The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-04 00:00:00

STEAM-BOATS.

The deep and serious impression which the toy'
of the Comet, and its awful consequences, he"
made upon the public mind, will not, we hope,
be allowed to die away, or even become bloated'
without obtaining, by Legislative enactale°"'
simple, and clear, and decided regulations for
Steam Boats, 1.
which may, in future, as far as hu•
man powers can devise, prevent the recurrence
of such terrible calamities. Till this is accoin:
plis6d, we shall never cease to call public 30
tentioh to this subject. If Steam Boats wer
restricted to a certain number of passengers/ act:,
cording to their tonnage, it would add greatly
the comfort of passengers, and consequen!L
greatly to the interest of the Proprietors of the'" ,_
vessels, by increasing the number of respectabii:
travellers. No one who travels, either for bas
ness or for pleasure, would grudge the additiott:e
charge of a few shillings, should even this 0
found necessary, when he knows he is to
his.
every comfort and convenience to add te
pleasure, and every security that man, by AP-hdis.
fence and attention, can give for his life am'
the
liafety. Such a regulation would increase
number of Steam Boats, and greatly increase
eecithe number of passengers in them. The alt
tion of the Legislature is also imperiously calleot
upon to fix regulations for steam vessels, pm'
merely to secure the lives of passengers by theoj
but from their great and increasing numbers a°
importance, to look upon them at no distant %le
as nurseries, to afford a large supply of actlis.
hands to our navy, in case of war—in case 0' of
vasion, or any other similar emergency, ;0„
hence, upon this view of the subject, it is a
lately necessary that the Executive Gover°"-lis,
should instantly step forward, and, by
command that these vessels shall in future be ble
vigated only by experienced seamen, cars on
not only of acting with judgment and decisiope
of
every emergency, but of training op a rec sr,
men w ho, acquainted with every nautical clangor
and all tire branches of nautical science, may
pose with effect the enemies of their country'so
of whom are at present actively engaged in farilialrfo"
such characters to oppose or to assail us. Adsges
bells may be very necessary and proper aPPee oat
on board of every steam-boat, but these are oe
watchers to depend upon in all cases. • In ueoo
fogs, whether by night or by day, are the
useful, but amidst the howling tempest 0.011.20•
roaring billows, when the latter clear them 001
heads of our tallest ships, it is obvious the s°l,
cannot reach far, and is moreover carried ci wiod.
or the most strongly, in the direction of the II; f
4elo °
Bells cannot, till perhaps too late, warn ves thei
their danger, or point out the exact course not
ought to steer to avoid it. Common lightsl,irti
miserable farthing candles, stowed into
ourceif
lanthorns at the vessel's bow, which scheoris
skew the man who lights them his finger
they
arm is extended, or the object above the
_me ssi,
at 200 yards distance; common lights, .dare •
even of the very best and most brilliant k"4000
not the most proper' to choose for where
vessels to carry at their mast heads, won'
they should carry these, because as ~Tethig
boats.' are chiefly to be found na,"'where
near the coasts and in narrow channelor iv
Light Houses are situated, ships outwit.'" wetv.
ward bound may, more especially in storrni tire
for
ther, mistake the light of the. steatn-boat
_a oc.
light of a light-house, and thus accelerate ant to
casion the very calamities which it is s°Ligsd DI
guard against. The lights which shouldbe° head,'
—ast 'A
every steam-boat, and carried at the is. 1 woos
by which means, when the waves run high, Ithe fie'
be seen steady at a distance, should be 'OO
blue lights, used as 'particular nigh! aloof'
•by our men' of War, which are by their
which,
distinguishable from all other lights, a"..,1.,„(10'
~:to
moreover, can. be seen at the greatest pOJ- espq,
the deepest How doa
tance, amidst
could theSe be' constructed and readily
hoard- of steam boats to any magnitudes_oo,e,ol,
every possible •va rie tv ? We cannot for onstror'
doubt that a simple apparatus fray be ccr
01.1'e
ed by which Gas, in sufficient quantity, pre
produced in the furnace,' and carried bot both;
or pipes alone the funnel or the mast,
0,1.
and there, in lamps of the most striking . Coe
%chic oh
or even in lamps formed into letters
_alio
pose the name of the vessel, be made to' despe.',
a blaze of light as would, amidst the wsoll;
darkness, be visible to a distance, such a' E. se
&DX" '
sufficiently warn every vessel of her •
in time to avoid it.—(Glasgow Comfier')

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bee the crew of one of the Middleton's Visueor
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etrAie,hforaotrofrsotmro
other William Grant belonging to
happily succeeded in saving 11,„Ieo
where he has left a widow' and young
lament his loss. fill e 311:

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SUDDEN DEATIL—Oit Monday last, S
beth Harrinuton, a char-woman, was washig, at 14°.0ad 151
ourt, Terrace, Kensington, she suddenly fell back' ge 0,
fall, drew the tub on her, and'' instantly exPcirft;oos: toe
assistance was immediately sent for, and Mf ftea
sistant attended and bled her. Mr. Simmons nonce( flit
operation had been performed attended, and P,rfjortioni- ill a'
poor woman to be quite dead, aril upon 0;(15"—$ 11 o ow-
wanner in which she was seized, was Of 0P`r"11
fit of apoplexy, from a violent concussion of tile' b

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At Madras; on the 17th May, John xv.' i .r. 1
joy, 0
Anl'fl'ens:oiuiolist;pir:oo, e 1.,.
third son of Lieutepant.Ceneial CuPPage' .A, Mg" plf'
Anne, youngest daughter of John Underww—
fel', eet.
Chti re 0•41
gapatatn. , r fri '5,, fo 'AV
On Tuesday, the ,Ist inst., at St• 1 esof vl‘ the yon'
Young, of St. Martin's.lane to Miss
Yesterday, at the District'Rectory of 4111
of Mftrylebone, Edward Brown, Esq., radon•
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to Miss Mary Elizabeth Middleton, of Lai

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wife
DIED. the !Jill,
On the 30th ult., in Cockspur-stree
t Grace'
Penosfiv
Peter Des Granges, in her 53d year.
On Tuesday, the Ist inst., at his re'ol f his age`
Robert Sangster, Esq., in the 78th year

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