The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

GLASGOW, Ocr. 29.

STOCK EXCLIANOM. - The transactions today were as
follow :—Aberdeen, Preference, 6% Monkland, 5 per cent.
guaranteed, 525. 6d.—North British, Quarters, 50s.

IMMERSE TAKE or FISH.—YARMOUTH, OCT. 27.
During the last week both the Yarmouth and North of
Engles(' fishing boats which follow the shoals of her-
rings, have put daily into this port and harbour laden
to a most extraordinary degree with fish of various kinds
—particularly herrings, soles, and codfish—the herring
boats each having from.ten to twenty lasts (10.000 to the
last), or from 100,000 to 200,000 .fish on board. So
many were there for sale on Friday and Saturday, that
the curers could not take half the quantity, although
they were offered, in some instances, for less than the
harbour dues ; they had, therefore, to be sold to huck-
sters at any price they could obtain, tens of thousands
being thrown overboard. Fresh herring at is. per swill
of 500, some at even less ; slightly cured, known as
Yarmouth bloaters, at from is. to is. 6d. per hundred,
basket included, fine fish. Soles at 6d. per score,
weighing from lilb. to 2ilb. per pair, quite fresh. Cod-
fish, weighing from 101 b. to 121 b. each, for from 6d. to
9d. per fish. Cart loads Were taken to Norwich and
other large towns in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire,
and retailed on Saturday last as follows:—Fresh her-
rings, 10 for Id.; bloaters, 25 for 6d.; codfish, Id. per
lb.; and voles, at 11d. to 2d. per pair.
USH OF COLOURED GLASSES TO ASSIST THE
VIEW IN Foos.--The following curious observation is
made by M. Luvini, of Turin, in a letter to the editor of
L'lnstitut, at Paris. If it be verified, it may prove to be
of importance to geodetical operations, as well as in ob-
servations at sea :—" When there is a fog between two
corresponding stations, so that the one station can with
difficutlT tie seen from the other, if the observer passes a
coloure-a glass between his eye and the eye•piece of his
telescr,pe, the effect of the fog is very sensibly diminished,
se etat frequently the signal's from the other station can
be, Very plainly perceived, when, without the coloured
g .ess, the station itself could not be seen. The different
colours do not all produce this effect in the same degree.
The red seems the most proper fur the experiment.
Those who have good sight prefer the dark red,
those who are Aort-sighted like light red better. The
explanation of this effect seems to depend upon the
fact that the white colour of the fog strikes too power-
ful.ly upon the organ of sight, especially
lass have
if the
,a somewhat large field. On the contrary, by
g placing a
coloured gl.ass between
i ye of the observer and the
et the e
eye-glass of the instrument, the intensity of the light is
much diminished by the interception of a part of the
• • re)•s ,
the observer's eye is less wearied, suffers less, and
cousequently distinguishes better the Outlines of the
object obierved,— Mechanics' Magazine.
,
ALTERATION OF THE FALKIRK has
been offieialiy announced that, after the present year,the
'Augu,t tryst fur cattle and horses is to be held on the
second Wednesday; that the September tryst for sheep
is to be held oa the second Tuesday; and for cattle and
horses the day following; and that the October tryst for
sheep is to take place on the second Tuesday; and for
cattle and horses the day following.— Witness.
VIENNA.--Dr. Jacob Goldenthal has just been
appointed Professor of the Hebrew and Rabbinical
Language and Literature at the University at Vienna,
and Dr. Wolfgang Wesseley has been appointed to a
similar Professorship at the University of Prague.—
Jewish Chroniele.