The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DESPERATE TIIIEF.—John Burns, described as of no
home nor occupation, was charged before Mr. Bingham as
follows :

Mr. Philip Fry, pawnbroker, of 2, Crown-street, Soho,
said that on the previous evening, about 6 o'clock, ho was
informed by a neighbour residing opposite, that the pri-
soner had taken a coat from the outside of his shop. He
followed the prisoner about 50 yards, when he stole ,a pic-
ture from another shop, having at the time the coat stowed
away in a basket. On his asking how he became possessed
of it, he said he was "blind drunk." He told him that ho
would soon sober him, and gave him into custody.
William Pickett, 111 F, said he received the prisoner in
custody, and he appeared to be drunk at the time. Shortly
after he took him into custody he began kicking and biting.
After kicking him several times, he was obliged to throw
him down to secure him. The prisoner was the most des-
perate follow he had ever met with, and when at the sta-
tion he tore the whole of the clothes off his person, and he
was obliged to procure some from the workhouse, before he
could be brought to the court. The services of six con-
stables were required to take him into custody.
In answer to Mr. Bingham's question as to whei,her
anything was known of the prisoner,
The prisoner admitted he had been convicted by Mr.
Sergeant Adams and received eight months' imprison•
ment, and that ho had been convicted other times besides.

Mr. Bingham said he would remand the prisoner for a
week that inquiries might be made.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

f ONDON, April 14.—Wind this day at noon, North
to North-West ; light airs and hazy, with drizzling rain at
times.

POOLE, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Sailed —Hem, Dun-
can, for Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, April 13.—Wind S.E. to N.E.—Sailed—
Standard, for Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, April 13.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Prin-
cess Royal, for Quebec,

NEWPORT, April 13.—Wind N,E.—Arrived—Sopelana,
frem Milford for St. Thomas.

QUEENSTOWN, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—City
of Manchester, screw steamer, from New York.

GALWAY, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Circassian,
screw steamer, from New York.

TitooN, April 13.—Wind N.E. —Sailed—Sampson, for
Quebec.

CLYDE, April 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Guyenne,
front St. Kitt's. Sailed—Compromise, for New York.

BLIGH, April 13.—The Cradle, schooner, of Yarmouth,
struck on the Sow and Pigs Rocks last night, and filled,
and this morning she capsized, and will become a wreck ;
crew saved.

KINGROAD, April 13.—Arrived—Juno, from Cardiff for
Quebec, reported leaky.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind N.N.W., hazy.
Arrived, April 13—Ellen, from Newport ; Annie Ver-
non and Northumberland, steamers, from Cardiff; Confi-
dence, from Sunderland • Vina, from Middlesborough.
Arrived, April 14Alliance, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed, April 13—Jenne Armande, for Carentan ; Won-
der, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey;
Star and Elizabeth, for Newport; Vienna, for Seaham ;
Letitia, for Youghal ; Delight, for Cardiff.
(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind S.; tide, first hour's ebb; weather fine.
Arrived, April 13—Rifleman, from Frederickstadt.
Arrived, April 14—Mary, from Frederickstadt.
Sailed. April 14--Benlinde, for Singapore ; Beri, for Ber-
muda; Rambler, for Barbados; Premier, for Table Bay;
Castor, steamer, for Hamburg.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind E. by S., moderate.
Passed—Amazon, screw steamer, from Lisbon; Black
Prince, screw steamer, from Palermo—both for London ;
Sutlej, and Tremad, from London, for Quebec; Theresa,
from London, for Algoa Bay.

THE NEW ENVOY TO THE COURT OF PERSIA.—
Mr. Charles Alison, just appointed Envoy to the Court of
Teheran, has had very considerable Oriental experience.
lie was employed some years in the Consulate-General in
Albania, and so early as the sth of April, 1839, was ap-
pointed Paid Attache at Constantinople. In 1841-42, he
was on special service in Egypt, and in Syria in 1843. In
December, 1844, he was Oriental Secretary at Constanti-
nople, and shortly afterwards was deputed on special ser-
vice to the Island of Samos, where he was prominently use-
ful in restoring things to the condition in which they now
are. In 1847, he was again on special service at Badroun ;
again, in 1849, on the Greek frontier; again, in 1850, in
Servia, Bosnia, and Valachie ; at Schumlah in 1854, and
on the coast of Circassia, and in the Principalities in 1855-56.
On the 20th of February, 1857, he was appointed Secretary
to the Embassy at Constantinople, and on the 12th of De-
cember, in the same year, wag Chargé d'Affaires, which
post he held till July, 1858. Few men, therefore, have had
greater experience in the Turkish empire, and we have no
doubt Mr. Alison's services will be equally useful in
Persia,—,/bmovanf XV.