The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

COLLISION AT SBA.-LOSS OF SEVEN
LIVES.

(Yrtst the Lacer:peel eerier.)
Oa Tuesday morning a frightful collision took place
between the reamer Missive (plying between this port and
Kingston) and the brig William Rushton, the consequences
of wlikh are the toes el roves lives and the total dist:echo°
of the William Rushton.
As far se we were able to collect the circumstances of the
Was up to the time of our going to realest night, they are
as fellows ..—On Monday evening the Minerva left Liverpool,
at 7 o'clock, in owsuay with the lens Duke. both vessels
Wag bound for K ngstown.wriag thealolemof the even-
ti:ablewble tovery_ hard
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Abut one o'clock yesterday morning, when the Minerva
was between Paths Island sod Point Lynes a strange sail
was descried class upon the steamer. The ;awl proved to
be the William Rushton. from Laguna, on the coast of
Mezito, heavily laden with mahogany and • fee parcels
of a general cargo. As far as our informatics goes, the brig
win not observed by the steamer until she was close upon
her, the former showing no light. We have, on the tber
hand, be en informed that the people on the brig saw the
steamer's lig its some 10 minutes Whore the frightful colii•ion
which eventually matured. Immediately on the brig being
seen tossing is the direction of the steamer, it was .'ear to all
on beard that • collision was inevitable, and, consieriently,
the engines were et ma reversed, the helm pat hard up,
and, as far as our information goes, everything done ta
mitigate the effects of a calamity which seemed unavoidable.
Only a few moments elspeed after the brig was first seen
before the bowsprit of the steamer came in contact wito her,
striking her alma midshipe, and the collision was a very
violent one, from the circumstance that the steamer was
going at full speed when she first saw the brig, and the
engineer had therefore not time to reverse the engines in
time to prevent serious consequences.
As san as Captain Hall, of the Minerva, law what had
happened, and that it was evident the brig would sink, be
promptly ordered out the life-boat of the Minerva, and al.
though he was remonstrated with by sassy of the passenger.
for doing so, on the ground that such • step was rash and
useless, in consequence of the sea ranch g so high at the
time, he still persisted in sending the boat off, vat lett suc-
ceeded in saving the lives of four persons on hoard the brig,
including the captain, the wok, and two seamen. The re-
mainder of the crew, which altogether numbs, ed 11, were
all drowned. In about tea minutes after the collision the
brie sank is deep water, not a vestige of her was to be wen.
The life boat belonging to the steamer had the utmost
difficulty in regaining the Minerva, as the sea was running
so very high at the time. On ezansining the Minerva, Cap
taro Hall found that her fore compartment was sa stove in
by the c7ll:aton as to to completely tilled with water, sod
the ship was considerably down by the head. Be also found
that she had lost her bowsprit, her foremast, and all the
running forward gearing. Under these cirenmetances he
deemed it prudent to ran the steamer into Deatrnaria,
where he landed his passengers, tee greater part of whom
went on from Bangor to Holyhead by the railway, and from
there took the steamer to King-town.
Previous to leaving Beanouris the passenters presented
Captain Hall with the following flittering tistimonial of
their opinion of his seamanship under the trying e rcuta
stances is which they were placed, and in acknowlediment
of his intrepid conduct in endeavouring to save the lives of
these en beard the Willies" Rushton :
We, the passer* on bawd the Minerva, which left Liverpool on
the Ito Wt., at 7 o'clock pm., much as we regret the fatal eolli.loo
which occurred between her and the brig William t
oo
,
can Lip not
to leaved ow ewes of the gal Lint conduct of Cheitain Jobs Henry
1141, who, though at immira at danger to his own weld, sent iota bhe
bo ,t to render all the avvi-Linee pr toble to thews In the anforttamte
brig • and we further beg to rreor I our high sense of the
and conduct of Captain Hall on this very trying ottaition.=
Richard Leda, Julius pelmets, William CIIREIVARN Edward Csnrwooi,
James Leary, Samuel Cortiabley. tharlee billaber, Joan Mangey,
Lureoce &sue*, U. D. MAW, William homey, Wilms bur.
gees, IL Ebawoatb, nary Width.

