The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

INCENDIARISM IN YORKSHIRE.

At the Epiphany Sessions for the East Riding, held on
Tuesday, the magistrates held a long discussion upon the
subject of the recent numerous incendiary fires in the stack-
yards of the Yorkshire Wolds, not one of which had been
traced to its author. The chief constable stated the measures
he had taken to trace the origin of the fires, one of which
was the employment of detectives, which the Police Com-
mittee sanctioned, and also resolved that the extra expenses
should be paid from the police fund. The appended com-
munication was read, received from the Home-office :
" Whitehall, Jan. 1, 1864. Sir,--I tim directed by Secre-
tary Sir George Grey to inform you that, having been in
communication with Lieut.-Col. Woodford, her Majesty's
Inspector of Constabulary for the Northern district, on the
subject of the incendiary fires, which have of late occurred
in the East Riding, he has received a report from that
officer, recommending that a temporary increase should be
made in the members of the constabulary force, and that the
county magistrates should taken into consideration the-pro-
priety of further dividing the Riding into police districts,
co-extensive with the remaining petty sessional division of
the Act 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 88, sec. am, Sir, your
obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. C. W. Strickland,
Esq., chairman of Quarter Sessions, East Riding of York."
The Hon. Admiral Buncombe said it seemed singular that,
although the first fire of the series occurred in the first week
in October, information was only sent to the Secretary of
State on the 15th of December. The reason was the inabi-
lity of the committee to sanction any measures that might
be adopted for the suppression of the fires. He was of opi-
nion that an extra expenditure should be agreed to, and that
if detectives were employed they should not be subjected to
interference from the police. Lord Wenlock explained that
he wrote to Government on the 16th or 17th of December,
urging the offer of £lOO -reward and a free pardon
to any accomplice. In answer to this request there
wet e now two detectives employed in investigating the
fires, and he hoped the farmers would aid diem as much as
possible. There could not be two opinions about the fre-
quent recurrence of these crimes being a disgrace to the
Riding. His Lordship had undertaken to visit every place
where a fire had occurred, and took the occasion to deny
the truth of the rumour that an ill feeling existed between
masters and servants. From the servants themselves he
learnt that wages were higher, rather than lower, and that
the condition of the working population of the Welds was
one of comparative comfort. Wages were Bs. per week,
with meat, and 14s. to 15s, otherwise. The Police Com-
mittee's report was then agreed to, and the trials of pri-
soners proceeded. The North Riding Sessions were held
the same day. The only subject of importance was a de-
bate upon the recommendation of the Police Committee to
continue the teasing of oakum in substitution for the
treadwheel. The light but monotonous labour of oakum-
picking was most trying, and some old offenders greatly
preferred to work at the wheel. An amendment was pro-
posed to return to the wheel, but was lost, the report teing
carried by a considerable majority.

REGISTERED LETTERS FOR 3 ERUSALEM.—As
the regulations of the French Post-office do not
allow of registered letters for Jerusalem being sent via
France, all letters addressed to Jerusalem which the
writers desire to register, will, in future be sent via
Belgium and Germany, and the rate of postage
applicable to letiers forwarded by that route must
be prepaid upon them, viz. :—Not exceeding oz, is ld ;
above oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s 20 ; above 1 oz, and
not exceeding '2 ozs, 4s 4d; every ounce after the first, '2s
2d. In addition to this postage, a registered fee of 6d
must be paid in advance upon registered letters for Jera-
salm.—By command of the Postmaster-General, IRow-
LAND HILL, Secretary.
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SIR JAMES OUTRAM.—At a meeting of the Town
Council of Aberdeen, on Monday afternoon, Provost
Anderson suggested that he should be authorised to com-
municate with the committee at present making arrange-
ments for erecting a statue to the memory of Sir James
Outram, pointing out the claims of Aberdeen to be the site
of the monument, seeing that the " Bayard of India" had
received his education in Aberdeen, and spent a good deal
of his early life there. Tho proposal was seconded by the
Dean of guild and unanimously agreed to.

SECOND EDITISN.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii.

ITALY.

The son of the late ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany
has published a protest, dated Lindau, Dec. 17,
against any alienation by the Italian Government
of the ecclesiastical or monastic property, the public
museums and libraries, or the possessions of the
charitable institutiocs of the Grand Duchy, to th©
profit of the Sardinia❑ treasury. The Prince, in
this document, assumes the title of Ferdinand IV.,
Grand Duke of Tuscany.

THI ;1, EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AMERICA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
Per the Australasian via Crookhaven (2.45 p.m.)
NEW YORK, DEC. 30, Evening.
The Confederate army in East Tennessee ha
gone into winter quarters.
General Longstreet is still around- Rutledge and
Morristown, in East Tennessee. He was unable to
pursue his advantage on account of the large num-
ber of barefooted iu his command.
The Italian frigate Re d'ltalia,, built in New
York, went ashore yesterday, near Long Branch,
during her trial trip, and has not yet got off,
though great efforts are being made to save her.
Tue City of Manchester has arrived out.
The Adriatic has arrived at St. John's.
No news of any importance has transpired.
Money easy. Gold, 522 per cent. premium.
NEW YORK, DEC. 29.

All is quiet in Virginia.
Adviccs from Charleston to the 27th state that
the Federals shelled the city from the night of the
24th till the afternoon of Christmas-day. Twelve
buildings were fired ; one white man was killed,
and one white woman wounded. The Federal
gunboats had a brisk engagement with the Confe-
derate batteries on Johnson 'stand.

Mobile despatches of the 24th state that the
two white regiments sent down to Fort Jackson
had not recovered the fort, and fighting continued
on the 25th.

Wheeler's cavalry are operating through Northern
Georgia and Eastern Tennessee.
Guerillas have appeared on the Arkansas shore
of the Mississippi opposite Memphis.
Several Confederate officers and soldiers are
reported to have arrived at Nevzbern, and accepted
President Lincoln's amnesty.

The Confederates have returned 500 prisoners in
exchange for a similar number sent to City Point by
General Butler, but refuse further exchanges until
their laws regarding coloured troops are acknow-
ledged. They refuse further negotiations with
General Butler on the ground that he is an
outlaw. _ _

Admiral Lissoffski has visited General Butler at
Fort Monroe.

Advices from New Orleans report that mutual
courtesies continue between the Federal com-
manders in Brownsville, and the Mexican General
commending in Matamoras.
The Free State men have held a convention in
New Orleans, in which negroes were admitted to
seats, and the convention was opened by a prayer
from a coloured preacher.

Two of the Chesapeake pirates have been arrested
at St. John's, New Brunswick, and brought for
examination before a public magistrate.
Count Mercier, the French Ambassador, will
shortly leave Washington for Paris.
The iron-clad Dictator has been successfully
launched at New York. _ _