The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-08 00:00:00

THE COLLEGIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
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MONDAY.
Upon the bearing of the rase being resumed.

The Rey. Joo. EIS; the defendant, waa placed in the
hog. He maid he wee an ICA. and • graduate of the
University of Cambridge. He was appointed master of
the Collegiate School in 18144, and in 1864 —be was not
quite certain as to date—a Chapel of line, under the
authority of Mr. Grearee, was opened at Melcombe Regi•
A curate of Una gentleman officiated there. The chapel
wee half the dietance from the school that the pariah
church of It,. Greer'. was. During 1875 he began. to
take some of the boys there. Ile had a reason for doing
is. Previous to that • correspondence had passed between
him and Mr. Greene, who said his would never allow the
boys to leave St. Mary's Church. He told him the reason.
It was this—on two occanion• during his first ten years
of service at the school, Mr. Greaves prohibited him from
preaching in his church. He first interdicted him for
two and &half years, and the second occasion was in May,
1871.

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The Vice-Chancellor: And am I to understand that
was your reason for taking the boys to another church
With...: Yee; I told him sib, did not consider me
good enough to preach in his church, I would not be
bound down to attend it.

The reasons for the prohibitions were these :—On the
first accseion he asked him to take his duty : bat he
declined on the ground that the truteee had not paid him
the whole of the money be considered himself entitled to.
The eemnd prohibition Meted a twelvemonth. He was
quite willing to go to St IlLary's If left alone, bath. re-
fused to be bound to do so. Mr. GreIIVOI had awe
consented to his officiating 4 St limy's. but had never
asked him to do so.

Q. Have the trustees ever objected to the attendance of
the boys at Christ Church /—A. No, only Mr. Gramm and
those of the Council who sided with him. They, however,
had never objected since the new agreement
In l he re-established • discostinued school at Mel-
comb. Regis, known as ths Middle Class School. An
inferior class of boys attended it The trustees were Mr.
Grooves, Mr. Andrews, Mr. R. W. Eliot, Kr. ff. Ellottand
Sir John Goode. The management woe lel t entirely in his
hands, and he continued to undertake it until Jane 30th.
1673, when he retired from it, Mr. Mbar, whom he had
appointed as bead-master, continuing there. The course
of instruction at the two schools was different, Greek was
not taught at the Middle School to his knowledge; in fact
he had specially prohibited it, as, if permitted, the schools
would have been brought into oompetition. About the
time of his retirement Mr. Miller, as be had previoualy
done to him, applied to the trustees to change the name
to the Melcombe Regis whool, giving him notice of his
Intention to do so. He (the witness) wrote objecting to
this as being contrary to his agreement, and the chimes
was not made. If it had been it would decidedly have
attracted • superior class of boys, sad would have brought
It into competition with the Weymouth School—it had
done so. In Jam, 1576, he saw an advertisement is the
SolseAtrn now, in which it was called the lielcombe
Regis School, and stating that it offered the education of
the modern side of a public school. That was the first
'Micah. had of the ohmage. about which be was not in the
ahlet consulted. The advertisement was no doubt
ted to attract the same class of boys as went to the
Weymouth SchooL On the Stth of Jane, 1876, he
wrote to Mr. themes calling attention to it, and •
correspondence ensued. Hs was not aware the
trustees of the two schools were the sum With the
exception of thls dispute and that about attending the
church, there was never any difference between
La:in:id the trustees in regard to the management of the
school or in other respect& No complaint was ever made
to him as to his conduct of the school—quite the contrary.
After his letter the subseouent advertisement of the
Kiddie School did not ham the words referring to "the
modern side," die. Them was not • single interview
between himself and the trustees "with a view to over.
come or remove such differanoss" except on., Mr.
Talbot, before the meeting of the 16th of October,
1677. He attended that meeting. It wee not true
as averred by the plaintiffs Gramm Andrew, and Eliot,
that previous to doing sob. had addressed several offensive
letters to the trustees. When he got there he found the
trustee. and Mr. Miller present. The proinedinge of the
previous meeting were first read by Mr. R. Eliot, the
mer•mry, and be interrupted him with reference to the
accuracy of the sentement in on. of them that he bad not
emmuniaated with the trustee., and Mr. Groom told
him not to haterrapt, end he accordingly did net do es
&ala.AfteroeMe be wee asked if he bed my ex=
or remeeks to make, end he then said "Is Mr.
• member of the Council r Some one said "No 6;W not"
end thee he seld " I have axes to meet the traitor and
not Mr. Miner. and I don't understand what bushman he
has here" Mr. Gremes said al his letter involved charges
him they thought it only fair he should be there
rae,it however, declined to discuss the subject whilst he was
present. and thereupon left the room. In doing so he
unfortunately left his umbrella behind him —llauglitea—
end on going back to fetch it he met Mr. Miller, who said
rin rotes away,' and the secretary then mune and took
him (witness) beck. In the course of what followed he
reminded the council with regard to the change of name
that they had granted In 76 what in 73, on his applicatioo,
they had refused. Mr. Eliot said it ma because they
could not decide what name it should be called by. Then
they got on to an alleged decrease in the number of boys
at the collegiate School, which woes from a stupid mis•
take on their part Hs made some remark upon it when
Mr. Cremes said "We can't go Into that' Upon that he
had o mem' you won't hear me ti's no use my staying,'
and proceeded to peck up his papers. At that point Mr.
R. Eliot said fhwe's me thing I ought to niestiou to
show the animus and spirit of Yr. Ellis to Mr. Grieves ;
he cams into the beak just atter Yr. Gnaw* had gone
out, tied said There nee my enemy. I shall hare to Dhow
him up before long. That remark was made to Mr.
Eliot in his character as his banker, and ought to have been
kept sacred but when it ma meetioned be
end said he wee sorry for it Yr. TalbetthereZre
tito"arti very unfair prima meremetlint should be
remote' in that am, but if It was, he should repeat what
Mr. Ores,,ehadssld, and that WU "lain blessed with
large meo. andeL.Mr. Ellis doesn't bring his boys back to
St. Mary's spend every 6.1. of my money to turn him
out' Mr. Grooves denied it and there was • very Wormy
scene between them, and ha bed not a chance of saying I
another word. It was not true as had been filed by Mears.
Gramma Andrews, and Eliot, that he had behaved in •
violent manner at the meeting, and entirely lost his
temper,
_hut was allowed to proceed without interruption;
and he said before Mr. Gramm, in that court, that it wa•
positively untrue to say he was called to order. and
requested to leave the room; or that he made perwasid
and offensive observations. The number of boys at the
Macomb* Regis School had increased considerably in
the lam three years, and the boys wore of • better Mum
Greek was now taught there. This had undoubtedly
affected the Wry mouth school and his own income cow •
eiders*. An advertisement had been 'mewed
be had be, agonised from his office of head-master atatiMl
Ii had necessarily
_cored him damage. Persons who
would have sent their bole bed said they Mould wait and
see the result. He had had preeestedess made to hi, by
the boys on two maidens. Re recollected Mr. Milledge
mining to his loess as the lad July, INS. but he sever
msge any demand spes Ida for tate paotookma of the '
possalen. He wee Very arm= the wires dew as he
woo well be, considering he was an old poldl ef hit TM
stimeaaate Yr. Xdledge made is his widow were add I
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