The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-06-27 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY, JUNE 27,1871.

the others in merit. The principles were not well very different from what it was when he thought it •
understood. He observed also that the spelling was good thing that the town should be given over to the
worse. Perhaps the paper mule too soon after dinner. county police instead of keeping the borough to itself.
A great many boys went wrong in "separate." The It seemed to him that Mr.iloombs's views mast be much
lower claws did comparatively better than the upper. altered.
Ton Rev. C. W. BINGHAM. of Biogham's Melcombe, Mr. Coombs replied that for the sake of the present
in his rePort, gave toe results of his examin• matter he would admit that his views were altered,
salon io French, ries once included. On the and i,hat the arguments of the opposition had converted
whole, though he had but little opportunity of making him
comparisone, he should trust that the boys were doing to keep up their rights than for {rounds. shillings, and
as well as could be expected, considering the amount puce. But it was • most improper thing 10 baba up
of other acquirements in which they ire siow•a.clays at that meeting.
obliged to mike progress, The my.tery to him was Mr. Hodges thought that the vestry should be called
how they managed to get on at all, when they wee ' on to elect an organist, and than it would be neoessary
learning two or three languages at once, with grammars to consider the means by which the sum of £3O per
that called everything by different names. There was annum ahould he raise'. He did not think it necessary
one special defect in their reading. He did not refer to to deviate from what hid been the practice of the
the tone of their pronunciation which is so very parish within the recollection of everybody. If the
difficult • point in French; but to the fact that they salary were withdrawn in the absence of oomplaint. it
did not appear to attempt even to carry on the final would be rather imputing to the vestry the neglect of
°allotment where the next word began with • vowel, providing for the proper services of the church. He,
He knew of course that there were exceptions, and as • ratepayer. had no doubt it was the wish of the
diffioulties there too-, but, still, there were one or two parish to appoint an organist and pay him. In the
broad rules for it, which should be mastered, and as absenoe of any strong demonstration against It, he did
early as might be:
The Rev, H. Dias% 11. D., the examiner in maths- noTiliseeeCwhhaiyribmaney li
: Will you not appoint
rivante and
matins, reported on the whole favourably. The arith- Mr. Hodges: Not individually.
al tdthapay as
payment? ustlal
matte and algebra were fairly done throughout. Some The Chairman : Who Is to pay It?
of the boys also had • very far acquaintance with Mr. Hodges: The parish has hitherto paid it.
mechanics and natural philosophy. The geometry arms , Mr. Coombs: If you decide to appoint you will be la 11
weak. especially in the lower puts of the school. He , order if you move an amendment of the estimate. The
suggested that more time should be given to writing , notice was inartistically drawn, beano', the impolite.
out Euclid, and also that an acquaintance with a few I meat of organist should have preceded the rite.
of the earlier propositions of the sixth book of Euclid, Mr. Andrews said it might be inartistically drawn,
and with the fundamental theorems of trigonometry but it was in accordance with rough common Mai&
would aid the more advanced boys in making progress They had gone through the accounts and saw that last
In mechanics. year the salary of the organist had been obtained from
The Rev. E. 8.. BilnaliD, MA., read his report other moron, therefore in their estimate of to-day they
as the classical examiner. The 6th and sth forms bad not Included it, nor the organ blower, as he bud I
offered for examination portions of Livy and Ovid. The something to do with playing the organ. If anyone
former was too bard for them' Ovid was more within liked to move an amendment on the estimate he was at
their grasp and better done. He urged more know- liberty to do so.
lodge of syntax, but thought some progress in grammar Mr. Hodges had no objection to move that • vestry
had been made since last Christmas. lie suggested • be called to appoint an organiat, and then they mast
special examination In grammar. Of the 4th form he provide for his salary.
reported most favourably as to their translations from The Chairman ' • Provide that first.
Caesar, which were accurate throughout the whole Mr. 'lodges would propose that the rate be increased
form, and proved diligence. The papers of the by £3O.
upper 3rd form were f .ir. The English grammar Mr. Andrews: Let it be understood that the church
and spelling shown in the trausledions and answers were wardens do not in any way pledge themselves to Day
with one exception fairly good, and not inferior to that any expenses whatever of the organist, or anything
of penmen at the university of Oxford. He 'oelieved relating thereto.
