The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-06 00:00:00

.E DORSET COUNTY kXPR

On•aos OP emirs* • Wart. —Hwy Caddy, •
mall boy of 14, Amelia, his mother, and William, his
uncle, were charged with Walla; spat, value Is. 34.,
the property of the Urban Saaltary Atabority.—P.C.
Carter tasted that on ate lith Inst. about half-past
nine at night, he was with PM. Keil', and found the
boy in palmation depletes of wooi some feat long, and
about four Whoa square.)_ Asked him whore he got
It, and he said hit wale William gave it him. Told
him he had no business to harsh, it was a post belong-
ing to one of the trees. Hie moths, was with him,
and said she bought wood to make " Rieke?, " with,
for the children to go out and sell. On Sunday writ-
ing althea went to the Backwattr snd found the
remains of the p it whence this bivi been broken off;
that pet was it'll right on Saturday morningteined the
end was still driven into the groomed. The after-
wards said he got the wood up against the " bias's
but,''--the signal box on the railway. Since then
witness bad examined the trees, and found four more
new poste had been pulled up and tattoo away.—P.O.
Kale corroborated, aid stated the wcman repeatedly
said that the boy's uncle William had given -him the
posts, on Chapelry steps. Tbe women said that she
told the boy to take it sway; but he did not want to
do so, bemuse he said his uncle gave it bit,—Dr.
Drew: Better dismiss the cam egainet the boy, and
put him into the witness box—The woman hers said
the child was wet through all hit things, whets he
had been in the water after the wcod.—Th• case
against the boy was withdrawn, and he was ordered
round close to the magistrates, arad after being ex.
wined an to understanding an oath, was sworn. He
had bean to school, he said, for U years (which was
thought pretty well out of 14). He motioned that
he chopped up wood to sell, and ricked up this pheoe
overhand, and had ho get on a large timber to get it.
—Dr. Dr., : How CMS yen to say your uncle
pvc
It yltlf—Boy : Because another wanted me to go sod
• throw it overboard agals.—Dr. Drew: But we have
witnesses to prove that only half the wood was wst
Boy: I found it la the water, slr.—Q. Ii the Back-
water. or In • poollof water !—A.. In the Backwater,
sir.—Q. Who told you to say you found It in the
Backwater I—A... Nobody, dr.—Snpt. Vickery: The
boy stuck to his tale about hie node till he went home
and his uncle saw him.—Dr. Drew: lithe nag* were
proved against Caddy, he would have been sent to
prism, and if any ass is brought before the Bench
and oonvicted for 'Aiming tits trees, they will not
fine him, but send him to prison. The case must be
dismissed.

PRISINTATION ro Mi BID'. B. BOLTON.
As soon as the Ear. B. Bolton, after being pastor of
Glomester.street Church and songregation for eight
yeses, notified his intention of leaving for Gravesend,
there was • desire to make hiss • primal, in kindly
rentornbessos of his work and himself. The idea did
not, we understand, spring from the deacons officially,
bat it was the mettlesome wish 11•011 of acme of the
poorer members of the cmgregatlon. A meeting was
than raid, to aseertain if the lealitm was widespread.
and it was found Nut a large number wished to ear
tribute. Mr. Pickard err appointed to soiled, aad he ,
wan encomstui ia masking motribution& to the amount
of about SOO. With port of this • handsome silver
swim was purebred, soaelsting of texiet,soodee.pt
mar basis, sad greats jug, the
elegant pattern and handsomely gilt hiaab:ialiThs
larger pontos of the subscriptions it was resolved to
meeent in mosey, to the amount of £4O, Mr. Bolton
having bees, of mune, at considerable expense la
removal. The articles were each themibed thus t—
" Promoted with • purse of 40 sovereigns to the
Rev. F.. Boltos, by dm church and congregation of
Gloomiest Chapel. Weymouth, as • token' of their
esteem and affectios. Nov. 36, 1881." Mr. Thristie,
of Coburg-oam, supplied the ',Tyke, which gave every
satisfaction. At kalf.peet live the pleasant proem&
ince were initiated by the ansivimutry tee meeting, la
the schoolroom, and is the evening the presentation,
which wee arranged to take place at the public meet-
ing, at which the Bev. R. Aeht•e, formerly minister
of the church, consented to preside, and the Rev. T.
Naive, IB..eastr, Bev. W. I.lllolll_, Hope Chapel,
Weymouth, Bev. 3.8. Butcher, of Upwey, and other
minkters, to arid.
The tea meetiag was *Medd by M. and was • most
trilorable gathering. Afterwards ens of the largest med-
ia(' had at Gloommtseistreet for • long time assembled
kr the tatiem the Rev. Agitate, forum pastor.
taking =air sail among those preittut being :—Revs.
W. Lewis (Hoc). J. Treff.ril (Bankamildiap), T. Beam
(Dorcbosteek angle (P•rileud), Deeisham (Wareham).
Ebbs (Lalwortht, sad J. 8. Buteuer (Ulmer). The possen.
lotion was made br Me. ft .bert Dames. who trailed the
history of the church from mar times, in fact from that
of the greet eiectment 01 Mmisforg from gar Church of
Karim& Ken. I Itolloo appropriately acknowledged (be
gift. Most el dm minietere mails short sad term speseibm.
and Mods% P. findlh. Stowe. and Pickard also awoke.
Among tAcm present was Mr. Ooopee. • demon of Mr.
Bolton • present church, who swots of the beauties of
We/Mouth, and who. it WU jeculsrly mid, had coos down
to see that Weymouth did mit get Mr. Bolton beck again.