The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-11 00:00:00

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3CHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B.
Chattcrton.
Tins EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund
Falconer, entitled Ttt E O'FLAIIr.:RT YS. M . Edmund
Falconer; 3:casts G. Bela;ore, Barrett. Fitzjames, &c.; Miss
Hudspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. H Vandeuhoff, &c.
After which, Sbaktmete's Trag-ely of MAC BETH. Mr.
Phelps; Messrs. Creswick It. itoxby,iNe G
ville. Belmo , e, A
Wayne
ner,
Sr. F. Neville, Edmund rhelps, J. rtlem
Misses Rebecca. Isaacs, Emma Heywood', and Mi,s uelen
Fau.;it,
Loors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven.
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HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Leesee, M”. Buckstone.
rtuS EVENING, T tIE SUN A. 121 THE WIND.
After which, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip-
pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, G,rdun, Braid, &c.;
liesdaines Beatrice, Keeley, 14'itzwilliam, Moore. &c.
Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers,
Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwiliiam, &c.
And OUR MARY A NEN. Miss H. Lindley, Mr Clarke.
To commence at 7.

OYAL LYCEUM TH.EATitE.
.14) Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
TETIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan-
fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid-
dicomb, Ch M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, More;and,
C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, lienrade, E.
Lavenue, and Lavenue.
Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messr
Mi
s. IL
Widdicumb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; 3liss Lavenue,
Lee.
Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7.
The Box.-olfice open daily from Elev,n till Five.

liING'S BUTTERFLY.-LYCEUM
TREAT RE.--Fanfan, the King's Butterfly, lir.
or
'k:,ll.TEß..—.rhe most huccessiul Drama produced
years.

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. 1 addy
O'Rairerty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, THE STREETS
D.M OF LONDONNeIso. MessH.rs.
Vining-, J. .Ra HenryMarston, Miss Emma
urray, J. n,
Forrester.. Wy,D. Fi H
H. Mellon ; Mrs.
Barnett, and Miss F.,.iany Gwynne.
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N- THEATRE-R 0 YAL, ADELPIII.-
6ale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Tilts EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
31r. J. Clarke, Mr. Stuart, and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, H
TE COLLEEN BAWS. Myles (with
gongs), Mr. John Collins. Messrs. Billingto-, Phillips,
tstephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith, R. Romer ; Miss Woo oar,
Miss H. Simms, Mrs. BLlington, and Mrs. H. Lewis.
To conclude wih DOING BANTING. Messrs. J. Clarke
13tephenson; Mrst. H Lewis and Miss A. ticaman.
Commence at 7.

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RO YA L ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.I
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINENr TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA.
This Popular Theatre is now Open.
THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE
BARONET ABROAD AND THE ituTic FRIMA
L ONNA. : Mr. Flank Slat he
A s ; Miss Constance Roden.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and onginal
Comedy Drama. in three acts, by J. r
valgrave t.imlson. enti-
tled SYBILLA ; or, STEP BY STV:V. M. and Mrs.
Charles Mathews.
To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy
Farce of WuD OCK'S LITTLE Mr. Charles
athews, MrsO. Frank 3latthews.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
T.HI-A EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs Par-
selle and Belford ; Miss Palmer.
Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven,
Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor _ugh and Mande s.
To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynharn,
Simpson, ,t.c.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 1864.

Many years ago the most popular of French song-
sters, in pourtraying the fruitless search of man
for happiness, placed one of his visionary beati-
tudes in the Presidency of the American Republic.
Ni poet of our own d:q will be likely to repeat
the illustration, not withstanthr g ABRAIIAII LIN-
COLN'S ill-concerted anxiety to retain his dignity,
for the care, responsibility, and uneasiness of the
position is not such as many men would covet,
Those who, after the fashion of EROSTRATUS, wish
to be remembered at any cost, may like the idea
of their names being asscoiated in history with the
epoch of the great civil war, but for the most part
sensible men prefer the oblivion to the no.o-
riLty attaching to a great crime or an appalling
misfortune. The struggle which has brought blood-
shed and discord into a fair and flourishing country
partakes, in a measure, of the ❑ature of both—yet
undoubtedly a man who rul€ d his country well and
wisely through such a time of trial would deserve
more honour than a thousand peaceful pitentates.

How far Mr. LINCOLN deserves such honour may
very much be questioned. Mr. BP.IGIIT'S senti-
ments are certainly not echoed in the hearts of his
countrymen—but JEFFERSON Davls, who shares
the tiler-fly laurels of the Presidential dignity, is
certainly a remarkable man. Of wavering and die-

jointed States he has made a compact and unani-
mous nation. Of indolent and wealthy people he
has made an army of self•den)ing heroes: Ut a
cotton-growing and agricultural country he has
made a self-dependent and energetic land. These
are no light tasks to have achieved in face of such
deadly odds, and President DAVIS must have pos.

sensed a rare, combination of mental and moral qua
ties to have bec'n able to have wrought them. Among
his gifts is one valueless by itself, but most effective
as an auxiliary to his administrative talents—
the art of public speaking. As an orator he is vigo-
r-As and emphatic, often rising to eloquence in his
impassioned appeals to the patriotism of his people ;
and he is always manly, straightforward, and
sensible. He scorns the subterfuges and exaggera.
tions by which Federal statesmen are not ashamed
to mask the reverses of their arms, or to palliate
the triumphs of their enemies. When Southern
fortunes have been on the wane, the Southern
leader has not shrunk from acknowledging it—
making those very losses the ground for a
fresh appeal to the spirit and courage
of his people. Censt quentlY, when JEFFER-
SON DAiiris bids his hearers be of good cheer,
his words have a weight never gained by the born,
b.istic &elk:mations of the North, and Federal oracles
would do well to take the Lint. Just now he is
eviiently anxious to stir the people up to fresh t
ertions, in urd.:r that the oilit et of military eftairs
m exercise a direct infloenco upon the coming
election. JEFFERSON DAVIS knows as well as
ABRAHAM LINCOLN that a triumph of the Northern
arms would just now be worth tenfold its actusi
value to the Federal Givernment, and for that very
reason ho is bent upon preventing it. The Wash-
ington Cabinet is straining every nerve to make a
favourable impression on the populace, it is dis-
creetly keeping bask some intelligence and enlarg-
ing upon other news ; it is m,,gnifying rumour-
into facts, and softening actual events into doubtful
reports. But if many in the North are vacillating