The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-09 00:00:00

THE FISHERIES

FOIVEY.—The drift boats in this neighbourhood continue
to bring in fine pilchards, from five hundred to two or three
thousand each. Though several of the seans have shot they
have taken nothing.—Several fine salmon have been taken this
week by Mr. Lowry's sean, and cold at Bd. per lb.
VERYA N.—Several Beans shot in Gerrans bay, on Mon-
day last, but the catches were very small, about three to
four bearing mauns to a scan. The drivers at Portloe have
done scarcely anything for tke last few days ; but on
Tuesday night one of the Portloe scans shot in Gerrans
bay, and took. up about. sixteen hogsheads of fine pilchards.
Sr. lyEs.—Several small shoals of playing fill have been
seen from the hills during the week, but too far off for the
scans. The mackerel boats that have been fishing two or
three leagues from the law' report that they have seen large
quantities of pilchards passing up the Channel.
Loot. .-'f drift boats are taking from five to ten thousand
fine pilchards each every night ; but nothing has been el, ne
yet by the sears. The Polperro drift beats have similar
catches to the Looe boats.

CITARLESTOWN.—The drift boats continue to take some
small cotches of fine fish, which have been sold for Is. Bd. per
hundred.— West Briton.

HERRING FISHING, PERWICK, SEPT. 5.----Sinee OUT lavt
our boats have ben at sea every night and have only got a few
crans to add to their former bad fishing. This morning they
are all clean, and there is now little prospect of any more till
the moonlight, when they are going to make another trial ; hut
many of the half.dealsmen will have to go a harvesting. The
take for this season is only about a third of that of last year and
about a fourth of an average year. The boats upon an average
have not above forty crans each, and the fishermen are very
much cast down. Prices have been during the week from 13s.
to I7s. per cran.
fishing for the past week has been very
light. There were some good shots in the early part. of the
week ; but these not at all general. The average ft,r the week
has been from two to three crans ; prices 13s. to 17s. per cran.
The average up to this date for the season is 119 crans. A
good number of our boats have left for the south, in consequence
of a report of a good fishing at Craster and Boulmer.
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—Our fishing in the latter end of
last week was very good, some boats had from twenty to thirty
cram. On Monday and Tuesday this week, it was more
general, the highest boat had between thirty and forty crans,
bu':. on Wednesday and Thursday the fishing had fallen greatly
off, the highest boat having only twelve crams. Prices ten to
twelve shillings per cram
DuNBAR.— The herring fishing at this station is now nearly
dosed, after a very successful season. The strange boats are
daily returning.—Berwick Adrertiser.

THE POTATOE CROP.—The most alarming ac-
counts are given of the state of the potatoe crops in this neighbour-
hood, Wisbech. We cannot gather a single account where the dis-
ease, which appears in other parts of the country to have attacked the
crop, has not made its appearance. The stem which a fortnight
or three weeks since bore the most promising prospect, is every
where withering. The commencement of the attack Is generally
dated here from Tuesday, the 19th ult., which it will be remem-
bered was one of the heaviest rains almost ever known. It first
appears with a bluish speck on the potatoe, which rapidly extends
through the root. A grave was opened yesterday which had been
formed about tie time above-named, and the stench was intolerable,
consequently all the potatoes spoiled. It has given a check to the
purchasers who were sending such quantities from hence, as we
learn that a cargo last week when it arrived in the north was half
of it rotten.—Carnbridge Chronicle.
CRYSTALLISATION OF SILEX.—IMPORTANT TO THE
MANVPACTUREUS :OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—M. Ebelmen, who
has obtained, by a solution of silicic acid in ether, a comp-mil
which he calls silicic ether, further shows that by the evaporation
of that substance in a mist atmosphere a plate of sileX is deposited,
perfectly transtucid, and quite free from double refraction,
cumstance which must give it a great value in the construction cu."
telescopes and other optical instruments,—Medical Times,

EXETER, SEPT. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The gales are—North Devon, 2% p.
—Ezeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % p.—Exeter and Predi-

ton, o—Exeter, Topatiiin, an F,Rtnettili (WO Nip), 1:-4 •
—Eastern Countlea. 20t,;—1l tto, Exten.lo:l, Nti., 2, lit 11,
Ely and Bedford,
HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 8.
&sem ExcrinNoK.—The sales are—Great Eastern and
Western, 31/2--Glasgow and Dumfries, 2L is. 6d.—Great
Gemsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, s;4—Lan-
cashire, YorkuLdre, and North Eastern, 4%—Leeds and
Think, 23'3A —Leicester and Bi!iningt::,:a, 3t. ts.—Leicester
and Bedford, fi—Loncicn and York. 7—Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation. 2'16 —Nottiptzham, Belvoir. and
Grantham, 3'7—Slieffield and Lincolnshire, 814—South Mid-
land, 73/—Troit lisitey Continuation, 3.
HULL, SEPT. F.
STOCK EXCILINGE. —The sales are—Durham and Sunder-
land, 27—Ditto, New, 41— Preston and Wyr,, Half shares,
914—York and North Midland Extension 26:!4—Aberr:een,
4,4—Caledonian Extension, 31/lc—Great G'rimsbv and Shef-
field, Quarter Shares, 51.—Nottli British, Half Shares, 1056
—North Wales' 44—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
4A—Arrnagli, Coleraine, and fortrush, 23‘,—Durby and
Gainshorough, 558. pm.—Direct Northern, 3A—East
Lin-
cndnshire, 4',,—East Coast; :3A —Co,le. Doncastr.r. ffeld.
&c., 31,—Craad Union, 3X—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
North Eastern, 4 pm.—L,icester and Bedford, 4'. 7s.—Leices-
ter and Birmingham, 23.—Lorlork and Birmingham Exten-
sion, 3/. Os. fid.—Newcastle, Durham, and LancaAire, 4
Nottingham, Erewash, 477—Nottingham and Boston,
3%—Nottingham and Mansfield, 41/—North Staffordshire,
6%—ltugby and Huntingdon, 3.14 Ninth Midland, 71. 17s.
—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 7.k,;—sllrewsbury and
Trent Union, s—'Tan and Dove Valley, 3k—Wakefield and
Bradford. 7—York and Carlisle, s%—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 41.85. 9d.

SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 8.
STOCK ExclrANGE.—The salts are—London and Croydon,
261/2—Midland, 40/. Shares, 26!4—South Eastern, 4g 9f4"—
Sheffield and Manchester, 150 ex div. and ex new—East
Lincolnshire, 6%—Grimsby and Sheffield, 20:!,i—Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 6—Grimsby Railway and Dock Ex-
tension, 9%—London and Windsor, 375. 6d.—Manchester,
Buxton. Matlock, and Midland, 1014—North Western, 76
—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B'-_Wakefied and Harro-
gate, 776.6 d.

YORK, SEPT. 8.
STOCK EXCHANG E.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex ten •
sion, 3%—Al idland, New. 255—North British, New, 110!,1
—York and North Midland ( Selby scrip). 77 t4—Ditto Exten-
sion, 2714—Grand. Union, 31/—Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction, 20—Ditto, Quarter Shares, s%—Lancashire, York-
shire, and North Eastern, s—Leicester and Bedtbrd, 4%—
London and York, 6:%—Mold Junction, 414—Manchester,
Buxton, &c., 911—North Western. 71,4—Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire, B%—Welsh Midland, 4%—Yorkshire and Glas-
gow, 4%.