The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO DON, TUESDAY EVENING, DhCEMBER 22, 1863.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
BURGLARY.—SINGULAR CAPTURE OF TAP BURGLAR.
—William Wilkes, a rough, thick-set fellow, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglariously breaking and enter-
ing the Hereford Arms Tavern, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-
square, and stealing an iron safe containing money, and also
other articles, altogether of the value of about £l2, the pro.
perty of Mr. George Meacock, the landlord.
Mr. Meacock said—At twelve o'clock last night I saw
my house safely closed. About five o'clock this morning 1
was aroused by the police, who told me that my door was
open. On going down into the bar I found all the money
had been taken, also the sate, and other articles, a coat, a
pair of silver sugar tongs, &c., altogether of the value of
about £l2. The whole of the property produced belongs to

me.
Charles Hamel], a plasterer, residing at 4, Ogle-street,
Foley• street, said—l was awakened by my wife th.'s morn-
ing, about five, who said she had heard a noise as if some-
thing had fallen in the passage. Shortly after, a boy
.named Moffat was going down stairs, so I called to him to
mind that he did not fall over anything in the passage, as
I believed something was there. Shortly alter, Moffatt
called out " There is a box here." I then went down stairs
with my wife and found an iron chest near the street door,
wrapped in a coat and black wrapper, so as to form a bag. I
then went for a constable, and while we were examining the
chest we heard a cab draw up to the house and then go on
again. Thinking this suspicious, the policeman rushed out,
followed by me, and the prisoner jumped, out of the cab
and made off, but while being pursued he was stopped by a
constable and brought back to the house, and then, with.

the iron chest, was taken to the station.
Edward Gall, a constable of the E division said—At half-
past five this morning I was called by the last witness,
found the iron chest in the passage wrapped in an old cott'
(the prisoner's) ho wearing the landlord's. Hearing a cab
stop at the door and then go on again I followed it, and saw
the prisoner running alongside the cab. I chased him for
about 500 yards when he was stopped by 158 E. I then
took him back to the house, 4, Ogle-street, and with the
chest afterwards took him to the station. On searching him
I found six keys—three skeleton keys—upon him, a box of
matches and two knives. In the cab a pair of silver sugar
tongs were also found.
158 E deposed—l heard a rattle spring, and stopped the
prisoner in Howland-street. I asked him what was the
matter, when he replied, " I will go to the station quietly.
lam beat." He had on the landlord's coat when I stopped
him.
Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, said—While at the station I
heard the prisoner say, " This is not my coat I have on, it
belongs to the man that the chest belongs to." I went to
the house and found this rope hanging from the open win-
dow, so as to let any one down. I found a screw-driver
and crowbar, and that some one had got in from a window
at No. 2, Cleveland-street. A dark lantern was also found
in the bar.
John Ritchie, a cab .driver, deposed—l was on the rank
in Portland-road this morning, when the prisoner came to
me and said, "Go to Ogle-street to take up." In Ogle-
street the prisoner jumped out, and then the policeman
came out of the house and said " Stop," and I said, " Here
is the man you want," pointing to the prisoner.
Inspector Garforth-1 wish for a week's remand, your

worship.
Prisoner—l admit I did it. I was driven to it by
poverty.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Tho prisoner will be remanded for a week.

INDIA•

We have received, via Trieste, in anticipation of
,he mail, Calcutta papers of the `Oth of November.
We take the following from the Calcutta Eng-

lishn2an of that date :
" As for the ' situation' on the North-west fron-
tier, further accounts appear to confirm the intelli-
gence that, as ;the Highlanders used to say of old
in troublesome times, ' the heather is all on fire'

along the border, that almost all the tribes are
arming againstns, and that the country is thoroughly
up. Intelligence arrived in town on Wednesday, but
without any full particulars that we have received,
of another severe affair between Cnamberlaine'e

force and the enemy, in which the latter are
stated to have suffered a greater loss than in any pre-
vious encounter ; having, in addition to a consider-
able slaughter inflicted by her Majesty's 101st—the
fine old Bengal Fusiliers—been also brought under
the close fire of artillery in a narrow pass, and got
handsomely cut up. Her Mejesty's 93d Highlan-
ders, ordered up from Sealkote to the frontier, have
bee❑ directed to leave the wives and families of the
officers, and the women and children of the regi-
ment, behind them ; and we believe that there is a
general order forbidding any ladies whatever to
accompany the corps going up as reinforcements.
This is an additional proof that the flames are
spreading on the North-west frontier, and, more-
over, the sound of the battle has come es far

south as the Presidency. On the 17th inst. Major
P. Lumsien, Deputy Quartermaster.GeLeral of
the Army, received an order by telegraph directing
him to start from Calcutta with the least possible

