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ma * t& , were laid on all vessels wrecked with their masts aUndittg ; nutate it could be proved that the ship ^ had been suddenly straxutedy $ md without ( Jriving , An additional fine should be paid if the top- £ * ll * n % and royal yards and masts had not been struck , subject to the teflfe * proviso . If the cables and anchors had not been used , a deodumd ( to ) be doubled if they were proved not to have been unstowed when the ?««« el was driving ashore ) should also be imposed to a very large amount * Th # money thus forfeited should be paid by the owners and captains and pilot
of the vessel thus wrecked , and appropriated to a fund for the poorer relatives of all those individual * whose lives were lost in consequence * If no lives were lost , then the amount should go to a general fuid , tfwr the relief of the poorer relatives of all those who had perished < by shipwreck . If other and better plans can be devised , the sooner the better * It is
a question upon which the legislature ought to lose no time in deciding ; a preparatory measure , at least , might be adopted on die first meeting of Parliament . Should the above suggestions , emanating from oar < eem + temporary , and our own rough draught of a remedy fer so ftoritms * common , and wide-spreading an evil , he considered worthy o £ attention * we most earnestly and confidently hope that no difference of politics * rittprevent the daily and weekly papers from giving them circulation * , and taking up the subject themselves ; for the winter is at hand , and
something- should be done both promptly and efficiently , to diminish th& great loss of life and property that regularly , and we must add unnecessarily , occurs . 2 . Nationality . —A love of the painful and disagreeable is prOVeVbial among the English . We seem to be most satisfied when" Itibst uncomfortable . This is chiefly with respect to our feelings , for If the
annoyance become actionable , an Englishman does not lack energy ail a perseverance in getting rid of it . So long , however , as it is simply a matter of feeling , he likes to suffer , and exclaim against the cause . A curious demonstration of this has recently been manifested by the abuse and odium which has been heaped on poor De Beriot , for suddenl y leaving the remains of his wife , and hurrying away from the agonizing ^ scene instead of staying by her side and suffering the utmost degree 6 f misery . He not only did not stay to feel his proper share ; he had
actually run away and left the English public to suffer without him ! fftl was a wretch without feeling , &c . Several hints were insinuated that she had been poisoned—and her husband had escaped . One paper Went so far as to state that he " flew off" from some wild pecuniary motive , ' carrying away with him all the money , jewels , and clothes she had possessed . In private , as well as in public , poor De Beriot was belaboured ; in private , we confess to having joined our voice to the cry of shame on his selfish weakness . But is it not very wrong , and unsound in philosophy ,
to condemn anybody for their actions at such moments , where there is any doubt at all as to the state of the individual ' s feelings ; however different his mode of showing , or concealing them from what we consider the only proper proof of their existence ? Moreover , it is very custo mary with his countrymen to act a * he did under similar dfCtmidtaXtee ' s , 3 to 4 it is quite consistent with the general continental character . The anxiety , however , since displayed by De Beriot to exhume the remains of his wire , and have them conveyed to him , seems to be considered some atonement ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 715, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/63/
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