The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-18 00:00:00

TUE LATE WRECK OF A MAIL STEAMER.
TUE 19410043.
13 bodies which bad leen identi ;38 others not living
The inquest was opened at Scoeilll . on Monday, on the
Identilitsl, and about 40 others having been recovered since
the inquest. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned ' was
Aaaii,4 a tion rtC0111011:111/ai that tele-
returned, the jury
Isle-
graphic communication should be cotupleted between the
Bishop's light and the shore which in this en's might
have re-sited in saving all on loard. The chief and second
°dicers of the Schiller concurred in this opinion.
• taitg•T ciatjut.
The little streets were emPtY and ..the shops were shut
there was but one place :
a congregation and one purpose
for all the inhabitants—the pier and the funeral. Mull a
funeral I never saw before ; such a funeral I never hope
to see agaiii. There were no traPPings of woe, not a single
sign of mourning, except the little black.paiuted cofiius
themselves. The Wanders have no hearse, no mourning
c0...10,, and to carry thirty•seven bodies at one funeral
would have been more than the limited :nide population
of the island could 111•111144.1. Not 50001 could, or diil. look
upon it unmoved. For horses there were the little shatarsi
bland ponies. Each horse was led by its driver, and so,
slowly, in Indian file, the long line Proceeded on its way.
It was a humble, hut a touching, token of the feeling
hearts of the Islanders, that there was hardly a coffin that
was not bestrewn with flowers. It mattered noi to the
brave Scillunians that the body therein was all unknown.
It was not for then, to act selfishly and for themselves
alone. Death was before then' in that dread shape which
Scilly knows only too well, and the). it all the respect
in Weir power. It is long, indees‘ since Cornishmen
deserved the reproach of wreckers. One of the saddest
sights in the whole procession was that if Ilerr Reiderer
walking feebly behind the cart which contained
the remains of his wife and little chill, heart-
broken and desolate. A few snore carts, and then
came another surrounded by • group of young men, who
wore the inaignia of the order of Good Templar. Why
was this? The answer was a simple one. On the Baty
that lay within that eotlln was found scion! which showed
that the deceased belonged to that order. The (ho d
Templar. of Scilly had never seen their brother in life;
but in life or death he was their brother still, and they
owned their brotherhood by the last and only means in
their power. More carts, more dead carts of all kinds and
sizes Wan the island furnished. and horses, grey, black, and
brown. At length the long line came to an end and then
followed the mourners. Masc. comprueil all the inhabi-
tants that could go, for the pitiful sight had scarcely any
spectators. All were actors in the mournful tragedy none
were willing lookers•on. Among those who followed were
Mr. Dorrien South, Lieut. Smith llorrien, Messrs. HAIL
Bandield, Bentley, T. Oyle, Buxton, T. J. Stevens. and
John Stevens; the Rev. J. It. White, Mr. Smith's chap-
lain, by whom the funeral service was to be performed ;
and the whole of the survivors on the Island. The inter
meta' took plate in the little stone-walled island church-
yard, near the old town, the former capital of the island,
and about a mile from the pier, along a rugged road
which commands the sea On each side for a great part of
course. Two paves had been prepared. The coffins were
piled on one another, and the solemn burial service of the
Church was read over them. Two of the previous inter-
ments had been in single graves; but in view of the
immense number of Wilke which will have to be dealt
with (more are hourly arriving). so much space as would
pravide a single grave for all could not be spared. The
proceedings were necessarily of a lengthened character;
i and it s • singular illustration of the value of the tele-
' graph, that while yet the interments were proceeding I
telegrams were received from friends of two of the
deceased requesting the bodies to be retained, and they
