The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-23 00:00:00

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(also • welldroown some In Ibis bows and sehthboarbood)
mound to build & ethoolboose which schoolhoest wee
it pertly by the said Sir Robert N ;pp r sad hie good
lady, the rest by money collected of te the first greet
fin, and Purl by the gift of some of the townsmen.
Here smith we Got c nasty? centimes and worthy
toasty? ladles ((or lam lumpy t say Ludy Hemet) woo
hieing and sidebar le the proasotloe of the building,
*alerting and oohing more effeetim the Gracomsr School
of D wchester. The next person I led spoken of in the
✓ecords to hr. Hobert Othele. Hs wee the selmo'nuater,
and began te new-build the school is 1615, raised op the
old school, and wallet in the geodes. Ile bad the help
of welledispoesd gentlemen of the coolly. mote of i•lioot
bad been he scholar., hut the burden was chiefly barns
by the inhthitents of tke town So there again we 614
the inhabitants of the tows showing their mittstli enn
more then their angety, became it displayed their
practice co-operettas and meistsiem in whet is most
arective—taaa•ly In assisting te build. Promote. and
extend the buildlnp owl the premises of the school.
"And yet onto this day, con need the mow& "lb.
Illost charge of bulldine
_sad Nestling the same this sod
without rune out of Kr. Cheek's own purse; and the
rerosieler.goes ea to Bar " la Doff like to be reimbersed
the same. I sm sure we au bops good Mo Omek
WWI reimbursed the same, and we entortiele the 'woe
holm end •Wws ad the good chronicler. but I am afraid
they were not carried out quite so sooesedelly se wee
expected. beaten we find. In *further port of the records.
that • ram of Motley was oelooted after Mr. Cheek's death
to reimburse his widow for this expenditure Tbe hen.
gentleman continued the school heel bed, like 'Very other
sacient institutioo, its ups and its duns; it had
nourished at times, and, be was sorry to say, it hod
rather been the reveres at other times. There was
emeetratde minute which illestrated raker fordhly the
stets of the country in the troobleous time, of the reign
of Charles I. After the date of 1619 they fouled this
Ideate in the oorooreti 0 no ends ;—" At • canton= I
with Kr. Reeve OMlCirning en usher to be armoured, it
wog resolved that Kr. Gower—(whoever he might be, but
perhaps he filled the °film now so h 'pourable 6141 by his
tool ilettd on bta right, Kr. Giles Bymood..)—(Kr.
Symons explained it wee the Rev. Stanley Gower, rector
of Holy Trinityl —O. was molted that Mr. Gower too
&pared by his brother toweansen to write uoto Kr.
Langley that the usher earth he bed provided for the
place should have as salary CM • yen. bailee rifts and
se forth. arid withal that Kr. L motley be Informed of the
low colditlon of the school, and iroe few bine tiers be."
I Thet was • very sad ,t .t', but be soppood it was not •
little stiributeble to the very disturbed Mete of the
country, and which might mthe thou all thankful tee,
lived in the rood time. of Como Vi itoris—bpplausel—
when there you no one, certainly net one present erLo
would wish t e rase • lieges molest her. (theldeuty.)
They lived in quiet times. he was ham to ese,
...I therefore they might hope for bettor times forth.
school. Then the minute west cm, after speaking of the
low condition of the school, en t how tow bps there be,
" cod it Wine cemmended to Mr. Roves for his considere-
boa whether it were not bettor that he did relinquish
hie oboe having lost his esteem both In the town and
, moiety, wan en, longer to °patinae schoolmaster to the
orsi ode, of Vs* tows and ectiool." [tweeted ha have been
Well debated, for it further said "After one day's delete
the further debate bawl woe pet or to be bad at
(lowa's house," and so forth. St it appeared there was
no cloture in those days, for there was another debut on
the next day, end he bat no doubt it was thoroughly
diseased. He wee for from saying or wiebbut to cite this
exactly se • parallel in all reePoote te whet hut meetly
*marred ; the EA., had told them that the school hut
not been pros ne. but that day they all hoped for
better times; t still he cited it as sem* Mistreat:a of
the anxieties and owes that fall upon those who, with
lomat/, had to (timpani, the offices of governors of the
school. As he bad obeerved,they Ind for some years past
been obliged opessrerl.y to beer thesidemble complaints
of the state of the school, sad that It was not &tummies
the ends for which it was designed; but he could assure
them they were es *axiom se any of the Inhabitants of
this town that the ochool should be effioient and Puler=
all the good purposes far which it was letenaed.