ffiTrEMPT AT MtltDen..—On Saturday morning
let • murderous assault was contained by a wife upon her
husband, la the *easily pew fill town of Gatehouse-upon-
Flee", which haematite/illy predurad • good deal of excite.
meat is the locality. As the case is in the hands of the
proper authorities, we refrain from entering icto details of
the occurrence, but way mention the following for the in
formation of the public r —About ten maths seri a medical
man, named Mason, commenced practice in Gatehouse
He had, some years before, practised in Duabries, and
afterwards resided for three years on the esste rn shores
of the iffediterransm, is the capacity, we believe, of a
medical missionary. Oaring that period he converted, or
supposed he had converted, a Jewess, about:tbirry years
of age, who resided in Constantinople. He brought
her to this sundry, and she was baptised in the
Free Church af Mexwelhown, as having embr cad tit,
lassie of the Christian faith. Dr Aron immediately ale--
wards married her, and came to reside at Gatehouse, along
with a son sad daughter by • former marriage. About
seven o'clock on Illa•urdey morning last, when Dr. Mason
was &twice, his wife suddenly jumped set of bed, and
attacked him in the 112011 r furious manner with SOSO sheep
issframeat—a razor, probably, or surgical instrument, with
which she inflicted several severe wounds. He emeemed
la teething from the room, sad ran into another, whale
he fell down exhausted from the loss of blood. An alarm
was immediately given, and aid afforded to the wonaded
man. Oa entering the room where the assault had beam
meamitted, are. lassos was found sitting quietly in an
swimsuit filled with am he proceeding from the bed, which
BM bad set on fire. The fines were with som difficulty
suppressed, sad her person secured. It was found that the
unfortunate man had received three wounds, each of &severe
sad serious nature—one on the throat sad jaw, which Oar.
rowly missed the carotid artery ; one upon the back of the
bead, and • trig gash upon the arm, above the wrist.
He has lost • great quantity of` blood, and is in • very dan-
gerous Wats. An express was immediately despatched to the
authorities at Kircudbright, with information of the occur-
in Pace, and on their proceedingto Gatehouse, the usual
examloatios of the circumstances was made, after which the
amused party was sent to }Lime/bright-gaol. :We learn
that the assault appears, from various circumstances, to have
bees pre meditated, a formidable weapon kaviog been found,
apparently prepared for sme murderous purpose; and a
large dose was discovered in the bed on which the Unhappy
pair had slept during the previous s
lila ight. An
Me 5411.4 attempt was
also made, we understand, upon the of Dr.
• yellow lad, after his father had been wounded, which
happily was nneseeeedul, the boy recapiag *abjured. Oa
Sunday mamba his ease was ooasidered to be mars layous•
&bk.—Dumfries (Wier.

J. Johnson, aisse D. Dawson, as old weather-bestea
Greeawieh peneloser, was indicted for feloniously forging
and eked& as order for 1001 , with intent to defraud Messrs.
Labboek sad Co., the basken.
In other wants the prisms, was charged with intending to
defraud Bar& Hewes.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke proestated, sad Mr. Payne
defended the her.
The feet of this mos have mead, wear& is the police
muerte. The primmer was as ollwassraa, who served leader
Lord Nelsom, sad was mhos& thieVitleey when he nasived
his fatal wooed, sad it appeared rat hi was la baths of
Gestnimielt Hospital at the them the dimes we to
have bees sommitied. On the 17th July he took the
in gated& to the barman of a pabliothosas at Gresmitish,
and requested him to write a letter to Meson. Labia*, la
which he inclosed the Amu, and they were rimip
surd the thataust, addressed to Mr. Jobe Johnson, at the'
Vietorythvern, Trafalgar. road, Geseawiok. The chew
was rather an extraordinary dominant. It was nor*
&deemed " Labb ck and Co., sad it sostalaird smelliest that
they should ' at eight' pay to John Johnson 1001., and ' pat'
the sane to the amount of S. Hawse. The migmatite* was
'elites so badly that it was very dada& to steer ain who.
they the initial was an 8, an E, or an L, end the suspicion of the
banker• was aroused the moment they received it, sad they
accordingly caused a letter to be addressed as reqsasted, sad
in the mean time they communicated with Forrester. the
officer, who took the rimier into custody upon hie applyla
for the letter; sad en his being thanked two other forged
chrquea were found in his posse ion. When he was quer
tithed by the cater, he said that he had toast all the papaws
in him tobacco-box, and that be had sent the cheque to the
bankers, thinki they would give him something
for finding it. When the offshoot was in custody he wrote
s latter to Mr. Hawes, stating that be had got into
trouble about a cheque, which was represented to he signed
by him, sad which another p rem had induced him to pre-
seat, and asking him to iaterfere on his behalf and get him
oat of his trouble. It also appeared that he had gone to a
public holism in Bh ad well , and that be had prodathd
.:na of tits forged cheques that was found in his pocket for
1501., aid wanted to get some money advanced upth it, sad
a witness was examined who stated that he had no doubt
that the cheque in question sad all the other forgevie• were is
the handwriting of the prisoner.
A statement made by the prisoner was put in, in which he
detailed the different actions is whth he had been inigapd
and the sufferiags he had undergone in the service of his
country. He masts Ale ria sad Copenbages and with Sir
ittlpn Abercambrie in Egypt. He was likewise on board
the Victory, and was wounded at the same moment that
Lord Nilson received his mortal wound. Upon another oc•
casi,n, the vessel in which he was sailing was wrecked, and
600 souls lost, the pri.oner being the only one raved, and he
had to swim in the sea for two boon before he was reused.
Mr. Payne addressed the jury at tome length on behalf of
the prisoner, contending that the isjaries sod saffseinp he
had undergone had weekend his intellect, sad that be was
not rerponrible, in a legal point of view, for the se: he had
committed.
Several witnesses ware called to make out this defence,
who spoke to some extraordinary acts having been com-
mitted by the prisoner.
The learned Judie having summed up, the jury were deli-
berating when we went to prima.