The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

SOUTH AMERICA.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLE-
MENT.—James Lothan Balcase, confidential clerk and
cashier in the employ of Messrs. Morris and Co., tailors and
army clothiers, of 50, Pall-mall, was charged before Mr.
Knox with embezzling several sums of money, amounting
to £B5, the moneys of his employers. _ _

Mr. Hake, of Friday-street, Cheapsido, appeared for tho
prosecution.

The prisoner, it appeared from Mr. Morris's evidence,
had been carrying on a system of falsifying the amounts
paid to the workmen, making it appear that they received
larger sums than they actually did. Mr. Morris also stated
that he had treated the prisoner with the greatest kindness,
telling him that he could always have money when he re-
quired it, and also giving him money on different occa-
sions.

Mr. Knox said the offence charged against the prisoner
should not have been that of ewbezzlement, but larceny.
The prisoner was remanded till Saturday next.

WESTMINSTER.

A PENSIONER'S MODE OF OBTAINING A LIVING.--Jolan
Hayes, a tall, middle-aged man, with his right arm in a
sling, and a pensioner from the 59th Regiment, was charged,
in company with Ann Froud, with begging in Grosvenor-
row on the previous evening.

A gentleman who had given tho prisoner in charge
stepped forward and said he did not want to press the
charge. He had been a soldier himself, and felt for the male
prisoner, who appeared to have a correct discharge, with a
pension. He did not wish to go on with this case, and he
had only given them in charge from a sense of duty.

Mr. Selfe said ho must hear more of it—there was a lot of
money found on one of them. If the gentleman did not
wish to prosecute he might withdraw at once.
The gentleman then withdrew from the charge.
Peter Smith, 163 B, said that about 7 o'clock on the pre-
vious evening he was in Grosvenor-row, when a gentleman
came and gave the prisoners in charge for• begging. He
went and stopped them, and told the man he was going to
take them in charge. Prisoner said, "My wife, too ?"
Witness said, " That is not your wife." The gentleman
then said, " This man begged of me a few days ago, and I
gave him ls. ; he now comes to my house and annoys me."
When asked for his address he)said he had been two days
from the country; but Smith told him that was wrong,
for he lived in Clifford's-row. Smith asked him how long
he had been discharged from the army. He did not
answer that, but said he had no pension. Witness said
"Yes, you must have 6d. a-day with that discharge." Pri-
soner said, " Yes, I have 6d. a-day." Smith then said I
shall report you to Major O'Brien for begging and being a
pensioner. •He said he did not care. He drew his pension
at Woolwich and not at Chelsea, where Major O'Brien was.
The woman was searched and 3s. 6d. found on her besides
other things when taken ; the man was rather under the
influence of liquor..

The husband of the female prisoner was in court, and
desired to be heard, and said he was sure his wife was not
begging; he was an out-patient froln the Brompton Hos-
pital, and did not believe his wife begged.
The woman denied the charge, and told tho same story
she had at the station. _ _ _

Prisoner said he was very sorry for it. He was hard up,
and had nothing to pay for a lodging ; some of the soldiers
of Chelsea Barracks had given him a drop of beer.

TUe woman was discharged, and Mr. Selfe told the man
that if he came again there he would get more than he
would care to have. Ho had no more business to beg, for
there were several benevolent institutions, and if those
failed there was the workhouse. If he came there again he
would have the fullest penalty of the law imposed upon
him. He was then discharged.

THE SUN-, LONDON, SA TURDAY EVENING, JANUARY . 21, 1865.

(Per French Mail Steamer, via Bordeaux.)
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 11.

The Era arrived yesterday evening with papers from
Uruguay to Friday. The four Brazilian gunboats began
to bombard Paysandu on Tuesday morning (the 6th) at 4
o'clock; at 8 a.m. they had thrown 113 bombs into the
town, and at 5 p.m. 700. At the same time Flores with
3,000 men attacked the place by land, but was gallantly
repelled. The Spanish war vessel Wadrus, in concert with
the French and English gunboats, notified Admiral Taman-
dare to stop the bombardment, which he did, " not at their
request, but it being no longer necessary for the purpose
of General Flores."

Next day (the 7th inst.) the rebel guerillas recommenced
the attack, and the Brazilians landed all their marines with
several heavy guns. The latter captured the police barri-
cade, and several houses in the suburbs were sacked by the
rebels, but the garrison recovered the barricade and expelled
the enemy. Two ammunition waggons of the Brazilians
blew up. The batteries of the garrison were disabled by
the Brazilian fire, but after a couple of hours were again
made serviceable. Leandro Gomez had two horses killed
under him, and the mortality on all sides was great. Eighty
rebel infantry passed over to the Government, On Thurs-
day morning the fighting continued, the mortality being
then estimated thus :—Rebels, 600 ; garrison, 300 ; Brazil-
ians, 200. Every time that the rebels or Brazilians ap-
proached the batteries they were hurled back defiantly.
Flores sent a second envoy, accompanied by the com-
manders of the French and English gunboats, to arrange
a surrender, but the chiefs, Gomez and Piris, manfully
refused. A body of 400 Brazilians had penetrated to the
Plaza and seized several barricades, when they were crushed
and scattered by a sally of the garrison.
The town of Paysandu is reduced to a heap of ruins, and
the surviving garrison is estimated at 700. The fighting
on the 9th began with some brilliant sorties of the garri-
son, punishing the besiegers heavily. Flores had fired 300
shots from his three small pieces, and the artillery of the
fort responded from various parts of the town. The rebels
confess having lost several good officers, but count on being
reinforced in a few days by General Netto, with 1,500
Brazilian filibusters.

