The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

PERSONATING A DETECTIVE. -- Henry Young, a car-
man, out of place, about 35 years of age, and of shabby
genteel appearance, was brought before Mr. Partridge,
charged with falsely representing himself as a detective
officer of the Metropolitan Police Force.

Crane Barrett sad he kept a Tom and Jerry, or beer_
shop, called the Bank of Friendship, in the West India•
road. Last night, at half past 11, the prisoner cane to his
house and represented himself to Mrs. Barrett as a detec
tive, and said he int' sided to lay an intormation. He asked
the prisoner what he meant, to which Le replied, " If you
don't come up right 1 shall know what to do," He said,
" What authority have youfor pretending to be a detective ?"

The prisoner said ho was a detective, and he intended to
bring witnesses forward to prove there was gambling in the
house. He be ,ged of the prisoner not to give talse infor-
mation. T►ie prisoner then bade him good night. In an-
wer to questions by the magistrate, the witness stated that
his wife could nut attend, and she was very much alarmed
by the prisoner's visit.
Alexander Munroth, a clothier and boarding-house
keeper, said he heard the prisoner say he was a detecti‘e,
and belonged to the K division of police, and he intended to
bring Mr. Barrett to cue Thames Police Court for suffering
gambling, card pla3ing, and other games in his house.
Sorrell, a police constable, said that at half-p ►at ten
o'clock last night he saw the prisoner talking to a prosti-
tute in the West India-road, and spoke to him. The
prisoner said there was a man named Evans in the Bank
of Friendship playing at cards, and that there was a war-
rant out against him. He pulled his hat off to prevent
being discovered, looked through a pane of glass in the
window and could see no one.

Mr. Phillip Beare, inspector of the K division, 'said the

prisoner was formerly a police-constable of the K
and was dismissed 18 mouths ago for drunkenness. The

prisoner had been working for the Limited Company, at the
Orchard-house, Blackwall.
Mr. Partridge said it was clear to him the prisoner
assumed the character of a detective for the purpose of ex-
torting money. He fitted the prisoner £5, and in default of
payment to be imprisoned one month.

THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Ye ster
day, Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, concluded the in,
quiry, at Streatham, into the circumstances connected with
the Brighton railway accident of the 29th of May last.
After several persons employed on the line had been exa
mined, Mr. John Scott Russell was called by Mr. Faithful,
on behalf of the company. He stated that he considered
tank engines the safest and best kind of engine that could
be used for traffic on this particular line, namely, between
Victoria, London Bridge, and Croydon. He had heard
nothing to account for the accident, except the irregular
shutting off of the steam. Colonel Yolland, who had mace
an inquiry by direction of the Board of Trade, said that the
permanent-way was not strong enough to bear the weight
of the engine and carriag,-s running at such a speed. He
did not think it expedient to run at the nee of 60 miles an
heur with tank engines having 18tt. 6in. wheel basis, espe-
cially wrien the engine was not tightly screwed up to the
break van behind it. The jury, after deliberating for an
hour, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased
persona severally came by their deaths from accident, and
we, the jury: are of opinion that it was attributable to the
high rate of speed at which the express trains run over the
line from Croydon to Victoria. The jury would urge on
the directors of the London and Brighton Company the
necessity of allowing more time for the performance of the
Journey, and that careful attention should be given to the
coupling of tee trains.''

The Wester Zeitung states that the works at the
port of J.:hde have ❑ot suffered any delay iu conse-
quence of the present state of the internal affairs of Prussia;
but, on the contrary, are being carried on with great energy,
upwards of 1,800 men being constantly employ,cl on them.
The expectation is that next year the works will be suffi-
ciently advanced for a part of the Prussian navy to find
anchorage in the port.

At the Liverpool Police Court yesterday, a per-
fect adept at pickirg the pockets of ladies dresses,
who gave his name as James Buxton, and who is well
known in Manchester, Leeds, York, Birmingham,
and other
places, was sent for trial at the sessions on three charge:,
.
His custom was to meet respectable women inthe
and stA p them by putting some tritrifling(lllCStiOn, wbee
un
streethe
,
and
would detain the m in conversation, and suddenly r
away, Invatiably the ladies, after these interviews
found themselves rokbed of their purses and money,