It thoroughly worth while te teach Latin at this school, Mr. liodgea said as • parishioner he had no wish to
and argued that it should be done well. For this be shirk the payment of the organist.
believed seal and ability on the part of the teachers Mr. Andrews said Mrs. Glare's receipt was " first
were already it hand, and two things only were 110 C- catch your hare." They must first provide the salary: •
sary—interest on the part of the boys, sod oordial Mr. Symonds remarked that the terms of the notice
ermouragernent on the part of the parents. were to " consider the appointment of an organist ;',
The prises were then distributed by the Archdeacon, so the proper course would be to consider whether
with a cheer/ al and apt word for each of the recipients, they would appoint, sad then elect from different
who were vigorously cheered by the boys. candidates.
The Rev, C. W. lianatiagi, who now arrived, was Mr. Curme : You must first find the money to Ply
called on for • spew*, and responded in Ma happy him.
reedy way. He said when he was a boy on these owe- Mr. Symonds: Do that if you like.
sions it was the pupils who made orations and not the Mr. Hodges (to Mr. Curies) : Will you propose the
examiners, and he suggested • reversion to the old election of an organist?
practice, evoking loud applause. He enlarged on his Mr. Corms :No ; I'll vote against it.
report which we have already quoted, and added • few Mr. Coombs: Will you vote against any organist
eno)ursging remarks., at all?
The ARCHDIAOOST quoted the old definition of a well- Mr. Curios: I'll vote against any estimate for paying
*dusted man—" one who knows everything about one.
something and something shoot everything." which he Mr. Andrew,: I wish some gentlemen would pro-
commended to the boys; and, in concluding, be pose something.
cordially acknowledged the work of the Read Master Mr. Hondas: Can persons occupy seats in the church
and those associated with him, and expressed to the if they refuse to pay church rates?
examiners the thanks of the parents and pupils and the Mr. Coombs: Yes.
Counail of the .Moo'. Finally he wished the boys Mr. Bonita. : I wouldn't have it :rd have them all
every happiness during their holidays, turned out.
The proceedings then ended, sod soon after some of At length, Mr. Came said he would move that it is
the boys were on the way to the railway stations ms unnecessary to appoint an organist.
route for home. Mr. Manfield seconderL
It is intended to hold an examination in Latin Mr. Hodges: I'm sorry to hear a proposition of that
grammar at Michalmaa, which the Rev. E. R. Bernard kind.
ban kindly offered to ;mature. Prises, the gift of the Mr. Curme : Move an amendment then,
Rev. P.ll. Newntem, will be awarded to the boys Mr. Symonds said before the question was put he
who pass the best examination in the upper and wished to make • few observations. Assuming
lower division of the school. An examination for the that the resolution proposed by Mr. Corms were
' Ward" prises in ecclesiastical history will also take adopted, it would carry them to this conclusion—that
place at the same time. the SWAIM would no longer be curled on aooording
to the directions of the P Book and the rubrics.
Well: perhaps that had been the ease for some time
past, and they were now going to perpetuate
It by a resolution. It did not amount certainly to a
direotion that there should be no organist, but he
maintained that unless the vestry mule an appointment
any weed dealing with the organ would act without
oomtoetent authority. A good deal had been said about
paying or not paying the organist. Now he had re-
fused, did refuse, and should continue to rotate to pay
a ohuroh-rate so long as the present state of things
existed, and it did seem strange to him to bear a man
say "I don't want the slightest alteration made in the
Prayer Book I hope there will never be any revision
of the Liturgy—there is nothing of the sort required,"
and yet throw over the Prayer Book as regulating the
services of the church. He had said before and repeated
It now, that he thought in the church, if they were to
have any music at all, It ooght to be music, if not very
strictly so called, at leant in a qualified menu properly
BO called; and when they looked in the Prayer Book
they found it directed that in quires and places where
they sing an "anthem" is part of the service.
Yr. Andrews: There's nothing about an organ.
Mr. Symonds: Nothing at all. And he was at
a loss to understand how • person, professing to be con-
tent with the Prayer Book, could fail to fulfil its direc-
tions. It might be that some people preferred their
own fancies; bat he begged leave to say, and be had
some foundation for it, in • better opinion than his own,
that hymn-books, whether Wind's's, Hymns Ancient
and Modern, the Salisbury Hymnal, Jeremiah Smith's,
v hagrits.t.
prere altogether unjustified: Be spoke of
ace no
impression on his mind, because it perfectly agreed wit
Ms own opinion of the use of hymn-books. He referred
to • very pointed argument before Dr. Phillimore, on
the prosecution by the Church Association of Mn
Mukonochie: It was objected that he had introdueed
a net of hymns. Sir John Coleridge was asked by Dr.
