The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

DEEP SEA FISHINGS•
BY MR. DEMPSTER.

(From the Caledonian Mercury)
Annually before the 24th of June there arril.4,
Brassy Sound, in Shetland, a fie( t of fishing Y7"ho
amounting at times to above one thousand. 'tot
vessels nre called busses, and principally belong tuA
Dutch, Danes, and Germans. The vessels are frc)wgi
to 80 tons burden. They are decked, strong built' ~
carry a crew of from 14 to 20 hands. The busseV
regularly fitted out with every requisite material,
for catching, curing, and packing the herrings irb„so
crews of those busses become sailors, fishers, curg'7'
coopers by turns. .1 0
()n the 24th of June the fishing fleet sal.° 'bed
Brassy Sound in quest of the deep sea herr:ngs; itl
track is known and the shoals of herrings follow
the vessels. The herrings caught in deep
certain quantity of fixed sel in them, and are 60°,0,
to srof
those caught in shoal water, as they go there
When herrings are caught by the Dutch they, areTbei
carefully handled, so as not to injure the scale' noir
are assorted into three kinds, namely, waries':trigt
sized—rolen, full-sized—glen barring, shetten heetl
Gutting, Billing, and bleeding with a knife, is Oil, 0
process (which can be done cleanly and effectasPoro
board ship when weather permits), they are the,ll..
with Mediterranean Bay salt and a salt prepareu
land, which gives them an excellent flavour. boreli
The Dutch are particular about the wood their otbeti
water Prof •
are made of, choosing well-seasoned oak to gulp
the
as they think other descriptions of wood give.„g the
pickle a bitter taste. Whilst packing the heir! fou
Dutch are also particular; they wish to retain
.„e aeeo
plump shape as much as possible. They deal lritigi
them into the barrels. In all foreign countries ligeord
are mostly eaten in a raw state, so that a fib tip the
clean-looking appearance is a recommendation
bib
Dutch cured herring. The Dutch get rerlosool
prices for their early caught herrings in the cell
markets.
alogis I
Accompanying the fishing fleet there are
number of fast-sailing pagers, or cutters. When 01
tity of herrings have been caught and cured °loom
the busses, they are sent direct to the 0200
markets by those yagers. They have been itni.ol,o
realise a clear profit of from 131. to 15/. per
early herring. of
...011°1'
It is asserted by De Witt, a grcat stategtuennen bing
land, in his "Interest of Holland," that 3,, glrm
and 40,000 sailors were employed in the fisueiaisg"
that the United Provinces thereby gained grcn
his calculations five millions sterling per allnuni.,sjoilk.
The most of Dutch fishing vessels belong
ti
n ed
stock companies. w"
eie,k
The next of importance is the superior
nave-0
on by the Dutch and English fishing, for co soog,
white fish. They mostly use hand lines, an° ,
the fish takes the bait they are immediately i:ts
hooked by the mouth or lip. If the fish be_feterie
are put into a well; if dead, they are shortly s'
cut up and pickled into barrels. fish
h'te
The most general mode of catching w•-1 „ober
Scotland is by setting long lines with a great lila Pr:
hooks. Those lines are allowed to lie in thew:1001g;
considerable time before being hauled, so tb°ll3eil
fish happen to take the bait shortly after the
_to befori
by struggling they soon die, and if long deb
being brought to the shore, they are not io sunfterprw.
condition for curing as they are immediately •
mica
caught.
Amongst other improvements in the Scottish ufrogol,
the trawl net might be introduced. It ja ‘`e of eti
there are plenty of sole and other descriptioastos,
cate flat fish, about sandy bays and banks V, 010
of Scotland, that are principally to be caught
trawl net.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
sr.
Lifsmox, D. 16.—Wind
W.S.W.,
weather. ffelesoo
DEAL, DEC, 15.—Wind W, to Nr L"- • sr "'A
. jal)
therina, Boer, New York. Arrd. from the AP„ ts;
Williams, for the South Seas ; Emu, Smith, r,°'
Blundell, Daniell, Calcutta ; Varuna, 310n1°' •%onf toot
Charles Carter, Brand, Algoa Bay ; Medora, PclootaSidol
paraisio ; Sklad, Bulonovich, Rio Janeiro ; nehaw.,-Al
Repitto, Bahia ; Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie,
Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica ; London, Freerntieb,sw
William Henry Angas, Thomas. Honduras ; $l,
Whittle, Honduras.
