The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

fV.RECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.

The American b irk Petrea, Captain Samuel
Odaorne, from Havre for New York, with emi-
grants to ti,e euineer of 217, French and German,
and it geueial n,rg gt..t -ashore on Sunday morn-
ing, at ab ut half past 2 (as briefly related in
the ,Sun of ye,terday), en the shoals off the har
beur of Oh.eheeter, or "Chichester Pool," wind at
the time b!ewing fresh aid weather thick. On
striking. the captain ado;eted the usual measures
of beceine sail &e:, with the view of easing
her off, but ,u no purpose, as she took the shoal
at high title and struck heavily, and the fall
left her more embedded in the strand. On the
vessel being discovered in her perilous position
by the Coastguard at East Wittering, under the
command of Lieut. W. Heston, R.N., every assist-
ance was rendered to that officer and his ciew. At
about 3 p.m. a boat manned by twelve hands was
.espatch- d by the cap am to the Chevalier Pappa-
-1 ti do, United coesul at Portsmouth, inform-
in9; him of the disaster, and asking assistance.
The Consul immediately embarked and returned in
the boat to the wreck, distant about twelve miles
from Portsmouth. through a rough sea. On board-
ing the bark he found the emigrants in a state of
great alarm for their lives and property, enough
all had bet-n done by the captain that he could,to
calm their fears and inspire confidence. M.
Pappalardo at once gave such directions as were
necessary, and engaged a g; ng of men to man the
pumps and endeAv.Fur to keep her free from
water, the el ew being exhausted. A steamer
had been sent to the assis ante of the ship in the
course of Sunday from Portsmouth, by the French
Consul (Chevalier Vaudenbergh), a. report having
eeu made to him that it was a French ship, but
tte pow -r of the steamer was found too limited to
admit of her assistance being • ffective in moving the
wreck, end she returned. Ye'terday, at daybreak,
the wind blowing a gale from the east-south-east,
feering 'hat she would b_ come a total loss, Consul
P,,ppalardo, actieg in conjunction with the captain,
deemed it expedie-nt no longer to delay attempting
to land the passengers. Accordingly, he superin-
tended the hoisting over the side all hands, by
means of a barrel and a " whip," the women and
ch.ldren being atteuded to first. A heavy surf was
beating enthebeach, but another gang of Coastguard-
men and others by ropes helped to drag the boats
to laud, and tht se combined efforts were so success-
ful that all were landed to the number of 239 Souls,
without any accident of any kind, the Consul and
the captain being the last to quit the wreck. They
then saw all berthed in a building engaged for them
by tie Consul, aiid comfortably victualled and
otherwise provided for. The Consul then proceeded
per express train to P. rtswouth, and applied to the
naval authorities for a powerful steamtng to extri-
cate the ship from her perilous position, ani
lighters and hands to save as mach as possible of
her cargo, should i be f 'rind impracticable to float
her. The tug, &c., was promptly sent, but there
seems lit le hope for the stranded vessel, as the
wind his freshened since, an • .he tides are dead
neap. However, the scup is a strongly built one,
of about 500 tons burden, and well fastened.

C;uulibr ka,rKets.

COLCHESTER- APRIL 1.

A short supply of wheat, the trade was firm, and on
some samples Is. per quarter advance was obtained.
Barley for malting was rather dearer. Beans and peas
were both the turn in favour of the seller.

Prices to-day were as follow :—Virheat, white, 463 to 504
red, 42s to 465; barley, 36s to 43s ; oats, 24s to 322 ; beans.
Ilazagan, 34s to ;As ; middle and small, 36s to 40s ; pea',
white, 40s to 428 ; grey, -10 s to 445.

OFIELMSFOIt D—APRIL 3.
The wheat trade was somewhat brisker than last week,
ali(i for better qualities a rise of Is. per quarter took place
et the close of the market. Everything else ruled the
same as last week.
Whoa., white, old, per s. a. a. a.
qr. 44 51 Oats, per qr. 24 29
I
new.... 44 51 Peas, Partridge ..... :.40 44
red, -old 41 46 White 38 42
new..-39 46 Boiling 39 44
Barley 34 40 Dun 38 40
Chevalier 38 44 ! Beans, Tick 15 37
Grinding 23 32 1 Harrow ticks 36 39
Halt 70 731 Mazagan 32 35 '-
Chevalier 72 73 Ditto, uew...32 31

KIRKCALDY—APRIL 3.
Here, to-day, we had small supplies of all kinds of grain.
High prices were asked, which caused a slow sale, but ulti-
ui,Ltely most things sold at last week's prices.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans.
First
Second
Third 36s Od I 21s Oa 22s Od j Os 04

COAL kf RR WI.—MARCO 31.
Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market
s. d. Walisend, arc.
_ _ _

Bebside's Hartley 15 3 s
Davison's West Hartley 15 3 I3raddyll l6 6
kiolywell ..... .............. 14 6. Framwellvate
14 9

Howard's West Bartley

Keiper Grain° 17 0

Tyne Main 12 0
Canfield Stour l2 61
Canfield Moor Butes 12 6
Walker Primrose l2 31
Nylain

,Ru.sell's lietton l6 3
South Hetton 17
ShineMs 14 9
Lieugu Hall .15 0
Kelloe 16 9
South Hartlepool l6 0
Tees l7 6
'Thorp l6 6
Whitworth l4 6
Cowpon Hartley l5 3
Nixon's Duffryn. 21 6
Powell's Duffryn Steam 20 9
;,143 ; sold 125.