The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-02 00:00:00

IJIIIKAIIPCIZ SHIPWRZOI.

THREE HUNDRED AND BIGHTY•BIE LIVES

LOST.
The Pomona, Captain Merryhew, left Liverpool on
Wednesday morning last. at 6 an., for New York, with
a crew of forty men and three hundred sad ninety-um
passeagere, chiefly third class. There were tbirly-Aur
°bible's and seven infants. She got sway wt a fair Mad.
.011,. eke peered Roteread. Kowa( the press=
sad a portion of the crew retired to their bertha early, bat a
large number, more cheerfully inclined, congregated together,
and nag and danced to the music of a fiddle and a pipe. At
midnight the wind lammed, and the ship lay to under close-
reefed topsails. A revolving light wee made, supp.sed to be
Tesler, and the ship was squared away on a westerly course.
Very moo afterwards the marl struck on what proved to
be Bleckwatcr Bank, and the sea made a complete beeesh
over her. About 10 on Thursday morning, the fare
sad main masts were cut sway, the ship rolling heavily at
the time. Two boats were got out, but they were soon
swamped. About 1 p.m. she washed over the hank.
when the best bower anchor was let go, but it wee found she
wu sinking fut. At 1.30 p.m. the longboat was got out,
into which the cook, steward, boatswain, and three others
sonambled ; she uret, and fear of them were drowned. The
third mate (who has Tarnished the above account), fifties of
the crew, and three passengers (Lees, Reilly, and Raba)
left the ship at 2.30, p.m., in the whaleboat, sad landed am
Blaekwater. The remainder were all drowned, when the
ship went down at her anchors.

The Wexford Cbnafiturion, of Saturday, gives a tag arl-
count of the catastrophe. It states that the ship went on the
beak some wren miles off Bel',Torpor. The peasengem,
half•clothed, ran on deck. A wild some of horror eared,
but the crew obeyed the captain, some degree of order wars
metered, end the pumps were manned The gels continued
to Macaw la the comma of the morning an attempt wee
made to launch the lathers, but they were stove la and
their crews drowned. In this fearful Fate of sugar they
remained till towards estates, when the ship which had
till then remaked firm on the bsnk slipped off by the stern
tato deep water, and commenced rapidly to fill. The whale-
boat wee then Munched, end • number of the crew and gee-
senders ru,.hed into her. The captain, in the hope of being
again driven on t the hauk, let gas the beet bower anchor,
but all his exertions were fruitless, and, though more them
forty men were working at the pump, the water greed
upon thorn se fast that in less than en hour she sank
The captain and first and second mace remaincd on the
sinking ship, the only officer in the boat berg the third
mate, Stephen Kelly, who succeeded in reaching the shore,
in company with eighteen others of the crew, end three
passengers, five being warted out in their passage from the
verel. In the mantra the intelligence of the dangerous
situation of the vessel bad boon brought to Wexford by some
of the corpotgnards, end steps were Immediately taken by the
collector of custom, to reader aratetanoe. For this pur-
pose a straw tug was kept ready foe many houre, but it wee
net till daylight on Friday morning that the wind mo-
derated sufficiently to admit of her leaving the sillth
and then it was too late. Unto of the wreck wee to be men
when the mains, arrived at the spot, only the mixenmast
being above water. From this wee taken the colones which
were flying when the vessel went down, the lest sad 11111111110.10
of the departed. On visiting the shore la the saighkerarbood
of the wreck at a later hour on Friday nothing whatever
was to be era of the vessel, very little of which was washed
ashore. On the beach at Ballycomigar, however, were found
the lifeless remains of several of the unfortunate passengers,
which wane removed to the boathouse near there to await as
Inquest. Among those saved there are only dues passengers ;
and of the maw preserved there are several who ere Irish,
a rusher of the crew being natives of that country. The
cabin pr *sneers, all of when were bet, were Mrs. Parr,
eon, and daughter, Mr. Montgomery (of Waterloo-road,
Liverpool), Mr. Fon (ot New York), and Mrs. Hicks.
We were informed, on Saturday, by a gentleman (Mr.
Allen) from Wexford, that when the vessel mink the shrieks
of the unfortunates could be beard on the mainland. •

