The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
A respectable-looking young man, calling himself James
Bowen, was brought up on the following charge:—Alexander
Jones, a clothes.salesman in Ilolywell.street, Strand, stated
that the prisoner came into his shop on that (Saturday) evening,
and offered to sell him a pair of black silk stockings, quite new,
for 4s. fid., observing, that if he purchased them he could bring
some more. The witness knowing the stockings to be worth
at least 86., questioned the prisoner, and he said he had pur.
chased a quantity at (is. a pair. Witness stewed out, under pre.
'once of procuring change, but got an officer and gave the
prisoner in charge. The officer found three pairs more of the
same kind of stockings in the prisoner's pockets, and about 21.
in money. The prisoner, who seemed much agitated while at
the bar, upon being asked if he had any thing to say, replied.
" I took them from my employer, Mr. Graham, in High
liolborn."—lfe was committed till Tuesday.

• UNION. HA I.L.
A DISTRESSED NAVAL' OrricEit.—On Saturday Thomas
Ifowe, one of the oldest Lieutenants in the Navy, and sneer re-
lative of the late Lord Howe, was brought to this Office,
charged with stealing a quantity of crockery-ware, value Ws.,
the property of Mr. Bacon, from his warehouse at New
Cross, near Deptford. John Pegg, warehouseman to Mr.
Bacon, stated, that he was employed on Friday afternoon,
packing a crate, which was left at the door for the purpose
of being sent to Dover next morning. He was at the toll.
gate, New Cross, on Friday night, about eleven o'clock,
when some person informed liim that a man was taking the
goods out of the crate. He went immediately and found
the prisoner on his knees tying up some jugs, mugs, and tea.
pots, and he gave him in charge to Whitlow, a watchman;
and Wright, the Bow-street patrole. Wright locked him
up in New Cross cage, from whence he made a desperate en-
deavour to escape, as, on going into the cage in the morning,
the officer found a quantity of brickwork torn away, and the
prisoner concealed in the chimney, from whence he was
dragged, literally covered with soot. His appearance was
deplorable in the extreme, having no shirt on, and his
clothes only hanging in shreds together. After the depositions
were rend by the clerk, the prisoner handed a written document
to the Magistrate, S. J. CALDWELL, Esq. who observed that
it had no reference to the case, and he must be committed for
trial. On hearing this determination, the prisoner clasped his
hands together in agony,while the tears rolled down his cheeks;
then sunk, overcome by his feelings, on the scat near the bar.

LAMBETH -STREET.
Cu anor Ansm—On Saturday, Inn. Leash Smith,
cabinet maker in a small way, residing in Old Montague-street
Whitcchapel, and who had been in custody for some days past,
was placed at the bar, for further examintion, charged with
letting fire to his premises, with intent to defraud the Globe In.
surance Company. Mr. Freshfield, solicitor, and Mr. Heron,
Surveyor to the Company attended for the prosecution, and a
person from Mr. Harmer's office for the defence. The evi-
dence in support of charge was as follows :—John Dun ate
examined. On the night in question, hearing an alarm of fire,
I took the parish engine to the prisoner's house ; there were
about twenty persons present, and the fire, I thought, originated
in a shed in the yard, .but on examination I found that there
was one also in the dwelling-house. This was in a cupboard,
situated under the stairs ; in it were a parcel of shavings, which
were on fire, together with the staircase. This excited my
suspicions, and 1 took the prisoner into custody. I was than,
and am still, of opinion, that the fire from the shed could not
communicate with the house, as there was a large yard between
them.—Mr. H R oar here produced the policy, by which it
appeared that the prisoner had effected .an insurance for the
first time on the 24th December last, for 350/. His stock in
trade, furnittrre, &c. he said did not amount to 1001.—All the
witnesses not being in attendance, the prisoner was remanded
for further examination.

