The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

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On Thursday morning the wool mill at Cumnock,
possessed by the Messrs. King, was discovered to be on
fire, and the flames continued until all was destroyed. It
is reported that not one farthing of the whole was insured.
We understand that the sharebroliers in Edinburgh
have resolved to establish a Stock Exchange to facilitate
transactions in business. A committee was appointed to
frame rules, which rules hare received the sanction of
the body. Premises have been taken in a very central
situation.

The largest elm tree that has been brought into Wor-
cester for the last half century was on Thursday safely
deposited in Mr. William Tunk's timber-yard, Tybridge-
place. It grew on Lord Sandy's estate, Umbersley, near
Worcester. It measured 30 feet long, and 14 feet in cir-
cumference at 15 feet from the butt ; weighs 14 or 15
tons ; and there is supposed to be 150 cubic feet of
timber in the top, left behind on the estate.
There is some likelihood of the pestilential nuisance,
the black ditch, in Boundary-row, Blackfriars-road,
being covered over at last, through the exertions of Mr.
Apps, the coachmaker, whose extensive premises are
surrounded by the filthy ditch. Mr. Apps has contri-
buted the sum of 2001. towards the undertaking, the
exfenses of which will be defrayed by subscription.
The Commissioners of Sewers, although frequently ap-
plied to to cover the ditch, have refused the application.
The new Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Arabin, gave the
usual inauguration dinner at the Mansion-house on
Thursday evening. It was attended by all parties
amongst thecitizens, and passed off with perfect unanimity,
and without any reference to political questions. Mr.
Arabin is a Protestant. The late Lord Mayor, Alder-
man O'Brien, is a Roman Catholic, and the efficient and
impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties
of his office, has obtained for him the respect and esteem
of his fellow-citizens, without distinction of parties.
Mr. Richard Bowden, a Protestant, was installed as
Mayor of Cork on the same day. In both corporations,
Dublin and Cork, Roman Cathol,cs form the prepon-
derating majority in the Town-Councils ; and in both
Protestant gentlemen have this year been chosen as
chief magistrates.
There has yet been no appearance of herring on the
coast of Skye, or in the lochs by which that island is so
much indented. The season may now be looked upon
as entirely lost to the poor disappointed fishermen.
Should herring appear in the dead of winter, the quality
of the fish would be so inferior that it would in no respect
remunerate the trouble of securing it. Few seasons have
been so very unfavourable ler herring fishing in the He-
bridvs as the now expiring season of 1844. "lhe " take"
has been in some bygone seasons very limited, and in
i.onsequence has been complained of, but when there is
ILO " take" at all, the condition of the poor fishermen is
by no means an enviable OPP, a-, under these circum-
stances, they Lind their families into.t lice on "credq,"
A/licit is no vi it:inc6t us difficult fur lio m to pr, etlri
is to procure ton capricious fish, which. would leave
comfortable and independent.