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

WRECK OF THE VAL, T,EYFIF

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barque Val-
OnDOI for
leyfield, Captain Burton, frol-a LlvbrP' bile the
Cape ToWn
was entering the bay at that Wee, she , Kon the reef of
the night of the 14th of June, w
thousci, and NI ithin a quer-
rocks near the Green Point Ligh
ter of an hour became a total wrec.ll- It 34) pears that at the
time of entering the bay the weather was+ ' thick and hoz-pa
struc7 .
heavy sea running in shore. About ;Ile If"! past sin the after-
noon they sighted land, and between 6: and 7 o'clock they
saw tlimiv a light on their starboard bar td, which was that
of the Green Point Lighthouse, but the: r thought it to be a
good distance off. The ver4el was star ding E.S.E., with
of their proximity- to la nt a the sound of
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all sail set, an d there were two men
011
thet look out. The
first indication
which the look out at; once informed the
the breakers, of
captain. The beim' was then prtt hard 1 'IP, and the yards
backed, but the vessel at the earn e morale nt struck, imme-
diately after which the mainmast i Lave way ', followed by the
encotmthmei; Itaiputgaihni: ,
-as washed overboard, while
ea tinwh ittie eon to the
care of the stewa,,-d. As soon as. the Tess el struck she
leaned over on her b, ,ams, and the mainmast gave 1 vay with
.the act
a crash. It now bees-
me a matter of life 1.,-1A death with
the and the means .
of escape were scant ,and ' hopeless.
Information, however, reached the Castle about half-Past
7, arli the mortar apparatus was sent out for the pt trpose of
communicating with the wreck,' Capt. Wile on des patched
to line 80- Ind b astened
the boat's mew with coils of wha. , , •
to the' scene of the wreck, where ht.' found two ' of the sea-
men I tad succeeded in getting on shore, four others _folio
ing sh•ortly afterwards by means of the 102 g boat and fore
mast. There were still some men clinging 0a / Ortion of
the wreck, which was entangled among the rocks. Their
cries could be distinctly heard, but, owing to the da '
rkness,
the party on shore could not see the exact spot whe re they'
were. A fire was burning, and kept up close to the , water 's
I ' •
ed,ge, which enabled them at intervals to distinguisl 1 then
posi'tion. The mortars having arrived in charge of I. deuts.
Tollen '• an.d. Lyons, R.A., they endeavoured to throw . lines
over w here the men were, but could not succeed.
/ &evil
while C 'apt. Spence came up and stated that a si mall din,g9
which he .had got from Three-Anchor Bay was availabl'e-
Seeing th tt nothing could be done with the mortar avd
line, they i 'tad the boat launched over the rocks into agt IVY,
where the v 'ester was comparatively smooth. The tide i all-
ing, there wt we a number of volunteers to go off, but those,
selected were Mr. John Roe, master boatman, Capt. ,Sher
hard, and Thot I,Hansen. They bent on a good whale lhae o'
the stern of the .boat, and launched her, the drawback a 6.
sisting them out i,; they got to the place where the men wel e,
and pulled into . the boat John Hodges, second officer,
John Smette, and •J. Hunter, carpenter. The varties oa
shore in charge of 11 e beat line assisted in hauling her up
and the rescued meg i were at once taken to the light-
house in an exhaustot I state, where every assistanctl was
rendered them by nr, onerous gentlemen who were th'ere'
It is sad, to think that Amid all the horrors of the night
there were to be seen th os-e who, regardless of all decency*
did not hesitate to lend . themselves to the meanest anti
basest of acts, and were t, 7be seen pilfering the washings`
up of the beach, robbing, 1 rerhaps, those who sat in misery*"
around them. About 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternooa,
the bodies of the dead were interred. They had all been
washed ashore on the beach between the scene of the wreck
and the breakwater, and t., 5 ey were laid out in coffins
in the dead-room of the el, I Somerset Hospital. The
list of the drowned is as folio'', vs :—Captain Burton, who
belongs to Whitehaven ; Willi, im Fair, first officer, of
Liverpool ; John Williams, searnat ', of Portsmouth; Samuel
Lloyd, seaman, of Liverpool ; Hen. ry M'Hardy, seaman at
Port O'Ferry ; George Morris, seams n, of Liverpool ; Jolla
Williams, seaman, of Swansea; William Smith, seaman, of
Halifax ; and William Carus, of Blackb,urn, an apprentice,
who was on his first voyage. The survi'vors• are :--Juba
Hodges, second mate ; James Hunter, carpCnter ; Richard
Hamilton, steward ; Duncan Campbell, cook; William
Elliot, Michael Visthick, James O'Donnel, tames Burton,
the captain's son, and John Smith. The captain's son and
the rest of the suxvivors (altogether nine in fl =DO
were present, before the bodies were -closed up 1 the
coffins, and were evidently deeply touched by the E ad fate
of their late comrades. The funeral procession Otarted
from the hospital a few minutes after four o'clock. A\t the
request of the men, the coffins containing the body oil th,.°.ett
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captain was covered with an ensign, and carried on I
shoulders to the burying-place. The bodies of the e ighi
seamen, conveyed in two vans, then followed. The bo, dies
of the obcers and seamen were interred together in one
grave, and the remains of Captain Burton on a sepal at()
iece of ground. Theportions of the wreck and care
strewn along the Green Point beach were collected arra.
sold on Tuesday by public auction, near the lighthouse. A'
very large crowd atssemb. led on the spot at 2 o'clock, and
there was good corupetiti on 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.

