The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERIES ON TIIE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—
William Chance, a carman in the service of the
Great Eastern Railway, was brought before Mr.
Flowers (who officiated for Mr. Paget), charged
with stealing several parcels of tea, the property of,
and in charge of, the Great Eastern Railway Com-
pany.

Last night between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock
Charles Stenuer and Isaac Pawsey, police-con-
stables, stopped the prisoner in Cable-street. fie
had two packets under his arms, and the officers
asked what they contained, to which he replied
" Stockings and aprons I bought some months ago,
and I am going to sell them to a mate of mine."
The constables then said they were not satisfied
with that statement, and took him into cus-
tody. They had proceeded a short distance to-
wards the station-house when the prisoner said,
" It's no use deceiving you. The parcels were put
on my own van by mistake, and I was not honest
enough to take them back again. If you go to
183, Cable-street, you will find some more." The
parcels were opened, and. found to contain Gibs. of
tea. On proceeding to the rear of the prisoner's
dwelling, No. 183, Cable-street, the officers found
in a yard several other parcels of tea, weighing, in
all, 171bs. The officers also found four show cards
in the same yard.

The prisoner, a young man, who was in a very
dejected condition, said he had no questions to ask
and no defence to make.

Inspector Russell, of the Great Eastern Railway
Company's Police, here said—The prisoner is a
carman on our railway, and upon the evidence you
have given I beg leave to ask for a remand. The
goods stolen were booked on our line.
Mr. Flowers remanded the prisoner for a week.

WESTMINSTER.
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A MARRIED
WOMAN.---Mary Ann Palmer, a respectable-looking
woman, between 30 and 40 years of age, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly in the
Fulham-road, at four o'clock on the previous after-
noon.

George Sharpe, 160 B, proved the offence. He
found the woman creating a disturbance opposite
the shop of Mr. Soames, pawnbroker. She was
drunk. He endeavoured to get her to go away,
but she refused, and collected a large crowd of
persons.

Defendant said she never was drunk in her life.
She had seen her husband off yesterday morning to
Brighton, and was quite sober.

James Charlton, foreman to Mr. Soames pawn-
broker, Fulham-road, said that defendant had be-
haved herself very disgracefully at his shop
yesterday. She came in the morning to
pawn something, and was much offended
at their requiring her to give her name
and address, iu order that they might put
it upon the ticket as required by law. She then
became so offensive that Mr. Soames told her that
he would have no dealings with her, and re-
quested her to leave the shop, which she imme-
diately did, declaring that she would come
again and annoy him whenever she liked. She
repeated her visit at four in the afternoon drunk,
and, seating herself in the jewellery shop, said that
she would stop there and make as much disturbance
as she pleased. She remained a length of time until
put out by force, when she collected a crowd.
Mr. Arnold said that her conduct had been very
disgraceful, and committed her for seven days in
default of paying a fine of 10s.

THE RECENT GALES.-LIFEBOAT

SERVICES.

POOLE, Dec. 16.
Last night (states Mr. G. N. Penney) rocket
signals of distress were fired near this place, and the
Manly Wood lifeboat of the Society was launched,
and found the La Jelin Erneste on shore. The crew
who were in a very exhausted state, were rescued
by the lifeboat and brought safely to Poole. The
vessel was on a voyage from. Brest to Caen. 'rue
lifeboat also went to the Augustine, from port
l'Abbe to llavre, with salt, and rendered assistance,
and that vessel is now safely in harbour.

STABBING A WOMAN.—A notorious thief, named
James Shaw, quarrelled with a woman named Christina
M'Auley, in a house in Glasgow on Monday, and stabbed
her several times iu the abdomen with a pocket knife. Tho
poor woman is still alive, but in a hopeless condition.
After committing the deed the ruffian fell on his knees and
begged the forgiveness of his victim.

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