THE

NAVIGATION LAWS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN,

HISTORICALLY AND PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED,

WITH REFERENCE TO COMMERCE AND NATIONAL

DEFENCE.

BY

JOSEPH ALLEN,

AUTHOR OF WORKS ON NAVAL HISTORY, &c.

"O, that a man might know

The end of this day's business ere it come!"-Shakspere.

London:

BAILY BROTHERS,

3, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, CORNHILL;

AND

JAMES RIDGWAY, 169, PICCADILLY.

MDCCCXLIX.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY T. BRETTELL, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET.