The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-15 00:00:00

DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK.
By he Fanny, Captain Wheeler, arrived at Glo-
cester, we learn the particulars of a most distressing
shipwreck with loss of life, off St. Ann's light. Cap-
tain Wheeler arrived at Glocester on Friday, and
brought with him two men whom he had picked up,
and who were part of the crew of the brigantine
Dadden, of London. Captain Wheeler's attention
was first excited when off Milford, by seeing several
bundles of cork floating in the water. As it was
evident that some vessel laden with that article of
commerce had foundered, he kept a look out, and
after a while saw the body of a man lashed to some of
the bundles. He made towards him and picked him
up alive, but in a dreadfully exhausted state. The
poor fellow informed him that he was the mate of the
Dadden, of London, from Faro, in Portugal, with a
cargo of cork ; that the vessel had suffered severely
from heavy gales, and for four or five days and nights
the crew had been working hard to keep her afloat ;
when at last, on Monday night, she foundered about
10 miles west of St. Ann's light, and the captain and
his wife went to the bottom with the vessel ; that the
crew,'five in number, finding the brigantine breaking
up, got on the cork which was floating near the
ship, and in a few minutes afterwards the bri-
gantine sunk ; that the poor fellows then lashed
themselves to he bundles of cork, and remained at the
mercy of the waves during the night, being near
enough to hear each other speak for some hours ; but
after about two o'clock in the morning the mate
heard no more of his miserable companions. He,
however, requested Captain Wheeler to look out for
them, and see if any of them were left alive. The
search was in consequence continued, and in about
half an hour he discovered another poor fellow about
half a mile to the eastward, bore down to him, and
took him on board. The poor fellow was in a deplo-
rable state, having no clothes on but his drawers and
flannel shirt; his naked feet were bleeding as if from
the bites of a fish, and he was nearly insensible from
exhaustion. Both the sufferers had been floating in
the water for sixteen hours. Captain Wheeler, with
niuch humanity, continued to tack about among the
cork during the whole day until night, but he saw
nothing of the three other men, who, like the captain
and his wife, no doubt perished. The two whom he
bad taken on board he supplied with clothes from his
own wardrobe, and by the administration of warm
cordials succeeded in restoring them and bringing
them safe to Gloucester. The two men saved belong,
one to Liverpool and the other to Portsmouth.

SINGULAR SUICIDE AT SEA.
The master of the ship Confidence, just arrived at
this port, has communicated to us an account of an
extraordinary and determined act of self-destruction,
which occurred on board that vessel while on her
voyage from Malta. The unhappy individual who
committed the unfortunate deed was a young man,
named James Rowell, who had hired a passage from
that island to England. lie appeared to be a person
of respectable rank, and was supposed to be on his
return from foreign travel. On the second night at
sea after leaving, it blew severely, and he came on
deck to enjoy the cool air, where he continued walk-
ing and smoking excessively, against the advice of
the captain, who warned him from indulging too
freely in that, practice in so warm a temperature.
Meanwhile he seemed observant of the sailors, and
gave some directions about the trim of the vessel,
which were not attended to. In the morning the
captain asked him to take some coffee near the wheel,
and he complied with the invitation ; but as they
were seated he complained of the oppressive heat, and
rose to put off his coat, which he placed near him, and
then instantly jumped over the taffrail into the water.
" I'm off," he was heard to cry in the act of making the
leap. The helm was immediately put down, and the
ship brought round, while he continued to swim away
from her. It is stated that he possessed unusual ex-
pertness in the water, and did not seem in the least to
suffer from exhaustion or fright. The mate ran to
the rail and called out to him to come towards the
vessel, but he did not appear to heed the voice, and
after a few moments he clasped his hands above his
head and sunk. The only cause that could be con-
jectured for this melancholy act is, that probably the
stimulating effects of the smoking and coffee, in which
he had indulged, aggravated by the heat of the cli-
mate, had,momentarily disturbed his reason. The de-
ceased is described as about 21 years of age, fair
haired, and of fine personal appearance. It may assist
towards the discovery of his friends, to state that
while on board the vessel he seemed to be familiar
with the city of London. In reporting the occurrence,
the master, whose name is Smith, desires it to be
added, that his box has been left at the Custom-house
of this city, in order that !his friends may be able to
recover his personal property. Deceased had also
informed him that more of his luggage had been
shipped in the schooner Jane, from Corfu.—Cork
Examiner.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TEWKESBURY BRANCII
RAILWAY.—TEWKESBURY, FRIDAY.—An inquest was
held here yesterday, before the coroner for this borough,
on the body of Thomas Price, a porter at the Tewkes-
bury Railway station, who came to his death under the
following circumstances :—The deceased was in the act -
of mounting the break just as a train was leaving the
Tewkesbury station, when, from some cause or other,
not clearly ascertained, he got jammed between one of
the trucks and the stone archway opening into the street,
and the space between the truck and the archway being
not more than seven or eight inches in width, he was
crushed so dreadfully that he died shortly after the
occurrence. It should be explained that the Tewkes-
bury Railway is a single line of some two or three miles
only in length, being a branch of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham line, which it joins at Ashchurch station. The
line runs into the centre of the town of Tewkesbury, the
station being on the east side of the main street, which
fis crossed on a level by luggage waggons conveying
goods to the river Severn. The station is approached
front Ashchurch by an incline, which renders it highly
dangerous, and not many months ago a train overshot
the station, and ran across the street, though providen-
tially without injuring any person. The jury on the
above inquiry returned a verdict of " Accidental
death," but appended the following recommendation :
" We are of opinion that the gateways of the station
and yards, and of the archway next the high-street,
which do not allow sufficient room for a man to walk
between the carriages on the line and the wall, are
much too narrow ; and that the safety of the public, as
well as of the company' servants, imperatively requiresth
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ceased
was a very valuable and steady servant of the
Bristol and Birmingham Railway Company, and had
only been married a fortnight to a young woman to
whom
his addresses for ten years.
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CATHEDRAL.—On Wednesday morning last, about
eight o'clock, it was discovered that the Gloucester Ca. thedral had been entered, and that one of the boxes for
receiving contributions on behalf ofu Gloucesterthaettaekhaa b
elenn-
firmary had been broken open. Au
commenced upon a second charity box iu another part
of the naive, but which would seem to have been
abruptly broken off by the alarm which caused the
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rnents have not deceived us,
it would appear that our sinister presenti-
ments which has been circulated
• and that the death of Count
Bresson can
not be imputed to a suicide, but to the
most horrible of all crimes! The circumstances' which
preceded the tragical death of the Count appear to re-
move all idea of suicide. The day previous to his being
found in his bed with his throat cut he had taken an
hotel
for five thousand ducats a year; had given a
sumptuous dinner to several of his friends; had spoken
of his future prospects; had brought forward a number
of plans and intentions; and during the whole repast
had manifested the most perfect serenity and most
frank gaiety. In the evening he went to the theatre,
where ,
where he remained until twelve o'clock; nothing up
en
that moment had shown the slightest chagrin oityr had not annoy-
ance _
on his part—his good-humour and the most
failed for a single moment. Does ad
Wana who meditates
suicide take pleasure in the noisy demonstrations
This is very unlikely,
fete? Does he seek for the pleasures of the world? Does
he think of plans for the future
and all these circumstances collected together appear to
contradict the first rumours that were circulated at
Naples relative to the death of Count Bresson, and t 3
confirm that which has since been believed in the higher
circles
Neapolitan society—namely, that our ambas-
sadorewof Right
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Strt at had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Excl ,equer on Saturday.