The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-09-13 00:00:00

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News reached Lloyd's on Friday afternoon,
of the total loss of her Majesty's ship Captain
Capt. Burgoyne. We regret to announce
that this statement is only too well founded.
The Captain, a turret ship, was one of the
combined Mediterranean and Channel
squadrons. She had a crew of about soo
men. She foundered during a heavy gale, off
Cape Finisterre, Spain, during Tuesday night
or early on Wednesday morning. No traces
of her or her ill-fated crew have been found
except pieces of wreck; but the particulars
which have been received leave no doubt
that not a soul escaped. 'lite ship was on
her experimental cntize. Captain Cowper
Coles, the designer of the vessel., was on
board her at the time.
The Mita, commenting on the loss of the
Captain, says the death tit' Captain Coles in
the ship which was the final result of his
genius, is the most melancholy and
disastrous element in the calamity.
All inferences adverse to his system
drawn from this disaster will not only
be baseless, but in direct opposition to known
facts. The accident is one of those which
from time to time befall the finest ships, and
real sailors will not for a moment be dis-
couraged in the new course of experiment on
which we have entered.
The Slandard says that with the exception
of the Royal Gcorge,our naval history attOrds ,
no parallel for such swift annihilation of a
war ship and crew in time of pc.tee.
According to a telegram received at the
Admiralty, the Captain was close to the
Lord Warden at two in the morning of the
7th. and at daybreak was missing. A boat
and spars were found in the afternoon.
Lord Northbrook and Mr. Childers had
sons who were midshipmen on board the
Captain.
It seetll3 shc was close (tithe I vir.l Wanlen at 21. m.,
on the 7tli, but at tlayiwr.lk was mis,ll. I ering
that night there were %cry Leavy squalls ,oid
S.W. gale. In the. afternoon feats and spars from
the Captain S ere picked up.
The Captain hail a tvanplenn tit of more .than .scio
officers and men. Captain the tic,i;.7„,
of the ship, is as on Issw.l.
son, so has lAwd and :ir I;L;n in
Vt alker has 11t4 Oytly ill Captain I alrgo: n, a 4on-
in-law, lut has to feve ail the t!catit ott pet.'grr cii,,
who had gone on the rune it iii, flis relative as an
amateur. -

DO! 8? Baturiay.—A—Tt.ood supply of grain,
but teeth, was flat, and sellers had to oubmit to • reduc-
tion of Is. per quarter for wheat on the previous week's
quotations. OM wheat averaged 1T.., and new 445. to
464. Malting barley, 34r. to 341.; grinding, 211.. to 33a.;
oldest., 275. to 3214 new 245. to Ms.; pees. 40s, to
42n; beans, 56e., per quarter rye, Zie. to 24.. per sack
Inspeetor's return: W bear. 781 quarters, 41 eOl 7.: nt.
average Mo. bd.; bouley, 480 quarters, .1.7% 17e,
arena ain 21€1.
THE DICK AND WOUFDID.—The Rector of AU
Saints has mad.. a collection among his psrishioners.
unooteing to £lO, on behalf of the sink and wound, d
In the Franco Prussian woe. At the Congregational
chapel last Suudey there wag collections, end between
seven and eight pounds was eontributed. Miss Pears is
collecting bandages and linen to relieve the sufferings of
the soldiers. Next Snolay there is to be an offertory
at each service at Holy Trinity church in aid of the
National fund.
et.ENTE RIFLE MATCH—A rifle much between
twenty member, of the Dorset battalion and twenty of
, the Wilt* battalion, commanded by Colonel Everett,
will take place on Wedneaday next, the 14th, at the
range of the Wartnineter crrps. The challenge WWI
given by Colonel Hansel, of the Dorset battalion, and
at once accepted by Colonel Everett. Lieut. Hodges,
of the 3rd (Dorshester) Dorset, and Lieut. Wakeman,
of the 10th (Warminster) Wilts, liters arrahged the
conditions of the niatch. We anticipate a doer conkst
between the picked shots of those two vseellent
battalions.
THE Mayer and Corporation attended Holy Tlioily
thumb last Sunday morning in their official capacity.
There were present, the Blavor (J. F tiuoigre, 21,(1.),
AiderintusT, Coombs, J. Galpin, G. Canoe, and H.
Lork, and Council'ora G. J. Anthrax, J. P. Aided:re,
T. Bennett. an.l W. Slade, with the Town Ch rk (G.
Symonds, Eart.) The Rector (the Rev. H. Everett)
preached the sermon urging faith as the spring of good
works, and, opecially addri adng the Mayor and Col pot,
ti. 0, he appealed to them to exercise their functions it.
a broad lbcrahnpirit fur the good of the whole body of
tb• borough.
Tug Wirwratit.-1 he following is our motto:logical
report:—

