The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-21 00:00:00

CAUTION TO MARINERS..

The following is ixtr.teted from an Edinburgh
Paper :
As doubts remain with several Navigators re.
spewing the existence of Aken's rock to the west_
ward of Tory, I think it a duty to make public the
following information relative to it, communicated
to me by the Rev. Jon N STEWART, a passenger with
me in the Enterprize, from New_York to Greenock,
on Thursday, August 9th, 1792.
" Ship Nestor, of Greenock, Capt. —, from
New_York bound to Greenock, being in latitude
per observation of SS. 19. N. and longitude per ac-
count of 9. 53. W. of London.—The officers, as..
sengers, and ship's company ,who were then on
deck, perceived a rock, about four feet below the
surface of the water, not five- fathoms from , the
weather-beam of the ship, in the form of a horse-
shoe, with orie side rather longer than the other ;
the Mate instantly threw an empty barrel over-
board ; the yaul was got our as soon as possible,
and the Mate, four hands, and two passengers, Mr.
Andrew Brown merchant, now of Albany, in the
State of New-York, and Mr. Edward Moore, son
of the late Sir Emanuel Moore, of Cove, near Cork,
went in the boat, and were absent near two hours
in search of the rock ; but owing to the ship's drift,
and a dark cloud 'WhiCh then obscured the atmos-
phere, they could find neither rock nor barrel. Mt.
Stewart was, then a passenger in the Nestor, and
saw the,rock plainly-with the tangle growing on it.
" ORTESCITE CUMMING,
" Master of the ship Entorprize, of New. York.),
Greenock, Off. 9, rBO-2.

-No Artificer or Labourer has been discharged
from the Dock-yards, during the late visitation,
who was capable of performing his duty, unless for
miscondua ; and, every man, who from length of
service, or hurts, had a claim on the Public, has
beetvput on the Superannuated List, which has been
extended to the Ropemakers and Sawyers, who
were never before provided for.
On Tuesday the sth instant, the Sloop Generous
Mind, of Dundee, was lost off the Coast of Caith-
ness. She sailed from Helmsdale on the 4th, with
ballast, and a quantity of linen p.m, bound for Wick,
where she was to complete her cargo with red her-
riogs for Aberdeen. The weather getting thick in the
evening, she anchored in Helmsdale Bay. Next
morning it blew a hu:ricane, which obliged the Cap_
tain to cut the cable and stand out to sea, where.she'
soon spent all her sails, and, sprung a leak. Signals
of distress were hoisted; but though crowds of
people, pn the shore witnessed their danger, no as.
sistance could be rendered. Towards evening, the
wind in some degree abated; and, the vessel now,
being much water-legged, the. Captain and Crew
got into the boat ; and, we are happy to add, that,
after six hours tossing in a heavy sea, they were
safely landed in St. Clair's Bay. The vessel went
down soon after the Crew quitted her.
We understand that the Honourable the Court of
DireClors.of the East India Company have permitted
the Ship :roil, JOHN MIII“E master, to proceed to
the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope on the
Southern Whale Fishery this season, in addition
to the Ships Datche'ss •,f Portia:id, Vulture, and
Brothers.
Adviees have been received from the .Honourable
East-India Company's Ship the Herculean, Captain
SAMUEL BUTLER, which sailed for Bombay. and
Bengal on the sth of May last. The Herculean uiPs
at sea, all. well, in latitude 35. so. South, and ion.
girude 23. 30. East, proceeding on her voyage.
The Hon. East India Company's ship the Teirt-
Cherry, Capt. GEOlint WILSTEAD, arrived at Rio
de Janeiro on the 13th of June ; she sailed from the
Dawns cn the i 3th of April for Bengal. The
Tellicherry experienced very foul weather, which
damaged the lower rigging very much, arid she was
obliged to put into the above Port, in order tb shift
the rigging ; the_tnizen7mast was sprung in two
places.

A Petition was yesterday pr,!sentedto the Bank,
by the holders of annium, praying the Direetnrs
to retain the Omnium now on their hands, until after
the Midsummer Dividend of next year. The pur-
port of the Petition was as follows ;
It expresses the thanks of the Omnium-holders
for the attention shewn to their application last
June (whep the Bank agreed to rake it in), and
that the assistance of the Bank had been of mate-
rial service to Public Credit ; but untoward Cir-
cumstances had nevertheless defeated the, expeda-
tions of the anninm-holders, and from the
tit'. of it now lying at the Bank, the Direlors
must be aware of the inconveniencies that would re-
sult from redeeming it at onetime. The Holders
therefore request the Bank will hold the Omnitan as
long as it prudently can next year and that they,
will redeem it by monthly instalments, the last of
which they hope will be extended to the month of
July. They conclude by expressing their readiness
to make the last deposit of i 5 per cent. in Decem-
ber next.
The Bank holds a Court this day; when it is ex-
pelled the Directors will return an answer to the
above application.
Governaient has received intelligence of very ac-.
tive prepatations in the I.'rench Ports, particularly at
Toulon, where the utmost diligence is employed to
repair the losses occasioned by the victory of Abou-.
kir. It is a fad, that a greater quantity of Naval
Stores of all kinds has been imported into France
within the last fifteen months from the Baltic, than
the amount of the whole supply in these articles d4r-..
ing the eight preceding years.
The fine village of Peitengen, near Schrongau,
in. Bavaria, .was almost entirely destroy 4i by lire
on the zd instant. Three hundred hoses and a
great titimber of barns \yere rcOcc4 4sheso