The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-09 00:00:00

HARWICH, SEPT. 8.

YESTERDAY morning arrived the 'Prince of
Orange Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, with the Mail
from Cuxhaven.

Early this morning arrived the Diana Packet,'
Capt. OSBORN, from Helvoetsluys, with the Mail
and Passengers.
And about six o'clock this evening sailed the
Prince of Tales Packet, Capt. A. DEANE, and the
Diana Packet, Capt. STEWART, with Passengers
and the respective Mails for Helvoetsluys and Cux-
haven.

DEAL, SEPT. 8.

ARRIVED the Fat tumie and Diamond Frigates,
With Dutch Troops, from Jersey for the Texe;.

Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the
East India House, when the following, Ships were
taken up..
Ship
.bHilding by Mr. LARKINS for Captain
rittrre, and. Bombay Castle, for Bombay and
ChinC;'ltiT Ship Anderson, St. Helena, Ben-
cooler's.an' et.C44a—To be afloat 25th Oft. it3o2,
to sail.,tp Gx4y,fsend 9th November, and be in the
I)owns the 15th December.
Rindosian, and New Ship Boriadailt, for Coast
and China—To be afloat gth November, to sail io
qtayesend zith _Nay. and..be in.the Downs 31st of
December.:

Co, of London, and New Ship I•2lZwedriv, for St.
Helena and Bengal ; and Admiral- Gardner irh.i.lir
Lushington, tor Coast and Bay—To be afloat
25th Nov. to sail to Gravesend 9111 Dec. and to be
in the Downs t4th January, 1803.
New Ship Queen, for Bombay ; Windham, and
Trapoie for MadrasTo be afloat 9th Dec. 1802,
10 sail to Gravesend 22c1 Dec. and to be in the
Downs 27thlanuary.
Hugh Inglis and Calcutta, for Coast and Bay ;
arid-New Ship Chap/sock, for Capt. Ro E g-rso tr, for
Bengal—To be-afloat 9th Jan. to sail to Graves....,-
end 23(1 Jan. and to be in the Downs 28th February.
New Ships, Charnock and Charlton, for Bengal.;
Vigram, and New Ship, Larkins, for' China ; to be
;float 23d Jan: tBo3, sail to Gravesend 6th Feb.
and be in the Downs r+th March.
New Ship, Mestaer; New Ship; St. Barbe, for
Bombay and Madras ; New Ship, Mellish, for St.
Helena and Bengal ; Exeter, Dorsetshire, and
Courts, for China ; to be afloat 6th Feb. 1803, sail
to Gravesend 21st Feb. and be in the Downs 29th
'March.
Earl Spencer and Preston, for Bengal ; New Ship
Ponhant, for Bombay ; and the Hope, and such
ether Ships as are intended to compose the last Fleet
for China; to be afloat the 21st Feb. 180.3, sail to
Gravesend 7th March, and be in the Downs izth
April:,; •

day
.' 41 the above Ships to remain at Gravesend 30

The tonnage appropriated to China this season,
for the service of: the Honourable East-India Com-
PanY,- amounts to 15,6+S tons, of which 7 zoo tons
are direaly consigned to China, and 844.8 tons pro-
ceed circuitously, by the way of Madras and Bom-
bay. Only two ships are consigned to Bombay, and ,
seven direaly to Bengal.
The following ships are the Whalers for the sea-
son rBoz, who have received the license of the Hon.
the Court of Directors of the East India •Company to ,
proceed to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope,
on the Southern Whale Fishery, viz.—The British -
-Tar, Alexander, Astrea, Aurora, Georgiana,
Beth and Mary, New .Euphrates, Mary, Resolution,
Flirt, Pacific; Policy, Alkon, Eckuinstow' , Favou-
rite, Charming Kitty, Commerce, William Fenning,
and Dubuc. The above ships are expeaed home
next season:

Last week the Prestot,lsACßES, and Middleton,
3011trsoN, arrived at Newcastle from Davis's Straits,
the former with 282 casks.of-blubber, the produce
of fifteen whales, seven seals, and one bear ; and the
latter with 400 casks of blubber, and II tons of oil,
produce of ts whales and 8 seals.
The following vessel last
.week arrived at Hull
from Davit's Straits whale fishery, viz. the Gar..
diner, Capt. AL LP.N; with sixteen fish; producing
2,20 tons of oil, and a tons of fins ; the Holderness,
-f 40E, with ten fish, producing 120 tons of oil,'and
& tons of fins ; and the Brothers, E DMUND, with
Vne fish, producing xis tons of oil, and 6 tons of
tins.

The fiat, Aim, of Frodsham, SAMUEL PARRY,
mas*ri laden with lime stones, from Black and Blue,
was' stralAdm. on west Hoyle bank on Wednesday
se'nriight, otfekv drowned ; as were also the Captain's
wife, and. tad. One boy who had been lashed to
the shrouds, was brought into Liverpool the neit
day, by some fishermen.

On Saturday a nursery maid standing at the one
pair of stairs window with a fine child of twenty
171°nthS belonging to a Gentleman in Aidermanbury,
earelessly let it fall. Its skull was fraaured, and
it died in twenty minutes aftezw•ards,