any •
fat to it. la some vessels tiny are allowed this
'fhntsdays.
There is what is called the shore fishery ; tl,i* is
carried on by large open boats, called shut b/w, winch
go out and return evesy die nearly, and fish
dear thg,shorts ; the fiat which these boats tats lir!
small irtores well cturd, and err, in enil, the
heat; though the bauk fish:are by mina We largest,
yet they are nut SO IDUCiI esteeinesi as what is caught
clone to the shores.
'Those teasels which go to the land early io the
year, have to make tbeir wa: through islands of
ice, and sometimes are in great danger, lib rongh the
Breit bed. of ice which Stoat alatig that tion-bou4d
shore to the Souinvt aid.
tui approaihiai; it, has a etsiNh an-
vearance, rugged and utonntainous, at the sane
tissie covered with thick wood, and .tecasively a
held to bs star ail alrnt...; ore. •