The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-16 00:00:00

THE RETURN OF_THR. PRINCE FROM HIS

The Prince of Wales has at length completed a
tour which ham extended half round the globe, and
accomplivhed the most remarkable Royal visit at least
of this, if not of any other century. Everywhere
during his seven months' progress has he been received
in • manner which shows that throughout the empire
there exists a sincere loyalty, • warm regard for the
Prince himself, and a great confidence in the future.
On Thursday he received such a welcome home as has
fallen to the lot of but few men, the efforts which
were made to receive him being most successfuL 'Pb.
town of Portsmouth hail scarcely ever seen such •
sight as that then presented, it being thronged with
pemonv from all pert., of the kingdom. An address
wes prevented to the Prince upon him landing, who
briefly replied, expressing his gratification at the
expression of belief which was shown that his journey
had not been without It. effect in knitting still closer
the bonds of peace and unity with our great Indian
empire, awl said that should it prove that his visit
had helped to bring about in important • result, he
might indeed feel that his labour had not been in vain.
The Royal party proceeded to London, where another
loyal and enthusiastic reception awaited them upon
their passage through the City. In the evening the
Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Royal
Italian Opera

OTHER_ MURDERS ON TN!

Tice- io-i"of the T;;;;;11, an English ship which
arrived on Saturday at Queenstown, contains a story
that would have been to the taste of Edgar Poe or of
Defoe. The Caswell left Glasgow with a crew mainly
consisting of Scotchmen. The Captain's name was
Best, the cheif officer's William Wilson, the mate's
Allan Maclean. Whea the vessel returned to Glasgow
she was navigated by James Carrick, one of the sea-
men ; her captain, chief officer, mate, and steward had
been brutally murdered, and in her hold was a
wretched one eyed Greek sailor named Rambo,
heavily ironed. This change in the state of the ship
had been brought about by circumstances which are
more extraordinary in their result than in their
beginning. At Buena.. Ayres the captain had dis-
charged anme of his men, and taken oa Board three
Greek' and two Maltese. The foreign sailors very
soon showed signs of insubordination.
As one .4 the foreign sailors, Christ° Baumbo,
chanced to be ill, George Peno, "Big George," was
ordered to take his watch. Big George declined, and
the captain overlooked his want of discipline for the
moment, but threatened to put him in irons if he per-
sisted. It is to be noticed that none of the ship's
officers seemed to have been armed, whereas the Greelm
and Malted* wore knives and had revolvers in their
palmation. The squabble seemed to have blown over,
till three days had passed, when Big George suddenly,
and apparently without provocation, stabbed the
captain as he was showing him how to manage part of
the tackling. Then followed a scene of cruelty which
seems to have been almost simian. Pa-tone fired his
revolver at the captain several times, the mate was
stabbed! by Slorelli, and the others helped to butcher
him, the steward was slain, and the second mate put
to death with circumstances of heartless atrocity. The
officers were now disposed of, and the rest of the crew,
surprised and unarmed, were unable to offer any re-
sistance. But here the perplexities of the miscreants
began. Peno wished to finish the butchery thoroughly'
but this did not suit the Maltese, who wished to land
at Buenos Ayres, and who knew that neither they aor
their accomplices could navigate the ship. Sometimes
they proposed to go to Valparaiso, sometimes to the
river Plate, while one of them indulged in the dream
of taking the ship to England single-handed, and
getting a medal for his gallant conduct. The savage
temper of the Greeks now displayed itself daily.
Without any project than the absolutely absurd one of
taking the yawl into the Mediterranean, and setting
up as the pirates in the islands, they yet hankered
after the blood of the Ehglish. They knew perfectly
well that it was impossible far them to navigate the
ship without the aid of Carrick and the rest, and
yet they kept provoking the crew to a battle.
Pent, and Baumbo even attempted to make Dunne
stab or shoot Carrick; pointing out that if he did so
be " would be all right -be all the same as me." The
tempting offer to share the honours of homicide with
Pen., and Baumbo was refused by Dunne, who
declined the gift of Peno's revolver with a natural
prejudice against the presents of the Greek. Baumbo
then pared his time in trying to catch the carpenter
asleep; but the owner of the axe and the adra wee not
to be taken so easily. These threats were continued
all through the night watches of March 10, till the
carpenter advised the others to arm themselves as beet
they might The carpenter, Carrick, and Dunne then
fell upon Peno and overpowered him, and wrested
their revolvers and knives from Pen. and Nicholas.
Baumbo they put in iron.; Peno and Nicholas died, it
seems, of the wounds from the axe and the adze in the
hands of Carrick and the carpenter. Dunne dis-
tingubted himself with a meal. The English had the
advantage of the situation, asiNicholsa and Penothad to
fire at random from within the cabin. As they could
not take aim they were obliged to venture upstairs,
and were beaten clown from above with the blows of
the carpenter's tools. The record of tlus fight is rather
obscure as it reaches us, but it is creditable to the
courage of the English sailors that, with such rough
weapons as CAMS to hand, they should have conquered
ruffians in predation of firearm,.
The Caswell, as has been maid, was carried back into
British waters by the skill of James Carrick, an able
Neiman who has never had any chance of learning
navigation except in the forecasUe. It is clear that
perseverance and skill, as well as the courage of him-
self and his mates, are the only bright features in this
miserable dory. Coming immediately after the cam of
the Lennie, thia strange crake of Caswell only enforces
the moral of the other affair.