Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-02 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARTS, Saturday, 11.45 a.m.—Rentes commenced
at 61.10, rose to 61.50, but fell immediately to
61.30.

1.9 p.m.—Great agitation has prevailed through-
out the day ; Rentes, 60.60; being more than one
franc decline since yesterday.

2.16 p.m.—lt is rumoured that an insurrection has
broken out in Sicily. Rentes 61.10.

3.30 p.m. —Rentes have risen again, and close-
-61.50 for Money, and 61.40 for Account, being a
decline of only since yesterday.

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FULL PARTICULARS

OF THE
WRECK OF THE POMONA

AND
LOSS OF 389 LIVES.

On Saturday we published, in our extra edition, the
following information respecting the wreck of the Pomona,
off Wexford :

" WExponp, April 28.—This morning a ship was seen on
Blackwater Bank. Since then her masts have been cut
away. 29.—The ship is the Pomona, of New York. A
boat came on shore from her with sixteen persons; another
was upset, and four lost. The tug-steamer is now coming
into port from the wreck. The ship has beat over the
bank, and sunk in nine fathoms of water. The Pomona,
Merrihew, sailed from Liverpool to New York on the 27th
inst., with 375 passengers, and a crew of thirty-two. Three
passengers and seventeen of the crew saved. The Retriever
(tug) has been despatched to the scene of thQ sad disaster."
Yesterday we received some additional particulars of this
sad affair. It would appear that the Pomona struck on the
Black water bank and sunk in a few minutes. The captain,
mate, and second mate, as also the shipping master, Cun-
ningham, are amongst those drowned. The agent of
Lloyd's at Wexford, writing to the Underwriters' Rooms,
Liverpool, on Friday evening, says :
" I have just returned from the coast near the sad disaster
of the Pomona. The ship has sunk in about ten fathoms of
water, on Blackwater Bank. The top of the mizenmast
shows over water. Only seventeen seamen and three p'ss-
sengers are saved by the boats that have landed. Four
females and a young man were washed ashore with air belts
upon them. They were dead, and apparently of a
respectable sphere in life." The same gentleman (Mr.
Harper) says, as to the cause of disaster :—" It was unfor-
tunate that the master let go the anchor when she got on
the bank. She would have drifted into shoal water in a
short time."

Nor further particulars are as yet to hand ; should auy
arrive during the day, we will publish an extra edition of

the same

The Wexford Independent furnishes the following
particulars :---

" Since Sunday morning we experienced severe
gales from the S.S.E., with a heavy fall of rain on Wednes-
day night, which continues still with but little intermission.
The gale was at its highest on Thursday morning, when
the dreadful catastrophe, it is onr painful duty to record,
took place. The United States ship Pomona, Captain
Merrihew, with a crew of thirty-five men, and three hundred
and seventy-three passengers, principally Irish, left Liver-
pool on Wednesday, the 27th instant, bound for New York,
wind S.E. to E., a wholesale breeze---and proceeded
favourably on her voyage, until she struck on Blackwater
Bank, at four o'clock, a.m., on the following day. In about
eight hours after striking, she worked off the bank, the sea
making a complete breach over her; the foremast and
mainmasts having been previously cut away, the
mizen was left standing. Her port anchor was let go in ten
fathoms water, with sixty fathoms cable, but the vessel con-
tinuing to make water, the long boat was launclud, with
seven of the crew, only two of whom effected a landing, the
other poor fellows being washed out and lost. The quarter
boat was then launched, with fourteen seamen and three
passengers, who landed in safety ; but when about three
miles from the ship, they lost sight of the latter, which they
supposed went down, which was unhappily the case, with all
on board, amounting to 389 souls---the crew and passengers
making in the aggregate 408, out of whom only twenty-
three were saved.
"We have the above melancholy particulars of this dreadful
disaster from the active arid efficient agent of the Ship-
wrecked Mariners' Society here, James R. Crosbie, Esq.,
who derived the information from two of the survivors,
Charles Jackson and Henry Miller, seamen, who, with the
others that were saved, were provided by our worthy fellow
townsman with comfortable lodging, and all other necessaries
befitting their situation. Among the lost are the captain of
the ship and first and second mates.
"On the shipwreck becoming known here, the steam-tug
Erin proceeded to the port of Roslare, but the sea was so
bad, and night setting in with a dense atmosphere, it was
useless to proceed. At four o'clock p.m. on Friday
morning, with the new life-boat in tow, she proceeded to the
north end of the Blickwater Bank, and found the unfortu-
nate ship sunk in nine fathoms water, Blackwater Head
bearing W. by N., and Cahore Point N.E. by N., about
one and a half miles inside the Bank. Her mizen mast-head
appeared over the water, with the Ainerican ensign, union
down, still flying, but the life btruggle was over. This the
crew of the l'fl.boat brought with them. , They report them-
selves entirely pleased with the execution of the boat, which
inspired them with entire confidence in her see qualities "