The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-15 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

BELFAST, Nov. 13.—The flax markets were gene-
rally well supplied. Prices ruled firm, with an up-
ward tendency in several markets. Prices were a
shade easier in Tandrasse, Coleraine, and Cooks-
town. In yarns the dulness which has for some
time past prevailed has become more decided. In-
crease has taken place in stocks. Prices for all
numbers under 100 leas have a downward tendency.
Both light and heavy power-loom linens are difficult
of sale. Cloth for dying and hollands is in fair re-
quest. Approved makes of roughs change hands
freely. Printing lawns meet a tolerably ready sale.
Production of light hand-loom fabrics is small.
A moderate demand prevails for heavy linens.
Linen and cambric handkerchiefs are not in active
request. For printing lawns forward orders are
held. Country markets.—ln Armagh and Balli-
bay supplies were small and demand in both places
was inactive. The demand for linens, bleached and
finished, for the home trade has been dull. More
continental business was transacted. Prices are very
well maintained.

SHARSPERE'S Hot SE.--We are in his father's
house in Henley-street. It would not be considered
now a comfortable dwelling. The ceiling of all the rooms
is low, and that of the bedrooms easily touched by a person
of moderate stature ; 300 years ago it must have been an
excellent dwelling for the age, and thought to have good
conveniences for a family, and probably none except the
landed gentry and wealthy had a better house. The roof is
covered with red tiles, the contour a waving lino from
subsidence and decay; the elevation is slight; the windows
are small, formed in the old style of small panes of glass in
a leaden frame, like some of our churches. The floor of the
first apartment, the kitchen, is very uneven, consists of a
light-coloured sandstone, and is fissured and broken up
into numerous pieces ; it is a good-sized room, and wears
an aie of much antiquity; it is dismal and deficient in light.
The bedroom where the poet was born is the object of
greatest attraction. It is an average-sized room, but
has a low ceiling, upon which, and upon the walls, names
innumerable have been written by those who have come
here to give expression to how much they owe him who
has filled their minds with noble images and subjects of
thought. The windows here are also scratched over with
the names of devotees, and no spot in the room except the
floor contains a square inch of surface upon which one
name could be written, if we so desire I, without obliterat-
ing that of some former competitor in feeling: The name
of Sir W. Scott is shown on the window scratched by a
diamond. The best and most distinguished have not been
wanting in homage. This rooms bears its antiquity in its
appearance, is now- carefully preserved, but retains evi-
dence of former neglect in the roof, the water having been
allowed to come in. A room devoted to Shaksperian lite-
rature adjoins the bedroom, and is quite refreshing after
the other apartments. It is adorned by portraits of Shak-
spere, and Garrick and his wife. It contains a large number
of books, in handsome cases—the plays in English,
French, and Garman, together with criticisms and com-
mentaries ; also many curiosities arising out of festivals held
in honour of the poet in 1769 and 1861, among which
may be mentioned a variety of articles worked out of the
mulberry tree grown in New Place at that time destroyed ;
portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Garrick are due to the first, while
a pretty letter, sympathising with the commemoration in
1864 from German admirers of the poet, met in the house of
Goethe, is duo to the second. It is ornamented with a green
immortelle, and handsomely framed, and is gratifying to
English visitors. The sign of The Eagle at Bidford, a few
miles from Stratford-on-Avon, where William used to take
his social glass in company with genial spirits, is preserved.
It is one of the trials of greatness that failings as well aro
Bought for, so that in the highest fortune there is least liberty.
Thus we find an artistic Boswell has been at work, and
ferreted out the weak moments of our illustrious subject
for perpetuation, and let us hope for charity also. When
at Bidford on one occasion, it is said the great poet took too
much to drink, and his condition under these circumstances
has been ehoset by one of his countrymen as a fit subject
for remembrance. It is a small work in grey marble or ala-
baster, exhibits the poet as reclining on a couch, features
finely worked out, and shows no signs of grossness or sen-
suality. His half-length portrait is hung upon the walls,
and resembles the Chandos portrait, and what we are most
used to, but I do not like it half as well as that seen in
Warwick Castle. His signet-ring is shown, of massive
gold, with initial letter or crest, and several tobacco pipes
dug out at New Place. The will of Shakspere is also
shown, and the only writing we have of him is that of the
signature attached to his will. No single scrap of his own
writing remains but this only. This is a singular circum-
stance, and he must hava taken pains to destroy all written
documents. The only letter extant to him is that of a man
asking to borrow thirty pounds ; this is carefully preserved,
and is written in the old cramped style of the period ; and,
it was conveyed by a common townsman to the poet in
London. Several old implements of war, mentioned in the
plays, are shown, as halberts, axes,
spears, &c. The gar-
den is looked into; it is well taken care of, and is said to
contain all the plants mentioned by the poet. It is of
ample size, and contains in the centre an ancient stone re-
moved from the old cross in the town. The house is now
the property of the country, having been purchased in
1847 for .£3,000, and a Mile more. No fire is permitted,
but water pipes aro laid on to protect it against the mois-
ture. The house is quite apart from the others adjoining,
and thus every precaution has been taken to guard against
accident or decay.—Gardeners' Magazine'

