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

T IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
_ILA heavy gales some of the boats of the Na ional Lifeboat
Imstltution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The
Committee of the Institution earnest y AP PEAL to the
public lor ASSISTAN..E to enable +hem to meet the con
tinued heavy demands on the Inietitution's 125 Inch ,at estab-
lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the Lon don
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Leis,
at the Institution, 14, J Om-street, Adelphi, W.C.

SSRS. JAY and CO. have now on show
the most unique and perfect assortment of
BONNETS,

Ifch their Manap:er has selected in Paris, and brought
w
back With tier to this Establishment.
217, 240, 251, Regent-street.

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.--Every Article of
commerce takes its title either from the Inventor or
it.oufacturer, and the more perfect the production the
gr-ater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
ticn in England : 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.

• „
Th,-* following interwoven mark may be seen at the end
of Pact.• piece :—" Manutacture de C. J. bunnet et Cie., it L) on
et a Injurieux." Wet!. guaranteed.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, Wißice's Romantic Opera, THE
DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor. Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
commence at Eight.

THEATTHEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.- I
RE
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING the nertormances will commence with an
by Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY OR THE BE
eville,
AST.
Principal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. . N
Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and
Miss H. Lecicrq.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, M
and SpencerMr ;
ANFRED.
Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Magreion, Vard, E.
Miss Heath. 3liss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, .
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole. Miss tOtter, Miss Cicely
Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with a New and Original Farce, by Messrs.
W Brough and A. Halliday, entitled MY KART'S IN
THE HIGHLANDS characters by Mr. Mr. G.
Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and
Miss Harlieur.

HEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.—
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, LIT rLE DAISY.
After which (Ist time), SILKEN FETTERS : Measrs.
C.
Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, .Cc. ; Mesdames
C. Mathews and M. Harris.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HU D'SBANS GHOST.
Commence at 7.

B_i LYCEUM THEATRE.
RO
TJYud,er the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
EL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
tY Evening•
until further notice.
Every
Tin.; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BA 1; : Messrs. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
miss y. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DE:WONT°, a Love
story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian
Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, 31 rs.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.

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

13EL DEMONIO; a LOVE STORY, in Twelve
Tableaux.

EW THEATRE-RO fAL, ADELPHL-
:LI Sole PPOPrieltOr and Itianager, Mr. B, Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.
S titling.
4.t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported
by Messrs.Artbur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billinglon, Stuart,
A Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billing-ton.
fo conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRE6S : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

miss BATENIAN.—LE A ti.—The triumphant
_LYI. and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste,
Bliss BATEMAN, on 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 the 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 of the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE has the honour
to announce that Miss BATEMAN will appear in the New
Dra ma of LEAH 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 THEATitt.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE.
Simpson.
After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey,
Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders.
To conclude with FAINT HEART NEVER WON /AIR
LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray.
Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Titls DAY.—Morning, 3a. 40a:4—Afternoon, 4h. Oa),
.....O•MoRRow.-Morning, 4h. °sm.—Afternoon, VI. 47m,

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

THERMOMETER.
This dayrat Two o'clock

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

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SUM

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 14, 1863.

" Procrastination," according to the Poet of the
Night Thoughts, " 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,
as the helpless manner in which we had drifted
intoberaitt. A remembrance of that slowness of deli-
ion, of that reluctance to take the initiative in
anye tauhanging
over of importance, has been
a rsennsse
er during these last few days, with
civ
gloom almost sinister in its
majintalined
he
referenceer to the absolute silence
of the Cabinet as tL
in respect to the intentions
e Na SOl proposition. That
proposition was
momentous enough, certainly, of its
kind, to necessitat
e
decided
delay before the answer
to it could be
late silence—a silence :Pen' But total and abso-
was in every any
likelaythtat of death, as to what
come of it, augured
risil:eoofhoefhdis lapse of time, cans •
seriously, as to the
ing in England no
appearance
diminution of
credit. It bore the
propitious
seemed to
of profound bewilderment. of of a sense
be scarcely, in any way,
settlement of the difficulty „d le:; of a distinct
satisfactory settlement of it, Abruptly of all of a
is faintly broken, the gloom is slightly silence
dissipated.rn3olib.
A telegram comes tons late in the afte
to us the intimation from Vienna—rather rrng
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 modifica-
tions" wasonly of course what could reasonablehave
been expected. The proposition in its original form,
as propounded by the French EMPEROR,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
is satisfactory to know that the questions
v.us to be submitted to consideration must be r©
st rieted aim
iyte
Quesions,
for 108 C now actually already pending.
Polor,d, to exareple, such as those relating to
Schleswig Holstein, and to Italy, particu-
larly in reference to Venitia and the Papal States.
The mere announsceecestn.n
tbeforehand that to those
actually pending
questions rho deliberations of the
Congress are to be restricted,
seems
to us to render
the whole scheme of the c
more
capable
lress more feasible,
more practicable,
into operation, in fine more
secure
being carried
d naive of good. Another important
sti Pofi beingatio pro.
n being,
th4t no States but those directly concernedentire execution of the Programme are to in
tepart in the deliberations of the Congress. Not
whisper, as yet, as to whether the Estemton,s
offer of Paris BB the seat of the Congress is to
be accepted! Nevertheless; accepting as Austria,