The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

ndATESSRS. JAY and CO. hava now on
e
11.1 L the most unique a perfct assortment of
BONNETS,
whPh their Manager has selected in Paris, and brou quit
back with her to th;s E 49 st .blishment.
217, 2, 251, ltegent-street.

ONNET'S SILKSLYON.—Every Article iof
Bcommerce takes its title either from the inventor .or
facturer, and the. more perfect the production 1 ile
ragraonaltier is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNETS SILKS are said to be incapable of identifi,
in Eug-laed; but the fallacy of such an assertion is e
Von
pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
'The followinv, interwoven mark may be seen at the c nd
of „03pie.ets Maputacture de C. J. Bennet et Cie., kL) 'on
et
Inj urfeux. ' ear guaranteed.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPEIL6.,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the _Management of Miss Louisa Pyre and
Mr. W. Harrison.

THIS EVENING, for the 9th time,' Dalfe's new Oper
BLANCHE DI NEVERS : Miss Louisa l'ync, Miss Ann a
Hiles, miss Emma Heywood ; Nfessrs.W. H. Weiss. H. Corm i,
A. Cook, A. Wit. Albyn, C. LyAll, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison .
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESEXT
FLOWER.

Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—,'ommence at Seven

,THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
.THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of MY HNIAIVI"S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
cnaracters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harileur.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MAN FRED.
Messrs. helps, Ryder, Rayner, 3b,agreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Eburne.Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole Miss Ritter, Miss Cicely
Not*, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerq.

THEATRE ROYAL HANNI ARKET._
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVEA ING, SILKEN FITTERS: Meaars. Chas.
Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &c ; 3lesdarnes
C. Mathews and M. Harris.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. 3Tessrs. Charles
Mathew,, Compton,Weathersby, -Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
Followed by CO'iL AS A. CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And LITTLE DAI SY.
Commence at 7.

pRINC E S S ' S THE NT RE.—HERRMANN.—
The informed that there will be
public are respectfully
1,1 PE itFORMAN C THIS EVENING, in consequence o,
Bert; Herrmann's beim.,-, commanded to perform at loroomor
before their Royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of
1/4V ales.

oy LycEUM THEATRE,
1114,'yL
EDvlie:nilnOgNulnOti(latTirrtihuemrpnhoatnicteS. uccess) will be repeated
yvcrEVENING, the Comedietta, bY Br. Gilbert, entitled
IT NCI E BABY : Mess. S. Widdicombe-, J. G. Shore, Charles •
LeMercq, and Carlotta Leclerc q.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhsl's "Italian
Chronicle-," by Mr. John Browrnam. Principal c'iarac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Briusf,h„m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, rs.
„Lee, and Miss Elsworthy,
Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

T EA H.-EVERY NIGHT,
I J

inithSe 5I 34
p' Ep sA EctVreEssNlMNiGss,
t eillr:aknNc of LthEe TragicT
IiATEMAN, in the character of LEA 11. 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 EVENINU until further
notice.

''STEW THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.-
I Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. 13. Webster.

THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.
Si irling.
At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weer of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, 811-
lhw,ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billington.

To ronclude with THE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. Stephenson.

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Money, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Manders.
Followed by (6th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. _honey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
After which, MY NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE
Manageress, Miss Marriott.

T HIS EVENING, the successful new Play, by -Westland
Marton, Esq., entitled PURE GOLD : Messrs. E. Pnelps,
11. Marston, D. 11. Jones' W. D Gresham, S. Pertitt ; Miss
Nandlebert, airs. B. White, and Miss Marriott.
To conclude with TIIE BRIGAND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss
Mandlebert.

Box-office open from 11 to 4.

THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'
• Containin2,- the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
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G. it. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
f IfTs ` DAY.—Morning, 51i. Dol.—Afternoon, sh. 50m
Vookoßßow.-Morning, 6h. 1002.—Afternoon, 6a, 30m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 1, 1863.

THERMOMETER.
This-day at Two o'clock 46
Barometer-29.72.
t Wind—S.-E. ; moderate breeze, and hazy, with rain.

t e SUM

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 1, 1863.

The appointment of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE to fill
the vacant office of Governor-General of India will
give very general salisfaction. The reported death
of the gifted and revered Earl of ELGIN has called
forth one unanimous expression of public regret,
and mingled with that regret has been a keen
anxiety as to the judicious appointment of his suc-
cessor. No appointment in the hands of the British
Government is ao important as that of the Governor-
General of India. The extent of his jurisdiction is
so enormous, the
weight of his responsibilities is
so onerous, and the distance between his viceroyalty
and the mother country is so extreme that no help
from without, no counsel from the Home Govern-
ment can avail in any emergency. The Governor-
General must aGt on his own responsibility and rely
upon his own resources. That the "right man"
all others, be chosen. should, above
for that
peculiar post is
therefore a nutter of paramount
importance to the well-being et that great
empire over which the British SOVEREIGN is
called to rule. u't
To make
a wigela' and
been re-
Popular
selection at the present moment must
Government as a task of
girded by her MAJESTY'S
peculiar difficulty and delicacy, the affairs of India
having of recent years assumed a position of pecu-
liar and vital importance, and the Governor-General,
whose vacant place they were called upon to
being a man so very generally esteemed and admired,
and so admirably well qualified for his position—in
nuking their selection, the Government have yen-
tured upon a glorious innovation of established pre-
cedent, They have ventured to ignore what Mr.
THACKERLY calls "The British Bible"—they have
not consulted the pages of the " Peerage,'' but they
have chosen for this responsible position a man whose
best title to the distinction is his fitness for the post.
Sir JOHN LAWRENCE has already won golden
Opinions from the British public for his heroic
defence of the Punjaub. We believe that Sir
ICIEVN LAWRENCE does possess those high qualities
'which are likely to render him the worthy successor
of those soldiers and statesmen so emphatically
and eleeeently enumerated by the late Lord
STRANGPORD

" And after flutings still there came, a great and glorious
line

01 Proconsul
or on Proconsul to tend his high design ;
Of Counsellors and Heroes whose fame shall live for aye,' with the Wellesley of Isl.ssore, and the Wellesley of
As:•33ye."

Conspicuous in that momentous list of our Indian
chieftains are the recent naraea
and ELGIN. Their example ut ELLENBOROUGH
must afford a cordial
encouragement and a potent
stimulusto the
exertions and ambition of their new
stiL2t him remember, that Peace can eont'eccessor;
glory as great us any achieved in war. That
the prudent Counsellor, the wise Administrator,