The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-16 00:00:00

.4 STORY FOR THE CREDULOUS.

A clever swindler has been rusticating in the neighbour-
hood of Manchester. In September last he took lodgings in
the village of Barton, and contracted a debt of £65 with
his landlcrd. He represented himself to be a traveller, said
his name was Ford, that he was in the Abergele accident,
and that he sustained serious injuries, for which he
claimed of the railway company £4,000, but for which
they offered him only £1,500. He was attended regularly
by a medical man, ordered liberally of the neighbouring
tradespeople, got largely into debt, and then took a fine
house in one of the best districts of Eccles. He
ordered furniture of Messrs. Heaps and Harrison, of
Manchester, to the extent of £lOO, and, in answer to their
inquiry as to references, he said the bill would be paid on
its presentation. Notice was given him that the money
would be called for on Tuesday, but on Monday the furni-
ture was removed and the house deserted, Ford and his
wife having absconded without paying the £65 he owed to
his previous landlord, the rent of the house he took, the £2OO
for the furniture, £6O which he owed his doctor, £lO due
to his tailor, and a host of other small accounts. It is
rumoured in the neighbourhood that the furniture has
been sold to a broker, that Ford has received the £1,500,
and that he has left the country.—Manchester Courier.

A BRUSH WITII CHINF,SE PIRATES.

On January 11th the Algeriue, British ship, on the
Chinese station, started in search of a missing French man-
ot-war. After a long cruise amongst the Chinese islands a
boat, with the letter "31" upon it, was found. As "Le
Monge" was the name of the vessel, this boat was pre-
sumed to belong to her. Finding a nestof pirates
on Tonqua
Lieutenant Grey, Commander, attacked
them, and burnt four large sunk) boats. The next day he
landed at another place and burned four more snake boats.
Nothing more was done until the sth inst., when just as the
Algerine was getting under way, with the intention of going
to Mace, two Chinese in a small sampan hailed the gun-
boat, and informed the mandarin that they had only just got
away from some pirates, who had captured thoirjunk on the
north-east side of the island. The Algerine went round to
the spot where the junk was supposed to be, and on arriving
there Lieutenant Grey put a party of men into the junk last
released, and, proceeding on shore, soon found two jurl:;t,
froui which the pirates ran away as soon as the Algerines came
up. Leaving a few men in the released junk, Lieut. Grey
pursued the fellows up a small creek, but tho water soon
became too shoally for him to proceed. The next morning
(6th inst.) Lieut. Grey again went up the small creek with
his party. They had not proceeded very far, however,
before they observed men running before them as if watch-
ing their movements, and shortly after this the 'pilongs'
opened a smart and somewhat heavy fire from the front.
Sniders were again called into recognition, and a few of the
rascals were seen to tumble over. The pirates, who were
evidently fighting for something good, were bold enough
to advance on the little band of Algerines, but they soon
turned tail when a few more rounds from the Sniders had
been administered. The party and Lieutenant Grey then ad-
vanced up the creek, found some heavily-armed snake boats,
which were, of course, destroyed, and the party returned
on board the gunboat. This cruise of the Algerine has
perhaps been as fruitful as any which she has made. The
results have not been accomplished without much severe
work and danger.

It is stated that Mr. Train, the Liberal member
for Caithness, intends to resign his s,at, and that the
Liberal party will bring fo-ward either his nephew, Mr. J.
Trail), barrister, of London, or Sir J. G. T. Sinclair, of