THE

SHIIlBURNIAN.

VOL. VI. OCTOBER, 1870.

TH0A1AS WATSO~'S POEM:::;.

~o. XXIII.

11 ~HO~1AS .'Vat:on, a L,onaone.r born, di~ spend some time in~ tIllS Ull!VCrsIty, not III LOgICk and PhIlosophy, as he ought

to have done; but in the smooth and pleasant studies of Poetry and

Romance, whereby he obtained an honourable Name among the

Students in those faculties. Afterwards retiring to the JJIeti'opolis,studied the Common La,,· at riper years, and for a diversion wrote,

Eclu.qa in obitllln D. Francisci Walsingham Eq. allr. Lond. 1590..Amintae Galluia. Lond. 1502. 'Vritten in Lat. Hexameter, and

dedicated to the incomparable Mar!!, Countess of Pembroke, whoWI1.S a Patroness of his Studies. He hath written other things

of that Xature or Strain, and something pertaining to Pastoral,which I haye not yet seen, and was highly valued among ingenious

men, in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth.""

Such is the meagre account of this poet given by Anthony aV{ood, -not 'hon,est Anthony,' but 'crabbed old sneering Anthony',

where poets are his thellle,-and to this but little has been added

by the researches of his latest editor, :Mr. Arber, the Spenser

society, or other biographers.

I have condensed the following list of his works from 1Ir. Arbor's

account of them.

"Aih. Oxo'" '-01. 1. cu!. 231., 1st. Bd, 1691,

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1. ., ::)Op11O'~ li~' ~h!Ci'jJl"t'ie 1'1n 121>1 \Yatsono .T V. studioso.

HtLic ac1cluntnl' ponlp(J,~ cs.. ~ill:;'nli,) Tra:..!'~eclijs acti-s cL\rinflt[c'~ J

t't post eas, totidcl.ll thenlata ~;ClltClltii~, rCf'_\l·ti,~~:jrll[l,: cOlL'];l rrhOlua

l\'rttsono ill! t hore. Lonch]]i, 1cl,"~ 1." Dc;cliC:l ted to Phili p ,Io,n1l'd,

Ear] uf -<.trunclcl. This \,,-ol'k '\'ouc1 h:l.s Lscribcd to flllotiH:;'!' Thl1ll1as

,rrl-!:-;oll, BislH,t' of Linc'olll under Queen :JIal'y, of ,,-bUlll IJe says,

., In IJjs YUlUl!2:er YL'~i.rs he Wtt:-) gi,,'en Jtluel1 to })(letl'y and El~tkillg of

Plays, and g'linl!d gTeat cummendmions for his Ant(r;one ont of

SopllOoles by the Ieal'lledmen of hi~ time; who ha\'e farther asowed

that a~ long ns Geol'ye Budailiwn's Tntg'l!r1y nlled Jepldhe hayo

among all Tr:lgeclie, of that time l,cen aLIa to abide the tOllch of

Aristotle'", prcceph, and Euripides' example: so li:dl also the

Tragedy of this Thomas rVa(son, eal1ed Aosalon, which was in al1lost

IYonderful lllrmner admired by them, yet he would ne,'er snffor it to

go abroad, because inlor.:is pm'lolls, ..:inaprdus is tlyice or thrice usedinstead of Jrtll!ous." %

I am inclined to doubt \"hether, as IYoud has mistaken the author­

ship of the Anti!Jone, this tragedy of Aosalon may not also ha,e

been written by the Poet I\Tatson, but it is not mentioned by

Mr. Arber, and as it was, seemingly, never printed, it has probably

by this time perished.

The Antigone is a Latin translation of Sophocles' Play.

2. "The Ecatompat1u'a, or Passionate Centurie of Loye, divided

into two parts: "'hereof the first expresseth the author's suffel'11llce

in loye : the latter, his 10lJ6' f'lre',Yell to 10YG and all his tyrmmie.

Composed by Thomas IVatson, Gentleman: and published at the

request of ccrtaine Gentlcmcn, Lis yery frcndcs." London, entered

ill tho Hegisters of the Stationers' Co. .31st :lIan:h, 1582. Dedicated

to the Earl of O~onf()nL

3. "The first sett of Italian':,hdrig'alls, Eng-li"hcd, not to the sonse

of the originall dittie, lmt after the affection of the noate. By

Thomas IVatson, Gentleman. London, 1;300. Dedicated to the Earl

{)f Essex.

4. ".JIeliLxus Tho!1lal Watsoni siue, Ecloga in Objitum Honoratis·

simi Yiri, Domini Francisci Walsinglmmi, e'i nitis amati, Diual

" Fa,,!. 0"U11, 1. coL ilQ. Ed. 1691.

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Elizabethal a seeretis, et "anetiorilms cOllSilijs. Londini, 1500."

Dedicated to 'Tholme Iralsinghamo Armigero'.5. "An E::dogye uI)(>n the death of the Right lIonorable Sir

Franeis IY:lbill~hal1l, late priJ'.ci1lall ~:ecretnrio to Her .JInjestie, and

of her moste U:noralJle Pl~ivie Coulledl. IYritten first in Latine

by Thomas II'fibon, Gentleman, and now 11y himselfe translated

into Endi"h. London, 1;)00."6. ,,'Amintae Gaudia. Anthore 'fhoma 1\'nts01w, L'1l1dinensi.

iuris Studioso. Lonclini, 13!}~." Ddicded by C. ':,I. (perhaps

Cbris. Marlow) to :lIary Counto,s of PemlJroke.7. "Tho Teal'es of Faneie; or, L0ye Disdained. London, 1;)03."

