The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

RUMOURED DEFA'AT OF IIHE FEDF-

BALS AT YORKTOWN.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
In a letter which Was received here to-day (by
the China) from Baltimore is the following:—

"Baltimore, April 8.
" The boat just arrived from Fortress Monroe
brings word that there had been a battle at York-
town, in which the Federals suffered a severe de-
feat. The Merrimac and seven other iron-clad ships
are out. No official information of the -above yet
published."

The letter is from a first-class firm in Baltimore,
and the recipients of the letter are merchants of
good standing here, a relative of whom underwent
some imprisonment in America some time since,

GARIBALDI AND THE NEAPOLITAY

SCHOOLS.

The following letter of thanks has been lately
addressed by General Garibaldi to the " Ladies'
Philanthropic Society of Turin," in acknowledg-
ment of its efforts in opening a school at Torre del
Greco

" TO THE WOMEN OF ITALY.

" In the name of our country, I proffer you a
word of sincerest thanks. Amongst your many
benefits shines most brilliantly the foundation of
this school at Torre del Greco, where you seek out
the son of the poor man, feed him and clothe him,
end train him up for the duties of a citizen. In a
short time you will found similar institutions, first
at Palermo, and then everywhere where want calls
for them. May God bless you, ye women with an-
gelic hearts; may God bless you and your foreign
associates, who so lovingly and so nobly began, and
co-operate in, this holy work. Ye are striving to
restore to our country that highest Christianity
which selfishness and deceit cast down into the
mire. Yes, from the day when the rich of the earth
shall regard the poor man as their brother there
will be an end put to those terrible but unavoidable
revolutions which, at undetermined epochs, frighten
and wound humanity. Therefore, also, honoured
ladies of the committee, continue to extend the
benefits of your association even to the most remote.
villages of the peninsula, where such a want is felt
in a still higher degree. Permit me to bow rever-
entially before the female liberators of my country,
who are at the same time conferring a service on all
humanity, " G. GARIBALDI."

LONDON COFFER AND EATING
HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday a dinner took place at the Freemasons'
Tavern in aid of this institution. The Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, Messrs. Cockerell and
Twentyman, jointly presided, and were supported
by about a hundred gentlemen interested in the
charity. The society was established in 1837. and
its object is to provide a fund for the permanent
support of those of the body of coffee and eating;
house keepers who from reverse of fortune might
be reduced from a state of comparative prosperity ;
and it also extends its benefits to the widows and
orphans. It has received a considerable amourjt of
assistance from members of the trade, and se, far as
its operations extend is in a position of prosperity.
The receipts of the last year exceeded those of the
previous one by nearly £lOO. The invested stock
amounts to £3,839 7s. 7d., which produces £149
a year; and there was at the end of the year a
balance in the treasurer's hands of £losls. 2d.,
making a total of £3,944 Bs. 9d., after all demands
on the association had been satisfied, There are at
the present time fourteen pensioners on the funds of
the society. It is intended as soon as the funds of
the institution will permit to extend its objects to
the establishment of a school, where the orphans of
deceased members may be educated, clothed, and
fed, and rendered capable of making their own
way in the world. It may be stated that the insti-
tution has taken a firm hold on the sympathies of
the trade, and that its progress is on the whole
most satisfactory, On the present occasion meri-
torious efforts were made on the part of the chair-
man and the officers of the institution to promote
its interests and the result was a subscription,
which, all things considered, was creditable to those
who assembled to for ward the interests of the asso-
ciation, and who were chiefly members of the call-
ing from which it takes its name.

SINGULAR CASE OF BURGLARY IN
BELFAST.

