The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOiNDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, iBM.

Various circumstances have combined to give fresh because they only care for the quantity, and not
THEATREManagers, Messrs.RO Edmund F
YALD PUalielo\n'e; LANEand.
B. interest to the long-pending strife between Den- for the quality of their conquests. To infuse a
Chltterton. —The Public is respectfully informed that the
above (the National) Theatre will be OPENED tor the
mark and Germany, and in consequence we are all gradual improvement among their own possessions,
WINTER SEASON, on SATURDAY NEXT, September
12th, when will be produced an
entirely new and likely to know more about the quiet little duchies and to soften down the harsh outlines of conquest
Corned b
d p Fo'lDaY," &c., entitled of Schleswig and Holstein than our predecessors into something more genial and gracious, is quite
elr.o, Author of
ner
NATURE'S ABOVE ART A Romance of the Nursery,ett,
Bar
in
which Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder,
G. ever learned. There has always been a degree of beyond the ken and above the wishes of the nation.
ilelinore, F. Charles, Neville ; Miss Charlottearu
lyre Edders•
Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclerc(b Mrs. Melville, and M symp
athy existing between the 'English and the The humiliating position that is occupied by the
mund Falconer. assisted by other artists,
Farce perform. Danes,
After the Comedy will be presented a Pop It
. prin. due perhaps in some measure to our Viking largest country in Europe is aptly alluded to in
'
cipal characters by favourite members of the y
anus
try. The two peoples have many charge- this reply. After stating that it is three-quarters
Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.
teristics in common. They have the same love of of a century since the nation have advanced with
freedom, the same fearless truthfulness, the same great steps towards freedom, the speakers earnestly
spirit of daring and adventure, the same resolution declare—" You alone have remained encrusted with
to maintain unshaken their ancient constitutional the rough barbarism of ancient times and the Tar-
rights. Travellers tell us, too, of a striking simi- taric wildness of the steppes." This is plain speak-
a
larity in the appearance and language of the two ing, at all events, and, if it answers no other pur-
races. A recent visitor to the town of.Rendsburg pose, it may take down the pride of the assuming
declares that the country near it bears the strongest who presumed to lecture the patriots
dictators
'
resemblance to our richer agricultural districts, struggling for their birthright and the .citizens
while the chattering of the peasants in their low pining for their social rights. It is melancholy to
German increases the familiar impression. This dwell on the passage that refers to the suffer-
town of Rendsburg, though little known to travel-
legs that have been endured for the cause
lers, is not without importance, and occupies a some-
of liberty on the soil of Poland. The in-
, domitable energy that has held up the patriots
what remarkable position in reference to the quarrel
to and the sublime endurance that has maintained its
with the Diet_ It is a very ancient city, claiming
have been in existence nearly a thousand years, but ground despite all obstacles, and notwithstanding
question of all attack, are illustrated in this reply—" a spirit
it is not old enough, strange to say, for the q
its exact locality to have been decided. The matter stronger than the sword, and mightier than
of its site was one of the four points which the despair " has animated and informed these heroes
he bouu- and martyrs, and now the sentiment shines
commissioners who undertook to draw t
finding it impossible through these words, and imparts to them a life
dary line failed to agree upon, fi
to unite in assigning it to either duchy. The ques- and lustre. The stirring memories of the past
tion in dispute is whether Rendsburg belongs to arouse these men when they declare to the Rus-
Holstein The origin of the dis- sians that finding it impossible
or to Schleswig. to make them
pate is thus summed up by a recent visitor;—" The adopt a civilisation far inferior to their own, they
difficulty is occasioned by the circumstance that the have perpetrated heathenish cruelties against
town is situated upon what must be called islands them, and by endeavours to annihilate them, have
in the Eider. The river, which here farms its junc- planned to call their native land their own. There
tion with the Eider Canal, separates into three is the prescience that a long course of injustice
branches as it approaches Rendsburg. Between and deceit generally imparts to the oppressed
the Schleswig and the Holstein branches as we may when it is said, "We mark a satanic smile upon
call them—the third is a trifling stream running the lips of our oppressors when they hail us as
through the town and seemingly serving as a sewer brothers." Considering the circumstances of the
—Rendsburg was built. Now the Eider is the boun. case, the term is an insulting one, and it is not
dary between the two duchies, and both the con- surprising that it should be rejected with scorn
tending parties recognise it; but the Danes say and contumely. Of what avail is it that a tor-
that the Holstein branch is the real
Eider, whilst tured and tyrannised people should be made game
the Germans contend that the Schleswig branch is of, which they certainly are when the represen-
the true stream. The Rendsburghers, who are tatives of the soil of their oppressors thus salutes
thorough Holsteiners, and b
yno means well affected them with the sacred title of affinity bearing
to the Danish Government,
claim, however, in sup. evidence of cordiality and goodwill. It has failed
port of the Holstein contention, that they were in making the Poles think they were being ad-
recognised as part of the empire in its palmy days; dressed by those keenly alive to their welfare.
