The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.
The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs each, pith 50 added, for
three-yr-olds and upwards. Mares and geldings al-
lowed 21h. One mile. 7 subs.
Lord Zetland's Hospodar, 4 yrs. Bst 41b (Marson) 1
Mr. Thornton's Defiance, 5 y
yrs, rs, Bst 111b...(S Rogers) 2
Baron Wilaroowitz's Scherz 4 Sst 41b (Birneck) 3
,
Betting-5 to 4on Scherz, 2to 1 ag-t Hospodar, 3to
1 agst Defiance. Won very cleverly by a length ; Scherz
who was last from start to
behind Defiance.
The Great Northern Handicap of 25 Fovs each, 15 ft,
and 5 only if declared, &e., with 300 added. Certain
penalties t,,r winners, &c. The second to receive 100
raovs out of the stake, and the third to save his stake.
Two miles over the old course. 108 subs, 43 of whom
declared.
Mr. Clarkson's Neville, 4 yrs, Est 11111 (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Zetland's Fandango, 3 yrs, 64 Gib (J Steggles) 2
Sir C. Monck's Vandal, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b ...(J. Rogers) 3
Mr. J,Osborne's Gamelad, 4 yrs, Est 61b ...(Bearpark) 4
The following also ran -Wild Huntsman, Marsyas,
Jonathan Martin, Midsummer, Exile of Erin, St. Clare, N
Sir George, Lady Tatton, enptolemus, Saucebox,
Atherston, Crown Pigeon, and DO. Won by a length.
Four lengths between the second and third.
The Zetland Stakes. Half a mile.

Sister to Broughton ....... , .......... 1
Eustace Fitz-John..,
King Chat
................. . ............. . ...................... 3
Nine ran. Won by half a length.
The Selling Stakes, One mile and a quarter.
810550 m................. .... . ........ ... .. . ....... , .......... 1

Medina
,•••,,
Spring St. Leger. One mile and a half.
Blooming Heather
Vandal 2

Hanover
Saraband
Amy.....
Wellington

Six ran. Won eamily by a length.
Weather delightfully hue, and attendance uuraeroce.
In the morning 3 to 1 was taken freely about Lord 01
Iles for tin Two Thousand,

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 16.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing
the Right Honourable Henry John, Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.B. ; the Right Honourable Sir George Cornewall
Lewis, Bart. ; Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck ; Adam
Duncan Haldane, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Dun-
can); and the Honourable Henry Bouverie William
Brand ;—to be Commissioners for executing the offices of
Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord
High Treasurer of Ireland.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Clark
Haines, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Colony of
Victoria.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Clark Haines, Esq., arid Charles Pasley, Esq., Captain,
R.E., to he non-elective members of the Legislative
Council of the colony of Victoria.
Her Maje.sty has also been pl2ased to appoint Major-
General Sir Richard Doherty, Knt. ; Sir Joshua Rowe,
gut., C.B. ; the Right Rev. Aubrey George Spencer,
D.D. ; James Gayleard, Esq. ; Dowell O'Rilly, Esq. ;
John Salmon, Eql. ; Win. Dutton Turner, Esq. ; Edward
Jordon, Esq. ; Richard Casson Burke, Esq. ; James Por-
teous, Esq. ; George Price, Esq. ,• Bryan Edwards, Esq. ;
Henry Westmorland, Esq. ; Walter George Stewart,
Esq. ; Alexander Barclay, Esq. ; and Richard Hill, Esq.,
to be members of the Privy Council of Jamaica.
Her Majesty has been further pleased to appoint 3ryan
Edwards, base Jackson, Henry Brock tt, Hinton East,
Benjamin Vickers, and John Joseph Arthur Shakespear,
Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of
Jamaica.

CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 16.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA•

MENT.
County of Cavan—Robert Burrowes, of Stradone-
house, ;a the said county of Cavan, Esquire, in the room
of the Right Honourable Sir John Young, Baronet, who
has acc pted the office of Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 17-
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
sp itch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice,
enclosing a translation of a Notice to Mariners, issued by
the Central Maritime Government of Trieste, copy .re
which is subjoined.
(Copy.)

(Tranehtion.)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
TRIESTE, March 6.

