The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-04-05 00:00:00

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THE DORCHESTER NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
The seen .1 rniteCne of the solicribers of i me .0. sois er •
bold on Tut • day eventor 154, s.. tb., 114 r 1n• sat.'
Schoolroom. There were present the Ker. M. Es,F t, the
Rev. A. A. Leonard. Rey. 11. Pectt 8.0.-% Mr. E %win
Burnett (hon. eecraery). Mr. F. 11.1 c. • (hoe.
treasurer). Mr. ArV,ur Lock. Gilonel OldS -1.1. Ur. it
Dirk Mr H. Spieer. Mr. Hil.. Mr. B. A. Wes, Mr.
Feud JAW& Mr. It tubes, Mr. Blip. and Mr. Cunning.

ton.
In cam...lsmail; rtithipin.sr. Mc Manta LOCK moved
that the Rev. H. Everett taro tit, chair.
This was seconded by the It tv. 11. uGET RAIKU, and
earri d NO eon
The Ca satinet said be was sorry his Worship the Nitrr
could nt he prevent that evt oust Ile certainly would
have taken the chair, ho under-toot].) ut there was some
other Weiner/ at which he wash .und to attend. He MO.
haireVvr. V• 11 a. rry at he ith.eoce. ant would endeavour
to take his ;Aare. Ills flist duty we; tt present the
usual rapert of lb. committee.
The report we; 55 fo:105•
"Dario *h. ye‘ir tho number of children on the books
b.., b.., j.sv whilst to avera.ie daily &Wild tows has
been pos. iollows

15450. 157.1.
Oa 11,0 k.. Attend- Oa B ,ok-. Attend-
son!.
Bye. School 444 2f ;7 44t7 271
orb: fklvel :321 212 300 5J2
Holy Trinlty
infant, School 121 ;-I
But F +,dinston
Infant.' School 270 DA 290 178
West F ,rdinaton
'dints' S:hosl 132

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iir!raite

Isrt 89.3 1171 921
The following are the last repotts of H M. Inspector, the
Bey. W. F. Tregartben :
Tee Soya' SCHOOL :—"The work was neaVy and
secuiately done in the standards, and in the cLues the
children ILIWWWOI with wore than ordinary readineta and
intelligerce. It is • very gooi bore school "
THI GIRLS SCHOOL :—" Theendare work was etzed-
hotly well done, and the cli& eubje:ts were fair. -"Ilse
uhool ii,, excellent nrder.
Hohr Tavern INFANTS' SCHOOL :—" The Infants' School
eoht.noes to 110 condocted and t.urlst with ix mplary
tostiem-e end 'kill, and it is in a most satisfactory
arylitinn."
Ten E•••I' FORDINGTON INFANTS' SCHOOL:—' The order '
is reeell•nt, and the imorortion very • ffi.Uent."
THH WEST FOIDINOTON INFANT!' hcHOoL It is a well
o:inducted and very efficient school."
The committee refer with satisfaction to the amount
received.. the Government Grant, which is an increase of
£49 16, Od. as compared with that of lest Year, and,
although • duress, Is Usurp of .A 3 4.. 4d. in the school
Bence, this may be party amounted for by the very
laelement weather experienced during the winter montl.s.
The committee regret that there is again a fallin( off in
the amount of subscriptions of ZS 18+, 61. As alluded to
is the last report, they are ewers that there are many
resideets in the different parish.. who do not subscribe to
the schools. and who would willingly contribute to the
rams if called upon. They, therefore, propose to take
some immediate dope to obtain some additions to the
list. During the put year • new class-room, which hoe
been wanted for • long tilos, has been added to the Holy
Trinity Infant School at • cut of about £4O, and by this
expenditure the isccommodestion and comfort of Use school
has been greatly enhanced. The working expenam of the
schools show an themes of £23 10s Od. Inc impaction with
lam year, and the balance to be carried forward is
£3Ol. 01., hut there are unpaid liabilities to the amount
of ,A6O 9.. 91. In conclusioo, the commutes beets inform
their subscribers that the several schools have been carried
on during the put year in a meet satiefactory manner
under the painstaking and zealous efforts of the mestere,
teistreirees, and pupil teachers, to whom the thanks of the
committee are specially due.
