The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-29 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY LIGHTS 4XD FOG
SIGNALS.

The following are the AlmiraltrLights and Fog
Signals now to be carried and used by sea-going
vessels, to prevent collision :

STEAM VESSELS.

All sea-going steam-vessels, when under steam,
shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit the fol-
lowing lights :
1. A bright white light at the foremast head.
A green light on the starboard side.
A red light on the port side.
2. The mast-head light shall be so constructed
as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmo-
sphere, at a distance of at least five miles, and shall
show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of
the horizon of 20 points of the compass, and it shall
be so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each
side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two
points abaft the beam on either side.
3. The green light on the starboard side and the
red light on the port side shall be so constructed as
to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmo-
sphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and
show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of
the horizon of ten points of the compass, and they
shall be so fixed as to throw the light from right
ahead to two points abaft the beam on the start.-
board and on the port sides respectively:
4. The side lights are to be fitted with inboard
screens projecting at least three feet forward from
the light, so as to prevent the lights from being
seen across the bow.

5. Steam vessels under sail only, are not to carry
their masthead light.
Fog Signals.
All sea-going steam vessels, whether propelled
by paddles or screws, when their steam is up, and
when under way, shall in all cases of fog use as a
fog signal a steam whistle, placed before the funnel
at not less than eight feet from the deck, which
shall be sounded once at least every five minutes ;
but when the steam is not up, they shall use a
fog horn or bell, as ordered for sailing ships.

SAILING VESSELS.

1. All sea-going sailing vessels when under way
being towed shall between sunset and sunrise ex-
hibit a green light on the starboard side and a red
light on the port side of the vessel, and such lights
shall be so constructed as to be visible on a dark
night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at
least two miles, and shall show an uniform and un-
br&en light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points
of "tile compass, from right ahead to two points
abaft the beam on the starboard and on the port
sides respectively.
2. The coloured lights shall be fixed whenever it
is practicable so to exhibit them ; and shall be fitted
with inboard screens projecting at least three feet
forward from the light, so as to prevent the lights
being seen across the bow.
3. When the coloured lights cannot be fixed (as
in the case of small vessels in bad weather), they
shall be kept on deck between sunset and sunrise,
and on their proper sides of the vessel, ready for
instant exhibition, and shall be exhibited in such a
mariner as can be best seen on the approach of, or
to:rany other vessel or vessels, in sufficient time to
avoid collision, and so that the green light shall not
be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the
starboard side.

Fog Signals.
All sea-going sailing-vessels, when under way,
shall, in all cases of fog, use when on the starboard
tack a fog horn, and when on the port tack shall
ring a bell. These signals shall be sounded once at
least every five minutes.
Sailing pilot vessels are to carry only a white
light at the masthead, and are to exhibit a flare-up
light every 15 minutes, in accordance with Trinity
House Regulations.

VESSELS AT ANCHOR.
All sea-going vessels, when at anchor in road-
steads or fairways, shall between sunset and sun-
rise exhibit, where it can be best seen, but at a
height not exceeding 20 feet above the hull, a
white light in a globular lantern of eight inches in
diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear,
uniform, and unbroken light all round the horizon,
at a distance of at least one mile.

COLONEL WAUGHON THE EASTERN

BANK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—lt was not my intention to have intruded
my name before the public until the proper time
arrived, when those advising me deemed it right I
should do so ; but my attention having been called
by a relative in England to a most abusive leading
article in your paper of the 19th inst. I have broken
through this resolution, and send you this letter,
trusting it may meet abetter fate than the one I
addressed you in June, 1857, on the occasion of
your first leading article relative to my affairs, the
non-insertion of which at that time inflicted on me
a grievous injury which can never be retrieved.
With reference to the statement in your leading
article which denounces me as " a swindler of the
heroic class, not only having nothing, but having
several hundred thousand pounds less than nothing,"
I have to remark that my property was valued on
-several occasions, and even prior to my first intro-
duction to the London and Eastern Bank as a total
stranger to them in March, 1855, at a sum more
than sufficient to cover all my liabilities at the
present time by gentlemen of the first reputation.
and eminence in their profession.
Moreover, it is a matter of notoriety that the
London and Eastern Bank directors, the committee
of shareholders, and their professional advisers
published and made use of those valuations in
'
their attempted sale of the property by publicand
na
au
nc
tion in July, 1857, thereby giving a pubhc
vincing proof of their confidence in the estimates of
those gentlemen on whose professional reports I had
with the utmost reliance based my expenditure. Such
being the facts, I ask you if it was fair and just, as
a public journalist, strong in your vast strength,
to so utterly crush and ruthlessly condemn anyone
without fully making yourself acquainted with all
the facts.

It is not my intention at the present time, labour-
ing under debility of mind and body, to enter into
a lengthened exposition of my affairs, although
many gross mis-statements have gone forth con-
cermng me, which I shall be prepared to refute at
the proper time.
In conclusion, if by the term " heroic" you mean
sarcastically to refer to my services in the army, I
beg simply to state that I have no reason to be
ashamed of my connection with that profession. I
am the son and grandson of general
.officers, and
was myself a soldier for 20 years, serving under
distinguished generals, and mentioned by them in
their public despatches.—Yours obediWently,
. IV AUG II .
Marseilles, Oct. 23.

GOVERNMENT E3IIGRATION.—Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday
afternoon, the 28th inst.—viz., the Nimrod, 943 tons, to sail
from Plymouth for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l3 14s.
2d. per statute adult, and the Hamilla Mitchell, 540 tons,
to sail from the same port for Perth, Western Australia, at
£l4 18s. 6d. per statute adult t theformer vessel to be read
for the reception of passengers on such day as the commis):
sioners may appoint between the 6th and 13th of December,
and the latter to be ready to sail any day between the 22d
oi
ofn December.three tenders
neat
te
Thursday,
also
given notice of
theto4th
ready on any such day asiithil
Dercemmibsesri
theira intention
pros., for a ship to proceed to Melbourne, Victoria, -be
oners may fix upon
between the 10th and ljt

ATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
T. Under the Management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W'

Harrison,

- THIS -EVENING,-Flotmv'S Opera, MAIZTITA. Characters
by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss 5:F;;,..1 Py:lQ, Arr. G. Honey, .Mi.
.1. G. Paley, Mr. T. Oration Kelly, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. W.
Harrison.

Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR
D'AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchl, and Pasquale.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of
KING JOHN.
King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by the Farce of
AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU-
RANUE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, Ste.
WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
JACK'S RETURN PROM CANTON.
And ANY FORT IN A STORM.