The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-04 00:00:00

BREVET.

The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay,
to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal
Warrant of the 17th Dec., 1855 :—Quartermaster John
Taylor, bale-pay, Depot Battalion.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Prince Albert's Own Leicester Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor-
net Wm. Seddon to b 3 Lieutenant, vice Talby, resigned ;
Francis Henry Beaumont, Gent., to he Cornet, vice Sed-
don, promoted ; Wm. Derington, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice IVlacaulay, resigned ; Cornet Richard Lewis
De Capel Brooke to be Lieutenant, vice Marshall, resigned.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—James Reid, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dr. Stainers, resigned.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Cape Race Light, Newfoundland.
The Loris of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
give notice, that the Lighthouse recently erected upon
Cape Race (Newfoundland) will be lighted, and will con-
tinue to exhibit. a fixed white light, .com sunset to sun-
rise, on and after the 15th of December, 1856.
The light will be visible to seaward from N.E. by E.
round by the S.E. and south to west.

The light is elevated 180 feet above mean water level of
the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 17 miles from a
ship's deck. Tho tower is striped red and whi,e vertically.
It stands close to the oil beacon, which has been cut down.
The lighthouse is in lat. 40 deg. 39 min. 12 sec. N., long.
53 deg. 2 min. 38 sec. W.
[All hearings are magnetic. Var. 24 dog. W.]
Board of Trade, Sept. 1850.
N.B.—A toll will be levied upon all vessels benefiting
by th e

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Lighthouse Board of the United States has given
notice, a...‘-a qrt: h August • last, as follows
Light on Egg -Rock, o, _
The Liabihouse on Egg Rock having been completed,
iimmicataa .n the night of Sept xn, 1856, and
every night thereafter, from sunset 4.. sunrise.
The house is square; one and a half Aerie: in height -
it is whitewashed and surmounted by a tower elevated'
three feet above the roof, and capped with an iron lantern.
The illuminating apparatus is a fifth order lens, elevated
87 feet above high water mark, and should bo visible un-
der ordinary states of the atmosphere about 10 miles.
The following bearings from this station are given ;
Graves Bell Boat, S.E by S.
Nahant (East Point), S. A E.
Methodist Church, Swampscot, N.N.W. W.
Half-tide Rock Beacon, N. / W.
Outer Dry Pig Rock, N.E. / N.
The same Board, by notice dated the 18th of August
last, has issued the following :
Ball Buoy off the " lien and Chickens," entrance to
Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
A black can buoy of the first class, with a bell weighing
three hundred pounds, secured on top in an iron frame,
surmounted by a hoop iron day-mark, has been placed off
this dangerous reef.
The bell is elevated six feet above the water; it is tolled
by the actions of the wave, tides, and winds, and can be
heard in ordinary weather about one mile. The day-
mark is two feet in diameter, painted black, and is ele-
vated nine feet above the water.
The buoy is placed in seven fathoms water, hard bot-
tom, about one-third of a mile south of the " Old Cock."
The following bearings are given from this buoy :
Sow and Pigs Light Vessel, S. by E.
Seconot Point, W. N.
Entrance to Westport Harbour, N.W. by N.
Mishaum Lodge Buoy, E.N.E. / E.
Old Cock, N. by W.
(Bearings magnetic.)
By command of their Lordships,
John Washington, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
26th September, 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Chart :
No. 268, North America, E. Coast, Sheet 5; also Light-
house List.