Signed T. IV. and regi"tcrc,1 in the Stationers' bo01,s as f"II01YS,

"ii aug. LJ50.3.] John Di:.nter. Item entred for his copie, &c.,

a booke intituled, The tenrs of f:msie, or loye disdained. By T,

Watson. vj~

8. .JIiscellanoons Works. PrincipnJly inserted among works by

other authors.In his dedication to the Antir;one he term~ it 'juvenilia carmina'

and says that ho had trayellerl "broad in Italy and Fnmce for 7 or

8 year~, and hnd learnt the 1:, clg'lwge,; of those countries, that he

had been a soldier, and then lefr the C:lmp for the study, and deyoted

himself to 1:1\1', and Groek aUll L:1tin Literature. I\"e learn from

other parts of his ,vorks that he ""1S a gentleman, and born in

Lonclon, probably about 15;35. Ho ,Yent to Oxford, and sbyed there

'some timo' says I'{ood, probolJly less than three year~ as ha seoms

to have taken ;10 degree; aftenntrds he tTflselled abroad, and 011

his return to England probably settled in London nt one of the

Inns of Court, and devoted himself to the study of law :Uld litera­

ture. He seems to ht1ye been a friend and contemporary at Oxford

of GeOl'go Poele, the Poet ,,'ho ,note commendatory verses before

the Eoatompat1lia, of .John Lilly, the Poet and author of Euphues,

who wrote an Epistle prefixed to the Eoatompa(ltia, and of II'. Camden

the historian and topographer, to whom IVatson owed some yerses

printed before his Aidigone.;"* :i\Iatthew Joyelon and T, Ar':1clcy, also poet,,!, wero authors of some \'or,es

prefixed to tho D.'ctlo;;'L,o.ti,i:<. Tho. ~ash calls him' 011e that he elc,arIylov'd and honor'd.'

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60 Thomas j,Vatso1l's Poems. Thomas Tf?iltson's Poems. 61

His patrons may be collected from those to whom he dedicatedhis works.

He died probably about Septemb2r 1592, as Gabriel Haney in abook published Sept. 8-9, reckons '\TatSOll among a number ofliviu'Yauthors, while the dedicator of Amyntas, which was published o~the 10th of 1\ovember, calls it a posthumous work. In the registerof S. Bartholomew the Less, is an entry to this effect:

'26 Sept., 1592. Thomas Watson, gent. was buried,' cited by11 r. Collier.

With regard to his works, 'Vatson was ranked by his contemporarieswith Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Marlow, Chapman, and Dravton.Spenser and Peele both lamented his death in verse. Yet he·soonbecame a thing of the past, next a mere name, and finally that wasforgotten, and his works have almost entirely perished, so thatscarcely any copies can be found of those writings of his now known.His memory has been revived by the Critics and Commentators ofthe last 100 years. Stevens preferred his Sonnets to Shakespeare's,an opinion to which few will subscribe.

I have culled a few flowers from his garden, which may serve assamples of his power.

And was not Astrophill in flowring prime

By cruell Fates cutt off before his daie,Yong Astrophill, the mirrour of our time,

Faire Hyales chiefe ioy, till his decay?

When late a dreadfull Lyon in his prideDescended downe the Pyranean mount,

And roaring through the pastures farre and wide,Devour'd whole Belgian heards of chief account:

Stout Astrophill incenst with sole remorse

Resolu'd to die, or see the slaughter ceast :Then fenst with fire and sword, with manly force

He made assalt upon the furious beast.

But of this tale teares downe the latter part :I must returne to Melibceus fall

Who mourning still for Astrophill's depart,

Forsooke his friends, and lost himselfe withall.

I t is hardly necessary to remark that Astrophill in this fine passage

is 'Sir Philip Sidney.'

Lest my homespun verse obscure his worth,Sweet Spencer let me leave this taske to thee,

Whose never-stooping quill can best set forthSuch things of state, as passe my muse, and me.

Thou Spencer art the alderliefest* swaine,Or haply if that word be all to base,

Thou art Apollo whose sweet hunnie vaineAmongst the muses hast a chiefest place.

These extracts are from the Eclogue upon the death of SirFrancis 'Valsingham, to my mind the sweetest of all the writings of

our Poet.From the Teares of Fancie take the following specimen,

From Sonnet 22.

In an arbour artificial! wrought,By workeman's wondrous skill the garden gracing,

Did boast his glorie, glorie farre renowned,

For in his shadie boughs my mistres slept,And with a garland of his branches crowned,

Her daintie forehead from the sunne ykept,Imperious love upon her eielids tending,Playing his wanton sports at everie becke,And into everie finest limbe descending,From eies to lips from lips to yuorie necke,And everie limbe supplide and t'everie part,

Had free accesse but durst not touch her hart.

I have left myself no space to make any extracts from the Ecatom­

pathia. I must end with one sizain from the 63rd of tbe Century

of Poems.Love hath two shaftes, the one of beaten gold,By stroake whereof a sweete effect is wrought;

The otber is of lumpishe leaden mould,

it Alderliefest i.e. dearest of alL

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6"'" Birds of Sh,'rbJTlie'. Birds of Shcrborm.

I nee,l hardly say

This dow, like the

Dl'id~'0, :11H\ di~-)co~;crpd its IlC\3t~: I "\yur; h~l.}f -Wfty

\Yht'll I !lcal,(l Y,-:l;l~k, \yb,lC:):, 1Jchill:j n;.'~) <~nd l00king

And worketh none effect but what is nought:

Within my brest thc bttcr of the t\";J.ine

Breccles fe:lre, fc.nc :mcl a h,t:n:.; p:tine.

I hnyc done. .l\llV onc \\-!lo \\-i~hes to :::08 111n1'8 Uf'[ \T\~'lt:;':C'll:-' ',,>.v . . . - - . <-, '.' _ ,"j L OClns

m:!y find thc Ecato/i/j)atlti,i, Jl('!iI"Jc'/'". E('!O'/"f' "'1"1/"'" 0'.[' 1:'. .... - - - -) - - (. , 11 [. L,) 'j allele1 t:. . ,

ane it cw llllllor POClllS III ~Ir. c'crkr's l'cprint: they "ill bc found

dcscr\~illg of nttclltinll. ~\lallY ur tIle iclcrl~ S2'...'El no',y so Euniliar

that onc is inc1illed to cllnl:cl~El the \yhule b:)c;.k H-.;stolel1, but o~

tv:o 111C11 11~i116' the SflTnc the nuc that fl.l'~t it has

more cbim to the o\l'llcrship tlUll the latc!' uscr, who howeyer

frequcntly gains all the praise through the \1'orIel',; haYing forgottenthe originator.

BmDS OF SHERBOnXF:

COXCLUDED.

Cou: ~mID.E. RASORES.

The Woodpigeoll (Columlm palnmbus) well kno"nl for its mclo~

dious notes, is ycry COlllmon in thc \\'oods and plantations. I onee

found oyer thirty eggs in an afternoon. The birds build eyery

month from April to Septembcr. I h'lye taken eg'gs as latc as

September. They are quite whitc, and the ncst in ,yhich thcy flrc

laid is yery roughly compo,ed of thorns [lnd stlcks, and wi~houtany lining.

