The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

DANGEROUS SUNKEN ROCKS IN THE
STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR.

Gibraltar, June 10, 1845.
Sir,—l feel it my duty, through you-, to draw the at-
tention of masters of vessels, passing the straits, to the
two dangerous sunken rocks, Cabezos, a little to the west
• and of Tarifa and the Pearl Rock, one mile south of
Point Carnero, at the entrance of this bay. Vessels
are constantly lost on one or the other of these perilous
rocks, which leads me to think that the notice of mer-
chant captains is not sufficiently called to these
dangers. About ten days ago, the French vessel Irma
struck on the Cabezos, and bud to take refuge in this
Om with fire feet water in her hold, and it was with
difficulty I could keep her afloat during that night, when I
commenced her discharge. In the Gibraltar Chronicle,
of gth inst, sent you by this conveyance, you will per-
ceive by a paragraph inserted by his Excellency the
Governor Opt the 13-itish barque Harper had a narrow
escape of being totally lost on the dangerous sunken
rock called the Pearl, off Port Carnero.
It will be satisfactory to the underwriters to know
that in such cases, where vessels are in distress at night,
after the gates of the fortress are closed, every facility
is kindly afforded to me, in having access to the bay anti
coast to convey assistance, by his Excellency the Gover-
nor, as will appear by his letter of the Bth inst., of which a
transcript is enclosed.—l have the honor to be, Sir, your
faithful and obedient servant,
(Signed) J. LONGSLAND COWELL,
Agent for Lloyd's.
To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's.

GEM ENGRAVING.—The committee of the Art-
Union of London in their last report drew the attention
of the public to the neglect into which gem-engraving
had fallen in this country. To follow up the subject they
have now offered three premiums of 601., 30!., and 151
for the best cameos in profile of the head of Minerva,
having a sphinx on the helmet, in the collection of bronzes
at the British Museum. They must be cut in onyx of not
less than two strata, awl be at least one inch in length,—
The Builder.

THAMES GRAND REGATTA.
SECOND DAY.

This was the "gold cup" day of aquatics—that on which
the grand challenge prize was to be contested. For this great
-race - the Oxford University, the Cambridge Subscription
erew (amongst which are several resident members of these
universities), the St. George's, and the Neptune had entered.
Oxford,. 'it- may be remembered, had held " the mastery "
for along period, up to the spring of the present year. Their
" giant -severi-" at Henley will long live in the memory of
aquatic-mew, and their prowess be readily acknowledged. The
match of March turned the tide of fortune, and the Cantabs,
who, previous to the victories of the rival university to which
we have alluded, .had been favoured by conquest in many a
gallant struggle, redeemed their laurels. The regatta at Hen-
ley a fortnight. since, again brought them into action, and
again Cambridge was crowned with victory; but it is but fair
to the Oxonians to state, that in consequence of some of their
crew not having been.in the boat more than a few days, they
were suffering wader, disadvantages. The Thames regatta
afforded the vanquished crew a third opportunity, and whether
they had "steam " enough to combat successfully with the
Cambridge rowers was the point to be decided. There was
one more great opponent at least in the field, to say nothing
of the Neptune, and this was the St. George's—a club whose
exhibition at Henley of science and game proved beyond
all doubt that they had made rapid strides towards perfection,
and bid fair to become " the leading stars of the London river."
The sport commenced at half-past three o'clock with the
gentlemen scullers' contest for the silver challenge cup, the
gift of Mr. J. Layton (a distinguished patron of aquatic
sports), together with a silver wherry, the gift of Messrs.
Makepace and Walford