The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-18 00:00:00

HARBOURS OF REVUE.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,

Sir F. SMITH mored a resolution that oo much of the
Report of the Commissioners on Harbours of Refuge u
applies to Waterford, Wick, sod Padstow be carried into
effect. He reed the recommendations of the commissioners

and an extract from the report of the committee of ISM,
pointing out the urgent necessity of providing harbours of
refuge, and observed that the carrying out of his limited
project would only cat • modems stun, while it would give
a harbour of refuge to England, Scotland. and Ireland.
The motion was seconded by Mr. KENDALL, who
advocated the claims of Pedstow.

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Sir J. HAY suggested that the harbour or bay of Filet',
whirl powered peculiar qualifications and grvat natural
advantages, might be made a magnificent harbour of refuge
in a part of the coast where such a harbour was much
Tequila&
Mr. BEECROFT spoke likewise in favour of Filoy ;
while

air J. ELPFIINSTONE put in a claim for Peterhead.
Oteervatious were made by Mr. Blake, Mr. M. Duff,
Lord Bury, sad Mr. Liddell.
Mr. IL GIBSON said he would not assert that there
might sot be mess is which public mosey should be granted
for snob • purports as a harbour of ramie, but he would not
swot to say generalteriseiple in favour of each grants.
If the house conies to embark in such an expenditure,
he thought the owe of They was • strong one, but
the work would cart probably 1,000,0001. The govern-
ment had adopted so mach of the recommenda-
time of the commisomen a related to the carping oat

of irepromemele of boriners by Item et public
mousy, sail hit boped Ma Home of Coolness would not
cramp private anew by miegoting the dampens, system of
making peels, mil thus maceumgiog a scramble for the
pablie =TA applaud as maim.
Mr. that a proper mode of dealing
with this qmselee =Mt eating local contri-
butions by onselet Mem the government.
BM J. PAKINGTON with great regret the
the right Item pagssuan the President of the
Hoard of Trade—a epees& Webb he thought neither credit
shin to the uoversmost air to bs antisfectory to the
home. (Hear, hear.) Any one to the right boo.
gentleman would have spopssal that question had
Bow come beforecein6 isy lb. Orsi time ; whereas it
had really Mar the Bret govern-
ment of the visomiat. For two sessions •
committee bad eat upon the 'object, under the
obairmsnehip of the late lamented Mr. Wibon ;
and very shortly indeed after he (Sir J. Pakingtoe) had taken
his seat as Lint Lord of the Admiralty that right bon.
gentleman
Hoar,
upon him not to neglect the report of his
committee. Hoar, beard The result was that it became
his (Sir J. "ngtotes) duty to appoint the commission
presided over by Sir James Hops. Both the committee
sad the ommindon had reported is the strongest possible
meow I. favour of applying • gum of public money to the
omistroMioa of herboure of refuge. He was rather tired of
bearing these=giala postposed sad adjourned sine die by
sesame s like that which they bad just heard from
the right .gentlemaa the Preeklootof the Board of Trade.
He meat theeefore appeal to the &We viscount himself to
know if they were to go on in this manlier' At the same
time be thought his gallant friend had chosen rather
an inopportnao moment to bring forward the subject ; for it
was oaly at the previous maim that the right hon.
geotletesa the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad expressed a
hope that the boss would permit him to keep the surplus
of 800,000 f., which he refined, after having made im-
portant heal concemions to the public. That request
seemed only reemeable, and be thought that maims of
this kind should be made earlier in the session, when they
could be attended to without deranging the finan
arrangements of the government. (Hear, hear.)
Wooed SYKES eximideeed that instead of seeking to
miry out some grand whams all at mos, they should coo-
teat themeless with deem the work bit by bit. Ho
thought, too, that they maid sot do bettor than apply to
harbours of refuge the balm" of the votes for fortifica-
tions. (Hear, hem.)
The motion of Sir F. Baulk was then negatived without
a divbioe.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN LIGHTHOUSES.
Lewd LOVAINE moved for copy of the reports to the
Malty-house at the South Fore Lad, Venus, and Dungeness
lightkeepen; sad of all report, from Profeseor Faraday
swubbseequectt to that of the Fah de/4July, DM upon the
eisetrie light sow in enitsm at ores ; and asked the
President of the Board of 'hada whet er it was the intention
of the Trinity-house to include the use of theelectric light in
the alterations esetsesplated at Portland
Mr. U. GIBBON einmented to give the papers, and, with
respect to the we of the light at Portland, he said
it or, net thenglit fiat enfileiset time had elapsed to Jus-
tify a relines* epos the electric light, and there was like-
wise the question of the additioual expense that would be
canned by rte me, and which would fell upon the shipping.
The cow light, however, would be fairly tried.