The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-13 00:00:00

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TI I E LATE 0 *ICE lIT AT %V EYII4 1111 r •
1.4 tit.: ?editor.

Sir—With reference toluene remarks In your report
of the Amateur ',.nc.vrt, held at the Royal Ifotel,
Weymouth, n the c,th Inst., I he,./. to state that had it
Dot been for a mistake on Mr. I/eh-ahem'. part I
should have been most happy to acknowledge the
applause the audience so kindly accorded us.
Yours truly,
U. J. IL iimaLtßona.
Weymouth; 12th Felmtary, DM.
TRH STRATFORD MARTYRS' MEMORIAL.
T., Hu PAtitor,

Sir, —Allow tue through roar rolunith. to 4rt w attention
to the above.tiatee.l .ithiort. It has more Vein a halal
'memo, arta ,otr committee, cohabiting ot rletrelinitin
a Ithateonno nd t.niat., are ile.irotta ot making it t
OrrlVlioll 14 ft hation,l memento, %one of.the eirenin.
ataneem clothing it with a peculiar intenot are the
foloring

N., lenn than eialltron of ,ntr Refetonation 1114rtyr.. are
Pahl to have wifforo.l during the reign of (Zenon Stnrr
In the hfink,liate neighhnerhiwel of 14tratferd ttn.l Ker.
E.. to whom there existx no nett of meon.wini.
The intgent her of einrtvro ever Winkel h.gether
in thin nonntrr 1,1 1 loon their then it,!re MI the 27th ,Df
Ilene, LW, via thktnen pernenn—ele'ven men In I toe
women : tO th, 1.11111,11V3r.i .1 Si.
John'.,, Stratford ifornierly a viillge green). in the ',titre
of the twee, an the nit, of this deed, shin. if horror end
hernisni.

Of owls linportane • has thin partierdar letruln
in the Iyhtory of our /wintry that 111.1erlant
have en n.1,1er.1 I n. the turning point of Om Marian
persocetion, intierdirps that, owing to the irritntien it
rimmed thronahreit the Intel, it greistiv eontribet..l to
the final 511,044 f the Prefestant rause reel to tire over.
throw of the Papal pever in Enslona.
It may be mentioned, it an rehlitional matter of interest
in this MM., that all these martyr.. were of the laity, not
One of the eighteen horned here helonging to the cleSleal
order. A., therefore, we have et fisforl n ttttt nument to
the heeling Melee', of the Reform:stints, it we'll,' seem
appropriate that the Inv element of the March +boob'
have a eery...lv...Una exposition of itt fidelity te the
tame eau., tech n.thi. will prove In the E .4 of ',mien.
Altogether, eon.i.l.ving the henettt. to, eniolf, 4v/female,
social, and national, reSelting from the death 4 of much
witte..se. to (lad'. troth, T venture to think, sir, that
their names Red nlernit deserve not to die, het to he made
permanently visible to the ttrewnt awl future venation..
We have namen of distinction, both elerical and lay,
en our general eo.nmittee end subeeription lint.. ; hot it
will sum, to any at present that the Right ifmuirrurratrl,
the Earl of Shafte.bury hat to he our yresident.
It is eirnextly hoped we Anil ohtnie et beset 11,1114 to
enable tie to en.rt a worthy and renspietinus menu...pet
on this high rart.l net of London into Essex and Hertford.
phir... I shall be happy te reply to any person requiting
further infonention.
Oer hankeru are the London and County flank, Stmt.
font, E., and the Head t/111e..,21, Irecharde,treet, or any
of its branches.
I am your. elsebently,
W. J. Boteme. Thar.
1, The 11,4 lies, Stratfenl, E Jangary tel. 1.117.
THE EDUCATION QUESTION.
To (Inc Editor.

