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in 1808-9, and from the French War, p. 458

East India Company, trade to India thrown open 1814, but not that to China, p. 459 ——, comparative loss of the ships built by, and of those built by the shipowners of the out-ports, p. 460 ——, number of ships employed by, varied very much and generally according to the demand, p. 462 ——, no captain of a ship of, to be less than twenty-five years of age, p. 464 ——, gallant actions and other services performed by their ships, Appendix, No. 11, ibid., note

——, naval service of, various particulars relating to, pp. 464-472

——, captains of ships required "to keep up the worship of Almighty God" every Sunday, when possible, p. 466

——, promotion in naval service of, strictly according to seniority, supposing character, abilities, etc., good, ibid.

——, details of pay, etc., in the naval service of, Appendix, p. 467, note

——, officers serving in the navy of, allowed largely to participate in the Company's trade, ibid.

——, captains of ships in, able rapidly to realise large fortunes, p. 468

——, vast amount of illicit trade in, promoted by its own servants, p. 472

——, one captain in service of known to have realised, in one voyage, £30,000, ibid.

——, clerk of the Company of Private Trade required to ascertain from each ship's books all details of her voyage out and home, p. 474

——, officers of the customs connive with its servants in the promotion of illicit trade, p. 475

——, ample remuneration of its servants on retirement from active duties, p. 476

——, usual regulations of the service on board of their ships, pp. 477-480

——, territorial aggrandisement by, the end and object of its later policy, p. 480

——, very doubtful whether, at any period of its history, its purely commercial operations were successful, p. 481

East India Company, history of the ships sold by, on giving up their trade with the East, Appendix, No. 14, p. 483, note

——, Trade with China ceases, 1834, ibid.

——, all privileges taken from, and government placed directly under the Queen, 1858, ibid.

——, memorials of officers for pensions, etc., on the close of the trading operations, p. 484

——, actual and probable remuneration of the directors, pp. 487-8

——, enormous patronage of the directors of, p. 488

Edward VI., early youth of, and great expectations of, from his remarkable youthful ability, p. 73 ——, remarkable knowledge of, and taste for all matters connected with shipping, ibid.

—— gives letters to the northern discoverers in Greek, Latin, and Chaldee, p. 76

——, king, too ill to witness the departure of his ships for the North, p. 80

Elizabeth, Queen, weakness of the Royal Navy at the commencement of her reign, p. 111

——, gives Hawkins The Jesus of Lubeck, p. 124

——, takes the treasure captured, and proposes to use it as a "loan," p. 134

—— arrests all the Spanish merchants in England, p. 135

—— compelled to rely for the defence of her coasts on a fleet of privateers, p. 138

England, effect on, by the discoveries of the Portuguese, especially of Magellan, p. 50

——, noble families of, command the ships in Henry VIII.'s first fleet, p. 93

—— maintains her right to carry on her over-sea trade in her own ships, p. 185

——, large subsidies of money voted by, to Austria, Russia, Prussia, etc., p. 342