The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-26 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

CHARGE OF MURDER.—Yesterday, Enzanucl Antonio, a
tall man of colour, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE,
the sitting Magistrate, charged with the wilful murder of
Jacob Kettles, a boy, at Zanzebar, on the eastern coast of
Africa, in December last.

Joseph King, a seaman, the only witness at present in
London who saw anything of the transaction, deposed that
while the ship was lying off Zanzebar, the crew received
permission to go ashore, and while they were in the town,
some words occurred between the boy and the prisoner.
Antonio began ill-using the deceased, and knocked him
down ; the boy got up again and ran away ; Antonio ran
after him and knocked him down again, and while he was
down the prisoner knelt upon him, but whether it was on
his side or his breast he could not say. The boy was suf-
fering great pain when he got up, and could scarcely walk.
He was taken on board as quickly as possible, where he died.
Mr. BALLANTINE—How came you not to interfere when
you saw Antonio ill-using the lad ? King—He could talk
the tongue to the natives, and I thought he would have
killed me, and I was afraid.

Mr. BALLANTINE, after reading over the depositions of
the crew taken at St. Helena, asked if any one attended
for the accused, and on being answered in the negative, re-
manded the prisoner for a week, and directed Mr. Evans to
use every exertion to bring forward the other witnesses at
present in England, who saw the murder committed.

TIIE RIVER AND SHIPPING.-011 Saturday there
was a very large and important arrival of shipping from the
East and West Indies, and China, in the river, which gave to
the Thames an unusually gay and animated appearance. Be-
tween one and three o'clock 20 sail of large ships from
Australia, the East Indies, and China, in addition to a nume-
rous fleet of coasters, steamers, and vessels from foreign ports,
passed Black wall, and either anchored in the river or were
hauled into the West India, London, or St. Katharine's
Docks. The Lady Hunyerford, and Duke of Bedford, from
China and the East Indies, with teas, silks, spices, &c., and
the Westmorland, from Van Diemen's Land, came up the
ricer in succession, in tow of steam-vessels, and were all safely
taken into St. Katharine's Dock between four and five o'clock.
Those large ships and their cargoes may be estimated in value
at not less than 500,0001. sterling. The Lady Flora, and the
Morley, from Madras, also came up the river just before, laden
with rich cargoes, and were hauled into the London and West
India Docks. We have not had so many and such important
arrivals in one day for some time. The recent enlargement of
the channel in the upper and lower Pools was found to be
highly beneficial on Saturday.
An action to recover da►nages for false imprison-
ment brought by a gentleman named Franks against Sir Roger
Greisley, was set down for trial in the Sheriffs' Court on Tues-
day. It appears that the worthy Baronet had his pocket
picked at the Olympic Theatre on the 6th of February of a
silver snuff-box, and suspecting that it was stolen by the plain-
tiff, he gave him into the custody of the police. Sir Roger
having since ascertained that the plaintiff was innocent of the
charge, made an apology, and consented to a verdict being
taken against him for 304