The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-06-04 00:00:00

LATEST.
THE
.WAR..

There is no doubt 1-17w—abOtii.-the aseembling of the
Gorigrwat, the invitations having been issued and the debit
fixed for the 11th inst. A basis has been accepted by
England and Russia, hut as it is has not yt.t been adopted
by the other Great Powers its terms have not yet been
made public. According to the Ig,noo Rune. the Congress
will only hold one eeesion, at which a d..finitive Treaty
will be signed and arrangements tusdo for its execution
Evidently in sieve of al. assembly the Ports bad published
a memorandum. giving a history of the negotiations which
preceded the conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano. It
stake that the Russians brought forward their propositions
separately and with permanent preseure. and that the
resolutions taken were adopted by the Turks blindly and
hastily. Once during the negotiation, the Grand Duke
gars an order for his army to advance on lkinstantinople,
and, though he revoked it the next morning, he threatened
on mineral subsequent occasions to renew the order.
Nearly Use whole of the Indian expeditionary force his
now reached Malta, where the Governor inspected • form
of upward. of eight thousand men under rime on Satur-
day.
LATENT. I
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CON MTANTINOPLX, MOndll7.
The provioiona I iovernment of SI shommedana has
strengthened keel( by adding two Greeks.
The Turks reeumed hostilities to—day against the
Cretan insurgents, the negotiations for an armistice
baring broken down.

SINKING OF AN IRONCLAD.
WA or 340 LIVDI.

A terrible disaster Ita-p-tien-e-d-o;;Widay morning, at
9.4.5, to the German ironclad squadron, which left
Wilbelwehaven on Thursday night for Plymouth, on
Its way to Gibraltar, by which one of them, the
Gorse Korturst, was sunk, and 340 men perishel
The squadron, which comprised the Preuseen, Knott
Wilhelm. the flagship, ant the ye...el named, paesA
Dover about nine 0 clock about a quarter .if • tulle
distance apart. When paring Folkestone at 9.15 this
distance we. oinsiderably lessened. Some fi.hermen
who were near them ashl they were then within talk-
ing distance. One account Nays that on peering
Sandgate a barque wage seen standing out from the
shore to avoid the leading ironclad. The Grosser
Hurftlest ported her helm, and the Konig Wilhelm,
the admiral's ship, ported her helm rather too
suddenly. thus bringing her into collision with the
Grosser Korkiret, striking her on the counter abaft
the adieu meet on the port side. Immediately the
Grosser Kurfurst .4-nailed that she was in a sinking
condition. Some of the crew ran up the rigging and
began cutting away the yards. T. e vessel, however,
immediately rolled -ver to port, with her heed to
N. K. Another of the crew chambered on to the star-
board side and Jumped into the water. In lees than
seven minutes after the collision the vessel foundered
in 18 fathom., at a point about five miles due south of
Sanderate Culla
Fortunately, at the time of the disaster the Folk,
stone fishing Beet were near at head on their way back
to harbour. The collnion was observed by several of
the boats' crews, who immediately went to the sinking
versa to render assistance. They were able to save
87 men, oi whom one boat, the Emily, Richard May,
master, picked op no fewer than 27, including three
petty officers. The saved were not brought ashore,
but put On board the Preunen, they requesting
..tiealarly not to be taken to the admiral', ship, the
kdoig vitamin'. probably from • dread of her unless-
worthiness after what had occurred. The a
and Lytid lifeboats also were soon on the scenrOirtht:
disaster. The Istata ~f the ironclad, were immediately
launched, and aided in the rescue. One hundred and
sixty men and twenty-three officers only were saved
out of • crew of 500 souls. The fishermen brought
ambers • number of uniform cape, jacket., and other
garments, which have been deposited with Mr.
ooeeett, the receiver of wrecks here (Folkestone).
It is helloed that they were cast off by the men who
jumped Into the water off the sinking yeeseh
Ur. Gunner Stewart, at Sandrate Castle, who
witnessed the collision, gives the following additional
facts When the Grosser KurfOrst sank a column of
white vapour soddenly rose above the surface to about
the t of the vessel's masts. This wee probably
cloned the cold water coming into contact with the
bested boilers. The eolliaion seems to have been
e.aeed by the attempt to clear the barque mentioned.
When the ironclad* pessed Folkestone they were not
only nearer than when off Dover, hut the ill-fated
vessel appeared to be out of line with the others being
more be shots. When, thertdore, the put he; helm I
sport in order to pan under the stern of the barque
her course, it would appear that the Rani(
eiiig2a put her helm aeterboard through mistake
and so struck her unfortunate consort under the uoei
counter. The ships proceeded down Channel silent
hall'uset two o'clock, with a pilot on board the
admsl'e ship. Some little excitement was caused
here by the report that the made of the soak= ship
were visible, but on • closer examination with a glass
this wee found to be incorrect. In fact, the vessel
sank on her brow/skin and it is believed that she went
to the bottom in that position. If, however, she has
righted, an she is right in the fairway her masts will
have to be taken out. A gentleman who boarded the
genie Wilhelm on Friday afternoon states that he
was informed that the Grosser Kurftirst had a crew
agg all told, of whom 85 of the survivors were taken
an band the Kock Wilhelm, and 170 on the Preussen,
• total saved of no.
eywrin who wee within half a mile of the ships
when the accident occurred jives the following veredon
of its mem :—H• says the Kiedg Wilhelm, which was
so the port quarter of the Grosser Hurfitret, ported
bee haw, and consequently struck the latter, mitt
an bee as already stated The cries and
• agia MAIM were roost heartrending. The
water mend w the vessel sank wads black with
annaggeg people He also states that a number of
them were blown up into the air wheel the expkedon
g,x& piece. It Is stated that a French schooner, name
cabmen, pared by under sail, sad made no effort to
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