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

NOTICE TO MARINERS

Cape Race Light, Newfoundland.
The Loris of the Committee of Privy Council for Trede
give notice, that the Lighthouse recently erected upon
Cape Race (Newfoundland) will be lighted, and will con-
tinue to exhibit a fixed white light, ;aom 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 rod and white vertically.
It stands close to the old beacon, which has been cut down.
The lighthouse is in lat. 46 dog. 39 min. 12 sec. N., long.
53 deg. 2 min. 38 sec. W.
[All bearings are magnetic. Var. 24 deg. W.]
Board of Trade, Sept. 1856.
N.B.—A toll will be levied upon ell vessole benefiting
by th's

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Lighthouse Board of the United States has given
notice, dated the 36;1 August last, as follows

Light on Egg Rock, off Nahant, Boston Bay, Mass.
The Lighthouse on Egg Rock having been completed,
will be illuminated on the night of Sept. 15, 1856, and
every night thereafter, from sunset to sunrise.
The house is square; one and a half siorie, in height.;
it is whitewashed and surmounted by a tower elevated
three feet above the roof, and capped with an iron lantern.
The illuminatinc, apparatus is a fifth order lons, elevated
87 feet above high water mark, and should be 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. E.
Methodist Church, Swampscot, N.N.W. W.
Half-tide Rock Beacon, N. 4 W.
Outer Dry Pig Rock, N.E. # N.
The same Board, by notice dated the 18th of August
last, has issued the following :
Bell Buoy off the " Hen 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, tideq, and winds, rnd can be
hoard in ordinary weather about one mile. The day-
mark is two feet in diameter, painted black, and is ele-
vated nine feet above the avatar.

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.
Seconet Point, W. 1 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.
Hydrogiaphic Office, Admiralty, London,
26th September, 1556.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Chart :
No. 268, North America, E. Coast, Sheet 5; also Light-
house List.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL 'PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Oct. 2.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and m:!-
1 :nes, and to all persons interested therein, that the distii-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner
Alexander, captured on the 27th May, 1855, by her Ma-
jesty's ships Magicienne and Merlin, will commence on
Wednesday, the 22d October, 1856, in the Prize Branch of
the Department of the " Accountant-General of the
Navy, Admiralty, Someriet-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs
or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re-
quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On
Prize Business, to the Secretary o 7 the Admiralty, Lon-
don," in which letter his own p'aco of residence is to be
precisely stated, as well as the pl.ace of the nearest Collec-
tor of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would
be convenient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

£ s. d.
Flag share
Captains, each l3 13 6
Second class 3 14 0
Third class
Fourth class 1 18 4
Fifth class 1 1 3

2s. d.
Sixth class 0 19 2
Seventh class 0 12 9
Eighth class 0 6 4
Ninth class
Tenth class

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Oct. 2.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian brigantine
Helena, captured on the 27th May, 1855, by her Ma-
joßtY's ships Magicienno and Merlin, will commence on
Wednesday, the 22d Oct., 1856, in the Prize Branch of
the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persona holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the collector of customs or
inland revenue within the United Kingdom, is reqnired to
intimate the same by letter, to be addressed, " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in
which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
si :lied, as well as the place of the nearest collector of cus-
toms or of inland revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of p:ize money.
The following arc the shares due to an individual in the
several classes
Flag share £22 19 4
Captains, each 27 5 6
Second class . 7 8 3
Third class 5 18 8
Fourth class
Fifth class 2 2 5

Sixth class £l 18 2
Seventh class ... 1 5 6
Eighth class
Ninth class 0 8 6
Tenth class 0 4 2

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Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty,. Somerset-house, Oct. 2.
Notice is hereby given to tho officers, seamen, and
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian
schooner galliot Nikolay Rusanova, captured on the 27th
May, 1855, by her Majesty's ships Magicienne and Merlin,
will COMlxouoo on Wednesday, Oct. 22,1856, ill the Prize