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London, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

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THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 6.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede-
rick Guarracino, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Sans-
soon, to be her Majesty's Consul for the ports of Samsoon
and Sinope.

FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred
Falkentierg as Consul at Quebec, for the King of Sweden
and Norway.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain William
Driscoll Gosset, R.E., to be Surveyor-General of Ceylon :
Paul ivy Sterling, Esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Sn-
preme Court of Ceylon ; and Richard Mercer, Esq., to he
House Surgeon to the Colonial Hospital in Port of Spain,
Trin Mad.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 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-
spatch from her Majesty's Cliarg6 d'Affaires at Madrid,
enclosing the subjoked copy of a translation of a Spanish
official notice relative to the establishment, from the Lit
of October next, of a new lighthouse, situated to the wet
of the Canal of Pasages (province of Guipuzcoa), called
Cape Plata.

(Copy.)

(Translation.)
LIGHTHOUSES ON THE COASTS OF SPAIN ON THE OCEAN

The Ministry of Marino has communicated to tho Hy-
drographical Office, through the Ministry of Public Works,
some data relative to the establishment of a new light-
house, erected by the Corps of Engineers of roads, canals,
and ports, according to which the following notice has
been drawn up
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CAPE LA PLATA, AT PASAGES,
(PROVINCE OF GUIPUZCOA.)
From the lst of October next the above-mentioned light-
house will be lighted every night ; it is situated to the
west of the Channel of Pasages, in 43 deg. 20 min. 21 sec.
N. latitude, and 4 deg. 48 min. 43 sec. E. longitude fron
the Naval Observatory of San Fernando.

Its apparatus is of trie.fourth catadioptrical order, with
a permanent light of natural color, and its range will be of
about 14 miles, under favourable atmospherical circum-
stances.

The luminous focus stands at an elevation of 532 Casti-
lian feet (148, 125 metres) above the level of equinoxial
tides.
This publication is made for the purpose expressed at
the beginning of this notice.
Madrid, Sept. 4, 1855.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 17.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, through the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Consul at Valparaiso, enclosing a memorandum
by the master of the barque Druid, reporting the exist-
once of a very dangerous patch of breakers, lying, as near
as the master could ascertain, about five miles N.N.E. of
the rocky islet of Sala y Gomez, in lat 26 deg. 28 min. S.,
long. 105 deg. 20 min. W. Thin island is however said to
lie in long. 105 deg. 20 min. W. by the best authorities.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
39th Foot.—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign
W. O. Smith, vice Phillipps, promoted ; Ensign F. S.
'lore, vice Young, who retires.
47th Foot.—Ensign E. J. Moires to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Irby, whose promotion, by purchase, on
3d November, 1854, has been cancelled.
91st Foot—Captain Frederick Hervey Fuller, from half-
pay unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference,
vice Cochrane, who exchanges; Lieutenant M. P. Mac-
queen to be Captain, by purchase, ♦ice Fuller, who re-
tires; Ensign H. E. Glass to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Macqueen.

BREVET.
Captain Frederick Hervey Fuller, 91st Foot, to be Ma-
jor in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
Brevet-Major Frederick Hervey Fuller, 91st Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Arthur Augustus Long.
more, late Captain 26th Regiment, to be. Adjutant, vice
Carter, resigned.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Ensign Warden Sergison to be Lieutenant.
2d or Eastern Rgiment of Norfolk Militia—Joseph
Meek Paul, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Paske, appointed
to the 95th Infatry.
Royal Berks Militia—Ensign Francis Renoll Cox to be
Lieutenant, vice Brickmann, promoted.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Soton
Ralph Forster to be Lieutenant.
West Kent Regiment of Militia—George Wildes, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—James
Beattie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Ross, Caithness, Sunderland, and Cromarty Regiment
of Rifle Militia—William John Murray, Gent., to bo En-

Thais appointment is substituted for that which appeared
in the Gazette of Friday last, the 14th inst.]
Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Joseph Stewart Pander,
Gent,, to be Lieutenant, vice Cunningham°, who has ob-
tained an Ensigncy in the line.

NATAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the
Admiralty, Somerset House, Sept. 13. Navy,
Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig Alozan
der, captured on the 12th April, 1854, by her Majesty's
ship Tribune.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand unliquidatod against the said proceeds are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
pi ize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtu,
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the sha,,,,
belengieg to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied
by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of •tho
Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navvy,
Admiralty, Somerset House."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.