The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

J orsetzhire.

DORCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

The Midsummer distribution of prises took place at
this school on Thursday. As usual at this anniversary
the school room, South-street, was tastefully decked
with evergreens, wreaths of flowers, and flags, and wore

quite • festive appearance. Between one and two
o'clock a number of ladies and gentlemen, many of
whom were parents of the scholars, entered the room,
and John Floyer, Esq., took the chair. There were pre-
sent—the Revs. M. Colson, C. W. Bingham, Talbot
W. B. Baker, F. Monte, H. Moule, Lundy Foot, J.
Townson, A. G. S. Shirley, V. D. Vyvyan, T. R. Maskew
(Head Master), Captain Smith, Dr. Cowdell, Dr.
EUISOn, J. F. Hodges, Esq., H. Lock, Esq., F. Lock,
BAN., Michael Miller, Esq., of Alton, and others.

The CHAIRMAN, who on rising WPA Warmly welcomed,
said they were met ou an occasion of great interest, espe-
cially to parents who had children in the school; they
were uiet for the purpose of distributing prizes to
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the Buocessful boys at the late examination, which prizes
the examiners declared the scholars were entitled to.

He should have great pleasure at the close of the presen.

tations_ to address a few words of encouragement to

some of the boys assembled. The Chairman then called
on the Examiners to present their reports, and the master
to name the youths entitled to honours. (Applause.)
The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM, M.A., the examiner in

classics and divinity, then made a etittement of the re-

salts. of his exandn'ation. This was the third year in

which he had acted_na examiner, and, whilst ac-know•

ledging the responsibility of the office, in which he was
not at all anxious to continue, he felt the advantage
in having one examiner for several years of his see.
trig the progress the boys made. Without excep-
tion, he might say there had been considerable progress
In the school. Until he came into Dorchester he had no

