The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-09 00:00:00

LOBB or THE LOC ki EARN AND THE VILLE

DU iItVRIC.

On Saturday evening the crew of the Loch Sten,
which bed mune in collision with the Ville du Havre,
were landed at Plymouth. It appears from the state-
ments of the thief officers and entries in the offimi
leg-hook that after the solbeirm the Loch imp though
lu la do. little or no wow. was unable to 1;11. Ste
remained in mid-omen for two or three dars,
when a heavy gale ease on, and the sea @method in
the bulbtheade sod the sides of the compartments.
pie did not Mete, water dewed to rapid y,
No
days miter to. collision, by which time the ship
British geese, Captain Nesters, had acme up, the
ship was stmadoeed. She maid not at the hest he..
floated mins thaa a few hours after that. The Brltith
guise wee booed from Philadelphia for Antwerp.
The Lath Earn appears to have acted on the no-
' asstioemble rale c f theses—that a steamer is boond to
give way to • sailing ship. The crew throw the whole
blame on tbe Ville du Havre and charge the officer.
cud Grew of that Alp genitally with dastardly ooaduct.
Their statement le. that immediately after the callings
• large best, emialoing only four men end an officer,
wee from the Ville du Havre; this was follo•vd
almost immediately by another with tte captain,
Neither of them did the slightest thing to ramie the
peasengers, sod they and those who mre sewed were
saved by the boats f the Loch Urn. Captain Robert-
goo' of the Loch Rare begged the captain of the Will.
du Havre to seed his boat to rerun* the poor trestune,
whom wise filled the sir. lie dui nothing aunt
remonstrated with, then be spoke to the boat's me,
and the only response was to put cif and Ile on their
oars, The chief mate tithe Loch li.rn throatehed to
shoot them, but this produced no resol.„ nitre was
another French boat at the stern of the Loch Sun, and
Captain Robtrrson ordered his AVM into her, but the
&studs pot ufi and prevented it. Had the Fr, nehmen
dorm whet they could, "cores more mutt have been
✓aved. The 0/1 W of the Loeb Earn bitterly deseume
the ours who oared *butteries§ sod left the helpless to
perish. Several tag...elvers swain te. the Loch Rem
• lady swam alongside with a child in her arms. A
rope was thrown to her, which .h. seised; hut
in attempting to bg 111144 up, to dug on by one arm,
with the other roood the Mild, her strength failed her,
and the child was lest, but the poor mother wee healed
on board.

TM CORN AND CAME TRADE.
At the 'waist/ markets on Saturday the corn trade
woe quiet, but hub dry queliti.• Wel* in rsques• At
Doreoester, large supply of w beiv, sr hick met with a reedy
sole at le. per yr. lees money Than last week. Burley
not so well in supply as wheat ; new realised fully lash
week'. price& Good supply a gvirling h.tley, new
qualities being Is. sheaper ; quotatious for buley
generally rewired from 341. to 46.. ; the efSnal average
of last week was 39.. 91. Good sale for oats. lath.
eats!' market there was • moderate supply of stock.
The best fat beef may be quoted at 16s. per spore, and
mutton at 91. to 101. pr lb.—The EA.sx martetm
hove beau extremely quiet during the past week. —At
Gloucester wheat destined ls• per quarter.—la Kent
the mulish; bays beers extremely 4011.—At Neeo&stle
good samples made rather over late rasa—At North-
&apt.'s trade very dulL—At Nottingham prices as last
quoted.—At Oxford sluggish demand and prices deelut.l
I•.—At Reeding bast yuslitle• sold at •bout recent
retes.—At licuthsmigno prict• ruled as list week.—Al
W•rmioater 'rate fist, and whett fell le.