The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-05-11 00:00:00

WIRIBORNB.

Mgirrtgo or Cesturou.—The lion meeting of we
creditors of Harry Wefisted. Highatreet, Wimborne,
was held on Friday at the Official Receiver's office,
Salisbury. The Official Receiver, Mr. P. A. Hawea,
stated that the gross liabilities amounted to
£lOO 11.. H. and the total assets to £73 ls. Id., from
which the sum of 23 10e. 10d.. the amount of the
claims of preferential creditors, had to be deducted.
There would then be • deficiency of £10710.. Id. The
debtor had been carrying on business as a cabinet
maker and ppholsterer since July, 18143, when he coin.
meowed with a capital of less than £l. At the time
of filing the petition he bad a six% of U. in hand, and
there was no banking account. The defacer life was
insured in the Prudential Assurance Company for
£l4 6... and part of his WM.. W. let, but there Iva;
a balance .4 rent due on the 23th Starch, amounting
to 21 10.. 10d. The debtor attributed his failure to
ill-health and the depressed state .4 trade, and had
first become aware of his insolvency in February.
He had sustained no other than ordinary trade looms
during the past 12 months except those arising front
the state of his health. His gnus income had
amounted to about £l2O. He was not in a position
to make any Gger• t was decided to adjudicate the
debtor a bankrupt.

