The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.

AdmirAlty, March 12.
Sir,—With reference to the notice to mariners as to
the alteration of the light at Port Patrick, I am com-
manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to acquaint you, for the information of the committee at
Lloyd's, that my:Lorde have been informed by the Lords
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, that the ar-
rangements for exhibiting the light from the outer light-
house on the south pier of Port Patrick harbour have
not yet been carried out, and due notice will be given by
ray Lords whenever such arrangements are completed.
W. HAMILTON.

Captain G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyd's.
St. Helena, Jan. 18.
Captain Beazley, of the ship Clifton, from Manilla,
reports a shoal with 10 feet of water on it in Banca
Straits.
Bearings—From the first point in Banes, Straits, N.W.
VV.

From Sweepua Island, S.S.E. E.
Also a shoal bearing from the Brother's Island, N.
W. about four leagues.
A hill on Sumatra, S.W. I- W.
The above not laid down in any chart.
(Signed by the Agent to Lloyd's.)

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Tho serew-steamer Bosphorus, from the Cape of Good
Hope, has arrived at Plymouth in 38 days ; she was 40
days on the outward voyage. The Bank of England,
from Bengal, has arrived in the Dawns; sailed on the
llth of November. The Marquis of Bute, from Hong-
Kong, has arrived in the Downs; sailei on the 11th of
November. The Lascar, from Bengal, has arrived in
the Dawns ; sailed on the 18th of November. The Con-
servative, from Port Beaufort, has arrived at Gravesend;
sailed on the 14th of January. The Ganges, from the
Mquritius, has arrived at Queenstown; sailed on the 25th
of November. The Bangalore, from Whampos, has ar-
rived in the Downs; sailed on the Bth of November. The
Arab. from Algoa Bay, has arrived at Liverpool; sailed
from St. Helena on the 13th of January.
GRAVESEND, Merton 13.—Wind W., fresh, cloudy.
Arrived—Leon and Lionne, Gravelines ; Antwerpen,
Antwerp ; Hiram, Leghorn ' • W. and M. Brown, De-
merara • ' Ocean and Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ;
Queen, Antwerp ; George Van Ewyck, Amsterdam ;
Lord J. Russell, Harlingen ; Fame, Calais ; City of
Rotterdam, Dunkirk.
Sailed—William Jacobus, Amsterdam ; Glenlyon,
Quebec ; Lively, Rochfort ; Ann Eliza, St. Domingo ;
City of London, Dunkirk ; Columbine, Antwerp ;
Menai, Calais ; Emerald, Boulogne ; Cecrops, Cape
Verde ; Athenian, Cork ; Geschwester, Hamburgh.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. . . .

Agnes, from Liverpool for Barbadoes, on the 6th inst.,
in lat. 49 N., long. 11 W.
Cleopatra, of Loudon, for Bombay, on the 28th ult., in
lat. 46 N., long. 12 W.
Chieftain, of Belfast, on the 27th of February, in lat.

45 N., long. 23 W.
American ship Jenny Lind, from Palermo for New
Orleans, in lat. 23 N., long. 42 W.
Caroline, from Marseilles for New Orleans, out seven
days, off Cape Trafalgar.
Sumatra, from Batavia for Amsterdam, on the 23d of
December, in lat. 26 S., long. 58 E.
Inglewood ship, from Singapore for London, on the sth
of March, in lat. 46 N., long. 23 W.
A Bremen barque, showing a white flag, No. 60, on the
25th of January, in lat. 3 N., long. 21 W.
Fairy Queen, from New Zealand, with troops, on the
27th of December, in lat. 47 S., long. 50.
Mount Washington, from New Orleans for Havre, on
the 2d of February, off Cape Florida.
Cornelia, from New Orleans for Havre, on the 4th of
February, in lat. 30, long. 80.
Arcadia, from New Orleans for Havre, on the 6th of
February, off Mantanilla Reef.
Indiaman, from Liverpool for Calcutta, on the 12th of
January, in let. 21, long. 33.
Arab, from Algoa Bay for Liverpool, on the 18th of
January, in lat. 9 S., long. 12 W.
Emily, of Hull, steering S.W., on the 10th of December,
in lat. 17 S.,"long. 73 E.
Hopewell, of and from Liverpool, on the 12th of Janu-
ary, in lat. 23 S., long. 32.
Lismoyne barque, outward-bound, on the 17th of Janu-
ary, in lat. 14 S., long. 33 W.
Harlequin, of Hull, outward-bound, on the 10th of
March, in lat. 49, long. 6.
Anna Watson, from Liverpool for the coast of Africa,
on the 7th f March, in let. 48 N., long. 12 W.
Carlo Moran, of Providence, from China for London, on
the 21,t of February, in lat. 22 N., long. 40 W.
James Armstrong, from Manila for London, oa the
13th of November.
Virginia, standing to the westward. with passengers, on
the 3d of March, in lat. 51, long. 13.
rissa, from Penang for London, on the Bth of January,
in lat. 30 S., long. 12 E.
Brakenmore, from Shields for Iquique, on the 26th of
January, in let. 2 N., long. 19 W.
Reindeer, from Liverpool for China, on the 28th of Ja-
nary, in lat. 3 N., long. 20 W.
Plier stead, from the Mauritius for Algoa Bay, on the
Slit of December, in lat. 31 S., long. 36 E.
Stirlingshire, from Bombay for Liverpool, on the sth of
January, in let. 35, long. 25.
Admiral van Hemskirk, on the 28th of December, in
let. 30 S., long. 40 E.
Actaeon, of Liverpool, from New Orleans, on the 26th of
February, in lat. 43, long. 24.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MARCH 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low : - Caledonian, 16% Great Western, 92 South
Devon, Preference, 141/2—Vale of Neath, 3 5-16 dis.—York
and North Midland, 28% ex div.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13.
STOCK Emu/I.:fr.—The shares principally in demand
to-day were the Midland Stock and Halves, the Leeds Stock
and Fifths, Dovere, Caledonians, Birkenhead, York and
North Midland and the Thirsk. There was also a good demand
for Dutch Rhenish. The transactions were as follow :
Aberdeen, 171/2—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late
C. and B.), 211/2—Ditto, 221. Shares, 3312 dis.—Bolton, Cli-
theroe, and West Yorkshire (No. 1), 6%—Caledonian, 1634
—Ditto, Preference, 71/2—Chester and Holyhead, 24—East
Lancashire, 181/2—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 641/2—Ditto,
Fifths, 61/2 dis.—Ditto, 201. F, 11/i dis.—Leeds and Thirsk,
201,4 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, % p.—London
and North- Western, 133—Ditto, New Quarters, 6% p.—
Ditto, Fifths, 61/2 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3714 c.—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 12 1-16— ,itto, 61. New Preference, 9-16 p. —Midland,
661/.2 c.—Ditto, Halves, 121/8 dis.—St. Helen's (Railway and
Canal), Preference, guaranteed 5 per cent., 134 c.—Scottish
Central, 181/2—Shrewsbury and B:i mingham (B), 6%-
South-Eastern and Dover, 2834—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 23—Ditto, unpaid-up, 1 dia.—York and North Mid-
land, 291/2—Waterford and Limerick, 171/2 - Dutch Rhenish
dis.