The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-08-29 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

THE SALISBURY DIOCESAN PRIZE SCHEME.  THE sixth annual report of the Committee op. pointed to carry out the above scheme hao, just been issued. From it we learn that 924 candidates seat in certificates according to the prescribed regulations, and that, 814 of these presented themselves for examination at their respective centres on the ap• pointed day. The results of the examination are shown in the class-lists accompanying the report, from which it appears that 33 boys gained a first class, 33 a second, and 22 a third: 28 girls were ranked in the first class, 35 in the seeond, and 23 in the tbi-d. The examiners state that in Holy Scripture fully one-eighth of the papers were done creditably, and eighteen of them very creditably. In the Prayer Book and Catechism, the average result is pronounced decidedly creditable. In Geography and English History, many of the papers in the first division were written with great care. In Grammar, the first division contained a much larger proportion of successful candidates than either of the others. In dictation, the spelling fell very far short of what it should have been; some of the examiners in the preceding subjects make a similar .complaint. Arithmetic appears to have been on the whole very satisfactorily worked. The lady who undertook, to examine the needlework remarks—" The average quality is very good, but I regret to see that very little darning is attempted in the larger proportion of the schools." Sixty-six schools appear to have sent in candidates —39 from Wiltshire aid 27 from Dorset. The special prizes, amounting to £5, given by the Dean of Salisbury to the most successful master and mistress, who have not gained these prizes during the three preceding years, were awarded to William Carter, of Melksham, and Rhoda Hawkins, of Chute; the former having presented 38 candidates, who carried off eleven prizes, and the latter six candidates, each of whom gained a prize. The towns do not appear to have been so auccessful as the villages. Thus, Shaftesbury, with 64 candidates, gained only eleven prizes; Sherborne, with 50 candidates, eight prizes; and Trowbridge, 54 candidates, bore off only six prizes, whereas Chute, as we have seen, gained the 'Dean's prize, and the little village of Stickland, with five candidates, carried off four prizes. Susan& Bird, however, brought up the credit of Shoehorn° by carrying off the silver medal, awarded to the girl who pusses the best examination—for which only those are eligible to compete who have previously obtained a first class. George Squire, of Wootton Bassett, gained the silver medal awarded on the same conditions to the boys. Longbridge Deverill occupies the singular position of being both at top and bottom of the list—Charles Perrilf being first boy in the first class, and Kate Carpenter last girl in the third class. We are happy to see that the fiII&HOES of the society I appear to be in a flourishing condition, and trust it will long continue to receive that support it appears so richly to merit.  MIL MOINE). the English artist, is still a prisoner in the bands of the Italian brigands, and it seems likely that he will die there.  MR. CHARLZR GORDON Smtsornt, the Ashburton atupeou, was committed for trial by the Lord Mayor on Tuesday morning on the charge of rape. He protested his innocence.  TUB MURDER OF MAJOR Die