SCOTLAND.

Southland Times, 29 January 1863, Page 1

SCOTLAND.

The Scotch papers repmt an fircid°nt which, although it involvi-d only one 'il'e, comnms all he elrim-urs nt'ii-u'ic Imnm : — ■' Ihe Comet, belon^mi to ihe l»l<- of Whithorn, w'un about, (i ) rons of coil on hoard, put into the ha hor of (jarlie>fown in cons, q lenceot a head wind. From ihe low tides and the hour rit which *he made the harbour, she took the ground t>n a •Jiindbank at a hhott di-iancu I'nmi t he quay N.?xt day, about. nooit t ;is ihe ii Itj was flawing, live men "fie rn^a^ed in docking t.'ie vessel, when a p>rsoii sanding on i lie (|ii,i'- oh-erved \\\<t w;i> ;ihout to het-l over, lie foithwith nav t; hii alarm, and four out of' tin 1 five, by rneiis nf this timely warning, biieccede I in I<^< piu^ clear; the Hft n , i\ in in n .med \\ il li.uu l.och, a laborer residin-;- iti Garliesown, was not so fortunate, lii< iimve nents having been impede « by the soft adhesive sludge on which he was s'a idin^ ; lie was caught by (he hu.l of the ve^el us it went over, the bulwarks resting on Irs loins, leaving his head, arms and the upper part of his body free. The eritiua. na me of his siiua i m w;is at once sei-u. The fa-fc ilnwinjj; tide of this c<ia>t was coining; in lapi.lly, and it »• as known thai the pn>str.ite body would be sui merjed in the course of an hour if the s-.iperiueumbent weight of the vessclcoijldn.it be .-luffed friiin pressing upon the poor -uft'enr. In the cour-e of a few minu es .11 tin- seamen, c ir()eiiteis,and ab!c- bodied men in < Jarliestown were upon the snot, an I ttv^vy ell'ort was in idchy me ms of blocks, and wed^-s, and ropes, u, lift the vessel a feu inches) and rescue poor Loch from her tenacious All these, alas, were in vain, and by the time the salt water had re iche 1 'ha prostrate prisoner, it was evident thai his fate was seated. The scene wlvcli eo-u j d was truly pitiable and most luar : rending ; it was witnessed by a Jaiye numb -r of spectators!, am'Uijj whom there wu-< hard y a dry eye, and win were bushel iiuo solemn silence by the sad and imprs \va eveni. At this period the Rev. Tnomag YoiniL r , of the Conjjrejjationa! Cimrch, walked into the water beside th<= driiwuinif man, encra^ed in j)rayer, and drew \,'m attention to thou«hts l)eiiftin^ the sudden and inevitable change awaiting him. His last words to his companions were. ' Oh, lake off my vet and cover my head, so that I may not see the water.' * An . fforfc was nude (o do this, but the garment could not be removed, an 1 his fire «n<? covered with a napkin, just as tae tide was iking around him. In ihe course of a tew minutes after this the cold green waves covered the body, and the sonowin-j crowd dispersed, their sorrow beinu the deeper hecause they were obliged to look on the fatal flow of the tide with helpless fiances. This 8 id occurrence in our lov-lv bay has cast a deep gloom over the inh 1 1. joints ff (iarliestown. No more mournful si-cue has been witnessed on our coast since the drowning of the Wigtown martyrs in ilia waiers of the Badnoeh."

The Yelverton marriage case lias been lieiird a« great length this month by iho Firs! Division of the Court of Ses.,io.-i, on Mis (L mgworth) Yeherton's ajipeal ngainst Lord Ardmillan's decisifjn. Judgment has been reserved.