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granted under Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, p. 318

Sardinia accepts the proposals of Lord Palmerston, unconditionally, p. 216 Savings-Banks established, 1856, for the benefit of seamen, to save them from the baneful influence of "crimps," p. 35 ——, large sums passed through, up to November 1874, p. 357, note

Sea, Rule of the road at, special notices of, p. 344, note

Seamen, all agreements with, to be in writing, and to specify, in detail, what is expected of them, p. 301 ——, laws, various, for their protection, passed from 1846 to 1854, p. 472 ——, peculiar favour shown to, in Merchant Shipping Code Consolidation Bill of August 1869, p. 474 Seamen, English, have now many privileges not granted to any other class of the community, p. 472 —— have not deteriorated, but have much improved in the last quarter of a century, p. 504 Seaworthiness, the proposed plan for certifying absurd, and, if carried out, ruinous, p. 531 ——, practically, cannot be defined, p. 539 Sherrard, Mr., Consul at Portland, U.S., reply by, to the Foreign Office Circular, p. 46 Sherwood, Mr., Consul, letter to English Foreign Office on the education of youths destined to the sea service, p. 16, and note

Ships properly to be considered merely as the adjuncts to commerce, p. 65 ——, cost of building, at Dantzig, in the United States, &c., p. 141, note

——, nearly all, are now classed at Lloyd's or elsewhere, p. 482

——, loss of, from 1856 to 1872; sixty lost, from defects, &c., while 711 were lost from neglect or bad navigation, p. 487

Shipbuilders, French, much hampered by the absurd Protectionist Decree of June 8, 1866, p. 450

Shipowners object strongly to Government interference, p. 51

Shipowners who joined the Anti-Corn-Law League did not perceive that the sweeping away of the Protective Navigation Laws must follow, p. 78

—— still suffering, in 1849, a periodical depression after two or three very prosperous years, p. 218

—— hold meetings in all the principal towns, especially seaports of England, p. 228

—— resolve to try another division in Committee of the House of Lords when there would be no proxies, p. 278

——, great despondency of, on the repeal of the Navigation Laws, p. 287

——, prosperity returns to, in 1852 and 1853, as confirmed by Mr. Tooke's 'History of Prices,' p. 296

——, the liability of, under certain circumstances defined by 9th Section of Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, and still further in 1862, pp. 318-9

—— able to appeal to the Court of Chancery to determine the amount of their liability, p. 341

—— complain of the discretionary power given to Emigration officers, p. 342

—— propose a petition to the Crown, requesting retaliation on such Foreign Powers as should decline reciprocity, p. 364

——, public meeting of, Dec. 15, 1858, Mr. Dunbar in the chair, pp. 364-5

—— naturally feel that they have been treated very illiberally by the nations who will not reciprocate, p. 404

—— now only wish to be let alone, and allowed to manage their own business their own way, p. 414

—— liable, by the Act of 1870, to be punished criminally if they send an unseaworthy ship to sea, p. 475

Shipowners' General Society, meeting of, Aug. 12, 1847, to consider the result of Mr. Ricardo's motion, p. 90

——, arguments urged by, pp. 91-2

—— told on two occasions, by Lord Clarendon, that the principle of the Navigation Law would not be altered,p. 166

—— issue many pamphlets, &c., showing the evil of the Government