The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-14 00:00:00

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IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
311_41 heavy gales some ot the boats of the Na' tonal Lifeboat
Institution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The
Committee of theSTAN,,I4] Institution
to enable them to AR PEmeetALthe con-
to the
public tor ASSI
timed hea, y demands on the Institution's i 25 Web at estab-
lishments. Contributions are receiv,d by all the Lonnon
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Institution, 11, J(,hu-street, Ade!phi,

MESSRS. JAY and CO. have now on show
the most unique and perfect assortment of
BONNETS,
which their Manager has selected in Paris, and brought
back With tier to tins Estiblishment.
247, 249, 251, Regent-street,

130.1 NET'S SILKS a LYON.--Every Article of
commerce takes its title either from the inventor or
manufacturer. and the more perfect the production the
grater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNET'S SILKS are said to b' incapable of identifica-
tion in Englaad but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
pos d by the very trade mark of the firm as exhibited by

Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
Tb., following interwoven mark may be seen at th^ end
of each piee,,:—" antaaeture de C. J. Isunuet et Cie., a Lyon.
et a loj urieux." Wear guaranteed.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Mana^ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, Willsee's Romantic Opera, TIIE
DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Cond. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
Commence at Eight.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE.-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING the performances will eommencc with an
by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY Oil TUE BEAST.
I'rincipal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville,
Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and
Miss E. Lecicrq.
Atter which, Lord Byron's Choral Traedy, MA-NFU-RD'
s,
Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Areagres'on, Ward, Spencer,;
Miss Heath, Miss F. Atkinson, 3llss Leclercq, anq Mrs.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss tc.itter, Miss CicelE.
Y
Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with a New and Orig-inal Farce, by Messrs.
Brough and A. Halliay. entitled MY a KART'S IN
HTEHIGHLANDS : chadracters. by Mr. J.Neville, Mr. G.
Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs.
C. Melville, and
Miss II artleur.
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THE ATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.—
Sole Lessee and Manag-er, Mr.
Buckstone.
mMeesadsrastn.
eCt; THIS EVEING, LITrLE DAISY.
SILKEN FETTEatteS,
;:
After wbieh est time),
Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe,
C. Mathews and M. Barrie.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews,
And MY lIUSBAND'S GtiOST.
Commence at 7.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Y/ki A
°Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter.
---DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
v.;er-13Evening until further notice.
THU' • EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY : Mess •s. Widdicombe, J.G. Shore, Charles ;
amiss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONTO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from StendhaPs "Italian
Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
13r-m;.,fham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Aire.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.

Doors open athalt-past 6—commence at 7.

"DEL DEMO:'•TIO; a LOVE STORY, in Twelve
11 Tableaux.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proorletor and lltanazer, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TLIAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs.
4t 8, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported
by 3fessrs.Arthur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Billinzton, Stuart,
.A Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Millington.
I'o conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

MISS BATEMAN.—LEAFI.—The triumphant
and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste,
Miss BATEMAN, an her first appearance in the character of
LEAH, in the new five act Drama of that title, having been
nightly repeated, and even exceeded during the last four
weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences,
and tne profound impression created upon all who have wit-
nessed the touching impersonation by Miss Bateman of the
heart-broken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani-
mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the
Manager ot the NEW ADELPHI THEATRE has the honour
to announce that Mess BATEMAN will appear in the New
Drama of LEA El EVERY EVENING till further notice; and
in order to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand
for stalls, has added two more rows to those previously
existing.

ROYAL STRAND THEATitr„.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug,h.
THIS EVENING, WHERE' YOUR WIFE. Miss
Simpson.
After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey,
Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Sayille, and Miss Manders.
To conclude with FAINT HEAnT NEVER WON .AIR
LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray.
Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins am—Morning, 3h. 40m.—Afternoon, VI. On
170-gonaow.-Morning, 4h. 25m.—Afternoon. 4h. 47111

The Weather--Sun Office, Nov. 14, 1863.

THERMOMETER..
This day at Two o'clock

Barometer-30.21.
Wind—South-Nest; light, and cloudy.

atiz DrA*--

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 14, 1863.

" Procrastination," according to the Poet of the
Night Thoeghts, " is the thief of time"—it might
be added, also, of credit. One of the great dis-
credits attaching to our Government in connection
with the Crimean War, at its very commencement,
was the helpless manner in which we had drifted
into it. A remembrance of that slowness of deli.
beration, of that reluctance to take the initiative in
any matter of importance, has been hanging
over qg during these last few days, with
a enee of gloom almost sinister in its
way, in reference to the absolute silence
maintained here in
respect to the intentions
of the Cabinet as
to NAPOLEON'S proposition. That
proposition
was momentous enough, certainly, of its
kind, to
necessitate some delay before the answer
to it could be decided upon. But total and abso-
lute silence—a Silence
as that of death, as to what
was in every any likely
to come of it, augured
seriously, as to the risk of this lapse of time, cans
ing, in England no inconsiderable diminution' of
credit. It bore the appearance of
a sense
of pro found bewilderment.
It seemed to
be scarcely, in any way, propitious of a distinct
settlement of the difficulty and least
of all of a
satisfactory settlement of it. Abruptly--the silence
is faintly broken, the gloom is slightly dissipated.
A telegram comes to us late in the afternoon bringing
to us the intimation from Vienna—rather a round-
about' way for the tidings to arrive—that the Courts
of Vienna, Berlin, and London have agreed to ac.
cept the proposal of a Congress
! That the proposal
should have been accepted " with certain modifies.
lions" was only of course what could reasonable have
been expected. The proposition in its original form,
as propounded by the French EMPERO 2
first of all in
his speech to his new Legislature, and afterwards
in his circular letter to the European Sovereigns,
was so grand, and vast, and almost, one might say,
illimitable in its scope, that, in order to render it
in any way at all practicable, it required to be
narrowed down at least to a definition. Now, how-
ever, that the Congress, so far as France, Austria,
Prussia, and England have already decided it, is to
bt--it is satisfactory to know that the questions
"" to be submitted to consideration must be re-
stricted simply to those now actually already pending.
Questions for example, such as those relating to
Poland, to Schleswig Holstein, and to Italy, particu-
larly in reference to V
mate and the Papal States.
The mere announcement beforehand that to those
actually pending
questions the deliberations of the
Congress are to he restricted,
seems to us to render
the whole scheme of the Congress more feasible,
more practicable, more capable
of being carried
in to operation, in fine more se
cure of being pro
ductive of good. Another important stip •
ulation being,
that no States but those directly concerned in the
entire execution of the Programme are to take
part in the deliberations of the Congress, Not
whisper, as yet, as to whether tke ExpEnows
offer of Pa* as the seat of the Congress is to
be accepted; Nevertheless, accepting as Austria,