The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1866.

VII LOSS OF THE BUGINLIL

(From the Cork Examiner.)
We 'Jaye just received particulars of another
wreak• attended by large loss of life, which occurred at an
early bent on Friday, at Bally williaza, • small bay between
Ball'/excuses end Ballycotton. About
are o clock this
ma'adng a three masted ship, of large town was observed
oft the shore making signals of distress. he gale blowing
daring the night had raised • tremendous sea, and, as the
I ship appeared to be disabled, her position off a rocky shore
was one of imminent danger. It was not possible foe the
people on shoe to render any assistance, but Mr. Crowley,
en official of the Cork Steamship Company, who was
staying near this place in charge of the wreck of the
Ibis, at coos forwarded telegrams to Cork and Queenstown
describing the position of they/hip and asking for aid. Mr.
Pierce, the mate of the Ibis, who rendered distinguished
ponies on the wreck of that vessel. Mr. Crowley, with his
militants. and Mr. Howard, the chief officer of the coast.
guards, with all his men, accompanied by • large number of '
the country people, went immediately to the place where
the vessel was, and found that she had open to &richer •
short distance off the shore. One of her masts and all her
span and rigging had been cut away to ease her, but still she
was dragging her anchors. With the gale that was blowing.
and the heavy sea, it was impossible that the ship could
ride safely in such an exposed position; and the coast-
guard officers and Mr. Crowley proceeded to make
arrangements for getting the crew sabers, having
brought with them a quantity of lines and lifebelts.
• Shortly 'lifter they arrived the vessel began to drift
rapidly towards the shore, and finally struck upon the rocks,
not more than a dozen yards from the place where the spec-
tators were standing. The shore at this place is rugged sad
somewhat precipitous, the bottom being covered with
sharp rocks, upon which the large waves broke raising •
surf in which nothisg could live. The crew of the ship
were on the deck, and the coastguards prepared to cast to
them the lines and Wished', but before any effectual aid of
the kind could be given the ship began to break up. She
first yielded amidships. The crew took refuge on the
quarter deck, and in a few minutes after the fore part of
the ship separated from the stern, and was smashed into
pieces by the overwhelming fore* of the waves. The stern
held together for some minutes longer, but suddenly, as if
struck by a mighty force, it collapsed, felling away into
small pieces before the waves, sad leaving the crew
straggling for life in the surf, amid the debris of planks and
span. The outwit:mote moo wore quits ohms to the shore,
and roper and Wished,' were thrown to the newest of them
by the coastguards and the people who had oome to render
assistance. By this means eleven of them wiredrawn ashore
—acme being half dead. The rest were beaten to death
upon the rocks, and amid the broken timbers of the
wreck, rather than drowned. When the last man seen
alive in the water had been brought ashore it was
found that not half the crew survived the wreck,
the captain and thirteen seamen having perished.
The vessel was the Eugenie, of Dublin, and belonged
to Messrs. Martin, timber merchants and shipowners.
She wee of 1,136 tons burden, and was lades with a
general cargo, the bulk of which was iron. On the
9th December she left Liverpool for St. John's, New
Brunswick, but became disabled at see, end was making
for the nearest port at this side when she was caught in
the gale and was driven into Bellyerilliam. As the ship
was quite unmanageable the captain was obliged to come
to anchor in that dangerous position, and the vessel was in
a short time after blown ashore, with the result we have
described above. The names of the persons saved are :
James Rouen, first mate ; T. Wilson, second mate ;
Charles O'Hare, brother-in-law of the captain ; William
Jenkins, steward ; T. Flynn, Edward Bridewio, Mark Sol-
bace, William Kelly, Daniel Daly, T. Peterson, and
William Curtis. The crew consisted of twenty.five
bands. The captain, named M'Neeley, belonging to
Sligo, and thirteen hands (whose names we have not
ascertained), were drowned. The behaviour of Mr.
Howard, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Piston, and of the coastguards
and people present, was, we understand, most creditable,
and but for the prompt, courageous, and skilful manner in
which they acted, all of the crew might have been lost,
rendering the disaster still more deplorable than it is.
The lifeboat and the rocket apparatus were sent round from
Bellyootton, but arrived after the calamity had occurred.
The men who were rescued ware taken into the adjoining
farmhouses, end were provided with dry clothes and
refreshments by the direction of Mr. Crowley and the
officers present, and were sent to Queenstown Sailors' Home
as soon as they were sufficiently recovered.
QOIO2OITOWN, FvrtaT EVENING.—Captaio Seymour has
jest landed from the Jackal, tender to the Canard line,
which was given him by the kindness of Mr. Grierson the
agent to the Cunard Company. The Arran Castle, tender:
to the Leman line, having been engaged in taking the mails
on board the mail steamer City of Baltimore, and Captain
Seymour having received a telegram that • large ship was
anchored class to Bellywilliam Bay, with masts cut away,
and in a dangerous position, called on the Port Admiral
and was at once afforded any assistance possible. He
proesecied with the Jackal to her Majesty's ship Black
Prince, from which be procured a large boat and crew,
also • very large hawser, end then proceeded at
once to the spot where the Eugenie was anchored, but
the weather being so bad, and such • heavy sea running,
he could not spproach her, and unfortunately she went on
shore without his being able to render any assistance. Cap-
tain Seymour thinks from the tremendous sea running and
the heavy breakers on the coast none of the lives could
have been saved. The Jackal returned to the Black Prince,
and after piecing the men and hawser on board, Captain
Seymour bad an interview with Lord Kerr, and returned
his lordship and the officers his hearty thanks for their
kindness and activity in at once sending the auistance
asked for; but lam informed by Captaiu Seymour of the
significant fact that the portion of her Majesty's squadron
now in Queenstown harbour have not a single lifeboat
belonging to any of the ships.