were brought back to the pier.
usinnii 711 E MD.
In every part of the archipelago the waters round the
, island are full of frail relics of mortality, and it seems ins-
possible for a boat to voyage any distance without falling
In with more of them. Now it is a pilot's gig, now •
fishing vessel, now a crabbing boat that comes dropping
into St. Marys pool with something covered up under •
sail in the bottom, the stiff hard lines of which showing
through reveal only too clearly what that something is.
At Scilly, some of the bodies that had been landed have
bad very large sunu of money found upon them in
addition to jewellery and other valuables, and others
have letters of credit for very large sums. fhe fact that
the bodies have all been brought in intact speaks volumes
in denial of the calumnies which ignorant people still
attach to the name of Cornishmen. There never was
at Scilly such an opportunity of wrecking, in the
vulgar sense of the word. There never was less approach
to anything of the sort. The kindness, hearty good- On Thursday at Devizes, firm trade at last week's
will, patient labour, and sympathy of all the
Scillonians are indeed beyond praise. They have •
hod prices.—At Bristol only a small supply of English
terrible duty cast upon them, and they hove performed wheat, which. consequently maintained last week's
and reilerfonned it nobly. But to return to the pierbead. prices ;in foreign very littk doing, at Is per quarter
The bodies, most of then,, a. they lie in the bottom of the md„,,,•on' Grinding barley and oats each fully 6d per
boats alongside, are hidden beneath sails ; but, , are --J
not, and from under one of the sails protrudes a feat or quarter, and maize Is to 2$ per quarter cheaper, with
ankle, which appear like those of a female, and on inquiry a dull trade. Beans neglected. Arrivals :—Wheat,
I learn that my surmise is correct, and that undernenth foreign, 3,678 quarters ; oats, 5,225 quarters Irish, 818
are the remains if a very stout lady. 11, the next bust. oast ways • barley, 93 quarters Irish 508 foreign;
stiff and stark, lies a Wall fully clothed. Ile is on his hack c '
at full length, with his anus streched out front his side, beans, peas, Etc.' foreign, 659 qrs. ; maize, 75 qrs.
The face is reverently bidet' by a hat placed over it, and coastways, 9,530 foreign.
no I mixht go on recapitulating details, were they not too WHEAT. I. 4. a id.
horrible to read, much re to have seen. The mental Milan ifregon, white 45 0 to 48 per 4961ba
vision recalls them as I write, and I luso on, but not yet American, tine spring .• 44 0 to 43
ran I have done with them. The bodies are lauded with Ditto, secondary .. •• .. 44 oto 44
as much care and delicacy no possilili. and conveyed tithe • Polish t Shwa, soft . • • 43 oto 44
stores afomai,L Here they are carefully examintst their Ghirka, Weer, and Itostoll, soft 44 0 to 44
description noted with the minutest accunicy, and the Benlianski and Marlanople, soft 0 0 to 0
contents of their pocketa, with all they lout .s out them, English rod and white, new . 40 0 to 46
carefully noted, registered, and taken charge of by Mr. ISAILLICY.
Ilardley and itis clerk, Mr. Ferris. This done, each in its English, road to Cue malting • • 30 0 to 40 Periellmlr
turn is laid out, wrapped in its Winding AMA, nod 'its. French, good to fine malting .. 34 0 to 346 per 42011 is
signed hi one of the nittins which lie close by, to the stock Irt.b good to Inc mating ••340 to 30 per 43114
of which Mr. 'Berrien Smith's men are editing with all
speed. They are mere shells of deal stained black. but Danube and Odessa, grinding .. 26 6 to 27 per 40011 w
Irish ned French, grinding .. 29 0 to 30
tMV are as sufficient so the costliest oak cottiu ever made OATS.
and all the while the work goes unrestingly on, each hour ..`"°'"• ke-4 •• 30
bringing in fresh victims to be dealt with, each corpse •'ther' Cu,, chits •• 26
giving rapid place to another, and it makes roe feel sick at I Cork, w.hM"rd'himil " " 26
heart to Wink how much of this terrible work Were is ) I'. E. Island. black
lode, 1- Irish, tawny 27
BRASS.
64