Before ha went into the present date of the
echoed, or whit had been rsessitlf dons, he
made • few Interesting relmoks es to those who had held
the honeureble offict of meet ice of the school, among
whom were to be found namse—ellhouth he did not say
of CMOS distinction, but still men of lemming. One
gentlemso, to whom great local interest attached, was
that of William Thornton. rector of Stafford, who bad the
happiness of Imolai amongst his 'cholera one dear
to Dorset mess, no lees • men than our excellent c tante
igeoefeu. Hutchings. (Applause) He said Y.. Thornton
had the happiness of haying him for • ecluler. hec suss it
wseemede. If not entirely, through his scholar !duetting,
that bit name would go down to Poeterttr- Then there
were 12%050N known to many of them. such as Cutler.
Diyir. and Mathew. There were among them now some
old pupils o! Kr. Davis; his goal friend 0 dont Biethue.
end Ph brother. memhers of a family who had lived in
Dorset lathe pet neat seat of Male imhs for many centuries
—a good old stook from which mom men who had done
good service to the country and to the State, had sprung,
toed unwept them be must my there Wet. but is. u
any, more honoorsd or respected then his goo I (dent
C Bingham. •od his broths,. the R iv. Charles Bingham,
whose lost they had B. sustained, and which
everybody deplored. Turning to the present petition of
affair,. they war, well swore, owing, t e various dream-
et them they bed been in conddecable OUR iulty
for some time, and the school had not Fawned
its great objects. Amongst other difliculies they
had experienced that which was • v•oy common
one, and that was the went of vsoue ie. When
It first earns lob' their duly to Gambler what they could
do to rotors the school to i 5 original oositien which
it was intended to occupy. thee bait to look aboat them to
see how the foods ceuld be rattail for rebuilding and Im-
proving the Grammar School. They found first of all that
since the new system of oducetioe, since the laws for
elemeetsey education had been waved, by which moms
had been provided • loot elementary school in Dorchmter,
Cast that sae toil,. adequate and seal fo• the
instruction of the working elamm in this good town That
relieved them, or rather relieved s yse ctOter of the
charities whets he would mention presently from the
duties which hid been &Mattel to them for tee purposes
for which they had bon froede I. Thera woe the founds-
tion of the borouch of D tech ster known so J ;
the foundation known as ties Under or Triaity School, tee
aed the foundations of Mary Stran Lgways, era
Pitt, and Hassey I over. lie bed bono uo' Wagon*
of the trustees of the last of them charities, and he hoped
they emelt think they WA been pretty good stewards, for
they had not dissipated titer means. When they found
that this element ary school was so well established (thanks
to .me putlemen whom be saw present. in • erect
measure). and carrying out the objects whisk some of
these charities had in vIOW, namely the education of the
working men of the poorer classes in Dorchester. it
recessed itaelf to them that the niatrifttla of the charities
taint no longer directly required for that particular pur-
pose (there being no such establishment; as tsir
elementery schools in the days when them charities were
founded) that they might be doing their duty in propane'
to the Charity Commissionen, or to they were then. the
Endowed Schoole C ;mmisaioners, that the fonts at the
disposal of these charities skoald he combined with the
means it the command of the governors of the Grammar
School, and that by putting this together, a fund might
be raised equal to the necessities of the Crammer School,
that was to ray, by combining these several fan& they
might raise sables t money to erect the building whieb they
saw before and around them, and which they hoped those
interested ia tie* school would take the opportunity to
inspect, and that they would be plessed to express, coat
least to entertain. • booty sooroval of what they had
tone. Tbe 010120 Y ;chiefly, be might My, proceeded from
the two charities of the foondetlons known is Kerr
Strang ways and Lora Pitt, ant Massey Fluor's sheeny.
That Irma the way is which they set about welting the
means for raisin( the buildings which were now before
them- It was thee.tof team necessary to have what
was celled • scheme, that was the rile of laws or rule.
