The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Henry Parfitt, a man in the employ of Messrs. Apsley
Pellatt and Co., glass manufacturers, Holland-street,
Blackfriar's road, was charged with stealing a quantity
of cut glass decanters, and other articles, their property.
Mr. H. B. Roberts, solicitor, attended on behalf of the
prisoner.
George Wyld, police-constable 94 M, said that on
Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, he saw the pri-
soner leave Messrs. Pellatt's premises, and from informa-
tion he received he followed him until he came to the
cab-stand in the Blackfriar's-road, when he stopped him
and asked him to go back to the manufactory. He
refused to do so, but on witness stating that he should
take him to the station-house, he became alarmed, and
tried to get away. Witness then called a cab, when he
saw the prisoner attempt to throw something away, but
he seized hold of his band and took from him a valuable
cut toilet bottle, which proved to be his masters'
property. After he had locked up the prisoner, he
went to his lodgings, and found a great number
of drinking glasses of various sorts, several decanters,
and some fancy glasses, which he took away.
When he returned to the station-house the prisoner
told him that the glass was given to him by the
prosecutors' foreman ; but on questioning the latter
he denied giving him only a few useless articles, which
were among them. Witness here produced the pro-
perty, when Mr. Wheable, the foreman in Messrs. Pel-
latt's premises, said that he gave the prisoner a broken
decanter and two useless glasses. The other decanters
appeared quite new, some of the goblets were made on
purpo,e for the University Club, but had not been cut.
Such glasses were not made by any other manufacturer.
The whole of the property had been taken from the
warehouse over which the prisoner had charge, and he
Liitd ample opportunities of carrying them away at various
times. For several days the property had been missed
from the stock, in consequence of which suspicion was
attached to the prisoner, and on Thursday evening the
constable had orders to watch him as he lett. Witness
identified the toilet bottle as one made by the firm, and
kept in the stock which the prisoner had charge of.
Mr. Pellatt was in attendance, and informed the ma-
gistrate that the firm had been robbed to a great extent
by his servants, and an example must be made.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that the
whole of the glass was given to him at various times by
Wheable, except a sugar basin, which was his property.
Mr. SECKER said that the witness had sworn to the
contrary, and, as the case was of some importance, he
should commit him for trial.

DEATH OF MR. EATON, LATE M.P., CAMBRIDGE..
SHIRE.—We have to record the demise of Richard Jef-
ferson Eaton, Esq., who, up to the day of his dissolu-
tion, represented Cambridgeshire in Parliament. He
died on the 27th inst., aged 46. The deceased was the
sun of the late R. Eaton, Esq., formerly a banker of
eminence at Newmarket, and a magistrate for the
county. He entered the army early in life, but on the
death of his father, about two years since, he retired, at
the time holding the rank of Captain, and adopted the
occupation of his deceased parent.
HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Her Ma-
jesty intends to leave Cowes for the West coast of Scot-
land on the 9th proximo. She will be accompanied by
the Garland and other small steamers, as she intends to
pass into the German Ocean through the Caledonian
Canal, for which purpose the Fairy and Undine are too
long. The passage through Scotland will occupy, we /
understand, nine hours.—liampshireTelegrapA. 1

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