I11:11; State of Weather. 4 , Weather
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07 96/ a SW Halo
41 GO 2 SW Cloudy. rain
7 :9 47 W IGhe my. doe
8 9 I :4 W rain
G 2 to WNW !Rain. doe, rain
10 ;96 43 NW 'Floe,
II GO I 42 I NW Fim, cloudy
rouaTT I'ErTT SBB6lOBll, Saturday.— Before H. 0.
' F. ritrward, E.q. (..Itairmso), E. L. Kinderalry, Esq.,
, and G. W..rry, Esq.
A swarthy-looking man named William Pawls, was
charged with assaulting Hr. !Samuel St:riven, on tits
314 Aograt,

The c....triplainant was sitting in front of hit house,
at Southdown, near Preston, on the evening of the
3lft AllitU/11—cot..1 day of W.litiouth rriee,—.l.en •
lot of men broke through one of Li- him a into a field,
and two of the.n striopad to fight. He and ..everal
of t is servants went to the men, and order. d them off,
when the .1, f. orient, as was proved by several wi tome •,
struck Mr. Scriven on the forehead and on the cherk,
tutting his face, and making it bleed, and al•o lino k-
ing him down, when be lay um conscious for a few
beyond.. P.C. Knight, who was there, laid hold of the
man, but subsequently let him go.
Defendant said be did not commit the sarsolt, and
called Charles Pitman, who raid it wan a m•n named
lion, ybun who knock..l.lorrn the oomolainant,
ghat that tho policeman then took hint (Honeybuu) into
the road.

There is also lost the Hon. ilhiini Ra.
itcrbert, sun of Lady I lerlicrt of. I.ca, anti lirota 1:1' u.ts 3a
f
the Earl of Pembroke. -
Captain Burgoyne, V.C. (son of Ficlilsmarshal Sir
John Burgoyne), uho has pcf.slw.l t;;;;; co: 01..nund
vessel, vtas born tit Dublin, in- 1533, enartal the
nay-y in i 847. lie leas made a tom...ander in the
navy in 1836. At the taltiag of Ki;gi.tan•
ii: ma. in
command of the-Wrangler gunboat ; awl in 837 he
received received the Victoria Cross tor personal I,raver).-- lie ne
also received from the Turkish t iot crnment the Order
of the lklialjidie, awl from the French Government
the Cass of the Legion Of lionour.
Captain Cowper Phipps Cults was Lions in 1819,
and entered the navy in 183 t. In October, tlis4, he
took an active part in Ole as•Scult on Sebastopol. Ile
designed the principle of the shield ironclad ships,
and superatendol the construction of the Royal
Sovereign.
The Captain was built by Messrs. Laird and Sons,
Birkenhead. In the -whole Navy List there uas not
a more formidable fighting man-of-war. She wa.s
equal in strength to at lea.i tell of the old wooden
ihne.„/..liatjle ships. She tt as a doulilc•screwol ..lajt
of 4,272 tons and goo-horse potter, and carriol iron
armour of varying strength, being in the most
jiort ions as much as eight inches thick. In her too
turrets she carried six guns of the heaviest calibre.
Vice-Admiral Sym Is said of her, " She is a most
fornaidable ship, and could, I Lelieve, by her superior
armament, destroy all the broadside ships of the
squadron in detail." The Captain hail made two
successful voyages to Vigo, after her preliminary trip
I. nt Liverpool to the Channel, before the present
fatal cruise. On the first of these she set ,att on the
loth of May, and returned on the Gill of Julie. The
second voyage of the Captain across the hay of Rise:ly
was made between the 6th of July and the 25th, and
the reports made of the Laptain were equally favour-
able. At three p.m. on the sth of August, the
Portsmouth and Plymouth squadrons of the Channel
fleet formed into two columns in the Swim', and at
four p.m. they sailed for Gibraltar. They 'it...re joined
out by other ships of the fleet, among them by the
LOPI Warden.
The news of the less of the Captain has imumAl
intense excitement in Portsmouth, where the vessel
was conunissiontad. Mrs. Burgoyne, the wife of
resides at Southwa, and must of
Captain I;urguync,
are connected with that port.
the crew
if the catastrophe was sudden, one half of the men
awl nearly all the officer: must have been in lied awl
probably asleep. This would seem to have been the
fr„m the fact that some of her boats were picked
uP cmPtY: • .fore parting company from the
The Captanb
c,,,asort, dischargul into her W. Wingatt,
AV. Dund, T. liogarty, JamesAksander
Sii,lll, Thomas Wise, Henry William• able seanitn ;
,-• lames Corpotal of Marion,. W.
..to I :Lipman was diseliargetl to the Kota! t tat_
EIGHTEEN OF THE CitEW SAVED.
A teii_vnim front 11.10.5. Illistol, at rrrrr ma,
smorday,
maie....„ that tale WAI 11111 Oliver
and seventeen scanicn of the Captain lawltd to,„.
(podshly Corcabioat a the north of
llii
finish:fie) on 'the 7111:
the night
The Spanish Government has given order, for the
collection of the spars and debris of the ship.

