The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-03 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE.

A supplementary estimate has been Issued of the further
ana"unt which will be required during the year ending the
31st March, 1879, to meet widitional expenditure for army
details amount
of requiredthe services
services consequent upon the war between Russia and
Turkey, and the native outbreak in the Cane of Good Hope,
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be applied :

PAY, &c.—Regimental pay, allowances, Ste., of th 3
esta‘dishments of the army, including the army re-
serve, first class, not exceeding 19.000 men, and the
militia reserve, not exceeding 30,000 men, called out
to join the regular forcts ; total, 2190,000.
SUPPLlES.—Provisions, forage, and fuel and light, for
the establishments of the army augmented as above
described, and of the forces serving at the Cape of
Good Hope; and separation allowance to the wives
and families of the men of the army reserve, Ist class,
and of the militia reserve called out to join the regular
forces ; total, .2385,000. Transport, including railway
and other expenses for the movement of the reserve
and other forces at home, and of the forces at the Cape
of Good Hope ; totil, 2150,000.
CLOTHING.—Clothing, &c., of the establishments of
the army, in:iluding clothing allowance to certain men
of the reserve forces on their return home from service
with the regular forces; total £15,000.
WARLIKE AND OTHER STORES.—Iron ordnance. and
projectiles, £178,000; small arms and ammunition,
£93,000 ; waggons and gun carriages, £187,000;
gunpowder and gun cotton, £l3 ),000; accoutrements
and k-addlery, £182,000; camp equipage and miscel-
laneous stores, £112,50; total £882,500.
WoßKs.—Fortifications and ordnance store build-
ings, barraoks, &c., at home and abroad.—Colonial
defences, £96,000; home defences, £36,000; huts at
Cyprus, £25,000; field services at Malta and the Cape,
£6,000; callii g out reserves, £5.001; store and waggon
sheds, &., £30,300; mounting 100-ton guns, £5,0, 0;
total, £203,300.
NON - EFFECTIVE. Non-effective charges for the
establishments of the army, including pensions paid
by the Imperial Government on behalf of the Colonial
Government of Ceylon for the (disbanded) Ceylon
Rifle Corps; total. £3.9,700.

THE LOSS OF THE LOCH ARD."
(From the Melbourne Argus, June 10.)

The iron ship Loch Ard, 1,623 tons register, George
Gibb, master, from London to Melbourne, was totally
lost within a day's sail of port on Saturday, the Ist
inst., near the mouth of the Sherbrook Creek, 27
miles west of Cape Otway. Out of 17 passengers and
a large crew only two persons were saved—Miss
Eveline Carmichael, passenger, and Thomas Pearce,
midshipman. The ship had 31275 tons of cargo on
board, valued at about £54,000, and insured in colonial
offices to the extent of £30,000. Very little of the
cargo is likely to be saved.
The Loch Ard left London on the 2nd March, and
had good weather and fresh breezes until the coast of
Victoria was approached on Friday, 31st ultimo, on
which day the captain made out that he was about
150 miles south-west of Cape Otway. A course was
then shaped whi..h it was thought would take the ship
clear of the Cape, but she must have been much nearer
to the land than the captain supposed. Apparently,
some doubt was entertained about the correctness of the
conipte.ses, for sail was shortened at four p.m. A dark,
hazy night followed; at 4 a.ru. the haze suddenly lifted,
and the captain (who had never left the deck) saw the
land right ahead. An attempt to tack the ship failed ;
sail was then taken in, and two anchors let go, but they
did not hold. Captain Gibb's next order was to slip both
anchors, and get sail on the ship, which was now head
to wind, with a view of standing on the port tat.
An attempt was made to sheet home the topsai's, bu
this appears to have always been a difficult thing to
do en the Loch Arl, and after some time had been
wasted in fruitless efforts, the buntlities of the main-
sail were let go, and the port main tack got inboard
and the sheet hauled aft. Just as this had been done
the ship struck on a rock, which appeared to catch her
just under the starboard mizzen chains. As the
morning had now eleared somewhat, the cliffs were
seen close to the ship, and the captain gave orders
to have the boats cleared away and the passengers
placed in them. By this time the seas were
'breaking clean over the ship, and she was humping
very heavily, so much so that the top hamper was
falling about the deck. As is usual in such cum, the
boats were not in the davits, but were on the skids,
and of course some time would elapse before they
could he launched. Pearce, with five others, includ•
ing the engineer, were clearing away the port lifeboat,
and die grips herring been cut and the cilocke kmo:ilea

tick.