• drawn up at the rucseetion partly of the rovernore of the
School. sod nodn the epprovel tind with the improve.
men's nod WA tioes the Bedewed Schools Committeemen,
mod Chwity Commissioners might think fit to mike to
thous- The result 'of these pot :tidings was the
scheme which he held In hie hand wee laid before Her
Molest, le Oonnell'on the 14 h dey of August, 1679. and
that scheme, couteinieg the rales and rood Alone of the
Grammer School for tOe future, rim Avid Her Melesty'e
meroval and then, brine le'd atom the table of the
House of 0 nelsons were there approved, pad in canto
queue theme became the roles end regbletioss which
bound them at the present day. It would be out of
Tome to dawilit them by (01• C St any length In/0 those
rules sad regelations, bet he bristly elleded to them,
end first of all to the mode of admissioe". In 614 time
that so bet' abewld be "del"te" well
grounded In the eocitheoce which wool& seem to point to
an exclusively clanked ohm thou. But they had
✓eceived Information from the god people of Dar.
detester. infamies them that what they wanted was not
so athirst/ a eimeical edoestioo, bat an education that
would fit there for the various pursuits in life which were
owed on in business in various ways in this town of D or-
eltester—bppkusel—en *dimities sometimes called soon-
resonal education. The oousosomuse of thst bad been, so
fire. the rule of admission went, that the original rule
was altered, and that the law now was that boys thould
be required not to fall below (as much above es they
plate& fo- they bail no objection to soy amount of towe-
led resoling, writing from ifictstion. the first four rules of
arithmetic, &ed the mullpliestios tables This was the
qualificetioa for the admission of • boy; but he would he
timid far beyond that. he hoped, whilst at schoot
(Laughter.) 71m annual fees tor the town boy' under
clime* 41 Ovoid be as follows For boys boot
$ to 15 mem, five guineas ; from 15 to 1.5. eight 'Onus ;
sad from 15 to 17,415 After 15 there wee • higher rate.
Probably there would ho Nome p-omisint boys eho would
be expected to dietleguish themselves In Mersey ways,
and If they staved on aftw ties' •ge of coons MI would
be Instructed in higher scale of 'knowledge: Ireton
they should pay an advanced rote for such lestroctiou,
and that, th y hoped and believed, would meet the
requirements to s great extent of those who mOrbt have
boys whom they were wiling should webs such extra
coarse Ho wee of raid he bad det timed them rather lone,
but, whoa them were otos the bos nese of re•ocenint the
reboot slier It, toying bees In abeyance f some Teem
he thonght it would not be unfitticie at Vete time to
resell them to their orioles% commeocemeet, to their
, t o the varied phases throaoh which the ached
MOrseed, sad lolly to Inform them very briefly of the
Posilloo in which they nen stool. lie hoped • good
future wan before them. (Applause.) in one Point he
was undid they would Improve In petition because
from the nature of their property. it was sp improving
property It bad bees et out on the old system of lives,
and these lire., &Miura he should be sorry to my see-
thing tinkled to their Gustiest t n into snit lessee's, were
con duly felling in—(lanotiber)— end, as they fell in, they
would readily know that the Moses of the oohed would
Increase, and though, by his ego he could not expect to
see It, many, he dared say, is that room would re that
reboot bovine an lowtme @raise from its foundations
very different to what It was at the p Anent moment.
(Applies.) Is shore, se far as their meths and non cm
went, he thought there was no detain whatever that their
rplates would be one of prnerset, and not of fifties beck.
oirlaw Re booed le &nether nowt It might augur
welter lb, (atom. The worthy Kay w had spokes of the
gentlemen erbo wee shoot to enter upon his dation as
master of that school. To the gov tenors, rwrl'aosi the
selection of their future es *ter was one of their mot
difficult tacks. They had, they wore proud In say. &Mei-
cations from a vary Win enotbwr of Ssat'ool, • eXprOONal
their mediums sod dm ire to undertake the duties of the
school; and be need not say they had 'reef candid enable
diffieulty is coming to the romoltuirm at which they
ultimately arrived. Kr. Elogloo, even if he did not
econmence for come time, perm st blast ides at the well-
known school at Mariberoogh. TOorehe wee well-known
t scone of hit (thy op eker'd Mende, who were then idiom.
The motor at that time wan& yowl sad eminent man. the
with'. Dun of Westminster. Or. Beedley. He had the
hoion of mquaintsec t with him, and amongst other
recenemendttions bowlered is Immo o' hr. Kingdom was
tele teat w; Irked with him WWI higbly, and that wasthe
reotommendation from the Doan of Weetmintt to. At
Marlborough be obtained • wholarehlp at C trout Christi
C l'ege, Cambridge, where he obtained his degrees, sad was
also mend-cleat In C'assiot Aler that he proceeded to
Rugby. Soil would he nee, Kr. Leedom came to them
with sold sutures for the Imbue. and he tooted be Wont
net be disappointed. He trusted In this cahoot an Ili.,
good Manila that bad boo grade alloded might be
mutest and that they might see the boys and the youth
of porwhoter here mosteine as education oleic% woad at
them for the various difilloeltien Oriels, and Arsenio' of
life, and that bees they would mere for themselves • name,
and Moore the mutation of the Grammer 83Iwwl of the
ancieat Among% Of llerobester. (Apoleose.) The bee.
mtleman then istrodoced the sew Heed Master, Kr.
