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 * ing that Sir T. Fremantle had changed his mind, p. 248

'Lancelot, Sir,' The, extraordinary speed of, in sailing from China to London, p. 418, and note

Lansdoume, Marquess of, introduces Bill for repeal of Navigation Laws into the Lords, May 7, 1849, p. 265. thinks that the Navigation Law might have been a suit of impenetrable armour, but is now only an imperfect garment of shreds and patches, ibid.

urges that Bonaparte at the height of his power longed for three things he could not obtain—ships, colonies, and commerce, p. 266

Lefevre, Mr. (now Sir J. S.), well fitted by his mathematical training to study complicated questions of law or trade, p. 137 Legislation, most recent, not unlike the old Navigation Laws as attempting to regulate the business of Shipowners, p. 552  Letters of Marque, Government decline issuing, at the commencement of the Crimean War, p. 353  Liability, Limited, principle of, as shown in the powers given to the Board of Trade, p. 340  Liberal policy of England, no doubt the cause of the great increase of imports and exports in 1853, p. 296 , the nations who have adopted it have far outstripped all others, p. 421  Liddell, Mr. (Earl Ravensworth), replies, on the Protectionist side, to Mr. Ricardo, pp. 88-90  Life, loss of, at sea between 1818 and 1836, p. 465  , greatly increased by old imperfect classification of ships, p. 466. , returns of, three years previous to 1863 and 1874, show great accuracy, and may be relied on, pp. 468-9 Life, saving of, none of H. M.'s ships can make any claim for, p. 218 , no charge against Government that they have not done their utmost in, p. 513  Lighthouses, buoys, and beacons, dealt with under the 6th Section of Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, pp. 313-4  Lighthouses, Colonial, Act of 1855 passed as part of the great Act of 1854, p. 321  Lighting of the British coasts greatly improved of recent years, p. 514  Lindsay, Mr., his letters to the 'Morning Herald' in opposition to the Government scheme of repealing Navigation Laws without reciprocity from other nations, p. 208, note. contracts for six vessels in one week (1849) on an improved form, to compete with those of other nations, p. 221, note

, interview with Napoleon III., and remarkable evidence of his knowledge in all matters of transport, p. 355, note

moves and carries in the House of Commons the appointment of a Committee to consider all questions relative to the Transport Service, p. 358, note

moves for a Committee to inquire into the operation of certain burdens specially affecting merchant shipping, p. 366

moves an Address to the Queen for inquiry into the burdens on the shipping interest, Jan. 31, 1860, p. 398

draws up the final report of the Committee on the shipping interest, p. 399

moves, March 29, 1860, an address to Her Majesty, with a view to negotiations with the Emperor of the French, and the modification of the French Navigation Laws, p. 438, and note

, audiences with Napoleon III. to urge the value to France of free navigation, p. 440, note

Lisbon, commercial association at, letter to, by Mr. Lindsay, Jan. 28, 1863, Append. p. 596

Liverpool, Petition from, principal terms urged in, pp. 228-9

Load-line, the marking of, enforced compulsorily by the Act of 1871, p. 475.

, the, Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships declines to endorse with their approbation Mr. Plimsoll's fancies about, p. 487

, details of the views about, of the