"Vie *pectatorr" ioeptember 28th, 1850
MISCELLANEOUS
THE boats of the fishermen at Scarborough have been so loaded within the last few days with herrings, cod, and salmon, as to make fish attainable almost for nothing. Herrings in Sunder- land are ten a penny. Cod, weighing from six to eight pounds, have been sold for sixpence each.
The Chancery suit of the Attorney-General v. Trevelyan is now one hundred and sixty-four years old.
It is said that whisky has been extracted from mountain heather in Scotland—opening a fine prospect for illicit distillers on the hills.
A return to Parliament just issued contains a list of sinecure benefices in England and Wales, with the name of the patron and the incumbent, and the annual value and population of each. It appears that there are 57 sinecure benefices, of which 18 are in the diocese of Norwich. The annual value of these benefices ranges from £10 to £1,125. In some of the places there are no churChes, and in others the churches are in a dilapidated state. The population of some of the sinecure benefices exceeds 1,000 souls.
Three persons started on Wednesday morning from Barnsley station on their way to Russia, for the purpose of superintending the establishment of some extensive manufacturies. The machinery that they are going to erect was sent off about two months ago, and had been made at Manchester, Leeds, and Barnsley. Their engagement is for three years. A boy only twelve years of age has died at Cheltenham from excessive smoking: the case exhibited the usual symptoms of poisoning by narcotics.
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