The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

LIGHTS OF SHIPS AT SEA.

Some time back the Admiralty appointed a com-
mittee of naval officers to consider the expediency
of altering the system of lights established for steam
and sailing vessels. It consisted of Admirals Chads
and Beechy, and Captains Sulivan, Ellerby, and
Harris, and it examined several witnesses, and
finally arrived unanimously at the following con-
clusions :--

1. That no alteration should be made in the pre-
sent system of steamers' lights.
2. That the bright light now exhibited by sailing
vessels when_under sail or being towed should be
abolished, and that, instead thereof, such vessel
should exhibit between sunset and sunrise to any
vessel or vessels, a red light on the port side, and
a green light on the starboard side, corresponding
to the coloured side light now shown by steamers,
without any reference to tacks.
3. That these coloured lights should be fixed
when practicable, and that when such light: are not
fixed places should be provided in which the lights
should be kept on their respective sides, ready for
exhibition. •

4. That all lights, whether fixed or exhibited by
hand, should be so screened as to render them in-
visible on the opposite bow or side of the vessel,
which the committee consider quite practicable.
5. That the lights proposed to be exhibited by
sailing vessels should in no case be of less size or
power tha* the lantern which the committee recom-
mend, and which shows an uniform and unbroken
light over 16 points of the compass.
6. That all vessels at anchor, whether steamers
or sailing vessels, should exhibit, "where best
seen," between sunset and sunrise, a white light,
of uniform size and power, in a globular :antern of
six inches diameter, at a height not exceeding 20
feet above the hull of the vessel.

7. The committee consider it desirable further to
recommend that the pilot vessels of the United
Kingdom should be designated by particular
They would therefore submit that, in addition to
the red and green lights now proposed for all
classes of sailing vessels, pilot vessels should he per-
mitted to exhibit a white light on a level with the
red or green light.

8. Vie comniittee havingtaken into consiieration
the subject of signals during fogs would recommend,
for the.reasons stated in the foregoing report, that
steamers should-use:either the steam whistle or bell,
and that all other vessels should use a fog horn.
Finally. The committee are of opinion that the
above regulations, if approved by their lordships,
should apply to all vesseli of the United Kingdom
in every part of the world, unless specially ex-
cepted by the Admiralty.
The committee cannot close their report without
stating that the evidence adduced proves that the
number of collisions is chiefly attributable to the
neglect of a " good look-out," and they submit
thatit should be strongly impressed on the masters
of all vessels that this important duty be more
rigidly attended to.

CRYSTAL PALACE. —ONE SHILLING DAY.—Saturday,
Aug. 15.—Admissions on payment, 10,245; ditto by
season tickets, 1,789 ; total, 12,034.
It is stated that the Coolnamuck property, formerly
the estate of James Sadleir, has passed into the posses-
sion of Lord John Bererfor3, brother of the Marquis of
Waterford, having been purchased in trust for his lord.
ship at the recent sale in the Encumbered Estates Court.

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LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Divideud Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
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X s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19570 s
British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 224110
Caledonian Bank .. - . 81. per cent 10 0 0 210 031 16s
City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13117 s
Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14, 7a
C ,mmercial Bank •• 7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 24810 s
Eastern 8ank........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14i 5s
Edinb. & Glasgow.... 35 1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 51 2s
National Bank .. •• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19310 s
Nortb of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 oii lOs
Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 14 Or s
Union Bank of Scot. ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106110
Western, Bank •....... 7/. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 321 Os
pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17112 s
Mance Fire and Li's,- 8 41.
British Guarantee • • it. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 7s
Caledonian Fire Insur • +O/.percent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of kliasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 4s
3 0 0 ,;/ Os
Co' onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0
Edinburgh Life Insur. G. oer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28115 s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.,ter cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Os
Life Assoc. ,f 3cotland 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 Is
Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os
North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36115 s
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 16s
Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 021 19s
Scottish Union Insrnc. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/.15s
Standard Life ........ 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os
MISCELLANEOUS.
-------- Dividend Amount
Name of Compar.y per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. Z s. d.
Acadian Charcoal Iron
• • 10 0 0 2 0 0' -
African Steam Ship . • .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Assam Lea • • •• •• • •
5,. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
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Auction Mart...• •• -2141 per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 212
Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all -
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. IN. 10 0 0 all 14%
British American Land 5/. per cell, 50 0 0 40 0 0 -
Canada .. •••••• • • • • • il. Per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 --
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Otto, 6 per cent... 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Cl. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -•
Crystal Palace ...... 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 all 1,14
Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 4.58
Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all -
city Navigation Bonds 3% 1. per cent -
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glectnc Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock: 100 0 0 104
Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all l'i,i
Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all -
Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Ditto New . ...... - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. Bilnvest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 .00 0 0 -
Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all __
Gen.SteamNavigation 101. per ct. &15 0 0 14 0 0 -
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London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all
Stock -
Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock
all -
Elangerford ...... •• .. 2/. ss, 100 0 0
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10 0
all -
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London Reversionwy Si, per cent. 15 0
all
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Mex. &S. American - 25 0 0 50 0 3%
Nat. Discount Comp.. - _ 100 0 0
N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent.
Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all .5A
00 23 0
North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0 17 10
all 0 2314
Prlee'sPatentCand. Co -
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Peel River.Land&Min. --5 0 0 all 1%
Pen. & Oriental Steam 7/. per cent 50 0 0 all
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