The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-07 00:00:00

Commence at Seven.

NEW THEATRE-JlO YAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and MatiWer. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J.
Clarke, Billington, Eburne, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
After which, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick
0' I'lenipo iwith songs Mr. John Collins, support, dby
Met srs. Billington, Stephenson; Miss Henrietta sirams and
Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy (with
songs), Mr. John Collins.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.

EMIN!,,Nr TALENT AND COMEDY.

This popular Theatre Is Open for the Winter Season. Those
celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews are re-engaged.

THIS EVENING, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful
and original Comedy of HOW WILL HEY GET OUT
OF IT ? Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. 11, J. Montague; Miss
Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling,

Alter which, a New Comedy Farce. V Maddison Morton,
Esq., entitled WOOD, OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C.
Mathews, Mrs. F. Matthews.

To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE.

BOYAL STRAND THEATRE,
~ Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THI 3 EVENING, JNLIMITE 0 CONFIDENCE.
Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven
Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor ugh and Manders.

After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne; Mesdames
Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson.

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Terms cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 7, 1864.

The news brought by the City of Manchester
shows us how greatly the first report of SHERI-
DAN'S triumph and EARLY'S repulse were exagge
rated after the fashion of New York intelligence,
It is now said that EARLY'S entire loss did not
not exceed 6,000, while that of the Federals in
killed and wounded was over 4,500, At one mo-
ment indeed the fate of the battle hung in the
balance. and the chances were in favour of the
Confederates, whose musketry and artillery fire
threw their opponents into confusion. The Fede-
rals were on the point of giving way, when, unit•
ing all his cavalry, SHERIDAN made a desperate
charge, which turned EARLY'S right flank and
compelled him to retire. EARLY retreated to
Fisher's Hill, where on the 21st, two days after
the battle, he made a stand. From this position
he was afterwards dislodged, but the relative posi.
tion of the two forces is by no means what the first
intelligence would have led the unwary to suppose.
Meanwhile matters at Petersburg appear to be
standing still, but the battle when it comes will be
momentous. If GRANT be defeated it may precis
pitate a peace, and destroy LINCOLN'S chance of
re-election. The Federal anxiety for peace is
indicated by the news that General SHERMAN has
invited Governor BROWN, of Georgia, to Atlanta
to confer on the subject of peace. SHER3fAN has
probably found himself in a difficulty, and is unable
to push his success; he therefore wishes to appear
magnanimous in offering to begin a conference in
whose object he is closely concerned. The news
is altogether so eonflicting that what we receive
from New York by one vessel is generally contra-
dicted by the arrival of the next. The North is
always in the aacendant at first, but almost in-
variably the picture changes when fuller accounts
come. We may now watch daily for the arrival
of fresh news, which, there is every reason to
believe, will be decisive in its character.

An election contest has come in gc;od time to
break the monotony of the autumn. In spite of
agricultural exhibitions and annual gatherings, in
spite of the critical position of affairs in America,
and the anxiety with which the Danish and Ger-
man negociationa are even now matched, in spite of
the Franco-Italian Convention, and notwithstand•
jog the murders and catastrophes which always
spring into prominence at this time of the year,
and of which there has been of late a truly startling
supply, the months that intervene between the close
of the Parliamentary campaign and the opening of
the winter season are universally pronounced dull,
and the present year makes no exception to the
general rule. Accordingly, a contested election is
an actual boon to the news seekers, and the progress
of events at the quiet town of Hastings has been
watched with considerable interest. The contest
lay between two candidates, one of whom repre•
rented the Conservative interest and the other sup-
porto Lard PALMMRSTON'S Government, As our
readers aro aware, the struggle ended in the victory
of the professed liberal, but when we look at their
te'pc-ctive addresses we shall find there is still
something left to consider. Ali. ROBERTSON, in a
brief but straightforward and sensible address,
asked a very pertinent but awkward question.
He had been told, he said, that the great
difference between
was that the him and his Opponent
no would give a constant
support to "
the existing
fLe Government, while support of the other would bo uncertain.
Upon this he asked, «what the support of Lord
PALMERSTON implied ?" A
question which, We
apprehend, Lord PALMERSToN himself would be
puzzlsd to answer. Our gay, popular pRER/ER,
who has such a knack of adapting himself and his
policy to the requirements of the hour, would cer-
tainly not like to confess that he was steering with-

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. M". Buckstone.
:FELTS EVENING, lIACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
Atter which, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE.
llcss.rs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, ,tc ; Mesdames
Beatrice, Ange', &c.
And VIE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA. Messrs. Weiss,
Bucxstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers, Farren, Matthi-
son, &c, ; Mesdames Weiss, Keeley, Griffith, &a.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I eddy
Oltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
ForreN ter. H. Melloil ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss FallLy Gwynne.