The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
THE COMMISSIONERS of the NO HERN
LIGHTHOUSES HEREBY GIVE OTICE
that a LIGHTHOUSE has been erected upo he SKER-
RYVORE ROCK, which lies off the Isl. of TYREE,
in the County of Argyle, the Light of whi will be Exhi-
bited on the night of the Ist FEBRUARY, 844, and every
Night thereafter, from Sun-set to Sun-rise.

The following is a Specification of the Position of the
Lighthouse, and the Appearance of the Light, by
Mr. ALAN STEVENSON, Engineer to the Commis-
sioners :
The SKERRYVORE ROCK lies of the Island of Tyree, in
lat. 56 deg. 19 min. 22 sec., N; long. 7 deg. 6 min. 32
sec. W.
By Compass the Lighthouse bears from Barrahead
Lighthouse, S. E., distant 33 nautic miles ; from Hynish
Point, in Tyree, W.S.W. 3 W., distant 104 miles ; from
lona Island, W.N.W. N., distant 20 miles; from
Rhinos of Islay Lighthouse, N. E., distant 44 miles;
and from Innistrahull Lighthouse in Ireland, N.E. by N.,
distant 533 miles.
Owing to the distance to which the foul ground extends
on every side of the Rock on which the Lighthouse is
-placed, and the weight of sea which breaks on the shallow
ground all round it, it is necessary to give the LIGHT A
WIDE BERTH. The better to enable seamen to judge of
this, their attention is called to a Chart, prefixed to a se-
parately printed notice, which exhibits the relative posi-
tion of the Skerryvore Rock, and the various dangers
around it. In particular, it is necessary to notice the po-
eition of those Rocks which lie seaward of the Lighthouse,
-viz., MACKENZIE'S Rock, about 3 miles W. by S. l S.
from the Lighthouse ; STEVENSON'S, 24- miles W., A N ;
and FRESNEICS, which lies between these two Rocks.
Copies of the notice, with the Chart prefixed, will he ea
tensively circulated to all the Customhouses of the United
Kingdom, and will be seen by any mariner on application.
The SKERRYVORE LIGHT will be known to Mariners as
a REVOLVING LIGHT, producing a BRIGHT FLASH once
every minute. The Lantern, which is open all round, is
elevated 150 feet above the level of the sea. In clear wea-
ther the flashes of the Light will be
seen at the distance
of six leagues; and at lesser distancesaccording to the
state of the atmosphere; and to a near observer, in fa-
vourable circumstances, the Light will not wholly
disap-
pear between the flashes.
And the Commissioners HEREBY FURTHER GIVE
NOTICE, that by virtue of a Warrant from the queen
in Council, of date the 13th Dec., 1843, the following
Tolls will be levied for voyages in respect of which benefit
will be derived from this light, viz., from every British
Vessel (the same not belonging to Her Majesty, or being
navigated wholly in Ballast,) and for every Foreign Vessel
which by any Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Con-
vention, or Treaty, shall be privileged to enter the Ports
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
upon paving the same Duties of Tonnage as are paid by
British Vessels (the same not being navigated wholly in
Ballast) the Toll of ONE PENNY per Ton of the burden
of every such Vessel •, and for every Foreign Vessel not
:so privileged, the Toll of TWOPENCE per ton.
By order of the Commissioners,
(Signed) C. CUNING AM,
A LEX. CUNING 14 AM, Joint Secretaries.
Edinburgh, 2.34. t I.)teculher, 1843.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

CAUTION TO SHIPPERS OF OIL OF VITRIOL,
OR OTHER GOODS OF DANGEROUS UALITY.
IT having been reported to the Committe or the Affairs
of the Estate of the Trustees of the Li erpool Docks,
that Packages containing VITRIOL e been sent to
to the Docks for Shipment without be g marked on the
outside of such Package, as required y the Dock Act,
4th Victoria, sec. 93,—the Committee direct a Copy of
the Clause of the Dock Act referred to to be annexed to
this PUBLIC NOTICE, FOR THE INFORMATION AND
CAUTION OF ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SHIPMENT
OF OIL OF VITRIOL, OR. OTHER GOODS OF DANGEROUS
QUALITY, in order that such Parties may be apprized of
the PENALTY to which they Income liable for noncom-
pliance with the provisions of the said Dock Act.
By Order,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 28th December, 1843.