The Stockdove (ColLlmlm cEnns,) though not w plentiful as the

last bird, is fuund prctty frequently. Like thc \Yoodpigcon, it lays

two white e;:c:gs, and builds seycral times in the year. I haye found

the nest in thc tops of old pollrml trees, and in lwle', in old wfllls

and trccs; amnng' other places in thc ruins of Sherburlle Castle.

Tho Turtledove (Columba turtur), is a migratory ,peeies of the

Columbidx, and comes to us Intc ill April. It builds in high hedges,

11[ly trees, or the tops of thick bushes. On one occasion two of us

had just startlcd a tmtlecloye from the top of [I high hedge, not far

heyond \Y

up therouud S:l\Y l1 keeper thrashillG' my companion.

that \\'0 hfld to giye up the turtledove's nest.

others, lnys two cgt;S only, quite \\'hite.

PHASL\XID.E.

The eg',,;'s of tIle Phpamnt (PlwsimlUs colchicus), ancl of the

Partridr;e (Penlix cinere:1), can bu obUlined from any ofthc keepers

for ncxt to nuthing.As a "aming tu tho~e ,yho 'Hmld like to puach. I refer them to

the yignettc in lalTcl], under the' l'h"'ls,mt'.

GRALL.\TOHES. CILlR.\DIUID"L.

The Lapu:iil.1, or Peei:'it (Ynncllus cristatus), dcri\ing the forlllcr

nallle from it:i t1i:~ht, nllll the btter from its note, is COlllll10n hcre,

and lmilds a nest on tIle ground, in 'l'hlCh it lays foul' 01' fiye eggs,

'which aTe Inucb after fur eatillg. The eggs arc Oli\"c-UrO'Yll,

blotched \\ith j)lack. The lle,ts \\hich are hard to find. flrc usuDJly

on the do\yns, or in ploughed fields, or long grass. N eycr follow the

old bird ,yhcn looking fur::t nest, as they 'will feign lamencss to

entice you a\my from it,

ARDEID,E.

The Common heron (Ardca cincrea), is of course well known as

therc is a hcronry in the Park. 'The Lirds build in the tops of the

highest trces. Thc eg'gs aro yery like dllck's cggs in colour but a

good deal smallor, and are four 01' fiye in numbor.

H.\LLID,E.

The Corncr,d'e, or Landrail (Crex pratcnsi,), is well known by

the incessant jalTin,.;' cry \yllieh it keeps up night and day.

It is nli6r~ltory, bat ho\\; it cser gets across the sea I C8-nnot

think, as it neycr scems to fly lllllch. I haye eyen known onc run

down and caught by a dog.The nests are on the ground, and tHC rathcr hard to find, but I

haye frequcntly tnkcn them in a Held that ,ms bcing mO\Hl. The

legs are placcd far back llnd m"kc the binl scem ycry fI,d;;.,,-ard,

th~ough no duubt they are \\cll adapted for thc running and skulking

action ,rhich the bird use~.

Birds of Sherborn!.

It re8.ches us in April, and its eggs may be found early in May.

';':18 c~.gs are nine or ten in number, and very like those of theMisseJ Thrush, only of course much larger.

The .2!Iool'hen (GaIlinula Chloropus), a water bird something likethe landrail in shape, but black in colour, may be found below the

Westbury Bridge mill, in the field by the side of the river; also inMiller's llleads. The uird is, curiously enough, not weu-footed.

It lays usually about seven eggs, light urown spotted with darkreddish bro,m. The nest is usually placed in reeds or Iow bushes by

the "ater's edge, uut I once found a nest in the top of a Iow tree.LEPADID,E.

The Goot (Fulica Atm), is larger than the moorhen and is halfweh-footed. Xumbel'S of them may be seen in the Park, but Ihave never found them in the ri,-er. I once took an egg from a nest

in the Park. They build alllong rushes or reeds, andIay eight ornine eggs like the moorhen's, but larger and more closely spotted,and of a lighter drab ground eolour.

K"UATORES. Ax.~TID.E.

The Szean (Cygnus ferus), the common or mute swan may beseen in plenty in the Park; uut these are not really wild swans.

Eggs can be obtained from the keepers. I once took some eggs atAbbotsbury, near 'Veymouth, ,,-here there is a 'swannery' containingover 1000 birds.

This completes the list of eggs and birds I have met with about

here: I am afraid that there may be several birds omitted, but all

that I have mentioned can I am certain be found. There were somegood hints on egg blowing, &c., given in the :JIay number of last

year's SltiJ·burnian. I must in conclusion urge that it is a shameto take eggs or destroy birds wantonly; but that collecting eggs or

observing the habits of birds is quite a different thing. Perhaps

some fello\\"s may well be reminded that two or three eggs of a sortare quite enough for a collection.

W. BROOXE.

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FROM THE AGAMEMNON (SECOKD CHOR1JS.)

~O:;-JG suffering sorrow is in their home,~ They are cut to the heart by many a thought,For they know whom they sent with the host to roam,

But an urn, instead of the men they sought,An urn of dust to their house is brought.

And Ares, who barters the dead for gold,And holds the scales in the battle fray,

Sends home from the pyres of Ilion oldA little dust in the urns they layIn order; and here are the men, they say.

Dust for men! 'tis a mournful weight,Heavy to heart though light in the hand;

!lien sigh as they tell how their friend was greatIn battle, or else how his death was grand,For another's wife, in a foreign land t

So they mutter in silent woe,And against the Atreid::e secret hate

Is gaining ground, though its step be ~lo~ ;For their partners in vengeance he III stateIn the Ilian land they have won too late!

G.H.M.

MEDITATIONS OF OUR CYNICAL FRIEND

ON READIKG RORACE'S EPISTLE I, 20, 17, etc.

"If thou had'st known I"Si n6sses pueros longo post tempore, Flacce,

T 'turos librum quos et Scholiasta doceretn .P PARSING etiam-sed nolmt essearcere nec . I I

T Phrc>bus neque erat mens pr::eSCla uctus.am srevus '-" I

GG Corresj<1l1di1/((. G7

enable the eye to judge of the error, "hich of course is,

arithmetical procesS, often half ft mark.

as in the

OCCASIOXAL KOTE.

