The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND.
Shambles Light Vessel, Bill of Portland.

The Corporation or the Trinity House of London have
given notice, that in accordance with the advertisement
from that corporation, dated 4th January last, a light ves-
sel having the word Shambles painted on her sides, has
been moored at the east end of the Shambles shoal, in 15
f tthoms low water spring tides, with the following marks,
viz. :

fßelfield House (in the trees), to the westward of Wey-
mouth, in one with the West pier head of the breakwater,
N.N.W. ; Wyke Regis church tower, a third the distance
from the law N.E. point of. Portland, to the West pier head
of the breakwater, N.N.W. ; W. ; a small white house
on the beach, at Church Hope cove, between the two mills
at Portland, N.W. ; Portland Bill, W.N.W. ; and St.
Alban's Head, E. S.
The vessel carries a fixed white light, 38 feet above the
sea, between sunset and sunrise, which light will be con-
tinued until further notice. A gong will be sounded in
foggy weather.
[All bearings are magnetic. Variation in 1858, 20 deg.
I min. W.]—By command of their Lordshiys,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
9th September, 1859.
This notice affects the following Admiralty charts :
General Chart of the English Channel, No. 2675; English
Channel Sheet 1, No. 1598 ; Portland to Portsmouth,
Sheet 4, No. 2450 ; Portland to St. Alban's Head, No.
2615 ; Portland Road, N0.,2255. Also Channel Pilot, part
1, p. 30; and British Lights List, August, 1859, No. 19.

MEDITERRANEAN—SICILY.
Fixed Light on Cape Scaramia.
The Sicilian Government has giOen notice that on and
after the Ist of October, 1859, a light will be exhibited on
Cape Scaramia, or, as it is sometimes called, Punta Secca.
The light will be a fixed white light, and placed at an
elevation of 123 feet above high water, and should be visible
in clear weather from a distance of 18 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by a lens of the
third order. It stands in lat. 36 deg. 46 min. 15 sec. N. ;
and long. 14 deg. 30 min. 16 sec. East of Greenwichl-By
command of their Lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, London,
13th September, 1859.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Mediterranean, General, No. 2158 ; Sicily, General, No.
165; South Coast of Sicily (Avola to Cape Granitola) No.
181; Mediterranean Lights List, 1859, No. 157.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
North Riding of the County of York—Simon Thomas
Scrope, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Ist Company of Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers—Mans.
field Turner, Esq., to be Captain; Robert Brewin, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant ; Samuel Harris, Gent., to be Ensign.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Cap-
tain Charles Adams to be Major, vice Kitson, who retires.
Norfolk Militia Artillery—First Lieutenant Edward
Henry Rust D'Eye to be Captain, vice North,. resigned ;
Second Lieutenant Count Melchior Gurowski Do Wezele to
be Frst Lieutenant, vice D'Eye promoted.
Ist Company of Berkshire Volunteer Rifles--Sir Claudius
Stephen Paul Hunter, Bart., to be Captain Commandant.
Colchester and East Essex or Ist Volunteer Rifle Subdi-
vision—Sir Claude Wm. Champion de Crespigny, Bart., to
be Lieutenant; John Fitzsimmons Bishop, Esq., to be En-
sign.

-Warwick Militia, 2d Regiment--Charles Bunbut y, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Henry Bathurst, resigned ; John Jansor
Howard, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Franklyn, re-
signed.
Royal Carnarvonsh ire MiLlia—Charles Abbott Delmar
(late a Lieutenant in her Majesty's 9th Lancers), to be Cap-
tain, vice Frank Muckleston Allen, appointed to the 3d
West York Regiment of Militia.
3d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Lieutenant Samuel
Leo Schuster to be Captain.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE

MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 19.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that the distribution of the award for salvage services ren-
dered to the Spahish barque Viscaya, by Richard Mallard,
chief boatman in charge OF the Greenway Station, of the
Coast Guard in Rottingdean Division, Sussex, and others,
on the 6th Feb., 1859, will commence on Thursday, the
22d Sept., 1859, in the Prize Branch of the Department of
the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house."
Agents and other persons holding prize orders, or other
instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled
to claim the share of any salvor, are requested to present
the same at this &flee. 2
Any person, who may desire to receive his share from the

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Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within thetini"
ted Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to
be addressed ,6 On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, London "—in which letter his own place of re-
Admiralty,
Collector of Customs, or of Inland Revenue,
sidence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the
fret?
vhoin it woi be convenient to receive such share of sal-
vage money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Seventh class.... £35 4 8 I Fighth class .... £l7 12 5
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of tho Nevi
Admiralty, Somerset-house, 1859. •
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein.,
that preparations are now being made for the intended
distribution of the tonnage bounty, awarded for the nare
unknown, supposed Cuba or Zeldina, captured on the 12. th:
April, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Arab ; the 4°lll
barque Conchita, captured on the 27th August, 1857! Y
her M ajesty's ship Firefly ; name unknown captured ?a
the 18th Sept., 1857, by her Majesty's ship 'Sappho ; Tge
brigantine, name unknown, captured on the 9th Oct., 18°11
by her Majesty's ship Vesuvius ; schooner Niagara, captur.e!
on the 7th Dec., 1857, by her Majesty's chip Hecate, °I!
brigantine, unknown or Lucia, supposed to be the Wia'l,.
ward, captured on the 4th N0v.,8-7 by her MajestY a
ov., a ,
ship Alecto • ,the schooner, name unknown,
the 15th April, 1858, by her Majesty's ship '
A ecto ;
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schooner Wintermoych, captured on the 27th Feb., DO
by her Majesty's ship Conflict ; the barque Almeida, car
Cow
tared on the 12th March, 1858, by her Majestys ehiP
n the
flic •
t , the brigantine Robert I. Charlton, captured o
22d March, 1858, by her Majesty's ship Medusa; a °an;
Alecto
the
with 32 slaves on board, captured on the 28th April, 18 ,
by her Majesty's ship Medusa ; the bark Minnetonka, car
tured on the 18th April, 1858, by her Majesty's shlP
the Gen. Scott, captured on the sth May, by her I,dajesty a
ship Teazer.
AnY legald„
nts or other persons having any just and
mand, unliquidated, against the said award, ate the
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the se-
to
of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Office:,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney?
prize orders assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they e share
Heron; ,
may be legally entitled to claim the delay
belonging to any salvor, are requested, with as little dem;
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch' of the Department of the
"Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Soraereet.
House."
Due notice will given, by future advertisements in the
be
mount
" Landon Gazette," of the date proposed for the commence of
ment of distribution; and, at the same time, the a
an individual's share in the respective classes will be ell"
flounced.

BANKRUPTS.
John Harrison,
Oct.
Bermondsey, to surrender Sg:
30, at twelve, and Oct. 27, at two, at the Court of 13
ruptey.
Charles Bawden, mine agent, Tavistock, Oct. 5
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Oct.
Henry Wood, merchant, Moorgate-street, City, Oc .
and Nov. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. at
John Machin, innkeeper, Birmingham, Oct. 3 and 52
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Oct.
Thomas Francis, plasterer, Cross-road, Islington,
and 21,
5, at half-past one, and Nov. 9, at half-past two at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Green, builder, Northampton, Oct. 5, at one, and
Nov. 9, at two, at the District Court of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Graham, gentlemen, Stornoway, Rossohire;
J. and T. Coats and Co., thread manufacturers, parsley
The Rev. Thomas Buchanan, D.D., Methuen,
Perth-
shire.