The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE DOURO.

TIOULLINO xamuciii Dr A SURVIVOR

The foilo il,o Sc 'um • f the I too' the I/ ~.r e gin...
by k(r.. J. A. Own, w'ow•Sap ...wager oii boar i
vora I:—'' I wee in my la At on the night tit the macro r
earlier that must, a d lee tor ut hod completely ondreesed
inveigh, which I never remember doing at is. before.
ildetilr I hear I • armee. which trw tom row e.uU'le.i
onl • like • slialot mtadt oi [low and a:dotting. lime on.
dIO JO I +mold acre .y hay, to taw soya. It h.d lat
hex. hew.l the runn•ng o ni.ny Is it. Twit ii. coked • ut.
i.,us" tick. p0t.... a. I .ek, •id di)-, MR I Vie OUU1•411 •••
14-0, 10041 wale 1111.4 mmmd to their CO.•1111. •Is 16 an
explosion or woat I' I oeneY. *C .Itiet.n: wee the boot,
r ply. I ran back, seal* another c oak. • Aid in gob c
I remembered woo toy purse, and o +nod 144 thee
iimried "to dock, *lint., I ooknageit to got on nay odt rt.
Timm the captain cdu • put me. fo th Watt,' he oriel ;
'and the women in first.' IL. Atherley,t to fount. Aker,
• line young fe-ow, with igh out I hit chat:ed the day
b ofirs. my Sr L tiny 0111.rir I. itine orders In a Sr.., el o.r
vote< 1 r lo aortas id the Sent boat, arid pooled ine on to
iciest 'or eouteihiny alongside. 'Sit down, woman,' Ise
~tiel, as I tri d 1. to up ~,to the 1.4.8, bcfvre lobe We
ley ot sfl .tes my. Moo 1V.411.11 ohil two boy., and
o ID npn at t its. mm.l wo were •irder. d os t down as tow
is Lo gib e. I.e moot stolid tuo oeut was when the b ..t
wag dropped into th • sorgiog d .otto. • beset swell on. We
thought it wan our I or. We re .c ,el the rinses safely,
IviL the rope. n. Id U. 'A En te, a knife,' was the cry.
N 6 one o, then. n ha i QUO. At last • boy posesdiger
pr odu e I one f ono hia p emit and the ripen were severed
a fat, w•ohed to tr In the Midi and eontneed voices
cried f e the r eks. s hey we,: all tie It .geth u awl it
took -owe t- me to thew awl W it WI cod.
with the kn to. Toe. tloo.oara Were got from tro lot
U 4 with dithe ilt:. We toond n at that we bet tot •
a oil. -elm. w.t no. only S I ur seven stokers idol
tireuten. N one knew hoe ii bin In on ii•r properly.
N one we able to take the C unman I. One men
suthvote I that he about 1 pit twat to the ship for souse one
wit . could do this Another, oloored min, said too.
'Lets go hack. Shill not sink yet. I got all my
primary on board.' Toe MIL was so heavy we could uot
OH the wird. boat.. Then they pulled, sang one say,
mote an other. When I told one man he was rowing
the wrong way, he cursed me. and told me to h I I WY
tongue. litte ,'on 0.1 from l'ornaualnico trio* to matotaio
oedoe. hut he too 1.114 told t. 'shut up,' and he toe. tip
.peaking in despair, hut rowed. I it:Meer. At last not
arero pill nr, at ony rote in the same direction.
Pr -.duly, amid oh u s not shr eks, t Spani•h gems'
q mk, sod soon otter the D mro went loan. .tern foremmt.
