The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

THAMES.

A LITERARY THlEF.—Henry Wilson, aged 32, who
gave his address, Wilks-street, Spitalfields, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with ste,Aing two printed
books the property of Mr. Benjamin Briant, of No. 15,
New-road, St. George-in-the-East.
There is a book stall before the prosecutor's house, and
yesterday afternoon, shortly before six o'clock, the pri-
soner was looking at the books. Mr. Samuel Cohen the pro-
secutor's shopman, observed him, and knowing him to be
"a queer sort of character" went to the opposite side of the
way and watched his movements. The prisoner soon after-
wards took two books from the stall, put them under his
coat, and walked off with them. Mr. Cohen followed the
prisoner and laid hold of him, One of the books was found
under the prisoner's coat, the other in his pocket,
In answer to Mr. Woolrych, the witness said that the
reason he called the prisoner a queer sort of character was,
that he kept a shop himself. The prisoner used to visit that
shop and rob him.
William Andrews, 38 H, said that he heard the cries of
police and help, and saw the prisoner and Mr. Cohen strug-
gling for the possession of a book with a red binding, and
he went up to them and secured the thief.
The prisoner—l picked up the books.

Mr. Woolrych—No doubt of it. You picked up the books
off the stall. You are sentenced to one mouth's imprison-
ment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the
books.

A YOUNG SCOUNDREL.—CharIes Mackenzie, a tall, pale-
faced lad, aged 17, was brought before Mr. Woolrych
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Day, a girl who will be
twelve years of age in August next.
Mr. Henry Allen, agent and prosecuting officer to an ex-
cellent society, called the " Associate Institution for Im-
proving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of
Women," was present to watch the case. The Associate
institution recently prosecuted the Howards, lather and
son, and a woman of the town named Bentley, who had
entered into a conspiracy to defile a young girl named
Markett. The prosbcution was successful, and the wretches
are now undergoing imprisonment.
It appeared that the girl Day is the daughter of poor
but very respectable parents, and was a servant in the
house No. 10, Walker's-terrace, Limehouse, where the pri-
soner was an apprentice. Their bedrooms were adjoining
each other. On Sunday morning the prisoner obtained ad-
mission to the girl's bed while she was asleep. She was
awoke by his violence, and the eviderxe she gavo left no
doubt he had committed a criminal assault upon her. She
avoided him as soon as possible, and he sprang from the bed
and left her. The girl went home immediately and related
to her mother what had occurred. The mother examined
her daughter, and was satisfied the girl had been improperly
used. A medical gentleman was called in, and his evidence
went to show that violence had been offered to the girl.
In answer to a string of questions by Mr. Woolrych, the
girl said the prisoner never took any liberties with her un-
til Sunday morning, and that she had never given him any
encouragement to act as he had done. . She was very much
terrified when she found him in her bed. He came into the
kitchen with his face cut on Saturday night, and asked her
to put a dressing to it, and she did so,
The father of the prisoner addressed the magistrate in
favour of his son. He said he was foreman to Mr. Gray,
in Limehouse, where his son, the prisoner, was apprenticed,
and was proceeding to call the magistrate's attention to the
fact that if the girl had called out, she would have been
heard by other people in the house, when
Mr. Woolrych said he did not want to hear the man's
statement or his reasonings. He was satisfied a primafaci•
case was established, and should commit the prisoner for
trial for an assault e n a girl between 10 and 12 years of age.
Ai present the prisoner would be remanded, for the com-
pletion of dispositions, until Tuesday next.
Mr. Allan said the Associate Institute would prosecute.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRESLAN, JUNE 30.

The Sehlesische Zeitung of to-day in its second
edition published the last decree issued by
the National Government which orders the
stoppage of all traffic on the Warsaw and
Petersburg and the Wilna and Eydkuhnen
railways. All telegraph officials, engineers, guards,
porters, and workmen, employee on these lines are
directed to leave immediately.
The telegraph officials are ordered not to forward
any messaged and private individuals are forbidden
to travel de these railways.

All persona 'acting contrary to these orders of the
National Government are threatened with severe
punishment.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day.
The SPEAKER took the chair at twe.,ty minutes past
twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Tho North-Eastern and Stockton and Darlington Rail-
way Companies Amalgamation Bill was considered with
reference to certain amendments, and was ordered for third
reaaing.

The Dulas Valley Mineral Railway Bill, the Okehamp-
ton and Lidford Junction Railway Bill, and the Watford
and Rickmansworth Railway Bill wore considereii and or-
dered for third leading.
The Putney and Fulham New Bridge and Pier Bill was
read a second time.

FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
Clause 6 was agreed to with amendments.

On clause 7, Mr. BU UT moved an amendment to the
effect that the certificate of the commissionar3 should be
final as to the respective rights of parties, with right of
appeal within a limited time.
The committee divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 4
Against it
Majority

Mr. M'MAHON then moved an addition to the clause
giving power to seize and forfeit nets, and making a contra-
vention of the law punishable by a fine of not less than Lb
or more than £2O.
The committee divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 3B
Against it
Majority~
The amendment was, therefore, introluced into the
clause.

[LEFT SITTING.]

PRICE OF GOLD IN NEW YORK.

