The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

HERRING FISHERY.

The herring fishery on this coast during the past
week has been very successful, the take of fish has been
great, and the quality very superior. In all the neigh-
bouring towns they have been sold as cheap as eight
and ten for a penny, and even at ninepence a hundred at
Sunderland. In the curing places the greatest activity
now prevails, and the season, which at one time was
very discouraging, now promises to be one of more than
average abundance.
BERWICK.—The herring fishing of last week may be
said to have been good, as most of the boats have had
fair quantities every morning, but there have been heavy
losses among the nets from the great weight of fish
which set into them, as well as from their setting so
close in shore ; up to Saturday the fishing has been all
to the northward, but on Saturday night the boats went
southward, and on Monday morning they had plenty of
herrings, Lut of inferior quality, most of them having
spawned.—Newcastle Advertiser.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—Yesterday morning at 9
o'clock Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held an inquest
at the Pembroke Arms Tavern, the corner of Pem-
broke-square, Kensington, on the body of Captain
Henry M. Dixon, a military officer on half-pay, respect-
ing whose death rumours of a distressing and extraordi-
nary nature are in circulation in the neighbourhood. A
jury having been empanelled, the Coroner accompanied
them to view the body, which was lying in one of the
front rooms on the second floor. The sight was a truly
melancholy one. The body of the deceased gentleman
was lying on the right side on the floor, his head oppo-
site the foot of the bed, and his legs close to the dress-
ing-table. By him was a chair, which was placed oppo
site the dressing-table. The cover of the table was
much marked with blood, a pool of which was under
the chair, extending to the deceased's head. A
dreadful gash was across his throat, and a burn or
blister was on the left temple, the hair round which was
much singed. On their return to the inquest-room, Pum-
mell, the summoning officer, produced a white-handled
razor marked with blood which he stated had been found
on the deceased's dressing-table, and also a pistol, which
had a cap on, and is believed to have been recently dis-
charged. Mr, Wakley inquired if any medical man had
seen the body, and was informed that Mr. Guazzaroni,
the district surgeon to the Kensington Union, had been
called in when the body was discovered, but that he had
not very minutely examined it. Mr. Wakley said he
should not then proceed further that day into the inquiry,
but should at once adjourn it for the purpose of the re-
sidence of the friends of the deceased being ascertained,
in order that they might be present at the inquest. He
should also direct that Mr. Guazzaroni should, as early
as possible, make a minute examination of the body of
deceased, particularly the head, so that he might be
able to explain the nature of the injuries at the adjourned
inquest. The jury were then bound over in recogni-
zances of 201. each to attend the adjourned inquiry, which
will be held at as early a day in the ensuing week as the
attendance of the friends can be procured.
ROBBERY TO THE AMOUNT OF UPWARDS OF 1,3001.

—A most mysterious and extensive robbery was com-
mitted on Thursday afternoon last ; the following are the
particulars :—Robert Reeve, a messenger in the service
of the Great Western Railway Company, and in whom
the greatest confidence has at all times been placed,
having some time back been in the habit of conveying
daily a large sum of money (the company's property)
from the Paddington terminus to the banking-house of
Glyn and Co., Lombard-street, mid at three in the after-
noon of the day above alluded to he was intrusted with
between 1,3001. and 1,400/., nearly 000/. of which was in
gold and silver, and the rest in notes. The property
was, as is the constant custom, deposited in a leather case
made for the purpose. The said case, which was se-
curely locked, and had a brass plate with the inscrip-
tion " G. W. R." thereon, was put into a blue bag,
when Reeve, having taken possession of it,
jumped upon an omnibus which was waiting in
the yard, and almost at the same time five other persons
also seated themselves on the outside. As soon as
Reeve had taken his place, he was called to by a gentle-
man holding a high situation in the company who
wished to speak to him, and he accordingly alighted,
leaving his bag on the roof, and in less than a minute he
resumed his seat. The omnibus then proceeded on, and
two of the five passengers got down, after riding but a
short distance, in Chapel-street, Edgware-road. The
other three alighted near Baker-street. On the vehicle
reaching the Bank, Reeve left it and made the best of
his way to Messrs. Glyn's, when it was discovered that
another blue bag had in the most adroit manner been
substituted for that belonging to the Railway Company,
and that the former was partly filled with pieces of
lead, and other rubbish of a weighty description, The
two Foresters, together with Mr. Collard, Superintendent
of the Railway Company's Police, and other officers, are
actively engaged on the subject.
TnE SURREY ToLLs.—The sudden stoppage of the
Surrey tolls, on Thursday, occasioned many comic scenes.
At the Surrey Theatre gate, the omnibuses and cabs
could not be convinced that they were at liberty to pass
through without payment. Having too much honour to
bilk the gate-keeper, they remained some time irreso-
lute. This embarrassment of the whips was enjoyed by
a crowd of spectators.
The Rev. Henry Spencer Markham, grandson, we
believe, of the late Dr. Markham, Archbishop of York,
died on Tuesday, at the Rectory, Clifton, Notts. lie
was rector of Clifton, near Nottingham, vicar of Cain-
borough, and canon residentiary of York. The Rev.
, Gentleman was only in his thirty-ninth year.