The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-14 00:00:00

THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

The Rector bee imued the following in the form of
a pamphlet ;
Te the Parishioners 0 Ifideeest• Regis and Radipolo.
My Dear Friends,—After bearing In silence for ten
years, the attacks of the Rev. J. Ellis, Head Maater of
the Weymouth Collegiate School, I deeply regret that I
am at last obligal to speak, but it Is premed upon me by
many that such injurious charges, made by • person
occupying so public a position, if allowed to go
unanswered, may, at least by the., who do net know
me, and are ignorant of the facts, be considered as tacitly
admitted.
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—l—tleerefere • /01011111 and emphatic denial to
every charge broujht against me by Yr. Ellie The
published lettere the Trustees are indeed a sufficient
reply to the charts that I have subjected Yr. Ellis to •
cruel and vindictive persecution Weenie be would not
attend St. Mary s.
In order, however, that you may better judge whether
I have been wanting in kindnees to Kr. Ellis, I have
deposited a correspondence which passed between us in
the year 1874, for inspection. at the office of the Pariah
Ur. IL Foots, OUremoe Buildings,
I venture to slam that my letters will be for, most
conciliatory in elm and tone.
The charge that on last of Kay, 1875, I uttered an
unchristian threat aghast Ur. Elia is untrue, I never
used language that could by possibility bear such •
meaning, and on that very Vat of Kay, the following
letters passed between us, which sre utterly irreconcil-
able with the story which seems to have been repeated to
Ka. MIL

Portators,
Met May, 1875 s
Mr. Elia, —La a final effort to testers pesos
y between us. I write to offer withdraw the
rlWiloin, contained in an letter of May 7th, 18:14, if you
will withdraw those imputations upon my personal and
ministerial character contained in your letters, and which
naturally occaaioned me much pain. I have put this
letter into Mr. W. Talbot's hand& aa he has called on me
anxious to act es a pesconuiker.
Believe me, yours siacorely,
Ta.aor Guavas.

Collegiate School,
May tist. IS&
Dear Mr. Oreavea—Mr. W. Talbot has jest !ironer me
a letter which I accept with in. greatest possible pleasure •
and y bees not the slightest hesitation in WI wing
every imputation upon your personal and professional
cluiracter'which may have occrioned you any pain. Most
sincerely do I hall this correspondence se the first streak
of light in the heavy clouds that have lately covered our
horizon.
Believe me, yours sincerely,
r.'s.
P.S. —Mr. W. Talbot has kindly undertJowlaken toI deliver
this.
The inhibition alluded to was that my curates were not
to ask Mr. Ellis to assist them in their duties.
ID. Bilis having quoted a letter of mine to show that I
aa. pmaeuting Mm, I give this letter—(written at a time
when legal action wee being forced upon us by sour of the
boudboat err in fall, that you may Judge whether It
Justifies in the lewd the interoree Put upon it by
Mr. LB&
Pcers7Ath,
Dear Mr. Ear Yon are wholly in error in supposing
that any or hae poisoned my mind against you, Of that
I.venmuteou of any wish to take the boys away
from ray bse. I have always given you radii for
deolded Synngellical principles. and so feel the more
sullichsel that you should object to attend St Mary's.
Surely you cannot really value my ministry. if for sore
small inconvenience you withdraw yourself and your boys
to • church which most be mainly worked by • coati
rratilyoung sad inexperienced ministry. I feel sure
freely admit that were we selecting a new
road Master, we might most fairly require the acceptance
of the resolution regarding Church attendanok and it is
on general principles, not from any lack of en deuce in
yon. that the truster have asked von to it. If
however, yeo feel It " &galling and restriction,'
and would yourself to attest St. Mary s, the
trustees might I think reasonably be irked to withdraw
it
Kr. Talbot sells we that your remark to him was "If
Mr. Graves would but trust um I would do nothing In
Pun him or kinder his work. will you not then. on DV
geeeing you of my entire willingness to trust you, end of
Oairniiioll that your withdrawal to Christ's Church
Would hinder my work, and ae it would most certainly
11111204 NIA sae, return to St. Mary's, I on my part
trustee to leave out the ranee as to &web
fur ergunerat's arce that we are !'• error
In wishing
Cautirlid-Pt. Marys. rill this Justify M. IS
Um. 11 Ileveleme the school la trek and
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