The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board took place st
the Board-room on Friday, when there were preeent
the Rev. R. Hurdle, (chairman) ; Mr. Thomas
Hoskins, Mr. J. Wood, Rev. T. P. Vowlee, Copt,.
Draper, Mr. Joseph Penny, Mr. Joseph Foot Mr,
W. H. Longman, Mr. Thomas Dampier, Rey. W,
Hughman, Mr. G. Trask, Rev. W. Harbin, Rev. A,
Heighton, Mr. 3. C. Hebditch, and Mr. Charl,
Trask. The usttril relief busirrees having been gone
through the master of the trnion reported that the
little child which was found on Heniord-hill some
few weeks' since, and brought Into the house, had
died this week.
Mu. W ODD'S Bawatv.—The Clerk (Mr. Bobder)
read the following • communication which he had
fromthe
salaryreceived
of WthoeodP,°othre La
late w mßeodairdcal I.oefretee7ifnC!
Ilcheeter district,

I
Law Board, Whitehall, Ootober 7, 1862.
"Siß,—l am directed by the Poor Law Board to ao,
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant,
in which you enquire whether, in the opinion of the
Board, Mr. Robert Woods is entitled to be paid the
celery which accrued from the date of his suspension
from the performance of his duties as medical officer of
the third distfiat of the Yeovil Union, to the date of
his resignation on the 18th alt In reply lam
directed to state that as Mr. Woods resigned hi,
office, and was not dismissed by the order of the
Board after his' suspension by the guardians, he La
entitled to be paid his salary up to the date of hie
resignation.— I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, C.
Client, Secretary.
Tint SUPPLYING OF MEAT.—Mr. Dampier 'eked
the Board what was the reason why Mr. Jennings
had teketi the supplying of meat from Mr. Trimmed
fi.i oo ho w
venfttoaalothe mr
r butcher,Tiim had supplied whosuwpasnd m
not hos!,
for
20 years or more, and he thought it was vary Wong
that he should be deprived of doing so now without
any reason. He did not want for any butcher
to supply the meat in particular, but as he had
been asked to make ii:quiries he had done 80,
The Chairman said that the matter rested with the
relieving officer, and he co,old act LI be pleased.
ScHoot Comirrred's REPORT. The Rev. F.
P. Vowles read the School Cm.mmittee'll RePorts
which IFNI as follows
"We have examined the schools wi,.`h much eats,
and beg to present the following report. As reµrds
writing, that of the boys and girls is edeesdo.:3l7 geed,
and we notice with approval that progress is ai.4 in a
few children only, but throughout the school In e...". 11
class the improvement as shown by their copy boob, k
very satisfactory. It is less easy to traoe the emast
progress made from time to time in reading and mint'
studies, but we are glad to report favourably of their
present acquirements. Their religious knowledge is
fair, and they spell well; their reeding is geed,
although we should be glad to see a little more atten-
tion to the little words by some of the children, and
their knowledge of the rules of arithmetic is tolerably
fair. We have suggested to the schoolmaster to exer-
cise them in some of those practical modes of arithmetic
which will be useful tothem in the common affairs of life.
We regret to observe the absence of general intelligence
among many of the children. It does not appear to
prevent them taking in the lessons given them in the
school, but we think it must interfere with their
' succesi in after-life, for which it will be our aim to
prepare and qualify them. There is aLms coupled with,
and perhaps causing this, a great want of joyousness,
which private homes may perhaps have a tendency to
awaken in the young. We feel it to be within the line
of our duty to mention this, for we believe it to be
that the want of joyousness and of general intelligence
will lead to absence of self-reliance, and cause those
children to be contented with a workhouse life in after-
days, We would recommend that some books should
be added to the„library, especially for their we. We
also recommend that every opportunity should be-
taken of giving them healthy exercise and cheerful
walks, and even games, and that the diet should be con-
ducted on the present liberal and exceptionable scale.
The children's eyes appear to be better, sad their
general health appears to be improving. Their balite
at cleanliness and truthfulness are reported by Om
master and mistress to be satisfactory. The 'figundustrial trainer takes four girls in the morning andl
four in the afternoon, but she has been with them too,
short a time to enable us to see the resells Rh
opportunity should be lost of qualifying the Uri for
earning their own livelihood. There are some of them
now of an 'le to take situations as apprenticesfor as
farm labourers. The schoolmaster has taken geese
pains to teach the boys music:, and some of your come
mittee have noticed a considerable improvement in the
liveliness and energy of the boys since. In comparing
them with children out of the house, we bear in mindi
that they are shut out from all ordinary means of
knowledge, except books, and from much of that affee.-
tion which a fireside at home produees There are now
in the boys' school 25 boys, and in the girls' school 25,
girls, and five little boys.--Signed. F. P. Volum,.
THOMAS HOSKINS, JAMES PINNY.'
Mr. Wood remarked that a very sathilhatary state-
ment had been made to him by • person who came
from South Petherton, who told him that he had
taken five boys from the union, and their conduct
was exceedingly good whilst they had been with,
him.—Mr. Trask said the report gave him au&
satisfaction, as he had brought forward a resolution,
on the subject on a former occasion, and he,
entirely agreed with the report. He would sanest
that they should have a good library for the boys,.
and he thought it would have a most beneficial.
effect. For such a purpose he was inclined to the
taking in of periodicals, as by ao doing so the library'
would be accumulating. There was a point in the
report which had no reference to history. He did.
not know whether the School Committee had ex-
amined the scholars upon the history of their own,
country, but he thought it was a very important,
thing that they should be acquainted with the
events of their own land. Mr. Roebuck made •
speech at Salisbury the other day, in which he said
of a Salisbury man that be told him the Duke or
Wellington was dead, and actually the man did nit,
know who he was, or that there had ever been such
a man. Mr. Trask thought he would try the same
experiment and put the tame question to the child-
ren at the union, as they also were ignorant upon
the matter. Now if he had asked them anything
about the Israelites or Philistines, perhaps they could
have told him, but of the history of their own
country, and of its great men, they were ignorant.
If it was the opinion of the Board that some books
should be taken in. Ile thought they should contain
biographies of some of the greet melt of England,
and they would then see what difficulties those `nen
had to enoounter in obtaining the high position they
attained. He should not propose what books should
be taken in, but he thought they shoski be of •
secular character.—Mr. Penny said that the remarks
which Mr. Trask had made he thought called for
some answer. The question was, what sort of edited.
tion the children should have? The schookaaster
had told him that he was at ai
lose what to do, as one guardian told himi
one thing, and one another. In ancient history the
children were exceedingly ready with their.
answers, but in later dates they were very deficient
The schoolmaster would be very glad if the Board"
would inform him what he had to teach the.
children. He (Mr. Trask) thought the education.
should consist of reading, writing, and arithmetic,
as those branches of education would be wanted br
them at some future time. Let them be taught
something simple before they began anything else.
and the master would consider it a very great favour
if the Board would inform him what he was to do.
Mr. Trask said he thought the best books the
children could have would be those for which they
were most inclined for. That was a rule laid down
by Dr. Johnson.—The Rev. F. P. Vowles said it
was with that special view that the committee had
thesu g g
yeosotedo t—h•rt
heue cchhaibok
rlons sh
said ulr
respecting
p prod
tbe
ingv
bdoe fedoor:
cation of the young there could not be but one
opinion. They were much obliged to the non a aim
for their report, and they were determined t give
the children the best of education, in reading, writ-
ing, and arithmetic. He feared that they should
never be able to impart to the children that cheer-
fulness of which the committee had spoken about,
but they would on all occasions give them as much
amusement as they could. He thought music and
games were likely to be beneficial. He thought
they could not do better than leave in the bands of
the committee the selection of books.—Mr. Hoskins
said that a map of England was wanting in the boys
school-room, as when the boys wanted a maip they
were obliged to go into the girl's school-room. This
was agreed to, and the Board then broke up.