and that the town sent its deputies to the assembly It will fail in making any of the nations of
summoned by the Emperor." How this vexed Europe believe in the sincerity of the framers of
question will be ultimately decided it is of course the appeal. "We shall never be decoyed again
impossible to say, but a military solution of the by the honey of your deceptive words," declare
difficulty is certainly very much to be deprecated on the Poles in their reply. For often has the fatal
all sides. Germany is already split into sections, mistake been made for the lesson to need learn-
distracted by factions, and threatened by despots. ing again, and forewarned is forearmed we may
She has quite enough to do for the next half cen- be sure in this instance. The absurd proposition
tury et least in consolidating her own internal that was made by the Russ;ans, that the Poles
forces, and in encouraging unity and peace at home, should join them in attacking their natural
Why should she harass and oppress a neighbouring enemies, the nations of Western Europe, is scouted
Power, who in no way interferes with her well- with the scorn it deserves. On the contrary,
being or crosses her prospects. The motive was they distinctly declare that if they occupy any
plainly stated in the English House of Commons by position it will be to join the enemies of Russia,
the Prime Minister; and the Danes, who study not the other nations, who are their friends.
carefully our English politics, must have regretted Then, as to the prospect of culture held out in the
very vividly that Lord PALMERSTON
did not hold appeal, it is shown how the devastators have
the seals of the Foreign-office in place of his inane- crippled education, suppressed schools, and stolen
sistent and letter writing colleague,Earl RUSSELL. the treasures of art and of science. Finally, they
Lord PALMERSTON found the key to the riddle in say, "Not unto us, then, but to your CZAR, call
the wild and fruitless ambition, long cherished loudly. Bow to the unalterable course of history.
by Prussia, to become a great naval Power. Of one thing let him ba assured, only lie can obtain
The countrymen of FREDERICK THE GREAT Peace who is willing to leave others unmolested ;
have good right to any pretensions they may choose and only then will the Russian people be happy
to make in the way of military distinction ; but, when they permit us to enjoy our happiness undis-
without any disparagement to a brave and enlight- turbed." This is a worthy conclusion to a noble
ened nation, we may decidedly say that nature has , address, that deserves to represent the nation of
denied them the requisites of a naval nation. Even Patriots whose mouthpiece it professes to be. A
the long sought possession of the coveted harbour more uncalled-for and inconsistent thing than this
of Kiel would not, in itself, convert a people, whose appeal of Rassian patriots to the Polish people has
proper classification is into soldiers and civilians, scarcely been heard of, and it is most satsfactory
into a nation of sailors, and the endeavour to force to peruse so good an answer. Nothing is more
a war upon a peaceable and well-disposed nation difficult than to concoct answers to these awkward
will not tend to raise Germany in the estimation of messages, and it is creditable to those who framed
the thinking portion of Europe, and will tend very the reply that it in every way enters into the ne-
little to the furtherance of her own interests. cessary detail, and aptly represents the spirit of the
Denmark has now a fine career open before her, if nation. At ail events it cannot be said that this
she is suffered to run it unchecked by internecine arduous struggle, this unequal conflict, and this
strife. Her people have all the capacities for de- dreadful suffering has been all in vain. Through
veloping Into a great nation. Her sympathies and the gloom of the reign of terror which is established
traditions are liberal, her population bravo and on her soil, Poland has beheld some signs of a
enlightened; her KING is beloved by hie
people, brighter
dawn and a better day of freedom near at
and her Constitution is moderate and capable of hand. The Russian EMPEROR cannot for shame
improvement. The intellectual powers of her race accord privileges to that nation that he withholds
rank high, as many names known and honoured in from his own people, and hence it may yet turn out
Art and Literature testify. Politically, the last that the Russians themselves are benefited by the
year or two has witnessed events of considerable noble efforts made by the patriot sons of Poland.