the other man was drowned. The fist thing I did was to
look for the lifeboat, which I was told had been sent for,
but had not arrived. I then assisted the wastgaard it
getting the rocket appal-etas reedy, whth was used several
times without effect, the vessel being :oo ter off. About
3 p.m. the Lord Clyde steaming male her appearance,
and finding she could not get alongaid. the Ibis, observing
a steamer passing, she went out and cbtained • lifeboat,
and towed her and crew to the wreck and took the re-
I minder of passengers and crew on bawd. From the shore
I observed a temporary raft put off !Tom the ship with
people upon it, which never reached the shore. The vessel
this parted in two, and the forepart ofthe vessel wee blows
' Into the wt. I estimate the loss of the steamer cad cargo
at about 35,000 t. R. HOLLAND.

THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.

(From the Mark-lane Express.)

Every year has its importance as is Marked pe-
riod in the world's duration, with its events of greater or
lees significance ; and though habit may ioaline as to yet
liner over its figures, we have no right to use 1865 as our
time again. It is gone for ever, but it. history remains.
When it first opened upon us. brethren of America
were engaged in a hot and deadly strife, that strife
has happily ended, with an immense gain to li-
berty ; and Great Britain, holding to its neutrality by
the patient negotiations of an basest government
and the favour of Heaven, has comae out of the (im-
broglio with the banner of pens flying on the western es
well as the eastern shores of the Atlantic. May it never
be struck down. But we will not digress from a review of
the varied phases of the corn trade and the aspects of the
agricultural interest. The autumnal planting of the wheat
crop was generally favourable, with about the usual breadth
sewn, and though a smart frost came at the claw of 1864,
no harm was done to the young plant. As the new year
opened the frost broke up, and before the first DAM of
January had passed the weather became like April, and
there were symptoms of an early °posing of the Baltic ;
I while in Belmam, on the third week it we. resumed, but
by the end of the month winter came again, while during
the week following it almost became warm, and the country
was nearly swamped by rain and the melting mow;
Fluctuations were then experienced, but ao harm to the
crops was reported. March increased in roughness with
its progress, and at its close it beams plain that the
fluctuations of temperature had thinned the plants on the
light lands. April was finer than usual, and promised to re-
wr whatever mischief was done and to bring on au early
harvest ; but there was semen frost on the 30th, which did I
much damage to both the corn lead fruit, many fields of peas
being completely cat up, and the potato haulm bleakend.
May we.variable, closing with thunder showers. June
brought a fins season for haymaking, but the crop was light,
and the weather too dry for cons. Some rain fell early in
July, but not early enough for the oar, and we have a
poor crop of this grain, the 'rations of which began in the
third week, ea well- as of some barley. Harvest weather
then came on, much hindered by rain, which put the
wheat in danger, and sadly stained the barley; but the
beans were saved ; and September, being fine through-
out, with a temperature 9 degrees above that experienced
for fifty years, the northern harvest and every late
district an Eagluid felt the benefit. The mowing for ant
year's crop has been in the main encoseeful ; but some lands
are still in arrears. The young plants everywhere look
even and healthy, but the blessing of Heaves is needed,
through the vicissitudes of our climate, to make an abun-
dant increase. Al to prince, the lowest point was at the
commencement, viz., 375. la, and the highest was reached
at the end of Nov.—say 465. 11d., making the extreme
difference 9s. led. Since then the averages have slightly
declined, but when it is considered that the condition has
generally suffered 3s. to 4s. by damp weather; it rather
exhibits a firmness in the market, which may easily become
an advance when winter's frosts and the winds of March
have penetrated. the stacks. it le yet too early to make
&enemata precool}, as to the crop, bat we hold wheat to
be under an average, with great diversity of yield
under different soils. Batley is perhaps an average,
but much injured in quality. BOOMS and peas run rather
short, as oats very much so, and upon this general opi-
nion the late advance in this grain has been maintained
under heavy imports. Future prices must greatly depend
on foreign imports ; but, if accounts from Germany, Poland,
and Southern Rama are reliable, the yield has proved very
defective in these countries, and somewhat under an aver-
age in France. Moreover, American statistic represent the
last crop as 1y million quarters below the moderate pro-
duce of the previous year ; while prices at New York and
throughout Europe are relatively higher than in England,
and in some places literally so. It therefore becomes ex-
ceedingly probable that we shall go short, sad our stooks
be reduced very low should they even hold out. Bat it
