Island, in lat. 44° 28' N., long. 67° 31′ 9" West from Greenwich, nearly.

Change of Manheigin Light.

On the same 1st day of April, 1857, the time of revolution of the Manheigin light will be altered from two minutes to one minute, and the red face now shown will be thereafter discontinued ; so that from and after the above date the interval between the bright faces will be one minute, and the light will be of the natural colour.

Manheigin lighthouse stands on the island, in lat. 43° 44′ N., long. 69° 15' West from Greenwich nearly.

By command of their Lordships,

John Washington, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th January, 1857.

This notice effects the following Admiralty Charts-North America, East Coast No. 268: Bay of Fundy to Long Island, No. 2492. Also United States Lighthouse List, Nos. 4 and 27.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 5.) PACIFIC OCEAN-CALIFORNIA.
Fixed White Light near Crescent City.

The United States Lighthouse Board has given notice, that on and after the 10th day of December, 1856, a light would be exhibited from a tower recently erected on the south-western side of the harbour of Crescent City, on the coast of California, in the Pacific Ocean.

The light is a fixed white light, varied by flashes The illuminating apparatus is a lens of the fourth order. The light is placed at a height of 80 feet above the mean level of the sea, and

should be visible from the deck of a ship in clear weather at a distance of 14 miles.

The building consists of a keeper's dwelling of grey stone of one story and a half high, with a low tower of brick, plastered and whitewashed, rising from the centre, and surmounted by a lantern, painted red, and is about 40 feet high from base to vane. It stands on the seaward extremity of the Island Point forming the southern and western sides of the harbour, in lat. 41° 44′ 31′′ north, long. 124° 11′ 22′′ west from Greenwich; the magnetic variation in November, 1853, being 17° 45' east, as determined by the coast survey.

Fixed Red Light near Santa Barbara.

The Lighthouse Board has also given notice, that on and after the 1st day of December, 1856, a light would be exhibited from a tower recently erected on the bluff near Santa Barbara, on the coast of California, in the Pacific Ocean.

The light is a fixed red light. The illuminating apparatus is a lens of the fourth order, and lights up the seaward half of the horizon. The light is placed at a height of 180 feet above the mean level of the sea, but will not be visible from the deck of a ship (owing to its red colour and low order of lens) beyond the distance of 10 miles.

The building consists of a keeper's dwelling, one story and a half high, with a low plastered tower rising through the roof, surmounted by a lantern; the whole being about 40 feet high from base to vane. It stands two miles south-westerly from the landing at Santa Barbara, and 183 yards from the brink of the bluff, in lat. 34° 23′ 35′′ north, long. 109° 42′ 5′′ west from Greenwich; the magnetic variation in November, 1853, being 13° 30′ east, as determined by the coast survey.

Cortez Shoal, near San Nicholas.

The Commanding Officer of the United States Coast Survey in the Pacific has notified the position of a dangerous locality on Cortez Shoal, where there is a depth of only 2 fathoms' water. It lies to the southward and nearly equidistant from the islands of San Clemente and San Nicholas, in lat. 32° 25′ 40′′ north, long 119° 5'7′′ west from Greenwich.

It appears to be a sharp point of rock approaching thus near the surface, with a deep water around it. It is near the eastern extremity of the shoal, which, within the 50 fathoms' curve, extends about 16 miles W.N.W. and E.S.E., and is about 4 miles wide.

By command of their Lordships,

John Washington, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 17th January, 1857,

These notices affect the following Admiralty Charts: Pacific Ocean, Sheet 3, No. 2461; San Diego Bay to Cape Mendocino, No. 2530; Cape Mendocino to San Juan de Fuca, No. 2531. Also North America, West Coast Lighthouse List, Nos. 35, 44.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 6.) MEDITERRANEAN.---SEA OF MARMORA. Light on Stephano Burun.

The Director of Lights for the Turkish Government has given notice, that on and after the 4th day of January, 1857, a light would be established on Stephano Burún, on the north side of the Sea of Marmora, near the entrance of the Channel of Constantinople.

The light is a fixed white light, varied every two minutes by flashes, which are preceded and followed by short eclipses. The light is placed at a height of 78 feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible from the deck of a ship, in clear weather, at a distance of 12 miles.

The light is seen through an arc of the horizon of 195° from E. by N. N. round southerly to W. N., except for the half point from W. by S. to W. by S. S., where it is interrupted by the tower of a kiosk, which will shortly be removed.

The light-tower is 65 feet high from the ground, and stands on the point of San Stephano, at 723 yards E. by N. N. of the above-mentioned Sultan's kiosk, in lat. 40° 57′ 14′′ N., long. 28° 50′ 34′′ West from Greenwich.

[All bearings are Magnetic. Var. 8° 35′ W.] By command of their Lordships,

John Washington, Hydographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 20th January, 1857.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Mediterranean, General No. 2,158; Marmora Sea, No. 224; Black Sea, No. 2,214. Also Bosphorus Directions, p. 76, and Mediterranean Lighthouse List, No. 182 a.

Easthampstead Union.- Parish of Winkfield.

An Order of the Poor Law Board, to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Winkfield, in the county of Berks, and to all others whom it may concern, dated 20th January, 1857, directs that so much of the 13th and 14th Vict. c. 57, as relates to the appointment of a vestry clerk, shall forthwith be applied to, and be put in force within, the said parish of Winkfield.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of FEBRUARY 6, 1857.

The Speech of the Lords Commissioners to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday, February 3, 1857.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

WE are commanded to assure you, that Her Majesty has great satisfaction in recurring again to the advice and assistance of Her Parliament.

We are commanded by Her Majesty to inform you, that difficulties which arose in regard to some of the provisions of the Treaty of Paris delayed the complete execution of the stipulations of that treaty.

Those difficulties have been overcome in a satisfactory manner, and the intentions of the treaty have been fully maintained.

An insurrectionary movement which took place in September last in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel, for the purpose of re-establishing in that canton the authority of the King of Prussia as Prince of Neuchatel, led to serious differences between His Prussian Majesty and the Swiss Confederation, threatening at one time to disturb the general peace of Europe. But Her Majesty commands us to inform you, that, in concert with Her august Ally the Emperor of the French, she is endeavouring to bring about an amicable settlement of the matters in dispute, and Her Majesty entertains a confident expectation that an honour