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naces out of blast, and only 10 in inevitably do the same, for it is 

 blast. It also appears that the estimated that the company at 

 works of Mr. Reynolds (the old- Lillesliall has 5000 tons of iron 

 est family in the trade in the on haad, and the one at Made- 

 Shropshire distiict) ha%'e totally ley-wood not less than 3000. 

 ceased ; and that out of 34 fur- These extinguished works con- 

 naces (each casting 50 tons of sumed not less than 8000 tons of 

 pig- iron per week, and each em- coal per week, so that a corrcs- 

 ploying about 300 men), only 10 ponding number of colliers are 

 are at present in work ; and of also destitute, 

 these the Colebi-ookdale company 29. The dimensions of the 



has given orders for the disconti- different bridges in London are as 

 nuance of two : and others must follow: — 



Feet. 

 Length of the Waterloo bridge within the abutmentsl ,240 



Width of ditto, including the footway 120 



It consists of nine arches of equal span, leaving a 



clear water way under all the arches, measuring. . 1 ,080 



The width of each pier 20 



Length of Vauxhall bridge 860 



Westminster 1,223 



Blackfriars 940 



London, about 900 



30. Fisheries. — ^The herring 

 fishery at Wick, and along that 

 coast, has been veiy abundant 

 this season ; so much so, tliat on 

 some days it was computed that 

 about 1000 barrels of fish were 

 delivered at Wick and Pulteney 

 town, which, at the prices paid 

 to the fishers for the cran, would 

 amount to 5001. j a cran being 

 little more than a barrel of cured 

 fish. The quantities of fish have 

 been so great, that the curers 

 are now buying the cran for 6s. 

 and some as low as 5s. The 

 prospect of a market is unfortu- 

 nately very discoui'aging, and 

 great fears are entertained of loss 

 to the curers even at 5s. per cran, 

 for at that low price the bariel of 

 cured fish should bring 18s. to 

 pay the curer. 



Coldhigham. — The herring fish- 

 ery on this coast commenced 

 about the 1st inst.; since which 



each boat has brought in from 5 

 to 20,000 per day, and prices to 

 the country people are from Is. 5d. 

 to Is. 8d. per hundred. Last 

 evening the whole of the boats, 

 70 in number, were perfectly 

 loaded with fiom 40 to 70 barrels 

 in each. Prices this day as low 

 as 5s. per cran, and most of th» 

 merchants have completed iheir 

 quantity for curing during this 

 season. 



An extraordinary quantity of 

 herrings has been caught off the 

 north coast of Northumberland 

 for some days, so that they were 

 sold at Berwick, Tweedmouth, 

 &c. on the 26th and 27th inst. at 

 Is. per hundred, and on the 28th 

 inst. at 8d. per hundred, which is a 

 lower price than they evei' sold at 

 there before. Several herring- 

 boats have ventured along the 

 coast, some as far as Shields, for 

 a better market. The shoal of her- 

 rings 