The semi-official Vienna Journal of this morning
confirms the commencement of negotiations for a
new customs and commercial treaty between Aus-
tria and Prussia, and says :

" Should the negotiations be seriously proceeded
with and carried to an end, they may materially
contribute to remove the terror that has hitherto
stood in the way of the slowly advancing pacifica-
tion of Europe."

All the Vienna papers of this morning consider
the appointment of Baron Beust to the Ministry of
the Imperial household as strengthening his position.

ROME.
ROME, Nov. 14 (Evening).

An enounter has taken place between the Papal
gendarmes and a band of brigands on the Ponte
Marolo in the province of Prosinone. The brigand
chief was seriously wounded, and seven persons held
captive by the brigands were restored to liberty by
the gendarmes.

The Osservatore Romano qualifies as a forgery the
circular alleged to have been issued under the autho-
rity of the ex-King, Francis 11., from the Palazzo
Farneso for the purpose of exciting a reactionary
movement in Southern Italy.
Quarantine for travellers coming from France
and Upper Italy has been abolished in the Roman
States.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. 15.

The Spanish fleet, which was to have gone to
Malta, will not leave Spanish waters.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 15.

The elections in this capital to the Chamber of
Deputies have resulted in the return of all Radical
candidates, those in the rural districts, on the other
hand, show a majority of Conservatives.

AMERICA.
(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.

It is reported that the sentence of death passed
upon the Fenian prisoners in Canada will be com-
muted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Evening).

Gold, 1441. Exchange on London, 154. 5-20
United States Bonds, 110+. Cotton—Middling
Upland, 36.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.

The National Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Pennsylvania, with troops from Malta,
reached Quebec on the 3d inst.
(Per the Allernania.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.

Sanford Conover, alias Charles A. Dunham, &c.,
the scoundrel who concocted the conspiracy whereby
the charges against Jefferson Davis of complicity in
the assassination of Mr. Lincoln were made, has
been arrested and taken to Washington for trial.
It is understood that Secretary Stanton and Judge-
Advocate-General Joseph Holt were entirely de-
ceived by Conover's representations. Campbell,
one of Conover's fellow-conspirators, has confessed
his perjury, and will appear against Conover.

In consequence of Mr. Davis's rapidly declining
health the Legislature of Mississippi have under
consideration a petition to the Government for his
release under bail.

Great mortality among the freedmen in Georgia
is reported.
Charles J. Mitchell, a full-blooded negro, has
been nominated for the Legislature in the most
wealthy and aristocratic ward of Boston ; and E.
G. Walker, another negro, has been nominated for
the Legislature in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

There are no new developments in regard to the
Fenian question.

The Cornwall, Canada, Fenian prisoners have
been remanded until the 14th inst.

Deep interest is felt throughout the country in
the approaching elections.
The only daughter of Mr. Seward was buried on
Thursday. The funeral was attended by the entire
Cabinet and Foreign Diplomatic Corps. Great sym-
pathy was manifested for the venerable Secretary.
It is understood very extensive improvements are
to be immediately made in the land connections of
the Atlantic cable. A new line is to be constructed
from Heart's Content to Placentia in Newfound-
land. From thence a cable will be laid to St. Pierre
(Miquelon) and to Sidney, in Cape Breton Island,
where it will connect with the present lines. An
entirely new line is to be laid-from Heart's Content
to Port Hood, Cape Breton, where it will connect
with the present lines to the United States. The
present land line in Newfoundland is to be entirely
relaid in the best manner. When these works are
completed, it is believed that regular uninterrupted
communication between the United States and
Europe in even the most severe weather will be
secured. Mr. Cyrus W. Field will shortly leave
New York for London, in order to carry out these
arrangements.
The Chamber of Commerce have tendered Mr.
Field a banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel on the
15th inst. Some of the most eminent men of the
country will be present.