The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

THAMES-POLICE.

John Jones, the •cook of the General Steam Navi-
gation Company's ship Neptune, which only arrived
from Hamburgh on Saturday morning, was brought
before Mr. Ballantine, by a tide-waiter named Childs,
on a charge of being in possession of 401bs. of contra-
band tobacco, which was found in a potatoe locker be-
longing to the prisoner.
The officer said he wished to have the prisoner de-
tained until Monday, according to the provisions of
the Act of Parliament, in order that the solicitors of
Customs might prepare the necessary informations for
the 1001. penalty.
Mr. BALLANTINE put the usual question--" Have
you arrested and detained the prisoner and seized the
goods ?" The tide-waiter said he had not; he was
not the seizing-officer. The discovery had been
made, and the prisoner arrested and detained_ by a
surveyor of Customs, who sent him down to the•ollice
with the charge.

Mr. BALIANTINE said the tide-surveyor could not
perform such a duty by deputy. He could not en-
tertain the charge; the tide-surveyor was paid for
doing his duty, and ought to have preferred the
charge himself, and asked for the detention.

The tide-waiter asked the Magistrate to detain the
man till his superior officer could be fetched.
The MAGISTRATE said he could do no such thing ;
he could not entertain the case.

The defendant, who expected to be detained, and
fined 1001. to-day, immediately-made his exit from
the Court, and declined the polite invitation made by
the tide- waiter to wait a little while.

An intelligent-looking sailor, decently clad, ap-
peared before Mr. BALLANTINE to ask his advice
under the following circumstances :—He stated that
he had been out to the coast of Africa five months and
twenty-one days, as a sailor, on board of the schooner
Emery, which sailed from the London Docks. The
ship had now been home about a week or more, and
had been cleared out full three days. He and the rest
of the crew had applied for their wages, but had not
as yet been able to obtain them, which was a great
hardship upon them.
Mr.BALLANTINE—Who does the ship belong to ?
Seaman—Messrs. Forster and Co., of Bishopsgate-
street.

Mr. BALLANTINE—'Then I will grant you a sum-
mons to know why they refuse to pay you, as the ship
has been cleared out full three days; and I cannot
help remarking, that it is very mean conduct of
owners of vessels in keeping their seamen so long
without their wages, who, it stands to reason, on ar-
riving at their homes, require it more particularly. I
am actually tired of hearing of these complaints.

UNION-HALL.
Mr. Hicks, of the Surrey Theatre, was charged
before Mr. Cottingham with threatening to horse-
whip Mr. Webb, a comedian of the same establish-
ment. The complainant stated that, owing to the
threats of personal violence made use of by the defen-
dant towards him, he found it necessary, for his
personal safety, to have recourse to the present pro.
ceedings against him. He (complainant) was not
desirous of entering into a statement of the particulars
of the misunderstanding between him and the defen-
dant, but he would take the liberty of producing two
letters received by him from that individual, which
would at once explain the nature of the threats held
forth against him by his adversary. The complainant
here handed in two letters, saying they contained the
languages and threats alluded to.
Mr. TRAILL, having read the letters, said that one
of them was certainly calculated to excite the feelings
of the complainant, but the other one appeared to be
of a more conciliatory nature.
The complainant said the second letter was written
by the defendant after he had ascertained that pro-
ceedings were to be taken against him.
The defendant said the applicant need be under no
apprehension, for he had no intention to strike him.
The complainant made a declaration that he appre-
hended personal violence from the defendant. .
Mr. TRAILL said, at that rate, he must bind over
the defendant to be of good behaviour for six months,
particularly towards the applicant. He should re-
quire the defendant to enter into his own recognisance
in 801., but would not require him to find other sureties.
The defendant, upon leaving the office, remarked
that it was his first appearance at that Court, and that
he was desirous of depositing ss. in the poor-box.

On Friday the wind blew a stiff gale from the
S.W.; and altogether the state of our harbour and 'of
the weather was such as to prevent our Continental
packets from landing at Dover. This circumstance
takes a feather out of the caps of the Doverians, and
we are sorry for the humiliation. Dover harbour
ought to be in a state to receive vessels at all times of
tide and in all weathers that it can be approached. It
is not So, however, at present, but we hope it will soon
be made so. On Friday our Continental packets ap-
- paired off the l'arbour, but they were signalled to the
Downs. And for why? Because, though they might
have entered, there was a danger of their being locked
up within it by beach, should a heavier gale of S.W.
wind than was then blowing occur during the night.
This state of Dover harbour must not be suffered to
exist. .We shall soon have the South-Eastern Rail-
way all Me way to Dover, when landing and embark-
ing at all times of tide, a,nd we may say in all weathers,
must be practicable. Ihe interccurse of this great
nation with the Continent, therefore, imperatively' de-
mands landing and embarking accommodation at
Dover, not to mention the necessity that exists for a
refuge port on this coast for the tempest-tossed Mari-
ner ; and those men in office, whoever they may be,
who supply this desideratum, will add imperishable
laurels to their fame, whether in a political, philan-
thropic, or humane sense.—Dover Chronicle.
The mail from Worcester to LudloW, after running
for half a century, made its last journey on Tuesday,.
thus leaving the public without any official convey-
ance for letters between Worcester And Tenburp