ides who was the successful exhibitioner, and he (Mr.
Bingham) thought he might well congratulate the young
gentleman and his parents upon the extraordinary success
that had attended his examination. Not only had God
blessed him with coneiderable talent, but the boy had
evidently worked hard, otherwise he never would have
stood at the head of the list. Mr. Bingham hoped the
present achievement would not cause Lock, minor, to
think he mightrest upon his oars, but would boa pledgeand
earnest of future application. It sometimes, however,
happened that boys of very great promise, and who had
successfully passed examinations in early life, were
caused by that very honour to lie by and be not so diligent
in future years. In fact, it was not always the clever
boy in early life who was most successful in after life.
At the last examination he drew attention to the defi-
ciency of the candidates in Greek, but this year, he was
happy to find, his suggestion had been attended to.
Four boys presented themselves for examination in this
1 , and the manner in which they construed the
Grehninestament, and the knowledge of the grammar of
the Greek which some of them evinced, was highly
gratifying, plainly proving that they had been hard at
work, and doing much credit to the indruction they had
received. He had not been satisfied with the examina-
tion in Latin composition, it fell short of what he de-
sired and expected; and, being rather old fashioned, he
could not help thinking that the extraordinary aids
which boys had now towards Latin composition might
prove to be not the means of advancing them but of
keeping them back. In his school-days there were no
Arnolds, no book of any sort to help them in the
work' yet he was satisfied that when the Chairman and
himself went up for examination they produced better
papers than what he had seen from modern scholars.
Boys must learn to do without those aids to composition
and such "crutches" or they would not be able to walk
alone. In the divinity examination lie had not had the
same opportunity for examination as in the other case.
He was examiner in divinity for the two preceding
years, but his friend, the Rev. Mr. Fisher, took
this part of the examination, and a reference
to the figures showed that they fell considerably
short of what he had deemed it to be his duty to fix.
This ought not to be so, and he earnestly urged boys to
think of this, the most important part of the examina-
tion. All the other examinations had to do with this
world, but that of which lie spoke had to do with the
world to come—" what shall it profit a man if he shall
win the whole world, and yet lose his own soul?"
The Rev, TALBOT W. B. BAKER, M.A., vicar of
Preston Points, and the examiner in English literature
and foreign languages, then made his statement. He
must say, first of all, that to those acquainted with the
school-room in its working style, its present holiday ap-
pearance made it look quite is fairy place, and whoever
had so adorned the room—and he supposed Mrs. Maskew
had had a hand in it—deserved as good a prize as any
now to be presented. (Cheers.) He did not like to be
called the examiner in modern languages, seeing that he
knew not a word of German, and could but blunder
through a line of Italian. As to his French, however,
much pains had been taken in this part of Isis study. He
hoped in future examinations that better pronunciation
would be found. Three of the boys had used the most
thoroughly John Bull pronunoiation possible. The
boy who had won the French prize would turn out the
best Frenchman, and all he (the examiner) could say of
bins wee that his pronunciation had been remarkably
good—Pope, major, he was called in school. The ex-
amination in history was good; but not quite 90 well in
geography. Sonic of the pupils made the Thames run
in every direction, and the Mersey coins from the middle
of England. He hoped to see a better result in another
year. The middle class examinations and the examine-
tions for civil and military situations under Government
laid a great stress upon geography, particularly the
geography of our native land ; and it did appear to him
that to go far back into clusioal history—interesting as
that might be—without gaining much information about
our own country, was not desirable, and was paying un-
due attention to classical literature. With regard to
dictation he really was very lunch gratified. A hard
piece for dictation was selected from a govermnent com-
petitive examination paper. He fancied it was from
Macaulay, but it was capable of being blundered over
exceedingly. Nevertheless the spelling was good, and
there were fewer faults than he had expected. In the
matter of composition, in preference to an abstract sub-
ject, the examiner chose the history of the town of Dor-
chester with its antiquities, natural history, and any-
thing the boys might know about it. One boy amused
him (the Rev. Mr. Baker) by giving him • most pathetic
dirge or lamentation on the unfortunate dispute that hal
arisen in the sporting world (laughter), and the retire-
ment of Mr. Farquharson. The sehool was a good work-
ing school, and it was the boys' own fault if they did
not ascend. There was no end to the pleasures which
learning gave, and the more they had of it the better
they got on, provided It was sanctified and bloomed to
them, He hoped they would not be content to continue
where they were.
The Rev. T. R. MARK6W, M.A., the Head Master,
read the list of exhibitioners and prizemen as follows :
Exhibitioneni Feoffees' Exhibition (t4O), Lock minor ;
Subscribers' Exhibition (1,110), Pope major. Prizes:
Special Prise (Classics and Mathematics), Adams major;
(Padua' Exhibitioner, 1887.) First Classical, Look
minor; 2nd Classical, Look minintits ; 3rd Classioal,
Look quarts.: Divinity, Miller major ; Frenoh, Lock
minor; 4th Classical, Ist, Haiti minor-2nd, Smith ;
Mathematic., Barnes; Senior Arithmetic, Pitfield major;
Junior Arithmetic, Look quartile (son of Mr. F. Look).
The Rector's Prise (Celechisni), Shirley; Conduct Prize,
Ensor.
Adams, who was a Feoffees' exhibitioner last year, was
not allowed to unmet.e again, but being very deserving
had Is special prim) awarded to him. Lock minor, the
winner of tho Feoffees' exhibition (3i40) this year, is not
12 years old. He is • son of Henry Look, Esq., soli-
citor, of this town, and has been the required time in
the school. The winner of the subscribers' exhibition,
Pope major, curiously enough, lied no 'narks for Latin,
Greek or French, only for mathemation and English
literature. The Rev. J. Townson examined the class
for the Rector's Catechism prize.
The CHAIRMAN, prior to distributing the prizes, ad-
dressed the scholars, saying that he had great pleasure,
as one of the feoffees of the school, in presenting the
prizes then on the table, together with the others
awarded by the examiners. in offering three awards
for oompetition the feoffees desired to advance the in-
terests and raise the character of the Dorchester Gram'
suer School, and lie need hardly assure them that under
God's blessing, and under the tuition end by the wise
management of the muter, this mainly depended on the
scholars. "The tree Is known by its fruits" was a
MAXIM which affected schools as muoh as other things in
life. Its congratulated the boys, therefore, in having
by their general success and by the good attainments
shown in the examination, thus far promoted the great
object the feoffees had before them. He congratulated
them also on their success as regarded their own in-
terests and prospects in their tutors life. It had been
observed that in this age of attainments literary and
moral—because all knew that sound, really good, educa-
tion consisted as inuoh in the education of the moral
sentiments and principles as in the improvement of the
mind—the suocess in life of • boy depended very much
upon the instruction he had received. Acts of the
Legislature, public opinion, the order of society, all
tended to proclaim that to fit a young wan encoessf oily
to go into the world he must bring to the great battle of
life the aids of considerable literary and moral attain-
ments. Still, remembering that they were no of en-
gaged in the great course of life, • course requiring
much energy, labour, and activity on their parts, it
was no less true to-day than in the time of our great
poet, Milton, that thou who would succeed must
"Scorn delights, and live laborious days."

