The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-24 00:00:00

COLONEL THOMPSON AND THE

SHIPPING INTEREST OF HULL.
(From the Hull Advertiser.)
We are indebted to the Hon. and Gallant Member for
Bradford, Colonel Perronet Thompson—a man held in
grateful remembrance by the Reformers of Hull—for the
earliest intimation of certain Government measures of
much importance to the shipping interest of this
port. The first of these is a Bill which has
been read a first time in the House of Commons,
granting permission to vessels, navigated by competent
masters and mates, to be relieved from the payment of
pilotage; and the second is a Bill for the examination of
masters and mates on a plan similar to that proposed
two or three years ago, but not then carried out. We
have not received copies of these Bills, but Colonel
Thompson is anxious that his old friends in Hull should
look sharply about them, and see whether they
are exactly such measures as Hull shipowners
and Hull mariners ought to petition for. Other
Members of Parliament express surprise at the apathy
with which the shipowners receive intimations of a wish
on the part of the Government that they would seek the
redress of proved grievances. In a letter which we
yesterday received from Mr. James Clay, one of the
hard-working Members for this port, that Honour.
able Gentle says :—" Our Hull Chamber of Com-
merce ought to occupy the recess by concerting
a combined action with the other principal ports,
so as to agree on terms which may be fair and
acceptable to them, as to pilotage, light dues, marine
insurance, and the general provisions of Mr. Labou-
chere's measures, so that a combined influence may be
brought to bear on the Board of Trade." We cordially
concur in this opinion ; but will the Hull Chamber
of Commerce and Sipping act upon it ? As
the annual meeting is to be' held in a short
time, we may leave the directors to give an answer.
On the part of the town generally we are grateful
to these Members of the House of Commons for
their attention to such questions in connexion with
the trading and marine interests of the port of Hull.
Colonel Thompson tells us he considers himself in the
light of an auxiliary Member for this borough, as
being an important branch of the Bradford family, and
early interwoven with his kindest political associates.
Their is not a public man in Hull whose respect for the
town will not be increased by this intimation. Of the
veneration in which he is held by the working classes of
this port, Colonel Thompson requires no newspaper at-
testation.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
THE CREST, BROMPTON.— The new chapel to be
erected by the eminent builders, Messrs. Hopkins and
Roberts, will be proceeded with as speedily as possible.
It will be built in the Anglo-Norman style, of Kentish
rag-stone, with Caen facings and dressings. The com-
pletion of the western wing of the Hospital will be pro-
ceeded with after as little delay as possible. On Sunday
last a sermon was preached at Park-street Chapel,
Grosvenor-square, by the Rev. Robert Montgomery,
M.A., in aid of the general funds of the hospital. A
very handsome collection was made.

THE ROYAL MARIN;EXCIIRSION.-FALHOUT
SUNDAY.—Orders have been received by Mr. Yeatoes,
commanding the guard-ship Astrea, to be in readiness to
receive her Majesty the Queen, on her passage down the
Channel towards Ireland, for supplying fuel to the
steamers, &c.

THE TEA TRADE, JULY 23.—The deliveries of
tea last week from the London warehouses were larger
than for some time_past, amounting to 618,4231 b. The
consumption of the article is good.
OPENING Or THE BERWICK AND KELSO RAIL.
WAY.—The Government inspector was expected upon
this line on Tuesday, but notice arrived that the inspector
had been detained trom indisposition at Newcastle, and
that the inspection had been postponed.—Kelso Chronicle.
MOVEMENTS OF THE EZ-KING OF SAUDINIA.-The
Marquis of Sligo's mansion in town was taken for
Charles Albert, who was expected by the last packet.
But it appears that there has been some change of
intention on the part of his ex-Majesty.