Star.
London, England, 1824-08-13 00:00:00

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salmon is not plentiful whaltdreflnive ha.
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ning, and see the porpoises up, it
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,erect as a sigb that the fish are apt* Frig.
Do you madder the meals as very destinethre w alma?
They are.
Do they remain in the Tay alt hire ger resed?—Thr, de.
Da yea suppose that Mak of eliennewelfillit Pro or ihroo
dry if-tbri celddea then 7-4,l•Aneeths that a potpie
twice that number; and Jammartain that a seal everprhyt
destroy that nonsher; and mem;
illlill owstate to the. Cenasnittee, why you think the!
so many?—Berttent,l have seen the seals at
poriiiimes, 'and observed' the destruction they occa,
gen. The size of a seal ip iery great. There are some
oFtbeisi at Ballina nearly as large as a small cow or a
bseer; and sons, of them are very large in the Tay toot
Out rthink I have seen larger ones on the coast of I
rand than I have seen i 4 the Tay.
Are the fry injered by the rafeett-of the manor
Mite being conveyed into the spoilt" waters ?—Yes;
ii.iony rivers in En land where ttie.thanufactories hay,
hem established, have been entirely deserted by that
species of fish. Tbere is lime, and other things which
will kill the fry, in the water coming from those places.
There is a very bad practice of tanners and hatters, and
those persons. who care sheep-skins, putting them in
lime, and letting the refuse go into the little rivers; they
frequentlyoome to the rivers, and wash the filth- from
the skins. The steeping of flax in the rivers is very it Itt7
rious, and will kill the fry.
Are ps washings ollandius to the fish T—Tbey destroy them;
there have been several complahus by fishermen of the Themes that
thetdestroy the Ash.
you consider that the. destruction of salmon fry
by anglers, is so great as to acasion any serious injury
to the fishery ?—.l- do think it is. There is an immense
quantity takenout of the different rivers by anglers, in
a state oat of which they would be certain to grow to
perfection. I have known even boys and children go
and kill, in the coarse of an afternoon, twenty, thirty,
and forty dozen. I have known, a man kill thirty-five'
dozen in an afternoon ; and if you take even twenty or
thirty in a day, of those fishes, what an immense num-
ber it comes to.
Espirito:Mt are at this moment making at Brest am
741180 Amens, which calibre it ie considered.
eirohle Si eivlsit.hastvie teeming vessels.

Last night an infant whs knocked out of its mother's'
arms by a man riding past the Idarsh-gate,Westmlnster-
road, and killed on the spot. •
An old Lady in Dumfries, of the age of 86, who had
lost all her teeth several years ago, has, to the astonish-,
tnent of her !Hands, cut siz new teeth within these few
months, and, as may be supposed, enjoys no small sa-
titfaition at being able once more to bite a crust. But
there.is an old Gentleman living not many doors him
her, upwards of 97 years of age, who has not lost fine
of his teeth, and is able to cratk be hardest sea-biscuit.
What is still more remarkable, he can read and write
without the aid of spectacles. _ .
Catttouc Milers We congratulate our Roman
Catholic fellow-townsmen on the wisdom and discern.
ment shewn by them, in resisting the unpopular and
unwise measure of raising funds for the Association in
Dublin, by monthly subscriptions. The thing his been
iriedlor one day only,' and that short trial has: proved
its downfall. The person appointed to collect, raised
only three shillingkodd penekin.the entirst of North-
street, although some of the subscription; amounted to
10d. He was roughly used ;by some foolish women;
and all the most respectable Catholics' resisted thit un-
just impost. He threw up his calling, held for full six
hours, iu utter disgust.. Surely those men who have
placed this " old respectable inhabitant" in so unplea-
sant a situation, must feel ashamed of their conduct,
anddisgusted with themselves. We before told them,
that the thing would apt do in Belfast. The tingle
trial of one day has proved -the truth of our amnion.
