The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-29 00:00:00

NORTHERN SEA-MARK.

Tiiß following Paper contains information of
some importance to the Navigation-towards the
Coasts, in the neighbourhood of the IslandOf Hel-
goland : it was published at Bremen on the loth
inst. under the authority of Mr. KoLErticAmp, the
Danish Consul in that place, and cannot fail to be
acceptable to the commercial world.

Fo'r the safety of vessels, which are bound for the
Harbours or Rivers in the neighbourhood of Hcl_
goland, and ;'nay have been carried, -by accident or
otherwise, to the Northward of that Island, a Sea-
beacon has been ereEted 'on the-sand-bank, which
lies a quarter of a German mile (a German mile is
upwards of 44. English) to the ;South of Anirtun,
and the West of the Island of Pellworm, and which,
in ordinary floods, rises five feet above the surface
of the water,. • .

The height of this Beacon is 6o feet. It is easily
seen at a distance of three German miles ; appearing
at first like a sloop, with a topsail set.
The Bea Con and the Light-house on Helgoland
are different from each other; by a compass devi-
ating 259 from N. to W. N.t. by E. eE. 6,1 Ger.
man miles, in bearing and distance.
The advantages to be derived, from' this Beacon
are as follow :

I.' It serves to point out the sand-banks in that
part. As soon as it can be listindly seen from the
deck, the vessel,must not :ippwa.ch nearer.; for then
the soundings will be from six to five fathoms, and
the distance two German miles.
z. The Beacon may serve also as an excellent
mark for enabling vessels to regulate their course.
When it is seen two German miles East, by the
compass, it gives the foll9wing courses and dis-
tances ; regard being always to be had to the state
and direftion of the tide :

Course. Dista
To the Island of Helpland, - - S.W.
- outermost Red Buoy of the Elbe, S W. 7t
Black Buoy of the
Eider, - _ _5 S
Red Buoy of the He- Z S.E. by S. 7
ver,
- - - -
Black Buoy of the jS. E. E. if
Schmal-deep, . - S
- Lister-deep, - - - N.E. E. ' 4

.~ - -

3. The Beacon furtherserves as a principal mark
for direting the navigation to these Deeps and
Rivers.

To make the Schmal-deep—the Beacon must he.
brought to N.E. 2-3dS E. bearing, from the vess4l;
and this course must_be kept till within a German
mite of the Beacon, where, the Pel!worm Old
Tower bearing E. by E. Ole outermost black buoy
of the Schtnal4eep will be found in fitham
lroter,, In clear weather,. the Beacon may be
brouOrWithia an eighth of the compass to the-
ot:fibe outermost .corner of Annum, lna the
`l3ellwOir.4old Tower, betwixt North And South
Oog, but nearer to the first, in the proportion -of•
one to two. •

To make the Hever—let the Beacon be brought
two German miles to the East ; then let the above.:
mentioned course S. E. by S. be kept, till North
hoft (that is, the N.W. of the land,of Eidcrsted)
is seen ,or till the church and steeple of
Wester-bever become .dear of the sand downs. Then
the Beacon, which can there be distinlly seen'
bearing N. by-the coinpass, the.outermOst rea buoy
of thelieyer will-be discoVered.

To make the Eider--let the Beacon be brought
two German miles to the East, aud let the course
be S.S.E. till the Beacon disappears to the North.
The sand,downs of Eidersted will then be disco-
vered, and the course must be continued so long to
the Southward, in from 4. to 32fathoms water, till
the two Beacons on Sud hoft or at St.. Peter appear
in a straight line E.N.E., when the outermost
buoy will be seen,.
In the same manner, the Beacon is of advantage
for making the Lister-deep; for as soon as it dis-
appears to the South, the island Silt is discovered;
and when The middle of this island, called Rothelif,
appears in the East, the course may he direi.c.led
Northward very near the coast, till the Northern
point of it is reached; then turning to the E. and
S.E. good anchorage may be found behind List.

COCKPIT, WHITEHALL.

BE-FORA TR £ GO&DS COMMISSIONERS-OF P E ALS

iN PRIZE CAUSES.

