New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-31
LONDON NOTES.
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HARBoR LIGHTS AND THE ELDER
BROTHERS-SLO IN ROYAL coli
ORs-MORALIsTS AND THE
NEW CRUSOE.

Of the Government HydrogrsDhic Department
promptly declares that an additional HIGHT Ia
not needed. since there are already three light
houses covering the course from Dodman 70 the
Lizard. and these ar, ample 10 guide captains
and pilots Of outgoing and incoming vessels
This Is one Of the Admiralty officials speaking
in quarterback style and not tslerst1s con-
tradcton. The monument erected in the
churchyard OF St Ksverne to soldiers and sail
ors wrecked on the same shoal when home
ward bound from Corunna IL mute protest
against such d)ematism az this There have
been several recent wrecks at the Manacles.
including four-masted saing-ship and bark,
and the Mohegan has now offered fresh trib-
ute 20 the sea On the Cornish coast there II
0 deep conviction that an additional llghtship
is indispensable FOR the protection Of shipping
The Trinity House Brethren VII not find It
difficult to demonstrate that the steamship
ought not to have Iecn where she when
she plunged into the Manacles. They csn as
sumo that the vessel instead Of keeping from
three 70 Ave miles out from Eddystcre. passed
close 70 the light and was seven miles ONT ~ her
course Thev can also convince Themselves
that the light at Falmouth mast have been
sen. and aleo the light At the Lizard. a, Least
IN hour before the disaster occurred. They
not have been Visible al O'Clock. but hey
cannot understand why the bell attached 70
# was not heard When these experts have
closed their argunen: with the confession that
the loss Of the vessel is profound myst ~
y hich they cannot exolaln. the shrevd Cornish
comment is that IL there had teen lghtship
in place of the buoy the Moheean would not
nave gone down. The logic n that comment
ought 70 suffice to convince even Trinity House
that the coast will be safer with another light
than u is now.
The regulation Of coast lights and huoys in
the United Kingdom il indcr thu charge Of an
old line company known as The Guild. Fra
tcrniiy or Brotherhood Of IN" Most Glorious
ana G'rdyidable Trinity" II was founded hy
Cir Thomas Spert ror the promotion of English
navigation ana armed with a charter IN the
rci2n ~ Henry VIII ~ chief functions nave
been tho erection and maintenance of beacons
and lighthouses the marking NJ channels ana
shoals by ouoys and tho licensing OF pilots For
these purposes n raises money by tolls. II has
also administered a charity fund for n" benefit
NJ sailors and has exercised jCdics duties IN
collision cases In correction With re Ad-
n iralty Ike the trsdA guilds or Inverted COM
ranie- ~ tn city. n il a 0'Adisa's insNtu'lon
which has been spared by the English cons4r'a-
tive spirit. but unlike them. It has been pa
TALLY adapted by various acts q Par'le neit 10
modern requirements
The society occupies quaint building erected
A century ago. near the Tower. and retains its
,itular dgnties ard ceremonial There are
thirty-one Elder Brethren. with a larger nun-
her ~ Younger Brethren AWAITING orrr'1"on
to the inner circle. and there Is Master ne
Duke OF York The princs # wall. So fn E..er
lighthouses. buoys and pilots and Nh Glad
stone and many other public msn haze 'o''. I'll
the same distinction. Trinity House has rs
practical experts as well as it, ornan-n'1!
hsureheads Lord Rayoieh r. Is scientific al
wiser and Thomas Matthews Is the engineer
in-chief Their. + also a llIge clerical staf and
= service u eight hundred men. for the sociei'
has an income of over Sl5Ol"Vp from all
sources It's vested RIGHTS serve 10 explain ina
survival 81 This antique institution. II has
LARGE fund available for public purposes and
is allowed tn discharse functions which more
nro,.rIy belong 10 a department either 4 the
Board OF Trade or ~ the AdmraIt'
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
The Board Of Trade. which was organized
generations after the Master and Elder and
Younger Brothers Of Trinity House had entered.
lish commerce. did not have A marine depart
ment rntll 1850. when a system ~ compulsory
examination was adopted for masters and mates
and Of SUPERVISION of shippins Offices for the
engagement ard discharge - seamen To ms
was added thirty years aco \ narh1r depart
nent charged with the business ~ regulating
fnroshores belonging 30 tho Crown ~ admins
terire the Weights aad Measure act ana 'f
exercising supervision over plr'aee. nafo''s
and the lighting 81 the coast These marine
bureaus have deprived Trinity House ~ many
Of lis ancient furcU5ns. and th0"e are re-
formers who believe that the lighthouse service
would he simpHned and greatly improved u II
were brought completely under the direction
o. the Board ~ TRADE Tho Elder Brothers
are ooafrr1ed optmsts who dislike to eNpend
money on new lights They viii be supported
hy IN. hydrocrsphecs ~ inc Admiralty, who
choose t. assume that a liSht a. the Manacles
VIII do more harm than good. The Board ~
Trade viii order an investigation ~ the dis
aster. and there can be no appeal from rs de-
cision II its experts recommend the stationlnS
~ ughtship al the Manaclcs. 81 keverne VIII
he spared IN future thu tragic scenes when are
/ now witnessed thcro.
SLOAN RIDING To WIS.
Sloan remains the dcl Of the hour on the
turf He closed the Newmarket meeting BY
taking three races in succession without a miss
a record only surpassed 10y HIS own az the
/ previous meeting. when he was first al the WIN
ming post five times with put break some
Of his recent achievements have been remarka-
Mc Four English Jockeys had tried their mana
/ with the American bred horse Caiman. Walden
had won with him but Loates Bradford ana
Wood could do nothing with him sloan mas
kept him Al the front from start to hnish IN
three races and proved that he is nearly the
best two-year-old IN England Inc announce
noent that the American Jockey Is - wear the
roval colors in the Csmbridgeshire next week
hos ., orco made the Prince ~ Waless Nun
- ho, savorits IN the betting FOR that I'M
portart race
c,oor,s ,,uoc.ine on the turf is a large one