CORPeESPO~DEXCE.

Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,

b OllO'°t, "our staffI hope thftt there mfty e one "m 0" J .•

, 1 1 " ,", for in that case I fed smefor whose em's" MusIC hat 1 c 1:11n.s , , ,',1]' " .·n not be too trn Ht

that the subject to which I am about to a mde "1. '" 1"1 .' \b' 0'l'leYltl1Ce 1" t le

r tl e llaO'es of \'0111' vftluable .1 agftzme. • J 0' ,101' 1 . h J , '11" +!'c"ll',e

o C'l '. This lS e"pccla ), Ihl, t "

Pr€sent degenerate state of the . tOll. "'" 'cd ]p. ' . ' ,I . ~o "'JOlt as It u;,c to "'.

S' dlt" when the sm2-mO' lS not nem ) " b •on un. ,! , ' '" " t ,.' ~s ]lI'PVlOUS:Many of us too remember "ith pleasure "'lth \yna succe,_ d Of th

,I .,n,tl'trcftt at the en 0 ,econcerts have been attended, \'. 181e"" ,ll:S ,_. 'f

I 1 tl \\ hat 1S the caU~e 0half appears to have died a llltturlt (ea 11.

'Ih the "Birds of Sherborne" luwee pft]lers on ', "U " t,· '~ted in the story of thed,.';c,'ht"cl me much, I ,';as cspl'cm J m C1C" .

~ I ',., ~ , ,'". l' . llracy of the narratlye,D,. " '" ."t I slllcordr \\ l"h th.1t t le ftCC, •1.\e., ,_.t 0 ne"" • , ', 1in one yery importl1llt particular, could be ftCIUllttCl . t

• , ,t t tl' t the 'fellows' 1/etler go'Truth howeycr olJlig'cs me tll site 1.1 . . h'. ,1 f tl ' very d"y on wInch t Uthe egg's. During llloulmg' solwo 0 lU, 'J f

, '"" 1 made the keepers, by the am 0bot ascent up the ,l,ub \\e.o to le, 1 d• " '1 tl'elves succeel e

ladders ftdjoining trecs, and the ycry nftl s ,le~ns" ' , f t,l 1 ,.', . 1'1 ,', 11111l"1tlOn 0 le lO) s

in riflin o' and dcstroymg the nest. lOll ae. • 1,., f " ll' 0' thc eU("S thus mean Y

] ' 1 not Ilrcvcnt thenl ronl;,e mb 0'"prowess lieobtained to riyal collectors in the school.

Belieye me, yours truly,?10XTRED.

W'E hfl\'e had the opportunity of seeing a very ingenious but

~irnl'le contriyancc for avoiding the arithmetical drudgery of raisingthe different examination marks in the School.

In 0]'(1121' that Classics, ?Iathematics, and ?fodern Languages

~llOllld eltch have the full wcight allotted to them in determining

the places in the general examination, it has been the <:ustom to

raise the marks of the boy in each form who is first in any paper to

100 (the maximum number of marks assigned to all papers), and

the rest in proportion. The difticuHy of getting, say, half 111[\r';,S

in an Algehra paper as compared with getting the same proportion

in the trnll~lation of a book gets hy this mc:UlS duly avoided. It

involves however the doing of some thowmnds of what are practi­

cally Rule of Three sums, at a Yery busy time. By l1pp1ying the

principle of similar triangles this is avoided in the follo\Ying way.

All the apparatus required is wlmt is practically an ordinary two

fout rll1e with a compass joint, and it small ..L square. The rule,

instead of being graduated in the ordinary 'way, has 100 divisions

of an eighth of an inch efteh, marked on the lower edge of its upper

limb, the zero point being at the centre of the cump:LSs joint.

Theso divisions constitute the raised m:trks. The 10ft edge of the

..L square, which is bevelled, is ftlso diyided into 100 equal parts,

not llecc~sarily so long as tho~e on the rule. The Z01'O point here

is plftced so as to coincide with the upper edge of the lower limb of

the rule, when in use. These divibions conbtitute the marks really

got.

If then the top boy in any pftper gets, say, 70, you bring the 79on the ..L sqUl1l'e to coincide with 100 on the mlc, by mo,·ing,. the

COll1lHcs jU;i1t. 'rhe joint now remains fixed, awl by sliding the ..Lsquare ,clang the lower limb of the rule ,Iou rl'wl off the yarious

"'eaZ lllaJ'kS obtained into the eorresp(;llclin,:: i'orised marks, ftS they

come to intersect. B.y dots Lisectillg the lliyisiOllS on the rule you

PROPOSAL FOR NEW SCHOLARSHIPS.

The following letter is in course of circulation amongst thoseShirburnians who have been pupils of the present Head Master,and we sincerely hope that the cause it advocates will meet withthe cordial support of all who are fond of their old school. We

expect to be able to publish further particulars and a list of sub­scribers in our next number:_

"IT is proposed by means of the annual subscriptions of OldShirburnians to establish one or more Scholarships or Exhibitionsat Sherborne School to be held by boys whilst at the School.

A similar scheme has for Some years been worked with great

it? The numbers of the school are rapidly increasing, and surelyit is not possible that this can be the reason for the decrease ofmusical talent. Are there not rather some who arc ignorant of thetalent of which they are possessed, or prefer keeping it to them.selves? I feel sure that a stranger passing by chance through the

courts would bear witness with me in saying that the School is notaltogether destitute of warblers. If the owners of these voiceswould sacrifice thre9 or four hours a week to tmining, and become

members of the Choir, they would confer a great benefit on thepublic at 'large, and would in all probability be the means of therevival of those concerts at the end of the half-year, to which all

Shirburnians, whether past or present, look forward with suchpleasure.

Hoping that this letter may attract a little notice, and may bethe means of raising a concert at the end of this half,

Believe me,

A 'VOULD-BE SOXGSTER.[Note.-It is but fair to the Choir to state that its supposed inefficiency was

by no means the sole reason why no Concert was held. Also that this halflth~ Choir is. well r.ep.resented in all the l'a1·ts, and in the opinion of thewriter of thiS note IS ill as good condition as it has been for many years past.]