5i5116
DUNDALK, DEC. 12.—51 d., Lord Napier,
John's, N.B. yotY
DUNDEE, DEC. 10.—S1d. Glammis Castle, ~e• ifspe-4
LEITH, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Pomona, Templeton' phi*.
YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Bruce, St.'„diskd•
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Prowler, Newfomar.:."
OFF PILL, DEC. 14.—Mexican, Dunning, pjo
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W. to 0 l';'„tt,;„:er
Caurier, Smith, Calcutta; Hope, Crawford, 11%1(F:0
Saldanha Bay ; Perallan, Garvin Havannab;'
shire, Chase, New Orleans ; Mary imball, GregoTcre-,0,
ton; Hottiuguer, Bursley, New. York ; Zanoni, SI iirr•
Eliza Norrison, Davies, Quebec; Ocean Queeli,:o.V'/1
Quebec, put back. 15th, Caroline, for Sierra Let,,iiiia
rest, St. John's, New, Brunswick. Off port, Ca,"
The Broad Oak.
h fret° jP;lieell
WHITSTABLE, DEC. 14.—The Water „woo
to Terceira, has been assisted into this bay'
ashore on the Red Sand.
titli
DEAL, DEC. 15.—The Duke of Manchester,
fro QB
to Jamaica, which was ashore on Sandwich Flatsch7or
was floated off this morning, and is now at an
,AOl
Downs, making but little water. . 'loll'ol
POWEY, DEC. 14.—The stern-board of a 511111'0
" Panope," of Liverpool, was passed off Lundy Lihip
10th inst. by the Amity, arrived at this port.
ni co oi fp
BIDEFORD, DEC. 15.—The Oregon, Rowe, fr°- '
theiNn ga
ilaeansrdi
osc tuarmrucoe kno off on near
r rockytthh ee
tebildletea7hbc,uetagoanfgdnalihnisis'N'heer:rytb°ole:sk.-sb:::11-11111)11.;
frog
pected to be got off next tide
eft 401.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—The Massachussetts a-;ore
this port, put into Holmes H. le, after being 0° ceoll
and thrown overboard part of cargo, and sailed then
00.
20th ult. for New York.
h
BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 13.—Two wrecks have
floating near the Smithick Sand.
;
MARGATE, DEC. 15.—The Sarah Flem.ns, from
andria to Dundee, whirl; was on shore near Ringagatairo;
12th instant, was assisted off this morning, after
dr
most of her cargo, with rudder disabled and loss of al'
chains, &c., and towed into this harbour. from
RAMSGATE, DEC. 15.—The Tetus, Makelson,
Algiers, has put in here with the deck load throw',
board, having been on shore on Margate Sand. _ be
YARMOUTH, DEC. 15.—A vessel, reported
Augusta, of North Bergen, from Smyr w i
na to the Osgept '-
towed into the roads this afternoon, with decks
.4t,
other damage. thiS rto
WELLS, DEC. 15.—The Industry, Powditch, of so t°
le is on shore at the entrance of the harbour, but al3P°
little damaged at present.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Danish Goll-eorEnniNeLntlGhHasT,BivAeLnTrot.ice tk,soetaapr4
light has been established on the eastern point of o'nortbriio
The lighthouse stands in latitude 54 deg. 57 niiihwiciP
longitude 12 deg. 32 min. 45 see, east a Green be oeep•
light is 82 feet above the level of the sea, and tualbe cotaoo
the distance of about three leagues between t direr
bearings of East and S. W. half W., in which We'
it is concealed by the cliffs.
lat*
FLORES LIGHT, RIVER PLATA'niver7.„det
The revolving light on Flores Island, in the "..,„0, es' j 0
having been plundered of its lamps by the lightkerbe
the orders of General Oribe, the Government °,,
Oriental, at the instance of the British and Frente
has announced its re-establishment, but under the PPre•
change in its character :—The entire revolution 0 .5 sof 11
which was formerly completed in seven minutes,' 100°, 00
duced to three minutes; in the course of which, SO 40
of darkness will take place, one of half a rti,e'irgst
other of a minute and a half in duration. The
feet above the sea, and shows all round the waltz Dip
LOSS OF, THE HOPE, OF LOND_,,°' to the et'
The following extract from a report address7,,,och ti
rifle Authority at Havre, by the Master of the Fie
chantinan, Les deux Freres Unis, has been 1°- Roi;
Lloyd's by the French Coisul-General.— sped `,-001I;
" The 20th October, at one o'clock, P.M., r welt -kiaa
ward, at a short distance, of a three-masted v iano'
dismasted, with the exception of her bowsprit, ''""Till art
of the bulwarks carried away from stem to stern.