importance connected with It is a tribute to courage and constancy of which
her fortunes. The
alliance of her Royal family 'with the first of the history can record no more signal instance or strik-
great Powers of Europe cannot fail sensibly to ing example. Those who have perished on the
affect her fortunes,
notwithstanding the unhappy battlefields, or who endure the harder lot of a
meddlings of an English statesman in an affair foreign prison, might rejoice if they knew that in
which we must h •
c aritably hope he did not under- some measure their work was not profitless, nor
stand. The election of
house to the vacant throne of Greece, although not Poles have held out so bravely, and resisted so in-
so complimentary as if it had been made earlier, is cessantly that the whole of Europe joined the cry
another noticeable occurrence. Greece, like Den- of their wrongs. If unable to assist by armies, the
mark, has great capabilities,
though her history is of voice of public opinion, and the concurrent testi-
the past rather than of the future. She is now, it is mony of witnessing nations is sometimes more
true, plunged into anarchy and
confusion ; but if powerful than armed hosts, One urges and excites
young King GEORGE and his advisers
are equal to to opposition, the other overawes and impresses,
the position, a rapid change for the better may be If only good result accrue to the heroic nation that
expected. When his position is fully assured and has been so long the shame of her tyrants, and the
the area of his power extending, the youthful grief of her friends, it will be one of those world.
Monarch of Greece will hardly forget that
he Was wide blessings that attract universal acclamation,
once a Dane, and his sympathies and his influence and form the source of thanksgiving to all be-
will henceforth weigh in the scale of his
country- holders in divers nations and of many races.
men and relatives. If rumour speaks truly another
fair Princess of the Danish House is to extend the
influence of her country further North, and under
these auspices the angry aggression of the German
Diet loses much of its terrors. We must hope that
that venerable body will exercise their charac-
teristic and proverbial caution, and pause before
they rashly commence hostilities, ruinous to the
interests of both countries, and especially injurious
to that scheme of German unity which is now more
than ever filling the dreams of German visionaries,
and occupying the thoughts of German patriots.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
L.ssee, Mr. George Vining.
' Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery.
THIS EVENING, KING JOHN. King John, Mr.Waltcr
Montgomery ; Faulconbrldg,e, Mr. Henry Loraine.
To be followed by FAMILY JARS.

Commence at 7.

NEW THE ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELY.III.-
Sole Pronriator and 11Ianazer. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING (for the Benefit of Mr. J. L. Toole), THE
TRAGEDY QUEEN. Mrs. Stirling.
Followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. 8i111322, ton.
OPERATIC SELECTIONS, by the Nelson Sisters.
After which, THE ROSEBUD OF STINGINGNETTLE
FARM. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith.
And T E HAUNTED MAN; or, the Ghost's Bargain, in
which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of
the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips,
Sefton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborouc,rh.
THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr.
Leigh Murray.
Followed by (45th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria
Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss
Thorne.

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The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 9, 1863.

