The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-24 00:00:00

WINDOW!.
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUBIC.

A public meeting in support of the project of the Prince
of Walea for the establishment of • Royal C ogees of Music
in &island was held in filo Town Hall on Thursday after.
noon. The ch..r woe token by the Zul of S ief•esborl•
Arm thoa- torment wer • Lrd Alington. L ord Vaughan.
Roy. CI R. 16.Ilington, R-v. U William.. Rey. E Parnell.
1t,.. C. D. Saunters, Mr. Solseult Tindal Atkinson.
Malor.(l4noral Maclean, Dr. Crept, Masers W. Dmitri,
(1. 0 Bo or, Finley. C. it. W. Paikinson. D. Barry, Brine,
II T. Buddies. to.
The noble CHAIRMAN raid they knew the object for which
they were called toe tor, NMI terefore he would without
any preliminary obeetvatiwne ask Mr. Chore to ad kens
o tomtit,.
Mr. Gunton Muir; D.C.L. who ha. belt appointed
director I the promos d c Mew% in dI, was there that iley
at the eXpreno wish •if the Pr.nce of Wahw, and hi. object
• 1,/ put them In positoaion of the Teuton, which had
'red to the eitsiniahment of a R Cull-to of Music. and
h eit.uld he all to ',rove that thous 1., can. were very
yetis tinned end trey raittl. Tim (cling which existed
in Elalabd now in all iron' hes of life in f 'Your if comic
we. very different c mpar • Ito thet which exiat .4 some 50
nr CO roar, ago. Mho should be all, to show them. other
I,' snobs. of art ha I b-en etro4 foe, but not sit ,st ordiog the
;rent feeling in favour of Mire in rer at year. there wets
no inatitutton In the 0 wintry in when poets could
by thoroughly &Melted. It am toe there were
music solo to in the country. There wag the
Royal 41.• ideas of Muse, and of that Institution
he lid not with I steak xcept in the highest t rms. It
are an inwltutbon which bid been rooteloinheil wow moms
50 nn 60 yews and hail • debt to the title of Rotel
Academe, Demure t hel a certain giant from (ho Orion.
But neither the Royal Acsiensy, the Lotion Academy,
nor the Trinitr C 'liege tomic sehnois really sat •tieit the
country, and numbers of stwlett, were not ahem I to
forelen .eh •el. where they to in.l their id ycit•oo more
completed. and lb .m.elves mom at !eisure t pre-cute
their. studies. At Loirile it'on • there m-rn onto- 100 or
120 Euslish eta lent., god •t Roil•n. Vienna. sni Pert,
there were large numbers of EngYish student., while at
the S nen, Behoot et Milo,, B slish ate len, form .4 a
rery eppree•ahle propo-ti 10 of thosy eirio worn etudving
toere. Al ter pointois nu, that b .yo and ei.le wtho arnre
sett abroad for th•ir e I ucati in twit that sweet !inn —tioity
which wee to he found in Ensbin I. ant often in large
cont•nentel towns fell into tempt olio°, te mine the was
to ooe there hi counsel or guide them. he went on to point
•.ut that at nee time Floglend, elthoiish An aft •i• ear&
Imt her volition, Itot foremost in th • ranks of roost..
It was • feet nit generally known—in fee. h alto old he
•urprised if mon than one ..r two p loom it. that room
were aware of it—hut it was fact that in prec• ical barroom
1.4 muwie Engiant eras 150 years hef to soya .ti .n,not only
in deoe,but in moth raw e Imo or aot m itteret in meted it Y.