COUNTRY MAREA 2S.

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NEWARK— WEDNESDAY.
Aront2d here the harvest pro.spects are very satisfactorY•
The wheat crop is daily improving, and the oats cuttillg
is commenced. Barley looks well.
24
White wheat new, 56s to 61s Barley, grin.ding. 2BB to 30g
Red do. ... ... 52s to 57s Oats, old, .. —s to sto 29
1
Old white ........ 56a to 60s New do ---3
40s to 445
Red do.. . ...... 51s to 56s I Beans..
Barley, n;;1ti0.g.... 36s to 40a 1 Beans, new —s to ...-15
Peas, ....40s to 42s

HULL—TuEsDA.Y.
To-day's corn _market was fairly supplied with wheat,
and prices at about. the same as last week.
Wheat.... Old whit e....per qr —s Od to —s 03
—s Od to —'s 03
Old red ..... • • /,
New white .. ~
New red _.. •b•
, ic. old white 58s Od to 60$ 061
Dantzic, Km
Dutch, Belgiai 1, and French. 58s Od to 62s oal
Baltic and Han, ,burg red ... 50s Od to 555 Oct
57555
001 too
6509:
vaL,.,lcl
St. Petersburg a. ud Riga, old sos Od to 52s OA
Barley.... English malting.. 34s Od to 37s L'
Grinding
Seal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish.
Grinding
Oats English, new ..... .... 23s Od to 25s 0
Archangel and Riga, per st.. 08120 to 13c1
Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813
Swedish and Danish . .....
Beans ....English, old, per qr
Nev pigeon 42s Od to 44s 04
New tick
Egyptian
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares .... Spring —s Oa to —s 05i
•
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 oto £9 5 nv
Foreign 8 15 oto 9 0 .„
Rape cakes 6 il oto 6 5 n'
Bones 5 5 oto 510 "

DUBLIN—TUESDAY.
The market dull to-day, owing to Mark-lane yesterdat
being without any alteration in value.. A few samples 51':
new bere en show. Oats anu barley appeared of very fl'lr
quality.

s. d. s. d.
Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0
Do., red 27 0 to 32 0
Do., new
Barley
Oats
Do., black l3 0 to 15 0

s. d. S• .a
Beans..
0
Bere l2 0 to ---
0
Rapeseed - 0
Oatmeal.
Bakers' flour
Indian corm

FOREIGN MAIL .PACKET ,LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Awe' 1$
iq,
via Marseilles ..... Aug. •:
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. '
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 9,
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. ,`.
via Marseilles .. Aug. '
Falkland Islands ' .4
Aug. 14.
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Aug. 19.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 0.
via Marseilles Aug. "
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. 14'
via Marseilles Aug. 13' '
Lisbon
14'
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug- S.
via Marseilles Aug.
Newfoundland
.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 6.
by U.S. packet ,
i
by Canadian packet. Aug. ;0.
\V.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife.. Aug
Bahamas, via New York Aug. 2-B,'
P
Mexico ..... ....Aug.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Aug. 13.
California, and British Columbia

BIRTHS.
Aitclit.—On the 4th inst., at Forest hill, Ms. Josh. Arc
hr
of a son.
CIIRTIS.—On the sth inst., at 3, Courtland-terrace,
The
Mall, Kensington,,Mrs. Philip Curtis, of a daughter*
FLovmß.---
,
FLOWER.—on the 4th inst., at Morecambe, near i", -
easter, the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Flower, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
ahsi
ADDINGTON—MUNDI.—On the sth inst., at Cottna,A,a
ariah church, Derby, Major the Hon. Charles /S t
Addington, third son of Viscount Sidmouth, to IsTall,
second daughter of A. M. Mundy, Esq of Shiply
Derby.
RITCHIE—KYNASTON,---On. the sth inst , at St. 11-'1)--h
gseg,t
Greenwich, Robert Ritchie, Esq., of Beaufort-builtli`s•
London, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of J•
ton, Esq., Croom's-hill, Greenwich.
CRANE.—On the 4th inst., at Melville H
DEATHS.
Crane, q., R.N., late f H.M.S. Colossus.
Coombe
GRIFFIN.—On the sth inst at his residence, „isber,
Lodge, Swanscombe, Kent inst.
Chas. Griffin, Puy'
/ Mr.
aged 2. A of tile
FlonxiNs.—On the 4th inst., Maria Helen, wi""te_ aged
late Henry Hopkins, sen of the Stock Excliang '
'7
77. dlorPlace'
LAMPUELL.—On the 3d inst., at Little Bra
Suffolk, Charles Lamprell, Esq., aged 78.
hlschuil
oil
STAHLSCHMIDT.—On the sth inst.. F. Hospital,
•
"oldharb°ll"
Esq., of Lower names-street, city, and C
lane, Camberwell, aged 40. BrightDr3'
Sminr.—On the sth inst., at Clifton Villa,
Caroline, widow of the late Rev. Gavin Smith'
of Rottingdean., Sussex.

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Midlilebele—Thuroday, August 7, 18"