sod ros
sel had nothing on deck but the stump of a d
of the topmast; the hatches were open, and 55b6 as
was waterlogged and laden with timber. oh" d dio
upright on her keel, was not very dirty, but ";,0000 000
barnacles along her sides, which caused me to 1-ithapti
she had been for a long time in that conditiont:,,u aP (10/
written on her stern, Hope, London.' The u"bablieSt'
o be uninjured and in good condition, and it is P.,„,';
she will remain for a long time, and occasion aw;,,,,e0
Her position, minutely determined at the time,
'8 mm. N. lat., and 22 deg. 50 min. W. long.

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MR. ESCOTT AND MS TORY CONSTII. Ylb°
We understand the majority of the committee tb° to
ducted the election of Mr. Escott, have, durittiastiso
week, signed a declaration, expressing their deter :Ills Mei.
withhold their support from him, in the event ,eviacillese
becoming a candidate for the representation or,' 00, r
This manifesto has been duly forwarded to the 'rind 4s
ber, but the course he will follow under such nove".e-en: for
what disagreeable circumstances, is yet to be ~'-ransel4l
hostile missive will not, we think, take him by s,"o3g..,;sit
his recent conduct proved that he expected sorne-e-01'. 1).
kind. His coquetting with the Liberals is now tli:LClle
and from the pi esent aspect of affairs it seems ",-1.1 01- tlid
will realise the truth of the old adage, which pow t el
danger of leaning upon two stools. With reetp.ecsoAcri
conduct of the clique who have treated their q—
_l'm
so cavalierly, we hardly think it the right one* onerlP, 13f
not appear that the Conservative electors, zosiebo;
have been consulted. The letter of dismissal w'l'9 to
no less than twenty electors. "Influential" tu`." •ve v;eett,
but to assume the power of sending a represent
right-about, ,without consulting the constituelicP,,illll6
very like a dictation, to which we think the lattecr". pr'ei
quietly submit. The proper course towards both 310;i0geg
and his supporters, was to have called a public: e€:
the latter, to which he should have been invil— the- of
heard his explanation of his past and future conduct.' 00001
tors could have come to a conclusion if he was, or was 01_411 I
man to represent them. It is rumoured that the 00", Wino
intend to put up Mr. Fleming, of Stoneham parkt,a; aro Do
election, if his consent can be obtained. Shona, ft. 0 •
the case, and should Mr. Escott again offer hirnsetj dOf
at the late Mayor's dinner pledged himself ..ro°oll,
curious state of things will present itself at the qry
dissolution of Parliament. We shall have three I,_e,.'sj jo
dates, and one of' them relying for his seat on Li u`^ tbst
by
port. We say Liberal support; for it is now clear
be t
Mr. Escott is again returned for Winchester, it plus Olt
the aid of those who opposed him at the last election...nod
clear `llO3O.
such a result was foreseen by Mr. Escott, is
from his speeches. Those who have heard, or re%1i,..00
cannot fail to have observed that, while a tone of LI,
pervaded them, there was a cautious abstinence frsinuebe
a shrinking from an explicit avowal of ;,piniou „ booe
t
absorbing topic of the day—the c;:rit-lavrs—ivhieb tout ti.":‘
and straightforward politician would have given w"-Ap-ligP-:
mystification and circumlocution in which Mr.liscott
to deal. The state of parties in Winchester is at P
curious, and will atil:nd food for remark at a future thiliai
await Mr. Escott's movements with some curiosity.--
shire Independent. ,„03'
A few days ago, a cat was shot by Mr. J. 011 i
hard,%_oo gatnekeeper to Major-General Wyndham, irlioo
Wood, near to the Park-house, of extraordinary dime f
'lhey length of this animal, from the head to the end kW°
tail, was no less than thirty-six inches • it measured mod!
inches round the body, ten inches and a half round the
eight inches round the thigh, seven inches round ths"'
wistilhed k poluzda and a>< ikill...Ourthrland for'