In the course of the financial statement the committee
drew particular sttentinn to Ise following items :—Total
expense of the five schools, ALBA 4r. 61. ;deduct outlay on
building, 123; total cost of maintenance, £1,360 4.. 51.;
cut of maintenance per child on the average attendance,
Al 10e. 41.
The Commutate maid they would notice that this report
was • very brief one, in fact. bethought it was a shorter
the than they had ever presented before, hut at the same
Mme he for himself that the schools, both generally
sad individually, were in a more satisfactory position,
both financially and almi with regard to the results as pre-
sented to the Government Inspector, than ever befcre.
(Hear, hear.) Mn. Hodges, their worthy treunrer. would
enter very much more into the figures than he ehouid
attempt to do, but he thonebt be would hear him out when
be asserted that financially the schools stool better than
they hitherto bed done. (Applause.) Perhaps it wee
more in his province to speak with regard to the results of
the school', hut be considered the annual reports of the
Government Inspector spoke volumed. They were, too,
very brief, fnr their inspector neve aaaaa very lotig reports,
but he thought nothing c-uld very well he stronger than
the short word. be had given them in his reports. (Hear, ,
1~3 They certainly expressed tory strongly is most
estiefect ry opinion .1 the school., and he, too, thought,
seeing so much of them u he did, that they were DOW
la se good a puition as they Possibly could be. (Applause.)
But there Wll4 one thing which he felt compelled to dwell
upon, however entry he might feel to do so. and that was
the very great disteutiortion between the number of names
on the loooke and the children in actual attendance. They
would riets that A
t this your soggth,to oisdinm disproportion
oononh
was something
ssrog
sotmroethoieg
Terry et riling.
they had put in the report, if they noticed, the attendanc*
for last year as well as this, en that the euthesibere
...lid see exactly how they stood itw the matter. Now in
11179 there were-1474 children on the books, whereas there
were only NI in actual attendance. This last y mr—lflBo
_there were 1537 gime en the bwilt. and only KM in
actual attendance. Now th t was not witat it ought to be
at all. (Hear. hear.) They all knew as well as he did that
there was an Act of Parliament passed simply and 8,14,
for the purpose of compelling children to go to echooll ;
bat be wee sorry to say that in this town that Act wee
really and truly a dead letter Wham fault that wag be
did sot presume to say for one single moment; hut he
ouly "Salsa to state the fact. These figure. spoke volumes,
sad confirmed what he hart said, and whish he knew
tube a positive fact--that the Act was really and truly a
deed letter. There were two gentlemen who, he believed,
were paid by the ratepayers for teeing that the Act was
dlum mewled into operation, viz., Mr. Pearce, the inspector,
mimeo duty it was to go round and look up the children,
sad the Clerk of the School Attendance Oommittes.
Tbseethrormtleteen were appointed under the Act, and,
tie heMemiC were paid by the reeepayere, bot whether
they Mg Reatiag else except drew their thy, of course It
was eel fer him to say; but he would say that the Act
vie set carried out el it ought to be. Some people told
Ithe thst the inspector, Mr. Pearce, had too much to do,
and that be really could not attend to it ; others said that
lb* were so very kind and tender-hearted that
mtierep=ts of the defaulting children cense to appear
Were them, they would net enforce Use penalty.
with doe
he begged to say that tt,
h n
se • htSCHels=te hect to the child or to thets?let
ai
them in thle free and easy way allow their children to ma
the Afilrelthilalatiedgmbi hthltethleneguagoiag tot
•sch°ehilt hadThp:esdkare
ttaitimarealbgaZadtubt•staiwardwarkqed at any work: but
and
so
swoons
of
limey
ins we
gonsre noitggsito he
Mi.
