The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

SOUTIIWA_RK.-(T_HIS DAY.)

ETEALING A WATCH AT A FlRE.—William Pontet, a
singular-looking young fellow, connected with a gang of
thieves was brought before Mr. A'Beckett for re-ex-
aalination, charged with stealing a valuable silver watch
•om Mr. Charles Rutt, a timber merchant in the
32ough. _ _ _

1..-osecutor said that on Saturday afternoon, about
four o'cloer, there was a large fire at a hatter's in
Un'oa-s'acot, a short distance from his timber yard. He
: core ugly went v,:th several of his neighbours to look
rod got fn fie middle of a crowd of persons. He
wro the i pe,..hei about, and, on looking round,
perceived the prisoner arid four or five other young
ieltov‘a OD: a upon him. The prisoner put his hand over
1•'.3 f.'ioulder, and immediately afterwards he missed his
s%4tch. He was almost !Aire that the prisoner stole the
watch, but he was a= raid to seize hold of him as he had
ave•:al o 7 companioes around him who were rough
looki-hg :e"ow..i. A corstable, however, came up at the
tin , and he gave him into custody.
John New' 3mb, a labourer, said he was standing in
the micic".e of tl.7e crowd near Mr. Rutt, waiting for an
nine. He then saw the prisoner leaning over Mr.
At's shoulde:, and all of a sudden he passed some-
t rs to two females, who instantly ran away.
In cross-errmination, witnens said he could not see
that he :iad anything in his hand, but it looked rather
bulky. He did not see anything pass, but he saw him
pat his arm ove • to the girls, and they ran away.
Rat, irforai?cl the magistrate that be had reason
1.3 ba"eve that the witness had been tampered with, as
he told him he actually saw the watch in the prisoner's
hand.

Newcomb replied that he never said so, but be
thorght tbat he might have stolen the watch.
T ..oseeutor said he certainly was robbed by the pri-
soner or some of his companions.
Mr. A'Beckett said that most likely he had been, but
such evidence as that produced could have no avail
against the prisoner. Therefore he must discharge him.

TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO COMMODORE VANDERBILT.
—Yesterday a grand dejaener took place at the Victoria
Rooms, Southampton, at which the owner of the levia-
than merican yacht, North Star, was invited by the
mayor, aldermen, and many of the leading inhabitants of
Southampton, for the purpose of conveying to him the
high respect entertained for the precedence he exhibited
in selecting this port as the high road between New
York and the metropolis ; and also to tender to him
their thanks for the liberal manner in which he placed
his yacht at the disposition of the public for the purpose
of enabling them to satisfy their great wish to inspect
the interior. The Lord Mayor of London, together
with Sheriffs Carter and Croll, and the members for the
borough, Sir A. Cockburn and B. M. Willcox, Esq.,
were invited. A number of complimentary toasts were
proposed, and duly responded to.
A HINT FROM BERLIN.—In the article of cloth, ex-
ported to the United States alone, the American import
tables show an increase of German cloth from 16,612
thalers, in 1840, to 1,411, 282 thalers in 1851 ; while
Belgian cloth rose from 93,185 only to 478;532 ; and
English cloth actually sank from 4,490,380, in 1840, to'
3,785,070 thalers. Probably the gentlemen of Leeds
and the west of England will "search carefully if these
things be so ;" and if so, why so. The German clothiers
attribute this success to the superior excellence of their
blue-black dye, to their production of a firm close-woven
body of cloth, mellow, and a short nap, bearing a natural
gloss, not due to too much dressing and devilling, and
affirm that the Americans prefer light cloths possessing
the above desiderata to thick heavy gopds. .11 al If
ax
Ou 2rdian.

HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.—An excellent story,
illustrative of the truth of the above adage, has been
current during the past week. It is to the following
effect :—Two of our citizens, engaged in the knife
and steel business, forwarded upwards of 10 cwt. of
beef and pork per rail for the London market, but some
way or other they managed to elude the vigilance of the
officials at the station, and got the meat deposited on the
waggon without being weighed, giving in a schedule for
the same with 5 cwt. marked thereon. The waggon took
lire between this and Perth, and the meat was damaged
so as to be unfit for the market. On the railway clerk
going to the individuals and offering compensation, the
damage was stated to be about 301., but the clerk
could not see how 5 cwt. could come to be so much.
"0, but there was 10 cwt." " There is only 5 entered
on my books." "0, but ycu ken brawly we never gie
you in a' the weight." " Then you should do so ; you
will get payment for no more than what was entered."
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