The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-01 00:00:00

THE NORTH SEA PILOTS AND THE BALTIC

FLEET.
It will be in the remembrance of many of our readers,
that on the return of the Hecla from her survey of the
Baltic, in February last, we dwelt at some length on the
inefficiency of the Hull pilots, and of the extraordinary
fuss made about the want of accommodation by these
grumbling, ignorant, and extravagantly paid individuals.
We at such period stated'our belief that the masters of the
navy, many of whom went out to survey in the Hecla, did
the work which the fussy Hull men (dubbing themselves
" North Sea pilots") were incapable of doing, in fact,
simply because some few of them had been up to St.
Petersburg two or three times. they fancied that our fleet
was entirely dependent upon them for its safety. Certainly
a little allowance may be made for their conceit, because
of the Government ' rush" to obtain their services, and a
good deal of their grumbling was stopped by the liberality
of Captain Washington. We are now borne out in our
remarks at that time by what has since become patent—
namely, that the commander-in-chief would as soon have
a lot of Marylebone apple-women as these fat and know-
nothing Hull pilots. The whole and real duty has devolved
upon the masters of the Royal Navy. We believe it will
not be long before the " pilots" will be sent home as
useless lumber. We only hope that the immense
amount of consideration required by these men will
not limo lost sight of by the Board of Admiralty, and that
feel
the real pilots, the masters of the Royal navy, will be
looked upon with especial favour by the board in a pecu-
niary sense, for it is to this class of officers that the whole
safety of our, splendid war-ships is left,
taantdioli in t
with sry
onerous duties, coupled with a natural anxiety toacailch
ueiitr
themselves creditably in the eyes of their country, We
assured that in acknowledgment of their services the coun-
try would gladly concur that an augmen
amount of pay would bens thomat hortete masterhanwh mat theyuate eve
bare en-
titled to; every one knows
where, and that he must study hard to obtain that prac-
-1 tical knowledge so absolutely necessary for the well-doing
of the British naval service.
oGainceerran,seayndandnoteorsnely
The Admiralty commenced a good Work when they
broke through the old custom of the
. .very considerable
timew:Laming a more correct
to
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under the hBdeoe demand
men
of money but a • y
savingsa v pilotageing se
fby vast
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amountot yi,
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samet h e i r
knowledge of the coast and soundings, We trust that for the
putting their foot on btehooeafrrtdhseeaab.
future we shall hear no more of thesegs. supplementary pilots
7n countenance floc man of war, whether in the
and upon ogfetthesuTffiricniietnytßlyoafradt
the mercrheatlnhrteeny marine, and we ought
war in trust of their more natural
pilots—the masters of the
f Royal navy.-21forning Herald.

APPENTS.
Lieutenant CommanderOlNT
WiMlliam T. F. Jackson (1846),
from the Impregnable, flag; ship at Devonport, to the
Jackal, iron pachile!wheel steam vessel, of 150 horse-power,
commissioned yesterday at Woolwich.
Lieutenants—William T. W. Hambly (1854), to the
Leopard, 18, paddlewheel steam frigate, flag-ship of Roar-
Admiral Plumridge, Baltic ; Henry .B. Phillimore, pro-
moted yesterday, from m• to of the Excellent, gunnery ship
at Portsmouth, to the 3lalacca, 17, steam sloop, of 200
horse power, at Chatham ; Thomas A. Aldridge (1841), to
command the Stag, re7enne vessel.
Acting-Clerks—W. F. Simmons, to the Royal Albert,
131, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness; R. T. Jones, to the
Ajax, 60; screw steam-ship, Baltic; F. Parker, to the
Colossus, 80, screw steam- hip, at Portsmouth.
Clerk's Assistants—Oughton Timperley, to the Edin-
burgh, 60, screw steamship, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Henry D. Chads, C. 8., Baltic ; F. A. Keogh, to the Ma-
lacca, 17, steam sloop, at Chatham.

The name of Robert Elliot (1851) was inadvertently
omitted yesterday, in announcing the promotion of the
mate of the Rattler, screw steam ship, to the rank of
lieutenant.

The steamer Prince of Wales, belonging to the North
of Europe Company arrived yesterday from Gotten-
burg, after a very quick passage, and has brcught, in
addition to large quantities of merchandise, Russian
specie to the amount of 250,000 roubles, or about
40,0001. sterling.