Mr. Grove gave il4talls of • he Wu,' or the prop i• tart of
the Royal Ac nlerny to fall in wet the Dl' of Ella.
burgh'. prop A tit which r. suited in the e.telliehno-nt of
the National Teeinlng Sell ail of tatt-tc. for width 90
syholarships of £5O a year met, relied, he f..il thr-usb
after •ex years' mast .no'. Ti.. Pr nee .if W.le!„ struck
with the success which for a time att.nded the Treinin4
Se?. 1 foooded by hit brother, after trying to bring
further wooing, nents with the Royal Academy for t .eir
ramrod to a better po.itlon It. L .ndon to • et s'artory
ctrcluthon, which nerotiatiors ultimately felt through,
determine! to found a Royal Muir C dere himself, and
o nvened • meeting held at St. JAMIA'S Paine., on th•
CA of February lest, which was influentially and largely
attended, sad laid before them hts wise and patri t c
'theme for the foun Hog of such a college. lb. sykenie
had been so well euppotwei up to the preolot time that
, they might coneid-r £100.609 art tally pr maised toward.
the amount required; and in the c iuntry 11,1, which
bad not yet been all sent in the farther some promised
they might look upon as making a canal er.hl, hole In I
soother £5090), and before therm! of the year they hoped
to have promised at lea.t .118.10,000 Thee wanted
enough money to found 109 schi
the Prince of Wales's propo,l-60 echolarships with and
50 without main.enance. The 'cholera who went IA the
it Aloes for meintenanee an well lie education, who had not
money to wont iin themselves. but who hod etch gowd
magical abilities that they were worthy of having spent
on them the amount spoken of for the foundaton of
snob scholarships, would greatly benefit. Nut only
would these echolarehlpe be formed for the education
and toslntenano, of thee, who cloudd n t maintain them-
selves ; but Care would be taken to see that there were
ru idl ire in the college. There would be an ezainins
Won at the end of every term and at the en I of every
year and to those pupils who did n I do iodic, to the
Collating given them would be said, "We are worry for
you, but you will have to go beck ; we cannot allow
you to remain In our cellos* of music any longer." In
the course of some further remarks Mr. Grove spoke of
the great influence music was having on the refinement
and cultivation of the lower cl Ice., and of the groat
hetet for music shown among the working claws,
particularly in large manufacturing di.tricts, such as
Winchester, Nottingham, and other thickly populstol
plaoem; and concluded by laying before the meeting •
hot at subscriptions mat to him es the single effort of
• clergymen In Brecon. S oath Wales. 'bowing that by
an appeal to his own friends and various syrapathleers
with the movement be had releed • sum of .21515 In that
n•lghboorhood alone. Tee list in question was headed
with a £5O donation from the Lord Lieutenant of the
Count!.
Mr. J. WHIT/MAD SMITH IMOMINI the followint resoln•
tiont—"That this mottle' warmly approves of 11. ILH.
the Prince of Wales's proireal to establish • Royal
0 ding* of Mtwic in London.
This was seconded by the Rev. 0. H. Bittiecrrost, who
reed letters of nnoloty for non-attettla at from L or!
W mborne, Lod Wolverton, Mr. Mover. *if., Mn,
Ugh,, H.P., Mr. 0. II mihro(lligh Sheriff of' the County),
Mr. Glo, Mr. B.okes. Captain Jlark-Kennedy, Iffe
R 'ward (Mayor of Weymouth), Mr. A'dridge (Nero of
Poole), Mr. J. Fletcher, and iothers.
The neoluten was then put to , the vote and carried
11041HERru.IN.
Lord ALINOTHIN, next eldressed the tatting, end said
their thanes were .11vo to Me. 0-ov, for hl.clear, lucid end
very OlCAllgtit statement. He nitwit eey tbet he Doe knew
• great deal more about the R yat Wisest 0 illege
than be did when he enter-.d that rem. For his own
put, although no judge of music, he was •ety font of It;
no man could be more so. He Woad with Shall:mare
that—

"The man that bath no music In hlmsolf.
Nor le not nsomd euth concord o' sweet sounds,
Is !It for treason', strategoens and spoil' ;
Let no such man be trusted."
The Prince of Wales, who himself trout I have goad Mnale
every day In the week, had taken up this cause in an un-
selfish manner, his sole object being that music might be
male a greater boon and pleasure to all claims. He (LO,l
Alington), wheo the matter wee inentooned • m o time
at.. immediately wrote out a cho qua for .ClOO toward. to.
requisite fund, and he 41.1 not learnt hoeing spent the
money ; ho had spent many • hundred po ms in a w.vse
ra most. than that. In coneltiloon hi. lordship moved, .
