The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-14 00:00:00

PILCHARD FISHERY

NEWQUAY.—The pilchard fishery still continues un-
successful here. Large quantities of young herrings,
or herring bait, have been in the bay during the last
few days, but Mr. Vivian's driving boat came in this
morning (Wednesday) without either pilchards or
herrings.
ST. ITIII.--No pilchards have been seen during the
week ; but some of the mackerel boats brought in, on
Wednesday morning, from two to three hundred each.
Every other kind of fish is very scarce.
Goaaaw HavEN.—The Alfred, of this place, shot
in Hemmick, on Monday night, briming, and took nearly
13 hogsheads of pilchards, which were all sold fresh.
Several small shoals of fish have been seen off here,
and the scans are once more in the turns. On Thurs-
day last, the Fly, of Mevagissey, took three hogsheads
of pilchards. The drift boats, too, got good catches on
Tuesday night. They saw large quantities of pilchards,
which has caused great bustle amongst the seaners.

PoaTLoE.—One of the seans belonging to this place
shot in Gerrans Bay on Saturday evening, between the
two lights, and began to tuck as soon as the sean was
rounded to, &c. Their movements were closely watched
by the crew of another sean, and when the shot seen
was half hauled up, the other crew, suspecting that a
bungling affair was likely to be made of it, shot their
sean round them. The first sean took about five hogs-
heads, and the watchful party got nearly seventeen
hogsheads as a reward of their industry ; showing that
a good shoal of fish is frequently lost from want of
proper management. A Porloe sean also shot Tues-
day night off Port Holland, and took twenty hogsheads
of pilchards.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

IN RE CHARLES BRIDGES WOODCOCK.

Mr. Woodroffe in this matter moved fora rule ab-
solute under the following circumstances :—From the
affidavits read by the Learned Counsel, it appeared that
the insolvent possessed very large estates in the king-
dom of Ireland. In 1817 he was discharged by an
Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. Five
suits were carried on in Ireland by and against the
assignee during the period of upwards of twenty years.
The estates sold for payments of incumbrances in Ire-
land, and a fund of 27,0001., is now in Court in Ireland,
which suits are all terminated. About 6,0001. or
7,0001. is now receivable by the creditors, and more
than sufficient to pay 20s. in the pound to all the Eng-
lish creditors, being a surplus. The assignee is a
lawyer's clerk, at a low salary. The application was
made on the affidavits of Mr. Greatorex, the solicitor
for the English creditors and others, in order that the
funds may be paid into this Court to prevent the cre-
ditors' assignee from receiving the same, when the
Court was pleased to order that the Accountant-Ge-
neral in Ireland should have notice of this motion, and
made the rule absolute for paying the 6,0001. and up-
wards into Court, after which the Court adjourned
until November next.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

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INFORMATION AGAINST A GINGER-BEER SELLER.—
John Jones, a man of colour, who keeps a well-known
ginger-beer shop in Coventry-street, was summoned by
the police before Mr. LONG, for having, before one
o'clock on Sunday last, sold a certain fermented liquor
called " beer." The information was laid under the
New Metropolitan Police Act, which inflicts a penalty
upon publicans or other persons selling wine, beer, dis-
tilled or fermented liquors.
Mr. James Isaacs, who attended on behalf of the
defendant, asked Inspector Beresford if he considered
that the defendant acted in the character of a publican
ty selling ginger-beer.
The Inspector answored in the affirmative.

Mr Isaacs—And do you mean to say that ginger-
beer is a " fermented" liquor ? Inspector—Certainly ;
when the bottle is opened the beer ferments just the
same as soda-water.

Mr. LoNG—What is ginger beer composed of?
Mr. Isaacs—Nothing more than water, sugar, ginger
essence, and something to produce effervescence.
Mr. LONG—Is it a fermented liquor ? Mr. Isaacs—
By no means.

Mr. LONG—Would it cause intoxication ? Inspec-
tor-1 should think not. The fict is this house is
open at unreasonable hours, and a number of improper
characters resort to it ; we are trying to get rid of the
❑uisance.

Mr. Isaacs—You have no business to bring that for-
ward now. What you have brought the defendant here
for is for having sold " beer," and that is the offence
you arc to confine yourself to.
Mr. LONG—I must be satisfied before I can convict
that ginger beer is an intoxicating liquor, for I arc
clearly of opinion that the Act refers only to liquors
capable of causing intoxication.

Inspector—I hope your Worship will adjourn the
case for a week, and then I shall perhaps be able to
bring evidence as to whether ginger-beer is a fermented
liquor or not.

Mr. LONG--No ; I am satisfied upon the present
evidence to dismiss the case.

Thu information was accordingly dismissed.

MARYLEBONE.

It was stated to the Magistrate that in the morning
Inspector Campbell, of the D division of police, had
taken a razor and attempted to cut the throats of his
wife and child, but that they escaped with only a few
wounds. Immediately afterwards, his wife having left
the house, the miserable man contrived to cut his own
throat in a frightful manner, from the effects of which he
now lies in a very precarious state.
John Millbank, the proprietor of a coffee-house in
Wych-street, Strand, was charged with forgery. A
Mrs. Heath applied to the Loan Society, Silver-street,
Golden-square, for the loan of 5/. for her husband,
and gave the names of two securities, which being ap.
proved of she was desired to send her husband for
the purpose of signing the book and receiving the
money. The prisoner went to the office, and repre-
senting himself as Mr. Heath, signed the book in his
name, and on receiving the money handed it to the fe-
male. On finding that the prisoner had committed a for-
gery upon them, the Company ordered that he should
be taken into custody. In his defence the prisoner said
that no fraud was intended ; the husband of Mrs.
Heath was much distressed and obliged to keep out of
the way, and what he did was merely to serve a friend.
The Magistrate said that the case was fully made out,
and committed the prisoner for trial.