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“The Rule of the Road at Sea, or the Steering and Sailing-Rules.”

1872; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 16; Issue: 67 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03071847209417074

0035-9289

W. Stirling Lacon,

International Maritime Law Issues

Capt:iin Curmc's pnpcr, on 3londay evcning last, that 1 w c ~i t homc 6' and pondcrcd dccply upon wliat I Iind hcard, and i t was that riiglit 6' from 12 to 3 a.m. that I lay a d i c cluing tlie vcry tirnc that the '6 ' Osprcy ' and ' Amnzoii' wcrc sinking, aud the n e s t riiorniug I 6' carried to thc Admiralty n diagr:im, of wliicli Diaginm KO. 1 is I said then (24 Iiours bcforc ~v c rcccivcd iritclligcnce of' di tlic collision) that vcsscls mcctiiig in that position would in all '6 probability come to gricf.This diagram, illustinting what nctunllF 4' took place i n t h case of tlic 'Ai~iazon' and ' Osprcy,' was csliibitcd '1 to nicmbcrs in tlic librarj-of the House of Commons during that '1 session of Par1i:irncnt (1867).".Many 0 t h circumst:iIices liavc occurred, :ind liavc so nctcd upon my mind, that I Iiavc felt t h a t I was callctt upon t o press this subjcct upon public attcrition, mid that it was a sort of mission which \\-as givcn t o me to carry forward.Shortly after this, I wrotc tlic follo\ring letter t o the Adminlty:-" Nost carncstly would I press upon their " Lordsliips' consideration the following cases of collisiou, tlie conse-4 ' qucncc of thc existing law and that which prccedcd i t :-*' The ' Erin' nud tlie ' l':isli:i,' in the Straits of 3I:ilacm." Tlic ' Black Prilicc ' and tlic ' h i x e s , ' off tlic Coast of Spain." Hcr Nnjcstfs ship ' Amazon,' and the ' Osprcy,' off tlic Lizard." Tlie ' N a r y Xison' and scliooner (n:inic ,unknown), i n tlic " Tlic ' Bruiser' and tlic 'Uas\rcll,' off Aldborough. .'' Tlic ' Cobden' and the ' East C o r n d l , ' off Orfordness." The ' Dliirna ' and tho ' Xada,' i n tlic Rcd Sea." Tlic ' Agra ' and tlic ' Elizabctli Jcnkius,' off tho Ovicr's Light, " s-c., &c."Mtcr this I wrotc a wliolc voluinc upon thc subjcct iri tlic public journiils, and tlicii 1 thought that I l i d donc enough, and that I rcqiiiretl n little rccrcntiou, mid that tlic Dritisli public rcquircd a little recreation also.I decided, tlicrcforc, that I would go :iLro:id, arid 1 went .toKorway.KO\\-I ask 3-OIL to follow me, bccausc this is an iutcriintiond question, aiid tlic lires of forcigiicrs nrc dcpcudciit upon i t as ire11 as those of our own pcoplc.After driving :I thousand niilcs m d parting with my friciids, on niy rcturn to Cliristinuin 1 fouud mjw'lf 40ne iu a foreign comtrj-without I:uiguage and witliout introduction.It may bc asked, wlixt liavc I to (10 witli it ?a copy.ChaIlIlcl.