22 
to 281. for refufe, and ral. for half cargo. 
Price of herrings frem 20 to 25s. per bar- 
rel. One and 2 half bufhel, or S4lb. falt 
required for each barrel oi for the 
Weft Indies; Portugal falt ‘41. per ton; 
Barrels coft frets 4. to 5s. each. Seafon 
for fithing, November and December. 
Yarmouth has now nothing to do with 
the white herring fifhery, having made the 
‘experiment and failed: but with Lowe- 
off, confidered as the principal piace for 
ged-herrings im the world; 30 or 40 years 
ago, the export has oases to 79,000 
barrels, chiefly up the ftreights; and 3 or 
300 veflel Is have been employed. In1793, 
gbout ro,cco: barrels might be exported ; 
gone of fignifcation fince. In 1798, only 
eres 34. boats, aad 30: cobles, from the 
coat of Yorkfhire employed; the whole 
e2tch about 12, o08 barrels Ag home con- 
famption: oe of xf fort, ass. 2d fort, 
qos. and 3d fort, zos. per barrel. ‘Fhis 
_ ¥& the only deep fea fifhery in. the kingdom, 
gnd which is therefore the beft nurfery for 
feamen. Theboats carry 11 and 12 men, 
and are worth, with their appurtenances, 
soogl. Their fifhery is throuchout the 
fiormy months of O&tober and November, 
from Yarmouth to the Channel. Bounty 
mos. per ton, and 1s. per barrel; for ex- 
eer 1s. od. Dover and Haltings, &c. 
employ about 20 boats: finaller herr rings 
peailed & for the home confumption, but never 
for export. ~The war is a deadly blow to 
this fifbery, which is only upheld by the 
Bounty. 
Yarmouth, Faw. 11, ©7995 
See) 
Fur te Editer of the Monthly Magazize. 
SIR, 
iG AVING for fome years paid confider- 
**: able attention to fubjects connected 
with the police of this country, I tran{fmit 
eee gloflary of the principal terms now 
fed in the thieving world; perfuaded that 
publifhing it “in your extenfively cir- 
culated Magazine would be ferviceable to 
the public in general 5 and particularly 
wieful in the examination and detection of 
thieves, to gentlemen in the commiflion of 
the peace, refiding at a diftance from the 
metropolis. I remain, Sir, with refpect, 
A Constant — 
'FRIGS—Thieves. 
Files or Knuck les—Pickpockets. 
Eifts—Shop-lifters. 
Houfe. breaking— Milling of Kens 
Public-houfe hee "Dhcyes Flafh. Ken. 
4 Lobb full of Glibbs—A box fuil of rib- 
a Ruz Beak—A 
good Juftice. =, 
4 QUuare Delihom Ad 
bad Juitice, 
The Cant Language of Thieves. 
fJan. 
A Scribing Gloak to the Beak—A Clerk to 
a Juftice. 
A Horney—A Conftable. 
A Scout—A Watchman. 
A Quod Cull, and a Dubb Call—A. Gaoler 
and a Turnkey 
Z sls Bridewell. 
A Croping Cull—A Hangman. 
4 oe for Chinks or Feeders—A Thief 
for Tankards or Spoons. ~ 
Nix in whideling—Den’t fpeak. -¥ 
Tip us your fain——Give us your hand. 
A Coaping Cull—A. Horfe-jockey. - 
Pafing Quare Bluxt, or Smafbiag—Pafing 
oe Money. 
Scamping 7g on the Panny—Going on the 
Highway to rob. 
Fencing of Prads—Selling of Horfes. 
A Brace of Pops, or Barking Irons—A, 
Pair of Piftols. 
fo Glee the Rattler—To notice a Coach 
on the Road. 
Mill the Cull to bas ib—Kill the Man 
you rob. 
Mull the rattling Gloke—Kill the Eoach- 
man. 
Pikeing toa Beak —Going to the Juftice. 
Pikeine to Quod—Going te Prifon. » 
Tip me rum Darbies—Give me a light 
‘Pair of Fetters 
The Bufirap Fobus me—The Thieftaker 
knows me. 
I have received my Patter—I have had 
my Trial. 
I an dows for my Scrag—I am to be 
hanged. 
I am te be legg’d—I am to be tranfported. 
I napt the Flog at the Tumbler—I was 
whipt at the Cart’s Tail. 
A Dark Glim—A Dark-lanthorm. 
Our Fence is grabbed—Our receiver of 
Stolen Goods 1s apprehended. 
Let us pike to the Stari—Let us go to Lon 
don. 
Let us pike to the Spell—Let us go to the 
Play. 
Fis a rum Darky, and Oliver fhowws— 
It isa good Night, and the Moon fhines, 
Doufe the Glimms—Put out the Candles. 
Mill his Nob—Break his Head. _ 
Chive his Munns—Cut his Face. 
My Homoney is in Quod—My Wife is in 
Gaol.- . 
Tip me your Chive—-Give me your Knife, 
He kap a he buffs, he mounts—Synonimous 
terms for he fwears falfely. 
I am lp feedy—I am very poor. 
Napping a Peter—Cutting a Trunk from 
a Carriage. 
Drawing a Reader with Bank Screens— 
Stealing a Pocket-book with Bank- 
notes, | ‘ , 
Drawing 
