The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-26 00:00:00

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LONDON 10'
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBEIi 26,

Tile French Papers of Sunday were receiload
last night, and extracts from them will be f°6o/
in another column. They contain nothing
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peculiar interest.—Nu Foreign Mails baps
rived this day.
raid

the public
The circumstancesu. turder which the
steam-packet has been lost cannot fail to ettilg:
regulations enforced by law are"
attention to steam-vessels in ge-
ell
and theto re/
preventis accidentsinanesi'elc)yiatlhme
the dreadful accidents to which this kind °l' 1:11::
vigation aunnursetrinsguhiect* A 0 0
regulations at present in force are calculate" -lir
toottil
and yet if the rapidity and the violeno wg,
which these vessels are propelled through the e,
ter, is considered some provisions which 01°190i,
vent accident by collision seem e 3 the
req_e
site, not only for the safety of tho„ ill the °tet;o
vessel itself, but for. those in vessels using
sit,
same waters, and taking the same or so °PP° it
course. That these accidents by collisi°° are t
eglec
almost every case the consequence of 13— •
,ne noll
must however be granted, and at the se"--
t tt'
we admit that it is difficult, by anY 5 n •11
0.
able provision', to guard against there, - . ‘
r oitiri
to trio supineness of the public in .° 01
I e '
to the fulfilment of such regulations t° , ii
bieel
Statute might impose having such 00 °— •ci
f o'
of the boils.
view. The laws made for the prevention 0 the
or
dent by stage-coaches is ample evidence de
inefficiency ir, bile li
pends upon the attention of the ... 0
ency of an Act, the execution of whielloof
kind J'lg
Nevertheless some regulations of the . hell)
to be made, and the infraction of them Po°l9 dos
ti
thellie'
such severe penalties as would make it the°
tage of the owners of steam-vessels to see
viith rll
cuted; and we trust ...'re subject will meet seloiol
consideration of Parliament in the ensuiog it
The late dreadful accident of the I°4 °op
nod II
Comet steam-packet is a fit contrae ecia,
been 1
when it is added that it seems to have 100
the absence of regulations of this kinds esP oce
- toleeehiB •
sioned wholly by neglect. If a wig
d there ere J
have been prevented ; and, indee 1
110 cell
d
out had been kept, the melancholy e/en 001
circumstances attending this accident,w .040
le•lhe I at/
public investigation very desirab • dor- ,
1 sc°F
• acne 50
afford an opportunity, and give dot°
The acc°" ititi
upon the dead bodies the sea shall we'll 0" es '
full and impartial inquirY• .3 re
stories to his
that the helmsman was employed 11 ott‘
1 i deed /115 fr(
• sly di"' vroo
entir
tion must have been of the 111):41
ti
his business, otherwise the noise warn-
• ld have ;
the
of another steam-packet wou
tto ce" t° 0
of his danger, ill time at leas cso
ken her P 3 -e
ties
to alter her course, or siac . The pore 0
passengers, ant. _n .
_tea
he S°Cie
weaken the shock of collision.
unot .-- et°
talking to the helmsman ca the °WII
, Wl'
~ we ere
deprecated ; and so sell'i clanger "0
of the lo t°
the Bristol stearn-panlOts d_ t ~,,i
. _ _.,hiecte
_7 ._, r.
the vessel may be thereuy bui;d4 of tor._ hop
lice is inscribed neon the `v to
to
-.sr.; 00t to
requesting the passen6ei-