'The S;sterr, STOKES master.—An- "Appeal
from New Providence.- ThiS ship, laden :with 'a
cargo of deer skrins,_ furs, staves, and bound on a
voyage from Pensacola, in East Florida, to any
port in America, as asserted, was captured on the
25th of February, 1798, by the private sloop of
v
. war PIaer,,BENJANt IN NE wzoir, commander, )ind
carried. into New Providence,
,in .the Vice-Admi-
ralty Court of which Island-the usual proceedings
,
the. ship.
It appeared that the claimants were natives of
Scotland, and that two of the senior Members of
"their mercantile I fihn. Were' 'inhabitants of North
America, and with the Independence of the United
States had their persons zttatnted, and their proper.
ty confiscated,' by reason of their attachment to the
BritiSh Government, upon which they rook refuge
in lis Majesty's then Province of East Florida,
where being acquainted with the nature of the In.
dian ttlide, they commenced Indian traders. That
upon the cession of the Floridas to Sp tin; the firm
was continued, with-the approbation of His IVlajes,
ty's Officers, and consent of His Catholic Majesty's
Governor, who was sent to take possession of the
Province. When the War between 'Great jlritairt
and Spain tOok-place_ they wete.-considered as the
alien enemies of Icing of Spain, and one of the
partners of the-,firm was indulged with taking -an
Oath of. Neutrality, for the proteetion;of their per,
sons and property, until they could ~semove there.,
with front:His Catholic -Majesty's li),oin;nionS an 4
it also appeared that the present cargo:. was • part of
that
..property,. doing under letters. Of safe condu't,
agreeable to the Royal Orders of the Icing of Spain,
t43444e-ifiSsitish- erca ntile. house in. America, at the
time of thecapture.-: It was contended on the part
of the captors, that the question in this case depend,
ed upon the national charaeter of the claimants, atu
-
that, it was clear, from the evidence prOduced in the:
cause, that these parties never intended to withdraw
their property altogether from the Spanish Domini,
ons, and therefore,,. whether they were to he consi.
tiered as SpaniSh SubjeCls, or British .Subje4s, ig
was-liable to confiscation.

After Counsel were heard on the part of the
claimants, their Lordships took time AO consider of
their sentence, as it would determine two othei•
cases, in which the claiMants were interested.

The Conn Martial, for trying Capt. lit LPL.
LowrLL; of His-Majesty's late Ship Sluittsitires
was held on board His Majesty's Ship- Gmret4x,
Mahon, on the 18th of August, aol, for quit.,
.zing his convoy, put Under his charge by Lord
KEITH ; and also for the loss.or the Ship
after a minute investigation into all the circumf
stances, the Court • passed the following sentence
on capt..,HALLowELL and.his ship's COmpany
" The Court were of opinion, and it appeared to
them, from the narrative of Capt, H4LLowELL,
supported by the best•possible evidence to be ob-
tained, that the Convoy,
,under Captain' HALLo-
WELL'S charge, was of very little Importance in
any point of view ; that his determination -to leave
the said Convoy, and join Sir JOHN WARREN, was
diElated by sound judgment and zeal for the ,service
of his King and Country ; and the Court was far-
ther of opinion, that the loss of His Majesty's
late ship Stuiftsure was unavoidable, and that the
condua of Captain I-lALLOWELL, his Officers, and
Ship's Company, in defence of the Swiftsure, was
highly.metitorious, and that Captain HALLOWELL
displayed great judgment in the mode he adopted
to avoid' so superior a force, and,equal gallantry
in the execution of the plan so formed ; they did
therefore adjudge, that they. he honourably ac-
quitted, and they were honourably acquitted :ie.
Cordingly."

We have great satisfadion in stating, that by an
overland Dispatch, received yesterday at the India
House, accounts have reached this t;ountry of the
safe arrival at Sydney Cove in New South Wales,
of the Lady Nelson, commanded by Lieutenant
GRANT, a vessel of sixty tons only, constructed
under the immediate diredion of Capt. SCHANgs
Her 'passage from the Cape of Good Hope to Nevi
South Wales was only ten weeks, in which she
'encountered a variety of weather, but arrived with-
out the smallest damage, and with her crew in the
most perfect letters from Govertor
'KING are dated in March last—The Lady Nebo
had then sailed to prosecu those discoveries on the
Coasts of that immense Country, for which she was
sent from. home.—The utility of this Vessel. was
strongly acknowledged by Governor KING,- and
there can be no doubt but we shall soon hear of im-
portant additions to the confined knowledge as yet
gained of that Country: It was generally con-
ceived before she sailed from England that it was
impossible for such a vessel to circumnavigate the
Globe,—The doubts upon this point are happily re-
Moved by the safe arrival of the Lady Nelson, and
the great utility is further proved of the sliding;
keels, the invention of the Officer above named, Ed
whose, ingenuity and wive services the Country is
under many and great obligations. We shall soon'
state some further particulars on this interesting
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