Sill we ha i Dorm, &Inane, to row, hut tilt milt• the arid
verrl would pick ul tip. • Ate your father end mother
h• re / ' I naked the two to .ys. ' Yet." Ath thank (1 .1!
A womoe'e hald grasped tole+ ' Hare lOU, one iii
ew 101 l
on ld r No, +mak Got. When we odd near mulish
h'e or -thou elf or • tin- lobe Lomeli 04t to on, • 'go
and try t pelt up tome of time .Ir:ornine men.' 'lied th-
e iota, n In on toe tbir I st • doer • dedg. 'We re got
womeo and ct.ildren altos',l, elt.ut.il the town bark.
Teen the c wain bade us C 0144 Ott. aod • line was Mini
at and graoped. 5.t silt,' the ton add to us, ' no. one
of you move; When, however, we got with &dimity
coo' SIOU•Si If. • r yid solder happeneit to to close to we.
c mid nie reoiot cdtr Ong it, sot drooped the little bid
in e hid. I hat genie few valush es, to order ti do so more
tirml . Idi I • 4.• IL •.:41,•. 'oatl telt me time 6V.1 1,0
V 6i111,1111 to trouole ahoot anything bit life, ant nod I mil
oo to it I wig .t %air loot my hold. Near toe top, wen
u lel me o-i, Wong arms at last placed we gently 0..
d -ck, and they brie to, pm down into the Wart, so I
area the nee to ri'aeh sooty the U. 4 .100. The other ladies
wee hoi,tid up by repose. Speak,nr ot ming to save on ,'s
mum erty. sat thi tot happen el. A soon( ine o. the °dicers.
I b dieve) threw nut coat into one loud, and then rou bock
to fetch inn •thing from hi, roam. Wean he rem.ned
tie lo et bad been washed sw,t,,nl he wee lust. The
pony of which I made one consisted of six, and we repro-
ii-,,t Viral of the seven boats wetch left the D o. We
have c on:morel n ~, and they have given toe their
se • ousts Toe see at to arrive woo • gosh one, holly
dont mei' as to her toms, but rontatning about twenty lee
It reins. The plug was out an c obi o bo found •on •
hal' nu docket was useless. and the other scarcely b.otter.
Her • soda no knife or bombs* ••• at hand till • pas.enger
f ,und one. Then all, women as well aq inett.lied to 'a.
for their 5y..., ming hats, booth i shoes. Tar/ .6w 0
boot, aod cried for help, but we wort in • o I great dis order
and ditecul"y to got to them. They reached safety about
half en nour after u.—mt, I believe, about two o'clock.
Toe bir I of the bode 6V•4 • lifehort, ant it win tne taut
of ell to arrive at the Ridalg o. In this were two is tones
awl the do•tor. Wbitqt t rat to take M mom a heavy
smell seporstoi them, tram the novo. m they wait d till
Me sitok in hopes of poking up dr o;glers. rimy r,s,lathi
flee P tiumr‘cer• who had jump,* into the sea or had lies
w ..h • I 'lfs fow minute, 1, 0", the 1:1 moo lotiodlre s.
Too of ose, tar y were amongod them, add they Were t *
out ymnot from the 0.1.11 tr ; , • inc been figottn wita
11,, wavesab ut eit'f on heir, dl do of Chola betore leaviog
the thop sue C,pt.in Kemp wolkin tip and down tit
deck Wit, u poor woman, orb o, being wised with panic,
bat tel tsed he thrown Int. the I. 'it, like the to pre.