Leiden, for whom he requested a hearty greeting.
Mr. KIWIDO7I. who wes net warmly applauded. said
he should balm some difildenoe in stelae a- few words to
them that morning were it not that he wee assured they
had all come there with an sec-nest desire for the progress
of the schofi—Omplaneel—sted did not their wann applause
assure him that they come there peeper d to teke se
interest in the school_ (Applause) 15e would premier not
detain them more than about two or three
Minable. brat Perhaps they woad like to kw me or two
this(' he might leave to my about the working of the
school. Pixel of all, they would bogie Work every mon.

lee at • moat, la aim. noir course AI Inetractiou was
known to most of them; It would erearftes all that wit'
put down In his prosiortas. and beside that be had
engaged • man who to • emit al hood at teacbine Meeker
elsertricity, magastista, an chemistry. They would beans
every morning with more niters. instructia. aid after
the there would be three houra wliCh woold naturail
divide themselves into asesice, Preach. and mathomatoct
in the afternoon there would bo two boars' work.
beginning at three o'clock. At pliant it had been
thought betar that there shoot &be two balf-I.lo4tial:
evehal&rosk
day on wt,:rastyr
bflit:ordtrisit'tViithw.
should there be Ittly occaConwalorilt! (to illghtl) ree
woo subject he bat t s say one or two words shoal was
that of pmlehmeat. Now that mounded • very terrible
subject, but their MOMS would be to give very small
punishments indeed, bet at the same time to see that
thee were very well dose, sad they shoald maks atom es
annoying. potable. (Laughter.) A great mane Paws"
had no doubt sera the school desks ; be was very well
satiated with them earl he thought every one who had
looked at them would be =ea satisfied with the sin and
the shape of them. They might bo sere he sboul Le
down upon any boy who b o arvinx his saw °Pah °at
Leeks. (laughter.) Ho c mid not At down wit lout
saying how proud he felt of b :lonians t much • grand
'Moot as tkci of the Dorchester Grammar School—
(adoplause)—on• that data so far heck lu history, and wee
really au old historical school. (Solarise.) Iro• depend
anon it, it wee • grad thieg for boys to fed ihst they
belonged to an oil and well.estabhabed school. (Her.
hear.) Tarry would feel if they were ever tempted to do
aarthiug man or wrong 'No,! ma.' not do at, for I
belong to Dorchester (karma School." (Applause.) Ho
Pei.h be had dot Med them too long emu now,
bu ba t ore he sat down be must ems mite thank the
goveraore tor the very great kinds'so sod consideration
with which he bad always mtt at their hands; for be
was sue no one could have taken greater lot rest or more
trouble with the school than the g 'reason had token.
He c out' ooly express his earnest desire for the surer
art lbs school, and t experts the hops that he shoold
away Ido bit duty. ( &masa. )
The KATO& sell Mn. Kingdon had t • certain extent
taken t to wind out or his sails by be remark, r apectiag
the deska, for he was groins to i agate where Woes One
old dike were, with all t tomorrow, oats of ma%
sad other One pieces of carving. (Laughter.) He was
awing to ask whether they had bees sat to the British
Karam and there card ally preserved. (brighter.) But
alter Kr. K.ngloa's remake he thou d say n ottani more
about It. Ai they our, all aware toe house, with the
exception of that floe old soltootroota. had been retool
1.
It bad berm considerably entail' A. art be thought no ono
who bestow rah wi,th °roughly an arected it frOM the top tote*
bottom. would conte to any cotetuaon but that it had ben '
laid oat with the greatest taste, and ci blue regard to the
comfort of the Inmates. He th nicht the Praia credit
was due to the atettitea foe the very able manlier in
waste she hart lad oat the butidin f. not also to the builder
for the able meaner la which he had carried out the
architect's lastrualoos. He bed. therefore, gletatitaante
Is proposing a vote .1 thanks t . Crtokmay to Mr.
