The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

DuNDEE, Nov. 24.—The tone of the market was decidedly
better to-day, and anything lost on prices last week is quite
recovered again. By telegram from Riga it is reported that
flax has gone down there to 4G roubles for K 1, and that
freights have gone up to SOs a ton, In this market flax o
all kinds is held very firmly, and moderate transactions aro
reported at prizes not before obtainable. The importation
hero is fully 10,000 tons less than last year to same date,
which is against lower prices. The demand for fine tow and
coddle continues good, but as it is so scarce holders are not
pressing sellers, even at present high rates. There is a good
inquiry for jute, with prices rather against buyers. The
stocks in sellers' hands are very light, and as prices are re-
latively lower here than in London, they anticipate a small
advance shortly. Yarns of all kinds were in improved re-
quest to-day, and the sales made were generally at firmer
prices than on Tuesday last. Anything of which early de-
livery could be given was much wanted, and brought very
full prices.ll Considerable orders for linens were given out
to-day for delivery in February and March, and many more
would have been placed could manufacturers have under-
taken them within a reasonable time. For several fabrics an
advance on previous quotations was freely paid, and the
tendency was upwards for goods generally.
LEICESTER; 24th,—There is still a fair business doing in
hosiery goods of most kinds for the season. At Lough-
borough, Hinckley, and the country districts, the wort;
people are, as a whole, tolerably employed. Yarns renl,l2o
extremely dear; the market is firm, and spinners confine
their their productions to immediate requirements. IV
also making high rates, there being still a fair consumptive

demand.
NOTTINGHAM, 25th.—There has not been ouch demand
for any description of cotton lace goods during the past few
order a small
can the present time being generally dug
and . Af s
to ew
eri-
can orders are in course of completion,
extent have been received for the continent. There is no
osiery e time f year,.
revival in the demand for silk laces
as bees
:d
moregin gs,
dbouint
gi.n sAillkl
mechlins and quillings there h
a forin thadvance,o unless
of goods are kept as low as pOssib 10. There has been
ii'kah orders
a tolerable business doing
Manufacturers refuse to
higher prices are given. Yarns are steady.

• --;;„l,,,,yxe,aras name et
og i,v,errnobjatnhae mseertrryo;
" KIDDLE-A- l'i
Id illicitly,has been wesre sold
ously the walls fur some weeks past, and has
ously poste-
generally been supposed to have reference to a series of
shopsP°lit an
whereP °1
iocen spiritss
Ghost Stories, to appear in Mr. Beeton's Christmas Annual,
writtenper y
s b9 J.
Francis Derrick, and illustrated with a frontis-
piece J. A. Pasquier, engraved by W. Thomas, an im-
-ion of which reached us ten days ago. " Kiddle-a-
wink" has, however, just now been appropriated as the
am
" Pepper's ghost at one of the music-halls south
of the ofeb a
bridges. Years ago Douglas Jerrold's publishers
chalked the walls with " Where's Eliza ?" the name of an
intended serial tale—but the keeper of a casino turned the
outlay to his individual profit by adding everywhere "At
the -----___ Ciudno."

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Frtend.—This excellent Ointment is so innocent in its
nature, so cooling in its properties, and so healing in its
action, that it is invaluable in skin diseases, scald head,
tatter, tooth rash, chafings, and in many varieties of rashes
and eruptions well know n and deeply dreaded in the
nursery. Trivial maladies may by it be met and conquered
at the outset, and all future mischief overcome before it has
gained hold upon the constitution, and endangered future
health. Full directions are wrapped round each pot of
Ointment. Holloway's Ointment may be applied with the
best results in many diseases to which the sufferer silently
submits. because'the task of investigating them would be
both difficult and delicate.

