The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-15 00:00:00

RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL

London, May
sir,—l hate the pleasure of enclosing a trausktion or:
the official notification sent to ine by say Government, of
the different changes which have taken place during the
last four years in the light-houses on the coasts of the Balti,
and in the Gulf of Finland.

I beg you will communicate this Mfarmatiou to the
British merchants and eaptaius trading in thote seas.

- I am,
Your very humble and obedient servant,
G. BENKHAUSEN, Russian Cunsul-Gcneraf
John Beunett, Ebq., beeretary, Lloyd's.

NOTICE REGARDING THE DIFFERENT CHANGE NcHICNE
HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS ITT
THE LIGHT-HOUSES ON THE (OASTS OF THE BALTIC' SEA
AND THE GULF OP FINLAND.

1. A sewed light-house has beeuerected on the:Filsand,
and instead of the revolving light formerly used, both arts
now provided with a fixed light. Ths light of the last
elected light-house, which is situated more to thelnorth than
the old one, is 90 feet,..—that is to say, 20 feet less than the
latter : the distance between them is 80 sagenes. They arc
in a line with the meridian.

2. The light-house situated en the &liken of Finland,
near Outto, was formerly provided with a revolving light,
which has been changed for a fixed one, and it is 100 feet
above the level of the sea.
S. The Parkalaout Light-house, which is 150 feet high,
is lighted by an alternate light. It differs from the Nar-
gain Lighthouse by its light being visible for 1 during an
interval of 3 minutes. The second half of this interval iz
divided into three parts,—that is to say, the light disap-
pears for about 35 seconds ; next it shows itself fur a quar-
ter of a minute; the flame is afterwards eclipacd until the
moment when it recommences to shine for minute.
This will render the Parkalaout Light-house easy to be dis-
tinguished from that of Narguin, although at a little dis-
tance from it.

4. The Narguin Light-house, which had been injured by
the inundation of 1824, has been removed 100 sagene:. be-
yond the place where it formerly stood towards S.E. It it
now 50 feet higher than before, and continues to be lighted
on three sides, the light of which is, by means of refractory,
concentrated on the same point.

ANGLO MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIAT WN -
—A Meeting of Proprietors was held yesterday, for the
purpose of sanctioning certain alterations proposed by the
Directors to be made in the regulation, of the Deed, re-
lative to the period of holding the Annual Meetings, the
mode of paying the dividend, and other matters of form-
A series of resolutions to that effect were read and adopted
without opposition or observation, and the Meeting imme-
diately adjourned.

mechanics,was
especially
workmanship remarkable for the
- -
r his skillexquisite
ifinishofhis
The late Duke of GORDON, who was famous
fo
in turning. His
Grace's taste in this department was so well known, that
Queen CHARtcerTr, the mother of his present MAJEsTr,
once requested of the Duke to turn a set of neck ornaments
for her, which he did in gold, in a style so much to the
satisfaction of the royal personage for whom they were exe-
cuted, that she was pleased to wear them at a drawing-
highest terms
room, and to express in the admirationher
of the present. The Duke, in recounting the anecdote,
used to laugh heartily at the idea of his success as a work:
Jocularly,
man ; " but," added he, " I thought it as well
to take myself off w Gordon Castle, else I might perhaps
have been appointed necklace m aker to the Queen and the
Princesses."
....

g O
y,esING CIRCBTANCE.— I,About 31
months ago a female tinker, or gipsy, while travelling it,
called at the house of Mr. M'Lacn-
Li‘xfolirvoernAahrogy,..llshire, call
i , She Was accompanied by a child, a fine
boy of apparently from two to three years old, whose gentle.looks and engaging
behaviour seemed to bespeak a better
origin than the condition in which he was found, and the
rage with which he was enveloped. In answer to the
questions of Mr. M‘Lacemates family, the boy stated that
his name was LiviecgroNe; he spoke with an English
accent, and on seeing
in the house some articles of furni.
tore, of rather a superior description, he pointed to them
and exclaitned, " they are my mamma's." This seemed to
confirm the suspicions of the family that the child had
been stolen from some respectable parents; and on the
woman's proceeding to beat him for his communicativeness
one of Mr. M‘Lactieae's daughters snatched up the
boy in her arms, and carried him into the parlour. lu tie::
mean time the supposed mother decamped, and escaping to
the hills, has not since been beard of. The child still con-
tinues in the family of 111 r. M'Lacimals-, where the utmost
care is taken of his health and comfort. No trace of hi,
parents has been yet discovered ; but it is hoped that tli;s
paragraph may meet their eyes, and, in order to attain 60
desirable an object, we trust our editorial brethren will
transfer it to their columns. The feelings of the parents
must be of a nature to baffle all description.—lnvernes
Courier.