The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-23 00:00:00

114 SET couNTy EXPRESS AND AGRICITLTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23. 1570

POOLE isoArrA.
Thanks to Sir Ivor B. Ovid, Bert., Mr. Arthur E.
Guest, M.P. and Mr. Moottgue Guest, la-F., "other
successful
Pt" htt token plume in Poole Harbour.
mOnenuTueiedt awyulagalto, trih gloriously
y theri
y "l:" f0.:.2: u
from the east but not suffcient to Plow° Pertiee'
breeze
indeed opinion widely differed on the subject, one man
said it was a " aim" whilst another considered it
"equally." The quays bothat Poole and Hain worthy
were thronged with spectatcra and hundreds of boats
were sailing about in the harboor 51Ied with visitors.
fio;.
The town band, under the direction of Mr. Joiner,
played at intervals during the afternoon and evening an
admirable selection of minis near the refreshment
marquee on the Hamworthy lull. This ukirquee was
supplied with edibles of a Ire ..01W quality by Mr.
Dowell of the Antelope Hold. Although the Regatta
was a sitcoms it was not so ntoceasful as it might have
been. One thing was lost sight of by the stewards :
they apparently made the arnage•uents thinking chiefly
of the Aubscriben: benefit, limeade( which the stewards
of a Regatta should consider first and foremost the
amusement of the people; tba band being stationed at
iiamworthy was a mistake .on these occasions the
Poole quay should be providel with • band --music hal
charms, and a good baud play lag at intervals at different
Parts of the quay would have been beneficial in more
ways than one—we heard ono Wll Wall say that she
supposed the band was eng.ged fur the "quality "
another replied the " Hariswckney always baa every-
thing, and it was downright toe bid, that it Woe.
Passing on to the bounces pas of the proceedings
we coine to the tint race for yachts of 25 tons, for £2O
and O. There were three eutrioN and tho race was
well contested. It ended
tons h.m. s.
Desk .. .. +l.llnnton, owner •• •- 4 530
21 .. Twyeno.s, ~nor • • .. 47 45
Content.. 11 .. T. Wilk, dbl not complete the colon.
ihe second race was for yachts not exceeding 15 tons,
lot, £.lO ; 2nd, £5. Four entered,
toilsh. m. k
zoPhYr • • U West, owner .. 355 44
, Midge .. 10 .. Mr. Gues..t. 'Avner .• .. 3 51) 34
Ins .. 11 .. Mr. C. J. Stone, owner .. 57 42
Rapid .. 9 .. I eseroll, owner .. 4 4 u
Third race for beats not denuding 32 feet. let £6;
2nd £3.
Secret .. It. Brown 3h. 35n, 150
BSarah,"'W.',lr"'l'unier,j. wial‘t'gfho"uled at3l'StsarirtTng,O;ut. d did
not complete Doane.
Fourth roue, for boats not exceeding 26 feet. lot,
£4 ; 2nd, £2.
ashore.
S.A.uthWeralantersJ,Enti. 3b. Gut.
Henrietta At''.li 'gem t ash:
.

Fifth, for tx",ats not oteeeding 19 fret. lit, £3 ; 2nd,
r 2 ; :tra. £l.
Fawn - J. Brown 2h. Min.
Sccret - J. Owtriilgo 211. 51m.
Friilie - W ti.A.ild oh :i-lin.
-. .. - . . W. . __ _ - • _ _

......_ .., ........ ..... -.....
Sixth, for boats not exceeding 19 feet. tic, rs ; 2nd,
£2; 3rd, Et
b. m.
..- . _ _ .......

Wiadom - F. Willa
Sarah - W. 11a3 es 3 2
R„,,, • R. Cartridge 3 0
Th.micht s E. Slid," 3 13
Luck's All - F. cinislon 3 23
Wicturia - J. White 3 24
Seventh, for boats not exoeeding 17 feet. lit. £3
2nd, £2; 3rd, EI.

25m.
Polly, Baker • 34m.
Polly, llye. . 311. 401 n.
Allpertine' W. Hayes
Eight, for lxoata cut exceeding 15 font. Ist, £3;
2nd, £2 3r1,. el.