delay and join his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief, proceeding towards the frontier. He left on
the evening of the 18th by railway, expecting to
overtake his Excellency, by travelling without a
halt, six days, at Sealkote in the Punjab. Major
Lumsden has passed the greater portion of his ser-
vice on the frontier which is now the scene of active
hostilities, and is well acquainted with the country,
the tribes, and their mode of warfare. He accom-
panied his brother, then commanding the Guides,
and now the Hydrabad Contingent, on the mission

to Candahar in the eventful year 1857, Dr, Bellew
and Fouzdar Khan, brother of the Chief of the
Dahra Jat tribes, being also of the party, and the
latter remaining behind as our vakeel after the
return of the mission to India. From the number
of additional troops regular line regiments, '
cavalry, and artillery—moving up to the fron-
tier, and this sudden call for an experienced officer
at so great a distance, and with his hands full of
occupation at this season of the year, it is natural
to suppose the work across the Indus is enlarging,
and will last for some time to come. The arrange-
ments hero consequent upun Major Lumsden's de-
parture for the north-west, and the positive uncer-
tainty as to the length of his absence or the exi-
gencies of the service allowing:him to return to the
Presidency and his appointment at all, are as fol-
lows—Lieut.-Col. Cox, C. 8., commanding the let
Battalion of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, in
Fart William, and recently Embarkation Officer at
the Presidency, has come forward in the moment of
difficulty and offered to take charge of the Quarter-
master-General's office,until the arrival of Capt. H.
Maxwell,Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster-Gen. of the
Meerut division, who has been ordered down to the
Presidency to officiate as deputy quartermaster-
general during Major Lumsden's absence. AU these
changes are peculiarly inconvenient just now, when
the season of arrival of the troops from England
and the upper provinces, their embarkation and dis-
embarkation, keep the quartermaster-general's de-
partment fully employed ; and there is no doubt
moves here noticed would not be made except under
the pressure of emergency and when urgently re-
quired."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA, Nov. 20.

On the morning of the 11th inst. the steamship Nubia,
with the mail from London to the 10 h of October, arrived
in the river, and her mails were delivered at a late hour of
the same day. We are 5150 in receipt of the London mail
via Bombay, to the 29th, The steamer with the European
mails to the 26th of October is due at Galle on her inward
voyage, and ought to arrive there within the next two days.

Produce Market—Since our last the markets for nearly
all articles of export have been quieter. The tone of home
advances, coupled with the late rise in rates of exchange,
has materially tended to lessen the number of transactions.
Tis season's indigo sales have commenced. Rice and
sugar have been taken to a moderate extent, the
latter almost exclusively for Bombay. In the jute
market a good business has been done in raw jute, at a
further advance of four annas per maund, but in the cotton
market there has been less excitement, but no alteration
in the rates demanded, which still figure as high as 48r.
to 50r. In silk but a small business has been done at pre-
vious quotations, holders asking late fates in face of limited
supplies. _ _ _

Money Market—The Bank of Bengal has raised its rates
3 per cent. since our last-1 per cent. on the 9th November
and 2 per cent. 16th November.

1 and Confederate Cruisers,

QUEENSTOWN, Monday.—The Government in-
quiry respecting the Kearsage continues. Fifteen
men, in Federal uniform, have been for the third
time examined at the police barrack. They were
asked about their treatment and wages, and conver-
sations with Captain 'Winslow. The press were ex-
cluded.

The Liverpool Daily Post says:—" The Govern-
ment employes at the dockyard, Sheerness, who
volunteered to fit out and equip the Rappahannock
as a war ship for the Confederates, have been dis-
charged for violating the neutrality laws of the
country; It is understood, also, that the names of
the crews of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida,
who belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve, have
been struck from the list, with the loss of all pay
and pensions, and are'not to be allowed to re-enter
the service."

AMERICA.

QUEENSTONVN, DEC. 21.

The Inman steamer City of New York has ar-
rived here. She left New York at noon on the 12th
inst., and has made the voyage in 8 days 19 hours,
being the fastest passage yet made by a screw
steamer. She brings the United States mails, 146
passengers,and 1,097,893 dols. and £2,000 in specie.

NEW YORK, DEC. 11, EVENING.

A short summary of Mr. Davis's message, deli-
vered to the Confederate Congress on the 7tb, has

been received here.

Mr. Davis speaks despondingly of the loss of
Vickbburg, Port Hudson, and many other points.
There has been no improvement in foreign rela-
tions since last, Januarys message. On the con-
trary, there is a greater divergence in the conduct
of European nations, assuming a positively un-
friendly character. The marked partiality of Eng-
land in favour of the Federals is strongly evinced
in their decisions regarding the blockade, as well
as in their marked difference of conduct on the
subject of the purchase of supplies by both
belligerents. This difference has been conspicuous
since the commencement of the war. Prompt and
efficacious remedy for the present condition of the
currency is necessary to secure the full performance
of the operations of Government. Mr. Davis re-
commends taxation. The currency must be
promptly reduced to prevent the present inflated
prices reaching more extravagant rates.
Mr. Davis recommended the abolition of the sub•
stitute system and the modification of the exemp-
tion law, so that the army may be largely increased
as rapidly as possible. He regrets the suspension
of the exchange of prisoners, and the communica-
tion with the trans-Mississippi districts is greatly
obstructed. He says:—" The enemy refuse propo-
sals for the only peace possible between us. The
only hope for peace now is the vigour of our re-

aistance."