D ate. whom he was happy to see amongst than.
(Apples's.)
Mr. CLICK'S &T. In reply, assured them he had
eadmvourwl to give the very hat moolosiodadlos ho
Aral I, omartunt with the amount of mossy to be
expended. The buildings limy saw More not the wbola of
the Wiliam contemplated by the [overage% Ica by and
bye, when lb, toads parmitted. they Proposed to
put up another, sad probab:y other chearcians.
TM builder's nuns hat been useatiotted es to the
excellent sumer In which he bad performed his work.
For his pat, ha could say he (the architect) had been
I well secondel in his work by his eon; but he could also
I say to, builders had girled out their work In a way
most satisfactory laderd to him. He could not say that
In say balling the idiom of two rasa always exactly cola-
ceded; butwherever there had bee. • &dame* of opinion or
my Tastiest as to work requiring to be altere it timl
been altered In the most cheerful sad satisfactory mummer.
He could ay, with the greatest OMlldOcte.t, that the work
is that LAMINA was dose ia as most saisiecdory and
substantial meaner. (Antonia)
Kr. 0, MOM (of the Arm of Davis Son) thsaked Mr.
Onchm op for the remarks he had us ado in his behalf. lie
was pleased to flad be had c soledt oot the work In a satis-
factory manner. The work hal been gams on lot over II
menthe, and there hal b co no hitch In the tetildiag and
no accident of any kind, n tither hal there been was angry
word between the architect an I the battler. (Applause.)
Yr. R. WILLILIII, in falcate a terms, proposed • vote of
thanks to the Myer for his conduct to the chair. CAP-
plane.)
Colonel Batottau seconded the proiraition.
His WORSIIIP in reply, said tf Ito feeble efforts in the
char had contributed In say way t the sue ess of the
meeting— which had been a most pleamat otte—he C mid
wore them be was amply repaid. (aPlallost.)
: Mr. Ifttateit, as the oldest governor present, and wallies
he might gig the oil set mut in the room, barged to
declare that the school was now open. (APPlehee-)
Mr. E. Patrice proposed • vote of thanks to Mr.
/toyer, who had supsautood• 1 the arrangements in co,.
maim with the school, ani with whose p. ud ince and
ability they were all welt acquainted. Under his auspices
the County Aram was built, and which was very nearly
eat of debt; end for the wart which brand his cadjators
had does foe this institution they could not be Iso thank-
faL (Applause.) Ile sboald be glad toon cratal.t o the
Itaid Meeter on his scansion to Is now duties, and he
ctratalsted the town aLo on the re e matt silos of this
sient school. He thought they might prongs. Mr. King-
dom that he would have goof raw material to fork up ms.
He could Moot:on many mn in f),,cht.tor who hat
distinguished themselves in literature—he coicht mend. a
the Dames of ths Stone's. the Lock's. the la ma', and
there was also soother astue that should not be berates
—Ur. TrlbuL (Applause.) If the promised toe uprising
pneretiou was like that of the pair, the master would not
fall in god raw material to work upon. (applause.) It
was of great advantage to every town to bare such no
Institut on se this, sad in them that, sa Mr. Foyer
It A remarks i, were rather more active than the past
(s methods too scare for some, though h c,uld not toy
too act Lye for him), it was, he though*, • ergot advantage
that huitruction such as would be afford' at that school
should be given ; for, with toe enlargem.nt A kneel Ace
and • higher setae of moral duty which such instruction
would eve, they would mad 10-th the mocabere of tee
younger gmeratioa hater men an I better citizens
(ApAiines) He hop* wit's all throe Pr•el tilt, that 'hit
revival of the school fright be a mecca. It had ban, as
Arad, remarked, soms time in abortive% and. slthouth
he clad not my it had risen from its ashes. It had
swehmed from I, state of autpendel onimMiost. no
lamed that anew and viotorou • life was to:II ru It.
Yr. PUY= achnowkagoi the comp intent He Invited
the pompon, tom tko a thorouch ire seLial of the school
buildiags, sad the orraaseutents made for the comfort of
the pupils.
Light refreshments had been Provide 1 by the
Govereors, and were psitaken of in an adjoining
room. The larce company diopersed on their tour A
Inspection, and minutely examined the various to stores of
latereet la the Khoo. Toe dormitolee were part eularly
attractive t the boys, who espied emote mass for a
ty of gymnastic skill should the 00Co•i01 003ur. The
araitarit displayed greet consideration for this weakness
of the lads, for • better gymnasium could Namely have
been devised. The expressicoms of opinion oa the arrange-
ments generally were most sat idactory.

