The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-05 00:00:00

PILOTAGE BILL.

The house then went into committee upon this bill.

On clause 10,
Mr. HORSFALL moved, after the words " mate
in lines 32, 35, and 39, to insert " of any coasting ship
or vessel." He objected to the principle of centralisa-
tion established by the clause, and said the effect of the
amendment would be to limit the granting of licenses
by the Board of Trade exempting masters and mates
from taking pilots to coasting vessels and steamers.
The banks and sands of the Mersey and other ports
were constantly shifting, and it was impossible that a
master or mate who had been absent on a voyage for
several months could properly or safely discharge the
duties of a pilot. The local authorities at Liverpool
were entirely opposed to the clause.
Mr. CARDWELL said the clause was intended to
have a general and a local effect. Some thought it went
too far, others that it did not go far enoug, and e-
tween the two he thought it would be better h
to ad pt it
as it now stood.
opposed the clause, and instanced
Captain SCOBELL opp
the danger of giving indiscriminately to masters and
mates a license to pilot their own vessels.
Mr. CAIRNS supported the clause.
Mr. LIDDELL considered that the tendency of the
clause would be to impair the pilot service of the country.
Mr. GEORGE supported the clause, believing that
the charges under the existing piloting system were
most exorbitant.
Mr. HENLEY should not oppose the clause, but'
thought it invested a rather dangerous power in the
Board of Trade.
The amendment was then withdrawn.
Captain SCOBELL moved to add at the end of the
clause, "Provided always that such master or mate so
certified shall not be a foreigner."
Mr. CARD WELL opposed the amendment.
The amendment was withdrawn, and the clause was
agreed to.
The remaining and several new clauses were agreed
to, the house resumed, and the bill was ordered to be
reported this evening, in order that it might be read a
third time on Monday.
CUSTOMS ACTS CONSOLIDATION BILL.
This bill went through committee, and was ordered to
be reported this evening.
BETTING-HOUSES BILL.
The report upon the amendments to this bill was con-
sidered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be
read a third time on Monday.
The hcuse adjourned at 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was
[L SITTING.]

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Francesco
Stella as Vice-Consul at Malta, for his Majesty the

King of the Two Sicilies.
WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 5.
94th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir William
Staveley, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir
William Warre, C. 8., deceased, Aug. 1.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 29.
12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel W. Heathcote Tottenham to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase ; Captain David Arthur Monro to be
Major, without purchase ; Major Lawrence Fyler, from
half-pay 3rd Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Tottenham,

July 25.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant Arthur
Wellesley Williams ; Lieutenant Charles Marr ; Lieuten-
ant Chandos Frederick Clifton ; Captain Edward Fellowes,
from the 3rd Light Dragoons, vice Monro, July 29.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Cornet Ralph Shel-
ton Bond, vice Williams ; Cornet Valentino Baker, vice
Marr ; Lieutenant Thomas Heathcote Stisted, from the
3rd Light Dragoons, vice Clifton; Lieutenant William
Hicks Slade, from half-pay, of the 3rd Light Dragoons ;
Lieutenant Robert Hodgson, from the 3rd Light Dragoons ;
Lieutenant Charles Joseph Harford, from the 15th Light
Dragoons ; Lieutenant Thomas Clement Belmore St.
George, from the half-pay of the 3rd Light Dragoons ;
Lieutenant George Thorne Ricketts, from the 3rd Light
Dragoons ; Lieutenant Frederick William Goldfrap, from
the 15th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant Robert Macneill,
from the 3rd Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant James Mac-
queen, from the Ord. Light Dragoons ; Lientemmt Sainuol
Pearson, from half-pay 3rd Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant
Augustus Barton White, from 3rd Light Dragoons ; Lieu-
tenant Henry Freeman George Coleman, from half-pay of
the 3rd Light Dragoons, July 29.
43rd Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Newton
Phillips to be Lieutenant - Colonel, without purchase;
Brevet-Major George Talbot to be Major, without purchase,
vice Phillips, July 29.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant Arthur
Valetta Ponsunby, Lieutenant Henry Jackson Parkin
Booth, Captain William John Dorehill, from 94th Foot,
vice Talbot, July 29.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase-- Ensign Charles
Reginald Mure, vice Ponsonby ; Ensign Charles Calvert,
vice Booth ; Ensign Hon. Hugh Annesley ; Lieutenant
Francis Charlesworth Kennedy, from the 51st Foot ; Lieu-
tenant Robert Coke Glover, from the 51st Foot ; Lieuten-
ant John Frederick Trydell, from the 51st Foot ; Lieu-
tenant Charles Sergison Nott, from the 51st Foot ; Lieu-
tenant Samuel Tomyns Sargent, from the 51st Foot ;
Lieutenant Frederick Edward Medhurst, from the 51st
Foot ; Lieutenant Arthur George Evelyn Morley, from
the 51st Foot, July 29
74th Foot—Major George Monkland to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major Fitz-Hardinge
William Longuet Hancock to be Major, without purchase,
vice Monkland, July 29.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant James
Falconer, Lieutenant William West James Bruce, Captain
James Stewart Menzies, from the 94th Foot, vice Hancock,
July 29.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensign Robert
Cathcart, vice Falconer ; Ensign Anthony Delacombe Bell,
vice Bruce • Ensign Jown Swaffield Orton Swaffield ;
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Stoddard, from the 94th Foot ;
Lieutenant John Warden M'Farlan, from the 94th Foot ;
Lieutenant Whiteford John Bell, from the 94th Foot ;
Lieutenant H. Vansittart Stonehouse, from the 94th Foot;
Lieutenant Francis DalmahoyWyatt, from the 94th Foot;
Lieutenant Walter Lawrence Ingles, from the 94th Foot ;
Lieu tenant Henry Jameson, from the 94th Foot, July 29.