The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-03 00:00:00

THE WEYMOUTH CHARITIES.

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Ths people of Weymouth could soartsely have failed
to as. the correspondence in them °alumsa on the
subject of the charities of the o may, and the litter
relating to the ohs -Wes of this town have naturally
attracted oonsiderable attnition ; el much so that a
requisition was sent to the Mayor asking that a public
meeting of the townspeople should be oonvened to
consider the administration .4 the said monks. This
Mr. Howard readily acceded to, and the remit was a
crowded meeting of ratepayer, at the Guildhall, on
Wednesday eveniog. The Mayor presided, and it was
• fairly representative meembly, including several
Town Couocillors and two miniraers of the Con.
kmgt Church (the Rev. J. Wood and the Rev.
. Etlaile r )
The lfaroa, having road the notice calling the
meeting, at once called on the gentlemen who had
requisitiooted him to speak on the subject. He
upraised the bops the meeting would be conducted
, with all good feeling.
' Mr. Mimes first spoke. The question Wore them
that Diehl was circled in two words—right and wrong.
Wrong, as it Implored to him, had been put In right's
place, and it was for them to say, with the power
that the Legialature had vested In them, whet bra
right should not be put in it. proper place. (Applattea)
Th. question of the charities of the town had long
beim in • most rinasuisfactory condition, inasmuch S 4
no
one ever know what charities exi.ted, until some
time ago he put it in the paper. Without further
ado be proceeded to RISS • statement of the charities.
Zbt.rhave Moldy been given by Mr. Mudge in full
ie
in thane oolumos ; it is. therefore, not swam/7
to occupy specie In recaAtulatiog them.) At the close
be stated he should bare two resolutions to propose,
and he claimed their support. (APPlielloa)
Mr. Councillor WALLIS, who next spoke, said he
took up that subject by the instigation of Mr.
Madge, and he was sure it was the desire of every
riget-thinking mac that if the charities were left by
individuals they should he retained, especially, when
they were left in trust to be continued forzserj
(Hear, bear.) In the once,, of hie remake be •••p
bis pleasure that there was such interest taken in this
matter, and he traded they would have the Commis-
sioner down end investigate them charities, and see
that right should be right. Referring to the than
Charity, which appears to be of the greatest public
Interest, Mx. Wallis asked why, if there were certain
images appointed to carry out the wishes of the
founder, and if some of them had died, why were
they not re-appointed? Mr. Hammett died not long ago,
and no one had been appointed In his piaos. As they
had this mosey vested in them for ever, he thought
It was their duty as • Corgorate body and represents.
ayes of the town, to see at things wore carried out
In a proper way, indeed of putting it in the
hands of one or two. ailieding to the increased value
of the George Inn property, he should like to ask the
gentlemen in whom it was vested, if they got the £BOO
which they asked for it, what they intended to do
wi.h the money. If their charities went on morrateiog
In valet, at the rate this evldettly was, they would be
able to purchase more land, and would not require
Mr. Edwards' or anybody else's charities. He con-
sidered It to be a most serious matter; and they
ought to take this matter into their own bands, have
the Charity Commissionaire down, and investigate
this and the other oliarittlit. Mr. Wallis among
others referred to the Jonathan Taylor Charity for,
among other purposes, the maintenance of two poor
boys at 'shook and to be taught navigatioe.
had also inerrassal in Talus; what became of the
maw, and who were the boys? After furthse
remarks, Mr. Warns expressed his pleasure that the
Mayor had brought this matter forward. for every
Englishman wished to do what was right to his
fellow-creature in poorer cirounastanse than himself.
Mr. Councillor Snows next addressed the meet-
ing. He had a °metals amount of interest in that
question, and only become he really believed that,
prim/eras, there had been an oboes of these <lbrahim.
Sasaki/4 as ram of ant lioblicesey were AI interested
In knowing something more nit the charities of the
rows than they at present knew. (Haar, beer.) He
held a book in his bands nearly 100 TOMS old, and it
stated in regard to SirElatemei Mica's Charity, that
the different monies and p-opertv were vested in the
of that Corporation, Francis Steward, and
that the Mayor sad OorpoTatloo were to distribute the
charity. He had beard tbs Mayor gay this was not
so, but, as 000 of the Publis, be tbooght it was time
the question was asked whether it wee eo or not, tied
how came it that it woe alienated from the original
iatentioa of the founder. If it was so alisuated them
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