The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The following is posted at Lloyd's
CROMA_RTY POINT and CHANONRY POINT LIGHT.
HOUSES.

The Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses hereby
give notice that a lighthouse has been erected upon Cromarty
Point, in the county of Cromarty, and another upon
Chanonry Point, in the county of Ross, the lights of which
will be exhibited on the night of the 15th of May, 1846, and
every night thereafter, from sunset to sunrise. •
The following is a specification of the lighthouses, and the
appearance of the lights :-
1. CROMARTY POINT LIGHTHOUSE is situated in
N. lat., 57 deg. 40 min. 58 sec. ' • and W. lon. 4 deg. 2 min.
7 sec., within the entrance of Cromarty Frith. The light
will be known to mariners as a fixed light, of a red colour.
The lantern, which is open from W.N. W. round to S.E. by
E. * S., in a northerly direction, is elevated fifty feet above
the level of the sea, and, the light being red, should not be
expected to be often seen beyond the distance of nine miles,
and at lesser distances, according to the state of the atmos-
phere.
2. Chanonry Point Lighthouse is situated in N. lat. 57 deg.
34 min. 32 sec., and W. long. 4 deg. 5 min. 28 sec., at the
entrance of the Frith, leading to Inverness and the Caledo-
nian Canal. The light will be known to mariners as a fixed
light of the natural appearance. The lantern, which is open
from W. half N. round to N. by E., in a southerly direction,
is elevated forty feet above the level of the sea; and the
light will be seen at the distance of eleven miles, and at
lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
And the commissioners hereby further give notice that,
by virtue of a warrant from the Queen in Council, dated
Sep. 13, 1845, the following tolls will be levied in respect of
this light, viz.:-
1. CHANONRY LIGHTHOUSE.

For every British vessel, the same not belonging to her
Majesty, or being navigated wholly in ballast, and for every
foreign vessel privileged to enter the ports of the United
Kingdom, on paying the same tonnage as British vessels,
which shall pass or derive benefit from the said light.
If the same shall not exceed 50 tons burthen
And if the same exceed 50 tons, for each additional 50
tons, or part of 50 tons, a like toll of
And double the said respective tolls for every foreign ves-
sel sailing as aforesaid, not privileged as aforesaid.
2. CROMARTY LIGHTHOUSE.
The same duties as above on similar vessels which shall
pass or derive benefit from the said light; that is, which
shall arrive at, or depart from, any port or place in the Frith
of Cromarty, within the Sutors of Cromarty.
By order of the Board,
(Signed) C. CUNNINGHAM,' Joint
A. CUNNINGHAM, Secretaries.
Edinburgh, April 15, 1846.

NARROW ESCAPE.—In the list of soldiers reported
to have been killed at the battle of Moodkee was the name
of John Daniel, a private in her Majesty's 31st Regiment of
Infantry, whose parents reside in Rolainhood-yard, Notting-
ham. For a time his family were overpowered with grief at
the loss of a son and brother, and went into mourning ; but,
when they had worn their funeral habiliments for two or
three weeks, their mourning was turned into joy by the ar-
rival of a letter from him, written in the hospital at Feroze-
pore, on the Ist of February, stating that, having been left
for dead upon the field of battle during two days, he had at
length crawled into the camp, and was recovering ! The
letter says :—" It was with feelings of the greatest pleasure
that I received your welcome letter on the 17th of December,
but I have not had time to read it. . . . I had opened it and
just read about four lines, when the word of command was
given, Stand to your arms, the enemy are upon us !" and
we fell in, and marched out to meet them. They were not
idle, for they received us with plenty of round shot and shells,
but our artillery forced them to retire, and the infantry, con-
sisting of her Majesty's 9th, 31st, 50th, and 80th regiments, w i. h
several native corps, covered by our cavalry and artillery, again
advanced upon them. When we had got within a very short
distance of them they opened a fire of small arms upon us,
together with grape and canister shot, which cut down a
great many of our men ; but we advanced steadily, until the
word charge' was given, when at that moment I was
wounded through the ankle with a grapeshot, and dropped.
I lay upon the field for two days in the greatest pain,
without refreshment of any kind, and without any dressing ;
but I happened to have a towel in my havresack, and I tied
that round my leg. On the third morning I crept on my
hands and knees four miles, which took me six hours to ac.
complish, but 1 thank God that He enabled me to do it by
any means, for if I had stayed two hours longer I should have
been cut to pieces; the enemy scoured the field and made
I short work of all they found alive by cutting off their heads.
But they paid dearly for this, for our cavalry made a circuit,
and cut up two regiments of them entirely, and threw the
rest into confusion. It has been reported that in this affair
alone, which was but a skirmish, the enemy lost about 4,000
men! They were well hemmed in on all sides. I am now
very comfortably accommodated in the hospital, and shall
soon be able to get out on crutches. The doctor to
cut off my leg, but I would not let him, and I am clad now
that I did not."