The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

HERRING FISHING.

, BERWICK, SEPT. 4.—Our men are still fishing on
with as much vigour as ever, and in the early part of
the week their success was pretty good, but now the
takes are lighter and not so general. The fish are now
to the north of this ; they are good in quality, and
there is still a prospect of next week making up for
the indifference of the returns during the last few days.
Prices have ranged from I Is. to 12s. per cran.
HOLY ISLAND, SEPT. 3.—During the latter part of
last week the fishing was what we may justly term
' heavy, many of the boats baying between 40 and 50
crans at a shot. We heard that one strange boat had
to crans on Friday last. This week, although the
fishing is still good, the shots have not been so heavy,
the highest ranging between 30 and 40 crans. The
whole of the present week we have had between one
and two hundred boats in our harbour every day.
Some of the Island boats have night after night fallen
out, and consequently had poor shots. There has been
groat havoc amongst the nets of both strangers and our
own fishermen. The highest shot we have heard of this
morning (Thursday) is 5 crans. As the weather is very
line the fishermen expect another shoal on the ground.
Prices from 10s. 6d. to 13s.

NORTH SIINDERLAND.---The weather during the past
week having been very favourable, the fishing has been
prosecuted at this place with great vigour and success,
and a rich harvest has rewarded the fishermen for their
labour. The season is far advanced, but if the present
good weather continue over next week, a considerable
quantity may yet be got. On Friday, Saturday, and
Monday mornings the boats brought in from five to
thirty barrels, and two were said to have fifty to seventy
each. Tuesday and Wednesday the herring being close
in amongst the rocks, several of the boats lost three,
four, five, and six nets each, and one crew their whole
fleet. The general take ran from six to ten, and a few
boats had nearly twenty barrels each. Thursday very
little was done here ; some of the Newton and Beadnell
boats had good shots, but the fishing was not general.
The prices are looking up—from Its. 6d to 12s. There
has not been many spent herrings got yet.
DUNBAR, SEPT. 2.—The fishing since Monday has
been unprecedently heavy—not for years has the take
been so great—every boat is laden to the gunwales and
some are making two trips within the 24 hours. It was
estimated that there were brought into the harbour yes-
terday 6,000 trans, and to-day is nothing behind. This
is independent of the many boats that are plying to
Fife. Should it continue through the week as produc-
tive as at presentAboth salt and barrels will be wrought
up. As it is, several curers are not packing up into
barrels but rousing in vessels, leaving the sorting for
greater leisure. The fishing ground is about three miles
west of the harbour, and is said to extend three miles in
length and one in breadth. Selling prices to-day ss. per
sran.—Berwick Advertiser.

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S HORSE ArRICAN.—•
A few days since, a person giving his name S. Bale,
came down to Goodwood to inspect the racing stud of
Lord George Bentinek, which is for sale, and eventually
agreed to become the purchaser of African at a sum of
2001. He paid 4/. in gold, and gave a cheque on (we
believe) a Norwich bank for 1961., and was permitted to
take the horse away. The cheque was presented in due
course, and was dishonoured, the drawer either having
no effects, or being unknown. Immediately on this being
known, a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of
Mr. Pesco, the active officer of Chichester, who has been
in pursuit, for more than a week, of the man or horse,
but with what result we have not heard.—Brighton
paper.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—On Thursday next
the British Association will commence its meetings at
Southampton, under circumstances of more than usual
encouragement. The savans, instead of having to wan-
der about for beds, and getting at last very bad accom-
modation, at an exorbitant charge, will find that the
local committee has caused a general registration of
comfortable lodgings. It is to be hoped that there will
be enough of these select apartments to meet the wants
of all who apply for them, or the struggle for precedence
may mar the harmony that ought to exist among all the
sons of science.
THE SEASON.—As a proof of the approximation of
our climate this summer to that of eastern countries, it
may be worth recording, that our island has been visited
by a swarm of those destructive insects, the great brown
locusts. A few stragglers have visited this vicinity, two
specimens of which were taken to our museum, where
one of them is now alive, and in full vigour. A northern
paper mentions the fact of the swarm having been seen
at Sunderland, and that they travelled in a southerly
direction.—Norfolh Chronicle.
THE PICCADILLY PAVIOURS.—WiII you kindly ex-
plain (asks a correspondent of the Builder), for the satis-
faction of the public, why it requires exactly two men
and a boy (literally) to square, on the spot, the many
thousand worn paving-stones which have been, or which
still remain to be taken up ?—or why it would not be
better to employ some half-a-dozen carts, and a full
complement of men, to take them all away, and bring
back the required paving-stones ready hewn, all which
could be accomplished in a comparatively short time ?
and why, while a sprinkle of workmen are employed at
the lower part of the street, others should not be at work,
lowering and preparing the ground at the upper ?
ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM GILTSPUR-STREET
COMPTER.—On Saturday, between one and two o'clock,
a prisoner, named Dennis Shine, effected his escape
from this prison. It appears that he was employed to
assist the workmen in making some repairs now going
on, and while they were gone to dinner, Shine availed
himself of a ladder which they had left in the yard, and
contrived to scale the wall and escape over the roofs of
the neighbouring houses. Ile is a desperate fellow, who
was tried at the last London Sessions, and convicted of
the commission of a series of ruffianly assaults at a
house in Friday-street. He is described as having light
hair, fair complexion, stoutly built, 5 feet 9f inches high,
and about 21. He has not yet been heard of.
O'clock the
HIGH TIDE.—On Friday, at:about
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pienaches above the
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usual mark. A great deal of damage was sustained
in
consequence by the several sand and lime wharfs along
the river side, from London-bridge to Battersea and
Wandsworth.

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