I've had a quick firkle round, try this within the BT 124 series that seaweed posted the link to:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C408323#imageViewerLinkClick on "Show images"
at the bottom is a little box that says Image (1) of 526 change the 1 to 252
the second entry is for a James Pearson, born South Shields 1822 who was certified as a Master on 31 Dec 1850. That is the left hand page of the book, the right side seems to be image 254 and that has nothing else recorded for him. You can zoom in, make the image full screen and it does have a print icon on the viewer, though that would not work on my machine (I have a mac and maybe its not compatible with the option) . Its possible to download the file for free, but you get the whole file and its about 300Mb, so you'd have time for a cuppa while it downloads unless you have a really good connection.
If you have access to FindMyPast, they have a record of his register ticket (181675) in their Merchant Seamen records. Ancestry, when you can get to the library, have his Masters Cert and Certificate of Service (25178 and 45298) They show the ships he worked on. The good news is that the Cert gives his address as Green Terrace, South Shields so it sounds likely to be your man.
Boo