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It had been dwelt upon pretty largely of late, and pro-
bably many had read the address of Earl Stanhope to
the pupils of Aberdeen College, wherein his Lordship
laid it moat broadly down that, although God may have
blessed any young lad with great abilities and large mental
endowments, his success depended on the cultivation of
those talents, that no natural abilities would make up for
want of diligence, for want of labour in his calling.
Knowing this and acting thereon, he trusted they would
not rest upon their oars thinking that already the goal
was attained, but feel that they had yet • great way to go
and much to achieve. Scholars were like tourists in
foreign lands aiming to see the great and glorious works
of God especially amongst mountains. In the morning
the voyageurs set forth on their tour to climb, perhaps,
seine of those magnificent and stupendous palaces of
nature, mighty mountains. They were encircled by
fogs, probably, in the valley ; they found the way some-
what laborious. At the mountain's base were forests and
thickets, and at present the wayfarers could see but
little and were shut in ; but, as they ascended, the
precipice rose before them, the cloud rolled off and they
began to see noble views that were not before visible.
As they gained the loftier portion of the mountain chain
the travellers embraced in their view magnifioent pros-
pects of the country, bound together, harmonized,
blended in one beautiful whole by the charm which dis-
tanos lent to the soene, and by that lovely tint of atmos-
phere which added such singular beauty. And similar
ware the delights of the literary student. All had more
or leas set forward on the path of literary attainment.
Some had made more progress than others ; the for-
tunate recipiente of prizes this day bad passed over the
more painful and laborious part of the journey. He
and many near him, no doubt, could well remember
when they had so frequently to resort to the pages of
the dictionary, the rides of the Latin grammar or the
grades* ensble them to get on; but new those were
all passed, the by one those bladders to help the learner

to swim, had been cast away, they saw more land-
marks of the literary world. While, on the one hand, it
was acknowledged that to have human wisdom without
God's directing grace, and that better knowledge which
God alone taught, was but ignorance, yet they would
thankfully acknowledge the great bleunngs of literary
cultivation and literary enjoyment, and in their hours
of leisure, amid their busy occupations, they con-
tinually recurred to those works a good Providence
had designed for their wisdom and advantage, which the
intelligence and industry of former ages had laid up in
store for their benefit. Mr. Floyer then presented the
prizes, amongst which were the following hooks:—
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Cicero's whole works (special prize) ; Tom Brown's
schooldays; Curiosities of Natural History; Warbur-
ton's Crescent and the Cross; Testimony of the Bucks;
Ancient Cities of the World ; the Divine Architect;
Schooldays of eminent men; Johnstone's Chemistry of
Common Life ' • Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World ;
Stories of the Heroes of England, 14c.
The Rev. Mr. MAERCRIV thanked those present for
the kind interest they had taken in the school. All
needed encouragenient—masters and pupils—but he
thought in this school there was no deficiency for the
one, and he found his own in seeing no many kind
friends around him and in the generous testimony they
had offered to him. Even "children of a larger growth "
did not obtain eminence or success in life without some-
thing to lead them, to draw them on. Some ten years ago a
strong current set in for what was called " useful educa-
tion" by which, he thought, was mostly meant especial
preparation for trade, and such like. For himself he
was thoroughly convinced that everything deserving the
name of education must be thorough, complete. He was
not bigoted about a classical education, as such only, but
he protested against giving a smattering of everything ;
a boy !mist have regular tuition in sonic branch or
other. Within the time he had specified Government
had comne to this way of thinking, and had settled ex-
aminations for every position of honour and emolument,
and those examinations were on the same system as
grammar-school examinations. The very papers
placed before the pupils of this school by the examiners
that day were the same in character as those given in
the government plans. He should be extremely sorry
to see time old system go out. Mr. Maskew concluded
by particularly thanking the examiners, and added
that there had been no prize given that day which the re-
cipient both by conduct and application was not most
thoroughly entitled to.

