The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

" 1, ORGANISATION

"1. The pilotage of the estuary, includingthe ports
of Bristol, .Biilefor Bridge Aater, Cardiff, tlocester,
Ne:.th, Newport, and Swati,,a, to be under one torero-
ing body.
"2. The Trinity house of Deptford Strond to hone a
general control, and to take steps for the conatitu;ion
of the local governing body.
"3. The Trinity-house to communicate with the pilot-
age, harbour, or town authorities at each port, and to
appoint sub-commissioners for each port.
" 4. One or more of the sub-commissioners at each

port, according to the importance of its trade, 6ho
deputed to act together as a central body, to regulae
the general pilotage of the channel.
"5. The central body to meet in the first instance at

a place to be appointed by the Trinity-house, and after-
wards at such place as they may themselves select.
" 6. The duty of the central body will be—to frame
by-laws I,r the whole channel to fix, the qualifications
of pilot, to license pilote, to fix stations for pilot boats,
to appoint general superintendents, to settle the mode
in which the earnings of the are to be applied, to
arrar;ge pilots' sup-rannuation fund, to arrange how the
pr Terty in pilot boats is to be held, to make all other
rules and arrangements necessary for the interests of the
several ports collectively and severally.
" 7. These rules, when approved, to le made binding_
by order in Council under the Merchant Shipping Act,
1354, sec. 333.
" 8. The central bcdy to meet at &Itch stated times as
they may determine, in order to hear complaints, make
or alter by-laws, _ .

" 9. The sub-commig.ioners at each port to carry the
by-lawn into effect at their own port, and to hear com-
plaint: ari,,ing at the port.

" 11, ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT IS SUGGESTED IT WILL
BE FOUND DESIRABLE TO ADOPT.

" 1. Pilots to consist of two classes, outer and inner.
The outer pilots to be qualified to take a ship between th•
sea and the anchorage off each port, or further, if
licensed for the purpose. The inner pilots to take the
ship from the anchorage into the port, and vice versa.
" 2. Two superintendents of pilots to be appointed,
one at Pill and one at Cardiff, to enforce the by-laws,
to keep the pilots to their stations, and to maintaia a
prop r supply of pilots at their proper places.
" 3. Special arrangements to be made for the Glo-

cester pilotage."
Mr. J. G. SHAW moved, and Mr. Alderman ALEX.
ANDER seconded, the appointment of a deputation to
attend a conference of delegates from the ♦arious ports,
to be held at the Board of Trade upon the above sub

jeot, on the 4th of -April.
The resolution was carried after some discussion, and
the chairman and depu'y-chairman of the Docks Com.
mitt e. (Aessrs. R. P. King and Robinson) -and Mr.
Poole, jun., were nominated ais such deputation.
The master • and warder,: of the Society of Merchant
Venturers, and Mr. E. Drew will also attend on behalf
of that body.

CovEsT-GARDEN THEATRE.—If it was fated to be
burnt down, the fire should have burst out—provided all
could have got away—in the last scene of "La Pro-
phete," with Mario singing the drinking song, sur
rounded by his beautiful bacchantes, as the flames began
to lap and twine about the gilded doors and costly dra-
peries of the palace of Mureter. But it was saddening
to think of the low, dull, brutal orgy that had immedi-
ately preceded, and perhaps hastened the catastrophe. I
heard that such a scene of vicious riot and rampant
snobbery had Lever before been witnessed in London.
" It's burst out again over the property-room," said a
fireman to his fellow as they passed. Here was enough
matter for speculation connected with departed glories.
Many were thinking of-the manuscripts, the scores, and
the documeuts destroyed ; my mind wandered to. hum-
b'er things. I wondered at what time was burnt the •
letter B, that Gennaro cut with his dagger from over the
Borgio's door, always of a different colour to the "orgia,"
and palpable as to its destination. I wondered, also, how
long it took to melt the "Norma " gong ; bow soon to
consume the fish that were thrown up to the peacatori
on the sunny strand of Portici ; how rapidly the red
candles.must have melted that adorned the chandelier
in the act of the " Huguenots;" and whether the " Der
Freiechutz " owl winked when the flames deranged his
machinery. And I pictured the general and hurried de- •
struetion of the Druid's beards, and Mario's long choco-
late-coloured boots, and the bright breastp'ate in which •
Soldi sang the Rataplan—the "Sonnambula"ntill-wheel,
with the candlestick that Viardot let fall from it, and the
padded bricks she pushed aside with her feet when the
plank cracked ; the sword that Tagliafice cracked across
hie knee when be declared he was not an assassin—the
profile horse of the statue in " Don Giovanni"— and the
pony chaise that brought on Ronconi in the " Ewe—
&Wolf/ Words.