R-..11-1137es 1
Ilonry, Ju. Brown ...•
Spint, Oakes .. 3
Emma, Rowell .. 4
Elizabotb..G. Hawke.

craft; (given by A.
E. Guest, Eaq., M.P.), 2nd. 10a, and 3rd, ss„ by the
stewards.

lkApan, T. Mumse.lwilito .. 2
Loo, Stack Land 3
The galley noes were particularly good, some ex-
cellent rowing taking place, indeed these were the
principal feature in the regatta.
For galleys, exceeding 33 feet, Ist, ; 2nd, LT.

m.
lagonid (Cmrm) G. Droorer. jun. 5 3.1 5
Blue (Poole) W. Have. 34 5
Adeline (Bouroemout11) H. Gregory - 5 35 40

Antagon6t made a mistake in bar coarse, and was
disqualified from taking Ist prise.
Fur g.dleys esceeding 33 feet. First prise, £4, sooond
prise, 1.2. Four started.
Antagonist .. C.'err, Jun. (Cowes).
Clue .. W. es.
Lotheir .. .1. Colt. r.
(Iren.ole o 4 the 7th Royal Fusaliert.
After a very spirited race the boats returned to the
witioing place as follows :

ntagomlst
IlhiclU
Lothair 5 _ _
41 45
.

_
Csptsin G. A. Swaney, of the Royal Feinberg, en.
tenni the following protest against the Blue Bell :
" The Blue Bell ran into the Grenade and h.ll her hack
at Halfway Diver, and in cow...imam* passed ahead."
The °omit:nitre held that the Blue BoU was disqualified
from taking the prise. The °dicers of the Fusiliers
°anti hired themselves much insulted by the fishermen,
and gave up the contest.

A Coo°. 'race for boys under 16. First prise, ;
second, 10s.; third, 5.. Four entries, and the race
resultod as follows t

. .
Drown
2
lhanuiley

- -
Duck hunting, climbing the greasy pole, walking a
greasy bowsprit, swimming matches, racing in tube end
canoes
_gave ample atilusemeht to the spectators en
shore. There WAS a capital switntningmatch in the after-
noon, between two young fellows named Allen and
LArvell. The &stoner, we imagine, was over half a mile,
and the outward swim wa, against a strong correct.
The competitors wet., both good swimmers; although
Lovell has only one arm he toik the load for a con-
sider ible distance. Allen won the race. for which he
was awarded a marine glass, and Lovell 154. The wash.
ing tub races afforded some capital fun. The com-
petitors were Lovell and Allen, and Lovell and Green.
ham. In each race Lovell had his " frail bark" under
good control, and steered it, if not at • great speed, at
least with case, whiist his antagonist, by capsizing
speedily came to The prize for each of these races
was 2s. lki„ but the committee considering the fun
derived, awarded each of the competitors a similar
sum. Walking the greasy bowsprit always proves a
consilerahle Attraction, and there are generally plenty
of competitors as well as spect.tors. Uwe. soon this
occasion. The prise offered was 2s. Cal to any person
who could walk to the lend if the bowsprit and take
off the small flamphicxl at the extremity. The success-
ful individuals were Matthews, 11. Wills, and John
Cartridge, who tank the flag four times each, and K.
Wills, who took it twine, and William Matthews and
Allen, who took it once each. 'Fiore was also during
the whole of the forenoon • log of mutton temptingly
platted on the too of • long well greased pole. The
cent ted prize at last it was bone off In triumph. The
amount raised this year for the regatta was 1:120 and
the balite.° from last year was £l7, making • total of
C 137 ; of thin amount £25 was given by Sir Ivor B
Guest Bart., £25 by Mr, Arthur E. Guest, M.P., for
Poole ; £5 by Mr. C. Waring, £2 as., Mr. Floyer
)LP., 1:2 24., the lion. 11. B. Portman. ; Mr.
1.1 20.; Mr. Peen*, ex-mayor, £4 is ; Messrs.
T. sad D. Slade, £2 Mr. J. Kemp.

