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 us a detective
officer of the Metropolitan Police Force.
Crane Barrett sa'd 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 came to his
house and represented himself to Mrs. Barrett as a detec
tive, and said he into tided to lay an information. He asked
the prisoner what he meant, to which lie replied, "If you
don't come up right 1 shall know what to do." He said,
What authority have you for pretending to be a detective P"
The prisoner said he was a detective, and he intended to
bring witnesses forward to prove there was gambling in the
house. He be ,ged of the prisoner nut to give talse infor-
ma ion. The prisoner then bade him good night. In an-
, wer to questi ars by the magistrate, the witness stated that
his wife could not 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 detective,
and belonged to the K division of police, and he intended to
bring Mr. Barrett to tee Thames Police Court for suffering
gambling, card playing-, and other games in his house.
Sorrell, a police constable, st,id that at hail-p rst 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 our 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, inspsotor of the K division, said the
prisoner w-s formerly a police-constable of the K division,
and was oismissed 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 charaLter of a detective for the purpose of ex-
torting money. He fined the prisoner £5, and in default of
payment to be imprisoned one month.

THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Ye ster-
day Mr. W. Girter, 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. Juhn 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. Re had heard
nothing to account for the accident, e xcept the irregular
shutting off of the steam. Colonel Yolland, who had male
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 net think it expedient to run at the rare of 60 miles an
h;eur with tank engines having 18ft. bin. wheel basis, espe-
cially when the engine was not tightly screwed up to the
break van behind it. The jury, atter deliberating for an
hour, returned the following vtrdict :—" That the deceased
persons severally came by their deaths from accident, and
we, the july, 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 ou
the directors of the London and Be ignton Company the
necessity of allowing more time for the perf3rmance of the
journey, and that careful attention should be given to the
coupling of the trains."
The Wester Zeitung states that the works at the
port of J,tide have not suffered any delay in conse-
quence of the present state of the internal affairs of Prussia :
bur, on the ooni Cary, are being carried on with great energy,
upwards of 1,800 wen being constantly employ d on thew.
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.
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who gave his name as James Buxton, and who is well
ort
known in Manchester, Leeoe, York, Birmingham, and other
places, was sent for trial at the sessions on three charges.
His custom was to meet respectable women in the street,
and stop them by putting some trifling question, when
he would detain them in conversation, and suddenly run
away. Invariably the ladies, after these interviews,
found themselves robbed of their purses and money,