. success at other public schools, notably so, at Marlborough College;and it is believed that the proposed plan would be attended with

the most beneficial results if introduced at Sherborne, by theattractions it would offer to parents to send promising boys to theSchool.

With this object in view the following Old Shirburnians haveformed themselves into a Committee of Management:

T. NORTH)lORE LAWRENCE, Esq.Rev. H. P. PRICE,ROBERT J. BEADON, Esq.,

E. L. TUSON, Esq.The intention is to ask, so far as possible, everybody who has

been at the School under the present Head Master to subscribe.The annual subscription wil be limited to One Guinea. It is

however hoped that subscribers will give the Committee some sort

of assurance that they intend to continue their subscriptionsannually, inasmuch as the scheme will depend for its success uponthe regularity and permanent nature of the Subscription.

Subject to the condition that the fund is to be used for thebenefit of boys whilst at the school, it is proposed to leave the

number and respective amounts of the Scholarships to the HeadMaster.

Several promises have already been given of annual subscriptions,and in order to bring the scheme into operation at once, it is hopedthat all intending subscribers will send (as below) their subscriptionsfor the current year as soon as possible.

In submitting this proposal to their old school-fellows the Co~­

mittee are confident that it will meet with a hearty response; for Itis felt that all Shirburnians will be glad of this opportunity of

shewing, by thus advancing its interests, the love they bear th~ir

School and the affectio~te interest they take in its welfare; whIlethey will at the same time be giving some expression to the gratefuland affectionate feelings which all have towards their Head Master."*

*.All Oommunications to be addressed and Subscriptions paid t~'ffiT. N~~hmo~8Lawrence, Esq., 4, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.O. Post ce ers 0

be mGtde pa~able a.t Cha.ncery La.ne.

69.M. w Scholarships.,,

New Scholarships.68

70 eridct'!.

PAST AND PRESENT 1). THE COUNTY.

This match was played on July 13, 14, and resulted in a victory

for the Shirburnians by 32 runs. The School won the toss, and

sent 'jIessrs. Tuson and Channel' first to the wickets, to oppose the

bowlin0' of Messrs. Cassan and GmTett. Before any stand could be

maie t~le wicket of the latter fell; 011e ,Yicket for 1. His place

was taken by A. Henley, ,yho hmyeyer shared the same fate as his

predecessor, being bowled firo,;t ball; two for 1. Forman now joined

Tuson, and a short st:md was nmde, and by some steady play the

score was increased to 27 before J'onnan took his dcparture; Game

succeeded him, but to little purpose, being ho,ded by Garrett, after

an addition of 1 to the score. Price now faced Tuson, and the

score made some progress till the latter hit his wicket and was forced

to retire after contribnting 17 to the score; his nms comprised

three "erY fine hits to leg. E. G. Bennet was caught after making

a fine dri~e for four; six for 5i. Tancock offered little resistance,

and soon after IIeathcote's arriyal, Price was unfortunately nm out

after pbying a very fine and pretty innings of 38. The bowling of

the County was exceedingly good, and fully flccounted for the

smallness of the scores, and this remflrk may flIso be fLpplied to the

three following innings. The County ,,'ere represcnted at the

,,'ickets by 'jIessrs Butler and Squire, but little stand ,\'as m~de by

either of these until the arriyal of Glludry, who rapidly contnbuted

22 to the score. His example was followed by the Rc\'. A. Truell,

TIlE PRJ:Sl:~T.

First Innings.E. W. Holland, b Price... ... ... .... 26E. W. Wallingtol1, c E. G. Bennet, b PrIce 17O. H. Charmer, c E.G. Bcnnet, b Furman ~1H. T. TWyl1am, b Price... ... ... ... 10C. C. Tancock, b Forman 13·W. H. Game, c and b Price... 3tJ. C. Heathcote, b Price 0L. E. Upcutt, c Eastull, b Price 4"\V. K. Weir, not out ... 10F. Edwards, c Easton, b Price 4E. S. Hall, rlln out... 1

b8,Ibl,wI221

CHICKET.

PAST 1'. PRESE"C\T SHIRDUmnASS.

On TuesdfLY and ,Yedllccday, the 13th and 14th of July, the

match Past c. Prcscnt ,I'as pl:IH'cl. 0ur opponents were expected

to bring' a YCJ') 'itnmg- tcam H~'itin~t us, and the result proyed the

truth of th,-, Slll'1"hit;Oli. 1'. E. Bl'llnl'tt and Funnan went first to

thc ,rickets fut' the J);ht, but \',e1'e ,hardy separated. Then Bennett

and Price got wcll in to!,(ctLcr, and nUlS camc yery fast: the ground

was in such excellunt unlel' that the bU\l'lill!,( ,ras quit" ineffectual

against the batsmcn. The sccond \I'ic ket fell for 114, Bennett being

bowled by T\\'YlUllll. Price's \\'ickut \ms seGllJ'ed by Game with a

slow aftcr a o,;plendid innin;,:s uf 99. Tuson playccl well fur 76, his

hitting to lcg buing eopcci,llly gout!. At the ,-,nd of the ni'st d:ly,

thc telegraph sllewud oyer ;)00 I'lms, \rith thrce lllOt'e \\ icket:; to go

down. On ,Yedncsc!ay, E. G. BeHllCt, the not Ot~t, increased hisscore to 71, and the last ,ricket fell L)r 367.

Holland and ,Yallingtun bugan well fur the Prusent, fur 47 WQS

reached before the first \I'icket fell. The hest innings on our side

was Twynam's, "hose score of 70 entitled him to II bat. Game,

and Tancock a1"o pbyed ,\'ell. The total was 201, and the Present

had therefore to follow their innings. F<\r different was the play to

what it had been before, the e1el'en seemed tuo mnch exhausted to

make a second effort; only Channel' made any stand at all; his 33

was obtained in his usual style. The last wicket fell for 79 runs.PAST.

F. E. Bennett, b Twynam ... 38A. F. Forman, b Game 12R. P. Price, hit wkt., b Game 99A. A. lIenley, b Game 5E. L. Tuson, hit ·wkt., b "Gpcott... 76G. R. Kemlle, c Gf1m~, b Twynam 18R. Henley, hit wkt., b Game 5E. G. Bennet, run out 71P. P. Easton, b Holland 2F. W. Bennctt, c Tancock, b Game ... 1W. J. Kendle, not out... 5

b 14, I b 5, w 16 35

Total ... 367

Total. .. ... 201

Sec,md Innings.b Price ...lbw, b Price ...c E. G. Bennet, b Pricec '1'118011, b Price .,.c E. G. Bennet, b Forman ,..b Price ...b Formanc Fm'man, b Priccb Formannot outb Price... ...

b 3, I b 1, W 2, n b 2 ...

