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Petition on Seaman's Friend life preservers debated in Parliament
Sir Francis Burdett presented a Mallinson petition seeking inquiry into his life preserver invention the Seaman's Friend. Debates touched on Captain Manby and related corn and apprenticeship laws with various petitions read and orders given for further consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Burdett
Mallinson
Captain Manby
HF. Burdett
Rose
P. Moore
Lord A. Tramilton
M.A. Taylor
Durham
Er. Parnell
Kilkenny
Mr. Canning
Liverpool
W. Scatt
Canning
Croker
Admiralty
Spithead
Cork