We have particular pleasure in remarking the
symptomsolthough yet but feeble ones of returning
activity in the trade of this manufacturing district.
Goods have been a little more on demand, but at
very low prices, and some business has been done
during the past week, at Leeds, Bradford, and
Huddersfield. The wool market of Wakefield
has experienced some little change for the better,
both in prices and the quantity of business done.
—( Wakefield Journal.)
The distress for money, in some parts of the
country, is without parallel. A house carrying
On an extensive business as drysalters, sent au
agent
into the
to
northern counties,
of
authorized to
80,0001. After
an absence of six weeks, he returned from his
tour with no more than WU
collecti debts

NORTH AND SOUTIf AMERICAN
SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, MARcu 20.

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DEAL, Mancrt 18 and 19.—Came down from the River and
sailed, the Tally Ho, Fisher, for Havre; Rebecca, Whitmore,
for Tobago; Marquis Camden, Fox, for St. Helena. India and
China; Fortitude.Encreased, Alannint for St. Kitts; John
nica, Holder, for Dominica ; Cleopatra, --,for Venice :
Fortuna, Buckler, for St. Übes; Hereid, tains, for Trieste,—
and Robert, Jones, for ,ditto; Como; A er, for Genoa; Domi.
Passed by the Swedish ship Levea, Backnian, for St. Mei for
Oottenburgh. Arrived the Perseverance, Ashton, from aut., rente ; Madras, Tayrer, from Calcutta and Madras. COWES, MARCH 19.—Wind W.N.W., Strong breeze.—Ar.
rived the Driver, Hodgson, from Havannalt, tbr orders.

SALVAGE CASE DECIDED IN FRANCE.
THE JUDGE NICDLOLAUS, P.S. RALF'S, MASTER. Th
Danish vessel,: with a valuable cargo of brandy, Rec. havingi, sustained so much damage as to become a complete wreck, was
deserted by her crew in the channel, in November last; the
master and crew were landed at Dover, and from their infor-
mation several of our fishing vessels put to sea, in the expect*,
tion of falling in with her.
.On the 18th, about ID o'clock
in the forenoon, the smack Nancy, 'Pottle, master, and the
smack Nancy, Dalton, master, discovered her off Deadly Head
with two French boats in company, who readily agreed with the
crews of the Dover smacks, to unite their exertions to endea.
your to get the wreck into port. They took her in tow,
and proceeded or the English land, - until about four
o'clock in the afternoon, when' eleven large Dieppe fishing
boats came up, and with an overpowering force drove away the
two English maks, took possession of the wreck, and sun-
ceeded ill getting it to Boulogne where the case has been heard
before the proper tribunal, which hat made a most equi.
table decree, viz.—" ()ne third. for Salvage ; to the two Dover
smacks, and the two French bOots, and their crews, in the fol.
lowing proportions—two-thirds to the vessels in proportion to
their tonnage, and one.third to the crewo."—f Cinque Ports
Herald. )

CAPTURE or REVENUE OYFICERS RY
The Britannia steam vessel arrived from Boulogne, on Saturday
the 12th instant, among the passengers were four Revenue
Officers (the mate and three seamen of the Vigilant revenue
cruizer), who appears had boarded a French lugger, laden
with tubs of spirits, at seven o'clock on the Friday pre-
ceding, about seven miles off the South Foreland ; the
crew of which, being seven in number, (five British and
two Frenchmen) instead of submitting to be captured, de.
terminod upon making a capture of the officers, in which
they succeeded after a short scuffle; and immediately af.
ter hoisted sail, and stood over for Boulogne Bay,
where they arrived about day-light on Saturday morn.
ing, and a small boat coming along-side, into which the
four captives were ordered, and conveyed to the shore and set
at liberty. The lugger then steered her course for Calais,
to which port she belonged. When the officers first boarded
the lugger, there was attached to her a tub-boat, which
as a precautionary measure they cut adrift, to prevent
the smugglers from making use of her, as the means of escape,
and they also cast off their own Galley, in which they had left
one of their hands, whilst the four others boarded ; both of
which boats were very shortly afterwards picked up by the
Cutter.