IMPLUAL AVI4OXIL_

Jan. 2.. 3-47702.774:712 4747635
9.. 42,67 S 46 1 42,962
-- 16 .. .042 44 58,621
—2l .. 2,7551 43 66,227
30 .. 54,524 43
Feb. 0 .. 51,374 42 46,731
9821 —ls .. 56, 41 :626122
20 .. 59,094 41 40,575
27. ,654 401 41.249
Mar. 6 . 53,167 40 33,311
—l3 .. 00.7: 41 35,431
-- 20 .. ,153 41 24. V
27 . 7,4, 41
_—_
April 3 .. i 46, 41
10 ..51.263 43
17 .. 64,244 43
24 . nei,744 43
May 1.. .56 7 42
—8.62,236 t
Six waaks'; 1 ----
average' 42

s. d. Qrs.
44 4,247
44 2,257
45 2,?97
45 4,065
45 3,613
45 3,915
44 4,588
43 3,834
42 1 5,172
42 4,877
12 3,351
4? 2,692
41 4,177
-
41 2,272
40 2,050
40 2,167
41 1,462
381 1,558
39 1,503
40

2,9351

O to 31 6 per 310Ibs
6 t 0 30 6 „
3 to 26 9 per 304 am
6 to 27 0 „
O to 27 8 „

C. to 48 0 perimp.qr
O to 43 0 per 4.901t0

.. 44

THE ORLI WOMEN SATED. i English .. -
Christine Joens, the only female passenger rescued,e .. ....
French. wesagan fie.
says :—I am the only woman saved. There were about I not"...
women on lotted. I conic from Schaleaseig. My husband, United States and Canadian
John Joens, and I were about retiring for the night when Eitosh, good ...ono,
we suddenly felt the shock. We ran on deck. A loot was ! INDIMI WAS.
just being lowered, and we jumped into it. The boat filled r Odessa, Danube. Sc .. .. ED 0t037 0 per 4110106
with water when she was launched, but we remained in Milted American .. .. .. 25 8t096 0 ..
her, and baled her out. The second officer and ten own mut
.. .. . .. .. 25 6to 28 Oper 400ffis
were in our boat. We drifted about for two hours,. when On Frdiay, at Mark-lane, the market was at, busi-
we were picked up by another boat. I cannot tell you
ness being checked rather than increased by the holiday
what has happowd. I feel AS if I were out of my mind.
John Joens, Crh husband, is at present too much affected on Monday. Wheat, of which from abroad the arrivals
by the shock, and cannot recollect anything. ' : were considerable, was scarcely saleable, and it was
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
. C therefore difficult to ascertain the exact fall in price;
ST. MARV'S, Sria.2v, Tuesday Night.
Th.n, is a ..,1 monotony in the stow of thin, hem, ' offers of is. per quarter less money were not generally
monotony strange and impressive. All slay long boats refused. The trade fur grinding, and especially malt-
arrive from all parts of the archipelago, bringing with them ing barley, was inactive, and sales favoured buyers in
one or more Waive. All day long there is the same mono- all instances. Malt was purchased on slightly reduced
tonous labour going on. the stores at the l'ier receive one
by one their silent tenants, to have the last Sail oftiars done terms. Oats were in heasy supply, and from is. to
for them by strange but kindly hands. So far there has Is. Dd. cheaper than on Monday, while maize, in
been little unpleasant in the aspect of any of the corpses. ! which a few sales were effected, receded •fully 6d.
They have not been in the seater long enough for deconi- ! licans and peas were dull, and a little easier occasion-
position to have far advanced, and furious US was the sea ,
when the Schiller was wrecked—multstudinous as are the
1 ally. The demand for flour was extremely limited,
1- rocks and ridge* anti shoals—few of those as yet brought 1 and the quotations had a downward tendency.—At
in have been much knocked about. The poor creatures
seem to have been drowned while Hoisting, fur the most '
i Andover trade brisk at last week's prices: At Derby
I the demand was rather better than it has been of late.
met, and to have continued floating until they were found.
The chief difference is in Use attire. Some are fully At Dublin Foreign wheat 3d. to (Id. on the week. At
dressed, others partially—these latter chiefly women and Lincoln fair supply of wheat ; demand not brisk. At
children. The fingers of one woman Here loaded with Liverpool a steady market for wheat at the full price
valuable jewellery. Another only wore her flannel and • of Tuesday last. Flour at late rates. Beans and peas
life-preserver
The life-preservers appear very slightly to have answered 3d. to 6d. per quarter lower. Indian corn closed 6d.
their intention. They were of the usual type, and there per quarter easier since Tuesday. At Stamford sales
was an abundant Supply; but they failed in the CABB of were slowly effected even at is. to as. per quarter
any of the women to preserve life and only in the instance decline. At Wakefield the demand for wheat so small
of • very few men, who, aided by them, kept afloat for
hours until rescue came. Probably most of those who wore that quotations cannot be altered.
them m perished from exhaustion. It appears, however, that ; -
others were kept afloat, but the wrong aide uppermost,
and had not strength to help themselves to attain their
proper position
The first official visit to the wreck was pail on Tuesday
the repreeentatives of the underwriters and consignees.
Fortunately the weather was very calm. The ship and
cargo were insured, and the question to be decided WM
the amount that could be salved. The treasure probably
will present little .littic u I ty , as it is in boxes, and is likely
to remain where it first sank, whence—though the praxes
may be mouths in hand—it can be rescued by diving.

