Star.
London, England, 1811-11-09 00:00:00



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• TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Stn—lt is with sorrow I rsad the account of the
melancholy fate of the L;eutenant of Marines and 12
seamen belonging to the Egmont, at Dial. I was
present in the House of Comaions last sessions when
Mr. Whitbread presented a Petition from n Mr. Mal-
linstin, praying that they would direct an inquiry into
the merits of an invention for preserving our seamen
when boats swamp, or wreck occurs, Which, after con-.
siderable opposition on the part of the Admiralty,
was granted, and a Committee was accordingly ap- '
pointed. • The subject, I believe, underwent every
Investigation, from the Report not being published
till the 4th of June. Ido myself the pleasure of en-
closing a
.Copy of the Report, requesting that the
Resolutions, together with the names of the Com-
mittee; may be made public. lam urged to this
step from the importance of the subject; the conside-
ration that t present we have little tear of losing these
invaluable men, but what arises the ough the accidents
they are liable to from the elements, and the hopes I
entertain that the Lords of the Admiralty will not
wait till more are unnecessarily sacrificed. Should
that, however, be the case, there can be little doubt,
from the respctability of the names, that the subject
will be early brought forward next Session, in a man-
ner gratifying to the country and the friends of our
navy. tIUMANIT AS.
The following are the Resolutions of the Com-
mittee :
I. That it is the opinion of this Conunittee, that the applica-
tion of Cork, after the mode invented by Mr. Millinson, is effec-
tual for the preservation of persons in the water; and it appears,
from the evidence taken, that experiments have been made, as
well by persons who could swim as by those who could not, in
the open *ea and in rough water, and by one person in particular,
a'good swimmer, in a situation of uncommon peril, all of which
bac-e been quite successful.
2. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the applica-
tion of the invention to the crews of boats going off from ships to
shore, or returning in stormy weather, wutild be exceedingly
uteful; and on all dangerous services of the same nature ; espe-
cially as the use of the invention cannot materially impede the
ction of the limbs either in rowing, walking, or malinz any
necessary exertion WI the beach; and the Committee have no
doubt, that in many dreadful disasters which have happpened.
finch at are, or foundering of ships at sea, when in company with
ether vessels (as in the instances of the Prince George, Admiral
Broderick's ship, in the seven years' war, and the Queen Char-
lotte, not many years since, in the Mediterranean) if a quantity of
a The Beaman's Friend," invented by Mr. Mallinson, had been on
toed, many valuable lives would have been saved.
hat it is the opinion of the Committee, that the invention
- of Mr. Mallinson is well deserving of public attention.
MAYES OV THE CpIeIMITTEL.
SAMUEL WHITBREAD, Esq. in the Chair.
Right Hon. Mr. York, First Hon. Mr. Lambe
Lord of the Admiralty General Ferguson
Right Hon. Mr. Rose Lord Ossulston
Hon. Capt. Paget, R. N. Admiral Harvey
Hon. Capt. Bennett, IL N. Adm. Sir R. Bickerton,
Admiral Sir C. Pole, R. N. Adm. Sir C. Hamilton
Lord Viscount Althorpe I Mr. Peel
General Tarleton Lord Viscount Castlereagh.
Sir W. Curtis, Bart.

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