GREAT BATTLE AT VIONVILLE.
On Tuesday at Vionville Ilbe Imperial Guard and the
army corps of Decaen. Ladmirault, mid Frossard were
fighting under the French cominander-imchief from nine ,
in the morning till nightfall. The engagenient Is-gal.
by the Br mker,hurg Division of the Third Army Corps
attacking Frossaas Corps. which formed the right of
the French position, The ohj,rot of this attack was of
course to cut the army off from the line of retreat, the
French right wing being that nearest Verdun. Clinked,
and Paris. Minaret Itagiine states that he called op in
succession the troops which were stationed on lower
or direct road to Verdun,to the right and left of Regan.
vine. But LS the Prussians attacked from the ienith,
their first chock must have been sostaieerl by corps
mainly on that told, and the King of Prus.iii tells us
that the attack was made at Mars-la-Tour. The fact is
significant, for titan with it Marshal liar:sine's state-
ment that he tomtit' between Dencoort end Vionville,
which are to the east of Mire-la-Tour, ahowa that he
WU cut off from the marl to Verdun • As the battler
developed itself, one French army coma alt r another
was brought up from the neighbourieg positions, until
the whole army of the Rhine was tpa the scene. The
Prussians also eupported their attsck by brieging up tbe
10th Army Corps and portions of two others. The
battle lasted until darkmas put an end to it. The
Imperial Guard under General Bourhski, the very
flower of the French army "were ably led," saya the
Prussians, "and fought well." Tbe Prussians fought
for hours against superior numbers.. Marshal Bars.°
says that they returned to the attack ag du and again,
and were always r.rpulsed. On another point, how-
ever the despatches era completely at 'arbour,.
Marshal Maxine avers that the trench retained their
positions. But the Prussian deepatches contain the
assertion that "the French were driven back to Metz."
But we must not stay to adjust this discrepancy,whieh
is of slight importance. The grand
point is that the
French retreat is arrested. Cotupared with this fact the
capture of 2 000 prisoners, two eaglet, and seven guns
by the Prtesians is of alight consequence. Each army
has probably loot at least from 10,000 to 15.000 men,
but while one is capable of almost uulituited reintegrate
meat, the oth ei it isolated and short of aupplies.
ANOTHER PRUSSIAN VICTORY.

METZ INVESTED:
THE FRF.NCIi RETREAT CUT OFF.

The telegram from the King to the Queen of Prussia
ought to he ciinsidered decisive as ti the situation of
the French Army at Mete. The King writ. ion Thum.
day evening, at nine o'clock, from Hes mvillo, • place
between Omelette and Vionville, on the southern
road from Mots to Vernon. on or near the very spot
where the great battle of Tuesday had been fought. On
thst Thursday, King William tells on, he fought another
battle on the same spot, that he himself attsoked the
French Army in the strong position it occupied west of
Mete. There was hsril fighting for nine h.r.rs, at the
end of which the French Army was fore d farther
nrion Met; and cut off from all communication
with Paris.

THE ADVENTURES OF M. ABOUT.
U. Edmond About. the 'pedal aorrespondent of the
Sir, who WU thought tob taken prisoner or killed„'
li•s turned up. It WIWI he was only out off from his
oominunioations by the German invasion. De attribute."
the French Ilisasters to the ncepacoty od the leaders, '
and blames the Emperor in • style hardly consistent
with patriotism. her hio. " Poor Frsooe ! She
ha' given her all in trust too amen who login by telling
her ' L' Empire c'est la pais, and who said no it, 'Tie
Empire means glooiy and victory, the revision of treaties
shameful to us, the rectitio7uton of our frontiers. ware
were for interosta, wars for adventured,
but wars ever BUCceBAUI, od,ise prestige id the French
0.0110 inure brilliant every day.' Franco behoved all
that he told her. She belayed in the star of
master, even as she 6-hewed u the dipinterestedn, ss of
De Merny, in the serouumeaeof Troplong, in the gonna'
of Bomber, and in the liberalism of Meier. %%oat a
porpoise on awakening ! To-day the Empire means
dete:ot, thank to the itocapac!ty of our chit fs, the panic
of our generals—Melina invaPion, with all its ettendant
train it horror' ant ini-ery —means the PfUSiiall moldier'
stalking about in troumph in three or four of our
detachments, after • campaign of a week !''

