The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-26 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Ann Davis, a respectable-looking married woman was
brought up charged with stealing fifteen yards of Orleans
cloth from a linendraper's shop in the Westminster-road.
It appeared that on Tuesday morning information was
given at the shop of Mr. ttoutledge, linendraper, of
the Westminster-road, that a female was observed to
take a piece of Orleans cloth and walk away with it.
The shopman immediately went down Mason-street and
came up with the prisoner walking hastily away, and
having stopped her, and charged her with shop-
lifting, she denied it, and at the same time ex-
pressed her determination to give him into custody if
ho persisted in making such an accusation against
respectable married woman. The shoptnaa, however,
not intimidated by such a threat, forthwith called a
policeman, and gave her in charge. When she was
taken back to the shop she dropped a piece of Orleans
cloth, containing fifteen yards, and in her defence before
the magistrate, she declared she had picked up the
article iu the street as she was walking along. Her
friends, she added, were not aware of her present situa-
tion.—She was ramauded until Saturday.
John Burgess. a well-dressed young fellow, was
charged with attempting to enter the house of a Mr.
Boughton, in China -walk, Lambeth.
On the preceding night the complainant's family
being absent from home, while the servant was sitting
in the parlour she heard a man at the street door. She
opened it, and discerned the prisoner in the act of get-
ting into the house, the street door of which he opened
with a skeleton key, which was found in the lock.
There was another man with him, and they both ran
away, but the servant called " Stop thief," and the pri-
sooer was secured.

The prisoner, who made a frivolous excuse, was corn-
mitted for a month.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A sickly-looking Lean, named Day, was charged with
tossing halfpence.
Police-constable Pascal, N 141, proved the offence.
The prisoner had 3s. 6d. on him. It was yes-
terday evening. The prisoner acknowledged at the sta-
tion-house that he had been tossing during the greater
part of the day, and won 3s. 6d by it. The inhabitants
complained of the tossing as a nuisance. The place in
which he was tossing is a thoroughfare. _

The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said
he worked fur a brickmaker, and named the employers
with whom he worked last week.
Mr. COMBE—Has he been in custody before ?
Sergeant Allen was not aware that he had.
The prisoner said he had never been locked up before.
Mr. COMBE sentenced him to pay a fine of 10s., or ten
days' impri3onment.
He was locked up, not having the money.

A/MAN.—WRECKS. -On Wednesday night the
schooner Elizabeth Randal, William Thomson, master,
went ashore at Lergytnenoch, near Pladda Lighthouse.
She left Ayr that day, and was bound to Belfast. She
belongs to Belfast, is full of eoals, but it is supposed will
go to pieces, as she is upon a rocky part of the shore.
The men were saved. We have a clear harbour to-day.
The vessels sailed hence yesterday morning (Sunday)
after a stay, some of them for a month. The wind has
prevailed from south to south-east this month, and it
was very difficult for vessels to get out to the offing. It
is to the east to-day (Monday)—fine dry weather.—Ayr
Observer.

THE HERRING FlSHERY.—While'we congratulate
our fishing friends on the success which many of them
have experienced, we cannot look forward to the future
without feeling considerable alarm. The home voyage
has just terminated, and the catch has exceeded that of
any previous year for a very considerable period. The
boats have averaged twenty-one lasts each, and some
reached forty lasts. Mr. Samuel George has two boats,
which have made up 99 lasts ; one of them, the Saucy
Polly, having brought in, in one voyage, the enormous
quantity of 151 lasts, or 201,300 herrings. This success
would have b, en truly encouraging to our labouring
population, where it not that they have been recently
deprived of what afforded them a valuable addition to
the precarious earnings of the fishery. For many
years, even centuries, the town has provided a suf-
ficient supply of hat (the term here used for netting
previous to being made into nets), and norsels (pieces
of twine of a peculiar make, for use on board the
boats) for all the boats sailing from this port. These
have been hitherto manufactured by the women and
girls of this town, who have thereby been enabled to
obtain an honest though humble subsistence. Of late
large quantities of these articles have been brought
hither from 13ridport, which has almost annihilated the
trade here, though we cannot learn that the fish owners
are much benefited by the change; but that change has
greatly aggravated thelconditioe of the working classes
here, and hundreds who formerly obtained their
livelihood by twine spinning, braiding, and making
norsels, are without employment, and many totally
destitute. The cost of manufacturing the raw
material is about 601. or 701. a ton, so that the loss
of this one branch of our trade withdraws about 1,000/.
a year from the most necessitous families in the port.
We are glad to learn that one large shipowner positively
refuses to use any other than Yarmouth manufactured
net—an example we commend to his brother shipowners.
We cannot contemplate, without alarm, the prospect of
the poor for the coming winter. The number of boats
from Yarmouth, engaged in the fishery, is about 160.
Norfolk Chronicle.

fHE WEATHER AND CURLING.-011 Wednesday
last, we had a considerable fall of rain ; and, the pros-
pects of the curler seemed fairly blighted for a period.
The wind, however, to the surprise of every one, still
kept a hold of the north-east, and by Thursday the frost
was as keen as ever. The dams and ponds had never
been entirely thawed ; and a few hours' congellation
served to put them in admirable condition for the
" channel-stane." The dam here has been crowded
ever since with curlers, skater; and sliders. Satur-
day and yesterday the turn-out was especially large.
A groat many ladies were among the promenaders,
whose presence vastly enhanced the interest of the
scene. As our columns testify, numerous matches have
been played, both " here and far awa' ;" and many
more are on the tapir, in expectation of the frost con-
tinuing. Amongst others, we hear that the Junior
Club of Kilaiarnock, with the Earl of Eglinton at their
head, are to enter the lists against our Ayr Club, who,
it is to be expected, will be led on by Sir James Boswell,
Bart. The prize is the gold medal presented by the
Caledonian Club, and the contest takes place, we under-
stand, on Fail Lochi on Thursday first. May the best
players win.—Ayr Observer,
We und,2rstand that Miss Kelly opens her theatre
early in January, for the purpose -of introducing to the
public a young lady of whom report speaks in the highest
term,