The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

GENTLEMANLY Alms EMENTS .—A fashionably-dressed
young man, who gave the name of James Brown, and
address Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, was charged with
the following misconduct :
Sergeant Brett, 29 B, said that at 4 o'clock this morning
he was on duty in Belgrave-square, when he saw the de-
fendant and two other persons of equally respectable
appearance. A chimney sweeper was proceeding through
the square, when the defendant and his companions went
behind him, and began playing tricks with the sooty
machine which he carried. After amusing themselves for
anrna «L..—r „no nf thn chimney sweep, they went
across the square to two men who appeared to be going to
their work, and ono of these men was struck and the other
kicked. Next the defendant and his companions went to
the Duke of Buccleuch's, where some men were unload-
ing goods, and interfered with them, and witness
then went up to the defendant and companions and told
them that that sort of thing could not be allowed, upon
which defendant said it was nothing to him and struck
him upon the chest. Witness then took him into custody.
He was under the influence of liquor.
Mr. Selfe—What have you to say to this?
Defendant—l am very sorry,
Mr. Selfe—What are you ?

Defendant—l am not doing anything at present.
Mr. Selfe.—Were you no occupation?
Defendant—None.

Mr. Selfe—A. person in your evident position of life
might, I should think, have been better employed than as
described. You are fined 205., or committed for 14 days.
The fine was immediately paid.

A vsatY ANNOYING TAIHisAYITES.--. Mr. George Wade, a
most respectable man, who was accompanied by several
neighbours, came before the magistrate under very sin-
gular circumstances. A man named George Wager, a
photographer, 105, High-street, Poplar, and who has a
sleeping apartment at No. 10, Mount-terrace, Whitechapel-
road, was remanded by Mr. Burcham (who officiated for
Mr. Paget) on Monday, and committed for trial by Mr.
Partridge yesterday for a criminal assault on a girl named
Adams, aged 11 years and 10 months. Both addresses of
the man Wager were published on Tuesday in a morning
newspaper. Mr. George 'Wade carries on business as a
photographer at No. 5, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road,
only five doors from 10, Mount-terrace, where the offender,
Wager, rents a small room. Many people, without taking
the trouble of instituting the necessary inquiries, have
identified Wager with Mr Wade, who is the only photo-
grapher carrying on his business openly in the place, and
the consequence has been interruption, annoyance, and
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insults all the week, as well as the loss of customers. This
morning the Saturday etodimrtioangsero,fs
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be
eho was servant to a tobacconist and photographer
of No. 105, High-street, Poplar, and never
MURDEROUS ASSAULYJohn and Charles Hurst
wncWattormalirgileededdr,Ronilebyu,siness in Mount.place or Mount-terrace.
brothers, were brought before Mr Partridge, charged with
committing a very savage assault upon Mr James Regan.
The complainant appeared to be very much hurt, and the
clothes which ha was wearing when the outrage was com-
mitted were covered with mud and torn.
a gentleman of good position, was on his
at half-past 1 o'clock, when he was
the prisoners in the Mile-end-road.
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inflicted meet serious contusions and
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and body. The prosecutor gave
and
the prosecutor for another
not the slightest insult or provoca.tion to the prisoners. One
down kicked him
given into custody, that he had
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made a mistake and mistook

person.
A police-constable said both prisoners were intoxicated,
and said he had a factory in
the prosecutor was sober.
The prisoners, both youn6 men, who said they were
sailors, and that one of thew only came home yesterday,
said they were grossly insulted while passing along the
Mile-end -road.
that V) employed 22 persons, and
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that his business kept him in his factory late every Friday
night.
Mr Partridge said this was the most extraordinary and
cruel case he ever met with, and he believed the prosecutor,
who was fully confirmed. It was a most grievous case,
deserving of severe punishment. He fined the prisoners
£5 each, and in default two months' imprisonment.

A LADY MILITARY DOCTOR.—Miss Mary C,
Walker, M.D., arrived here lest week, with orders to report
to Dr. Perrin for duty. She has been appointed to Colonel
M'Cook's brigade, and has just left for Gordon's Mills.
The young lady is said to thoroughly understand her pro-
fession, and is very pretty.—Chattanooga Gazete.
FEMALE ItEcrturrs.--lhe official records of the
military authorities show that upwards of 150 female re-
cruits have been discovered, and made to resume the
garments of their sex. It is supposed that nearly all of
these were in collusion with men, who were examined
by the surgeons and accepted, after which the fair ones
substituted themselves,—.Yeto
York Sun.

DELICIOUS MERELY TO READ OF I. —ICE IN PARIS.
—The annual consumption of ice in Paris is reckoned at
12,000,0001b5., exclusive of the Tuileries, the Palais Royal,
and some ot• the wealthier tontines (the Rothschilds, Sco,),
all of whom are supplied by aeir private ice-houses. The
city charges an octroi duty of five centimes or double milles
on all the ice entering its 'Walls, and finds a revenue of
72,000,000 dollars from this tex.

DENMARK,

(From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish

Head-quarters.)

COPENHAGEN, May 18.