INADS.STS.
Among the thoussucla of men who return unwounded
from a murderoue conflirt there are unfortunately too
many who have fled to avoid death; but there aro also
others who have made death line from them by boldly
regarding it face to face. It is not many of such that
Oft) toONAOI to save an army null to resuscitate a nation.
Our little Saverne is full oi well-proved anecdotes which
now fall within the ',mince of history. If some
miserable creatures have tlrown away their muskets in
the roods, we have le en a Turco mortally wounded
obstinately clutching his weapon. taking it with him
upon the litter, and dying without relaxing his grasper
it. A young Kabyle, beautiful as the night, was
, ,obbitig at the anibuLoice 'if the Castle. 1)o• a your
wound cause you much p. in, poor Turco?' 'No ; I
, weep that I have not died wah my four brothere. We
were five 'on' of the sans father, in the same comp ifly,
and I must return h )1110 alone.' A soldier of the %tit
stopped • citizen sud said to him, 'ho you set( that
man who fa we•ring a treatcoat liko ours ? That is
our colonel. Ile has bees using the musket with us all
the day, and ho has killed wore Prussians:than any of
us have done" The Cuirassiers relate th it in one of
those unfortunate charges when Ore • of their regiments
were almost ooinpletely destroyed they had to gallop
over the bodies of wounded Frenchmen. The poor
felloes half•reared themaelves between the horses' legs
and cried Vire la Celunel Parrneutier, of the
Engineers. had two horses killed under him. A captain
of Cuirassiers had four killed. At last he had no longer
strength to remount, having been 2.1 hours on hors?.
back. A quartermaster took hire by the gest of his
trouser, anti placed him like a child in the saddle, after
which—en route. At four tr'clock on Sunday morning.
when the cold was very severe, an officer arri•ed at a
walking pace upon is half•dead horse. The officer 1141
hie left arm hroken bs.tween the wrist awl the elbow,
but with the upper portion of his arm he bravely pressed
a dag to 1118 aide. Not a single tl ig hed remained in
the Ilan to of the enenry. That is the great point with
soldiers, and their supreme consolation. A lady per.
calved on the car *1 bridge a fair young man, with blue
eyes, who appeared to be at a loss where to go. She
spoke to him, and he told In r that he and three
comrades were the !art of the 18th of the Line, and be
(lid not know where to find them. ' You have no trews
of your regiment ?' 'Oh yes, dfadaine, we know that
the flag was not taken.' 'Two officers were discus,ing
wiyh wuch animation the merits of their respective
regiments, which of them had done the beat service,
which of them had lost the fewest men, and which
would be the soonest reconstituted fore rvice. As we
listen to them we peroeive that one hes been wounded
in the Leer and in the back by splinters of Oren. The
other has been run through the arm, and his chest
rieped open its whole width. When the controversy
ceased they wont off to have their wounds attended to.
I ant wrong, though—they went, in the firet instance,
to report their wounds. It is not ..o.;.gh to have lien
wouuded, but the sabre cut or bullet wound must Ito
dilly records d. The anxiety for promotion revived.
Well notwithstanding this was natural, the officers
lamented most sincerely tie loss of comrades to whose
Itiscies they succeeded. There were two of them
belonging to the same regiment before the lintel Su'ril
d'Or. They bad nor met since the commencement of
the engagement. They recognized each other, cried out,
embraced. 'ls it you, old fellow? What happiness !
thought you were lost. And so arid so?' 'A
initrailleuse ball in the chest." And such an one?'
Ills arm was taken off ,by a cannon ball while he was
lifting up the couiniandant."The commander also !
What a misfortuuc It is ca-y to perc-iee en these
OCNIMit/Di LOW Clolke is the intimacy of the reziruenr, arid
how much at resemble, the union In families. You
would think these brave fellows wore asking news of
their relatives after an epidemic.