The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-10 00:00:00

All the preparations for the Worcester Musica
Festival, which takes place on Tuesday next, have been
completed in a style of unusual magnificence. The prices
of admission have been lowered to three-fourths of the
usual charge, whilst the attraction of more than usual
talent is offered to the public. Under these circumstances
it is sincerely hoped that the present meeting may not, like
the last, leave the Committee losers. Last festival the
deficiency exceeded 1,000/. TVorcester Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY DRAUGHT OF FISH.
GRANGE, FETHARD, 27111 AUGUST, 1839. —I hasten to
inform you of the sight I saw this morning on the strand
of Fethard. There has not been seen in the memory of
tke oldest fisherman here, such a take of fish as was hauled
in this morning by a net drawn by men from the shore, all
pilchards; indeed Ido not at all exaggerate when I say
there were about 200,000, if they could be counted.
People are congregating here from all quarters to see the
wonder; the person to whom the net belongs is selling
them to jolters at 63. for every 500. I was speaking to a
fisherman between 80 and 90 years of age, and in his re-
collection here he has seen nothing like it; be recollects
one great take of cod, but nothing like the present.—Cork
Paper.
A singular accident happened in Gainsborough
on Friday last. A man who lives in Providence-place,
named Richard Gabitas, was seized with a kind of religi-
ous delirium, and sent for a neighbour, who was a Primitive
Methodist, to read the Bible to him ; it appears that the man
read some portion of the scriptures that speaks of the power
of the devil, which so excited the poor fellow that he
jumped through the chamber window into the yard, under
theimpression that a visit to his room by his satanic ma-
jesty was about to take place. He was taken up cut
dreadfully, and an application was made to the master of
the workhouse to have him admitted into that place, when
accordingly Mr. Johnson sent an able-bodied pauper to
take care of him until arrangements could be made for
his reception in the house. After stopping with Gabitas a
short time, the pauper was observed to drop from his
Chair apparently lifeless; but, after considerable efforts
made by the doctors who were sent for, he was sufficiently
restored to be removed back to the union house, where he
expired the following day. A report was prevalent in the
town that the deceased had died from fright; but, on ex-
amination, it was discovered that he had been attacked
with a fit of apoplexy.---.Linco/n Mercury.
THE ONION BUSINESS.—Bermuda is rivalling
Connecticut. She has shipped this spring to the West
Indies half a million pounds of onions and 200 barrels of
potatoes. In Bermuda half a bottle of seed produced
B,ooollys, onions-160 of which weighed 280 pounds !
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY.—A
company has been famed for bringing coals from North
Staffordshire to London. They have purchased the Del-
horne Colliery, near Cheadle, and have entered into en-
gagements with the several canal proprietors, by which they
will be their own carriers, arstl-bring the coals to London at a
considerable reduction of price. The certificates they publish
from various establishments and individuals
.who have tried
their coals are very favourable to the quality, and if they
can supply the market at 225. 6d. per top, they will be
able to dispose of as many as they cau bring. We wish
the undertaking success, supposing it to be based on
honest intentions, of which the names of the directors are a
guarantee, and shall rejoice to see it contributing to break
up the monopoly enjoyed by the London coal factors,
and the northern coal owners.