We implore the leaders, through respect to themselves,
to gO no further in this work of folly. They will be
only making themselves more ridiculous than they
already are..—Beifast Northern Whig.
A few days ago, a shocking accident happened to
James Brierley. .He had superintended Werneth Farm,
belonging to E. Lass, Esq. of Oldham, upwards of
forty years, and very seldom went into the fields with
out being accompanied by a terrier dog ; bat in conse-
quence of dogs being in such a 'dangerous state at pre-
sent, he was obliged to leave it confined ; and having
the misfortune to go into a field unprotected, where a
bu 11 was grazing, he was ruddenly attacked by the
animal, thrown down, and- then gored in the belly in
most shocking manner. '-fle lingered in agonies hide-
scribable until Monday week, wedeath pot an end
to his sufferings.
THUNDER STORM.—.Monday, at about :WO or di*
o'clock, a thunder storm burst over Fountain's Town,
near the residence of GEORGE HODDER, Esq. One peal.
was tremendous, and its effects have been sevetely felt;
Five labouring men had taken refuge in the house of a"-
farmer named Daniel IVPDonnell ; the electtic finidi
penetrated it, scorched-the labourers in a most dteadfs
manner, and cut a dog across the back.; a child who
lay in n cradle escaped unhurt. The men were all
speechless, but hopes are entertained of their recovery.
Wednesday se'nnight several villages in the neighbourhood of
Btu were visited by a storm. About four o'clock in the artetnnan,
a heavy cloud was seen to appsosch tram the south, writing pa-
dtully on, and presenting, as it has been described is qs, the ap-
ratline* of a Curtain ester from the sky to the earth. This
shapilsr•phenosienon was f to be. oephioned by the Menses*
=t ethunps dice, many as imp as Walnuts. This lisitonenst
about twenty minutes, and was followed by,tonents of rain
for meth longer time. In many Seidl the earn *as completely
stripped off the stalk, sad the straw broken as Sisdt had been
'threshed with a machine not less than a hundred lives of com-
mon turn4a were washed away, and some Swedes were cut to
atoms. The quantity of ice Was so great that the ditches were in
some places cloaked up with it, and in many instances it was car-
ried by the flood upon the &Ids, se that large patches of the men
which had been fattened as if they had been tolled, were covered
to the depth-hi Ikea 'or four inches with what had an, the appear-
Mee of maw; leihemonth of August ! In this state they were sea
on MS tblinvit day after tan o'clock, and even then the lee was
aria some aE the hollows; on the previoes evening it
• Irlodlifiress f Indeed, the quantity was so great that
mete sews till' after' noon in taking it away, and several
Inds were Wait Beery norbory's, se Barson,for sae.
IV;
seppesed that sots sink young partridge is left awe on the a
hem, as pointers were taken but on Wednesday, and sprung.nois,
Wak
but old it
Tiny s, whilst anwards Shy brace were Mend dead. Mr.'
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is no doubt but they destroy an immense number of
salmon. L.nevistmi vets
. parpgkelopened, but a
man. who if tbtfiv,ph,s
cfsialk iiyi; be had take
as much wit& nthkeinsitinnt mei eUtheen *sin "aid
have carried: •Derissitti the. tiro Iri,hweLd4Ssl
Water quite tev *
iied OA pit ,
and 'South. kart.' Tbey ire - the . • 1
the salmon is plentiful ; we do not me tiesmoth et*
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Wake', Titarrartli,:had about aaitrity acres it trarky WNW;
if it bad boa 1W ambit Mr. AMA of Ben* Ma Simla&
MPaiithuniref a !arikrbao af ttwalps; mid may abet mods Is dross
dap. sestilmettoidderable injury. Me Madam
beta it to Mrs. °Abed., al itemises'
M. were Tw'f lava didasrad, and &pit tilatbraltea
dra tort-livart of N. 8, BMW Xi" af Maw, dm Dory.