The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-31 00:00:00

by My.

I "he examination passed by his pupil teachers is also •
stthject of great eongratulation to the master." The
1 'Mier) cuotmued 1,.., I, a eI)CIL.I ul Itilaut n.... 1.1,4 Sat
instr ctive recreation te the boys. Thirty of the
ischolars had become pupils in t e Sclwol of Art. The
financial condition is reported satisfactory. The occoants
sho erd receipts £371 68. 30., including a behnoe in
hand lest year of £6l 3s. llid , end espetediture
£293 s+. 7d., leering a b,dance now in hand of
h7B OA, 8 !ci, . bat this snm, it WAS stated, would be more
th.TI exhausted through the making of much needed
la teratl,,na about the toaster's house, _ _ ,

The MAYOR moved the adoption of the report, in the
unavoidable absence of fdr. Jefford. He said he felt he
we unworthy of the honor, ac that was the first time
lie had attended a m.blic ex urination 4 the school—a
oirciomstano which he , now much regretted, seeing the
grntifying character of the meeting and the evidence it
etf,irch-dof the educational progress of the children of the
town. But. as • representative man, speaking an be felt he
did the voice of the towrol It generally, he moved the
adoption of the repot t, which be was sure they would
most lie truly endorse,
Mr. T, COLFOE. in seconding the resolution, oringratu-
lated the meeting, and the subscribers, awl all who had
an interest in the school—and who in Bridport had
not ?—"on the_great success of the institution.
The RIM J. STEVENs said it always afforded him very
, great pletisare to see their chief inagietrste year after
year oocupying the chair on similar °envisions to the
present one. When gentlemen in that high position
lent their presence and the weight of their office to
further the interests of that institution, he thought it
I must exercise a highly beneficial infletenee on the
people arroand them. When their working neighbour('
saw that their children were cared for and that those
better circumstanced thin themselves came forward to
advance them in life, a feeling of respect and grata,' In
sprang up in their hearts, and the more such • feeling
was cherished and extended, the more virtuous and
happy would the community become. He regarded
that annual assembly and examination as conducive to
she attainment of snch ends, and he hoped that those
who attended the meetings would an away with the
impression that the institution wan what it profaned to
be—an institution for the education and advancement
of the children entrusted to the master and the com-
mittee. The resolution he had to propose contained a
lit of names of gentlemen known, he believed, to most
of them if not to all—gentlemen in whom he thought
they might very safely repose the fullest confidence ;
they might be sure that they would nonage the con•
(terns of the school so as to promote its prosperity. For
more than ten years lie had been associated with the
tiorninittee, and he had observed tlre peace and harmony
and good feeling that had prevailed in their meetings
from time to time, and he had never known
of any serious or improper contention arising
at any of the meeting.. He would also observe
that he had never known a single case of com-
plaint to be brought against the master at any of
their monthly meetings, nor of a single case of im-
, morality amongst the pupil teachers or monitors being
submitted for the consideration and adjudication of the
committee. He thought those facts Boone loudly in
'favour of the general morality and good order of the
school. The committee had several ditties of great im-
portance to perform, fte was net going to relate to
them the various duties they at different times fait fully
discharged, but he would just any that once in the year
they appointed two of their body to collect the monies
of the subscribers. Several times he had had the
privilege of being artsociated with other persons to
collect the subscription., and he did not know that
lie was ever more gratified in that work than during the
paat year. He did not recollect that they mot with •
single cane of refusal. Several new subscribers most cheer-
fully offered their aid, and he felt sure that while there
*as Mich good feeling manifested on the part of the
subscribers, the school wduld never lack that support to
which it was entitled. He was ahlo highly gratified—
in connection with a respected colleague, well-known to
all present, Mr. W. Colfox—to hear so many favourable
testimonies from the boys' parents to the kind treatment
they received from the muter. He was pleased to know
that • very good feeling existed between the master, the
boys, and the parents of the boys. Then, with regard
to the other duties wioich the committee had to perform,
they arose out of different cirouinutances, sometimes un-
expected, and all received very careful attention. He
could bear his humble testimony to the zeal and fidelity
with which the various members and officers of the in-
mittee diricharg d their dialer; for the benefit of the
institution. He felt that they might I egari the gentle-
men, whc se names were contained in the proposition, as
good and true men, who would not shrink from ant
duty they might be called on to perform
Mr. leas° STEPHENS seconded the motion. He had
more than on e said to bin own boys, and the bops of
other people, that they were not equal to their fathers ;
but he hoped and believed that the boys of thin school
were in • fair way of becoming (and toe said it without
any disrespect to their parents) wiser And better men
, than their fathers. .

The mover of the resolution having omitted his oa h
name from the list of committee, at the suggestion of
Mr. S. Stephens, which wan cordially welcomed by ,
the meeting, it was added. Mr. Stephens remark d
that there was not • more valuable member on the
cominitlee than the Rev, J. Stevens.
The treseurer, S. W. Whetharo, Egq., and the secre-
tary, Mr. S Stephens, were re-elecited.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor hy acclamm
tine, on the motion of Mr. Reynolds, seconded by Mr.
T. (1 iwnndi.
The MAyoii ricknoilledged the ooMplimett in a gen*
manner, and gave some sound advice to the boys. Hi
I intimated the great pleasure he had esperienced that
evening, and mid he should continue to take great in-
tereet in the school, and then proceeded to enlarge on
the advaniagea the education afforded at that institu-
tion would confer on the boys.in after life, and, reflect-
ively, on the community at large.
The boys having sung "God bless the boys of
England" by request of the Mayor, the proceedings
were concluded by the whole assembly joining in the
National Anthem.