On arriving at Wexford, the third mate made the folowing
statement epos oath :
Stephen Kelly deposed that he was the third mats of the
ship Pomona, of New York, of 1,503 tons register, owned
by the D. L. line, and that be sailed from Liverpool on the
27th day of April, at 5 co., wit► a etc. of 37 hands,
including himself, bound for New York, with a cargo of gene-
ral merchandise, and about 400 pameogers, shipped by sundry
persons of Liverpool and consigned to sundry persona at New
Yot k. Did not know whether she was insured. Left
Liverpool on the 27th of April, at 5 cm., wind S.E.,
fresh breeze. About 4 p.m. Holyhead bore about 9.E. by
11., distant about 10 miles, steering then, I think, about a
W.S.W. course. At midnight a strong breeze, ship under
close-reefed topsails lying to. Made a revolving light, and
supposed it to be Tusher; equated away with the ship,
and awed a west coup. Vary soon slier she struck,
could not tall where, but proved afterwards to be Black-
water Bank, where the am soon made a complete breach
over her. About 10 a.m. cut away the fore and main
mute, the ship rolling very heavily. Got out two boatel
but they were soon swamped. About 1 p.m. she worked
over the bank; immediately after let go the bast bower
anchor, but found that she was sinking very fast. At 1.30
p.m. got out the long-boat, when the cook, steward, boat-
swain, and three others, left in her; she upset going on
shore, and four of them were drowned. Myself, 15 of the
Grew, and passengers, left the ship at 2.30 p m. in the
whaleboat, and landed near Blackwater. I expect the re-
mainder of the crow and passengers are all drowned. The
pumps were °unsteady warted daring the day.

•
LIST OF SURVIVORS.
rusetgers —Matthew Lem, Bartholomew Reilly, aid
John Haber.

Craw.-81sphtn Kelly, third mate; Richard Long, boot-
amain; blirba4 Moriarty, Juba Smith, Richard Rensat,
Thomas Banica, Thomas Jordan, Joha Sullivan, Harry
Millar, Rodolph Thom, Jeremiah Williams, °mega Mei-
Mlle, Grow Nett, John R algers, Charles Jackson, Charl•.s
Thempeon, James Wait, William Murphy, Joha M'Cor•
meek, memos ; John kitchen, passengers' cook.
TIM Addeo Ilsvising Post rays the total loss was 386. The
presegars won chiefly Irish.

MINTOS OF Stu MOSES MONTEFIORZ.—We have
teen a tolegnun from Sir Yeses Menteflore, bearing date
Dome, April T 2, is which Mr. Sampson Sector', the secre-
tary of the Board of Dryades, le informed that the worthy
berooot expected to have an audimen a the Pope this week,
sad that the Eaglet% repreentative, Mr. Rum!), was doing
everything be coed for the ohject of the mission. Mr.
&mud is further requested to make this communication to
the Rev. Dr. Adler, the Lord Mayor, mid Sir Culling
Esedley.--.kwis/i Chroxick.
AIIIIIICAII MAILS. The Cunard royal mail
stimmaltip Persia sailed from Liverpool fur New York on
Saturday last' with the American mail. and 166 passengese,
anstegst whom were Mr. Rod, the American minister to
Chiles, who was charged by the }lmes with having obstruoted
Lord Elgin. policy, sad Mr. Paul Morphy, the renowned
Attliliken chose player. The next American mail despatch
will ke by the screw steamship Nova Scotian, which lanes
Llvwpool for Quebec on Wednesday next.
[Adeertiesment.)—Mr. J. W. Smolt, of 33
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