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

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DhCEMBER 22, ISM

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BURGLARY.—SINGULAR CAPTURE OY THE 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, Bce., altogether of the value of
about £l2. The whole of the property produced belongs to
me.
Charles Hanwell, a plasterer, residing at 4, Ogle-street,
Foley-street, said--I 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 after, 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, I
found the iron chest in the passage wrapped in an old coat

(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 153 E. I then
took biro 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 chess 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. _ _ .

•Y
John Ritchie, a cab-driver, deposed—l was on the rank
in Portland-road this morning, when th© 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—l wish for a week's remand, your
worship.
Prisoner—l admit I did it. I was driven to it by
poverty.
Mr, Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded for a week.

INDIA•

We have received, via Trieste, in anticipation of
the mail,.Calcutta papers of the 20th of November.
We take the following from the Calcutta Eng-
lishman 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 against us, and that the country is thoroughly
up. Intell4,ence arrived in town on Wednesday, but
without any full particulars that we have received,
of another severe affair between Chamberlaine's
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 Majesty's 93d Highlan-
ders, ordered up from Sealkote to the frontier, have
been 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. Lucasien, Deputy Quartermaster Geceral 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
Lumaden 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
llehra 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 lino 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 enlargieg,
and will last for some time to come. The arre nge-
silents here consequent upon 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. All 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 lith 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 also in receipt of the London mail
vice 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 rates in Bate 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.

F ederal 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 bee❑ 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 reenter
the service,"

A YANKEE DEMONSTRATION.

As SKETCHED BY MR. G. A. SALA, AS THE " DAILY
TELEGRAPH" CORRESPONDENT.
The Americans regard a public meeting as an en-
tertainment of the most exhilarating kind. It is to
them a physical as well as an intellectual treat. In
England we are apt to look upon these assemblages
as bores, if not of nuisances. I don't think 1 can
call to mind half-a-dozen people in the possession
of their sober senses who ever attended a meeting
at the London Tavern or the Freemasons' un-
less they had some end to gain. The public who
cram the halls on such occasions are a public
apart, and are kindred, I surmise, of that pub-
lic who listen to ranters in Waterloo-place,
sit on the forms in the damp colonnades of
the Royal Exchange, and fill the back benches of
the Court of Queen's Bench to hear a demurrer
in an action about a patent in iudiarubber overshoes.
But the Americans enjoy their meetings with the
heartiest gusto. It only neods a little paint to the
faces and a few spangles to the coats and pants of the
speakers to make the whole thing like a play. " The
flag," of course, had it all its own way. It hung, in
duplicate, from the capital of each column in the hall
The chairman, Mr. Opdyke, sat in a bower of bunt-
ing; and a bust of Washington was swathed in
the folds of the same glorious standard. I don't
i
know whether Cotton is King; but it s certain
that Calico, decorated with the stars and stripes, is
Great Mogul in this country. These ensigns had
mottoes attached to them, to which Mr. Long-
fellow's device of " Excelsior" appears tame and
trite. What do you think of this :
" Our columns rush wherever our banners lead,
And every heart responsive beats for Meade."

Or this one :
" 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER GRANT.
The captured heights of Chattanooga prove
His readiness on rebel works to move."
Or this, inimitable, I think, for vigour and terse.

DCSB:--•

" THE CONTRAST.
Bragg, the great retreater,
Grant, the great repeater."
The Americans are distinguished for proficiency in
the distich and triptich, you may remember :

" I wish I was a geese,
For they live and die in peace,
And accumulates much grease."

Likewise the couplet of the aspiring bard, who,
wishiug to improve on the received version of the
national hymn, began :-
4, Hail, Columbia, happy land ;
Buckwheat cakes made out of sand.'

But all these are, I think, outdone by the anony-
mous poet who, on the wall of the splendid mansion
built by Dr. Jacob Townsend, in Fifth Avenue,
chalked the simple lines :

Old Sarsaparilla
Built this villa

Among the speakers at the Cooper Institute meet-
ing were Gen. Strong, an enthusiastic Union man,
but a very worthy and amiable gentleman, lately in
authority at St. Louis, and who summarily expelled
Mr. George F. Train from that city ; Mr. Nicolay,
private secretary to the President ; Judge Daley ;
Colonel Billy Wilson ; the rather too famous
Colonel Daniel Sickles, and others, whom
names will not be familiar to you. And
as a bonne bouche, at the close of the meeting,
Major-General Anderson, so well known in con-
nection with Fort Sumter and the first rebel shot
fired, was introduced, amidst rapturous applause, to
the audience. Tne speeches made were not very
violent against Great Britain. There was some
scratches of the old sores about the Alabama and
the concession of belligerent rights to the South, and
increased armies, and ironclads which should not
flounder in the water like porpoises, as the War-
rior and the Prince Consort did," were recommended
as correctives for any future infraction of neutrality.
Still, old Mother England emerged from discussion
without much of her hair being pulled out.