The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-27 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The following were posted at Lloyd's:—
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Berbice, Oct. 18.

Sir—l have to inform you that the light-ship xas
brought in from the bar, at the mouth of our river, to
undergo some necessary repairs; she remains at anchor
in the river, and a pilot 'boat is kept cruising to wind-
ward in her place.

(Signed) JAMES LANG.
Captain G. A. Halsted, E.N. Secretary, Lloyd's.
Messina, Nov. 6.
Sir—A quarantine of twenty one days has been put
on all arivals from England; and if direct from either

Hull, London, or Leith, no .ccimuunication of any sort
is permitted.
(Signed) MENRY NEWTON REW, Agent to Lloyd's.
Captain G. A. Halsted, It.N , Secretary, Lloyd's.

Oporto, Nov. 17.
Sir—l have the honour to transmit herewith a transla-
tion of a dispatch received here by the Board of Health,
wherein all vessels from infected or suspected ports
(which includes the United Kingdom), are prohibited
entering this port, and are directed to:i'Lisbon to perform
quarantine.
As the Lazeretto at Vigo is one of those officially de-
clared accredited, vessels bound to this port may per-
form quarantine there if they prefer it.
(Translation).*
In reply to the dispatch, No. 145, of the Civil Go-
♦ernor of Oporto, dated 27th October, representing the
risk to which vessels admitted to quarantine in the River
Douro are exposed during the present seasun, her Ma-
jesty the Queen orders henceforward, vessels arriving
from infected or suspected ports destined for Oporto,
shall be admitted at Lisbon only; and that the same
destination be given to vessels at present in quarantine
in the Douro, where the discharge and purification of
their cargoes cannot be effected with safety before the
freshes of the Douro, on. which point the Civil Go
vernor, in combination with the chief officer of the Boar.;
of Health, and the Captain of the Port, will provide
opportunely.
Palace of Necessidades, Lisbon, Nov, 8, 1848.
(Signed) Duke of SALDANHA.
T. C. WIGHAM, Agent to Lloyd's.
Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
NOTICE.

Constantinople, Nov. 5,184 S.
Sir,—l have the honour to annex, for the information
of the underwriters.and traders in general, a copy of a
circular from our Consul-General, intimating the pro-
hibition of exportation of grain from the principality of
Wallachia after the I3th inst.

(Signed) T. R. BLACK, Agent to Lloyd's.
Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
Constantinople, Nov 4.

Gentlemen—the Ambassador has signified to me that
the Wallachian Government has announced, officially, its
intention of prohibiting the exportation of grain from
the principality, on and after the 13th of this present
month of November, and I hasten to communicate this
intelligence to you.
His Excellency at the same time expresses his hopes
that the representations which have been made will pre-
vent any kind of retroaction in the measure, and that
British merchants will have the full benefit of any con-
tracts which they may have already entered into for the
exportation of grain trona Wallachia.
(Signed) A. CARLTON CUMBERBATCH,
British Consul-General.
The British merchants, Galata.
QUARANTINE NOTICES.
British Consulate, Cadiz, Nov. 6, 1848.
Sir—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the
Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that
the Board of Health of this city have imposed a
quarantine of eight days on all. vessels arriving from
England with clean bills of health.
Vessels from ports where the cholera morbus is known
to prevail, or with foul bills of health, will be compelled
to proceed to Mahon or to Vigo, to perform quarantine.
(Signed) J. M. BRACKENBURX,
British Consul, and Agent to Lloyd's.
Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
Gibraltar, 15th Nov. 1848.

Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in-
formation of those whom it may interest, that it having
been officially communicated to his Excellency the
Governor that the Board of Health of Malaga and
Algesiras bad reduced the quarantine of observation
from 15 to 8 days on vessels from the United Kingdom
bringing clean bills of health—according to the quaran-
tine regulations actually in force at Cadiz, Lisbon, and
Vigo—the Board of Health at this port has made a
similar order.
The passengers by the steamer Jupiter, which arrived
here on 7th inst., have consequently been admitted to
free pratique this morning.
The attention of masters of vessels to the bringing of
bills of health from ports of departure cannot, however,
Le too strictly observed, to prevent their being excluded
from the advantage of the above modification.
(Signed) J. LONGLANDS COWELL, Agent to Lloyd's.
Captain G. A. Halsted, Secretary, Lloyd's.
Sardinian Consulate, No. 31, Old Jewry,
Nov. 24, 1848.
Sir,—l have to acquaint you that the Council General
of the Maritime Health Office at Genoa have directed

that vessels coming from the ports of the United King-
dom, or from those of any other country infected with
the cholera, are to be subjected on their arrival in the
Sardinian Ports to a surveillance of only six days.
(Signed) J. B. Heath, Sardinian Consul-General.
Captain G. A. Halsted, 11. N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
Tuscan Consulate, 15, Ang(l-court., Nov. 24, 1848.