Hill's Exhibition • •
Btrungorayeennd Pitt's 1000 0 0
Foneen 3too 0

£1439 0 8 £153 14 0
These are our charged with a payment of 1:12 • year
to the Stinsford and ktockhesapton N4lrnat School,
Out of the Government St mk it is pr..vided that •
Repairs and Imp•ovement Fool, am oonfing to ten-
thirds of £l,OOO, shell be formed, ant ultil it is £2O
a year shall be set aside for ',wake.

The building is in Upwey or Bitioomhe stone in random I
courses. chopped-in Nos, pointed in dark mortar; the
dressinirs are of Omit= stone, smiths root is unwed with
tiles. Th. style is the X sly part of the MI Contort, nod
Is extent the buildings cover 570 superficial yards. They
abut upon the strew, which here is narrow, and this is
the only fault that can tot found with thew Admission
is given under a handsome doorway. shove which is an old
Oiel window, both having been taken from the old front
and preserve!. On the ground Purr, adj dein; the
principal entrants, is the assistant master's sitting roots,
and contiguous thereto Is the schoolroom, on the north
side being the dinint-hall, which it 314. by Pit . the boys'
corridor loading to the class-room and playground, on one
tilde of whkh provision is made for boys hats ant cape.
an tenths other s.de separate lockers for each boy. A,
the end of this and doss to the spac'out playground is the
day lavatory and a room for boys Mosta and slippers. Oa
the drat Per is the matron's sitting and eardrobe•rootn,
and tea largo dormitories are Weill tad up with cubicles,
=skins • separate division for each Wit ; • third
doesn't try has been provided on the second dole. Adjoin-
log the dormitories on each floor are levatories, the floor
lined with load. water laid on ant taltsn away from each
basin, end half-way between the first wad second Olen I.
• bath-room. SOW up with bstha with hot and cold water
laid 96 4 sock-rown has been provided for the boys, wall
isolated from the other part, of the builltiii:he master'.
south
house Is on the sou side trlf the school bl butte direct
communication therewith by means of a oe on etch
awe ; the escommodatth consists of dining-roan, draw-
ing-room, study, and eve bedrooms. In ths thesnent is a
specious hitches. in which, for sesvins to the dining-hell,
there were also 'WWI, lernate-hsil, lordem, glare and
china pantry, and other dices, and • servants' stair. ass
communicates with es* floor of the hows and with their
bedrooms on the second door. The old schoolroom has
been used saga. but 1-mrthened fi feet, and is now 41 feet
by 101, and shout 14 feet high. The old window we.
re-opened in order to give oross-ventilatlos, to which we
may renoark the WM{ careful stumtiou has bean paid
throughout the building. The schoolroom Is heated by
the old ipso fire,saca with a Wright's hop-air grate. It
Ls fitted with dual desks, so that the masters may list
wows be-every boy without disturbing othera The old
carved oak soma, with the nonva of many a wholes cut
In It, fills an entire end of the ram. The stairs:sass by
which the dormitoriss are reached ate all of stone, and
there is • goal deal of tile pavement in norridom, this
having been suppli d by Mtwara. Carter, of Poole.
Advantage has been taken of one quaint 1 ttle opening
at the side of • short staircase to introdwm a bit of old
otk bannister work with pleasing effect. In the
toles thrre is a separate cuticle f ,r each boy, except tie
, smaller ones, who have an op it dortolu T.:. The warm-
ing sad ventilating is on a complete so stern throughout
the building, and warm air is takes from Wnght'. vett •
, let ng store sit etrriel up to heat the dormitories. Tee
hitch.. is 11U .1 with • lane kitchen,. mo 4 • lift to the
,dlntsg hail. The aichlt ot is Mr. (le wge Cricks's'', of
, Wavmooth, and the wcrit his beo @unwed since Joly,
i 1851, by Mos tri Davis and 800, of I) few jr. within
, the amount of ths wiriest esti.uat• if the archituct, and
at a c set of about £5,000.

The scheme for the adobe Oration of the fours la.
