The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-23 00:00:00

ENGLAND'S CONGRESS,
CHRISTMAS DOUBLE NUMBER of
-WEDNESDAY. One Penny.

in
FUN,

ROYAL ENGLISTI OYER A,
COVENT-GARDEN.
-Under the Manaeement of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
On BOXING NIGHT (Saturday, Dec. 26), to comm enc
with the Second Act of Balfe's popular opera,
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a sCalo of
unprecedented magnificence, entitled
HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON,
Doors open at hall-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L A N E.
Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
E. B. Chatterton.
On BOXING NIGHT, Dec. 26. the Farce cf A ROL/ ,ND
FOlt AN OLIVE rt. Mes,rs. Walter acy, Addison , G.
Belmore, the Misses HeAth, R. Leclercq, Murray.
fo conclude with tne new Grand Christmas Comic Pa nto-
„,ime ot SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Won ders
of th. World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. 1.8 itri ;
ariequins, essrs. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantalo ons,
3lessrs. W. A. Barnes and J. .horris ; Columbines, Mad ame
steno and Misses Gunniss.
rrices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. F,

JOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL D14.1110Y10 (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
on BOXING NIGHT, Saturday, Dec. 26, MONDAY, Dec. 28,
and Every Evening during the Week.
BOXING NIGHT, the performance will commence with a
New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD :
Mess's. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline LeJlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss E. Lavenu.
After which. at Eight o'clock, BEL DESIONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brouguam. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Br aigiyitn, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, L. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, anal
Miss Elsworthy.
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 hat 4 and cloaks, and
teat 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 ITAYMARKET.--
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVE.\ ING, PAUL PRY : Messrs. C. Mathews,
Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Gordon, Clark, &c. ; Mes-
dames C Mathews, Angel, Snowden, Coates, &c
And (last time) THE GOLDEN FLEECE : Messrs. Chas.
Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ac. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L. Keeley. Griffith, &c.
Followed by the Second Act of THE CRITIC Mr. and
Kra. Charles Mathews.
Commence at 7.

'ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER, will 031LE:3:n.
BOXING Nrunr.—Amongst the artists engaged are Ur.
Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, a'nci
Mr Charles Mathews; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs.
Wentworth,
rank
Miss Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Ventworth, and
• Mrs. C:iarles Mathews.
st I
it msa
cases
hn Aae
mrbyes uf
by
l-
On BOXING NIGHT, the new Comic Drama of the HEN
AND CHICKENS : Mrs. Stirling in her original character.
Atter which, a Comical Congiomerative Christmas
dill', by Henry J Byron, Esq., and entitled l86t; or, THE
sENsATIONs OF 'IIIE PAST SEASON,
Revelation of Lady' Somebody's Secret. New
Daimon and Sons. Appoin ni_entsmobbysG:FlEra'n
M. W.allerstein. Principal characters by 31 a
ilt.r.l..j.Josephs,L.l, Toole,
Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Cottrell,p
And the BIRTHPLACE OF
'''oe.ole
in his on character. uisnr:eyland. music
by,

.•
THEATRE-R 0 YAL, ADELPHI.-
80,0 Proort,itor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
Tins EVENING, THE PRETTY FDIRSEBREAR ER.
rde,srs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolgar.
At 8, the New Drama of LEAH: Bth weeK of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It Phillips, Bil-
ling-ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and
31rs. Billing-ten.

To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J.
L. Toole.

Commence at 7.

LEAH.-EVERY NIGHT,

?VIISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING,
the 70th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In cmsequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the pritcipal 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 STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug-h.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
MtilaCit TS.
After which, MRS. BROWN AT THE PLAY.
Followed by (26th time) PATIENT PENELOPE • or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.
Commence at 7.

THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
:an be had Every Evening of
G. R. GLENIE, NEws AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. •
Twig DA.Y.—Norning,, 12h. 42m.—Afternoon, lb. 4m.
To-arolutow,-Morning, Ih. 30m.—Afternoon, lh. 51m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 23, 1863.

THERMOMETER.

This day at Two o'clock

B aroma ter-3,0.20.
Wind—S.-W. ; fresh, and very fine.

igibo)
tljrrit SUM

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 1863.

The simultaneous publication of the Presidential
Messages—that of ABRAHAM LINCOLN to the
Federals, that of JEFFERSON DAVIS to the Confe-
derates—brings, now, more vividly than ever into
strong relief the contrast presented to view
throughout this disastrous civil war, upon a com-
parison of the two men, or of the two Governments.
Although the Northern President was seriously in-
valided at the date of his communication to the
Congress
at Washington, the tone of his Message, it
will be Pte•ceived, was in no degree more placable.
The contest was still to be fought out to
the death,
at all of There was to be no mitigation
struggle. In athe horrors of this ferocious
'newer to the secession of the South,
there was to be no
Concession of any kind on the
part of the North.
The wild project of subjugating
the enormous territor
les still obedient to the power
that is at Richmond was
as
acted upon, was yet
maintained in argument,
" though it were a day-
dream admitting of realisatiet
• So far from making
any attempt of even the
most partial kind
towards lessening the horrors of civil war in
pursuance of this insane Vtoject, Presi-
dent LINCOLN is striviDg' now' t"te assiduously
than ever to intensify those horrors by
adding
to
the darkness of civil war the double
darkness of a
servile war—and that servile war one aetuairY
dandled into being by Mr. LINCOLN in the aese_
crated names of humanity, of philanthropy,
of
negro emancipation. In powerful contrast with
the incoherence and menace of the Norm the Pre
&dent's Message, the Message pence- by President
DAVlS—after giving a masterly summary of the
events which have taken place in vari-
ous parts of the seat of war since the date
of the last communication addressed by him to the
Congress at Richmond, a summary in which no
failure on the part of the South is veiled or glossed
over, and in which no success of theirs is in any
way exaggerated—intimates in terms the plainest,
th'l strongest, the calmest, the most unhesitating,
the unshaken resolve of the Confederate Govern.
Thant to withstand the deadly efforts made by the
north to effect the conquest of the Southern States,
and so doing, to deal a death blow at their rights
s a Free People of Sovereign Independence. Upon
this Point the Confederate PRESIDENT argues with
wonderful force at the very close of his remarkable
Ma-ssage that the Federals "having begun the war
in direct violation of their Constitution, WHICH F0R-
.1% "ADE THE ATTExp
T TO COERCE A STATE, have been
fo lidfdened in this illegal and unconstitutional
proceeding, have been so hardened in it by the mere
ferocities of the contest
adventured, that they no longer llpen which they have thus
r. cklessly
endea-
vour to conceal in any way the purpose with which
the war is nowbeing carried on, namely,
at
all cost and at all hazard, to Pull down to the dust
the institutions of the Southern States
• to subvert iatity and their
al-
together their Sover c •-blndependence.
At all cost ! Therein larks, even in the most bril-
liant successes achieved by the superior metabersof
is (later on to be re.
the North, the secret Nemo