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

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Gold, 1481. Exchange, 163. United States'
Sixes, registered, 1881, 108; Treasury 7-30 Notes,
1061. New York Central Rail way, 1351 ; Erie,
1051; Illinois Central, 117.

Cotton, 80e. Breadstuffs unsettled. Provisions
firm. Sugars steady.

DEC: 2, 10 ELM.

Advices from Virginia to Monday at noon re-
port the armies of Generals Lee and Meade in line
of battle upon either side of the Mine Run Valley,
between Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house,
about 12 miles from the latter place. Skirmishing
only had occured since Friday. The impression
prevailed in the Army of the Potomac that General
Meade would atack the Confederate position, which
was a strongly fortified one.

Yesterday accounts from Knoxville to the 28th
state that General Longstreet attacked the Federals
on the south side of the river, three miles from the
town, on the 25th, and was repulsed with the loss
of 150 killed and wounded.

Cincinnati telegrams of yesterday announce that
a courier from Knoxville had arrived at Cumberland
Gap with the intelligence that the Confederates had
crossed the river on Sunday and brought on a
general engagement, which resulted in the defeat
of the Confederates and the capture of General
Wheeler's division of 5,000 men. This latter news
is discredited.

The Federals evacuated Ringgold yesterday ;
having first burnt all the public buildings, mills,
depots, and bridges, and returned to Chattanooga.
The railway from Ringgold to Claicamauga was also
destroyed.

Federal and Confederate accounts from Charleston
to the 28th state that the firing upon Sumter and the
other Confederate batteries continued. Shells were
also occasionally thrown into the city, but did no
material damage.

In the Charter elections in this city yesterday
Mr. C. Godfrey Gunther, a Peace Democrat, was
elected Mayor.
Gold, 149.

The Persia takes out 733.100 dols, in specie.

POLICE INTELLIGENC.E—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE FOREIGN PROSTITUTE NUISANCE NEAR THE
COUNTY FIRE OFFICE.— Caroline de Lacy, a most elegantly
attired German prostitute, was charged before Mr. Knox
with disorderly conduet, and making use of obscene lan-
guage near the County Fire Office, corner of Glasshouse-
street, Regent-street.

Henry Rough, 310 A, said—Yesterday afternoon, about
half-past five, I saw the prisoner, with several other women
of her class, collected near the County Fire Office. I told
them to go away, saying that she had had one police-
man's coat off his back and she would have another, Fnd-
ing she would not go away, and as a crowd of 500 persons
collected and caused great confusion, he took the prisoner
into custody. The prisoner was the most troublesome of
all the foreign prostitutes at the West-end.

Mr. Henry Gabell, of Glasshouse-street, said---I heard
the disturbance, and went down and heard the constable
desire the prisoner to go away. She refused to do so, and
abused the constable in a vile manner. The prisoner was
the most audacious, nay, indecent, of all the women col-
lecting at the place. She had a large crinoline and had a
peculiar knack of swinging it round so as to show half-way
up her legs. The nuisance is so great that we can scarcely
we can scarcely live in our houses.

Mr. Knox—l am bound to say, from my own observa

tion, that you cannot pass down the street of an afternoon
without seeing 19 or a dozen of them about.

Mr. Gabell—l feel sure it would not be tolerated in any
other city in the world. It is intolerable and disgraceful.
Prisoner—l do not like to be insulted by a constable. It
is no use my saying anything. I have been three years
here, and it is the first time I have been here.
Mr. Knox—You are the greatest nuisance of the district.
I never pass the place without seeing a gathering of you.
Mr. Gebell—And she is the worst of the lot. She will
never let a gentleman pass without stopping him, and an-
noying him by her solicitations.

Mr. Knox—l will not, as it is the first case of the kind
that has been brought before me, put the law in full force.
I &all commit her for 14 days. I will put the nuisance
down if I can.

The prisoner was then committed for 14 dayc.