Don. eat en iowtnents of the Free oe Grammar ech ol
at Dorchester wa. approve 1 by Her Majesty on the
lith ef Augo.t, 1879. It deals with the foundations d
Lb. Free or Grammar !School, Hill's Exhibition, the
Under or Trinity 8 hoot. the hospital, and the
charities of Id Strangwaves and Lora Pitts, and
Homey Yloyer. It is or Wei toad the Governing
Body should ro mast of sloven metu'oera, viz., one ex-
offido, five represen•ativs, and firs coo itatire. The
sx.ollici o is the SI sy..r for the time being; the
representatives; are elect d, three by the Town Cannel
of Dorchester, and two by the Justices of the County.
The first coo .tativse were 11r. Floyer, M.P., 11-. John
Frannie Hodges, Mr. R rt Deets. Henry Frampton,
Req., of Moreton, and Robert William., the y 'no :er,
Esq. Thera coo,ot give, serve forth. term of seven ye ,rs ;
vacancies are to he filled by the Governors, and
approved by Oa Charity Commissioner'. Owing to
Lb. death of Mr. Frump, es, a vamaicy occurred, and
the Board of Governors is now formsd as actor :
The Right Honorable the Earl of Eldon, E ,cosubs,
Wareham; A. 8. Sheridan Eeg,lKlng.ton 11 ;
Major Hindersleiy, Clefts, Doechestar ; John Floyer,
Req.. ILP., West Btalford ; R. Williams, Jon . P.
Brideshead ; R. Devis, Req.. G. Curiae, Esq., U. J. G.
Gregory, Eeq.t A. Pope, Esq., .1. F. Hodges., E.g.,
Dorchester; the Mayor of Dorchester for the tims
being. Religious opinions are not In any way to air, t
Lb. qualifications of Governors. The sohool is to be
a day and boarding school. with provision for not less
than 70 day scholars and 30 boar&es. As it usual in
all these schemes. the Governors have abeolute pooer
of dismissal over the master, who in turn has similar
pew.r c 4 d 62118.41 al regards the saaistant masters.
The head meter is to 0.13 sive • stipend of £l2O a year,
and not less than £2, or more than ES, from each boy.
The tuition fee Is to be not lees Dun E 5, or m re than
02, per boy, end Use charges for boarders are not t
be more than FAO In • hostel, or £5O in • master's
house. Scholar' are t be admitted at eight years, end
must leave at 17, and the school is to be open to Ai
boys of good character and sufficient health, and wl,O
will bare to undergo an entreat* examinotion of •
very simple kind. There Lea dense of special evontr•
lion from religious instruotion ; Greek may los taught
for an extra fee cf £.l a year. ESO yowl) is so be
granted, when it can be afforded, in arstol is* to
holders of echolarships, not more than £lO to warm°.
Exhibitions may be established. From a return mule
by an order of the House of Commons, in 1867, it
seems that the charities now absorbed by the Grammar
School were of the following value :

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZET PE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1883,

Mr. E. L. KINDIULIf thought it would be well hawing been shot in the neiglib eurhold of the
for the ineetbg to know how much mosey wits heart. Under ordinary oireurnstarscar, gentlemen of
waht t I. the grand jury, if you fin! "utE:ient in th a testimony
The CHAIRMAN gild hi thought that matter would of One Or two witnesses who are brought before you CO
be for thecumusittee to d red le. eh aw there is a print (Jae One aile'llet the Party
Mr. 11. II Matepter as sla a thought that at inch a charged each as to make it right to pat him upon his
large wed influential meeting cc t tat, it would be ad trial for the offence, you do not go fur.her, but I think
Tillable to aimed du the amount required. this is a can in which I ghoul! ask you to hear the
The Hog. drcarrAir stet el that the am mat name I whole of ths evideethe. You will fled that • labourer,
by Me. Relcliffe was £BOO • year. I•. w aul.l. however, on the farm for the purpose of shooting Weds, had •
be for the comm Ate• to ace What etAll Ib r d vie in the gun loaded. A day or two before this unhappy
matter. transaction, be took that gin into the stable, took off
In the c aunts of forth'r discussion. on the subject. the cap, sod left it In the stable upee • beam or
the Cethieurae remarkeal that slthough the hunt did some each place in the Adel*. About trn mientes
tenant farmers • great deal of dam age, they never before this uohappy event the father pawed threngh
heard a', compl Ants, and the farmers liberal sup- the stable, and saw this gun was there, not capped or
p acted the hunt. cocked. He brought it into the borne, and pet it
Mr. Cove sal lb. was always gla Ito see the hounds down in the re truer of the room where the sisters