OUR IMPORTS.—The imports of foreign and
colonial goods into the United Kingdom are of four
classes. The first comprises articles of food. The corn
puted real value of these in the returns for 1862 was no less
than £93,027,988, a sum equal to three-fourths of the value
of the entire export of. British and Irish produce and manu-
factures. By far the largest item is for corn and flour, the
e
imports of which in that year reached the enormous amount
of £37,755,060. The import of grain, meal, and flour never
reach d 12,000,000
qrs., until the bad harvest of 1860, in
whh year it was 14,494,976 qrs., but in 1861 it was
16,094,914 qrs., and in 1862, 18,441,791 qrs. The average
price on which the value of the wheat imported was
computed in 1862 has not yet been stated ; in 1861 it was
astonishing
53s 9d for Russian, 60s 2d for Prussian, 39s 9d for Egyp-
rAnaeraimcaonn.nt.Thxeroet t
owsepr
speak
kother
strong-
pt ioarni
~9
na
fnfdo
05d5osf2d
for
drink, nor of tea, coffee, and sugar, we imported in 1862
cattle, sheep, and swine, and salted meat and lard, to the
amount of more than £5,000,000 (the oxen and bulls were
put is 1861 at an average of £l7 lls, and the sheep at 455);
butter, nearly £5,000,000; cheese, £1,500,000 ; rice,
£•',400,000 ; eggs, £600,000; poultry, £85,000. A. second
class of our imports consists of raw materials of manufac-
ture;of these arrivals in 186.4 was
and the valueth
amount was £91,984,804. The
£96,513,530. In 1860,6,
aes the largest ever received. The
import of wool in 18 .., w
import of cotton is by no means ex-
pressedfalling off in the
fthe value of the imports ;the rise
by a statement o
mind. The quantity fell from
in pi ice must be borne. in
4 678 333 cwt. in 1862; the
12,419,096 cwt. in 1860 to ,
~.,
16 889 to £31,091.045.
computed value from
135,1')
cotton at 60s. 4d.
In 1866 the computation wason American
per cwt. ,third class •in 1861 at 725. sd. A
..
of imports con-
t being
agriculture, no
sists of articles used in manufacture or
reached
raw materials of manufacture; and these articlesin
this class
£16,643,572 in the year 1862. The chief items
aro wood, sawn or split, planed or dressed , oils, guano,
remaining
copper partly wrought, and iron in bars. The
of
class comprises manufactured articles, and the import
these in 1862 amounted to £17,196,463; a few unenume_
rated articles bringing the whole amount of theimparts of
1862 up to £225,716,974. The chief manufactured articles
imported were silks of the value of more than £6,000,000;
W"11508, £1,574,218 ; cottons, £899,738 ; leather goods
(chiefly gloves), £851,256 ; clocks and watches, £464,000 ;
manufactures of hair and goat'4 wool, £397,#54; And Oa"'
£108,385,

The Polish reply to the Russian appeal is worthy
of notice. It is certainly replete with interest, and
animated with a spirit of independence. The Poles
commeanticoebihsttaeting that for seven months " a mur-
derous contest has raged in our country between
nations—the ns
two
and with one eager to oppress and enslave,
and the other fighting in self-defence." This is a
very true
pride
the remotes
definition of the state of aff i s a r recently ;
tlrirusihtsin f
a just do the patriots go on to say
that their oupo,e
is have drawn many forces from
succeeded in e
a them
empire, but they have not
their courage u,
devotion,
Ora they have not quenched
that
liB r endurance. Then they
proceed, with indignation
quite co ruprehen-
quest" on the part of the Russians.
sible, to reject what they truly
call a " cruel re-
quite
the
self-conceit of the subjects of the CZAR
img ,
haugi,ht y
tblush to hear the sharp re" •
joinders they hive
called forth from a trampled-on but ulasubdued
nation. They arc shown that the " highest object
of a noble nation is not comprised in the oppression
of a kindred race, or in destructive dreams of domi-
nation over two quarters of the globe." This em-
phatic passage forcibly explains the lack of progress
that is made by the mighty Russian empire. It is