The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-31 00:00:00

THAMES.

LOOK AFTER YOUR WATCHES.-Mr. Maxwell, the
chief mate of the screw steamship Marley Hill, lying in the
river, waited upon Mr. Yardley, and complained that his
watch, a valuable one, had been obtained by a man named
Arthur Morrison, a watchmaker of Leman-street, under
pretence of clearing and repairing it, and that he had since
been unable to get his watch or to see Morrison.
Howland, No. 89 H, a police-constable attached to the
court, said other complaints of the same description had
been made by seamen against Morrison, who had been long
in the practice of going round the dicks and visiting the
shipping, and had obtained a great many watches and time
pieces. He believed Morrison was bankrupt and not to be
found. Two orders had been issued from the court for the
restoration of watches intrusted to Morrison for repairs,
but he was unable to serve them upon him.
Mr. Maxwell here said—My wife's father made me a
present of the watch. I would not take £l2 for it. He had
been to Morrison's house at all hours, sometiaaes at five
o'clock in the morning, and could not see the fellow. He
comes round to the ships and gets our watches under false
pretences.

hlr. Yardley—l believe I have heard of this person be-
'ore. You should not intrust your watch to such a person.
You should go to a respectable shop and take a receipt for
your watch. _ _

Howland—Morrison has got many watches from masters
and mates of ships, and they can't get them back. He is
bankrupt. _ _

Mr. Yardley—Bankrupt or not, he has no right to detain
people's watches. Look into this, Howland, and endeavour
to obtain the restoration of the applicant's watch, and
warn Mr. Morrison against the consequences of detaining
people's property.
A I•tEW SCHEME FOR -UTTERING BASE COlN.—Thomas
Smith, a dirty. looking boy, aged 16, and who gave his
address, No. 15, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, was brought
before Mr. Yardley, charged with uttering a counterfeit
half-crown to Mrs. Grimes, the landlady of the Ellerthorp
Arms public-house, in Kirby-street, Poplar.
Mrs. Grimes said the prisoner came into her house with
a jug, which he placed on the counter, and called for a
pint of porter, for which he handed in payment a half-
crown-piece. She took it up and found it to be a counter-
feit one. The prisoner refused to say where he lived, or
who sent him for the beer, and she gave him into custody.
The prisoner, in defence, said a man sent him for the
beer, and gave him the base coin.

Mr. Yardley inquired the distance from Hare-street,
Bethnal-green, to the Ellerthorp Arms, in Poplar, and the
officers in court answered three or three miles and a-half.

The prisoner said he was sent from Hare-street, Bethnal-
green to the Ellerthorp Arme, in Poplar, for the beer.
(Laughter.)

Mr. Yardley—Nonsense; not a very likely proceeding.
Police-sergeant Dillon, 19 K, said this was a new dodge
to pass base coin, A boy without his hat entered a public-
house in Bow with a jug, a few days since, and called for
a pint of porter, for which he tendered in payment a base
half-crown; and when the fraud was discovered he ran
away, leaving the jug behind him.

Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until Tuesday neat

TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; pleasant breeze, and fine weather.
CARDIFF, Aug. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Cou-
rant, for Fernando Po ; Brisk, for St. John's, Newfound'.
land.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind
from Areibar for Liverpool; Johanna Frederika, from Ha-
yannah.

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dumar,
from Eupatoria ; Norman, screw steamer ; left the Cape
of Good Hope July 21; St. Helena, July 31; Ascension,
Aug. 4.
OFF COWES, Aug. 31.—Wind W.—Arrived—Arago,
steamer, from New York.
RAMSGATE, Aug. 30.—Wind W.S.W., strong gale.—
Arrived—Lifey Shea, from Loudon for Tunis and Alex-
andria, assisted in with damage to bows and cutwater, hav-
ing been in collision.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 30.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—
Kangaroo, screw steamer, from New York ; left on the
18th inst.

SCARBOROUGIT, Aug. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Leipsic Packet, from Warkworth for Boulogne, with bows
stove and other damage, having been in collision with the
William Rees, brig, of North Shields, about four miles
south of the harbour.
ANTWIRP, Aug. 30.—1 t is reported that a vessel named
Davo has been taken by pirates near Amoy, and the whole
of her crew and four Chinese carpenters killed ; the Dutch
baque Davo sailed from Amoy on the 4th June, bound for
Wanchou.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.

Wind W.
Arrived—Valiant, from Sunderland ; Foyle, steamer,
from London; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Dispatch,
steamer, from Jersey.
Sailed—Alfred, for Newport, Isle of Wight; Courier,
steamer, for Havre; Foyle, steamer, for Dublin.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.

Wind W. ; weather fine.
Arrived, Aug. 30—Vivid, from Rouen; Countess Malmes-
bury, from Seville ; Earl of Hopetown and Criterion, from
Archangel ; Advice, from Quebec.
Sailed—Lord J. Russell, for Dunkirk.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
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Wind W. by S., moderate. _
Passed—Taglioni, and Reliance, barque, froth Quebec;
Edith Dryne, from Calcutta ; Queen of the West, schooner,
from the westward ; Isle of May, from Colombo—all for
London. _

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Anchored—Livingstone, from London, for Odessa.
Sailed (in tow)—Ronican and Mary Elizabeth, both for
London.
Put back—James, for Bermuda.

TIIE HARVEST NEAR ?Am.—The fine weather
which has prevailed during the last few days has been turned
to good account for harvest work in the neighbourhood of
Paris. Every disposable hand bas been employed, and a
considerable quantity of the productions of the earth been
safely housed. Reapers have been also at work in cutting
the crops which remained standing, and as the corn which
had been before cut had been placed standing in shocks and
covered with a reversed sheaf, the grain has not suffered by
the wet.
A NOVEL MATCII.—The match at Newmarket
between three race horses and five couple of foxhounds,
over the four mile course, to come off in the next October
meeting, is beginning to create some interest in sporting
circles, and the betting appears to be even. Many are in
favour of the hounds, while others more acquainted with
the qualities of both hounds and horses over such a dis-
tance, are in favour of the horses. The hounds will run by
a scent trail over the course, which will bo so divided that
the canine racers cannot run upon that of the horses. Two
couple have already been down to Newm.rket, and from
what we can gather the best kennels in England are likely
to be applied to for the dogs. The match, we understand,
is for £2,000, and the conditions of winning will be, not
that all the horses shall be before every hound, or viceversa,
but that if one horse is before the hounds, or one hound
before the horses, the match will be decided thereby.—
Bury atag .Noruilla .Pot.