At the entrance of the small mouth of FLiconera (the
light-hand side on entering) a beacon has been placed,
to show the position of the hull of a Greek vessel, sunk
there in 18-)1. This beacon consists of four piles, placed
vertically, above one of which is a staff, sixteen feet high,
bearing circular signals of two feet in diameter, painted
half white and half black.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 17.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, inclosing
a translation of a notice descriptive of a new lighthouse on
the Morro de 6'. Paulo, near that port, copy of which is
subjoined.
(Copy.) (Translation.)
Captain of the Port's Office.
In compliance with orders from the Provincial Govern-
ment is made public, by the Captain of the Port, for the
information of navigators, the following description of the
lighthouse of the Morro of S. Paulo. which will begin to
be lighted on the 31 of next May, as also observations on
the port of the said Morro and the adjacent coast comprised
between it and this city.
Bahia and Captain of the Port's Office, 9th March, 1855.
(Signed) DIOGO IGNACIO TAVARES,
Commodore, Captain of the Port.
OF THE PORT AND LIGHTHOUSE OF THE MORRO DE
S. PAULO.
The lighthouse of the Morro do S. Paulo is built on the
top of a hill or cape of the same name, at the entrance of
port, in latitude 13d 21m 40s south, long. Grsv. west
38d 51m 48s. The tower will be painted white, and the
balcony has an elevation of 80 English feet above
the hill, and 276 above the surface of the sea, and will be
seen, by day, in fine weather, at 30 miles' distance. This
lighthouse (the best on the coast of Brazil), on Fresnell's
principle of refraction and of the first order, has, in the
space of a minute, bright light for 15 seconds, followed by
an eclipse of 45 seconds. The light. in clear weather, is
seen from the quarter deck of a vessel at 20 miles' distance
and from the Tops at 28. Whatever may be the distance,
it has always a strong and very bright light, and is distin-
guished from the lighthouse at the bar of Bahia by the
time of its eclipses, by the greater brightness of its light,
and by its colour, which is always brilliant, whereas that
of S. Antonio has three different phases, each followed by
an eclipse.
At a lesser distance than 12 miles the eclipses are not
total, the bright light is followed by a faint one, in place
of the eclipses, which become more notable as the distance
increases; those who observe perfect eclipses may consider
themselves more than twelve miles off. At the point
of the compass 46 deg. N.E. true, at a distance of
thirty miles is the lighthouse of the bar at Bahia.
From the Morro t )wards the north, a bay bordered
with rocks is formed, and the western point of the
island of Itaparica with the main land forms the bar of
Jaguaripe, to which the existing hydrog,raphical charts
improperly gave the name of Barra False, the same being
a small inlet of the island to the east of that bar, formed
by the point of Aratuba and another which is further to
the north, which at a distance of snore than 11 miles
has a similar configuration to the point of S. Antonio,
enpearing like the latter to detach itself from the land
which lies to the westward of it. Even in the day-
time these places ought not to be approached nearer by
vessels at a less depth of water than 11 fathoms, if they
have no pilot on board. Those which sight from the south
the lighthouse of the Morro of S. Paulo, and wish to re-
. main in sight of Bahia, ought not to pass to the north-
we.t of the line N E.—S. W. true, of the lighthouse,
as long as they are to the south of Itaparica. and for
i greater caution ought to sound and veer the ship
to the south as soon an they find eleven fathoms
in depth, by which they will avoid nearing the
shoals and rocks of the point of Caixa, Pregos,
Barra Falsa, and others, which on the eastern side
encircle that island, which at night are solianch more to he
feared when the strong sea winds drive the waters into the
bay; besides which, in some places at 10 fathoms, the
depth diminishes rapidly. If, on finding a lesser depth
than 11 fathoms, it appears the vessel is not to the
N.E. of the line N.W.—S. W. of the lighthouses, it
must be understood that there is a defect in the com-
passes, and never hesitate to tack to the South, the
sounding being on the northern tack the truest indi-
cation of danger. At a distance of 13 to 14 miles from
the point of S. Antonio, the lighthouse of the bar of
Bahia, begins to be seen a faint light, showing distinctly
its different colours at about a distance of 6 miles. The
entrances of the port of the Morro is open for vessels of
all descriptions, taking notice that at a mile to the west-
ward of the Fort runs a shoal up the river Una, and
whose depth goes gradually diminishing on the side of the
shoal, and to which the hill on the eastern side runs
lengthened by a ridge of rocks called " Coitas," which
run out into the sea for 180 fathoms, more or less,
with a depth of 8 fathoms in some places near them.
However, against these care must be taken in the
night-time by those who are tacking in to fetch the anchor-
age. By day the breakers on these ridges of rock are yea'v
visible. Two miles distant from the shore of the Morro of
S. Paulo, and from thence towards the south, with the
lighthouse in sight, is an open passage for any kind of ves-
sel ; and those that wish to enter the port by it can come
near the hill by the northern side as far as the depth of
the soundings will allow, and the open anchorage begins at
the point of the Fort up to a mile inward. A pilot ought
' to be taken by those who wish to ascend the river, where
there is a sheltered anchorage for a squadron.
Bahia, March 3, 1855.
(Signed)
HERIIENEGELDO ANTONIO BARBOZ.S.
Commander.

A correct copy.
The Secretary of the Province.
(Signed) L. M. A. F. AI. BARRETO.
A correct copy.
The Secretary of the Captaincy of the Port.
(Signed) JOIE DA ROCHA GALVAO.