.. so
.. ss

O to It 0 per barrel
O to 30 0 per 3001 b

CATTLE.

THVRSDAY.—A fair supply of beef,
and, as has been the case for several weeks past, the
bulk of it was of indifferent quality. Trade was some-
what sluggish, and even for superior samples the
demand was not so gqod as last week, and prices were
harilly so firm. Best samples changed hands at from
Sos to 83s, and middling sorts from 68s to 735 per
cwt. Mutton was in fair supply, but trade was very
quiet. Best wethers fetched 9d per lb., heavy ewes
from 7lrd to Bd. There was a plentiful supply of
lamb, which sold very well at from tod to lid per lb.
There were a few Irish store sheep on offer, and they
were quickly disposed of at high rates. The consign.
ments of Irish store cattle were heavier than they have
been for some time, and trade showed some improve.
mcnt, although the high rates that have so long pre-
vailed were fully maintained. We had a good supply
of mach cows, which sold freely at high rates. There
were about 1,800 pigs on offer, and a few were left
unsold. Bacon pigs fetched t Is 6d, and porkers from
Its 6d to las per score.
M ETKOPOLITAN, Txttasnatt.—There are afew
more beasts than on last Thursday, yet the number is
not large. The hot weather makes buyers cautious.
however, choicest qualities cannot be quoted lower.
The supply of sheep, both English and foreign, is
much larger, and prices on the average are lower.
i
Choice lambs arc n demand, hut trade generally is
dull. Calves are plentiful and lower. There are
only 20 English and go foreign mach cows on offer ;
trade is dull for them. Our foreign supply consists of
230 beasts, 7030 sheep, and 3110 calves.
(Par dam al Mb.)
_ _ .

BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION.
The Croydon Meeting of tilos society. commencing on
Monday, May Met, and extending over the four following
dart, promises in all respects to surpass any of its prede-
cessors. The Show Yard, 36 acres in extent, is situated at
Waddou, about half-a-mile distant from the Croydon
Railway Station ; and the entries in all departments are
large and important beyond all precedent. The cattle
classes are remarkably well MIL+I, the entries, numbering
361, and including 33 Devons, tlnShorthorns, 41 Hereford*,
97 Sussex, 47 Jerseys, anal 45 Guernseys. Of Sheep there
are PM pens, from Use flocks of nearly all the best
breeders, and comprising, among others. 50 Southdowns,
17 Leicester*, 13 Cohn°lds, II Shropehire+, Devon
Long Wools, 24 Hampshire laiwne, and 16 Oxfordshire
Downs. The Horses number 133; and there are 7 Mules,
chiefly importations from Puictou. Pigs are represented
by PM entries, rota' entries of stock. 9196, as against 749
on the occasion of the Society's visit to Bristol last year.
An interesting feature in the open judging will be the
award of the Champion Prises for weight-carrying
Hunters ; Bulls of any class ; and productive Cows,
irrespective of breed. The Poultry Show will be the
largest ever hell by the Society, and renarkable for the
numerous untried ot birds beat adapted for farm purposes.
Altogether there are not had than 559 lens, BM of which
see pigeons. the Implement department also will be on
a scale of unusual magnitude. Commencing at convenient
points, net very far from the main entrance, will he two
lines of s 5 steam engines, propelling ahnuet every descrip-
tion of agricultural machine requiring such agency; and
in the ehedding, upwards of two miles in length, will
he exhibit.' an almost endless variety of implement,.
adapted to the various requirements ut tLe tam, the road.
anti the homestead. lu fluids, adjoinins; the show yard,
will be wen in operation the steam cultivating machiner
of Meese. Fowler and Co.. of Leeds ; J. and F. Howaric
of Bedford ; Bradford and Perkins, of Peterborough ; sag
Fitken, of Leeds; and every opportunity Will is: afforded
for the inspection of hay makers, mowers, and reapers,
and other harvesting and labour saving machines. The
horticultural tent, under the direction f the Hun. and
Rev. J. T. Busiawen, will contain • rich display of plants.
and flowers, contributed by consent growers in the neigh-
bouring counties; and the Arts Department will be
enriched by a special collection of elegant and costly
articles from the South Kennington Museum, in addition
to a remarkable display of Houk.' lance. The open
judging of stock will commence at 10 o'clock on Monday
morning. On Tuesday at noon, the Annual Meeting of
Members of the Society will be held in the Council tent,
when thirty-three Member* of the Council will have to be
elected in the place of those retiring by rotation or by
other MULL. The competition for 11r. Millis Shoeing
Prizes will take place on Wedneeday niurning, and pro-
mises to be of an unusually interesting and exciting char-
acter, as a large number of experienced men have
announced their intention to enter the lists. The eervi, es
of the eplentled bands of the Grenanier Guards and the
Royal Artillery have been secured for the meeting; and
on Wednesday afternoon they will, in combination, play
a choice selection of concerted piece. For the convenient*,
of visitors, special railway arrangements have been made
by the several railway companies.

did.
Hest Sags, Herefords, ke• .. • . 10 40
Bart Bhurthunis • • • • •• • • • • Bto 0
Second quality Beasts • • • • • .. .• 40 4
Han Downs aud Half-hreds 0 io
Do. Shoat • • • • • • •• • 0 tn 6 I
Ewes and tieeond quality .. • • _ • oto 0
. • • • • - • • • • 41.5
144.441. 810; 51.001 5.51 lambs. 16.788 :Calves. 000 40.

METROPOLITAN MEAT.—Turstmv.
There WKS a moderate supply of meat, an deserip,
lions of which sold with little difficulty.
(Perilous of SL. by the mom)
s.
Beet 34t. b 11 IVest • IL‘riitoll4 d 2.

Mutton
•• 4 4 toe
Best Fresh Butter per
Second do. do. • • • • • 134
13.445 a It Co. 143. Nor Meat Ilark.t. "

_
11AV AND STRAW.
The supply on sale was rather in excess of the
demand, but rates remained firm.
(Per Lad of 36 Trim,)
Floe Maui.* Hay . • •• • • set to apt
Inferior •• • •• b6a
Straw •• • • • •• 3a. tot.
Al Clover •• 100 s. to 131 a.
Inferior vino •• •• •• ma. to at.

An attempt,
th
Is said, is being made to obtain the use
of the Guil London, for e revival services of Messrs.
Moody and Sankey.
Lady smith, widow of Sir James Smith, Prmlident of the
Linnaian Society, who died in lsits, has entered her
one hundred and third year, having been born in 1773.
Her ladyship resides at Lowestoft, and is in perfect health.
A horse ease was heard before Mr. T. E. P. Lefroy, at
the Yeovil 'ounty Court, on Thursday. The plaintiff, Mr.
J. 11. Morrell, auctioneer, of Stuniiinster Newton, Dorset,
sought to recover the sum of 121 from Mr. K. Curry,
farmer, of over Compton. In October last Mr. Herren
conducted • sale for Mr. Parsons, Ot AA111,1111•C Fenn,
Cannelle-tuarsh, tine of the entries in the catalogue was
"a dark Mown cart mare, a good worker," and a foot-note
stated " the hones are sound, staunch, and good workers.'
The horse thus entered was disposed of by its owner
before the clay of sale, and • ViCiolli brute belonging to a
gipsy stamoi Borden was substituted for it. 11r. Corry,
knowing that Mr. Parsons's saints!. were of g.m.l quality,
anti taking the particulars before given as virtually
aumuntiug to a warranty, purchaaml the horse without
waking any inquiries. After the side he discovered its
defects—broken wind and nstlesmess in harness -and
also that it bad previously belong...l to Burden. 110 then
it,qq,ed payment of the rheque Ise had given awl nrturned
the horse to Mr. Herren. who refused to take it in. All ENGLISH WOOL.
attemPts at subsequent settlement had failed ; hence the
There has been a quiet but steady business during
after hearing the witneues L
held that there ou both
. had been a total failure o f cons the past week. Buyers still keep to their hambto-
iedeiktion.letiur
detention, and it was mined by the advocates that Mr. mouth policy, but with the evident general tendency
Ilorrell aiould take the Iler,e, and Mr. coin ah,,nht not to improviffnent in trade we look for higher rates
charge anything for it keen during the time it had bn ee
short y.
in his possession.