pus trier Millet 1.1 yeagli el age ought to
ah"Wil hem au advem stasdaidwith t Arta"' MM.
w wick. wee, far the
not Went to Imeg the

DORCRIMITIMI. children at the schools till were 1.1.14. or 15, bec*".__„,
the maJoeit of them
Tag HON. ME PORTMAN, our seeder county their inYge would-- wore 0( poor parent'. eue
member, did not vote on the Candaber question, but be of eery aarasiderable and of very
aPeregieh4 advantage to their parents, therefore be wain
he Defied for the Government. tamed they ought to be ewe te t them an education,
aufneleet for their post ion in life,eby the time they were
THOMAS CO ,MBS, solicitor, of Dcrohestcr, wag
child of 11 r
sioctawl clerk to the committee of the County Lunatic 161),„...^; 1,1 years old. tTbe (lov meat ha I fixed the
had not,
"thdattrasmsheicrientoLthelatniviialbacl
Asivlum, at the meeting of the committee on Tuesday_, ne7,l„irt"e'etil4e4
te fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr. . O-pinion that every
John Brown. d provided they bad
i lawn regular io attendance -"nue to She time, would
Tr grill Oleg EN TeRTAIN RIOT. -The Dorchester '. pale the 4th standard ; if they had Nee "'Ill"'
primitive Methodist Band of Hope choir will give ass j teraeninr in their atteodance,
eetertaiument at lipwa- _n
y o the Bth of April. Cho . e..,x,ew.,.t there would pass the sim:darrel. Toeref ore, taking
f mores thee could not
efo and drum hand in oonnection with the same body r ""°lB things °trimmer into conenle.atioe, he appealed
will als , attend. . IroonlY hi time* gentlemen who bed the working of the
, Act-he
?ADCS ALIDIIT et LIGHT IgyANTRT will in future De mold notedbaendodnePrerned tthh teem ttC'ent.ettitf me
known se the Somereetshire Regiment It was raised children attend
Southern counties during the Monmouth was very hard upon !IL. snibailZarb.Ly. r.t.rneharer'a were h
and did duty at Sodgemoor. It was in the good schools, with
Irenbetlhlieon.
an excellent et.ff o: masters and
Burn.eee War, and at the capture of G hnznee, after hthieneeees with ervi7 sort of aPPlitioc,l 'tint 'as ne"l'd
which the title of Princo Albert's Lido t Infantry w"- for a large nu "daft, and if they
number of c did not attsnd,
"
con 1t madferred ulem it, e It very hard upon them, for not only were the
Dosser Coe:err HOSPITAL-The follnwing is the esner,Thmeecith:Ssanje. but they lost the Government grant
report ter the week ending March 31st :-In-petients see that it :Zan' Pence as well Thee would therefore
iareitted, 4 : diecharged, 7 ; out-patients admitted, 22; Act his own indi:Tutal"orttrionth thgo.ug"dhtk)etdbid
in,. With.ir.•
discharged, 11; emergencies, 1 • deaths, 0; in•patienta, not know that other people would (with nim)-that
remaining in the hospital. 46' ; out-patients on the G ought t 3 he, not harshly and rig wisely, but fairly and
beoks,lB2 esenaltiee ; 19.-Phylcian for the week, Dr. properly caMed out. (Hear, hear) But at the present
Lush, surgeon for the week. Mr. Good, house-surgeon, time he counderee the figures quoted would toll them and
Win. ft C. Macertney. The house-Aar:eon dui,* to the rest of the town that the Act we, not being carried
out . i the way it ought to be. Nothing could be more
or eowledge, with thanks, the receipt id come blo ksu satisfactory than the Government reports, and he really
~,,r by Mr. Russell for the use of the patieutr. dirt think that they were veryfortunate in their staff of
&emit CLua Mernsu.-A meeting of this club masters and mistresees, were e their hard work
was held on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of elect- (for it was hard work in three days, when so mach was
jog officers, &c., for th• ensuing year, wii
present n there were required of them.) in • very honest, peinitaktog, and con-
: -The Captain (Mr. W. J. Durden) in the scientious manner, for it was to that he attributed the
chair, Mr. R. It. CIAO, (the vice-caotain), and great success ler the tehoelr. (Hear, la. at.) Theis wee, be
