The National Register. — 1821-10-28 (London, England)

SHIPWRECKS.  ABERDEEN, OCT. 20.—We regret to state, that the brig Aurora, of this place, late Capt. W. Stewart, was, when on her passage from Newcastle for New York, lat. 41. long. 6(i. W. sit-tick by a tremendous sea, the effects of which were most- disastrous and melancholy. The vessel was fore reaching under the reefed courses, and close reefed main-top sail, it blowing a violent gale from S. E. by E. to S. W, when at midnight of the 31st of August, this fatal and destructive sea broke on board on the starboard beam, by which Capt. Stewart, J. Reid, mate, J. Allan, carpenter, and W. *Cumbie, seaman, were washed overboard and drowned. The rem lining part of the crew were only saved by being in bed, and the others aloft, as every thing upon deck was completely swept away; the longboat, cookhouse, and cambouse, the bulwarks, and all the stancheons, fore and aft, companion door, tiller of the rudder, fore-hatch, taflerail. &c. pert of the deck tore up also From the vast quantity of water which, in consequence, immediately poured into the vessel, it was found there were lour feet and a hall water at the weather pump, while cables, ropes, and cordage, in the steerage, %sere so warped, that it was found necessary to throw them overboard, as well as part of her cargo of coals, ke. Providentially the weather soon moderated, so th.o the vessel was at last freed by the pumps; and next day, having fallen in with a fishing vessel, the remaining crew took on board two of the inert as pilots, by whose assistance the vessel arrived at Eugwaretown the Bth ult., hut would require a temporary repair, before being fit to proceed to her destination.  About nine o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, the 2d inst. during a very thick fog, the Spanish brig Providencia, of about lon tons, from St. Andero for Bristol, with wool, ran on a ruck called Hellweathers, at Scilly, and began to fill fast. About twelve the crew saw St. Agnes light, and fired a gun, when a great number of boats put off, and saved all who were on board; and at daybreak next morning, almost every boat and man that could be spared from the different islands attended for the purpose of getting out the cargo, which was happily effected on the same day, and the whole conveyed to Sr. Mars's, but in so damaged a state (through exposure to the wind and rain), that though originally worth 10,0001. its present value is not above one third of that suns. On the Wednesday night the boats still remaining round the wreck were assailed by a violent gale, when the Hero, a fine large boat belonging to Bryber Island, and worth about 3001. was dashed to pieces.  A case of suicide, committed under very singular circumstances, occurred at Glasgow on Tuesday last (the I(ith inst.) An elderly wan, whose name we forbear mentioning, who had occupied a respectable situation in Kirk inulloch for nearly 40 years, left his home that morning, and accompanied by a neignbour, canto into the city. On the way the unhappy man informed his comrade that lie designed committing self-murder, for which purpose he had provided himself with a pistol.— The cause he assigned for meditating this act we have not heard with sufficient accuracy to jticify our stating it.— llis eompsnion, instead of being alarmed, or of dissuading him from his purpose, coolly remarked that what " he meant to do he must do quietly 1" and in furtherance of this humane advice, when they arrived in town, he accompanied his friend to a public•house in the Gorhals, and after ordering a bottle of ale, the fellow went out to the door, in order to guard his insane companion against interruption, while committing the dreadful act which was to precipitate him in a moment into the presence of his olleittled Maker! Immediately thereafter the report of a pistol was heard, and the landlord, hastening into the room, found the unfortunate man extended on the floor; his hand had been lifted with too steady an aim to his head, and he had literally blown off the upper part of his scull. The brute to whom it may be said he owed his dismal end, was taken into custody, carried befo.e the Fiscal, and exallillit:d ; but, the law contemplating no such case, he was ()Wig i! to he discharged, and left to the " compunctious visitings" of his owl' conscience, which, judging front the present obtusity of his faculties, aro likely to be bolt " few and fat between." We believe the unfortunate suicide was a man of good education, and some literary 1111 l ents.—Grecoock ildecrtiser.  Un Fridzy morning last, at five o'clock, the I)over mail-coach, m passing throu'i Dartford, on its way to London, !broke down. Fortunately neither the guard, coachman, nor passengers receited any injury. l'he mail was taken oto, 311(1 conveyed town iii a postchaise and finir, accompanied by the gti.ipl aunt Iwo paseenger-, and arrived at the General Pwt•ollice in the short space of one hour and twenty-live 'Mutates, a distance of h 6 miles.  A trensi oiler of the 71st regiment has been appreh endeti null c ))))) untied to Glasgow, leells.eli of tietriteitn4 tire VV'aterloo Fund ul 101. he assumed the