Copy of the Clause alluded to.—Dock Act, 4th Vic., cap

30, sec. 93.
" And for the better prevantingacccidents which might
arise in any of the present or future docks or basins of
the said Trustees, or in the said warehouses, from the un-
safe
eirmcprociiuearfosrhtijps,ment, depositing, or keeping of goods
and merchandize within the same,—be it enacted, that
every person who shall send, or cause to be sent, to the'
de-
posit, td, oacnkys
a, warehouses, or premises, for shipment or de-
oil of vitriol, r other goods, wares,
or merchandize of dangerougsogoodasli,twy,asrhesall distinctly mark
or state the nature of such
~i())arlemoerrchani(cliise
on the outside of the hoz case, cask
containing the same, or shall' otherwise give notice thereof
to the Superintendent of the said docks or warehouses at
the time of so Fending the goods, wales, or merchandize
to the said dock's, warehouses, or premises, on pain of
forfeiting for every default therein the sum of TWENTY
I FOUNDS.

Town-hall, December 8, 1843.
MO the MERCHANTS, OWNERS, :nd PART
1 OWNERS of SHIPS, and other Pp • SONS duly
qualified to VOTE for the ELECT IN of MER-
CHANTS or SHIPOWNERS to ft m part of the
DOCK COMMITTEE.
I, THOMAS SANDS, Esquire, v ayor of the Borough
of Liverpool, in pursuance and b virtue of the powers
and authorities of the act of Pa iament, passed in the
sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the further improve-
ment of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and
for altering, extending, and amending the several acts re-
biting thereto," do hereby appoint a MEETING of the
MERCHANTS and SHIP-OWNERS of Liverpool,
(duly qualified) to be held at the Dock-office, in the Re-
venue-buildings, in Liverpool, on FRIDAY next, the sth
January, 1844, between the hours of One and Four of the
clock in the Afternoon, for the Election, Nomination, and
Appointment of one Member of the " Committee for the
Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool
Docks," to supply a vacancy in the said Committee,
caused by the resignation of Charles Horsfall, Esquire, on
the 28th day of December, 1843.
THOS. SANDS, Mayor.
The Qualification of Members of the Committee, as
fixed by the Act, is as follows, viz. :
" A natural born subject of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, or a subject duly naturalized
according to law, and who shall have resided in the town
of Liverpool, or the vicinity thereof, for five years previ-
ous to the day of Election, and shall have paid rates and
duties to the amount of £5O on his individual account,
or as agent for others residing not less than eight miles
from Liverpool, or £lOO, if paid by any house of trade in
Liverpool in which he may be a Partner, within the year
immediately preceding the election."
The Qualification of Voters, as fixed by the act, is as
follows :
" Merchants, Owners, Part Owners of Ships, and other
Persons, being Principals, inhabiting the town of, Liver-
pool or the vicinity thereof, or being agents, living in Li-
verpool, or the vicinity thereof, for principals residing
more thad eight miles from the said town, who have paid,°
either as principals or agents as aforesaid, rates and du-
ties to the amount of £lO within cne year previous to the
election.

And from every Voter one of the following Declarations,
with his Signature thereto, will be required at the time of
his voting, which must be by personal attendance :
[ln the case of a Principal, above described.]
" I do hereby declare, that I have paid, as a Principal
inhabiting the town of Liverpool, or the vicinity thereof,
Rates and Dues, by the Liverpool Dock Act of 51 Geo. 3
c. 143, or the Dock Act of 6 Geo. 4, c. 187, authorized to
be raised, levied, and collected, to the amount of Ten
Pounds, within one year frotn the date hereof, and that I
am thereby duly qualified to Vote at the Election of Rate-
payers to serve as Members of the Dock Committee.
Witness my hand this day of , 1844."
[ln the case of an Agent, above described.]
" I do hereby declare, that 1 live in the town of Liver-
pool, or the vicinity thereof, and that I have paid, as an
Agent for a Principal residing more than eight miles from
the town of Liverpool, Rates and Duties, by the Liver-
pool Dock Act of 51 Geo. 3, c. 143, or the Dock Act of
6 Geo. 4, c. 187, authorized to be raised, levied, and col-
lected, to the amount of Ten Pounds within one year from
the day of the date hereof, and that I am thereby duly
qualified to Vote at the Election of Rate-payers to serve
as Members of the Dock Committee. Witness my hand
this day of 18-14."
Printed copies of these Declarations may be obtained at
the Dock-office.