Waldino 17rquiza and Telmo Lopez surprised the rebel
garrison in Salto, and recaptured the place. Fausto Aguilar
had set out too late for its relief. General Saa, with 2,500
men, arrived at Arroyo Negro, on march, to relieve Pay-
sandu, if Gomez still holds out.

Among the claims against the Brazilians for damages by
the blockade, Messrs. Cabal and Williams demand three
millions (£600,000).

- . .
It is said that the French consul prevented the Brazilian
admiral from bombarding Paysandu. All the women and
children have left that town. It is said that two officers
and 12 soldiers of the garrison of Salto were killed after the
surrender. The approach of a powerful Paraguayan army
is confidently expected at once.
The province of San Juan, where the recent gold disco-
veries were made, is still the centre of attraction, and hun-
dreds are crossing from Chili to explore the diggings. Ex-
perienced miners, However, there are none in the country,
and we doubt very much until we get some from Australia
or California, if any very important results will be arrived at.
The rather unfavourable news from Europe by the last
two packets, coupled with the political dangers which sur-
round us, has had an unfavourable effect on business.
Wools and hides have fallen considerably, and trade is dull.
Labour is at present very high, and hands scarce, owing to
the works on the railways and the shearing of the flocks.
Great fears are entertained that part of the wheat crop will
be lost owing to the scarcity of reapers. We want labouring
men in the River Plate ; 100,000 would find employment at
most remunerative wages either in this or any of the ad-
joining provinces. It is hoped that the utmost exertions
will be made in Europe to increase the emigration of
labourers to this country, which offers every inducement
to the sober, industrious, and persevering.
The sales of Saladero ox and cow hides duringlthe last
15 days are 19,600 ox hides, at 384 reals to 344 reals. Last
prices, 344 reals 601 b. guaranteed ; sales since Nov. 1 last,
20,600 hides; slaughtered, 12,000 hides, to make 8,000. No
hides on sale. In Saladero tallow the sales are 440 pipes,
at 141 reals. No stock. In Saladero horse hides no sales, no
stock. Jerked Beef—Old stock, 10,000 qq. sold at 10 reals ;
stock, 5,000 qq. New beef, 25,000 qq. sold at 12 reals;
stock, 7,000 qq. In matadero ox and cow hides no sales,
no stock. In Fabuca tallow, 400 bordalesas at $49, cur-
rency, old. Mares grease worth $35 to $354 currency,
without cask. The total sales of dry ox and cow hides
during the fortnight are 32,500 hides. The total stock of
all classes remaining unsold, 164,000 hides. In American
hides no sales. Prices nominal, at 31 reals, for 201 b. average
for classified hides ; stock, 40,000 hides. In German hides
the sales are 13,500 hides. Matadero ox, 49 reals for 2941 b.
average ; matadero cow, 3,837 reals, 2241 b. average ; camp
ox; 47 to 46 reals, for 381 b. ; camp cow, 37 reals, 2241 b.
Stock, 10,000 classified hides. In Spanish, French, and
Italian hides the sales are 19,000 hides; stock, 109,000
hides, 30 to 314 reals for light, 171 b. to 491 b., 34 and 33 reals
Corrientes hides ; 38 to 36 reals Entre Rios ; 424 reals Pa-
raguay ; 34 reals Cordova.

Specie declined sensibly to-day, owing to the great
scarcity of paper. Patacons are dearer on time than for
cash, which shows the true state of the market. The sale
of national bonds at the reduced rate above quoted shows
too clearly the scarcity of money also ; in fact, the paper
currency in circulation is unequal to the demands of busi-
ness, and if the Bank claims any more paper without in-
troducing some other circulating medium the inconvenience
will be increased.

The rate of exchange on England is 494 to 49k.. To-day
a number of first-class bills were negotiated at the latter
rate.

The wool-market continues in the most depressed state,
and thousands of arrobas of wool are going into deposit.
The buyers are holding off until the arrival of the packet,
which ought to arrive on Monday or Tuesday next.
On the morning of the 9th of December, the city of
Buenos Ayres was awakened by an explosion louder than
artillery, and comparable only to the sudden outburst of a
volcano beneath our feet. The Retiro barrack was blown
up ; 160 soldiers, dead or dying, were hurled into the air or
buried under the ruins, and the shock was felt for half a
mile round, smashing the windows as if the effect of an
earthquake. Nor is this the only disaster ; news arrives
of an alarming collision on the Western Railway, in which
three persons have lost their lives and numbers injured.
But the latter occurrence is almost forgotten in the awful
details of the Retiro tragedy, while mangled limbs and
headless trunks are carted off to the cemetery, and a line of
carriages conveys the wounded to the various hospitals.