Sir,—The Mecum/done which have teken place on the
Education Question In the Council Chamber have
usually been conducted with ewe' feeling, end with an
entire Absence .1 anything like tars 'Sal refleetien.,
regret to say that that wholesome rule WWI deputed
from in the utwalled for wail ungenerous ronarke ui
Hodge., reel wiling the clo.ing of the
British Scheel. With eimething very much like 'worn
he agkell what would he,,e bemuse .uf the children 'IB
the British echo .1 if, when they feel been phut "et .1
it, the ',pituitary party had net at to work to MAI`
provieion for them 7 leaving it to be inferred, by viper
reader., that, bit for this eff•lrt 011 the part id the
lbetominationalists, these eltildren would have been
left in eibleational ilestitutien, wail this en the part of
thwie who are now railing out for the eilneatbin of the
weld° ! This was the impreseien whiela Mr. II elgee
desired to leave the mind, ef pew reader., which;
Iva eelfelefenee, it is most neceseary for niyeelf and
others to isirreet, and which!! invitives on the part' of
Mr. Itodgee an entirely grattaibiate and unjuetifiable
attack ion the character awl good intentione .1 men,
Wlll.le wincatienal zeal, to Kay the letett of it, isimparee
favourably with hie, or a ith that of any other party in
the town ; nnil which was severely teeteil, wleile Mr.
Melon, and the party whom he represents., were
actively concerned in the eillicatien of the people titan
they appear to lie tneantitne. lila the anewer which
I have to make to Mr. lbeloes, and which I regret was
not made at the Council table, is simply this -We had
an Act if l'arliament which WAS mewed for the express
purpone if meetiug the educatiettal defielencee of the
town and for placing eilucation en an efficient basie.
We thought that with that Ail of l'artiatnent our work
awl duty, as private wluenthiniste, eeaewl, awl that the
filltV au,.l respoutesibilitT, which hail been guidable.' by
us &Meet shrolehanilei pulped.' heneeferth be thrown
on the conimunity. A large number, the laroest
number indeed, of these children, were children if
l'hurch parente, and yet, altheugh we were edueating
their children, we received little or no help from
churchmen, but bore the burden iturpielven. Surely,
in these eireumetancen, and with an Act of Parliwnent
whiela compelled prevision for the whole ef the
children, anil which would have been made if the
ilenominatienal party hail not stepped in awl through
mere sectarian soul dew 111 l inational rivalry, prevented
the community doing, at their own este:new., a work
which, on mm all µTi's of justice awl interest, they were
entitle.' tO ilimeharge. No reflectiens can Le east un the
managers of the Brithah wheel. NO thanks, butt there-
veree, are Inc to Mr. Helloes and hie ;party, awl Hetet err.
tainly if they haul not dene the work, the town it.elf
Wintl,l have iline it, awl with much lietter evoke to the
coma 11111 l ity. 4.. far, therefore, from failing to ilip onr
duity, or acting unkindly towards the children by
closing the British school, we took the beet eterp,
according to the Act of l'arliament, for wowing a
much lawn, efficient education than we thought our
iielves able to provide, although, at the wane thee, it
was the beet primary education which the town then
furnished. When, in the light of them facts, Mr.
Hielgeo comes to reflect on his. uention and hie taints,
I think he will feel that he has little reason to hue eatie.
fie.' with them, far lees to be prowl of them, awl I can
only ex; trees the hope that'll/ intelligence in tide instance
deepi not measure his intelligence oneuestionsgenerally,
otherwise he is hardly to he complimented iun it. Mr.
Hodges is not less unforttmate in his reference both to
the religious instruction in School Boar& and the
number of children needing to be sent to echo 4. In
reepect of the first, he affirms that the children receive
such a religiens education in the preeent Pachools.
as they could not receive in • Board School. This is
an entire mistake, ;proceeding it is to Ire hopeiP,
from ignorance, and not malevolence. In Iteard
Hchiols the Seripturee may be read awl such initrus-
tion given therefrom as is not sectarian or ileninein•
ational. There is no other kind of instruction given
in the present iteinuele, if I am correctly informed.
A. to the wound matter, the nlinlbet if abeentee
children, which Mr. Heiken thinks is greatly
exaggerated, busing limit a mere fraction of the popula-
stioatenininnehett
thatiipttu of mr.
on, allow !ale to place alipnglifile of his
tEverett,
as reported in the
ul:lliieheri pmeeedinga of the Salisbury Synod. Speak-
hugof the attendance generally, Mr. Everett said,
ey had 1,230 names on the books; but what was
the average attendance? Why, only 730; and there
were, therefore, more than 500 children running about
the street.. They had tried to entice them to school
by all imaginable means—by teas and trees of every
sort—(laughtet) —and they had spent more than £'2o •
par in prices alone, and yet they failed to get them
to wheel. The fact was there must be a (Pummel...l.y
power of some kind." Such was Mr. Everett'.
speech, and he is thwi tied to compulsory powers,
from which he will net be able to recede. Between
Ms statement and Mr. Hodgem'e there Is great ,his.
ceepancy, but there can be little doubt' that Mr.
erett states the case correctly. Thus the Reline'
Attendance Conurtittee have their work clit out,
which it will not be poesible for them to avoid ; and
they may depend upon it that their troubles will
forthwith begin, when it will be seen that even the
de 1111 l ninational party would lusve been the gainers by
a Scheel Board School. However, the queetion
settled for the present, and it will be for the peasant
committee to manage the business, and to glee to all
the children an efficient unsectariar educatiow.
is but one matter which I may notice further, and