It is of the utmost importance, I believe, both for
the Conference in London and for the world at
large, to know in what manner the terms of the
armistice are observed in Jutland. I have more
than once been tempted to go and ascertain
matters by my own observation ; but, in the
first place, the communications have not yet been
freely and fully re-established ; general orders
have been given to that effect, it is true, but subject
to a variety of vexatious exceptions, and left to the
interpretation and execution of all but irresponsible
subalterns. In the second place, a vast amount of
silly exasperation exists throughout Germany, and
especially among the Prussians, against England and
the English, and I know the instance of a traveller
fresh from London who had to go through Germany
on his way to Copenhagen, and who was exposed
to gross insult in a railway carriage between Cologne
and Minden, simply because he pleaded guilty to
being an Englishman. The indignities to which a
French newspaper correspondent had to submit in
Schleswig soon after the outbreak of the war are
a warning and a caution to all his brother quill-
drivers; and, without entering into further expla-
nations, I have no hesitation in stating that I
should not deem it safe for me to venture into
Prussian quarters. Possibly, however, I may happen
to be better informed as to the general condition of
the invaded province by prolonging my stay in this
capital than by roaming at random from one to
the other of the Austro-Prussian garrisons.
Doubtless, the Danes are in a state of the greatest
excitement, and their statements must be taken
with discretion, but the information I intend to sup-
ply you with does not come to my hands through
political channels; it rests on the evidence of pri-
vate, chiefly commercial, letters, and it is in a great
measure substantiated by official documents signed
by the German authorities themselves. At all
events, let it be taken an ex parte statement, a
mere acte daccusation ; it will always be in the
power of aggrieved parties to say anything they
may have to allege in self-justification.
I sent a telegram to you yesterday concerning the
conduct of Major-General von Bornsteet, the Prus-
sian commander in Viborg. It was, however, im-
possible to condense the intelligence in a despatch
of few words. It seems that the coming into ope-
ration of the truce in Jutland has been the signal
for an outbreak of hostilities between that gallant
officer and the Provision Committee (Verpfiegung
Komnussion) in that town. The General continued
to impose upon the inhabitants the same contri-
butions that were levied during the war; the local
authorities protested, and would only deliver what
was demanded " urder reservation of payment."
The General waxed wroth and wrote a threatening
letter, concluding with the following words :

"Should these my moderate commands not be instantly
and scrupulously obeyed by the Provision Committee, I
would give the gentlemen upon whom the execution chiefly
devolved an opportunity to consider, on bread and water,
their stubbornness, and would take by strength of arms
what the usages of war allow. The responsibility of thQ
damage which might unavoidably arise from it would rest
not on me but on the town authorities."

This is signed " V. Bornstedt," and dated the

13th of May, 24 hours after the truce came into
operation and fully three days after the announce-
ment of it reached Jutland.

The General takes it for granted that the army
has a right to subsist on the invaded country, and
says nothing about payment. Possibly the inha-
bitants had not at hand the provisions required.
Possibly, also, as the Jutlenders are known to be
the most obstinate as well as the most loyal subjects
of Denmark, they had them and would not give
them ; they were unwilling to give what, by the
terms of the armistice, they were only expected to
sell. But, at all events, the Prussian constitutes
himself a judge in his own cause, and he will have
what he will by a threat of violence, both on the
property and on the persons of the citizens ; be
threatens them with imprisonment on bread and
water.

CienEral Falkenstein, in Aarhuus, on the 12th,
grounding his demand on the terms of the truce,

thus sets down the treatment that the officers are to
expect from the hosts upon whom they are billeted :
—For breakfast, " coffee with accessories ;" for
dinner, " soup, meat and vegetables, roast, and
sweets, butter and cheese, and a bottle of wine;'
for supper, "tea, bread and butter, and meat ;"
" eight cigars daily." The men are to have, in the
morning, " coffee with accessories or brandy ;" at
noou, a pound of meat, with vegetables, bread
and cheese, a flask of beer, k of a pound of tobacco,
or 10 cigars, daily. The horses must be supplied
daily with " four measures of oats, eight pounds of
hay, and the necessary straw." All this arrange-
ment is to take effect on the 14th. Those hosts
who have not, or cannot otherwise procure the wine,
tobacco, and cigars required for their billeted guests,
may apply for them at the Royal Prussian Commis-
sariat. The same as to forage ; where the Commis-
sariat is not ready with the required forage, appli-
cation should be made by them to the civil
authorities, who are to deliver it upon acknowledg-
ment and quittance.
Not a word is said about payment in this order,

which was equally pubiished at Viborg and other
places. We hear, however, that 20 Danish skillings
(sd. sterling) will be allowed to the inhabitants
daily for every private soldier billeted upon them.
About the officer no statement is made, and it is only
added that Gen. Falkenstein verbally insisted that
" the wine and cigars should be of the best quality."
Be it remembered that the Danish Government,
when compelled to quarter its own troops upon the
people, paid one mark (4d.) per head for the sol-
diers, for which the latter were to have mere straw
to lie upon and one meal such as the family could
afford for themselves, without either coffee, liquors,
or tobacco, and the officers were only entitled, upon
the same payment of a mark, to lodgings, fire, and
light, and the use of the kitchen,

It matters not how sumptuously and splendidly

the Prussian Government may choose to treat both
men and officers, so long as they are at its own
charge, nor is it worth while to atop to inquire
whether these German troops, at any time, at home
or abroad, were allowed one pound of meat daily
and 10 cigars. The question is whether their army
is to be quartered and fed at the cost of the Jut-
landers, or whether these latter are to receive the
value at least of the provisions consumed in their
premises. The Prussians and Austrians are not,
agreeably to the terms of the truce, to " lever des
contributions do guerre," and are to " payer tout
ce qui serait fourni aux troupes Allemlndes." Are
we to understand that they insist 4012 the right
of einquartierung, and that the billet implies the
feeding no less than the accommodation of the
troops ? More, that under the designation of "feed-
ing" are to be included a waste and luxury such as
were never known since a penny was set down as
the proper wages for a soldier ?