The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

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lI,OYAL, ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT -G ARDEN.
Under the I.la na,emen of 3liss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
TFII.= EVE ING., to conamence with (6th time) an en-
thely new Operetta, .eri!.it‘ed FA.NCHETTE. Miss Louisa
l'yne ana ~r. W.
After which, a Gran d Christmas Pantomime, on a sale of
unprecedented ma;lnifi cence, rntitled
_HARLEQUIN at
ST. .GEORGSi E AND THE
ce DRAGON.
Doors open at half- past x— ommen Seven.

ric REA TRE 110'.YAL D U U Y-L AN E.
31anagers, Messrs 1. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, MG•111' AND MORN. Messrs.
Phelps, Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss
Atkinson, and Miss Heath.
To conclude with the new G rand Christmas Comic Panto-
mime of SINBAD THE SAIL .oit H.
or, Theßoleno Seven Wonders
of, th- World. Clowns, Messxt 4. and Pantaloons C. Lauri
Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormacit and S. Saville ; ,
Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. aLorris ; Columbines, Madame
Boleno and Misses Gunnies.
Prices as usual. Box Office opcn from 10 till 5 daily.

AOYAI, LYCEUM. THEATRE.
Under the Sole Managemoa it of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant liuccess) will be repeated
2:very Evening during the Week.
TIIIS EVENING, the performane a will commence with a
New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD:
11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
More Misses Percy, Pauline Lery.lercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
And Miss E. Lavenu.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEI, DEMONIO, a Love
*story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messr.s. Jordan, Charles,
BrotiohNm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and
Miss Klsworthy.
The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is
made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks. and
that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
receive any gratuities whatever.
Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs.
Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid. Gordon, Rogers,
Clark, Cullentord, Arc. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry,
Lindley, Hill, etc
After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights
of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid,
Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough,
Itiright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, THE HONEYMOON.
After which, HARLEQUI.N LITTLE TOM TUCKER;
or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman
who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
Know what to do.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
GREAT SUCCESS.
EVERY EVENING, the HEN AND CHICKENS : Mrs.
Stirling in her original character.
Atter which, a Comical Conglomerative Christmas Absur-
dity, entitled 1863 ; or, TIIE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST
5 mASON, with a Shameful Revelation of Lad/ Somebody's
F Aret. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Cottrell,
kiss Fanny Josephs, .to
wita the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS : Mr. J. L. Toole.
The celebrated Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS,
Monday, January 11.

N-,r_W THEATRE-110 PAL, ADELPIII.-
.-4ole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER:
Mr. J. L. Toole.
At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, 1111-
Incr,ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billington.
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
Jose hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman.

Commence at 7.

LEAH.-EYERY NIGHT

ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING,
the BAth appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
l'E M AN, in the character of L H:A.II. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priucipai character in the new Five Act Drama
e tha LEAH has been attenued. Mr iVebstek begs to announce
t it will be performed EVERY EVENINCI until further
notice.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K.

Carson.
After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS
AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sic.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT.
Commence at 7.

:11FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
asn be had Every Evening of
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Corning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon., 2h. 10m,
gc.--wous.ow.-Morning, 211. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 58m,

The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 9, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This day at Two o'clock

Barometer-29.85.
Wind-B.E. ; fog, with thaw.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1864.

The happy news of this morning will take the
country by surprise, but that surprise will be
accompanied by one unanimous feeling of universal
satisfaction. The young PRINCESS, whom but
a few brief months back we welcomed so joy-
ously to our shores is now the happy mother of
a fair son, the heir to the English Crown,
and, better still, the inheritor of the
loyal affections of many millions of honest hearts.
As grandson and heir of our beloved and revered
SOVEREIGN, the consCtutional and popular V.l.c•
TORIA, as the first offspring of the happy union o
the young Prince of WALES and his charming and
amiable Princess, the unconscious infant, who has
just drawn breath amid the stately precincts of
Windsor Castle, is invested with a claim upon our

sympathies and upon our interest far exceeding
any due to the regal parapharnalia which over-
shadows his " baby brow." Hence the spontaneous
delight with which this auspicious event will be
greeted throughout the whole length and breadth of
the land, and far beyond the seas, is no empty ex-
pression of courtly flattery, but the genuine
attestation of national sympathy and affection. No
better wishes can be framed for the Infant Prince
and his Royal father, than that they may
worthily tread in their beloved parents' foot-
steps ; that they may follow the noble, earnest,
unostentatious example of the reigning QUEEN,
whose mother's heart is' this day rejoiced with
a new blessing and animated with a new hope, and
of him so recently lost and so deeply regretted, who
now sleeps in the precincts of that same Windsor
wherein his Royal grandson has but just now seen
the light. Cansiclering that vicinity, not inappro-
priate even to the lips of these Royal Princes are
the lines of the famous republican hyMn—

" Nous entrons dans la carrii:ro oil nos ain6s n'y sout plus
Noas y trouvons lour poussß;re, et la trace de leur
vertus."

May the traces of those virtues long flourish in the
hearts and lives of ALBERT of Wales and his
descendants, and may our beloved QUEEN find a
consolation in her own bereavement in recognising
the happy fruition of those noble aspirations which
sanctify the memory of the Past, and justify the
brightest anticip4lions for the Future.

The condition of the English agricultural
labourer has often turuiehed malcontents with a
tixt for denouncing the institutions of the country.
It has been descanted upon by Chartists as an