L-OF THE OWNERS OF MERCHANT SHIPS. II. OF THE PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE NAVIGATION OF III.-OF COLLISION. IV. OF THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS IN MERCHANT SHIPS. V.-OF THE WAGES OF MERCHANT SEAMEN. BY CHARLES, LORD TENTERDEN, LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND. The Seventh Edition, BY WILLIAM SHEE, SERJEANT AT LAW. LONDON: SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS, 43, FLEET STREET. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN HENRY, LORD TENTERDEN, BARON TENTERDEN, OF HENDON, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, THIS EDITION OF THE TREATISE OF THE LAW OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND SEAMEN, IS, (WITH PERMISSION) INSCRIBED BY HIS MUCH OBLIGED SERVANT, WILLIAM SHEE. ADVERTISEMENT TO THIS EDITION. THE asterisks (*) which will be frequently met with in the following pages are used to denote the additions of the present Editor to the Fifth Edition of this Treatise, published in 1827. They will be found at the commencement and at the end of the new matter, and where it consists of one or more pages, at the beginning of the first and last lines of every page. A Table of Contents has been prefixed to every Chapter for the convenience of the Reader. The Statutes now in force relating to the subjects of this Treatise, and several additional forms of practical utility will be found in the Appendix. |