The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-18 00:00:00

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Yesterday 116 pages of correspondence respect-
ing the arrest and imprisonment of Captain Mac- •
donald at Bonn were issued from the Parliamen-
tary printing office. The last expression of opinion
relative to this case on the part of our Foreign
Minister is contained in a despatch addressed by his
lordship to Mr. Lowther on the llth February last.
In this despatch the noble lord observes that " in
a moral point of view, and having regard :to the
relations between the two countries, the conduct of
the Prussian Government in this matter appears to
her Majesty's Government to have been in a high.
degree unfriendly. Prussian law was enforced with
extreme and unnecessary harshness, and in a man-
ner not required for the purpose of justice. To
throw a person of the rank and station of Captain
Macdonald into prison on such a charge, and
to refuse his liberation on bail, was an act
which in England we should ascribe to a
malignant spirit, violating the limits of a tem-
perate administration of justice. The rude refusal
of the Prussian official, when informed of the rank
held by Captain Macdonald in the body-guard of
his Sovereign, was not consistent with ordinary
international courtesy, and is a fit subject to be
observed upon, because it has not been disavowed
by the Prussian Government. Her Majesty's Go-
vernment feel confident that no Prussian officer or
gentleman of the rank of Captain Macdonald would
have been treated in a similar manner in England
under similar circumstances. Her Majesty's Go-
vernment must also observe on the spirit which
dictated a prosecution for a publication alleged to
be a libel upon a Prrssian official, when the very
act which that alleged libel condemned had been
censured by the Government of that officer; and it
is further to be observed that that prosecution was
instituted whilst Captain Macdonald's case was
still pending between the two Governments. The
Prussian Government has not thought fit to temper
its justification of these extreme acts by any .
expression of regret, and her Majesty's Govern-
ment cannot but regard its conduct as too clearly
evincing a disregard of international goodwill."

STATE OF TRADE.

LEICESTER, April 17.—There is a little improve-
ment in the demand for goods suitable for the sea-
son, and prospects are becoming more cheering.
The warehouses continue to do rather more. Manu-
facturers are still keeping down stocks. In the
adjacent country districts there is also a shade of
improvement. Yarns are not much in demand,
without any material alteration in price. Wools
are without change.
NOTTINGHAM, 17.—There is a better feeling in
the lace trade this week. A little more is doing in
cotton. goods. Orders are in hand for plain Mechlins
and Mechlin quillings. There is also a little doing
in stiff plain nets for the home market. Muslins
and cotton edgings are not much in request. There
is more doing in silk goods. The fineness of the
weather is favourable to the demand for many
classes of goods, and a good trade will be done in
lace suitable for trimmings as the warm weather
sets in. Lace is now very much worn for trim-
mings. In hosiery there is rather more doing, and
prospects generally are more cheering. Stocks are,
however, being kept low, and goods made for the
most part to order. Many hands are yet out of
employ. Yarns keep up in price.

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