TROWBRlDOE.—Duc'rioNoy Frrrr TT.
SAND POUNDS WORTH or PROPERTY BY
FIRL—
Between three and four o'eAtck on Saturday morn*
a terrible conflagration broke out at Trowbridge.
Wilts, in the cloth factory'of Meters. Salter and Co.
The fire was first discovered through the barking of
a little dog belonging to Mr. W. Frame, the clerk
of the market, which awoke the inmates, and as the
house is opposite the factory the danger at once
became apparent. The cry of fire was quickly
raised, and soon the inhabitants began to flock to
the scene. The fire-engine belonging to the firm,
and one from Messrs. Webb's factory adjoining,
were brought to bear upon the fire at an early
period, but owing to the combustible mums of the
stock, which consisted of cloths, wools, and oil, and
the great hold the fire had upon the building, these
engines were comparatively useless, but were made
available in cutting off the communication Iron
Bethesda Chapel, erected in 1823, and which is
situated close to the factory. The loss is said to be
covered to only about one•third of its value by
insurance. About 600 people are thrown out of
work by the catastrophe. The proprietors of this
factory are the only ones in the town who had •
medal awarded them at the International Exhibition
for producing superior woollen fabrics.

Printed and published for the Proprietor, by CHARLES
WHITBREAD MILLARD, of Prince 8-street, Dorchester,
Printer, at the Offioe of The Dorset Comity Txpress.
Church-street, Dorchester, Tuesday, October 14,
1862.