cedingl, r. After this he M. 00,11 b'.iwing hut • lit
avpur d which he wove. A but it. seine time the
fourth "Mc.,. 31, Atheilev. nun ....11 stabling in • boat
trying tboor her. HI eland out. for • bole,
which wag given him by one of wir piny, but hi.
.of mos were uosucteeisMl °whit to ono of the davit.
having bien daiunged. Tuis in the let known of bun.
Although the odic .ra ectel most nobly and unselfishly,
yen it Is time that dig irder prevail. I amongst the crier,
in thy of wbou wars uncermin of their rim-mire parts in
t 0 r kirk. S 'me were running sib nut asking which to it
lieb lib I Ii them. Thin might have p:oyed in,'.
duaniro is hid not the pan. bier., elm ist aitho 4 oz..
cepti 'a, hehoVed witn ere ni celnan .s., sinecely cec b j..g
he ad. IMU not +ware of the rule. ins ice ate .1•0 t tos•
joining brim the net.' of things 1n..',, owe 13,4 nor •,y it
WOlll.l b • well it •••Meolle la authority we,. in, luk chute
and command of each leyet I. swing the ship.

Moonate Br.o-Kcarino —Mr 1. W. 0 wan.
50... z. onset the In ..tuiig he •tng,atsrc in ncloti.llorwarhistend.
as fo lows in hi• exceilens little work, entitl. "Th
Br. ti.h Bee•ke-per's' Guide " which has recently LP .eti
I•ou-d :—The euittate of the lon•tv-hee i. no 4 noiveroally
e,tstitted t be iine of thy iiio•t wog tali!. of rural ~nreilita.
It has engaged Coo ett ut•en of :ntelligeot per.one of all
age.; yet it is only comparatively rite ntit—by the intn..
docti n of improved moveable comb Oise., the It any
• 'tractor, an I c .ml• f. nodati •n—that this pur•Ait has
lo•-• n ren.tere I ao long. r • cnotter • f chance.
awl to ire reumnerativ., with email ot; than any other
roral •iccup.ttoo. Xcii hos been w. itt about the
en •rm •us profits lob • ii•trivest from b ••••Irewitie• Stimu-
lated by whit thew lame roe I. pars as have putchaved a
few ssocks, end atter leering them without any attention
fr tO years. have given them up, having failed for want
or a knowledge of the first principles of he -cultuts.
Although anyone may ko, p bees, it is not everyone who
con h c one a p-olicient bee-masor. Clnly energy and
p.rasver ince, together vith aiotneso for inve.tigal ion. can
I cu croci success While some degree t olrnt 1. jai
in tld 4.11 ill every otier wiros t oil airy ability il r•c'ed
to the attainment of • op odic • nil will he,. or
to he rewardeo by oi cc .4 • 'h,n tie mint extreo:dinary
talent divvied among diff-reut ples.uite.
The man who is thor.u.ii.ly c inversant with his bosineos,
is fainili .r with its regalement', has nmetered its every
and who is in lus•riou. and e ergette, will be likely
oucceed ; and If, in ad :iion to this, be pose...'. lull
I executive abilities, !tissue:ern will be very apt t he shove
the average. Such a larva will be very SOnt isa ister of
ell the theories c tnnectA with the scisnoe. No one can
say he has no opoorunities of gaining no educ otion to fee-
keeping, for in aldition to the different works putili•hed
on the oultdect, we h•ve the Briti•lo Beekeeper. AO.Cl-
tiqn and numerous CA,uaty &dories effiliotid to t, . peed-
los their enere et and money in diffu.ing &know' tegeof to a-
mitotic throughout thee 'entry. The British 160,1c.erers.
Itsitoetati in bold. annual shows in Lilo lon, where its bee
tent dives hundr de of visitors to witne•s the manipol a-
ttons with lire bee., sal to hear the lectures siren 01
bre-culture by practical Leekeepers. It also sonde its re-its
to the CnurrY B.ciet ie.' chow., so that any no desiring it
has an op: ortunity of *Om ming the performarc oi of the
manipulati ouch rod ahout. The Aso oisti e'e expert
also atreodo, with the es hib thin ten's, at agricultural and
h irticeltural show, in • I parts of the kinzd in, and viola
apiaries to give instructi n in practical thek -eying. It Is •
a• 4 i 444 its member" in the disp •sal of their honey by th-
got oblishment of • hot,y market. There are now at cot
40 County Societies affil sited to the British Bee keep 're
Avociation and so ties b -neat" to be derived Iron, guch'
aas• Cis, lolls ar• more fu ly rec. soloed, if is hoped that
every county will have it- own stublty 0 •operatioz with
the central wisociatior. ths ouheot i pitons are 'will, and
every b•-•-igsteper should rot:14.111ot. his 10.11 re, however
all, towards the • Ivonorment of the obi, cts they hove
In view. Bee-keeping bairn •di rop'd progress vines the
forolation of thee., arc c:•ti000. Toe straw skep of our
I or. f.t Myr, hg-the, with the ignorance and superstition
connected with it, is .tea lily dying out ; and enc.) the
introduction of the tnov,abla-Cotab b tt On.. has
h. gun to appear in • more favoured, ligia at t-. receive
mire •sfenw.,n. Kne•al.i.itonit hi.e• 'seen ter ccuuddered
by Practical bee-keereri to he •li`tti•p •n•ill• tu., rwsntoloie
her-hartiv4ii 'ooW tete in sieh hie.. are tinder
oh.' goiantete coni;o1 of the tve•inatt r. N x- in ire.
portance -1418 the hr-co e 4.04% a stelae' I ia,
by the it•ii of which Om honey-harve.t limy bn smetilr
increa.ed, ate dr OA' .4VI,‘C Of work to the be. o sea profit
to the beekeeper. By 'Ls use • better quell y of howl:
also placed on the market at less cost than oottl4 144); ba
obtained by straining the comb front okay& '

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THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

The Prince of Wake, the Duke of Cambridge. and
Sir Ga. net Weise ley arrival at Portsmouth on &Kul.-
lity evening. The voluut eve compoeipg the relieving
column ale, arrived OP Saturday evening, itml the
town and its envir..ns yesterday preeepted a @time of
hust.ing activity. 'file streets are gaily deoulated.
Tim actual e.reugth .4 the volunteers endagtd in to-
day's ma /curt..e will be 24 Sl4 o al ispke, d the
two b. igsde. ot cegulu. tioops fr.mi the F. rt.mou h
g irr son will bring up the operatii.g f roes to nearly
30,000 men.

RETIREMENT OF PRINCE OORTSCHAKOFF.
Sr. Prruusaueo, Suoday.—An Imperial ukase put.
tootay states that, in deference to the wish expressed
by Prince Gortechakoif, the Emperor has accede.i to
his coquet to be retiesed on the ground. of shattered
besliti scud advam.i.4 years. M. de therm is appointed
I. succeed his Excisilency so Minister for fureitm
Adams.