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theSS 13..5.
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JAY and CO. have now on show .is the autocratic ruler of France—to argue
unique and perfect assortment of after so many momentous years' experience that
BONNETS,
which their Manager has
selected in Parts, and brought there would be any hazard to our inte-
bacii, with her to this Establishment.
1 rests in yielding to the EMPEROR'S recent propo-
217, 240, 251, Regent-street. -
sition of a Congress, that there would be dangers
for us in the mere fact of our assenting to take part
in such a Congress, implies, we will not say, an
extraordinary want of confidence in our Ally, but,
we will rather say, an extraordinary want of con-
fidence in ourselves. It is not merely an intima-
tion, to all intents and purposes, that there
is a secret design to outwit us lurking in the
EMPEROR'S proposition, but that, in the
event of our foolishly yielding a mistaken
consent to that proposition, the -probabilities are
Chit we might be outwitted. Faithful to their mar-
vellous policy—that policy w iich is based upon
the principle not of leaving well alone, but of
leaving both well and ill alone, and of just
doing nothing—the Cabinet of England, after
much pondering over the difficulty, have decided
upon declining to accede to the French EMPEROR'S
proposition. Reverting to our previous remark,
that refusal on the part of Englandtoiynieevlidtahbleyr
consent to the sugges'ad Congress mast
lead to complications. For the which complica-
tions, ours must be the responsibility, or rather,
the weight of that responsibility must devolve upon
the chiefs of our present Government.

T.IONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of
jig 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 be incapable of identifica-
tion in .the
; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex.-
pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.

The following- interwoven mark may be seen at the end
of each piece :—; Manutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., 4 Lyon
et it lujurieux." Wear guaranteed.

" 10UN " ALM ANACK, 1864. One Penny.
on Thursday.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
TJIIS EVENING, for the sth time, Belle's new Opera,
BLA NCH,: D 1 NEVERS : Miss Louisa eyrie, Miss Aana
Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Cord,
A. Cook, A. ;,:t. Albyn, C. Ly al, J. Roue, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with THE CARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE.
Dliss Thirlwall and Mr* H. Cord.
Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—commence at Seven.

T[-MAME ROYAL DRU RY - LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, SPencer.
clerq.
and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss Le
• Afrer which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MAN RED.
Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Mt- agreson, Ward, Spens. cer
E.
Miss Eburne, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and M
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss
hitter,Miss Cicely
r
Nott, Miss lleywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with an Original Farce. b y W' grouch and A
r HIGHLANDS
Halliday, entitled MY H NART'S IN Weston, Mr. Warde
cnaracters by Mr. Neville, Mr. G.
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and iss Harfieur.

HEATRE ROYAL 11NY ARKET.--
Sole Lessee and Manag,er, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVE ING, SI LICE'S VETTE ctS • . Messrs. Chas.
Mathews, Chippendale, Mr. Farren, Howe, &c. ; Mesdames
C. Mathews and ,L
Harris.
Followed by T FIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathews, Gompton,Weathersby, ttc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. COOLic.
Followed by AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews .
ISY.
And LITTLE DA
Commence at 7.

vAi LYCEUM THEATRE.
8., °l:in-der ithe Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
IL o'l'o (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every EDvenliin,,,-; until further notice.
CEI ,; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY : Mess' s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
kiss Leclerci, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DENONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "ltalian
Principal charac-
Chronicle," by Mr. John Brougnarn.
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Meesra. Jordan, Charles,
Brougham, Emery, Raymond, '.Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Lee, a
Collett, Andra
ews,Elsworthy. Sims Miss Kate Terry, E. LaTenue,
nd Ans
. .

Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

LEAM-EVERY NIGHT.

MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING,
the 50th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

JEW THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.-
A. Sole Proorletor tutZi?Manager. Mr. B. Webster.

THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs.
S
&t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth week of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Bil-
ling:ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburnc; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billingten.
To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. stephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Mauders.
Followed by (2d 'time) PATIENT PENELOPE • or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. }coney and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
After which, MT NLIV PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.

Commence at 7.

T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
you be had Every Evening of
Cr. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TAW DA.T.—Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 48m.
'io-lioitß.ow..-ISlorning, 3h.. Bm.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m.

The Weather--Sun Office, Nov. 26, 1863.

THERMOMETER.

