The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

THE HERRING FISHERY.

FRA.SERBURGII, SEPT. s.—The horrify, fishing at this
station was concluded last week : the boats in number
were 208, averaging upwards of 200 crans each.
BANFF, SEPT. s.—The fishing is now over for this
season. The average for this district is less than last
year ; Macduff and Whitehills are about 115 crans
average ; Gardenston and Portsoy, about 130. There
seems to be, however, a greater supply of herrings than
there is any demand for ; and the sales making are at I
price which must entail a heavy loss on the curers.
WICK, SEPT. 2.—The fishing at this port during the
latter end of last week was very successful, but has gra-
dually taken off this week, and is now considered to be
nearly terminated. The average for the week is thirty
crans per boat, making a total average for the season of
about 120 crans each. On the:west coast and in Orkney
there has not been half a fishing. Along the Berwick
coast to North Sunderland it has also been very short ;
and several other places are under an average, viz.,
from Helmsdale to Clyth inclusive.
ABERDEEN, SEPT. 7.—Several of our boats left off
fishing some days ago, and the regular season has closed
with this morning's fishing. Their success has been
great ; and the average per boat has reached as high as
210 crans. . •

Aran. s.—Our little quiet town exhibited no
small degree of activity and bustle last Saturday ;
two events combined to produce this excitement. The
sale of the large estates of E. Montague Parker, Esq.,
the late M.P. for the southern division of Devonshire,
and the first appearance of the celebrated George Ro-
bins in our town, to officiate in his own proper per-
son. The day was fearfully hot, and the heat of the
room when the company had assembled could be very
little short of an East Indian atmosphere. The crowd
was very great, and curiosity not a little excited. On
A.ll- Robins's appearance he indulged them with a
long and pithy exordium on the increased and in-
creasing value of terra firma,
and it is but fair to pro-
claim he made lots of converts to his reasoning ; in-
deed, it was most successfully dune, and evidently by
the hand of a master, as the result will show. One
of the farms, upon which there is a lease of four-
teen years to run, and at a rack ri•-)t, sold fin. forty-
two years' purchase. Mr. Robs, who haa been
very happy in his previous mai
ntary, took occa-
sion to notice the value of his opi ion, by the most
infallible proof, viz., the result. e had previously
taken a luminous view of Sir Robert Peel's alteration
in the Corn-law which be PPelit4i4ed to be the result
of altrindintbdt4 with a perfect' nowkdge ~of the
very intricate subject which he had taken up; and he
did not hesitate to say that the Bilk as it had passed
the Reuses of Parliament, was so near to perfection
that no one possessed of an accurate knowledge on
this subject, would take the chance of again disturb-
, ing it. It might be considered now as a final measure.
He then took credit with his auditory for a little share
of perspicuity in his argument upon the Corn-laws,
observing the result of these large sales had now placed
his opinion beyond doubt; and he was proud to say
he was the first, and in his own person, to illustrate
nis opinion by facts that now could not well be con-
troverted. Mr. Robins dwelt very much upon the
Sigh price of the funds, the probability of a slight
increase. of one or two per cent., and contrasted it
with the probability (in case of an angry message
11.ompearn v
cent. ; observing the of) the allied powers) of a fall of 20, or even
30
very cause that must
produce the fall in the stocks would increase land in
the exact same proportion. His concluding observa-
tions were to the effect, that next spring all the lead.
ing capitalists would enter the field, and be purchasers
of land, if the opportunity should fortunately present
itself to find estates to deal with.—Plymouth paper,
Sept. 5.
near
Stroud, • one of
The Woodchester property,
It is, the
largest estate that has been subject I probably,
to public com e-
p
the fine estates of the larl of Ducie, is coming into
the market early in the spring.
property in 1815. His estates
were sold by Mr.
tion since the memorable sale of Lord Ormonde's
George Robins for 500,000/: ; and it is said he expects
to obtain for Lord Ducie's more than 300,0001.