The commercial letters from New York yesterday
mention that the first effect of the invasion was to
send the premium on gold up to 50 per cent. In
the absence of further definite news there was then
a reaction to 471, and just before the departure of
the steamer a telegram that the Confederates had
not yet advanced on their march from Chambers-
burg to Harrisburg further than within 25 miles of
Carlisle, and that their force in that quarter con-
sisted only of 3,50') men, caused a fresh decline to
456 to 46. Nevertheless, it was apprehended by
some of the experienced merchants that this tele-
gram was one of the usual packet telegrams, and
that after the making up of the European mail bad
intelligence might be received. The Northern
journals endeavoured for the most part to assure
the public that the invasion was; merely a raid for
retaliation and plunder, that there was no possi
bility of the Confederates holding any part of Mary-
land or Pennsylvania, and that General Lee must
be driven back or captured in a very few days.
Soule persons, however, were disposed to believe
that Generrl Lee would not have moved his main
army for such a purpose, and that he intended
aim at the capture either of Baltimore or Pittsburg—
most probably the latter, in order to seize the large
iron works where most of the hervy cannot, or the
Federals :are made, and whence he could subse-
ently march to join General Bragg, and to get
mand of the South-west. Wit h regard to Vicksburg,
the report had gained strength that General John-
stone had been reinforced, and that General Grant
was in danger of being compelled to raise the siege.

RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH,

(From the Morning Post.)

The recent movements of the Confederates will,
however, banish for a time from the consideration
of both the Government and of the people such
commonplace matters as arbitrary and unconsti•
tutional acts on the part of the authorities. At
this side of the Atlantic they will also tend to direet
men's minds into a channel from which European
disturbances have for a time diverted them. All
attempts at mediating between the belligerents
have failed, but their failure has not necessarily sa-
tisfied neutral Powers of the expediency of remain-
ing perfectly passive so long as the Federal Go-
vernment are mad enough to protract a hopeless
struggle. The question of recognising a State
which has now for upwards of two years main-
tained its independence despite the herculean
efforts made to crush it, constantly recurs, and
will on this evening he discussed in the British
House of Commons. Mr. Roebuck proposes to sub-
mit to Parliament the expediency of recognis-
ing the independence of the Southern Con-
federacy ; and he will be in no want of argu-
ments to support his proposal. The present
invasion of the Northern States by the Confederate
forces carries with it conclusive proof of the strength
and vigour of the Confederacy, end affords a con
vincing reply to those who would contend that it
has not yet given evidence of being able to maintain
its independence. On the other hand we may ex-
pect to hear the oft-repeated argument that the time
has not yet come when the recognition to which a
just claim has bee❑ long since established should be
accorded. If this argument, however, means any-
thing, it means that the Southern Confederacy
should not be recognised until the Federal Govern-
ment have agreed to conclude a peace ; or, in other
words, that neutrals should not anticipate the ad-
versaries of the infant State in admitting it into the
family of nations. Ir. is, needless, however to say
that such a principle is not sanctioned by interna-
tional law, and that the real issue left for the deci-
sion of neutral States is simply the ability or in-
ability of the new State to maintain its indepen-
dence.

If the claims of the Southern Confederacy had
been estimated by this test, it would have been long
since diplomatically represented at the Courts of
Europe. But the fact is, that from an extraor-
dinary desire not to give umbrage to the Fede-
ral Government, and in order to avoid embitter-
ing or possibly prolonging the conflict, neutral
States have hesitated to accord to the Southern
Confederacy that recognition which, nevertheless, it
is well known it must ultimately receive. However
sound the policy may have been which dictated this
course in the early period of the war, we think the
time has long passed when it could be wisely pur-
sued. Until the close of last autumn the question
was certainly an open one whether the seceded
States could succeed in establishing the Govern-
ment of their choice ; and until then the feel-
ings of the Northern population were such that
the formal acknowledgment by Europe of the
prowess of their opponents would only have had
the result of exciting them to increased efforts to
effect their subjugation. But during the past
nine months a great change has taken place
in the sentiments of the inhabitants of the Northern
States, During that time the armies of the esta-
blished Government have been invariably defeated
whenever they came in collision with those of the
new Confederacy. Against a long series of damag-
ing defeats they are unable to set off a single vic
tory. In regard to the possession of territory, the
relative positions of the belligerents remain un-
changed. The consequences have been that the
North is heartily sick of war, and only wants a pre-
text for discontinuing a purposeless struggle. Such
a pretext would to our minds be supplied with the
official declaration by the chief European States
that the attempt to coerce the South was hopeless.
Those who think otherwise, in effect say that the
North should confess itself beaten, whilst neutral
States by their silence still admit the subjugation of
the South to be feasible, This we have no right to
expect from the North. It is for us to pronounce
the contest unavailing, and thus afford to a perti-
nacious and proud combatant an opportunity of
yielding to the voice of public opinion. We sin-
cerely believe that the recognition of the South by
Europe would be hailed with satisfaction by the
people of the Northern States, and that the weak
and contemptible Government which at present
directs public affairs in America could not long op•
pose itself to the unanimous expression of opinion
on both sides of the Atlantic.