The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-01 00:00:00

DORCHESTER GAS AND COKE COMPANY.

This flourishing undertaking announces a dividend
for the present year of £lO per cent clear of Income
Tax, and a very satisfactory Reserve Fund. The
property of the company ham been increased by the
completion of a substantial residence for the manager,
pleasantly situate near the walks: 3.P, well as by a
purifying house, &c. Messrs. Henry Lock (chairman)
and Thomas Saunders, directors, retire by rotation;
but as also the auditors, Messrs. G. H. Davis and T.
C. W. Saunders, are eligible for reelection. The late
Mr. Coombe, decease occasions a vacancy on the
board ofldirectora The annual account shows an un-
usual item "unclaimed dividends 07 175." A ("wren-
pondent suggests that the gratuitous services of the
directors and auditors deserve some substantial recogni.
tion.

A LOCAL CASE—ALLEGED LIBEL
ROGIIRS v. LONGO AN.
MAVLEBONE POLICE Curer. Thursday.
(Special.)

Mr. F. bei” Lonymax, described on the sumruons as
a horse dealer, of Dorchester, appeared before Mr.
Mansfield to answer the complaint of Miss Frances
Rogers " for that you (lid on the 4th of May milaw.
fully, wickedly, and maliciously write and publish,
sod caused or procure to be written and published, a
false, scandalous, malicious, and defamatory libel, in
the form of letters directed to Mr. William Harvey,
under the name of 'The Butler, 13, Susses-square,
London,' containing divers false, scandalous, malicious
and defiunatory matteis, and things of and concerning
the said Frances Rogers, and of the concerning (4. her
character and mode of conduct."

Mr. Warner Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Messrs.
Coombe and Wainwright, solicitors, appeared for the
complainant, and when the case was called n he said
the complainant wished to withdr& from the
summons, as the defendant had written a letter to the
complainant apologising for what he had written, and
in it he stated that he saw his folly, and would harm
her no more. Under those circumstances Miss Rogers
thought that the defendant would not again repeat his
conduct, and he (Mr. Sleigh) hoped the magistrate
would allow the ntllllllloll4 to be withdrawn.

Mr. Mansfield allowed that ex, use to he adopted,
and marked the summons hook " withdrawn."'
The parties then left the :Yourt.

TETE DORSET COUNTY SCHOOL
Prize-day here was on Thursday last, and was
accompanied witb as much (dal as the distribution of
prizes by the High Sheriff and the presence of a larFe
number of county magnates could possibly give
It is hardly necessary in the few introductory renutrks
we shall make to burden our report with a history of
the school. From its establishment in 1870 it may
briefly be said it has been a Rumens, and never more
successful than at the present motnent under the
talented superintendence of the Rev. Russell-Wright,
the Head Master. From inany parts of Dorchester
the present splendid building present a picturesque
aspect ; in striking contrast to the (at Present) dirty
and dilapidated building in the High-street, in which
Os PoHoi did their studies. Really, it seems time
some measure was taken to remove a public eye-sore,
for such they have lissome since they were vacated by
the school. The courne of instruction is in keeping
with the building, and is such as would doubtlessly
gladden the heart of Ex-chancellor Lowe.
The proceedings of the day commenced with a
sermon by the Ito. C. W. Bingham, the newly-
elected prebendary. It is almost needless to say it
was able and, to the letter, appropriate.
At 12, the company repaired to the schoolroom for
the distribution of prizes, which were awarded as
Follows :