There is no fear that the public win not be au cou-
rant of the opinions of those members of Parliament
who perchance had not the opportunity, or did not
feel the inclination, to address the:House on any par-
ticular topic or especial question: At Abingdon, the
other day, the Agricultural Society afforded an op-
portunity for the expression of opinions on various
subjects, and the occasion was made the most of.
Colonel LINDSAY, in responding to the toast of the
"Army and Navy," made some spirited remarks
on the topic, which is in itself a difficult one, we
fear, having been worn so threadbare on several
occasions. There was some truth in his remarks
on the efficiency of the volunteers, and the advan-
tage it was to the country not to leave all its de-
fenders devoted to the exclusive use of arms. This
is rather an original idea, and also a very correct
one, because it naturally follows that there is an
immense advantage in so many citizens being spared
to the occasional exercise of other professions than
those of arms. The militia, also, is an important
branch of the public service, and it is only right
and fitting that some tribute should be paid to its
merits, as on the present occasion. Mr. WALTER'S
observations on public affairs were, of course, worth
listening to, and he appeared to afford universal
satisfaction to his hearers. In the first place, he
made some humorous remarks on the different feel-
ings with which new and old members were apt to
regard the approaching session. Those who have
had experience will want to look upon the resump-
tion of Parliamentary labours as the schoolboy con-
sidered the return to his studies; also we
must consider that there is some foundation
for the sketch which is plaintively given of
the incessant and nnintermittent labours with
which the members of the lower branch
of the Legislature are inflicted during some
portions of the year, and which seem to resemble in
i some shape or other those traditionary impositions
which were to last till the crack of doom. Speak-
ing of the custcmary division of labour by which
rest is insured to mind and body, the speaker ob-
served that it was not so with members of Parlia-
ment. " Their day and night were jumbled toge-
ther, and they were pretty much in the condition of
the inhabitants of the North Pole, who had one
long day and one long night—every long day was
a Session, and every long night was a Session."
Certainly this is a most lugubrious picture, and
realises the sketch pictured some time back concern-
ing the protracted duties of the Session —" Sedebat
iterumque sedebat, infelise Theseus." Mr. WAL-
TERS'S views on the prospects of the manufacturing
districts were most hopeful, and offered a satisfac-
tory promise of future success, while at the same
time they held out a salutary warning to those
who persist in playing the part of pessimists and
prognosticating all possible evils, present and pro-
spective, instead of looking difficulties boldly in the
face and endeavouring to overcome the evil by
foresight and energy. It is far better and wiser to
hold out hopes of a better state of things, and im-
proving the events of the future from the experience
of the past, and to suggest, with the member for
Berkshire, that, when the period arrived to the
great contest in America, we should most probably
" be independent of that country for the supply of
both food and cotton." Of course, foreign affairs
figured in a speech of this kind, and we notice
soma very pertinent observations in regard to same
important instances of statesmanship and diplomacy
that have recently occurred. It is quite patent to all
critical observers that there is ample foundation for
this remark respecting an Imperial project
but lately set on foot—" They might depend
upon it that, when the EMPEROR summoned
a Congress, there was mischief brewing." This is
perfectly correct, as is the subjoined remark that
our Government was wise in weighing matters a
little before joining in anything of the sort. Doubt-
less oar Administration are exhibiting due caution
and reserve in this matter, but it may appear to
some that another question arises out of this consi-
deration. Why do not our Ministers originate a
foreign policy for themselves instead of watching
events continually, and now supporting this poten-
tate, and then drawing back from conjunction with
that Power, because their plans and projects do not
coincide or conform altogether with their notions.
Nowadays we never hear on the Continent of any
nation caring to join England in any great project
of intervention. It is always debated what the
Prenth EMPEROR will do, and this seeming reti-
eenee on our part in reality causes a great deal of
eftresion, and an apparent inaction creates far
more •
and
t:lties and complications for us than if we
Were
pursuing a bold and independent line of policy
t out a course for ourselves. With re-
smpaercktetdo, b
rent would
if more decision
There is no
our statesmen,
a check will serail:l:k, where, Mr. WALTER truly re-
have
bean
might occur, how diffe-
England if i'ra.i,
be placed on s
llotrucaeeft4eirised the conduct of
e counsels of the Cabinet.
likely to desire to con-
frontrlY made known that
4eit and such inroad, but
paonwha:::ltt;aetth:esent aspect of things
vacillation spoil an
Y Cause, and will
.ct produced by the
e strongest Power.
New.
under the
New Zealand carne.notice et the a
and was spirit. li
e Cen-
suredin a becoming Peaker,
ea notions of diplomacy that
proceedings with respect
had regulated our p to that
the tren'ilitsetdake
-
savage class of people, and advocated decided I
At the same time
there
in the probable de.
measures i s
great
for theeai ru
sree
fdeurcrt
ei ognr.e t
struction of a five race, and there is too much reason
ill
to suppose that Mr. WALTER w be correct in his
prediction that they will share the fate of the Red
Indians, and with other savage tribes who come in
contact with civilised ones. The latter part of
the address was occupied by the considera-
tion of the question of the principles of
agricultural societies. This may be a diffi-
cult, thing to determine in all its bearings,
but
nevertheless the speaker's strictures are open to
criticism. The prizes were offered to the moat de-