On Monday morning, a young man named James
M'llwaine, 17 years of age, was arrested, and
charged with having broken into the premises of
Mr. George Phillips, bookseller, Bridge-street. The
case is most unaccountahln in many ways. 1. ne you.g
man was a boarder in one of the principal seminaries
in the town, and is very respectably ‘3onnected, his
father being an extensive farmer in the county
Down. The cause which led to the commission of
the crime with which he is charged is at present a.
complete mystery,as previously he had shown no dis-
position towards such a course of life. He had been
in the habit, it appears, for some time backof attend-
ing Mr. Phillips's shop, and has been seen on several
occasions to peruse books at the counter for perhaps
an hour at a time. On Saturday he was in the shop
for a considerable period reading, and as there is
no public library attached to the shop, his parti-
cular business there was not clearly understood,
although he was not ordered to leave, or his busi-
ness then inquired into. However, he was not
observed to leave, and it is supposed he secreted
himself somewhere aLout the premises, and re-
mained there hidden until after the shop was closed,
when he commenced operations by " blinding" the
chinks in the window-shutter, so that the
parties passing along the street might not observe
the light, and that he might not be detected.
Sheets of brown paper were pasted over the
interior of the windows, and the letter-box, which
is merely a small opening in the door, was covered
with a double paper wrapper. He must have been
on the premises, it is supposed, for at least twelve
hours. It is evident he endeavoured to escape by the
shop front,and failed in making his exit by that mode.
On Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, a woman
servant in one of the neighbouring houses, ob-
served a man at one of the windows at the rear of
Mr. Phillips' shop, and she gave information to the
constable of the beat, who at once had the premises
searched, and M'llwaine was found concealed in the
coal-cellar. He had in his possession upwards of
£6, several packs of playing cards, and a number
of gold rings. On examining the premises it was
found that all the drawers in the shop had been
rummaged, and that in one of the drawers a num-
ber of bank cheques were left untouched, probably
as the burglar supposed he could not make use of
them ; and in another drawer some packages of
coppers were also left behind, as they would be too
heavy to take away, or not worth the trouble of
carrying off. On Saturday night Mr. Phillips took
from one of the drawers which had been broken
-open £l5O, and it is supposed that the accused, on
his visit to the shop on Saturday, saw this money,
and that the object of his second visit was to secure
it. All the drawers were opened in a most scien-
tific manner, quite in accordance with the doings of
trained hands to the business. The whole affair
has created considerable interest in the town,
taking into consideration t hei
s positionfamily, and
ofthethyeouunn_
g
man, the respectability of h
likelihood that a person of education would adopt.
such a mode of life.
SHIPPING--THIS DAY.

LONDON, April 23.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, and squally weather, with oc-
casional showers.
PORTSMOUTH, April 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Marshal Pelis,ier, from London, for Mauritius; Cornelius
Gurotnell, from London, for New York ; Maida, from Lon-
don, for St. Helena.
FALMOUTH, April 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sultana,
from Monte Video ; Success, from Eahia ; Mary Lee, from
Cienfuegos, for Bristol; Onni, from Cardenas; Volunteer,
from Foo-chow-foo.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—Catherine, from Sunderland ; Leda,. steamer,
from Dublin, and left for Lonblon; Moslem, from New-
port.
Sailed—Boadicea, for Blyth; Wensleydale, for Sunder-
land.

negvis;
(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday
Arrived, April 22—Caroline Goodwin,oe and Mary, from t,ro Morning Nevis;
"Water Lily, from Moulmein.
Arrived, April 23—Prince of Wales, from Cape of Good
Hope; Wailer Hood, from Sydney;
Terceira; Hanover, from Rio Grande; Fortitude, from
Moulmein.

Sailed, April 23—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne;
Norwich, steamer, for Hamburg. City of
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—Sylph, from Barbadoes ; Kirkham, from Table
Bay, for London.
Passed—H.T.L.M., Com,merial Code, from the West,
for the North ; George Canning, from Alexandria, for
London.
Anchored—Neptune, *op London, for Lisbon • Heise,
from Shields, for Constantinople
outta, for Loudon° 'Mary ,
ear, from Cal