Jean r4prankling sail be mi.t Honeybun running
away from the field, and be told him there was a row
there end nut to go.
Complainant said when be recovered himself he found
that P.C. Knight tad let his assailant go, without tak-
ing his name or addrers. On his 'peaking to him, he
went after the man and arrest d lioneybun, but iin he
and his bervanto seming him tiny told him that was
mot tln Mall and he was It go. lie could not hut
otwerve on the conduct of the constable who let Pitman
go • and he praii•eci the action of another constable who
sub.. ipii ntly Milted him to trace the man. He under.
mood Knight lam beets removed from the Charminster
district to Shaftesbury.
In reply to the Bench, Supt. Hare said Knight stated
be dial not see any assault committed. lie saw some
men in the attitude of fighting, inteifered, and threw
one man on his back, but neither of them were given
lido his cuatody. The matter had been laid before
Captain Brown. Befote this happened, the constable
had been directed to remove to the Shaftesbury
divoien.

Seriven said Knight was within two yards of him
when the blow was stiock, he was thrown down and
one of the servants directed the constable to take him
in charge, and, on recovering, he himself told him to
take him into custody. He hoped for the public safety
a strict Inquiry would be made in the matter.
Hr. Coombe: Ind the constable see the awiault ?
rnplaisant : There's nut the least doubt in the
road that be did.
The Bench fined defendant 20a and costa or 14 dsys'
4 labour.

Primooer said he stould do the 14 dsrs, he was not
going to pay 20s. for doing nothing. '' Fourteen
be added," ain't going to kill me, I can assure you r
A LCOKT NoCuPK.—Mark Crate am! Ckarlia Lock.
of Fordingtoe, were summoned for fi.h-poschinc in
stream where Yr Fulloe,s has tho tights. Kilk di I
not appear. The witnesses in the como *ere not preieut
when Galled. and the Benoit dismissed the case.
Alfred Diorite, • tuiddle,ig. d man, wi,h a most
lugubrious eoutenance, was brought up under the Poach.
ing Prevention Act.

P.C. Hyde. between 11 and 12 at night on 17th
August, at West Compton, saw defendant come from
a hedge, carrying a beg, aod asked him what be had got.
Defendant said anyone who touched ho bag would get
his .tick about them II the conntnble examined
the bug, and found fu it a young hare. lie ie..' he bad
bought it for. and offered tie coost.ble 2d. GI. to
Fay nothing. Hyde took the bare, and told defendant
he would be summoned.
Then the With of the sorrowful countenance cram-
exunined the constable. Bobbin up his right bawl in
a deorecating wanner, be said "Now, remeniber,pelice-
tnan, you are on your oath: did you not .ity to me
that if I had 11410 right out I had got a here, you would
LAIIO 1•11.•110,1 1110 So cur, it 011?
('Quotable: 1 didn i say anything about it.
,t. Are You quite Certain?
A. I am

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Q . Did you, or did you not, when I wanted to go on
my journey, after giving you my Dania and address,
sasealt me, by Nourishing • stick over my head—an
unlawful weapon which you have no busincas to use?
A. I did not.
Q. Did I not see you the other day take a gloss of
beer is company with
The Chairman said that had nothing to do with the

'lll,l..lhining inc•ssage lia, lierii i,,,ii,.1 (nen Ikr
1,..• a•vting In reply to the Ihnelt. the eintsteble bald the hare
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o F. hi. nit 0,„;,,,.,,, Ha 1.311. ,k AI . 110 .% IN, Nu. lie.' fresh killed and Wlflll.
SVIDNINIi DACKES, .%10Aiii: ti i,. 1 borne, in his d, fence, said the whole of the
of the thr.ulitil I atastribi 'ht. .
of f_..e.:
LP II s . bag,woui • tissue
evidence cxee t that as to searching hi
when
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'4 "I'lle queen lies hini
with d,i, surnaw, and mi4u... Ittr all 'articular,. (hr ' thoalrooti.l.
Afajc-,ty write& to Mr. Childem .in Ina hand. lie looked at it, and finding it all right,
' aaatiedn—thi; ihntt.°(rnTl7,,droteL)usaißed i'tochtli—ebine &awl's" fvfeyryouP"lbavieauaina;
WAR NOTES.
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fotohetetnghmte.7l, '
Ilk: Figaro says that Marsh ii AlacMalein 'webs. it,e'plratcTsTgyVou'a'dOt it,
aswlitlito.Outanint?! ht°e
habit.. , t?ought he wet/I,IOA about 41. for it. The wan Slid
a prison...l. on
i'; .tt Roult-aux-Bois,
'I he doctors still hope tl at he ail! reco%er , -" be l'''d "bits " well bi" 1" If he
1 Ibirle,ad.b e tlo' adi
ibuugyo:tlll7:it
w;laf :44111::ighl?hettbhelor.rtsotwh.r,:o
fr..in his wounds.
The l'rincess Mathilde has Is en releic,ixi ! fl.i Of it:
rind ctaducted to the frontier. , "n did mut WI, but said it warn a young one. Hu