The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE WHALE FISHERY.

Further intelligence has this week been received
from the whaling grounds in Davis' Straits, by the
arrival of the Dundee Whale Fishing Company's
screw whaler, the Narwhal, Capt. George Deuchars,
which vessel arrived on Monday afternoon. She
left the fishing ground on the 23d September, and
Sirral Head on the 24th, and saw the Chieftain of
Kirkaldy and the St. Andrew of Aberdeen lying
(here, at the bar. The number of whales seen dur-
ing the present fishing season has not been very
great, although the number taken has been more
than usually large compared with those of
recent years. The Narwhal caught thirteen
fish, and brings 120 tuns of oil and about eight
tons of whalebone. Captain Deuchars fur-
nishes the following report as to the state of the
other vessels at the fishing when he left, and the
number of fish taken by each at the date men-
tioned :

Fish. Tuns. Date.
Peterhead, Sir Colin Campbell 2 10th Sept.
Aberdeen, Pacific -
- St. Andrew clean 14th
Dundee, Juliana 2 28 11. th -
- Tay, screw steamer -
- Dundee, screw steamer l5 75 4th
Kirkcaldy, Lord Gambier 3 38 21st -
- Abram 3 40 7th --
- Chieftain 1 14 7th
Hull, Emma -
- Diana, screw steamer 6 65' •21st .-
- Chase, screw st., left Sept. 7 35 120
True Love, left Sept. 14 8 90

The Narwhal also brings home news of the total
loss of the whaling ship Advice, of Dundee, Capt.
Walker, belonging to the Tay Whale Fishing Com-
pany, which happened about one o'clock in the
morning of 23d of July, in the ice, at which time
she had 110 tons of oil. The vessel had been com-
pletely squeezed by the pressure of two floes of ice,
between which she had been caught. She had
been sailing to the northward at the time the dis-
aster happened, and had entered an inlet in a
field of land ice, and had been hooked to the
field. While in this position the ice closed in
upon her so fast that it was found impossible to
get her out of her perilous position, or to make a
" dock" in the ice for her, and the consequence
was that as the ice closed upon her she was
crushed to pieces. The crew were compelled to
take refuge on the ice, and we believe have saved
a portion of their clothing and other property which
was on board. They remained 48 hours in this
desolate position, after which they were picked up
by the Emma of Hull. One man belonging to
Kirkaldy, whose name we have been unable to
learn, died on the ice ; and another seaman, named
Robert Mackenzie, belonging to Dundee, died a day
or two afterwards on board the vessel which relieved
them, both deaths being caused by the exposure of
the two days' residence on the ice. The crew of the
unfortunate vessel was afterwards disposed of
through various vessels fishing there, and the
Narwhal brings home nine of them. The Advice
was an old vessel, having been built in 1785, and had
she returned from her present voyage, she would
have made, it is said, 55 trips to these hyperborean
regions. The weather is reported to have been very
ice
was at the time the vessel was lost ; and the
was very heavy, and is said to have been from 9 to
11 feet thick.—Dundee Advertiser.

TILTS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 6d ;
barley, 35s 10d; oats, 21s 3d; rye, 29s 7d ; beans, 383
9d ; and peas, 39s Bd.
THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 3d ;
barley, 35s 3d ; oats, 21s 7d ; rye, 30s 3d ; beans, 39s lld ;
peas, 38s 61
ENGLISH GRIIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 123,613;
barley, 53,788 ; oats, 10,211; rye, 229; beans, 4,729 ; peas,
2,151 quarters.