The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

HERRING FISHERY.

(From the Edinburgh Courant.)
DUNBAR, Ave. 4.—The fishing yesterday morning
was decidedly the .best in the season, and kept all the
curers busy throughout the day ; the number of boats
on the station about 140. Many had above, 30 crans ;
one went as high as nearly 60, crans. This morning it
is not so abundant, although many good shots have been
brought in. Selling price Worn 12s. to 14s. per cran.
Besides home curers there are' five French luggers in the
harbour. The only cry out is, the want of. harbour
room, and it is a cry much to be regretted ; but it is
hoped will be soon remedied by the extensive harbour
improvements now only. iVaiting• the sanction of the
Treasury to carry them into -execution.
ANSTBUTHER, Atm. 3.=—Last night upwards of 300
boats put-to sea with light winds and tine weather, and
and this morning many of them returned well laden with
shots varying from 10 to 40 barrels of herrings of ex-
cellent quality. Price's, from 28s. to 135., fell as the
heavier cargoes arrived; Some' boats realised 28/. for
their morning work; and some of the curers have bought
200 crans 'to-day. There pre seleral French vessels in
the harbour, and the town is all bustlehhaanivedeayaanrfioimeriaodtuyiornbo.eewnn
PETERHEAD, AUG. 2.—The fishing at this port con-
tinues, as usual, equal to any on the coast. We have about
400 shipped, boa sloe:
partly
employed, ,
laembluBrgcha,
cargoes
but
chiefly
ports to the Southward.
BODDAIB, AUG. 3.—The weather has been very stormy
since the commencement of the fishing ; but the 34
boats have landed 445 crans ; and there has been a good
catch this morning ; the particulars of which cannot be
ascertained until next report.

SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF
TRADE.
The influence of commerce upon national wealth is
only indirect. Those engaged in commercial undertak-
in(rs make no change in the articles they buy and sell.
They merely barter one sort of produce for another ;
and, generally speaking, what is given is the exact equi-
valent of what is got. The advantage of the exchange
—and it is not easy to overrateits importance--consists
in its enabling those who produce the commodities or -
articles that form the subject matter of commerce, to
carry on their business without interruption. The in-
tervention of merchants and dealers gives a continuous
motion •to the plough and the loom. They collect and
distribute all sorts of commodities ; they buy of the
farmers end manufacturers the things they have to sell ;
and bringing together every variety of useful and desirable
articles in shops and warehouses, individuals are able,
without difficulty or loss of time, to supply themselves
with -whatever they want. Were the class of dealers an-
nihilated, that division of labour in agriculture and manu-
factures, to which they are indebted for most part of their
progress, would be wholly destroyed. The moment an
individual had produced a quantity of wheat, of cloth,
or of shoes, he would be obliged to leave his peculiar
occupation, and to endeavour first to dispose of his
produce, and next to find out the various individuals
possessed of, and willing to part with, the different
articles required for his consumption. Under such cir-
cumstances it would not be possible to confine ourselves
to one employment ; and every family would be obliged
to undertake the manufacture of most things required
tir its support. All the advantage of co-operation and
combination would be lost, society would be thrown
back into primeval barbarism, and would not possess a
tenth part of the accommodations that are now enjoyed.
But this is not all. Besides enabling individuals to
addict themselves in preference to such employments as
suit their tastes or capacities, and to prosecute them
without interruption, commerce gives birth to a territo-
rial division of labour. Different countries, and different
provinces of the same country, different situation, soil,
climate, and production ; some are admirably fitted for
the produce of corn and wool, but are without wine and
silk ; some have rich mines, while their cultivated lands
are poor and scanty ; some are overrun by forests, while
others can hardly boast of a solitary tree ; nor is there,
in point of fact, a single country, however rich in native
products,
that would not, if confined to its own re-
sources, be destitute of many articles indispensable' to a
comfortable existence. But by the establishment of a free
commercial intercourse, what is deficent in one district is
industry rtyh
the
genius
diverted toefdt
hi
eni
balanced by what is superfluous in another; and an in-
dustrious nation enjoys whatever is useful, rare or valu-
rprienfheraebnictaenttos
able in all the countries and climates of the world. As
soon as a commercial intercourse grows up each people
endeavours to avail itself of a peculiar means of produc-
t those employments in which the physical circumstances
is supplied with all that is elsewhere obtainable; especially-fit them to excel; while, by exchanging such
and
dtriineds
,
A remarkable pike, weighing about Sibs., was onions of their peculiar produce as exceed their
portions
for the peculiar articles raised by others,9
since, by G. Pollard. Its head, fins, and tail, were of a produc-
tion.
particular
rtacl
,
n
very light blue ; the hack, the. lines of a inuckeraL
caught in the Avon, close to Chippenham, a few de-,
+l' the same time the productive powers • 1 d
are stnuu atc to
shape it was a model of perfection, and' altogether- con- the utmost, and thus the wealth of the world is iramea-
sidcred a natural curiosity.— Wilts Independent. -
each

THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.
(From the Edinburgh Courant.).
HARVEST.— Barley harvest was commenced on the
farm of Mr. INlollison, Easter Echt, so early as Saturday
last, the 31st of July. The.quality of the grain appears
to be excellent,• and. the • quantity will rate at about ten
returns. Other portions of barley in the district will also
soon be ready for cutting.
ItArnEN.—Mr. George Mutch commenced the harvest
in this early parish on Monday last, the 2d inst., by cut-
ting a patch of bear on•Muirycrook.
INVERNESS, AUG.- 4.—On Monday last we had a
favourable change of weather•—the long-continued mois-
ture having given way to genial warmth and drying
breezes. Towards the end of last week we visited Mo-
rayshire, and were glad to observe the excellent prospect
of harvest which is everywhere visible. The farmers all
state, that during the month of July the season was ex-
tremely wet, in consequence of which the turnip crop,
which had brairded finely; was checked in growth, but
both the barley and oats have been muchimproved in
and fills better
than t deteriorated the
straw. Wheat has suffered from rust, and as a con-
siderable breadth of this grain is sown in Morayshire,
muchin
has
n o the loss will be felt by many farmers. The description
of oats called *Sandy Oats is in great favour here ; it is
fully
theten deaarylsyeAarnlgicahlashe r
aas
crop, which is unusually abundant

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