The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 45.) iTZIIB EY- CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Fixed Light at Verclut, St. Catherine's.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby give
notice, that on and after the Ist day of Jan., 1857, a light
will be exhibited from the light tower recently erected at
the outer extremity of Verclut pier or breakwater, on the
north side of St. Catherine's Bay, on the east coast of jel—
sey, one of the Channel Islands.
The light will be a fixed white light, the illuminating
apparatus a lens of the sixth order. Th' light is placed :st
a height of 60 feet above the mean level of the sea, and
should be visible in ordinary weather from the deck of
ship at a distance of from 7 to 10 miles.
The light tower is an octagonal structure of iron, painte d
white. It is 30 feet high from base to vane, an d
stands on the outer extremity of the parapet wall of th
pier, in lat. 49 deg. 1.3 min. sec. 18 N., long. 2 deg. 1 mint.
12 sec. west from Green wich, nearly.
The tide at Jersey ranges 20 feet at neaps, and 36 feet:
at ordinary springs,
By command of their Lordships,
JOHN WASHZNGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic-office, Admirtsiy, London,
17th December, 185 g.

This notice aieas the following Admiralty Charts :
English Channel, No. 1,598; Jersey, No. 62 ; Cape Car-
tarot to Cape Frehel, No. 59: also British Lighthouse
List, No. 23.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 24.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian barque Olio,
captured May 27, 1855; the Russian vessel Alku, and the
Russian brig Eros, captured May 28, 1855, by her Majesty','
ships Swallow and Wrangler ;—a quantity of Swedish iron
seized in the island of Applo, Oct. 5, 1855, by her Majesty's
ship Falcon ;—the Russian vessel, name unknown, cap-
tured Sept. 19, 1855 ; and the Swedish vessels Active,
Charlotte, and Fernan, captured Nov. 20, 1855, by her
Majesty's ship Gorgon.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the
registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that
the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that
offio,r, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the
said et:urt.
Agents ,?,nd all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders,
assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they
m:ty he legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, are ;equated, with as little delay as possi-
ble, to transmit the Oyu;
c accompanied by the usual do-
cuments, to the Prize Br,
tech of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of 00 Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house."
Due notice will be given, by ,future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Tom Fowler Slater, grocer, Bradford.
BANKRUPTS.
George William Jones, milliner, Oxford-street, to su.
render, Jan. 6, and Feb. 5, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Par-
ker and Lee, St. Paul's-churchyard.
James -ood, cheese factor Shude-hill, Manchester,
Jan. 7, and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Heald, anshester.
Thomas Wells, grocer, Dorset-place, Clapham-road,
Jan. 7, and Feb. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Richardson and Sadler, Old
Jewry-chambers, City.
Robert Ashworth, cotton spinner, Rossendale, Lanca-
shire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Sale,
Wqrthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Francis Boyd, grocer and flour dealer, Tynemonth, Jan.
9, and Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Biker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John MacMillaCi ship owner, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and Feb.
2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Anderson and Collins, Liver-
pool,
George Gwilliam, wheelwright and blacksmith, Leeds-
street, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Li-
verpool ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Frederick Read Davies, auctioneer and forage dealt'r,
Union-street, Plymouth, Jan. 12, at eleven, and Feb.
at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzal, official
assignee, Exeter ; Elworthy, Plymouth.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32, fir
the Week ending on Saturday the 20th day of Dec., 1856.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
X
Notes issued ...... .. 24,376,930

Government debt.... .11,015,10(,
Other securities...—. 3459900
Gold coin and bullion 9,901,930
Silver bullion.. .. .... --

424,376,93 ei

£24,376,930
MARiFIALL, Chief Cashier.
;r, 1856.
PASTMENT.

Dsted the 24th day of December
BANKING Dr

',tors' capital .. 14,553,000
PrOPri- ......... 3,240,390
Rest .. • • • .. • on.
Public deposit.
eluding Exchequ,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 6,891,949
Other deposits ...... 9,493,093
Sven Day and other
Bills •• • • •• •• • •• 822,242

Governmentsecnritles
(Includg.Dead Weight
Other securities .... .. 17,654,460
Notes .. ~ „. ~ , ,... 5,863,890
Gold and silver coin.. 611,393

435,t790,674

i 435.000,674
1. MARSHALL, chief Cashier.
~ 18b6.

Dated the 24th day of Decembt::

AVERAGE PRICE 0211 SUGAR.
The Average Price of. Brown or Mus,:tov xio Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec.
23, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Cue toms paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : e, d.
From the British Possessions in America 37 10i
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 3'.; 7i
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 37 :4i
37 4
Average of the above three descriptions

It is stated that the projected expedition to Kabylia
has been pobtponed for another year by the French
Government.

The city of Copenhagen was visited by a very extensive
conflagration on the night of the 20th inst., originating
in the manufactory for the preparation of chicory, situate
in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange.