The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-24 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, Jury 23.

This day His Majesty Troop Ship Wi,ichelrea
was paid off, to be laid up in_ordinary at.this Port;
and the Rev;gcr Sloop sailed from the Great Nore
up the Thames, to bring down Volunteer Sea Men
from the Ships paying off at Deptford and WoOl.
wick, to those which are fitting out here, viz, the
Phoebe, Clyde, Biter, &c.
The Charger Gun.brig is come into the Harbour
from the Little Nore, to be paid off.

A letter received overland from Bombay says,
"We arc concerned to notice the loss of the Ship
Susannah, belonging to this Port, .also of the Brig
India, bound to the Red Sea, with 2.00 bearers on
board, who are said to have perished with the whole
of the crew. On the j4.th of January, the .4)TRIll.
gcre, Captain W. BO* EN, was spoken with, all
well, bound to Judda."

EZTRA.Cr OF A. LETTER FROM WICK, IN CAITH-
NESS, DATED THE I4TH OF JULY.

" Our Herring-Fishing commenced on Monday
last, and from the quantities which have been al_
ready caught, it is expeeted that the adventurers
will this year be more than usually successful. Some
Dutch Fishermen, who had been Prisoners of War,
at Norman-Cross, were sent here last Summer, at
the expence of Government,. for the purpose of
teaching u 3 the Dutch manner of curing Herrings;
and, although that method has not hitherto been
generally adopted, yet, it is not doubted that very
essential advantages have-been derived from.the in.
struCtion of the Fishermen. The,Bri tisk Fishing
Society, you would hear, have in contemplation the
making of a Harbour at this place ; and as -the- pa-
triotic. Members of that
..lostitution are aftually
using their exertions to get:the Society% Fttnds,in.
creased for that purpose,- I trust that the measure
will be speedily oar ricti into circa. It is confess.:
edly art objets of vast importance, not only to this
County, but to the Kin!niom at large ; and may we
not, therefore, reasonably expea that 'an aid Will
be granted by Parliament ? From the well-known
disposition of -the Members of the present /Viinini-
stration, I am confident that they will readily give
encouragement to every measure calculated to pro-
mote the improvement of their Country.
sc The EleCtion of our County MemberiS,to- Jake
place`on Thursday the 2zd ins-t. when it is thought
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR will he returned without op.
position. The Election of a Representative tor. the
Northern District of Boroughs is fixed fur the 30th;
Mr. WILLIAM DLINDAS is the only Candidate." ~

Yesterday se'nnight a Duel took place near Mtil-
linabro`, in the County 4-Kilkenny, Ireland, he_
tween Sir JOHN NE WPoRT, Bart. and Wt LIAAM
CoNGR EV E ALCOCK, E,q.—the former attended by
Major Quit/ as Ills second, the latter by Major.
CoLE. . We understand that the parties stood "at
ten paces distant from each other, and on 'a given
signal fired together ; but happily without effect.
Madame BoNAPARTE makes a point of addressing
some part of her conversation, to every person in-
troduced to her. Her manners are extremely elegant
and prepossessing.
The Marquis WrI,LFSLEY Governor-General
of Bengal, gave a public breakfast on the zsth of
November, in his tents, to the Ladies and Gentle-
men of the City of Benares, and to the Officers of
his Lordship's escort ; and on the z7th his Lordship
received a Congratulatory Address from the European
Inhabitants of the distria of Benares. The Gover-
nor-General resided, at Benares, at the house ,of
Major-General DEAR E. It was in this city where
the unfortunate Mr. Cirsitßy wis stabbed by the
perfidious assassin, Vizi ER ALLY.
On Wednesday Sir W. Etrotto, Bart. and P.
LANGMEAD, Esq. the MeMbers returned for Ply_
mouth, gave a grand dinner at the New Guildhall,
to their Constituents, nearly z 4.0 in number.—
Several loyal and constitutional toasts and senti-
ments were given on the occasion, and some excel-
lent songs.
The llforn;ng Post of yesterday contains the fol.
lowing curious paragraph ;—" Among other calum.
nies circulated in Norfolk, it was asserted that Sir
JACOB ASTLEY had ill treated his Lidy ; ' in refuta-
tion of this, Mr. Cot E took her by the hand,
and leading her :o the window of the Angel Inn,
asked the spetators if they thought she looked un-
happy, or as if ill used by her husband ?" Had
'there been a doubt upon the subje6l, this hand-in.
hand txhibition at the window must have removed
it, and proved, to the satisfaetion of the Free.
holders, that Sir jAcon was a good-natured man.
We trust, after all, that it is not true, that
either the Dutchess of DEVOI4ISIIIRE, or any other
still greater Personage, has been Canvassing for Sir
Fa4l4c is EVRDETT. Strange Reports nave been
spread upon this subjet.
The coalition in Hertfordshire was, i deed, an
unnatural one—almost as contemptible Ai that of
Mr. Fox with Mr. QaAHANie