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The Rev. M. COLSON, rector thought all might
congratulate themselves on the Dorchester Grammar
School being restored to respectability onoe more, and
that thanks and praise were duo to Mr. Maskew for his
deep interest in the wellbeing of everything pertaining to
the institution. (Cheers.)

The boys then gave three cheers for the Queen, the
feoffees, the examiners, Mr. and Mrs. Maskew, after
which the assembly separated.

WEYMOUTH. - Fatal Accident. —On Saturday
week, between I and 2 o'clock, an accident happened
to a man named Henry Thoniey, a carpenter in the
employ of P. Dodson, Esq., while at work at the new
block of houses on the Esplanade. It appears that
the lashing had been removed from one of the put.
locks, a piece of timber about 6 feet long, and
between 6 and 6 inches thick. The constant friction
of a tackle rope had loosened this putlock from the
wall, and eventually the rope rested on it. On
the return of the men from dinner, an effort was
made to get the rope off, to do which a jerk was
given, which sent the putlock entirely out of the
wall, falling in an horizontal position across the man's
head, and striking him down insensible. He was
picked up, and conveyed to the Royal Infirmary,
where he died about 6 hours afterwards, being
insensible all the time. An inquest was held on
Monday afternoon at the Cooper's Arms, before G.
Symonds, Esq., when evidence to the above effect
was given. Mr. Litligow deposed that the result of
the accident was concussion of the brain, and the jury
returned a verdict of" Accidental Death."

POST OssicE.—On Wednesday last the Post
Office here was removed from 62, St. Thomas-street,
to 72, St. Thomas-street, next door to Messrs. Eliot
and Pearce's Old Bank, which is a more convenient
premises for the increasing business of the Post
Office.

EXCURSION. —On Monday week, the Prince, Capt.
Coeens, made a delightful excursion, round the Break-
water to the Bill of Portland, visiting the Blenheim
which is still in the roads. The steamer conveyed a
numerous and fashionable company, who greatly
enjoyed the trip.

BLANDFORD. —A ccident. —On Friday week as some
workmen were pulling down a house at Charlton
Marshal, near Blandford, to clear the way for the
railroad, now in progress between Blandford and
Wimborne, in undermining a piece of mud wall it
gave way, burying a young man of the name of
James Baverstock. It was some time before he could
be extricated from his perilous situation, when it was
discovered that the unfortunate man's back was
broken, and his life is entirely despaired of.
WARERAM.—Two cases that have been decided
by our magistrates have given rise to a great deal of
comment. The first was a charge of assault brought
by Miss C. M. Cony ne, daughter of the Rev. C. IT.
Collyns, ill)., of Farringdon Rectory, Devon,
against one William Craft, of Swanage, carpenter.
The facts were as follows r—Miss Collyns went on the
27th ult, with some relations on board the steamer
Ursa Major, from Poole tA Swanage. The defendant
was also on board. He kept staring at her, and
when they landed on the Quay, at Swanage, Craft
pulled her down and kissed her. It does not appear
that she was hurt. Craft said he had done no harm,
and would do it again. The magistrates convicted
him, and sentenced him, under the Aggravated
, Assaults Act, to six mouths' imprisonment in the
gaol at Dorchester, with hard labour.—Another con.
viction, under the same Act of Parliament, on a
charge made by a young woman named Davis, a ser-
vant to the Rev. U. B. Cook, of East Lulworth,
against one Robert Nooks, a labourer there. The
charge was originally one of assault with intent to
commit a rape, but the magistrates considered it
would meet the justice of the case if taken under
the Aggravated Assaults Act; and as the offence was
to a certain extent proved, he was convicted and
sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard
labour in Dorchester gaol.