Meese". Rnmtni age, Pounce, Barnes, Denzilee,
great matter; be th. otgght they Dll,lalt part the
Hoarier, list, and
to, say, • small falling off it their subscriptien
and Bailey-Tile first business was to elect a captain blame in •
for the year. and Mr. W. J. Burden proposed that with the treasurer and secroPteary. esamireletehrei world do what
Mr. E. W, Young (late captain of the Yeovil Wcycle they could to look op some of the new resid-uts of the
club), be the captain, and this was sec meted by Mr, town, hut he wu sorry to say at that time his hands Wete
it. It. Case and carried nnanimauely.-Mr. li. F. No full in looking up money for another purp ~e, that be
Kunmings proposed, and Mr. Barnes seconded." That lined no time to attend to this. This year, I 0/raver, they
hon. sec., and .erti,eden wsltiAis on a good number ef °sends who had not
Mr. R. R. Case be elected vice-captain, the aebools. any persons had
treesurer."-Carried.-The following gentlemen were yet
to him" thattoif help
had been • ked th-y would let
eleeterl .na the committee :-Messrs. %V. J. Ourtdm, glad to sub,ci it*. lit conclusion, he i xprpsed the hope
IS. J. Damen, B. L ,ader, R. F. Humming., T. that next year they would see twits &acts nce but rather
Panne", and T. It. Floolder.-It was decided, , the a aerplus. (Applause.)
proposition of Mr. R. R. Case, that a silver badge be The lion. To usurer (lfr. J. F. Roues) endorsed what
awarded the member who attends the meets of the the Chawman bad said with reference t, the attendance
club the greatest number of times, the badge to he o.filuctddliiinu. It was a meet important subject. He also
which rath.r
worn for elle year.-There was. no other busineas of effec;ted It's tdheepadretment lie heeriw
P'h:Neaay the sub.
importance, and the meeting broke up shortly after. seripttons had Veen failing off tot 4;111 an/mint for the
' TR{ PoRTIIT GP WORDSWORTH" was the subject laut four or the year+. With imam however. te the
of an exceedingly clever and instructive lecture by the general finances of the wheel, he thought he might ser.
Bee. Walter Lock, M.A. (Kehle College. Oxford), at to Mr. Everett had it 'us, that they were iii • most situ.
the TOW.. Hall on Tuesday night, under the auspices factory coalition. They were left •ith only £2O in debt,
of the Dorchester Lecture Society. There was • fair and donne this year probably they woull not have any
attendance, among those prompt being the Hon. and grewoAtildeLeepeera a se
sled
problbly.
at
the
end
of
188 L
they
I balance in head and all their UDR-
Bev. Spring-Rice, the Rev. C. F. and Mrs. Powys, Unn Paid. (Hear, hear.) From time to time there must
the Rev. Holt Wilson, Mr. Mired and Mrs. Pope, be extra expense. fur they could not keep large buildings
Mr. G. and Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Henry Symonds, Mr. going without. They had incurred considerable expense
A. Symonds., Mr. J. F. and Mrs. Hodges, Mimeo ie building the new claes-room, which had crippled them
Mansel, Mr. Arthur Lock, Mr. R. Davis, Mr. Hutsta. rather. At the same time they must not look forward to
ble, Mr. Connington, &c.-The Rev. H. Everett took the future with any degree ototespondency, became it was
the chair. in the unavoidable absence of the Rev. T. very evident that the working of the school, wu highly
satisfactory, as shown by the reports of her Majesty's
Russel-Wright, and, in his opening remarks, said he Inspector, and the increaser of the Government grant It
was very pleased to take his piece, but he was sure reached, this year. £777 10s.. the highest they had ever
they would all agree with him that there wag no had, and the probability was they might still go on
mown that he should attempt for a single moment to Inc. toeing. (Applause) They could not tell what the
Introduce one so weil-known as Mr. Walter Lock. He effect of the new Educational Code would be next year.
