The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-28 00:00:00

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out the faculties of those they are called upon to teach.
This would seem to be the very first step in thi art of
education, just ea the examination of material is the
preliminary act of one who constructs a bed•dead or a
plough. Mr. Fawcett says cases have come within his
knowledge of persons who have for years studied I 'tin,
French, drawing, and music without succesv, when
some subject has been accidentally hit upon which has
led talent of a very remarkable kind. It is
melancholy to think htw many minds have been
stunted through failing to strike the rock of hidden
faculties I The question is how to apply a test. Chil-
dren do not carry their capabilities in their fans.
Theymust be lived with and experimented upon before
you can for.n a true estimate of their characteristics.
If phrenology could be depended on as an exact
science, we maid arrive, through its means, at some
approximate knowledge of character. There are not
many, however, who would depend on such • promos
as an unerring test. Parents should be the beet
Judges; but, unfortunately, it has not been a habit to
educe" youthful faculties even under the favourable
landed' of home. The schoolmaster is, therefore,
left to draw out as best he can the potentialities of his
pupils; and a clumsy method it is. Unless there be
an unmistakable him asserting itself strongly, a
boy disposed to mathematics is stuffed with languages,
another having a predilection for drawing is made to
study history or geography. So round pegs are put
Into square holes, and talent which would bring forth
abundantly is nipped in the bud. One is obliged to
fall back on the old doctrine that what a boy learns
may be of less oonesquenoe than the training his mind
undergoes in acquiring knowledge; but this will hardly
satisfy the expectations el real educational reformers,
who desire to yes precise remits from particular causes
of action. It may be that we an unconsciously
approaching a more perfect system of teaching. At
all events, we may be certain that we understand
things better than we did formerly. Al a child learns
to walk by tumbling, so may we believe that the mis.
takes we have made—and they are numerous —are
gradually bringing us to a more effectual method of
Imparting knowledge.

01,111.•11 Binxict.—The Rev. Dr. Hamilton, from
South Africa, preached to a very large number of
people on the White Hart Bridge, on Sunday afternoon
Wt. His MITIDOII was taken from the text :—"You
must be born again." Good ordermvailexi throughout
the whole of the proceedings. Fle wee xtlMPtied by
the Rev. W. Anon (Wesleyan), Rev. J. Davis, of
Piddlettenthide (Baptist), Rev. F. Kindle (Primitive
Methodist). Mr. A. Daniels, and various rn mhers of
the different denominations. Miss R. A. Warne pre-
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sided M the harmonium, which wai kindly lent forlhe
occasion by Mr. A. Daniels. In the evening Miss
Warne, of Cornwall, gave a service of sacred wog, in
Alington Hall, her subject being :—" The Parable of
the Sower." The ball was crammed to excess.

MTLITART FuSISAL. The remains of Private
Michael Williams, of the 39th Regiment, were interred
at St. George's Churchyard, East Fordington, on
Friday afternoon last. The deceased was a short
time flocs invalided heme from India, and on Wednes-
day died, after 12 years' service. The funeral ca lve
wee heeded by a firing party of 12 men, under Sergeant
Buckler and Corporal AIM; then came the body of
deceased, tome on a gun-carriage of the Royal Ilene
Artillery, drawn by six horses. under Sergeant Shane.
The coffin was covered by the Union Jack, on which
were the shako, belt, and bayonet of deceased; two
buglers and the comrades of of the 39th and
715th, to the number of between 70 and 90, under
Lieut. Menzies, followed. The tunud three volleys
wore fired over the grave, and a call blown by the
buglers. Docemied was 30 years of SP. The burial
service was performed by the Rev. H. P. Raikes.

CRICK/LT.—R. H. A. v. 39T11 DEPOT BRIGADE. —The
return match between the above elevens was played
on the Artillery Ground on Friday, and resulted in
favour of the R.H.A. on the first innings by 11 runs.
The batting of Mr. Ferrer was the only feature of the
game. The following are the scores :