••Tiost Manna be taken t rsise sulacript:ons in aid o' the
college throughout the awn., of forme, en! that • emu-
mot., .to palesr to add to their nummr, be appointed
for that parPme
This wee etc noted by Mr. K. T. SUDDEN. and carried
unenimously; and L r I Shatt ...bore, Lord Atingle.%
m..l,..4lenerat Maclean, Hr. W. Drultt, Mr. J. W. Smah,
end Mr. IT. Budden,c.nsented to act on thee ennottleei
Mr. Qmick, of the National Provincial Bank. Wiroborne,
was elected boa. treasurer, and the Rev. O. H. Millington,
bon secretary.
Mr. Serjoant Timmai•AvanktOis, who also sliaPstbilled
with the ohject of the meotiog, proputed s vote of thanks
• to the noble chairmat,. who, he said, whenever anything
mold be done to soften the rigour of human nature.
name the cheroot tr of the people and add to their modal
...memo, bet ay.,* eneaged himself in that useful work.
He did not sty that merely In the language of adnlation.
for be had bleu a resident In London many years, and
had, in a humble manner, ondeav .ured to follow h'e
lordship with reg Ari to the ragged schools. In whntov.v
t faded to ameliorate the Racial condition of the humid"
classes of this great c mntry his lordship had always been
almost an apostle in that great career. That his lordship
might long be spared to follow up that weful pursuit, in
which too hod hitherto been a valuable lostrument, was
the earne-i prayer of himself and all who were there that
day. (Applause)
Lord SmarrEsumir. in returning thank% In the roam
of rather • long addrees, staid he was there by the dmire
of the Prince of Water, who had spoken wiesly and with
foresight and inclement when he said he would rather their
college endowment fend depended on the contibutions of
the poorer clause than on the greater sums of the few
alone. The massy required ought not to be 'Moult to
nip la • wonky mars 110 Ibis. If MOM WIN gelliked

for any private epeculetlve cutryprlee. wick for •
on the ch .no I tim.,..l.cb in • —ti., mo.t sir itzeaml abn
tool .b ogh it ...for itt r d h wind of luau—, f
min I. would he 'o:t c idne, if requi aI. Tbs. e ,
huu Irc.l t' otiman.l p u ids - as w dee I ti ctry out the
a h. ne of • R Mu.b•al CAW-, wnich WAS in, ad el
to Iropr .ve the rum-I.re m•I i.o.us o' peevle st 4
provid. lanoo•tt miss I i. f..r t. em. 11. 'pie A' the
gre4 To •• cal taste Alepleye I in I) r..yahtte, I. .e Ware,
ant YOd SAT.., STU TUX t U poor,' chi.. frot'e 0301 r.
anti saki tnet the mu &el .•nt •,t Jeme it .1 a fa'aiy at
born , lit 41.1 It Moir el,, Mit from the Pot-
bower. R dery mrto tb • it Schml. •pk to lir DP.
S Tie int Tt.tti u, or. an munch nelint
of bow tta nto ttc.. inn the cltibiten at Viet mho .1,
4.inpl, ty tsr sing not tilt's,' AS AV Icon A rattail'
made). mho el in the vicieit, of C'erkuuwell-greou an
inlilul preecher,-
11.4 of thenhe we. carrA unanitn..ugly ; all.l Mr.
Uinta baying cube quest', Mpde,ed Mr. Ilidisitott for
the trouble he b. 4 Wien in promoting that meeting,
the compeer shot tly afterwar In soluraf,a• A sub.criPt'oll
Wit wan o cued in the torn and steer.' aims promised,
ine'utiing tierutv guinea* by the Lord•Lbut,Daat of the
a.m.& 45 by Mr. Schreiber, UP., anti five intone
year for tire sucoeviivil pouf by Mr. (1. C. If.JOV.