would be deceiving ourselves to overlook the fearful mar-
rain among our cattle, which has brought the national
loss to about 50000 head before any effectual remedy has
been discovered to stop its progress. These 50,000 bead
nearly represent a value of one million sterling, which laid
out in foreign wheat at 40s. per qr., would equal 500,000
qrs., or a month's average imports ; and to this extent we
have, therefore, really suffered in the diminution of human
food. The prospect, therefore, is not a bright one, and we
put it to common nose whether low rates are probable on
this side of the next gathering. But Christens' is not a
time for gloomy anticipations, and so we heartily wish our
friends a happy new year.
The arrivals off the nut since 22nd December were 116
canoe; of which 76 cargoes were wheat 9 barley, and 31
maize. Business was tenanted as follows :-2 cargoes
Berdianaki wheat, at 445. to 45a. ; 7 cargoes Ghirka, 42.. to
43.. per qr.
The sales of wheat noted last week were 76,1% qrs. at
465. Sd., sgaicat 76,478 qrs. in 1864. The London averages
were 49e. 4d. on 2,795 qrs.
The imports into the kingdom for the week ending 23rd
December were 634.889 cwt.. wheat, 66,752 owts. flour.
On Friday, the 22nd, the supply of English wheat was
scanty, so were the foreign arrivals. Notwithstanding the
smallness of the English show there was very little dinar-
tion to do business, but all prime samples were held at the
previous rates. The foreign trade. influenced by the ap-
proaching holidays, was of the same character, both as
respects the regular trade and floating cargoes. On Wed-
nesday the return were 140 qrs per coast, 2,660 foreign.
With very few samples of English on show there was very
little doing, but the prices of all good samples were unaltered
in value. In foreign there eau the same disioclioatin to pur-
chase, but holders did not press sales. Friday's arrivals
for the 29th December were 680 qrs. per coast, 3,610 qrs.
foreign. The same holiday features then prevailed in the
trade, and, in the almost absence of business, prior both of
English and foreign wheat were nominally the came.
On Friday, the 22nd, the arrivals of flour were generally
moderate. Very little was then doing in Norfolks or other
I country descriptions, but prices ware unchanged. Barrels
and floe French were fully as dear, but with only a retail
demand. Town rates were the same. Wednesday's returns
were 250 sacks coastwise, 170 sacks 2,350 barrels foreign.
Scarcely anything was then doing in Norfolk; or other
country descriptions. American barrels sod French sacks
were also but little in request, but prices of all were nal-
tered. The last Friday's arrivals per coast were 610 sacks,
with 830 sacks, 3,660 barrels foreign. There was then no dif-
fereoce in the market, nobody being anxious to peer the
sales of country qualities, and foreign being held too high
to excite inquiry.
On Friday, the 22nd, the supply of barley wee fair, both
British and foreign. The trade for medium descriptions
remained as dull as previously, and there was but little
inquiry° for fine maltin gor low grinding foreign. Wednes-
day s returns were 390 qrs per coast, 1,570 qrs. foreign. The
trade in the best malting aorta remained firm, but medium
descriptions were as dull as possible, and the low sorts for
grinding were but little in demand, though held at former
rate; The last Friday's quantities per coast were 1,610
qrs., with 1,570 qrs. foreign. No change was then noted is
' business, the same disposition to make purchases remaining,
but prices were much as previously.
Malt was very slack on F,iday the 22nd Dec., and has
remained so ever since. There was scarcely any sale for
malt all through the week.
' There was but a short supply of oats on the first Friday.
The trade, however, was very inactive, though holders re-
maimed firm in the confidence that foreign arrivals would
greatly diminish. On Wednesday there were 130 qrs. per
coast, no Irish, 1E290 qrs. foreign. With but little on
show ex ship the former rates were demanded for all fresh
core, but there were only a few buyers in retail. The last
Friday's returns were 130 qrs. coastwise. 280 qrs. Irish,
21,790 qrs. foreign. No change could then be noted in the
aspect of the trade, but holders of fine qualities were gene-
rally very firm.
With but a moderate supply of beans on the first Friday
business was dull, but prices unchanged. At the week's
close there was some reaction upwards.
Only a few English pease were exhibited on the 22nd
December. The demand being sleek, quotations stood as
before. No alterations subsequently was noted.
, The arrival of linseed was moderate and prices were firm,
and so they continued all through the week.
Is the seed trade there was scarcely anything doing, and
prior of article underwent no alteration.
As respects the wheat trade in the country, it was rot to
be expected that with damp, hazy weather and the Christ-
mas ho.idays there would be much movement in the trade.
In some cases, as at Hull and Birmingham, there was a
disposition to take Is per qr. less money, but generally
prices remained as previously.
Spring core was unaltered in value.
In Scotland and Inland the same calm ruled in the corn
trade, with prices for all grain unchanged.