'fotal

oo

3375

11'1362o8

79

72 Cricket. Cricket. 73

K. S. S. v. LORD ELDON'S ELEVEN.

On Sept. 13th, the Eleven played their first match of the second

half of the season. Our opponents went to the wickets first in the

persons of M. Churchill and R. Truell. The former scored freely

and soon ran up 26. Gundry and Dodington played well for 29 and 58

and an effectual stand was being made when A. Henley secured

Gundry at cover point. After this the Rev. H. Dodington aloneafforded any trouble, contributing 16, not out, to the score. The

innings closed for 79, leaving the Shirburnians 7 in n.dvance. In

the second innings of the School nearly all contributed somethinD''"to the score, A. A, Henley reaching the highest figure. The inninD's

'"closed for 88, leaving their opponents 95 runs to obtain, but of

these only 63 were secured, owing to the very good bowling ofA. F. E. Forman.

PAST A:I'D PRESENT.

THE COUNTY.

1o5

88

10

2823

813

Extras ...

Total ...

33o

41o9o637238

c Heatheote, b Gameb Weir .b Game .

... 161Total

Total... ...112

K. S. S.

W. H. Game, b GnndryH. T. Twvnam, b Doc1ington ... ..,O. H. Charmer, c Dodington. b Henning ...J. C. Heathcote, c Earle, b Henning ...C. C. Tancock, b T,'uell .. , ... .., ...L. E. Upcott, c Churchill, b Capt. TmellW. K. 'Weir, c Eade, b HenningF. Edwards, b Capt. Truel!... ... ." ...H. Whitehead, c A. Tmell, b Capt. TrnellJ. P. deWinton, not outW. A. Fenwick, b Capt. Trnell ...

Extras

Fir.lt T;,;; ings.M. Churchill, b \'rell.' ... ... ... . .. 26Capt. Trucll, thrdwn out by H. Whitcheau 1C. B. Harris. b 'l'wynam 1Rev. A. Truell, b Twynam 0J. P. Gundrv, b TwynOln 29H. M. Dodi;;gtOll, b Game 5SC. W. IIenni~,g, run out... 20Lord Eldon, b~Gmne 0E. S. Hall, c Twynam, b Game 1C. Eade, not out 13H. Kutt, c and b Game... ...... 5

Extras 7

SCHOOL HOUSE v. SCHOOL.

Sept. 21, 22. Notwithstanding the grent help afford~d to the

School 1y the 'Jlasters, this terminated in a vcry easy Ylctory for

the former, the School House winning by an innings und 102 runs.

Game, as may be seen by his score, contribntcd largely to the

victory. He went in first and carriecl his hilt, h:lying pbyec1 n very

fine innings though perhaps a lueky one, as ]w was miiised at long

leg before he had got into double figmcs; bosides this he was let

respectively, the latter scoring prineilml~y by hard forwar~l dl:ives.Our start was very unfortunate, and thmgs looked bad till Game

and Channel' got in togcther and raised the score to 74. At the

close of the innings we were 49 behind our adversaries. There was

not time to finish the match; when stumps wore drawn thero were

five wickets down for 88 runs.LOltD ELDo:l"S ELEVEX.

Sccon,a: Tnfi.iiJl]S.

c Channel', b G;l:.neb Weirnot outnot out

2

14

1014o6

10733o5

63

88

12

171312

4o

10o

1512

Total

Total ...86

Second Innings.o b Garrett

17 b Cassan ......o b Garrett9 c Garrett, b Cassan

38 c Glyn, b Garrett ...1 c Gundry, b Garrett4 b Cassan7 c Matthews, b Cassan ...o c Garrett, b Cassan7 b Garretto not out ...2 Extras

79

Second Innings.3 thrown out by R. Henley6 c Tancock, b Game2 not out ...

22 c substitute, b Weir12 c Heathcote, b Game

1 b Forman16 b Forman5 b Price2 b Formano c Price, b Gameo b Forman ...

10 Extras

First Innings.Capt. Bntler, c Weir, b PriceW. Squire, b FormanG. R. Kendle, b FormanJ. P. Gundry, cA. Henley, b FormanRev. A. Truell, b Forman ...Capt. Matthews, c Weir, b FormanRev. H. Dodington, not out... ...Capt. Carr Glyn, c Tuson, b PriceE. Cassan, b Henley . .. . .. ...Garrett, c Channel', b Forman .. ,F. W. Bennet, run ont...

Extras

Total ...

Total. ..

Extras

First Inninqs.O. H. Channel', b Garl:ett ...E. L. Tuson, hit wkt., b CassanA. A. Henley, b Garrett ..A. F. E Forman, b Cassan .H. P. Price, mn out ...W. H. Game, b Garrett... ...E. G. Bennet, c and b CassanR. Henley, c Gnndry, b CassanC. C. Tancock, b GarrettJ. C. Heathcote, not outW. K. IVeir, b Cassan

Cnd'd.Cricket.

o4

75o

28o

3517

338

14

... 187

b Gamo 1not out 3b Game 0

b6,lb4,w414

Total... ...139

Second Innings.o C. Whitehead, b Game 42cC. Whitehead, b Twynam 39b Game ... ... .., ... 5not out 18e and b Twynam 1run ont 16

...107Total

GA,IE's SIDE.

J. Sollv, b FenwiekC. Eacie, b Fenwiek ...H. T. TWVllam, e Edwards, b Woir '",V. H. Game, e Channel" b Fenwiek...E. W. vVallington, b Fcnwick ... ...H. Whitehead, 0 Edwal'ds, b Channel'C. Whitehead, lbw, b Fenwiek ...J. P. deWillton, run outW :l\looro c Shettle, b Weir ... ...C: E. Potheeary, 0 Heathcote, b SmithD. Jones, not out.... ...

'b 6, I b 3, w 5

HEATHCOTE'S SIDE.