MANURES.
A more active demand for all manures. Nitrate of
soda daily advancing; the consumption very large.
Psrum—c a: a. d,
BRITISH CORN TRADE. Done Ash (on 70 per cent.) .. , .0
to 0 5 0
12 1 0—
lks do., smaller quantities .. • • •• 13 0-14 0
Mark Lane has fallen to a general dullness that is Peruvian Guano, c,ll=l:°..m
extreme there is no moving opinions from their set
strength against purchasing stock• Loss in wheat, loss tionesc,oB. 8
0_ 9 .4.)
in flour, loss in barley, and now loss in oats, crush out !to:. hatfrc'n .• 0 0— •
whatever spirit was left this season in the grain trade. 8 4
The low basis of value on which buyers thought they animal cit'arcosi (70 per mut pbcophata):: :=1;
10
13
mignt safely work has been found not low enough, and Nitrx,t,e,."1,.!.',4,!...1" tri°n l2 1 o_l3 6
those persons whose profits of working have just saved zi.gat•eoi .. 12 o_2o
them losses in buying reckon themselves fortunate. (41'mon „ • • •• •• •• 1
Last week's imports uf wheat and flour are large— E. MUM and Co.. (London Manure Co.l,
116 Feuchurch street, LC.
over 300,030 qr. There are 15 wheat and 12 maize
off coast, and buyers hesitate to accept offers
'Lint le, money than before. Californian wheat
makes 450; Odessa (Mirka, 420 to 435; and foreign
wheat off market stands ranges from 4as to 48s up to
545, whilst English samples are offered at 4ctsto 465,
remaining relatively the cheapest.
At New York the value uf maize has given way a
full shilling since the beginning of the month, and the
corresponding decline on our market may partly be
attributed thereto. Wheat has been without change
of note.
Flour has advanced 9d to is on the barrel of 196
lb. We have seen private telegrams indicating that
American wheat holders arc breaking down in their
pretensions, and that something like a rush to sell is
not unlikely.
The great ports have recently seen the arrival of
large fleets of grain-laden vessels. For the past fort-
night or three weeks the imports of wheat alone have
been at the rate of 300,000 gr. a week, and of oats
the foreign supplies have been on a scale of correspond-
ing liberality. This large bulk, however, is urgently
wanted to fill up the empty warehouses and granaries,
and place us in a position to meet with case any tern•
porary restriction or partial stoppage of importi. At
present, an extraordinary attenuation of our stored
reserves of grain continues to exist, and until this
position is remedied, the markets cannot be expected
to feel to any extent the influence of heavy arrivals.
During the past week maize has been subject to a
general fall of 6d to is on the or. to sell. Beans also
have been cheaper at nearly all the ports. A decline
in the price of wheat has been effected at several towns,
but has not been of a general character, like that in
the value of maize, oats, and beans.

POTATOES.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELD, FRIDAY.—
Sound potatoes command a steady sale, and full rates,
but other kinds are dull and irregular.
Herrnre 60e. to INA per ton.
Victories 110 e. to 1505
Flukes .• 120 e. to 1000 „
Rocks •• 116 e. to On „