The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-05 00:00:00

mit. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS 1
EVERY EVENING, at Eight.
JIOYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
VERDI NIGHT, THIS EVENING. FAUST and TRO-
VATORE SELECTIONS. Witte. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs
iar. Levy, Mr. G. Perrin, Mr. Patey, Mr, J. Wiuterbottom,
avid Ali Ben Sou- tile. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers.
)3and of she Coldstream Guards.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One
Slitting ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and
10s. ed.
31. ARBAN, the celebrated French Cornet-a- Pistons, will
appear on Wednesdiy next,
On 'I hursday next, the Second BEETHOVEN NIGHT.
rh;rd aIENDELSSOIIN NWHT will be given, which
will be duly announced.

ROYAL PRIN C E S S'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manag,er, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
ty Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Alter which, TIIE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
voinci,, J. \V. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11.
Forremter. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss FAnny Gwynne.

N- ft W ThEA lift;-11,0 YAL, ADELPHI.
sme Proprlstor and Manager. M. B. Webster.
TO-NIGHT, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J.
Toole, Killington, and Mr.. Stirling.
—After whioh, MASKS AND FACES. Messrs. B. Webster,
P Ledford, H. Phillips, Billington, Stuart; Mrs. Stirling,
Mrs. Billing,ton. and Miss H. Simms.
To conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs.
;1. L. Toole, P. Bethord, H. and hiss Woolger.
Commence at 7.

n OPAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINXN r TALENT AND COMEDY.
gh SPILLab
le
This popular Theatre will OPEN for the Winter Season On
MONDAY, Sept. 12, with (second time) Mr. Arthur Sketehly's
af r d 'HOWs a n
highly successful
not,
loTri,giannaal
FC.ucmedßyerno
q, BEY GET OCT
Travestie of
FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Those cele-
brated artiste Mr. and Mrs. Char'es Mathews are re-engaged.
Mrs. Stirling, 31r. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin-
son. Mr. Asnley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John-
stone, Mr. II Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny Joseph
Mies pattc Josepks,Scenic Artists Mr. Gat 1 '
3,i,3 pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch: MnsicalesCaonn!
p uctor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING SILK suitatle for .the
country and seaside, and at the e:earing-out puke 0 duly
£1 11s. 6d. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already r;sen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more
,CoJtly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average
JAY'S,
217,249, and 251, Regent-street.

C-
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CALS.— The LILLES HAL E. COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.

Marquis' - --
235. per ton. 1 Double ..20s. per ton.
Top 228. „ 1 Deep 2ls. „
W.• 11 screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
Dots, Westbourne Park-road, AV., and 17, South Wharf,
Vaddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke
Terms cash.
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JOHN SCOTT, Sole "gent

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 1864.

The prospect of peace in America is a question
of such vital interest that any discussion connected
evitii it can scarcely be tame or tedious. Both sides,
it is true, have said their say often enough since
this unhappy war broke cut ; the arguments have
been bandied to and fro until the veriest child has
grown familiar with them ; but there are some
a vents, some subjects so remarkable that " their in-
finite variety" does not lose its force by constant
repetition. More especially is this the case when
the) speakers are men not only of great ability and
hig,l position, but of the most intimate acquaint-
anc-) with the wants and feelings of the peoples
whoee interests are under discussion, and whose
words are therefore no round of borrowed platitudes
but the honest outpouring of practical convictions.
Such words are not only advocacy, but evidence.
They show us the animus of either side. They fur-
nish us with data from which to draw our own
conclusions. Under these aspects the narrative of
the conversation between JEFFERSON' DAVIS and
Colonel JAQUES cannot be read with indifference;
and indeed the circumstances of the interview are
of themselves sufficiently striking to rivet attention.
Two Northerners, actuated by the desire to see some
suspension of the fratricidal strife now desolating
two great countries, pushed their way, by means
of letters, &c., to the very presence of the Southern
President. They passed the hostile lines, and were
safely brought to the "State Department" in Rich.
nionA, where they had a lengthened interview with
the roan who,in the words of Mr GLADSTOSE, " has
made the South a nation," Their conversation, of
course, was profitless so far as any immediate
prospects of peace are concerned ; but the
very fact of its taking place is in itself
encouraging. The go-a-head nation has cer-
tainly hitherto carried on its war in the most mat.
for of fact way. No trace of chivalry or sentiment
has interfered with the material objects, but this
enterprise of Colonel JAQUES, and the courteous
reception accorded him by President DAVIS, reads
like a page from the Romance of War instead of its
jmere ordinary history. The argument did credit to
both sides, being conducted with admirable temper,
wt lite the opponents were well matched. Mr. DAVIS
must, however, have been amused to see the quiet
=tuner in which Colonel JAQUES brought forward
the very points which tell against the North, his
simplicity, real or assumed, serving for loglc. ;Thus,
when he said to him, "You are wholly without
money and at the end of your resources," Mr.
DAVIS may have recollected the latest price of gold
in New York. When Colonel JAQUES went en to
say, " GRANT has shut you up in Richmond, SUER-
MAN is before Atlanta. Had you not better accept
henoarable terms while you can retain your prestigeo
and save the pride of the Southern people ?"it is n
great wonder that Mr. DAVIS smiled as ha replied,
" I respect your earnestness, Colonel, but you do
not seem exactly to understand the situation. We
are not exactly shut up in Richmond. if your
papers tell the truth, it is your capital that is in
danger, not ours." He then reminded his hearer
that, after all GRANT'S brilliant Hank movements,
he was no nearer Richmond, while he was poorer
by 75,000 or 80,000 men than at the outset. On
the financial question he had as much to say. The
South need certainly not fear comparison with her
Antagonist on that score, for, as Mr. DAVIS said to
his visitor, "Our paper has the solid basis of a large
cotton crop, white yours rests on nothing, and you
owe all the world." Bat such arguments would not
of course convince either side. The sin of the war
did not, President Deus declared, lie at his
door, for he had foreseen it for .12 years, but had
beau powerless to prevent it. The whole blame, he
averred, rested with the North who refused to admit
the right of they Southern people to:govern them-
selves. Colonel JAQUES suggested that the people
should bo allowed to decide that the propositions
ebould be laid before them by the relative Govern-
ments. Peace, union, emancipation, no com-
pensation, and universal amnesty as the other,
and both sides to be bound by the vote of
the) majority. The plan, as President DAVIS justly
Eaid, is quite impracticable. It is the plan of a
theorist, not of a practical man, but Mr DAVIS
ohjEcted to its very principle. It was the tyranny
of the msjority, he said, -1,1-1 tiff )11/J ted to.