The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

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WRECK OF THE VALLEYETELD%
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On the night o f the 14th of June, while the barque Ire'
leyfield, Captain Llurton, from Liverpool for Cape TcA 12..
was entering the ba)7 at that pla.ce, she struck on the reef
of
rocks near the Green Point Lighthouse, and II ithin a quay'
ter of an hour became a total wrecic. It appears that at the
time of entering the bay
heavy sea running .the weather was thick and hazy. a
in shon, e. About half-past sin the after-
noon they sighted land, an
d between 6 and 7 o'clock they
saw dimly a light on their sr, farboard hand, which was that
of the Green Point Lighthoui le,
but they thought it to be a
' good distance off. The vessel was standing E.S.E., with
all sail set, and there were two
men on the look out. The
first indication of their proximity to land was the sound of
the breakers, of which the look out at once informed the
captain. The helm was then pat hand up, and the yards
backed, but the vessel at the same moment struck, inune"
diately after which the mainmast bfave w ey, followed by the
mizenmast, at which moment the ctaptain was washed over-
board, while in the act of committing his little son to the
care of the steward. As socn as the vessel struck she
leaned over on her beams, and the maizimast gave way with
a cr ash. It . now became a matter of life and death with
them, and the means of escape were scant and hopeless.
Information, however, reached the Castle about half-Pest
7, and the mortar apparatus was sent out ,for the purpose of
communicating with the wreck. Capt. Wilson despatched
the boat's crew with coils of whale line, &c... and hastened
to the scene of the wreck, where he found iNwo of the sea-
men had succeeded in getting on shore, four others follow.
ing shortly afterwards by means of the long boat and fore-
mast. There were still some men clinging to a portion 0f
the wreck, which was entangled among the rocks. Their
cries could be distinctly beard, but, owing to the darknessr
the party on shore could not see the exact spot where they
were. A fire was burning, and kept up close to the water's
edge, which enabled them at intervals to distinguish their
position. The mortars having arrived in charge of Lieuts.
Tollen and Lyons, R.A., they endeavoured to throw line
over where the men were, but could not succeed. Mean-
while Capt. Spence came up and stated that a small dingy
which he had got from Three-Anchor Bay was available.
Seeing that nothing could be done with the mortar and
line, they hnd the boat launched over the rocks into a gala
where the water was comparatively smooth. The tide fall-
ing, there were a number of volunteers to go off, but those
selected were Mr. John Roe, master boatman, Capt. Shep-
herd, and Thos.liazisen. They bent on a good whale line to
the stern of the boat, and launched her, the drawback as-
sisting them out; the.y got to the place where the men were,
and pulled into the boat John Hodges, second officer,
John Smette, and J. FiTunter, carpenter. The parties on
shore in charge of the be at line assisted in hauling her apt
and the rescued men we -Ire at once taken to the light-
house in an exhausted sta, te, where every assistance was
rendered them by numerous gentlemen who were there.
It is sad to think that amid all the horrors of the night
there were to be seen those w,ho, regardless of all decency,
did not hesitate to lend them selves to the meanest and
basest of acts, and were to be se en pilfering the washings'
up of the beach, robbing, perhaps,, those who sat in misery
around them. About 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
the bodies of the dead were interred. They had all been
washed ashore on the beach betwee n the scene of the wreck
and the breakwater, and they we. re laid out in coffins
in the dead-room of the old Somerset Hospital. The
list of the drowned is as follows :—Ca otain Barton, who
belongs to Whitehaven ; William Fah '. first officer, of
Liverpool ; John Williams, seaman, of Portsmouth; Samuel
Lloyd, seaman, of Liverpool ; Henry Bi'lla.‘'dY) seaman a
Port O'Ferry ; George Morris, seaman, of Liv erpool; John
Williams, seaman, of Swansea ; William Smith, seaman, of
Halifax; and William Carus, of Blackburn, an apprentice,
who was on his first voyage. The survivors are :---John
Hodges, second mate ; James Hunter, carpenter ; Richard
Hamilton, steward; Duncan Campbell, cook; William
Elliot, Michael Visthick, James O'Donnel, James Burton,
the captain's son, and John Smith. The captain's son and
the rest of the survivors (altogether nine in number)
were present, before the bodies were *closed up in the
coffins, and were evidently deeply touched by the sad fate
of their late comrades. The funeral procession started
from the hospital a few minutes after four o'clock. At the
request of the men, the coffins containing the body of Or
captain was covered with an ensign, and carried on their
shoulders to the burying-place. The bodies of the eight
seamen, conveyed in two vans, then followed. The bodies
of the officers and seamen were interred together in one
grave, and the remains of Captain Burton on a soparate
piece of ground. The portions of the wreck and cargo
strewn along the Green Point beach were collected and
sold on Tuesday by public auction, near the lighthouse. A-
very large crowd assembled on the spot at 2 o'clock, and
there was good competition at the sale. Mr. Jones was the
auctioneer, and knocked down the wreck and cargo to the
highest bidder (Mr. Henry Glynn) for £1,500.

CO UN2IZY MARKL2 S.

J.•
NEWARK.--WEDNESDAY.

Around here the harvest prospects are very satisfactori•
The wheat crop is daily improving, and the oats cutting
is commenced. Barley looks well.
White wheat new, 56s to 61s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 300
Red do. s2s to 57s Oats, old, .. 24s to 290
Old white s6s to 608 New do —s to --0
Red do. 51s to 56s 1 Beans.. 40s to 440
Barley, malting.... 36s to 40s 1 Beans, new —s to --8
Peas, ....40s to 42s

HULL—TUESDAY.
To-day's corn market was fairly supplied with wheat,
and prices at about the same as last week.
Wheat .... Old white.... per qr. —s Od to —s Od
Old red . ~
New white .. „
New red .... ,
Dantzic, Konb , 4c. old white 55s Od to 60s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red 5OB Od to 558 Od
St. Petersburg and Riga, ld sos Od to 52s Od
Barley.... English malting 348 Od to 37s Od
Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 368 Od
Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od
Oats English, new
Archangel and Riga, per st ool2}d to 13a
Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813
Swedish and Danish oBl2}d to Oslel
Beans ....English, old, per qr.
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od
New tick. 4OB Od to 42s Od
Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares .... Spring —a Od to —s Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing • 4OB Od to 528 Od
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 0 to £9 5 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0
Bones 5 5 oto 510 0