The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-22 00:00:00

A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

The inhabitants ei Arnaldo and the neighbour-
hood, derive the het few days, have been thrown into a
state of great e coasequimos of the wreck
of the beautiful yacht to Mr. Modish, of Ash
Meadow, and the wonderful pretervatioct from a watery
grave of the owner aid his hands. The Wild Desk was
a schooner-rigged yacht of sixteen tons, and pronounced by
seafaring sea to be a perfect speeinea of nautical craft. Os
Thursday maratrig the 13th inst., Mr. Rodiek, with hie ono
Master Mercy Kodick. Miss .Jackson (a young lady
stay' at Wood Close), Frank Crooned, soil the captain,
John • y, eel sail in her for Morecambe, intending to
return with the tide that flowed in the eviming.
When they left Arnaldo the weather wee charming,
the an Sibol3o gloriously, the wind was propitious,
and eve7tbng _ promised fair for a pleasant trip.
They reached Wrecouube in excellent spirits ; but as
they were rebanung. the Wild Dock struck upon a sand
hank, eight or Mae miles from the shore, about half-way
between Humphrey Head and the former place. There
was a tremsodoes tide running at the time, and the vessel
was bumped lo heavily upon the hunk that she *rang
a leak, and immediately began to filL Every effort was
wade, from eight o'clock until half.past nine, both by
biding and at the pump, to save her, bat, unfortunately,
without success. About half 'past nine, she floated off the
hank Unto deep water, and then became completely water-
lugged, rapidly setting dorm. Thu captain, • brave and
experienced martian, now gave up all for lost, yet, with
anon mean death brfure then., the ladies on board ca.
bidiated • wonderful amount of coolness and fortitude.
They remained below until the water had risen above the
mats in the cabin ; and when they mime on deck, and the
lifehteciya were hiscag !Umbel to each, Mies Jerkins calmly
end, " Mr. .dt, has it come to this ?" There was sot
• naument le be lost,aad the only chance of neap, for those
the perishiag ves,W was to take to the small boa* towed at
the Me, tag
it seemed a perfectly hopeless ease that so
hail • barque—only 7 feet keel—could live for an %slant in
shoran-ltde seethe was ragtag ; but after el:must/rim con-
orderable &fleshy the whole of the party got wifely off
the ill-fated yacht, which min alinoet immediately after
she was sbeadoned. As they drifted away, amidst airb-
us, only_broboon by the phosphorescence of the boiling
serge, willek Westwood every moment to owlf them,
they toned, to their nexpressible din ay, that the thole
to the little boat had been washed over-
raid, whenlreak Creadeld hauled her &l,mpid. to tale
the water eat of her before they left the Wild Dock, hat
fortunately one of the party round a stick, with which
they were enabled to ou the want. For three long
dreadful beam, the v° in this fragile boat,
alma* gunwale ander, werelvetartll about upon the
" waste of wakes," which repeatedly breaking over then,
kept them coationslly drenched, and inelegantly haling to
;invent their tiny craft from swamping. At last, by letting
her run beton the wind, seder the -nooreiful guidance of
as all-gracione Provideme, they woe enabled, tu a state of
complete exhaustion, to effect • had* near Grange. It
will seemly be credited, in Weaned eountry, that say
eta ke so barbarous es to wanes them &de:atones ;
yet each was the n1'0014418 treatment they me with al
ea ten ex thy yards from the Week in the sieve village.
—Lends.! liercary.