SHERBORNE.—PoIice Intelligence. Monday.—
(Before W. N. Allford, and J. F. Falwasser, &qrs.)
Chance Shemin was brought before the magis-
trate., charged with illtreating his mother on Sun-
day morning about three o'clock. The prisoner went
to his home in Castleton, in a state of intoxication,
and began abusing his brother. His mother, wish-
ing to prevent a disturbance, interfered, when the
prisoner violently assaulted her. He was bound over
in the sum of £4O, himself in .C2O and one surety in
£2O to keep the peace for one month, and paid lis.
amts.—Thomas Willie was charged by Ann Keats
with illtreating her and her children on Saturday
night. It appears that Keats lives with Willis, by
whom she had two children, and that on the night
in question he went home, turned her and the child.
ten out of doors, and then looked himself in. He
was fined St, or in default to be confined in the
stocks for three hours. He was further charged by
Superintendent Lewis with being drunk and making
use of abusive language the same night, and was also
fined Ss. or three hours in the stocks, the magistrates'
clerk receiving instructions to see them eructed in
the town, Defendant was allowed a month to pay
the money.

Movcousx.— Thunder Morin. —Between nine and
ten o'clock on Tue•day morning a thunder storm
broke over this place, leaving palpable marks of its
violence. The electric fluid in its progress struck a
chimney at the west end of Mr. George Young's
house, Forest Farm, completely bursting it, and
scattering the brioks in all directions. It then des.
cended into the bedroom and into the kitchen. In
the bed-room it broke an alarum clock which hung
agrinst the wall, split the end of a dressing table,
beat to pieces the back of a chest of drawers, and
smashed the window. In the kitchen it tore down
• large mantle-piece, knocked down the eldest
daughter of Mr. Young, and covered the floor with
soot. Miss Young was taken up in a most distress-
ing condition; medical aid, however, was called in,
and it was found that the injury sustained was not so
bad as was at first apprehended. We understand
that she is progressing favourably.
STALBRIDOK.—The three annual bow meetings
of the A.C. A.C. at Stalbridge Park, are fixed for
July the 23rd, August the 19th, and 26th. It is ar-
ranged that no dance will take place after the meet-
ing in July, but for both those in August Targett's
Quadrille Band, from Southampton, is engaged.
NETHEItErRY, NIAR BEAMlNBTEL—Melancholy
Case of Poisoning.—An awful case of death by poison
occurred in the village of Netherbury, near Beamin-
ster, early on Saturday morning week. It seems
that a young man from Southampton, who is about
to marry a young woman by the name of Dobel, re-
siding in the above village, has been on a visit to see
his intended bride for the past few days, and wishing
we presume, to combine pleasure and business, has
been practising the art of photograph), and trans-
ferring the portraits of some of the villagers to the
sensitive collodion film. In this wondrous art, as
many of our readers are doubtless aware, is used a
most deadly poison, called Cyanide of Potassium,
which contains a large proportion of the Prussia° or
Hydrocyanic Acid. A strong solution of this poison-
ous salt, it appears, was prepared and most carelessly
left in a common drinking cup, at the house of Mr.
Dobel, where the photographer was staying. At an
early hour in the morning it seems the young man
was taken ill, and a neighbour by the name of Gill.
ham was called up for the purpose of fetching Mr.
Webb, a medical man living in Beaminater. Before,
however, the poor man left the house, he was asked
by Mr. Dobel to take a cup of ale or beer, and shock-
ing to relate the cup containing the fatal potion MY
handed to him instead. The poor fellow drunk a
portion, and just had time to make a remark about
it being a peculiar taste, and then fell lifeless on the
floor. He leaves a wife and five children to deplore his
loss. On Saturday an inquest was held, touching the
death of deceased, Richard Gillham, labourer, aged
32 years, before S. S. Cory, Esq., coroner, and • re-
ejury of 14 men. After viewing the body
Mein,ri'li
jury repaired to the New Inn, when evidence
was given, and the coroner having summed up, the
jury returned the following verdict, "that the de-
ceased died by poison accidentally and carelessly ad-
ministered by Marks Dobel," and requesting the
coroner to sive Dobel and Richards a severe repri-
mand, which was done.

