The Express. — 1848-01-18 (London, England)

SHIPWRECKS IN SITETLAND.--A correspondent of the Place, but our correspondent had . O Witness gives some particulars of these casualties. Since ATTEMPT TO MURDER BY DROWNING:n Satue- reside at Portland and Weymouth, are in the habit occasionally of putting into the Portland Roads (although bound the summer three boats have been loot, about twenty persons day a man named Wm. Knight, living at Stretford, near to London, and other ports to the eastward), and there have been drowned, and in Lerwick alone seven or eight Manchester, attempt d to drown his wife by pushing her making application for a clearance, that they may he enabled have been added to the list of widows. In consequence of into the canal at Longford-bridge. Knight has been ill for to visit their friends on shore, and that the officers of custhe detention of the mail packet, we do not yet know what some time, and is supposed to be labouring under slight toms at Weymouth have requested: instructions as to whether aberration of intellect. His wife was taking him a walk they would not be justified in withholding clearance from has taken place farther south ; but by means of the late southerly gales our shores have been covered with wrecks. along the banks of the canal st the suggestion of his medical hat veuele. The Lords of the Privy Council htve decided No less than six vessels have been wrecked between Lerwick adviser for the benefit of the air, and they had proceeded that it is highly irregular on the part of the masters referred and the Wand of Feller, a distance of about thirty miles. without any difficulty .till they reached Longford-bridge, to, and moot injurious to the owners of the womb The crews of four of these have been saved. Of a fifth ten when a part of the towing path presented itself which was (when bound te London, or other port to the mete or twelve were saved and eight drowned; but of the sixth very dirty. Knight tried to drag his wife through it, but weed), to enter any other port or harbour than that the whole crew perished. This was to the eye-witnesses she resisted, and had got loose from him, but before she of their destination, unless compelled to do so by contrary a very distressing case. It is understood that her name could get away from the side of the canal, which she stood winds or stress of weather ; and have directed that the offiwas the Oscar, from Hull. She tint made her appear- with her back towards, he ran at her and pushed her head- min of customs at Weymouth and other ports shall refuse *nee off the island of Whalen, about nine o'clock in the long into the water. He made no attempt to rescue her but clearance to masters of vessels from the Mediterranean morning. Seeing her danger, the inhabitants prepared run away. A man who had not seen the transaction came anchoring in ports or harbours, not those of their destineropes, and were ready to use every means in order at least by shortly afterwards, and perceiving Mrs. Knight struting tion, excepting under the circumstances mentioned above, or to save the crew. As she approached the shore they ran in in the water, he assisted her out, but for which there is little when they have instructions in writing from their owners to a body to a particular place—the only place where it was doubt she would have perished. Knight is in custody, and possible for them to saved—and endeavoured by signs to will probably be brought before the magistrates with a view