The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-09 00:00:00

Rev. .1. Davie., it..t.,e4beet 50 then' Kaye in their
the ,c name+ to join ' for the neat yeer. The
nflieers of the AOli. V were thee &twee for the follow-
;n e :—Trunte.s, Air. A. Stradlie. Ntr. F. Lope,
a...! Alt% I trestattrer. lev. J. %%lea.
,ecretarF, manzrzetneut
Ihttbkn. Jatites Allen, lame
Abt., li.tilett. .1. tinteta. :eel J. Dean.
A , ••••• ef thaeL.: to tin few% oth.rer.,4 the eneietv, and
to the utetlival ntli,rlit. ihnailne. was it:aerie,' by
anal •ntatii.on.

Itoitousii PoLore, SAt,rolay.—Refore the Map.r (Mr. If
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np 1,.
CAerfra Moil was brought in eastetir, rhartteil by
P. 4 .. Itnimn wit heine niiii. iii ‘V-st.tereit, on the ore-
, iIMS eveninr:— '.,. .1! Itr.i•rn ,-ii.l he WII/1 MI lIIIIY in Went-
street And VIW the 414141.1mA he.: top! receive, alum
It. SP. was roUII4II ill his ri.eisesgein.—rei,imee Smiled
guilty, and st is ...ntehr...l to? days itupriseninent.
COUNTY POLICE, tleuilay. Before Mr. J. I'. F.
atindry. . . . .
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greir,n Guppy, carpenter, was brought up in custody
charged with violently assatiltinz his wife, Isabella
GIMPY. on Sunday evening at /lottery. and praying that
he may he bound ov, to keep the peace towards her.—
I/efoelant was required to find sureties, himself in .C2O
awl one surety in £lO, to keep the peace,
llosoutut rOl.ll Tuesday.—llefore Mr. H. Howell
(Mayor), awl Or. I Tm-ker.
labourer, was brought up in custody
cluirged with bele.: drunk anti disorderly on :donclay. Ile
was Also charzed with 11,,,nr rominitted an assault on hin
trite, Sarah Rowsell.—Sarah korsell stated she had been
married to this man for 1.1 yeant, and all That time she
nad lived a wretched awl miserable life. On Sunday he
raffle down.stairs and pitched into her, and locked her
out of 11.14^A. After the policeman came he let her in,
and then hi' struck her again.-1'.(7. Brown staled on
Sunday, about 12 a.m. he was called to defendant's house.
lie now the complainant blwvl all over and several blows
:shout her. He told prisoner he must be a scamp to serve
a woman so—Complainant said he was drunk the night
before, and that was why he abused hen—Sentenced to
two months' bent labour, and on the expiration 1.1 that
time to tind sureties—himself in .£lO and two suretiee in
1.5 arida to lw of further good nehaviour for three mouths.
YEOVIL.

THE MURDER OF POLICE-CONSTABLE COX.
On Friday, .fohn Baker was brought up on remand,
charged with the murder of Police-constable Cox, and
with the attempted murder of Poliee-convtable Stacey.
Mr. Millie defender' the prisoner. Additional evidence
having been given, the Bench committed the prisoner for
triaL No tidings have yet been heard of the brothers
Hunching&

RAPID PASSAGE OF THE WHITE STAR STEAM-
SHIP BRITANNIC.

The reassengers who embarked on this vessel in New-
York Harbour on the morning of Saturday, the 10th
December, although doubtless aware of her speed, hardly
reckoned upon being landed at Liverpool on Sunday even-
ing, the eighth day hotne. But such was the ease.
Avenging 21Q nautical miles per day, the Britlnnie
stt.anted along her M,11117 tn.*, which, swerving to the
seUth-west. oeeupies a longer time, hut takes the ship out
of the way of outward-bound vessels, and she touched
at Queenstown shortly after midnight on Saturday, for
the tempneof landing mails and passengers. After a brief
11,lay off the harbour, the Britannie continued her course
up the Channel, crossing the bar at the entrance to the
Mersey at 555 p.m. Sunday, and landed her passengers
shortly afterwards, thus enabling them to catch the
Sunday evening trains, and spend Christmas with their
families, with lively feelings of satisfaction and thankful-
ness because of the heavy gales through which they had
itessse.L and whieh appears to be still raging. The
lirittanic's passage to Queenstown was 7 days 12 hours 11
minutes, awl to Liverpool (including all detantions)A days
5 hours 15 minutes, performances never before equalled.
It is only right to all that the Britannic's average passage
this year is—outwards, 7 days It hours 26 minutes ; and
homewards, 7 days Si' hours 56 minutes. The following is
a copy •tf the abottract log
Deeember It, Left Company's pier 6.10 a.m., Sandy
lb ok st.2o gynyag gale.
Deeember 17, Wind NW.. course N. 557 E., distance
42. At knots lat. 410.51 N. lon. 04.3 A W., nyslerate gale.
Deeemiter IS, Wind !CM., course N. 81 E. distance 381
knot, lat. 41.50 N., 1,11.56 Sil W., fresh breeze.
Derember 19, %Yin,' westerly, course various, distance
372 knots lat. 1331 N., lon. IS 25W., moderate breeze.
Derenliler 99, Wind southerly, course N. 02 K, distant.*
37:1 knots. lat. 40. N N. lon, 40.34 W. strong breeze.
11.,etelwr 21. Wind course N. 04 E, distance 374
knots, lat. 49 09 N., In. :e..n W., strong breeze.
Iteeetulter .1 Wind N.N W. course N. 75, K, distance
342 knots, lat. 50.14 N., lon. U. 47 W., strong gale.
Deeeniber et Wind westerly, course N. 55 K, distance
271 knots. lat. 51.21 N., lon. 1,102 W., strong gale.
December 21, To theenstiown 194 knees, arrived 1.10
a.m., left 3.27 a.m., passed Bur Lightship 5 55 p.m., Rock.
light abeam 6.44 p.m., anchored. Total distance 2,892
knots.

Liverpool Memory, rtth December, ISltt