Phillimore if he oblected to the use of hymns alto-
gether? "Most assuredly, my lord," be said, "I do;
and anything not found within the four corner, of the
Prayer Book is altogether unauthorised, illegal, and
unjustified." Did they find any of thou hymns within
"the four corners of the Prayer Book? The directions
of the Prayer Book were, in his opinmn, the law of the
church. It might be that some persons bad a leaning
to nonconformity, but for his pert he preferred some-
thing like order and system, and did not see why every-
thing that had gone before should be considered wrong
and rubbish. He wanted to know—and he had asked
the question before— why they should not hays the
anthem which had been sung there for fifty years to
his knowledge and was done striotly in aosordanos with
the Prayer Book? He supposed it was the sells"
who absented himself from the parish church, and then
came beak and disturbed the proceedings of everybody
else. He did not know whether the peculiarity arose
from that particular school of thought he had referred
to jut now, and which prevailed not a long distance
from that parish, where a programme was issued oi
what the singing and musical service should be, la
which be noticed mention of "that thing called thia
anthem."
Mr. Andrew,: That was not In this parish.
Mr. Symonds: He did not say it was; but that was
the phraseology of the peculiar school of thought to
which be referred; and it reminded him of the Com-
munist proceedings in France, where somebody was
called somebody else. That oohed of thought seemed
to prevail here, and exhibited its "liberallty, bymayim
everybody should be turned out of the church except
they squared their opinions to his (the peettliar's) own—
" You stun do as I do, and I will do as I like." He
stood on his right as an Englishman to pay or refuse a
church-rate as he pleased; though he was not the per-
son to keep his money in his pocket if he had not what
he felt to be • substantial reason for doing it—that his
parish church was turned into • Nonconformist meeting-
home, where everything was heterodoxy expect the
particular slew that happened to.reign supreme. But
there might be snob a thing as virtue rewarded; and
supposing their Rector should be made • Bishop, they
might have a clergyman who thought more of the
prayers than the platform, and then the doves would
be flying from the irk, leaving those to pay the ex.
proses who were content with things as they were, but
not as they are. So far as he was concerned he wished
an organist to be appointed who was competent to play
the organ and to train • choir, and then they would
see their services carried out as the services of the
church ought to be, for he did not approve of their
being reduced to the Nonconformist standard. He
objected to the introduction of anything that could not
be found in the Prayer Book, which ought to regulate
the services, and the minds of everybody who came
to church.
The Chair man put the resolution, which was carried
by ten against nine.
The vestry then separated.

Mr. Harry didn't catch the delicate irony of the defendant,
Slid ha Ito get him to roped his notion of the origin of the
summon. Defendant added that some people's donkeys could
stray enemy day in the week.
Fined 2a. 6d. and 7. costa.
ven°
.4,:el.au urcog
~aiv at s sraiirti md.ychargel with excesalve devotion to
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He became so exuberant that the landlady had to send for
P.C. Bilson to elect him. Defendant insisted on being put
out, and wart I 'Then he became very "shameful." and the
constable ended his mouthing by locking him up. Incar-
cerated, Hutchings vowed that "if ever he came back again,"
be would "do" for his captor "eo.sao dark night."
Now defendant said be was drunk, and didn't know what
he ilni or slid.
Fined 5.. and C 04.1.
TRANSFRIUI OF Portland, New Inc. from
Rebecca Winter to Eno. Young: Clifton hotel, from W. Fox
to If. 11. Maddock; rawmill tavern from S. S. Smith to W.
Singleton ; Star Inn, from J. Conway to Thomas Welland:
h
Terminus otel, (rem R. Goole Sarah Smith ; Volunteer mn,
from T. Nowbolt to Robert Brett; Queen of the Valley (with a
caution), John Pearce to Benjamin Pearce.
Bowman PETTY Snitelogs, lionday.—Before the
Mayor (T. Bennett, Esq.), 11, Devenish, Foq., Dr.
Aldridge, and J. Bishop, Esq.
Au elderly man named Henry acre, of Puddletown,
who a little time back was ' in trouble" shout some
sausages, was summoned for abusing F.S. Cousins, on
Saturday, June 17th.
It seemed the sergeant was standing at the Corn
Exchange door with P.C. Churchill. when Clare risme
up be hss so irritating tongue—sod loudly ex.
pressed bls pleasure that Cousins was about to leave
the force, using language -which was more forcible than
polite. Lie accused the sergeant of falseness respecting
the "mongers," and to it attributed hit knowledge of
the interior of the County Gaol, and the
discipline whioh there obtains. He was ordered off,
but did not go till he had denounced the sergeant for
lying, "in front of all the farmers."