was a Dorchester man, and was partially educated As regarded their expenditure, they they would Marie:at
upon
ttig
here, so that his success in life, in his having attained reavporrtuuth
uattturLicos of
..
attendance had mioemen . 'er'inO.s. 1470. He trasted
to the proud position of tutor and fellow at college, this with a letter which he saw in the nese • short time
made everybody vet./ proud to have him as • age, written by a member of the London School Board:-
Dorchester man. He was sure they were all The avenues ems cost of maintenance Per scholar is
very pleased to use him there that night. (Applause.) i attendance is as follows :- in 250 provin.
Raving briefly referred to the subject of the mai Board Schools, Cl 19.. list : in 89 Provincial
lecture, he called on the lecturer. - The veluntary school., El Ma. 913.; in 32 London Totem-
ic' 166 Loudon Board Schools, ,C 2 Ms.
Rev. waiter Lock, in choosing such a subject, put tar
Thre.chntsr!2d6Lvsiry favourably with the einem'
himself • difficult task indeed, for it is not one value et:ry 'schools, arid it showed that they were really
lecturer in • hundred who will make Wordswoith, se,rlrjos their schools economically, at the same time
notwithstanding the beauty of his poetry, interesting efficiently. He was quite sure that every member of the
to en audience fur any considerable length of time, committee would suppert him in saying that never bad
However, it was felt at the clue bow well he had any single expense been asked by the masters or
succeeded in his lecture. He endeavoured to show mistresses, for the proper and efficient maintenance of the
reased
how the poet had fullfilled the destiny, of his poems secatlasr7iless h;:sadheeexnprtrefderld ripoTnhy"i!TiuiTdi rnagy:lisecclassoruothme,
and the highest purpose of all poetry, which was to fitted 'tip rooms with furniture, and given prisee-in fact
console the afficted. to aid sunshine to daylieht by everything had been done fur the good of the schools.
making the hate)", happier; to teach the young awl Therefore he could not tale feeling that it would be rather
the gracious of every age to see, to think, and to feel, • little en-tumble vein.glory when he asserted that it
end therefore to become in we actitely and sccarely woutd be impossible in this town, whether they bad, 2.
virtuoso.. We have not space t , give this excellent tichnol Bossd or any other 'viten) of managepe:y.
all
lecture in full, but we can say that it was a moat reitilycehdocate t.bletir:lttiteinjwinn.a core I
itlettac.t., w •
nit Sabool
enjoyable "literary lecture," by the way a very
thine, awl we are sure those who folioweit the lecturer
'Al' I tolrrd, •ertryie.ntailed, and they might ~..• ern 4ratulate
themselves that a v ty hears rate tr.ll thy reteP4cri
throtirh his clever paper were highly intereet,,cl and wee e„,, sroid..d. (Applaos..)
pleased. at the close he thanked the committen fir Mr. Cl:SisisGTOs I nursed tke'.: liir_e°,!ntni.t_:r_e,re,eist
allowing him to lecture before an au Lance of his native of tt.e tollowine centlelnew 117. mr'..H... Spicer,. 4 1,1','..7.1;•.
town, which ought to be • great ambition Ur r ung Mr T. Str.ala, Biggs. Itf-
re..t, Mr. $ R. Hard, Mr. B. A.
literory men of Dorchester. (Applauae.)-Mr. Heil 111 '..r..i.'ltzl.4liith,l,l.6l'ness, Mr. Ilow, an 1 Mr. Slade. H.
