The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

UTILITY OF NEWSPAPER REPORTS.—George Smith, de-
scribed as a commercial traveller, aged 28 years, was
brought before Mr. Paget on remand, charged with con-
spiring with another to defraud tradesmen by means of
the pencil tuck, as it was called by Briden, a police-ser-
geant and chief of the detective department of the K

In the case more immediately before the magistrate the
prisoner's confederate ordered of a shopkeeper in High-
street, Poplar, a large quantity of blacklead pencils of dif-
ferent degrees of hardnr,s3 and fineness, and soon after-
wards the prisoner made his appearance with pencils ex-
actly answering- the description of those ordered, and the
unsuspecting shopkeeper bought them and paid 255. for
the lot. The person who ordered the pencils never came
into his shop.

Briden said that since the publication of the first exa-
mination of the prisoner a fortnight ago before Mr. Wool-
rych the operations of the gang had been entirely
stopped, and they had not obtained a single order; it was
all over with them. Before the publication of the report
the gang had cheated a great number of tradesmen. One
person, in Lambeth, to the extent of .£l7 125., and another
in Pentonville to the amount of £ll 16s. Goods had been
foisted upon them not worth half the money, and they
were not likely to see them again.
Mr. Paget said he should again remand the prisoner
until next Thursday.

Bridon hoped that all persons who had been defrauded
would attend next Thursday, or put themselves in com-
munication with him as early as possible.

WESTMINSTER.

DESERTION OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER.—EIiza Peters,
a respectable-looking woman, about 30 years of age, was
charged with deserting her infant child in the street.
Wm. Budding, 19, Laurence-street, Chelsea, said that at
twenty minutes to 11 last night he was passing through
Oakley-square, Chelsea, when he was attracted by cries,
and found an infant lying on its back struggling on a door
step. It had kicked off a shawl in which it appeared to
have been wrapped, and was now perfectly uncovered.
Tho brother of the prisoner, a very respectable trades-
man at Chelsea, said that site was a widow. She had
brcu loft with three children by her husband, and had
since unfortunately had an illegitimate child. She had
been in scrv:ce and had struggled hard to maintain them.
On Saturday she had to take them from where they had
been in consequence of being unable to ray for them. Last
night a cab drove to his door containing the two legitimate
children, and ho took them in. Ile subsequently learnt
that her infant had been found exposed, and on seeing her
last night late taxed her with it. She was taken by the
police to the station.
Prisoner, with tears in her eyes, admitted the desertion,
but said she bad, in a moment of despair, caused by her
penury, put the child down. She had repented the act in
a few minutes, and returned to take it up when she found
it gone.

She was remanded.

PRESI,7NTA7ION 70 LIFEBOAT CREWS

Yesterday an interesting scene took place on the pier
at Broadstairs, when a sum of money, amounting to up-
wards of .£76, was presented to the Broadstairs lifeboat
crew, the Ramsgate lifeboat crew, and the crew of the
steam-tug Aid, who were instrumental in saving fourteen
of the crow of the ship Frank Shaw, wrecked on the
Goodwin during the terrible gale on the 19th ultimo.
The duty of presentation was undertaken by the Rev. J.
Gilmore, Rector of Holy Trinity, Ramsgate, and the
author of "A Tale of the Lifeboat." The men as-
sembled in a room at the entrance of the small quaint
pior of Broadstairs, close to the slipway, where the life-
boat Samuel Morrison Collins is stationed. Mr. Jarman,
the coxswain of the Bradford, represented the Ramsgate
iifeboat crow ; and Mr. Reading, the crew of the tug
Aid. The gathering was presided over by Captain El_
gard and the Rev. J. T. Cooke ; and others were also
present. The number of men among whom £76 bad
to be divided was thirty-three, which represents £2 6s.
sd. a man.

The Rev. J. GILMORE, in addressing the men, compli-
mented them upon the courage they had displayed in
going to the Goodwin Sands, in so terrible a sea, to save
the lives of so many matiners that were in peril ; and he
was sure the success which attended their efforts consti-
tuted their greatest reward. The money was given as a
token of sympathy with them in their noble exertions to
save the lives of their fellows. Ho bade them always
" God speed !" on their errands of mercy ; and paid a
special compliment to Captain Elgard, who, though a
landsman, volunteered and acted as coxswain of the
Broadstairs lifeboat in its last expedition to the Goodwin
Sands.

The interesthig proceedings concluded after the men
had evinced their enthusiastic appreciation of the honoui
which they had received.