The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE DANGER OF LOOKING AT A FAT Ox.--John
a well-known and active young thief, was brought before
Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a silver watch, value
five guineas, from the person of Mr. George Ewen, chief-
mate of the ship Raby Castle, lying in the West India
Dock.

The prosecutor said that, on the preceding night he was
looking at the carcase of a fat ox from the prize cattle show
in High-street, Shad well. There was a great crowd as-
sembled in from of the butcher's shop where the fat ox was
exhibited, and while he was admiring the noble proportions
of the animal, and the mountains of fat, he missed his
watch from his waistcoat pocket, and saw the prisoner, at the
same time, running away from the crowd. He followed the
prisoner, and pointed him out to a yoliceman. He was
sure the prisoner was the young•mau who was alongside of
him and took his watch.

Police-sergeant Cox, 45 K, said he saw the prisoner run-
ning down Market-street, Shadwell. He followed him and
stopped him, and the prisoner, before a word was said to
him, said " It's all right; I was running after the boy who
stole it." The watch was not recovered, and it had, no
doubt, been handed to a confederate. He knew the prisoner
well, and he had been in custody several times.

The prisoner made loud protestations of innocence, and
said he was no more guilty than the baby that was never
born.

Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial.

'THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.E. ;
strong breeze, and dull, hazy weather.
P o irrs MOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind E .N.E .—Arrived—
Tweedside (screw steamer), from Calcutta; Fire Sonner,
from Callao.
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.—Wind S.—Arrived—La
Plata (steamer), from the West Indies.
COWES, Dec. 15.—Wind E.—Arrived--Fulton (screw
steamer), from Havre, and then proceeded for New
York.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Quentin
Matsey, from Havannah.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
The Dutch screw steamer Rotterdam, from Gibraltar,
passed Hurst at 10.15 a.m.
Wind S., blowing fresh.
Arrived—La Plata, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Amiable
Virginia, from Havre; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey;
Pet, from Newcastle ; Alliahce, steamer, from Havre ; Le
Coq and La Poule, from Cherbourg ; Saxonia Aquiss, from
Cardiff.
Sailed—Cicely, for Sunderland ; Tiber, for Newport;
Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre ;
Argyll, steamer, for Carentan.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.

Wind S.
Arrived, 15th—Cintra, screw steamer, from Oporto.
Arrived, IC—lndah, Touro, from Charleston ; Baalbec,
screw steamer, from Havre ; Wellington, from Nantei.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind S.W. ; tide high water; weather cloudy,
Arrived, Dec. 15—Pilot Boat, No. 12, from Flushing ;
Queeley Shia, from Bathurst ; Ann Jewit, from Antwerp ;
Emma, from Ostend ; Lion, from Gravelines • Draper, from
Gijon; Betie Krouk, from Smyrna; Fair City:from Gothem-
borg ; New Friendship, from Gravelines ; Annabella, from
Hohnstead ; Prince Albert, and Eos, from Cronstadt ;
Christina, from Wolgast.
An Dec. IG.—Baron Osy, from Antwerp ; Marco
Bonu
Sailed—Flora, steamer, for Amsterdam.
livs ed,
from Patras.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind S.S.W., moderate.
Passed—Blue Jacket, for St. Thomas ; Gibraltar, for
Cadiz—both from London.
Anchored—Crocodile, from London, for St. Kitt's.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HALIFAX.—On Monday
morning, about seven o'clock, a fatal accident happened at
Messrs. John Crossley and Sons' carpet works, Halifax. A
number of men were employed in repairing the gas tank,
and as the foreman, John thwaites, was walking, with a
lamp in his hand, along a narrow plank which had been
thrown across, he fell to the bottom of the tank, a depth of
about 10 feet, his head coming in contact with the joints of
the iron lining. The fall unhappily proved fatal, the poor
fellow's skuli haybag lieen. fractured.