The Sun. — 1845-01-30 (London, England)

BRUTAL CONDUCT AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— The cutter Design from Terceira, with a cargo of fruit for London, was proceeding up channel with a fine breeze at S. by E. when, arriving off Exmouth., about one o'clock on Friday morning, the 10th instant, at a distance of about thirty miles from the land, she was run into with a most tremendous crash by a large barque, name unknown, running down channel before the wind, and immeiately sunk. The perishing crew, at the utmost strength of their voices, resed one general cry to the barque for assistance. The mate, throwing off his boots and clothes, jumped into the sea, and swans away in hope of being picked up by the barque, and fearing the vortex would carry him clown. At the same moment the remini:der of the crew, five in number, with the greatest perseverance and presence of mind, reached their boat, which was secured on the hatches, and with a very small pocket-knife succeeded in cutting through the lashing just at the very instant the vessel sunk from under their feet. •rhe phrls being both out, two of the men thrust their thumb: into the plug-holes, and partly prevented the water from rushing in, while the three other people were engaged in extricating the boat from the entanglement of the vessel's sails and rigging as she sunk to rise no more. This was a work ofgreat difficulty, as the boat got between the shrouds and the mast. The boat being clear, their atrention was instantly directed to the drowning mate ; they found him nearly exhausted, and struggling with the waves among a number of loose articles that floated from the wreck, and hastily pulling him into the boat, they imme d;atel followed the destructive barque, rowing with two e-,rs double banked all the time, and as from the first moment of the collision, helloing and calling vociferously assistance ; but the ears of the merciless master and the crews although long within hail and sight, were alike snsrto the cries of distress. The miscreants shivered their Lew minutes, when, seeing the boat approach them, stud detection certain, they in the most ruthless manner filled their sails and proceeding on their course, without Boat, iewering a or making the slightest She unhappy crew. The effort to save could judge crew rowed all the light as near as the sea running that frequen'tjiutige towards the shore, with were threatened to fill the boat, ntil nine A.H., when the of Weymouth,yJameeres 'ticked up by the smack re, master, by whom :.ey were kindly treated, and safely lauded at Wey:.outh.—Caeterbury Journal. SUICIDE BY A Doc.--On Saturday vandsorne and valuable black de, , of the last, a fine e Newfoundlandi species, belonging to Mr. Floyd, solicitor, olmfirth, eommitted suicide by drowning Itself in tileri r flows at the back of its owner's habitation. vFore which some days previous the animal seemed less animated than usual, but on this particular occasion he was noticed to throw himself into the water and endeavour to sink byiß e preserving perfect stillness of the legs and feet. B • - g dragged out of the stream, the dog was tied up for a time, but had no sooner been released than he again hastened to the water and again tried to sink, and was again got out. This occurred many times, until at length the animal with repeated efforts appeared to get exhausted, and by dint of keeping his head determinedly under water for a few minutes succeeded at last in ohtaMing his object, for when taken out this time he was indeed dead. The case is worth recording, as affording another proof the general instinct and sagacity of the canine race.—Leeds Intelligencer.