The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

PILCHARD FISHERY.

PORTLOE.—On Saturday last the driving boats at
this place bad fine catches, not less than 10,000 to a
boat, and on Monday they took about the same quan-
tity on an average, one boat having upwards of 11,000.
The pilchards are very near the shore, and the
if reins,,
which are being got ready, will be put out imme-
diately, the weather is favourable.
CHARLESTOWN.—The drift boats belonging to
Charlestown continue to take from 8,000 to 10,000
fine fish, which have been sold at 23. per hundred.
LooE.—There has been little or nothing done here
by the drift boats for the last fortnight. The
weather has been in a very unsettled state, so that
they have not been at sea more than once or twice
during that time.

MOMST'S BAY.—During the last fortnight the
weather has been very stormy, and the fishing boats
have not been much at sea. On Monday night, how-
ever, they went out, and had good catches of fine
pilchards—from one to seven hogsheads each. Ves-
sels arrived at Penzance report having seen large
quantities of pilchards not far off, and some shoals
have been seen in the Bay during the past week.
Several seins have been put in pay this week, and the
prospects are considered good.
ST. IVES.—The driving boats put to sea on Tues-
day evening, but were obliged to haul early, in con-
sequence of the wind shifting to the W.N.W., and
blowing hard. The pilchards taken are very fine,
and are getting nearer the land.— West Briton.

At the Recorder's Court, Dublin, last week, a
young woman, named Fanny Langstaff, who appeared to
be about twenty-four years of age, of very interesting
personal appearance, was indicted for stealing some
handkerchiefs from Grangegorman-lane prison. It ap-
peared that on Thursday morning the prisoner was dis-
charged from the Penitentiary, but previous to her de-
parture she contrived to steal the property in question.
She was arrested by Ililbard, one of the detective
police, with the handkerchiefs in her possession. The
jury found her Guilty. The Recorder said, on looking
over the records of the court, he found that the prisoner
had been 221 times in gaol ! 120 times for being drunk,
and 101 times for various other crimes. He found that
out of her comparatively short life she had spent six
years, five months, and four days, in prison 1 There
was no use in having her longer in this country, and
therefore the sentence of the court was, that she be
transported beyond the seas for seven years. The pri-
soner bowed to the court and said, " My Lord, I don't
care, I have got a good education, I will turn it to some
account in the country to where I am going, and I am
not afraid but I will regain my reputation and the posi-
tion in society from which I have been reduced—good
bye, gentlemen of the police. Fanny Langstaff will yet
be a lady, what she always Was !
good mother for
Sydney, ho I" She was then removed.
NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, &c.
—ln consequence of the great inconvenience felt, at-
tended with injurious effects to persons' eye-sight in the
country, by their not being enabled to be properly suited
with spectacles, &c., and which have come under the
notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians,
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, oppo-
site the York Hotel, they have contrived means by which
individuals, at the most remote part of the globe, can be
suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, by stating
their age, and, if
one making use of Spectacles, naming the
length of time they have so. Immediately the
Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before imperfect
vision, that mist and dullness which appear before the
eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and
distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight is brought
to its youthful, natural, and original state. Improved
Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c.,
of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever yet in-
vented. Thoir Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Voice Con-
ductors, will enable persons at an advanced age, and of
forty and fifty years standing of extreme deafness, to
join in general conversation ; they are not in the least
perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than having a small
piece of fine wool in its place. Sent, carriage free, any
distance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opti-
cians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a
person of the same name in their immediate neighbour-
hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis-
takes, be cautious, and observe—onlyto be had at
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor
of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North
American proyilces, were sent off last evenins, from
the colonia-offige•