Total

REV. P. R. CLIFTON'S

First Innings.J. C. Heathcote, c C. Whitehead, b Game 12O. H. Channel', e H. Whitehead, b Game 21C. C. Taneock, e Game, b Twynam ... 8E. S. Hall, c H. Whitehead, b Game... 1~

W. K. Weir, b Game ...F. Edwards, e J. P. deWinton, b Game IgE. P. Smith, b Game ...W. A. Fenwiek, b Game 12L. E. Upeott, c Solly, b Game ... 8J. Tanner, not out 4W. Shettle, 0 Moore, b Game ...... 4

b 2, w 3... 5

HEATHCOTE'S v. GA11E'S SIDE.

First Innings. Second Inning•.i D. Jones, 0 Walsh, b Woir ... 4 run out 4t-'

'1'. Shettle, b ::\1001'8 3 b :l\loore 0tH. B. Corv, rnn out ... ... 1 b ::\loore ... 0T. B. Cockcram, b W.Weir... 0 b W. Weir 0C. Vaehell, b W. "'oir 4 b W. Weir 0W. M. llames, rnn out 6 b W. Weir 7H. Shettle, b W. Weir 0 o W. Weir, b 1I100re 1G. L. Bodill" b W. Weir 7 not out 0C. Humble, 'b W. Weir 0 b ::IIoore ... 6F. A. Johns, not out 12 b W. Weir 2F. Willeoeks, b Clark ... 0 b W. Weir 0

b 3, w2 5 b 1, w 1 ... 2

Total 42 Total 23

8o

25oo14oo55

30

'" 232

834oo1

18oo754

25

.. , 102

Total ...

ToGal

Total

Second Innings.C Hentheote, b Grunee Heatheote, b Game

b Fenwickb Game ...e and b Game ...e H. Whitehead, b Gamec Wa]]ington, b Fenwickb Gamc ...c and b G"mec H. Whitehead, b G4menot out ... '" '"Rev. H. P. Price, b Fenwick

HOUSE.

13 E. S. Hall, b Twynam... 2125 W. A. F'enwiek, b Twynam 231 C. ['otheearY, e SoJIv, b~Weir 6

1 J. P. deWinton, b T,·Yynam ... 161 b 7, w 7... ." 1491

11

Second Innings.10 c Cory b Coekeram

2 lbw, b Gory ...6 b Coekenlln ..1 c H. Sbcttle, b Coekeram1 b Cory2 c and b Gory ...o b Cory7 b Cockcmm4 b Goekcmm8 b JOlleso not out

17 b 19, w 6

58

SCHOOL

Total... ... 100

Total

off ag"in tv;ice after he had reached sixty. His score comprised a

fiver, 8 fours, 5 threes, 24 twos, &c. For the School, Rev. :M. Park

and Wcir played a good innings, well deserving their several runs.Game's slo\ys each innings were very effective.

SCHOOL.Fi-rst IiI/l/;u/f.

H. T. Twynam, b F~uwiek 12J. Tanner, b Game 0J. BlmlChe, Esq., b Game 0C. Eade, Es'l" b Fenwick 2,V. K. Weie, run out 31Rev. O. W. Tancoek,cclevVinton, b Gamo 2Rev. }L T. Park, b FOlHYiuk... 22V. :1\1001'8, thrown out by Game... 1J. H. Shettle, not out... 5D. Jom'>s, b Gam" 16P. T. Clark, run ont 1S. Solly, b doWiuton 2

b 5, w 1 6

REV. O. W. TANCOCK'S, V. REV. P. R. CLIFTON'S.

This match resulted in a victory for Rev. O. \V. Tancock's, as"ill be seen from the score:

REV. O. W. TAxcoCK's.

J. C. Heatheote, c and b ParkW. H. Game, not out ...C. C. Tancock, c }loore, b Price '"E. W. Wallington, c Tanner, b PriceL. E. Upeott, st. Park, b. Price ...H. Whitehead, e O. W. TUlleock, b l'l'ieeC. Whitehead, b PriceO. H. Channel', b Park

First Innings.W. K. Weir, b CoryW. Moore, sub., not outP. T. Clark, b CoryC. H. Weir, b CoryH. A. Walsh, b CockemmL. G. Peter, b CoekcramA. Adams, sub., run ouoO. Campbell, b Coekel'amT. C. Peter, b CockeramJ. Drew, c Cory, b CockeramJ. Tandy, b Coekeram .

b 7, w 6, n b 4 .

Hr. CVRTETS' v. Rev. O. W. TANCOCK'S HOUSE.

Th~o . ~·.,t,-l 1 d ~• l~ ,)", c:~ W": j)laye ~ eptembcr 2i, rmd resulted in a very easy

vlCtorv fe'1' .' l' '1 '1"'0 1,' hI' fl .J '~'J. .l l<C C, Souse, c HC J' OInng to the exertions of

:Moore and IV. IYeir. The former plaved a vel'v good iml;nn, andsucceeded in putting together exactly i00 befor~ his wick(;~ ~i'l.'

iG Cricket.

:illr. CellTEIS' HOVSE.W. B. Watkins, b W. W'eir, ..E. Phillips, b '\\!. Weir ...B. Haneoek, b W. WeirA. ::IIay, b Moore '"R. Baker, b :iI[oore ...H. 1\1. Leggatt, b :ilIooreJ. Sloper, b W. Woir ...A. Cattley, b W. Weir, ..B. Chaffey, not out ,..A. Adams, b W. Weir ..C. Hallett, b. W. Weir .

b2, w6

Total ...

Rev. O. W. TANcocK's HOVSE.W. K. Weir, b SlopeI' ..W. Moore, b Phillips .H. A. Walsh, b l\Iav .. ,C. H. Weir, b Phillips... '.. ...P. T. Clark, c Adams, b PhilIipsL. G. Peter, b WatkinsA. Adams, b Phillips '" ::: .::J. C. Peter, c Watkins, b SlopeI'O. Campbell, rnn out ... .J. Drew, c May, b SlopeI' ..J. Tandy, not out, ..

b 4, w 19, nb'l

Total ...

153o2o1oo6oo8

... 35

'" 10...100

4o796

118o6

'" 24

...185

SCHOOL NEWS.

