General report on the survey of the Eastern coast of England, for the purpose of carrying into effect and establishing the system for saving ship-wrecked persons / [By G.W. Manby].

  • Manby, George William, 1765-1854
Date:
1813
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Credit: General report on the survey of the Eastern coast of England, for the purpose of carrying into effect and establishing the system for saving ship-wrecked persons / [By G.W. Manby]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ 4 To every Lord Lieutenant of a maritime county, several are forwarded, requesting they may be disposed of in such way as appeals to him best to promote the work of humanity. I cannot however conclude without stating to your Lord- ship, and humbly calling to your attention the general opinion and assurance of every person, with whom I have conversed upon the subject, of the infinite benefit that would result from a head-money being granted to the active people of the shore, for each life saved in such cases of v difficulty and hazard, when in the effort their own lives are exposed to the greatest danger : it would likewise be the means of reimbursing them for the damage done to their boats, and defraying the expences attending getting down the mortar and stores. In making this appeal 1 cannot avoid submit¬ ting ap extract from the sixth number of the British Review on the subject:—ff And if in addition to this precaution, the activity of the fishermen and villagers on the coast were stimu¬ lated by a bounty in*the way of head-money, for the life of each mariner, saved out of a wreck by this process, at least in every case of diffi¬ culty and hazard, when the, people concerned risk their own lives in the attempt, the provision would be a wise one, and worthy of the justice and humanity of a British Board of Admiralty.’5 I beg further to have the honour of stating, it ; \ .. . • . ; • 3