I iii-ves

veldts! the
that is the amine haste with whieh the Minuet' determined on the rejection itf a Want If the
question were one of expenee simply, then, none of
the aentlusen who oppose,' Sir. lialpin'a motion hart
made thenivelvev rivapattintiol with the re'stive e s
apone
'44., 'I Pat:wait 'arm,' Voluntary lowly, they
woulii have clown ti,.,,',rerti wet for the ratepavery
tltsst they refuse.' to seek for imeh information hoiden
that they were lovernig lor a for•gone coneleption,
that they meant to keep out a Selsvil !loud st all
aiiil iti to Iselin.; they have (Alai ',soh In
rem suit mg duty to the c ingitiomey. anti have
alloweti their own private unitniis to e.ta ere them.
Th.. .I;4tHetry untienttantl that
alderman awl the atettlieuten who vottvi for
hi.. 'notion alone artal on true teiltlie around,',
mail with a vincere restart for the righte of the rate.
liavert, awl that the other., whatever their itrofevsed
revreet for them anti their rli.tlftv, have vimply ignored
lvith. awl have acted for the intereatv voleiy if neat.
anti irremponsiblo hotly of men who"?' 110 Pot o,llrythj,
retain the whole eiliteatiotial machinery tool power hi
their own hawk It may be mafelyprwileteil tint comer
or later this anomalous Att., llf titlno, 111,14 cease,
hut I will nay both for myself anti for thrive Owes
.opinionit I may represent. that althowth our slew, have
wit fount' favour with the inal'tritY"l. the rirwil aetl
are unpopular with the majority of the ratepayers. If
their :vowel. on 1e.., wet, yet we lupe ft,r ollWr wilds
than Go hell, forwaril iii,' etineation of the tibiliken,antl
if the lhanitminational party will ',how thenpeiren
liberal anti invt in their policy they will lii 114 pre.
I„tre,t,a. Nonettuformivta, to our part nv 'cog
citizens In forwarding the eiltwation of the pe
Nr..tvr.

Dorchester, February 12th, 11477,

AN ALLEG Eft lilt K.ACII (IF tNfltir. CA/411.
In the Common Nem dividon I,l' the Malt Court of
dilative, on Woolneeday, the r 11044/ of 11‘...14 agalmot
Atente wag lononght forward. Thi. nt. foe
'mach of proud.. of marriage, mill wit tried ;at the
Liverpool opodroat 'whore Mr. !ler...hell, op. , male: as
Noma...loner. kveroli.l wee fettle' for the
damage. VIM, lint it rule WO? hat ing been obtain. ol to
enter lodgment for the olehatoinut, the motto r now
ea?... on for *raiment set to whrther the I lei
in tole oilovointe qr oli.oharogool. The tottiod 1, 4..0r001h00
I teoteelot, wait a I:.•rttittn, lout a oho. t
Lit Liven bool nit n men:slit will, Ow tovrenta of the
4.4etodnist„ 11:604 Stern.% sl4.ilt Mid
Ilittf•f•kOWlNT. 1164.114, .4 ti. pareet• the
dole/to:nut wag la the habit. It wit. of ikitiont
the kitelten when. he made the oteopteltotvnee the
14:titttlff. ui. elvalwee Go her tv ere :tt liNtTtp..ll.4l.
last afterward. he staked her if eh, ...old marry him.
moysviitl .41e ber.tnie twit oh , atol .litt•
ing him .4 the. Cul .otol, " I 1,, hear with the little
She left her oterviee in order t leo ol in
loeleingdemow, where he gave her moon,. Peones, Mid
told her to goo to I:enmity, whirl, elte did. 141, her
return to Eng' otel itt dattuary, 1476, he agvito for-ood-4
to marry her, hut load neghoeteol Lu. 4. to. itodo.oe her
confinement her deter w4W the 11.411.11111 t. tiot
lie wottiol marry the plaintiff, ow 0100 otnytititu, poos ioleol
he Was Illot enq Newt!. The 1$441,1:( hon.'
•leleNtot Lu. hatlll4 heal .1 eoliverye.t hoe heti. eve thin
parffee, its the o• otme oof widelt the defend:not 1t0...1111.qt
to give th.. dabl per week, hat oliol did eed h•h,r
twirring... The vitu. foe tho defend/mt wtt4 au tmlioll3llc
denial of the proud., to marry. Mr. Toorr, whet
niren.red to ellow emiAo wz.11,14 the rule, contended
that, taking the ram oo•enerally, there was ample
corrolooratite evidemoo of the maul.% soul that the
veraiet °wilt to he 1041. Mr. I say, o .•., °mew-
lug the rode. denied that there w.te teetinenty to
eonfirtot that I.( the plaitttlif it peollihw to marry.
The evidenee if the eider went rather t•I .h..er that
the defendant wanted to !melt the matter np, an I that
of the loeigingdeonee keeper proved ettly that the
olefenolant had given itialtitilf Henley to go to I Senn 'ply,
and wax willing to mace an aliowanee for tile
not that there had ever been any lotonni.. to marry,.
Mr. .Ittetiee tolrove, In delivering Mokinetit, oleoerverl
lav•ame the law 1111 tit,. illfigi. the ditty of
th,t oof that time were very oliffietilt too olooololn,
nit
ing what wit 4 WIN do. tritig Ol loy other miter
"I'l.'".* in ,nlineort oof the Misteritil
denim 11014 55.-fitsoenteothing more titan a eeintilin isiuul
h.. wee oof the opinion that the ..onliroontory toviolootre
1,, tiff. ea.. wa', not that ...et i eoorroleorntiom
the l.tw %Ir. hO011:01 Wan, oof the
vame 10111011. I elt Wan Hort witleett comeloloorable
olootolot.lotolgutent WWI therefore entered for the olefon.
dint