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Gibson, Milner, Mr., the country greatly indebted to, as a practical sailor, for carrying out the "Rule of the road at sea," pp. 345-6 ——, value of the Bill introduced by, in 1861, p. 413 Gladstone, Mr., objects to the discretionary power given to the Queen in Council, and to the reservation of the coasting trade, p. 198 ——, relying chiefly on the sincerity of Mr. Bancroft, cautiously supports the repeal of the Navigation Laws, pp. 198-9 —— thinks it best to stick to the path of experience, and to carry out principles analogous with those of Mr. Huskisson, p. 239 —— strongly urges the removal of every burden with which the Shipowner is now oppressed, ibid.

—— urges that experience only points to conditional relaxation, p. 240 —— again strongly opposes the idea of retaliation, ibid.

——, in fine, thinks that substantial justice can only be rendered by conditional legislation, p. 242

—— again urges conditional legislation, but not in the form proposed by Mr. Bouverie, p. 250

—— would, at once, remove all taxes affecting the British Shipowners, p. 251

Government cannot legislate or dictate how a particular trade is to be carried on, p. 539 —— very properly concludes that it cannot leave the lives of many persons in the hands of incompetent officers and men, p. 52 Government, English, informs the American Government of its intentions with regard to the Navigation Laws, one day before the Queen's speech, 1847, p. 166 Graham, Sir James, very able speech of, on third reading, pp. 258-260 —— objects to both reciprocity and retaliation, p. 259 —— considers the whole question involved to be Protection or no Protection, p. 260 Gray, Mr. T., rhymes made by, to facilitate recollection of the "Rule of the road at sea," p. 345, note

Gray, Mr. T., thinks several of the Acts for saving life do more harm than good, p. 492

Great Britain has only quite recently instituted a system of examinations for her mercantile marine, p. 36

—— possesses no State institution for the benefit of her merchant seamen, p. 37

'Great Republic,' The, the finest and largest of the American clippers, pp. 359-360

Grey, Earl, replies to the strictures of the Earl of Hardwicke, p. 172.

—— clearly shows that the Navigation Laws were of no advantage to the shipowner, p. 275

——, and proves that the Navigation Laws were a proximate cause of the independence of America, p. 276

Guano-trade with Africa asserted by General Shipowners' Society to be the cause of the return of prosperity to the shipping interest, p. 70


Harbours of Refuge, large sums of money advanced for the construction or improvement of, p. 515

Hardwicke, Earl of, selected as the mouth-piece of the Protectionists in the Upper House, p. 171

——, speech of, Feb. 25, 1848, on moving a Select Committee of the House of Lords, pp. 171-2

Harper, J. W. A., evidence of, as to the impossibility of enforcing a load-*line, p. 526

Harris, Capt., tries to enforce the apprenticing system, but fails, p. 256

Harrowby, Earl of, holds that where the interests of commerce and navigation conflict, those of navigation ought to predominate, p. 275

Henley, Mr., thinks that the principle of Free-trade has not been sufficiently tested as yet for it to be applied to another great interest, p. 238.

Herries, Mr. (Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1828), takes up the cause of the Shipowners in 1848, by a counter resolution, p. 192