on his land. He believed the ho at did more good than were, or In some ro MI adjoioing—it is not very
harm, material which, This was only ten minutes
Mr. limier MAT) • aid hi hal preverved foamfar before the guo was taken up by the 1.1, and the result
20 years, anl h ape! he would Coatiatle Cc do sole long of which was this unfortunate event. Toe boy'a
as he lived. statement is to the effect there was no cap on the
Mr. V. B. WATCH Wall he had always felt a great gun, that be snapped It; the lather's testinsoey points
pleasure in p tag faxes for the hunt. in the same direction—that ten minuted bet re there
Tee CHAIRM AN then propos rri, an 1 hiajor•General was no cap on it. The p ,liceman w sii called upon the
HeNaING necobale 1, that the following geutlemen be spot stood immedmtely af :stewards. soil to in-I the
appoiuted a c enutittee to strtei It r the hts: means of gnu r weedy discharge I, but no remains of • cap upon
raising the necessary sin mot :--Sir William M .rriott, it. How far it may b, possible. by the previon, ex-
Captain Fides% Mr. W. H. Bryui r, Msj wt.:sward plosion of a cap, that rause portion of the detonating
lieuni g, and bi. F.riuharso a. powder, forming the interior of the cap, may remain
Carrie I onenim aus y. upon the nipple, and when the hammer goes down
The CHAIRMAN having invite:l th tut wh a might be upon it produce an explosion. I cannot say; probably
dig, wed Lo subserib, in the r omn, seto-al eubseriptione some of you gentlemen may have ha I stepwise:me .
ware tome li dely annou cr I, amounting to about in that ddestion, but it appears to we to be the
£lOO. "tie C tatimen, remarkiug further up ni the only way in which, if thero had been any cep,
feting alf io the auleecriptioare, stole( that eineo the it could have explo led. Referring t e the law
winter of 1871430 they bad lo.t £295 iu eubteriPtiont, on the matter, the Judge Went on to say
but ha could not bad more than £5O bee dee, which If a person points a gun at another aed draws the
they ought to have loet. lie Impel they woul ibe trigger, knowing it to be loaded, it is murder; if he
able to rase th i ear:loot t' induce M • Radcliffe to points it, not knowing whether it is los led or not, and
retain tln tn %tie enip of the houods. Ile al o spoke not taking any pains to auertain whether ills or not,
of the iudtott it.e •of re4ultrettletcrib.rs and p.m:duality the off nos is manslaughter. Then there Is • third
in the la •y.aeut of s tbocriptionv. view of the case, which some judg as have c rnsidered
A d,,us too taco to tic pit • with rederente to the sufficient to re lucre the crime from manslaeghter
desirebiloy of startitg a keep 're' fond, go as to relieve tr what is really not a crone aocideat from init.
the mast tr of the la .nude if the expense of earth. adventure. If • person, diechargiog a gun,
stot4nit• and when he pulls the trigger, hat reason to
Mr. :Smut suggest.d that slob a food would be very believe that the gun is not lo vied, having taken
usertil. the palms to ',certain as fu as ha can if the gun
Toe 041111111 N also spoke in favour of the pr aposal. be loaded or not—l he bee reseonalde cermet e believe
He thought the earth-swirling generally was very it was not, thee that would amount to misadventure
defective, and that regular earth-ttoppers should be only, not manslaughter. Alter these observations I
employed, who knew the country, • t that they might mutt leave the case for your coasiderati an, and I am
not be running • fox to earth three or four tunas a sure you will give it all the cons! leration you
day. Ile thou.tht the master should, if possibM, be can, aid apply to it all the experience yore power.
relieved fr am the payment of earth-stoppers. These are the only two caw to efeleh your
Mr. F. B. Yore sail his experience had been that attention will be drawn to-day, and I will ask you now
it was • very difficult matto to keep up an earths to retire to your room.
stopping fuud.
The CHAIRIRN said there were several p'moes where
the fur always ran to earth, and somebody was at fault
in the matter, though it was not the master. Ile
thought • go ad deal might be d me if they got 40 oe
50 subscribers to • fund for the purpose of paying
earth-Rupp ere
On the motion of Mr. HURT h/OTO. NC 'Tided by
Mr. DOMINO, it war resolved that Messrs. Cave,
Spicer, 11. Mayo, arid Budden, with lancer to add to
their number, be app rioted • committee to receive
subscritti rns for the purpote.
A hearty vote of thanks having been pureed to Mr.
Berner for presiding, on the motion of Major-General
likkeilll6, the meeting terminated.