France-West Coast. 
Alteration of IlfflitH Passe flu 
lord, (iironde river. 
The French Government has given Notice, 
that in consequence of considerable changes 
having taken place in the banks of the Passe 
du Nord, (¡ironde river, whereby the lead 
ing marks indicated by the lights of Pontaillac 
and Terre-Negre lead over the edge of La 
Mauvaist bank and near the margin of the 
bank off Point de la Coubre. the following 
alterations will be made in the lights:— 
1. Palmy re light. A lighthouse erected 
on the dunes of Point de la Palmyre, 
from which an alternating red and green 
light will be exhibited, visible from 12 
to 15 miles. This light will bear S E by 
E ^ & about 4$ miles from the lighthouse 
on Point de la Coubre. 
2. Point de la Coubre light-vessel.— 
A light-vessel exhibiting two fixed white 
lights visible 8 to 10 miles, moored south 
of the lighthouse of Point de la Coubre, 
about (> miles N N W \ W from Cordouan 
light 
3. St George and Sulzac lights. — In 
crease of brilliancy. 
4. Falaise and Pontaillac lights.—-Dis 
continued. 
5. Terre-Negre light — From a fixed 
white light to a fixed green light of feeble 
strength, obscured in the direction of the 
sea from a line drawn through the N E 
buoy of the Mourevel bank, northward. 
D irections.—When the above alterations 
have taken place, vessels entering the Gironde 
by the Passe du N'ord should approach by 
keeping the lights on Point de la Coubre and 
Palmyre in a line, and then steer with the 
light-vessel and the revolving light of Cor 
douan in one, opening the floating light a 
frankreid). — tOffthiiftr. — (firoubr 
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Hanoi. 
¡Die gtanjofifcfye SHe^ierung maebt befannt, bag 
in goige betraebtlitbev Petanbetungen bet Pattfe 
im notblidjen jfanal bet (fiironbe, roobutcb bie 
SHicbtungbmarfen, bunt) bie geuet von pontaillac 
unb Sfrre.Sli gte gebilbet, ubet bab (¡tube bet 
Sanf i'iauvaifc unb nabe an bfn 91anb bet Pant 
Vot bet Spige la Eoubre fufnen, folgenbe geuet. 
veriinberungen ootgenommen reerben follen. 
1) Palmpte-geuer. — Stbauung einea ieud)t. 
tburmeb mit abwecbfelnb totb unb grunem 
geuet non 12 bib 15 Seetneilen Sicbtbatfeit 
auf bm D linen vonPalmvre, SOzO.J O, ea. 
4J Seetneilen oom Point be la (Soubte ■ geuet- 
tbunn. 
2) Point be la Eoubte.geuetfd)iff. — Stub- 
legung eineb geuerfebiffeb mit twei feflen wei- 
Sen geuem von 8 bib 10 Seemeilen Sidn- 
batfeit, fubliip vorn Point be la Eoubre.geuer, 
ca. 6 Seemeilen X N W \ YV vom Eotbuan- 
geuet. 
3) @1. ©eorge- unb Suljac.geuet. Pen 
flarfung bet Veiubtfiait. 
4) galaife- unb Poniaillae.geuer. 21ub. 
lofebung. 
5) lette • 9Ugte-geuet. llmtvanblung beb 
feflen »eigen geuetb in ein gtiineb von ge. 
ringetet ileud)tftaft, vetbunfelt narf) See ju 
in bet Cinie, bie burefc bie notbofllidje Poje 
auf bet Ptoutevel-Sanf nacb 9totben gejogen 
»itb. 
Setnetfung. Jlatbbembiefeilenbetungen flat!« 
gefunben baben »etben, muffen Sebiffe, »eltbe in 
bie (Ritonbe butcb ben iiotb • ftanal einlaufen, bei 
bet Slnnaberung bit geuet auf Point be la (Soubte 
unb Paltttvte in Untie ^nlten, battn baben fie in 
biefet Cinie auf ban Dtebfeuet von Sotbouan ju 
»eitet ju fleuent, jebocb fo, bag bab geuetft^iff 
is