asked

BroßKlNerga.—Pay Sessions, Monday,—(Before the
Rev. H. F. Yeatman, M. S. Yeatman, Rol., the Rev.
H. Boucher, and Col. Malet).—Robert Eneas Belbin,
of Bagher, woe summoned by Supt. Hammond, for
cruelly illtreating a cow at Stalbridge Fair, on the 6th
ultitno, (case adjourned from last meeting), and the
bench after hearing the evidence convicted the defen-
dant in the penalty of 2e. 6d. and costa—George Up-
shall, of Haaelbury Bryan, and William Paddock of the
name place, were summoned by the supt. of police for
being drunk and disorderly; the defendants pleaded
guilty, and were convicted in the sum of ss. each, and
costs.—Mary Parsons, of Henetridge, was summoned
by Sept. Hammond, for being drunk and disorderly at
Stalbritige, P.C. Batty proved the offence, and the bench
convicted the defendant in the penalty of ss. and costs.
—John Abbott, of Todber, and Farnham Abbott of
the same place, were summoned by Supt. Hammond for
riding asleep on the highway ; thereby not having
proper control of their homes. The first named defend-
ant pleaded guilty, the latter did not appear. P.C.
Sansom proved the offence, and the bench convicted
them in the nominal sum of 6d. and the costs, with a
caution not to appear in the IMMO position again.--
William Hansford, of Sturminster, was brought up in
custody of Superintendent Hammond, (having been re-
manded since the 10th inst.,) charged with being drunk,
disorderly, and assaulting police constables Wm. Gale
and Joseph Sturtney, in the execution of their duty on
the evening of the 9th inst. Mr. Dashwood defended
time prisoner. Mr. Richard Sherring, the landlord of the
Bull Inn, Sturininster, stated that the defendant came
to his house drunk on the evening in question, and be-
cause he refused to supply him with some beer he be-
came very abusive, anti made use of most disgusting
language, and continued to do so until the arrival of P.C.
Gale—P.C. William Gale stated that he was sent for on
the evening in question by the last witness, and when he
arrived the prisoner was stripped and abusing Mr.
Sherring very much. He requested the defendant to go
house, but he refused to do so, and on his attempting to
remove him he became very violent and commenoed
kicking and biting him (the constable) in • furious
manner. He held him until the arrival of P.C. Sturmey,
whom the prisoner likewise kicked and bit.—?.
Sturmey corroborated the last witness. —The defense set
up was that the prisoner had been aggravated by some
of Mr. Sherring's friends, and that the police constables
had used more violence than was necessary, but one of
the witnesses for the defence, stated that the constables
did not strike the prisoner, the latter kicking and biting
them.—The bench considered the charge to have been
fully proved, and after • severe admonition from the
Chairman, taking into consideration prisoner having
been in custody four days, prisoner wee fined 15e. and
14e. costs—in default of payment within one week to
fie committed for one calendar month's hard labour.—
James Padfield, of Stoke Lane, Somerset, was sum-
moned by Supt. Hammond for being drunk, disorderly,
and swearing profane oaths, at Stelbridge, on the 6th
inst. The defendant did not appear.—P.C. Batty
proved the service of the summons and likewise the
offences.—Mr. Hammond informed the bench that the
defendant was fined Is. and costs for drunkenness at the
last meeting, and the Magistrates in this instance con-
victed the defendant in the sum of se. and costs for
being drunk • and Is. for uttering seven profane oaths.
—Joseph aowley, of Sturminster, Thos. Porter of the
, same place, and Joseph Francis, of Hinton St. Mary,
were summoned by Mr. Daniel Mitchell, the landlord of
the White Horn Inn, Hinton St. Mary, for a breach
of the peace. Mr. Dashwood defended. The bench,
' after hearing the evidence, bound the defendants over,
in their own recognisance, in the sum of £5, to keep the
' peace for 6 months.