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Council, Order in, further, July, 1826, directed against the action of Congress, p. 63 —— can modify, in certain cases, the stringency of the Navigation Laws, p. 96 ——, power, given to relax or restrict trade with different places, of the most capricious nature, p. 114 Crisis, Commercial, of 1857-8, various causes of, pp. 361-2 Customs do not take notice of coasting vessels in ballast, or with certain cargoes, p. 465 Customs, Act of, 1825, general effect, the throwing open English ports to the rest of world, under certain exceptions, p. 61 Dantzig, the Consul at, reply by, to the Foreign Office Circular, pp. 45-6 Decazes, Duke, sensible views of, p. 460 Denmark, excellent system in, of education for the mates and for the higher grades of the merchant service, p. 28 Disraeli, Mr., replies, sarcastically, to Mr. Cobden, pp. 202-3 ——, on reporting progress, protests against the whole Bill as already seriously damaged, pp. 254-5 —— thinks all that we had heard last year about the United States must be taken as a tabula rasa, p. 263 Draught of water, very little advantage in publicly recording this, p. 529 "Droits de tonnage" levied on all foreign vessels up to 1793, p. 424 —— on foreign ships, abolished, ultimately, in 1867, p. 432 Drouyn de Lhuys, M., letter from, declining the overtures of Lord Palmerston for reciprocity, pp. 215-6 Drummond, H., amusing but illogical speech of, pp. 244-6 East India, Trade with, has been always exceptional, p. 103 ——, conceded to ships not fulfilling the rules of the Navigation Laws, ibid.

——, Lascars employed in, are not to count as British seamen, and a certain proportion of English sailors required according to ship's tonnage, p. 105

East India Company (Dutch) practically prevents English vessels from trading with Dutch settlements in the East, p. 400 Education needed even more for sailors than for landsmen, but England has done little yet in this direction, p. 541 Ellenborough, Lord, unwilling to diminish our navy, at the present period, by a single ship, p. 274 ——, the more so, that by the new agency of railways, great forces can be suddenly concentrated on any one place, p. 275 —— moves in Committee of May 24 that the operation of the Bill be deferred for one year, but is beaten by twelve, pp. 280-2 —— urges that the effect of such undue haste will be to throw 45,000 seamen out of employ, p. 281 ——, on third reading, points out many things that ought at once to be done for the relief of the Shipowner, pp. 283-4 Emigrant ships, the year 1854, the most fatal to them on record, no less than nine having been then lost, p. 324 ——, no less than sixty-one lost in seven years ending Dec. 1853, ibid.

——, disgraceful state of the early, pp. 330-1

——, great mortality on board, noticed by Congress in Jan. 1854, p. 331

——, order by United States Passenger Act, that every master shall pay a fine of ten dollars for each passenger who may die on the voyage, p. 334

Emigrants, average annual number of, between 1815 and 1854, 102,923 persons, p. 323

——, medical inspection of, unsatisfactory, p. 328

——, various rules drawn out to secure the safety and comfort of, pp. 331-3

——, caution to, not to purchase "through" tickets, p. 337

——, but "through" tickets by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada perfectly reliable, ibid.