The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-20 00:00:00

THE PORT OF SAW FRANCISCO.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. —The following extract
from a communication received by an eminent firm iu
this port from their, correspondents in Sin Francisco,
regarding the pilotage Etnd insurance on ships entering'
and clearing from that port, was posted in the Under-
writers'-reoin today

" San Francisco, Jan. 26, 18'4.

" We wonla beg to call the attention of shipowners to
the advisability of haring a clause in their policies to the
following idled :--
" ' Ship allowed to leave the port of San Francisco with-
out a pilot, proiltled sho is towed through the Heads and
beyond the Milo Rock by dub of the regular tow-boats in
the harbour.'

Our rowons for the Above are manifold, and'we will
giye a..few of them.
" In the first. place, the exorbitant charge for pilotage,
of eight dollars per foot, with 5 per cent. additional for
commissioners' foes.

"Secondly.—We do not consider the pilots bore more
capable than the goneral run, of captains in command of
vessels arriving at this port, nor in any way saperior to
the captains of either of the steam-tugs.
" Thirdly.—The eddy tides, both within and outside the
Heads, are numerous, and it often happenti that in working
a ship out that the wind dies away, and the vessel is forced
to come to anchor, and there lay for days waiting a wind ;
thus adding the additional expense of eight dollars per day
for the pilot when so detained; whereas, by having the aid
of a steamer, a vessel is taken beyond all danger, gets a
good °fang, and proceeds to sea at once.
" We will just instance the case of the ship Lahore, Cap-
tain Tessyman, which vessel we despatched on the 24th
inat. No pilot was taken (the ono-half pilotage had to be
paid accordiug to law). A splendid steamer, the Under-
writer, was engaged for 75 .1°1,3., towed the ship fall eight
miles to sea, against a heavy head-swell, and no wind, in
the space of one hour an-i a half. Sundry vessels that
attempted to get to sea (same day) .withent the aid of
steam were forced to come to anchor, and were detained
Sollie days by light and contrary winds.
"The half pilotage paid as above on 14l feet, at
4 doll 50J
" Steam tug hire .. 75.00

5135.90
" Now, if no steamer had been taken and the full
pilotage paid of

" There would have only been a differenco of 514.10
to the ship, but with the prospect of not getting to sea
for days.
" We threw out the foregoing so as to guide shirowners,
and leave it to thorn to jii.ho upon the prtolence of insert-
ing a clause in their pelicios sufficient to hold the ship
karieloss in the event of proccoling to sea without a pilot,
but in tow of a steamer.

" We might achl the, there is really no darger when the
ship has a piteatrier. At all events, the capability of a Sau
Francisco pilot does not I,sson it in an 7 way."

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(ibis Day.)

Lorrro,), Ma•cla 20.—Wind this (by at noon, variable
light airs and dull cloudy \really.
PoirrAmormi, March 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrirod.—
Clifton (tpt.), from Malta ; Groat Tasmanian, (tpt.), do. ;
Eagle, (tot.), Plymouth ; Tartar, (s. tug), Liverpool, with
two of H.M. mortar boats in tow.
COIVES, March 19.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived—Ma thild a
Camelia, from Callao.
Ji.Rsrv, March 18.—Sailed—St. Anne, for Pernambuco.
ScAnnmtonir, March 19.—The schooner Shamrock,
from Whitstable to the north, got on the rocks five miles
north of this port this morning, and is likely to become a
wreck—crew and stores saved.
FALuourn, March 19.—Wind N.—Arrivod—Otto, from
Iquique.
PENZANCE, March 18.—Wind N.—Sailed—All the wild
bound.
lIARwrcIT, March 19.—Wind, S.W.—Sailed—All the
windbound.
BEAUMARIS, March 19.—The Alice, of Conway, is on
shore at Doles with slight damage.
LOWESTOFT, March 19.—The Grouse, from 141, to
Sunderland, went on shore hero on the 15th iust., and bas
been sold as she lies, together with her cargo.

(Pea ELEOTRTO TRLEGTIAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Brannock, Arbutus, Mechanic's Own, and
Betsey, Cardiff; Wonder and South Western, steamers,
Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre ; Charlotte, Guernsey.
Sailed—Two Sisters, Nancy, and Constant* for Sun-
derland ; °swell, Newport ; Mary, Poole ; Emily Anu,
Dublin ; Express (s), Jersey ; Argyll (s), Carentan ; Ata-
lanta (s), Havre.
LIvERPooL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.W.
Arrived—Henrys, from Alexandria; Victor, Ostend;
Enigliedon, Vcrazero, Granite, and Western Chief, New
Orleans; Delta, Havre; Majestic, Santander; Telegraph,
Jersey.
Sailed—Spartan, for Smyrna; Victoria, Mobile; Anna
A. Tvng, Havannah ; Princess Royal, Calcutta ; Standard,
Halifax ; Lively, Constantinople.
QUEENSTOWN, March 11.
Barhadoes ; Cairbria, Trinidad ; Ber-
wick Walls, Antwerp; Devonian, Barbadoes ; Josephine,
Philadelphia•

(3T SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAMI
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m.
Wind Wham. W. ; tide one hour and a bairn flood ;
Arrived, March 2.o.—Chanticleer, (5.), from Balaklava ;
Iron Age, (8.), Gibraltar.
Sailed.—Contest, for Calcutta ; Appolonia, Gottenloorg.
DEAL, Thursday, 9.36 a.m.
Wind N.N.W. ; moderate.
Passed.-- Gambia, (s.s.), from Sierra Leona, fur London ;
Revenge, St. Michael's, London; her Majesty's (s.) Dee,
Portsmouth, Woolwich Andromeda, Newport ; Sandade,
Lisbon ; Pompier, Brest ; Lizzie Gowan, Smyrna ; Star,
Cardiff; Cont,ne Bermuda ; Celeritas, Jamaica ; Excelsior,
Corfu ; Brougham, Port Natal ; Cyclone, Sydney—all from
London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The rumours relative to
the opening of Her Majesty's Theatre for operatic per-
formances thig E eason are without the slightest founda-
tion. Mr. Baife knows nothing of his reported-appoint-
pent as musical director.