The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-09 00:00:00

HERRING FISHERY.

There is no appearance of a. herring fishery in the
Frith of Forth ; no fish have been observed coming
up the deep channel,: 'The gray gull,. the fisher-
men's pilot, has,. along with the flocks of other
fowls, forsaken the Frith. The codfish (which is
to the herring shoal as, the, hyena to -"the Abyssinian
army),cannot be found, and the whales, disiippoint-
ed of their prey, are amusing themselVes 'with a sew
loch-keepers in the upper parts of tLe river. The.
fishermen have no l4,:tter.success. 14:rrings have.
been caught on the Northumberland coast, where
there. was once a great fishing establishmen] ; and
being the same_ description of -fish
.asthose,Whieh
used to resort-to the Forth, it is concluded tlie shoal,
has gone to the southwaril, This is the more to be
regretted; both as a joss to the adventurers, and :as
a diminution of a Sotirce'of-national wealth, nioreo
than generally understood. Perhaps the following
-estimate, althotigh, like every other, yvery:speculit-.
tire, May not be far remote trout truth :
When this fishery weds -in its zenith, it is' sup=
posed there might have been 300 ve.els"eutiilqed
at one time, and that :tlyee. voyiges,were theave-
rage for the season. Each cargo wt,uld averag:soo
birrreli of herrings, making in all 456,660 barrels, in-
cinding in that number, all. that -Wtis-sOld4Tresh,'
roused, &c. The average price at •

20$. per barrel, shipt for a-market, woul4-bg 4io,ttoo
A'n:d the Oence &c; exporting them,
Ss. per barrel more, ; ,

I L'4soo‘

£s6-',Soo

And calculating a barrel cured herrings at aoolhs.
we find Chat, for.the. above sum,. we have 60,62
tons, at Bd. per ton, of good wholesome
food, &livered in'Grat Britain, Ireland, and :West

But the principal source.4P'wellth is tire nursery for sea:
men ; ,the vessels employed as busses,,Scs,yvpn4l employ
7 men each, which; t0r.300, is . - zloo
Suppose t sso boats at 6,. - - - 9000
L'xtra men employed in boats carrying fresh, &c.
.Stlppgse - - ' : - - loa
Talcuig,it for granted, that one.ha/Ithequantity , ~
of herrings cured was exported, it would re-'
quire 32,143 tons, and Stalll,3ll - - 1929
,--....._
. _ .
This gives Us the total, - - - 13,129

Men einployed in the seafaring business, and
those bred in, that line,: have been found in general
the very best seamen.. ,

Died, at Edinburgh, Nov. 24, 1808, the Rev.
DUNCAN MACKAY, late acting Chaplain of His
Majesty's Troops, on: the Establishment of -Madras:,
in .the East -Indies. Having returned from India
some years ago with a moderate fortune, he chose
to-express the respect which be always retained for
that antient Seat or learning where he had received
his education 5 his attachtnent to that: distr.i& of.
Scotland where he was born; and his desire to help
forw-ard virtuntis and indigent young *men of
during ,the, course, of their. academical Studies, by
founding new Bursary in the United College of
St. Andrew's, and vesting the patronage thereof iu
his chief, -Lord PLEAY. ;laying_ communicated .his
intention last summer, and corresponded with the
'College upon the subjea, he: lately lodged three
hundred pounds .sterLing :in the,hancis of Alr. WAL!';
TEit Cook, tr. S. Agent far,the ,College.; but, he
died before r)eet§sary deeds' were extended, and
left them to .be,exetuted by his-Trostees.•

DISCOUNT- :ALIADWE'Dw ON LOTTERY SII NRES:—
very Purchaser of Shareti of.,Ticketii, amounting Jo
Fii7e Pounds and up wardi,will be allowed a Discount,
at)..WARN ER'S Fortunate Office, 16, Cornhill,lkhe're
Capital Prize to a large.ain—Ount have .beTn recently
gold ShAres.=—The LOtteiy, begin's draWing.,
Tdeidiy, with superiot advantages m
es to any oiler
SCheme, viz. Two new Priies of's6o:Tickets-each,
besides 'Four
,of 20,6001.- Two of 10;0601. Twu of
4-0001. Vic.

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