Advices from Charleston to the Bth state that the
Federals have ceased firing on Fort Sumter, and
are altering their batteries entrenching Fort Gregg
to the eastward. One Monitor has timber around
her to protect her from torpedoes.
Southern despatches state that General Long-

street has raised the siege of Knoxville, in coon-
sequence of reinforcements reaching General Burn-
side. Longstreet fell back to Morristown, where
he would probably make a stand. He lost 600 men
at Knoxville.

Southern despatches from Dalton to the Bth inst.
state that the Federal cavalry had been driven a
mile beyond Ringold. Some despatches assert that
the Federals have been defeated at Sollersville,Ken-
tucky, with a loss of numerous prisoners, and that

the Confederates have made a raid on the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, near Pocahontas, captur-
ing 400, and killing 300 Federals.
The Senate of Georgia has ordered the enrolment
of all citizens over 15 years of age for the defence

of the State.
The people of Tazewell, Tennessee, are determined
to sell corn at 1 dol. per bushel, and were freely
furnishing the Government with one-tenth of their

crops.
President Lincoln has pardoned General Gaunt,
of Arkansas, and returned him his property,
except the negroes, under his new amnesty pro-
clamation. _

General Banks has returned to New Orleans.
The plot to seize the Chesapeake was matured
at St. John's, New Brunswick. Her cargo con-
sisted of fat for a Southern port, it being intended
to run her into Wilmington.
Capt. Parker, formerly of the privateer Retribu
tion, went on board the Chesapeake at St. John's to

take command of her•
President Lincoln's health is improving.
The Etna and Bremen have arrived out, and the
Canada has reached Halifax.

NEW YORK, DEC. 12, Morning.
Federal despatches confirm the report that
Longatreet is at Morristown, East Tennessee.
The monitor Weehawken, lying at the entrance
of Charleston Harbour, sunk suddenly at her an-
chorage during a gale. She went down very
rapidly. Four engineers and 26 of her crew were
drowned, She is lying in five fathoms of water.
and will be raised, when the cause of her sinking
will be ascertained.
A fuller summary of President Davis's message
has been received. He says—" Whatever obstinacy
mcy be displayed by the enemy in his desperate
sacrifices of money, life, and liberty in the hope
of enslaving us, experience of mankind has too
conclusively shown the superior endurance of
those fighting for home, liberty, and independence
to permit any doubt of the result. He bitterly
criticises Earl Russell's policy in regard to the
blockade, and referring to Earl Russell's speech
that Englishmen would have been for ever infamous
if for the sake of their interests they had violated
the law of nations and made war with the
Slaveholding States against the Federal States, he
says Earl Russell would probably have omitted his
remark regarding the slaveholding States it he had
remembered that these States were, when colonies,
made slaveholding by the direct exercise of Eng-
land's power, whose interests in the slave trade were
then supposed to require that her colonies should be
slaveholding. President Davis says there are only
two measures applicable to the present condition of
our foreign relations. One is to imitate the wrong
under which the Confederate States suffer, namely,
to retaliate by declaring a paper blockade of the
Federal coasts and capture all neutral vessels
trading to Northern ports. This course I do not
recommend, although it would only be following
the precedents of France and England in the Berlin
and Milan decrees.
The other measure is not so objectionable.
The Paris declaration proviees that a neutral
flag covers an enemy's goods, except contraband of
war. The South acceded to this declaration by the
treaty of August, 1861, but the consideration ten•
dered for that concession has been withheld, and
she is therefore not bound by the compact. As,
however, the South approves of the principle of the
Paris declaration, she will uphold it and
hope for
redress from the returning sense of justice o
ff the
great people who will awake to the ons
that the war " in which the South is enga ed ought
g
bearance of an
rather to be a reason for for
advantage than the occasion for
unfriendly con-
duct."

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, DEC. (Evening).
Money tight. Gold opened this morning at 52,
but has since declined, and closed at 501, under the
influence of Secretary
Chase's message. Exchange
on London, 165; on Paris, 3.35. Stocks heavy.
New York Centrals, 132 ; Illinois Central, 117.1
ent. United State Bond, 1041
Erie, 1054; 6 per C
ex dividend. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland,
71c. to 79c. Flour and corn quiet. \\7heat ad-
vancing. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar
dull. Molasses heavy; Petroleum quiet and un-
changed. Crude, 32 to 331 ; refined, 46 to 48,

BRESLAU, Dec. 19.—The Gazette says—" In the
town or Bialystock, in the Government of Grady°,
all the shops have been closed and sealsplaced o_ll
them by the police, assisted by the armedtor"'
All of them Were rigidly searched."