SHAFTESBURY.
RgeTv/RATION or S. PiCritit'aCnragit.—A large and
onthuseasitic meeting wile held in the Town Hall on
Thureday evening. The meeting was convened by
the Rector and churchwardens to censider the
advisability ef ceiling the bells, organ, kc., and of
metering the church. The Rector, who took the
chair, explained that there was no idea of pulling
down the church. ( k ppleu.e. ) The present condition
of the church had been timelines] at vestry meetings,
and the question wan whether something might net t.i
be done at once, as the church wag empty an.l falling
into decay. He went into the church with a friend on
! leamter Monday, and found a heap of rulhieh which
! had fallen frorn the roof just inside the deer, and
another heap near the ttttt union table. Ile was
glad to we teach a large ineetime Ile Went it would
net prove to Ide a packed meeting, like one held for
the vine warms./ almost exactly ox 'mare ago, when
re thing was clone. At that meeting a annulatee wan
appointed, end they get Mr. Crickmey, the •1i..C.0.30
surveyor, ti iexpect and revert on the Icciiidin, hut !
the repairs which he a.isi.ieul had never been ex-mated.
In hue reined Mr. Crickrney spoke .1 the cherch a. a
Picturesque building, which greatly ad !!..1 to the
aPPearance of the town, and he estimated the
coat of the reetoration of the tower at CIOO.
.tlihough the committee intimated that subscrip•
lions would be received there was nothing (or next
to nothing) actually contributed. He ithe Rector)
thought it would probably ant sem 'thing like
1:400 to restore the remeindler of the chinch and the
organ, or altogether Mean pain to el,OOO. If that
stir 'dint were forthcoming, theegh the kin? was a
pisir me and there We. Ito 111..311. at Keenest ef obuni•
inc a citrate, he w 0.114 lo willing to Jr all in bee
tower by holding alternatise nervier.... Ile real •
I.. Per from the Ft-v. T. Perkin., Head nter .if the
Grammar Sehdol, in which that gentleman +end he
Wen net in faemir d 4 renteretien in the +coral sense .4
the term, an Trinity church wits eutheient to meie
the requirements of loth I...reams.. wmild, how.
ci er, •trenatly deprecate any ettel.l9t t.. •le.troy it.
I'o,l 'e
Church. whieli Was a relic of soiiptity and
moat not be pulbel down or allowed ti fall mt. decay
If •utficient menet, could he obtaimel for nentor ng
the tower co that the bell. could In rung with anfety
sheuld fov.eir that twine done, laiit if not, Mr.
Perk''', wen willing to ell the bell., ke., and restore
the kaddiliX a i that it might 4.11 continue as an
ornament to the town. (Finesse. ) Ti,.. building mull
then Ire used fir Meri.ll montane, of which the
writer gave inntencse. The rector continuing acid ho
did not wee' to nee a cense-crated building msed in this
we', if it codild tie helped. Ile had been
te eielinhery with Nfr. Powell and ha/ Keen the
!ablest, and his secretary, aiel al's Mr.
Nfacsiiinallil. The latter said the .111.4•ti•.n was
what was the holing of the korai of Shaftesbury
I.Naslilauw.l If a good nuatiority need lie fee to favour
any protewah he IND.. N aolonald) weuld place the
plane betone the authorities, &avian authority to move
in the matter could be obtained for abet* £1 is. He
hoped for ...me result from this meeting and that the
Church would not be sluiced to ruin for want
of bindle—Mr. Buckland eall it had Inen rnentionerl
that on the former occasion onle• abed* a guinea was
given towards the needed repair.. lie wee present at
that meeting, and he could eay there were person.
prreent wee et that meeting premised sums up to
Ne. If the nebecaiptiee lint hail been carried round,
a large *mom* would have twee forthcoming. (Al.
plause.igkliit nothing was done nitride the meeting.
The Rev. F. Ehlvers said of .....11141 he was not present
at the former meeting, arei therefor« did not himself
know what walepreminel. ( Voice. :"1:60 in the roam")
Ile thonglat sereetbing must have been done outside,
or the pra nted ci rola rs, f e.n( which he had ri tested, would
not have been prepared. (Cr co •• We inecr heard
of theine(—Mr. 7.Cew, WI a member of the old com•
mittee, feede dome explanatory remarks. 1)r.
Wilkinva? aaiil the ihveting six )'ears ago was past
seeh it spinted iceetieg eo the eleemat one, and there
Was OA .1111.0.4 ,inelll.l7Otte baling thot the 014 ekurcb
should net In teiseleel. IChtera.) Paint:2lW wyrs
teen to the committee J... goiyanted to ascertain
what it would coat to make the ...wet eefe fur bell-
ringing. yr. crirkmat, inspected the °hutch bins
the committee, and thou6t at mould coot about 1,100
to teat.. the tower cafe.There We, great differoace
between *sae r;r4 Leloo, which we.. now mentbmed as
the num required.-11c Rector said he batl menticned
£4OO for the tower. —l)r. Willigams *aid there were
Mom little things winch did noteroke to, ko, ;Once.
Mr. ericereey was invited to dinner' with
oonviviar party, and isc (Dr. IVilkinsten) thought £3OO
was nearer bee eetioaatt *An Oa. In a matter of
nes eiee !boy wanted to do it ae ecenomicelle cc they
could, and he. Leeed no tradesmen Would think cf
in any other way, t rkitis heal Said the church
was an ornament to tikarta...way t„od lo it was.
(Cheers.) Sliefteeleiry load • Iwil)iasst- pant, As,tll,o
heeded it would has.. a swilliant future. t(Jbeasts..
With ouch a beautiful t ry. and with people coming
't vieit the town as a health renort, he hoped in the
future, ys leicanie more widely known in
thia capacity, eede eerie were greater facilities
for aapnaige rendeens ay to.. 44,!eiliiiillrh!itid. it
Woillitt beCorrle mowe /041/Tit* he .14.t.f..4444 di
*trip If the lead from the ...4.12,44 anru t. .41 the 13.4.
...soiled to hint like robbing an ennensi :Lin el 1-,oe
coat, cutting out hula tongue, and then /sticking hum
tap for an ornament—and a pretty ornament he would
Lie ll,aughter.) He thought everyone would be
wilbug Li, cese hie mite towards restoration. In
every church whoe there ...tee no hells they were
ylleir herd te get there, and they examt Lot even to
talk aloe* eetneg the leed, bell*, Lc., Sk Pctet.e.
(.Npplanee.)—Mr. Nowt* tei4 a lenteg ingreseion ha. 4
got abeut that lie was In Mon. el pellieg down tbe
cherch. He quoted what he had I.alif r.i ereeesys
dicensions, and ousted that although lie had not Dena
in, ehertniory lon,/ so. 11111 l • of them. he NSA as
f0n..1 xieles old church as any of them. If the money
could In sellie4 could be more tlelighted. It
wind ha well ter teen, te strengthen the tower awl
ring the belle, lost 4 thes nide het ll,e dere, then the
belle might as well In iolioen4ert erw.
no.) He proceeded to compine nay Latterly of the
treattnent to which Ile had been osigeetese in thie
matter, for he had been hiewnl in the ntreet that day
Atli tee, en entering the hall that evening. Since
coming is, tehaftesbury„ lie bad ntniven to improve
the trade and ieereatt eee market, as well an to start
a Hower allow, a Conn hahn. 11.94 "the) *hinge. It.'
had werked and striven fer thor 11.411 sneey an
hour by day and night, and be 11i 4.4.4
hart at the way be win. treated. If they
wanted to yam+ the real end dinners of
their testing men let tbatn treat them as they had
tnetted him lie had never bees /Arty SO any pro.
p0...1 to pull down the church, and he neon waseld
be. Mr. Rimy, having inspected the chased,. was .4
opinion that two•thirda of the tower weuld require to
be re built, and it Was explained that Mr. Crick.
unity's estimate probably implied that he included
this.— Dr. Wilkinson, in the onuse of further
remark., sai-4 they 1111 l 4 have • gdnel working com-
mittee, and tin whole 14 the townepeeple, not
may the people .4 Se. 11:vt.a's, ”ia,l haat wii-k
altdecether. He !dominant El on the Tafte octision, ate)
would flO thin tines, awl, if neceseirte world
„
al,l.,„ther t.. !het. --Toe 8.,. W. If. Whitting.
Rural lbein. said he hail attended hteat/1143 he knew
nothing could be done to alter the (tapeless asi the
heeding without it funky. Fle thought they leet a
chance in not ioliciting sailmeriptiona from members
ef the .treleeelegicel when they canoe to
Sbalteshary. (Applause.) Ile gave the mottoes on
some iif she mile. ..1.4 advocated setting ladaea to work
to collect eubecriptnons.- /teeter. later in the
evening, said that if the tower wens seeeatel the rest
of the building should be also, a. the principal itosseeli
for miring toie Ullll ...Wit" call pemale to church.
large and representative committee was appeinted,
and a lather' 'committee was eleaseermed. Dunn the
Overkill, the handsome eurn cit El4l is. was promised,
including—Dr. Wilkinson. ils ; Dr. Lawson, lay ;
Mr. Powell, fel his.. Ms. Wh)te, It,; Mr. Kereley, ;
Mr. Morgan, : Mr. bev, ; ad nyany other
generous subscriptions.