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1863.

It is' quite impossible to believe that the vitally
important proposition of a Congress by the French
EMPEROR will be allowed quietly to slip by
into oblivion, now that the English Government
have politely, but definitively and firmly, decided
upon declining it. Out of this refusal must
inevitably arise a variety of complications. Upon
the members of our present Administration,
regarded collectively as a Cabinet, will rest
the,esponsibility of every one of those complica-
tions,
e whatever they may be. The responsibility
Will not
Emptato:. NAPOLEON'S. In the proposition of the
nothing whatever can be recognised but
geed jaw
among hue lad a manly frankness. As a parvenu
Self f it 4 116 owvereigns (the word, as applied to him-
ootwou boatti)bhe would have been there at the
as one among the European
Monarehs—evan `lt
there, to be ontooeltbevery turn of the discussion
some do, per,..o;:.e.d. It is idle, babbling, as
designs of the" %IY, about the sinister
the danger of treating EMPEROR, about
him,e about the perils
that, /night arise out of tn":_
, at
47,1,1trieamdiscussion of his pro-
po,itione. England
all the Powers
the
very last
Or Europe, ought to be
continually those petty inelatiatlio'nst to throw out
her policy upon these vague doubts as
to regulate
LEON'S 'honesty. We have yet to learn in t° Nitro-
Eafraion has played us false, fence h: first what the
h er as Emperor rose to
power over France whether perar
or " Pre.
Sident. During the whole of his possession,
powerot
in France during the fifimen years last past, dtxti
mb
epteal
er,
been uninterrlBlB, down to this ut
from the 10th of Dece ,
of November, 1863, he has ;',
unhesitatingly faithful to the English Alliance. ale
has been at war with Russia, with Austria, with
never with
China, with Japan, with Mexico--
England. On the contrary, the majority--in effect,
with one solitary exception, all of those recent wars
but Just now enumerated, the war with Russia,
the war with China, the war with Japan,
'even be it said the war with Mexico, were entered
upon by the Emperor of the FRENCH in concert
with. England. From the last of these wars, the
war' with Mexico, England backed out at the
eleventh hour, it is true, for reasons of her own—
for when the warlike expedition for the conquest
thatc:t
Mexico was first set on foot, it is undeniable
England was pledged, quite as distinctly
a 5 France, to take
part in that expedition with
4XLICO 0,1,0.
with Spain conjointly. But, far be-
yond anything of that kind as a remetneranco, it is
a truth"as
ikatlta.lo
over the worldworld,ug since come to be known all
soldiers of Vterroßa7 sad
datter of history, that the
the soldiers of NAPOLEON
have fought and bleti bide bysidhe against a common
foe, at opposite extremities of
toil of Russia and upon the mete ofglobe—upon the
China. If the
deeigns of this astute Sovereign are so
wonderfully
sinister in our regard, the treachery of
them towards
ourselves has yet to be indicated even in the smallest

particular.
After fifteen years this falsity towards England
has yet to be revealed. To argue, therefore, after
these lest fifteen years' experience of NAPOLEON'S
policy towards England as the ruler of France
during the last eleven out of these fifteen yam,