It is an annual task for us to assure our readers that the Midsum­

mer prizo day went off exactly as we desired, and it is becoming somonotonous t11[\t whenever the October Sehool News appears weare tempted to wish the \ye;tther had been wet or that some nnfore­

seen accident had. occurred to yary the proceedings! But no such

luck! After a restless mOl'lling of suspense on the part of some ofthe ambitious, the proceedings of the day commenced. The service

in the Chapel was cOllclud8d by a most intcresting sermon from the

Rev. Dr. Goodfol'd, Provost of Eton, and everyone adjourned to see

the prizes given ll\Yay by the 'W11rden, '1'. Frooks, Esq., and to listen

to the speeches of the Head .\Iaster and others, llnd the reports ofthe EXllminers. When this important business was over the half­

year \Vas at an cnd, an(1 we had metaphorically 'broken up'. The

visitors were as usual entertained by the Head .\laster to a bountiful

luncheon in the hall, and at three o'clock the picked Eleven of

Past and Present met their opponents, the County of Dorset, on

the cricket field. As will be seen in the Cricket news, this annualtwo days' match resulted in a victory to the Shirburnian eleven.

All our readers, we rne sure, will be glad to find that there is a

prospect that the work of enlflrging and completing our SchoolChapel will be taken in hand at once.

From a notice inserted by the head ;,laster in the School Blue

Book, for Midsummer we learn that it is proposed to add an aisleon the north side, extending over five of the seven bays; the two

remaining bays will then form a chancel.A 'Chapel Fund' has been opened at the National Provincial

Bank, Sherborne, and we understand that subscriptions nmy be paid

into the Bank, or to the Rev. A. C. Clapin, or the Rev. O. W. Tancock,the Treasurers of the fund. Subscriptions will be applied, according

to desire of the Subscribers, either to the g81lCral fund for the

enlargement of the Chapel; or to a special fund to complete the

;1

78 School ,Yews.

:May 24th.-Proposed, E. S. Hall ... " That the Bill for legalising

marriage with a deceased wife's sister has the confidence of this

house."

CO]J[]IITTEE.

THE DEBATI~G CLUB.

not car-

~Ir. Hughes por-

Noes.

*Hall*Pnlling*'Yilliams

HallcockPerenSt. BarbeWatson

Noes.

*Upcott*Hancock*Hall*Heathcote

AndrewLyonPerenPullingTannerTufnellWeir

Noes.

*Williams*Andrew'~Heatheote

*Tallcock*Tanner

deWintonGooclallPercnWeir

L. E. UrCOIl',

A. J. DEWn'TON.

Ayes.

*Tancock*dcWinton*WatkinsCattleyGoodallSt. Barbe'YatsonWilliams

Ayes

*Hall*Upcott

CattleyHancockLvonP;'1lingV\TutkinsiYatson

June 7th.-Proposecl, C. C. Tancock ... " Tlwt games are

ried to excess in Schools."Ayes.

*Tancock*deWinton*Heathcote

AnclrewLyonTanner

C. C. TAKCOCK, P,·esident. IJ. C. HE'THCOTE, Vice·President.E. S. HALL, Secretary.

:May 10th.-Proposed, C. C. Tancock ... " That

trays ill ' Tom Brown' the ideal of a school-boy."

,:;

«

chancel by a reredos in memory of the late Bishop (Hamilton) of

Salisbury, whom HUllly IJ:lst im:l pl'e,ent Shirll11l'nians remember ashaving so often held COli[1!'llJ'ltiono in our Chapel.

'Ve hope in a futuro llUluber to be able to publish further partic­

ulars of the plans; unll a goodly list of sUbocriptions to the fund.

Notice has becll gi\'en that the first offertory of every half-year willbe given to the fund.

Here, as eYeryv;hcre tLrol1;.:hont Englf\lld, the appeal for the

wounded in the war is Ih'il1;;' pJ'Umptl." ,ms\\ered. Eyery week acollectioll is nwde tlJnll1g'l!out the school, whatever sum each fellow

chooses to give, and the amount is sellt up to the Committee inLondon, on the following ':--lond:,y.

The sums hitherto paid in haye been,

Sept. 10th. £i 12 1 Sept. 24th. £9 4 8Sept. 17th. 5 1:'5 G

Besides the money subscriptions, fellows are busy constantly

tearing up waste pflper into minute pieces, for stuffing pillows, mflny

of which hr1,\"e already been sent away. Old illustrated papers, for

amusement of the wounded, is another tangible form of help tothe Committee.

Small" brown books" were published at the beginning of thishalf, with the names of all the fellows in the school according to the

various forms, and can be obtained from Mr. Ellis, at the outlay of

one penny sterling. This is a c:tpital plan, as the books are veryuseful for reference, and would shew old fellows interested in the i

school the names of any new arrivals, as well as the maryellous

strides some of the fellows haye made in the school since their time.

They are to be brought out in the same way ut the beginning ofeach half-year.

The Sub-Librarians for this half are G. S. Eastment and J. G.Hancock.

A list of books has been published, containing all additions tothe library since the Jast catlJlogue (1869) was printed.

80 Debating Ctub.

June 21st.-Proposcd, L. E. L"pcott ... " That the personal char­

acter of Qllcen Elizabeth is deserving of our admiration."

Ayes.

*Upcott*Williams

AnclrewLvonG~)oclalIV\Tatson

Noes.

*Tancock*cleWintoll

Pel'enSt. Bm'beFlnDcockPulli""TailLe;'

Sept. 6th.-At [t preliminary mceting of the club, :JIcssrs.'Whitehead, ma., 'Yhitchcad, mi., Spencer, II'allillgton, Adams,

Venn, and Channel', were duly clcct8d members.

Sept. 20th.-Proposccl, J. C. Heathcote.... " That the king of

Prussia is perfectly justified in dictating his own terms."

Ayes.

*Heathcote*Hall*c1eWintoll*H.Whitehead

Ad::msHancockPerenPullingVennWatkinsWallington

*Tancock*Tanner*Upmtt*C.Whitehead*Williams

Andl'ew

the attack of the

Noes.

*Tancock*Williams*TanJl~l'

*H.Whitchead*Ancll'cw

SpencerEashnentWatkinsIIancockPulling

Sept. 27th.-Proposecl, L. E. Upcott..." That

King of Italy upon Rome is unjustifiable."

Ayes.

*Upcott*Heathcote*deWillton*Adams*C.Whitehead

PerellVenn

An Asterisk is prefiiierJ, to the name of ever'J member who spoke d1lring the debate.