The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

ROYAL MN GLISH OPERA,
COA rE7 NT-GARDEN.
Under the Manna ell tent of Miss Louisa Pyne and
31 r. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, to commence with FANCHETTE.
Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.
After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of
unprecedented magnific en ce, entitled
HARLEQUIN ST. ( ;VORGE AND THE DRAGON.
Doors open at half ist Six—Commence at Seven.

ITER MA,JE.STY'S THEATRE.
Nights of rexfo,rmai. ice —Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays.
TO-MORROW E VENING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9.
Gounod's G rand Ope ra, FAUST (In English).
Lemmens-Sher ring ton, Teccani, and Florence Lancia.
6antley, Yiarchesi, Dttssek, and Sims Reeves.
Conductor—Sig-nor Arditi.
Commence at Ei;.,,-ht.
3 3ox-office of the Theatre open daily.
Tickets, al so, at Messrs. Chappell andCo.'s, 50, New Bond-
street.

11:11-1EAT RE ROYAL D U R Y-L AN E.
Ma etagere, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVP-11 TING, the Performances will commence with
e New Serio- mic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled
111GIIT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps,
supported by M, essrs. Ryder, Raynor, leitzjames, and Misses
Leclercq, Att inson, and Heath.
To conclude vr ith the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto-
mime of SINBA D THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders
of th • World. l ;towns, Messrs. IL Bolen° and C. Lauri ;
Harlequins, Mess, "s. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons,
Messrs. W A. Bar nes and J. alorris ; Columbines, Madame
Boteuo and Misses Gunnise.
Prices as usuaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.

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11_110YAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
jLt Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DEMONIO (a Triumpeheant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening during the W
the performance will commence with-a
THIS EVENING,
New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD :
Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
9lvreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezlerca, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss E. Lavenu.
'ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Italian
Cronicle, by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac
ter by Mr. Thechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brouglyirn, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Zotlett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss Elvcvorthy.
The Public .are entreated to take notice that No Charge is
made to the )4 vupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
1o.• play bills c r for the safe keeping* of hat., and cloaks, and
that the attenc lants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
receive any gri .tattles whatever.
Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

IfHEATRIE ROYAL HAYMARKET.-
Sole L essee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVEN ING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs.
Sothern, Bucks. tone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers,
Clark, Cullentor% d, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, TerrY,
Lindley, Hill, Fn
After which, IK ING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights
of the Round TA ble. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid,
Clark, Rogers, T: 'bury, Sze. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough,
Wright, Terry, Lu.ndley, Rogers, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL :PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA.
After which, HA-RLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER;
or The Flue Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman
why Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
Rnow what to do,

EW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-
Vii Sole Fronristor and Manae-ar, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBIMAKER.
Miss Woolg:tr.
to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate-
man, suppori,e d by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil-
ingloll, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billingt on.
To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio
and his Seven, Magi:: Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips,
Stephenson ; Miss woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti
JoseOis, Miss J.. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman.
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Commence at 7.

LEA 31.-EVERY
MISS BATEMAN.

NIGHT,

MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING,
the 111111 appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
JiATEMAN, La the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unboundet't success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the i)rincipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Ms.nagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Cro.t•ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE
SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews, Hrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J.
I. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are
engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas.
Mathews ; Iltrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs, Frank Mat-
thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went-
worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews.
THIS i,:"VENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock,
an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bucking-
ham, Esq., entitled T BE. SILVER LINING Mr. Charles
Mathews. !Mir. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John-
s•oue. Mr. :Montague ; Mrs. harks Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, %tiss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews just translated
from the Fre: ach) in his characteristic character of Un Ang,lais
Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To conclude with 186? ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF
TUN PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, iir. Paul Bedford,
Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs.

ROYA.L STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr.
Belford, Mr. Pa rselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne.
After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS
AND EURY 0 ICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swa nborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Scc.
Followed by MARGATE SANDS.
Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS Div.—Morning, 2h. 19m.—Afternoon, 2h. 44m.
ro-voltuow.-Morßing, 3h. sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 30m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 8, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This day at Two o'clock 32
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Barometer-29.66.
Wind—N.W. ; moderate, and cloudy.

75.5 4 Litt
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LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 8, 1864.

Left in the lurch at the eleventh hone, after being
openly encouraged to expect support of ft very
" material" kind during the ten hours (so to speak)
immediately preceding, Denmark, although flushed
with sudden hope by her first success, is now
Withdrawing before, if it is very far indeed from
having yet succumbed to, the vastly superior
Powers opposed to her. The contest, it should be
borne in mind, is not simply as it were, a struggle
between a dwarf and a giant--it bears more of a
strictly
resemblance, speaking, to a brutal on-
slaught all of a sudden by two giants upon a heroic
PigmY• The whole population of r,enmark, let it
be remembered for a moment,
is considerably less
than the aggregate of the Population of our own
capital! And it is against this minor kingdom that
the combined armaments of two of the great Powers
of Europe are now being directed energetically and,
by previous concert, simultaneously. Isolated
as
the Danes are, therefore, when assailed thus by the
Austrians and Prussians, it cannot possibly be any
matter of surprizeto us that, although heartened on
by the first brilliant success achieved by the Danes
on the earliest encounter of the belligerents, the
soldiers of Denmark—we should learn by the news
flushed to us from the seats of war, bit by bit in
almost momentary telegrams—are becoming the
actors in events very different, indeed, in their
character. Ali6Sunde, for example, before
which the assailants were signally worsted for
a while at that first encounter, has been even-
tually abandoned. As might, in truth, have been
gnicipated. As was, indeed, for that matter, just,
it one word, inevitable. Not only has it been thus,
however, between the belligerents, but—the tote de
pont at Missun de, having been blown up, the Danes
have been purzued in the direction of Flensburg,
several guns having been captured during
that pursuit. An engagement of a rather san-
guinary character in known, moreover, to have
taken place at Idstedt. And, a pontoon bridge
having been thrown across the Schlei at a point