Defendant re-seserted his sharps, but denied the
impeachment as to the forcible language, for "he never
made WM of such words." He went on—" There's
not a tradesman can say 'black's zny eye' (why on earth
should he 1) that I ever robbed him of anything,
There's Hr. Bennett there—l've carried pounds' worth
for he." Why should he (the sergeant) go "persever-
ing" (peering) into my baskets when he's no occasion?
Mr. Symonds told defendant they could not re-open
the sausage case—(Defendent i I wish you could)—
but he mast conform to the law and keep his tongue
quiet. The County Court jodge had advised him to
control that "unruly member."
The magistrates fiziei defendant 20s, or the alterna-
tive of 14 days' imprisonment, if not paid in a fort-
night,
Defendant said he couldn't pay, and had better go to
prison at once, Being stout to be taken at his word,
he relented, and prefetred having It days to consider
his previous experience of the Castle, and so decide
on a renewal of it or otherwise.
iiire. fnnln Howe, a young woman, was summoned
for aping abusive language to Yrs. Mary Ann Cotton,
June 21st. They are neighbours In Fordington, but
don't seem to "cotton" very well together. Defendant
has a tongue which would probably make a very good
tongue and a half, and is as fiery as a locomotive. The
complainant in the fool of the evening was calmly lal4
ing to some nei,ihbours over the wall—Kr. and Mrs.
ilarte—about the eloollent growth of their " inions."
when lira Howe *owing along "threw or to Mrs.
Cotton or her husband about neighbours standing in
front of her window to "backbite" her over the wall,
and intimated that she would throw a bucket of water
in that direction. Mrs. Cotton replied that she had
never said a word against kim Howe. Despoiled of
her pretended grievance—for it seenaed the reel sore
was Mrs. Cotton having complained of her children
doing " mischy"—the little women fired op, cud offered
to fight Mrs. Cotton for a sever,. ign "if she'd step into
the meadow," and indicated some very unpleasant
pobsble results in the rending ,of her vital organs.
Wild Indians are usually content with scalping, but
this woman—dressel like a Christian, but having
10/31f011 another attribute of the profession—threatened
to rip open the body of her neighbour. Of worse, we
may hope, there was more metaphor than real deter-
mination in her language, but the revelations in the
PM evoked the satire— 'How important it is to send
miasionaries to the hesthenr Happily Mr. Howe was at
hand, and prevented her performance of the sanguinary
throat by carrying her into their hones and looking the
door. Foiled in her intuit/au, the vixen tried to get
out of the window I lire. Howe took off the edge of
this fact, by saying it was their common mode of
ingress and egress, for the look was bad; and she
repudiated the suggestion that her husband kept her in
—" if I'd a-liked to go out, he couldn't a-kep' me in."
Then arose mutual accusations of immorality, for which
there did not seem any substantial ground. Hrs. Howe
next nail how she bad befriended the complainant, in
lending her money or things to pawn, and in protecting
her when her husband threatened to shoot her for
running into debt—Bethia Hicks corroborated the
complainant, and defendant after boldly avowing the
challenge, called her husband, who seemed rather
Proud of that pert of the case, and said he shouldn't
have blamed his wife if she had given Mrs Cotton s
pair of black eyes. Mr. Symonds suggested the dis-
coloured peeper, might fell to the lot of the other coin-
betant, but Howes consolation was that his wife
"could carry 'sin about wi' her." 4
The Mayor told defendant she most control her
violent temper, and fined her 20s.
She said it was impossible to pay with her mu.
family.
Mr. Symonds asked the husband if he could pay, but
Mrs. Howe resented the appliastion to him, and said
she had what money he (Howe) did earn.
Finally they were given 21 days to pay in
Francis Norris, of Fordiugton, was summoned for
beating his wife, lie did not appear.
The wife said that they had been married two years,
an 4 .he bed had kept it tiol.getiolth. "211 galOseArPoveltrrri4riat
he mime in, she asked him if he was going to have any
tea, when he said no and told her to go out of the
house, end strook her with his open hand on the bead.
She said she would not pat up with it any long,r, for
he had served her very bad lately, when he cursed her,
took up the poker, and said be would "do for her."
Upon this she lied from the house, and is now living

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elsewhere.
It iieemei complain,s had been made to the Mayor
before, and P.C. KI•Oil. • neighbour, deposed to nor
quiet endurance of ill-treatment, and that he hal
cautioned defendant.
The Bench sententied the follow to three months'
hers labour.