Symonds proposed, and Mr. Cunnington ...e iniler , ob.. eu,;.ip,.,..) was sorry to pee that such 4 r.cr
• c wriial vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was
..",• imnorttn, gstab,bilitnent se these
111.1300110 were not more
su ppoeled by the Hon. and Rev. Spriog ttioe. t,;i:;.ey support-A. the whole of the sul s: ibers only
i,-..eering about 170 per.ons. If the public generally
er re to consider what the cost would he to • single
i . ivi,luil ,1 they hid is Eta-1 School, he thougit they
w 'obi COMO Mr to re lb. rssly than they d; I a'. present.
Toe %tole of the 'neatest prefeeeion be el sorts I was
r ll'll 'tiled her Alli. two 4.1111,031. t. Others I• I net paid
ut all, and it came vs ry hard upon those who did pay.
P mil ought to condi r the. ulster the present manage.
meet of tbs. echo Is, they bet stile Nice at a very cheap
rare, and were tl,o. caved :I. du a Baud School and an
increeo.4 net (Applause.)
Mr. R. DAVIS seconded.
Mr. cum:ilt4OTO:4: It is • very important matter about
the ails nd.nce. It Mr. Pearce has not time to attend to
is won, hi v. have somebody ave.
Mr. Howls St:Reeve : Mr. Pearce is appointed by the

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Mr. I'uNXIMOTON : We nn•ht t. have menet:ling done to
have a thor.oehly efficient p 'Toon lor he week,
und,,uhzedly. Hero is the attoadanos mutating ouly
orn•half. It is 4111Pir ridiculous.
Mr. EDWIN BURNETT : W4tl all doe respect to what the
C ,eirmen has Lod, tie mu.it make tune allowance for the
b d eit,ier.
Mr. ARTHUR LOCK : How many of the 1,537 children
on Ito honks have male sufficient attendaace to he pre-
ei uteri to the inapeet,,r—that is really the queption I
rt., CHAIRMAN : That is. very important question, but
uhlockily ill: bt stet on our tepor.a. It can euily be
a. Certai fled ft in our registers.
Mr. Evwfx BURNHIT reworked they would nicks It •
pc jut • have I ju the mat rep ,rt.
Mr. ARTHUR LOCK wade • v.- ry impi.rtant suggestion—
thit immediately after the Cvoool wee teken, at the
expense of a few pounds. obtain from the different
' enumerators the number at children in each dirt4ict. or in
each !Helios of dirtt hi.
rite CitaiaNats : A most useful thing.
Cilonel OLDPIRLD: The inventor when he was appointed
woo surp wed Jo tele- the atoms of the children.
Mr. E. IIVIINST•: Thar are .uppoeed to do a great many
things in D.w.l.e.ter. (Laughter.)
The OHAIRMAR : Unluckily, et tim time he was appointed
one very mull aalary—indi ed. I can hardly say what it
w is.
Mr. ARTHUR LOCK : .EllO a year.
Tile CHAIMMAN said it WWI & vary AMA!! sum for RI& an
impolant itr,,rk. and he would tbrow out a suggestion
which be hoped would he taken up by Vt." in authority,
whether it would not he a right end proper thing (for
eivenivally it would he the insane of grad saving to the
ratepayer.) that they sto,uld appoint a man at a higher
sa'a-y, end give almost his undivided attention to the
subject, (ffe•r. hear.)
pyrian.Jimaan proposed a vote of thanks to the
Cheirman for presiding. (Applause.)
Mr. ETHANOL Btf)Os in seconding the penapemon geld
he waa sure the committee were deeply indebted to the
Chairman for the se.l,us manner in which he always per-
form-.d hie duty. (Applause.)
The CHAIIIIIAN having briefly replied, the proceedings
terminated.