The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-21 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, DEC. 11 (Evening).
(Per City of New York,)
President Davis' message to Congress is said to
be desponding in tone. He declares that European
nations have assumed a positively unfriendly cha-
racter towards the South, and that England has
shown a marked partiality to the Federals.
Gold 501, Stocks steady.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,
WARSAW, DEC. 17.

Advices from Konin forward the following pro•
clamation recently issued by the military com-
mander of that department :

"1. Since the commencement of the winter
season the forests are no longer used as places of
refuge by the rebels, who hide for the most part in
the towns and villages, where they quarter them-
selves upon the inhabitants. It is therefore here-
with announced that, if rebels are found quartered
in the house of any person who has not given in-
formation of the fact to the military authorities,
such guilty persons will be immediately brought
before a court-martial, to be dealt with according to
the several me,Asures applied against the rebels.
" 2. A. pecuniary fiae will in addition be imposed
upon the inhabitants of such towns and villages.
" Tailors, shoemakers, and other handicraftsmen
are most strictly forbidden to keep goods by them
in stock. Should such be nevertheless discovered,
they will be seized, and the proprietors, as well as
the mayors or communal wayts of the respective
localities, be held to account.

4. The mayors and communal wayes are strictly
prohibited from furnishing the rebels with means of
transport or with horses; any official transgressing
will he removed from his post and brought before a
court martial.

" 5. The inhabitants of towns and villages who
shall furnish the rebels with the means of transport,
or with horses, shall be arrested and brought before
court-martial. A pecuniary fine will be imposed
upon the place to which the guilty persons belong.
"6. As the rebel bands are at present of small
importance, the inhabitants, arming themselves
with scythes, axes, pitchforks, bludgeons, or any
other convenient weapon, may encounter them suc-
cessfully, and even succeedin dispersing small
parties, even if armed. They must also in every
case warn troops stationed in the vicinity of the
presence of rebels.

"7. The mayors and communal wayts are bound to
organise guards for public security in villages and
towns.

" 8. All Polish rebels captured are to be delivered
up to the nearest military post.
"9. If any inhabitant io at present in possession
of horses, arms, or other objects belonging to rebels,
such must be at once delivered to the nearest mili.
tary commander, or their whereabouts be notified to
him. Should any such objects be nevertheless
found in the posessio❑ of an inhabitant, he will be
dealt with according to law.
" All persons failing to observe the above regu
lations will be treated with the utmost rigour of the
law, no excuse or evasion being held valid."
An address to the inhabitants of Warsaw was
recently issued by the revolutionary Town Captain,
detailing the proceedings of the National police,
and naming several spies, against whom the inhabi-
tants are warned.