The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-08-06 00:00:00

WARBItAIf.

THE EDUCATION QUESTION AT WAREHAM.
The committee of Wareham *chop', findirg it
, to get money enough under IC • eolontsry sys,
to carry on the acobot•l requrated the Mayor to cU a
meeting of the ioh.bitents to consider the matt- r.
Amongst those who attonded wer•--Tho Rev. S. R.
' Cepa, Mr. W. Daniell, Mr. W. J Pike, Mr. fiteph n
Bennett, Rev. S. Taylor. Mr. J. A. Panson, Rev. J.
Newton, Mr. F. H. Boitgs, Mr. Tribbett, and many
'then.
In the abeam of Mr. Wilcox Mr. W. DAXILLL
took the 'hair.
Mr. Pius said, in compliance with the destine expressed
at the former meeting, they bad again tried to meet the
oase voistatarily, bat It had tailed, and now the committee
thought • School Board inevitable. They had struggled
through the past year by great efforts. They had Dews,
obis to rules money to moors their grant by antictipatiog
the subeeriptiosa of the peasant year. 8. they bed
mewed the kaiak grantee'r obtained, nearly £lO6 and
had paid their way; but now, whoa some repair. were
in progress, they had nothing left. The prospects of the
National School were no bettor. Appeal. had been
Endo to their ham Mi. Bonnett, the THINIIIOI of the
National School. had heed an 'length* bill to obt,in
fond* but without much effmt. Th• British School.
room was now capable of holding VA children under the
Sclutatiqn Aot, and • door might be pull. that would
double the &atom modation. This would give more room
than Is required and woolt cost lest U.-a £lOO, and the
other expenses about MO. But putting Rut soot at .C 250
Is le not mesh. . .

Rev. S. Caret said before the extra room at
Stoborough school was sencuoned—eadjt 1141 only 12
feet muare—it had coot over £lllO.
Boy. S. Tartsa runiaded the amebae the lidasaties
Department would decide about the building, audit was
• startling fact that the building espouses elope of 36
Boards had ooet £333 375. It was true they included
such large towns es Liverpool and Re vitag. If they
borrowed £l,OOO they most toy £35, and it £3 000,
9105. The ket wee • compromise, and though under it
the Bible would be read, there wood to no religious
Imenzetioa.
In reply to Bev. I. J.lNewtoo, Yr. B. Beeson said
£5O had been colluded
Mr. MalliaBKaiijasked„Wwiell'A 'Board there would 69
• separate rate.
Mr. TIUSE/T mad itwould be takitheat of the poor-
rates
Yr. Mg said Kr. Teylor had gone wide of the rel-
Joel They had all mid* lip their minds no 1) the
religious question long ago. A board octal not be
fordned who would not one end all with to see the
children grow lip religions mini and womea. It was
therefore idle to suppose religion wooli not be
Wight. They mast come to the red business, and mut
what waste be done. Taking Kr. Taylor's point airiest
about the £3,ooo—h. would asy nothing about the
£3,000, when they knew that the building they than
',coupled only cod £l,BOO. Nor WY it neessaary to
neat on the exposer will& Kr. Cape' bad alluded to
at litoborough. Beek ea outlay could not here Mk*
plies mooed MS of Meatier in Wareham The
£l,OO Mr. Taylor told than amounted to £35 ailear
for 50 years, equal to UI. in the E. They would be
sailed 9900 for an additional 4d in the £, amounting to
£l4O. Thus the school pesos would amount to £7O. and
they ought t get • Government grant of at lest 4 £2lO,
whioh altogether would be more suM dent for the
ednostional purposes of this town. Mr. Bennett stated
that eld. In the E would be wanted upon the volontary
erindple, but mil), of the ratepayers. Including souse
present, mum now give more then 6.1., whilst others
laelading the railway company and gss company, give
nothing, and others only • pert of what Viey ought to
Om The volubility glean was unequal, unjust, and
Impracticable; but at the same time it was dee to the
sonemittee of both eshosis, that that meetiog should
pledge themselves to •trry it out, coat what it would,
er 90 with the British School committee ant ask for
a board. That meeting had no right to subject the
British School committee by Its indecision and delay to
la•vitable personal loss.
Some coceenation al to tie possibWty of carrying
out the voluntary 'idea foll•wed, and propositions
ware sti= which were not metered.
Mr. wished to oaks a feet obeervatioaa on
what passed. There was • great deal that was very
irrelevant, mid NNW ths question. Re WY ON of the
thief ratepayers af the town, bet still exposited he paid
more es • voluntary samara/sr than he would if rated.
He had no with for a Behisol-board if it could be
avoided. Mr. Pike's remarks with regard to the oolleo-
lios of them voluntary subseriptious were perfectly
last and tree, sod for his part ha (Kr. Pilliter) would
net undertake it Rs then promeded to quote the
818 eestion, enabling the managers of any sohool,
or ten ratepayers, to move the edseetional department
for an inqaire with a view to establishing • School-
board, after the publication of the nodes, whioh he, as
Clark a the Union had lately teemed to be published
theougtost it, edit asthmatics from the otecemittee
of Conseil on Bdoeatime. la ociesinates, Kr. Flitter
expressed his mametioa that whatever they might say
or do they would have • School board if the Tawas:,
fame could not be kept up, and, with referencia to •
remark from Mr. Tyler thee he (Kr. Taylos) had been
gaoling the mulattoes of the Zduostlostal Deparisseat,
he observed that he was geodes from the Lot Itself.
Mu J. A. Parrot proposed, and Ms. W. J. Psith
gessoaded, the proposition that the meeting aheald be
adjoined mad Wednesday, when they would consider
the plan of petting the British Sehool under the Board,
whilst the Maims!, School should be eapported by
minatory eaksoriptioad