The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

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How EMILIBII SHOULD MX TAUGHT.

"The remedies suggeeted were :-1. 'Training schools
for nursery governessea. 2. Greater este in giving
National Schoolmasters st thorough knowledge of
English, spoken and written. 3. Encouragement to
really good men to beeonie and to remain National
masters, by reward.ng dheinguisbed veterans with
Sehool-Inspectorshipe, inate.ol of limiting such Mlle.'',
as et present, to young clergymen and barristeis. 4. The
appoint emit by the Committee of Council of a Goeetn-
meet Lederer in emelt county, whose duty it should be
to lecture on the principles of English teaching, and to
instruct the selesol-masters. b. Tne introducliou of •
thoroughly ascomplished so/viler as &leis& mast. r in
every great , public school, not a mere educational ,
drudge, a 'general utility gentleman,' to bolt after the
' small boys,' but one of equal rank with the classical ,
masters. 6. The endowmeut of at letot one Professor
of English in every lliiiversity ; his duty being to give
men, storing their undergraduate career, a critical
knowledge of the language, supplying deficiencies, cor-
recting errors in speech and writing, suggesting courses
of reading, 'biding the future barrister and legidator in
accurste and fluent oratory, and training ennui iates for
. the ministry to read distinctly and unaffectedly, ant to
compose mid deliveg sermons in a clear, impresaire, and
attractive style. 7. Making English take its place
with Litin and Greek in every examination for degrees,
as it does in the India Civil Service emaminotions,
giving substantial rewards, (Scholarships and Fellow.
ships) for distinction in English, as for eminence in
Classics and Mathematics 8. The co orieration of the
Bishops in examing from all candidates for Holy Orders
proofs of competency in reading the Church servio-,
I composition, delivery of sermons, and extemporaneous
speaking. The speaker was perfectly aware of the ob-
jections that would be raised against such proposals;
but if these, or most of these, were carried into effect,
he believed the greatest benefits would result, not
merely in • literary, but in a moral and religious point
of view. He concluded by expressing his regret, that
he bad been only able, in the limited time allowed him,
to throw out a few practical suggestions, and he thanked
the audience for the very kind and marked attention
with which they had listened to his observations.

We have in these extracts presented the gist
of Mr. D'Orsey's clear and forcible aims, which
it will be remarked from an advertisement
appearing in another column, he is ready and
willing, as we are well aware he is able to
enforce, whenever called upon, in a more
practical style.

Wonderful choice ofireues : W. and A.
Gilbey's Annual Circular, (Orffeber, 1865).—Some
of our literary friends, peer sang, are inclined to
chaff us about the practical turn given to the
literature of our Church and Country news-
papers. It seems we are fonder of discussing
enterprises such as those represented by Life
Assurance Companies, and Harper Twelvetrees,
limited, than the rubbish abounding in our
' degenerate light literature. Even so :—we have
now the honour of introducing to the notice of
our readers something calculated to promote
tl etc creature comforts. Messrs. Gilbey, the
largest importers of Great Britain, (for they have
head establishments in all the three kingdoms,
at London, Edinburgh, and Dublin), and oon-
sequently the largest in the world, are in a
position to offer a choice of 170 varieties of the.
wines and spirits of almost every wine-producing
country; and we must amount their book es
"curcular" in which a full description of one and
all of those is given no slight curiosity. They'
I not only supply the winea but reflections io
cheering to be indulged in over them that Ira
really trust to realise the proverb "in vino,
caritas." Thus they observe at the outset :
"We could scarcely have issued this our customary
Annual Report with a greater degree of pleasure or under
more cheering auspices than at the present time. We
I have a newly-elected Parliament consisting of .vell-tcjed
public servsnte, many of whom, though differing in
opinion on some points, agree in giving their time and
I services to the nation ; and to these are added many
men of promise, the choke of whom augurs well for
I the continuing prosperity of the country and the up-
ho'cllng and preservation of the state. An end has
happily come to the strife in America, the results of
I which have been no calamitous that we can hope for
nothing less in compensation than the emancipation of
the stave. We may congratulate ourselves, too, on the
disappearance of that monetary panic which, from its
long continuance, shook some of the strongest and
most wealthy Arms, and Bello is consequences to trade.
Its effects, however, ham been to purify commerce and
above all to check that spirit of speculation which,
I from its results, convince the present and rising genera-
tions that commercial fortunes are netlike lotteries,
the results of a limited number of act., but are acquired
by an honourable and persevering enterprise which en-
ables liberal and capacious minds to aspire to attain the
higest positions as merchants, but which at the same
time enjoins a caution which is capable of meeting the
severest emergencies, When we couple these events
with the fact that our country enjoys almost universal
peace, and a growing disposition for its continuance.
whilst its maintenance is secured to us by the strength
of our land and sea forces, with the addition of that
noble volunteer reserve, the extent of which is not only
• marvel to ourselves but • surprise to the whole
i
world, we feel that we have more cause of isongratu-
' All n 'demising you now than at any former period."
After commenting on the singular develop-
ment which the wine and spirit trade continues
increasingly to experience, they favour us with
their opinion of last year's vintage, producing
something like a thousand millions gallons of
wine, the qualities so extraordinarily fine that
1864 will be quoted amongst the most celebrated
vintages, whilst the recently-gathered wines of
1865 are not far behind; and, with a succession
of two such vintages, cheap and good wines and
spirits may certainly be expected. The following
passage is full of interest:
IJGHT WINIS VERSUS Bun.
moraine which still prevails as to the propertillfi
production of Wines and Beers is some:
sing; and were the public generally
vith the history of what they drink
need to be told how very far prefrdest
In a merited point of view, are • alleheesZ
sed Light Wines, either in letillfeettir
Wines whose formentalikenskelit
the addition el spirit, or to BleilintiliKftsfr,
• whiiih is s/ tcowpletebslorumourantp-
e s on in the sishiseh.
which are the partly
.1 •ed by spirit, and
that is amen-
s / fermented Wines is
.m 1 to say they cannot
slake ineresse than diminish

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