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

n. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERT 11Jreak. When we hear the manner in ~vhieli the
EVERY EVENING, at Eight.
33.0YAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDFat.
THE MENDELSSOHN NIGHT.
THE " FAUST " SELECTION.
Mdlle. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs, Meme Rudersdorff ; Mr. oil
Ferren, Mr. Levy, Mr. Svensden, and Ali Ben Sou-aile, This
keening.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED 3IELLON.
Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One
Fhilling ; Dress Circle, 2s. Cd. ; Private Boxes, £1 18. and
10s. Cd.
The Box Office is open from 10 till 5.
To-morrow ,Friday),O'i Selection from STA BAT MATER.
Satu, day text, Grand Volunteer Night. Mr. Santley
for this night oniy.
On Monday Aex t, a Verdi Night.
The Beethoven Night will be repeated on Thursday, Sep-
tember S.

authorities on the Federal side act, it is not. to be
wondered at that so strong a feeling of doubt exists
in the minds of men relative to the restoration of
the Union. General BURBRIDGE is a good sample
of the Federal armies, and his exclamation the
other day, on hearing that he had been premature
in ordering a Confederate Lieutenant to. be shot in
place of a man on the other side who had only been
wounded, was significant of the terms upon which
the contest is being waged. He was, delighted that
a loyal man was alive, whom he supposed dead,
and one more Confederate in hell, When we hear
of dumb anecdotes it seems astonishing that before
this some decisive attempt has not been made among
the enlightened of the community to put an end to
this cruel contest. It is greatly to be regretted
that no efforts have been made by the Powers of
Europe to put a stop to the carnage and contention.
It has been often disputed as to whether it were
wise and practicable so to do, but the general
opinion has generally been adverse to it. Expe-
rience has surely shown that what has been done►
or rather left undone, for the best, has not turned
oat so favourably as was hoped it would_ Beyond
mere pacificatory mediation, if at the outset of the
war England and France had boldly inaugurated a
policy, and recognised the South, how
differently things would have turned out.
It would have been the best service
that could have been rendered to the Federais them•
elves, for they have involved themselves in a series
of confusions that this generation cannot see them
c merge from. As the chance of foreign aid, direct
or indirect, is now, however, pretty well over, it
remains with the Americans themselves to settle
their disputes and arrange their affairs. It is then,
on the whole, to be considered that some prospect
of peace is dawning upon that distracted country,
and amidst the many wars that have desolated the
various countries of the world at different times,
there can never have been one that more loudly
called for a cessation on the highest grounds. Hu-
manity, the ties of kindred, the claims of interest.
all earnestly demand a cessation of the overwhelm-
ing struggle, and well will it be for the right cause,
the cause of peace, if Mr. LINCOLN. is worsted in
his efforts st supremacy. He has made a most
signal failure from the outset of his career, and it
is not often that one for whom so much was expected
fails so utterly and egregiously in his attempts to
carry out his policy. We learn from the sins and
sufferings of others, and this transaltantic contest
is rife with lessons of high import, but perhaps
no individual case stands out in bolder relief than
the experience of ABRAHAM LINCOLN as President.
It is, indeed, a career to point a moral as to the
vanity of human wishes, and the folly of indulging
in vain expectations.

ROYAL PR IN CE SS'S THEATRE.-...
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo.
'PHIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
Oltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Atter which, THE hT it ETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson. 11.
Forret- tcr. li. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss I`.nny Gwynne.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.-
Sole Pronriator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Mr. J. L. Toole
and Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
Followed by A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J., L.
Toole, Billington, and Mr,. Stirling.
Bil-
Alter which, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. -Messrs.
Phdlips, Eburne ; Mrs. Stir ing, Alias H. Simms.
To conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, P. Bethord, R. Phillips, and Miss Woolgar.