Sir,—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the
shipping interest, that I have just received from his Ex.-
cellency the Governor of Leghorn, a copy of a decree
issued by his Roy al Highness the Grand Duke of Tus-
cany, under date the 12th instant, ordering—
That all vessels arriving at the port from Great Bri-
tain, the Baltic, the Low Countries, the Island of Malta,
or from any other port or ports where the cholera mor-
bus may hereafter manifest itself, shall be subjected to a
quarantine of observation of six days.
(Signed) JAS. C. C. BELL, Consul-General.
Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., St cretary, Lloyd's.
Madeira, Oct. 28, 1848.
Sir,—We have to acquaint you, for the information of
the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, and
all parties interested, that, in consequence of the preva-
lence of Asiatic cholera in various parts of Europe, the
local authorities here have determined upon imme-
diately putting in force the following quarantine regu-
lations, viz :-
1. All vessels arriving from ports in Great Britain,
or other countries where the existence of cholera has
been declared, will only be permuted tree pratique after
the expiration of thirty days from their last port of de-
parture.
2. All vessels arriving, on board of which death or
deaths from cholera may have occurred during the
voyage, will ( nly be allowed free pratique after the ex-
piration of thirty days from the last death which may
have so happened.
3. pratique will not be granted on any terms to
vessels arriving with any case or cases of cholera on
board; and all communication between such vessels and
the shore will be strictly prohibited, except fur the pur-
pose of landing mails and letters.
A suitable locality has been engaged as a lazaretto
(the expense of which is to bs provided for by titivate
subscription), where rassengers on landing from packets
and vessels which cannot be detained to perform the
stipulated quarantine, can be accommodated and pro-
vided for, under the inspection of officers to be appointed
for that purpose.
Mails and letters from packets and other vessels, sub-
ject to the foregoing quarantine restrictions, will be per
milted to come on shore, under the superintendence of
the competent officers, and subject to fuzaigation and
other sanitary precautions usually observed in such cases.
The officers of the Board of Health promise to afford
every facility in their power to the shipping interests at
this port, and express a desire to modify the stringency
of these regulations, so soon as the instructions from the
Lisbon Government will justify them in doing so.
(Signed) STODDARD AND CO., Agents to Lloyd's.
Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.

ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The Electric Light of M. Le
Mott, was tried on Saturday evening last, in the train
which ran down to Exeter on the Great Western Rail.
way. At half-past six o'clock, a truck, containing a
wooden square box, about the size, though not the shape
of a sentry box, and having a galvanic battery of some
sixty or seventy small jars disposed around it, was at-
tached to the last carriage of the train, then about to
proceed from Paddington. The light was produced in-
side the box, and the rays, condensed and heightened by
a powerful reflector, were emitted by an aperture con-
trived for the purpose. The light was produced before
the train left Paddington, when a dazzling blaze filled
the whole of the spacious station, casting the numerous
gas lamps there completely in tho shade. As the train
proceeded on its way, the reflection left a long train of
clear bright light for the distance of a mile and
more behind it, in such a manner as to ren-
der it utterly impossible that any train coming up
behind should run into it, except as the effect of delibe-
rate intention. The reflection, as seen from the carriage
was very beautiful, the prismatic colours being distinctly
and vividly delineated along the outer edge of the circle
of radiation; and as these Jell upon the dense column of
smoke ascending from the engine, the effect was singular
an i striking. The night wagdark, but clear, and so
far favourable to the experiment; and objects, such as a
bridge, was rendered distinctly visible at the distance of
about two miles! The experiment was made as far as
Slough, on arriving at which station the truck was de-
tached from the train, and continued there for about
half an hour, till the up-train arrived, with which it re-
turned to town. While at Slough, a gentleman sta-
tioned himself at a distance of '2OO yards or so from the
apparatus, and could read a newspaper by the light pro-
duced, which he found he could do with perfect ease.—
Western Times.
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLlTAL—Yesterday his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President of the Royal
Female Orphan Asylum, Westminster-road, attended
llaine service in the chapel of the institution, which was
crowded by the governoi is and lady-patronesses. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A.,
Rector of St. Mary's, Lambeth. At the close of the ser-
vice five young woman, who have been brought up in
the Asylum, la ceived from the Royal President the re-
wards periodically bestowed upon the more meritorious
pupils, as an encouragement to diligence and good con-
duct. A liberal subscription was made in aid of the

funds.
The Mining Journal notices a newly-invented
razor, with a
skin from the cutting operation of the razor that the
guard which so effectually protects the
manipulator may shave upwards, downwards, and in
every direction, as quickly as he pleases, without the
slightest danger or even possibility of injuring the skin.
MILITARY SURVEY.—The preliminary operations
for ttie'reilitify iiirVey Of this neighbourhood have been
commenced.—Devonport Chronicle.