The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-05 00:00:00

THE IR 0 N TIM ES,
a First-class General MORNING NEWSPAPER, on
MONDAY NEXT.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT.
GARDEN.

—"alder the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, to commence with RUT BLAS: Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Thirlwall. and Madame
Laura Baxter; Messrs. Santley, Patey, Lyall, AynsleyCooke,
E. Dussek, and W. Harrison.

After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en
titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVEN ING, the Comic Drama of THE NEXT OF
KIN.

After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY
TWO SHOES.

Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET.
, Mr. J. B. ne.
THIS EVENING, Lessee
at Seven o'clock, Buckstowill be performed
CUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Aga Trenchard, Mr. Buck-
stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothem.
Alter which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled
RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy
Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley.
Conoludinc; with MRS. WHITE.

IYCEUM THEATRE-ROYAL, Will OPEN,
i under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER, on
SATURDAY, January 10.
The perfermances will commence with an Original Sketeh,
entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK, in which Messrs. Shore.
Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Luc 'VI"
appear.
New Romantic
After which, at a Quarter to Ei,ht,
Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr.)Tozuea, el Brougham,
DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and Y 1
j:tained by Mr.
tled THE
Esq. The principal character will be 8
11.
. Brougham, H.
Pechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vini,_lam,
Widdicombe, W. Intyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H.
iereq, Kate Terry, E.
'lnner, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta l'e°
Lavenue, and Elsworthy. are engaged, and
Mr. Phelps and Mr. Walter Montgomery
will shortly appear. Six o'clock, performance to com-
Doors open at half-P
peva&
mence at Seven. Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., and £2 2s.
_
Places registered. stalls, 68.6 d. ; Dress Circle, 58. 6d.; Upper
Prices at doors—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ;
Circle, 4s. 6d.
..; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No half-price. Box. Upper irclea: _y
ii from 1 till 5. Stage-Manager, Mr. G.
office open
Vining ; Acting -manager, Mr. H. Barnett.

_LIEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-
Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
7-THIS EVENING, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J
L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Billington.
After which, MARGERY DAW.

To conclude with (Bth time)" GEORGE DE BARNWELL :
or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar,
Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed-
ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ;
Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ;
ra ntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and
I;ertra,nd.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus.
THIS EVENING, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr.
Marston, Mr. Wallace ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M.
Oliver, and Mrs. B. White.
After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
" RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother
Shipton." Mr. G. Beimore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and
Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and
Mr. Haltord.

The WEATHER.—Sun Office, Jan. 4, 1863.

THERMOMETER•
Highest since Noon yesterday
Lowest during the night
This day at N00n.....
Barometer-29.35.
Wind—Westerly; fresh, with fine weather. Evening, rain,
JANUARY 5.
Highest since Noon yesterday
Lowest during the night. „... .. 38
This day at Noon
Barometer-29.11.
Wind—S.-Westerly; fresh, with rain during the night
and this morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam DAY.—Morning, 2h. 25m.—Afternoon, 2h. 41m.
To-moßnow.-Morning, 2h. 58m.—Afternoon, 3h. 16m.

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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 18C3

We all must sympathise with Mr. LINCOLN. He
might almost as well be boiling on COBBETT'S grid-
iron, as enduring his present penal worrying. With
the staunch Republicans at him on one side, and the
Democratic majority threatening him on the other,
it must require no little nerve to pursue his course
without faltering. His good intentions, it appears,
no party questions ; his pertinacity to his convic-
tions is equally undoubted : but his is not the order
of mind to grasp a great subject comprehensively,
and hence he is exposed to the influence of abler
minds than his own. Their counter influences
have thus often caused the appearance of vacilla
tion, but it was infirmity of intellect, not of
will and purpose.
The news brought by the Arabia compels us
to respect his "pluck," whatever we may think
of his wisdom. Were he in the position of an
English Prime Minister he must have gone out
of office ; had he been in that of an English So-
vereign, he must have changed his servants; but
he does neither. A caucus—an informal meeting
to decide the course of action—is convened of the
Republican members of the Senate, that is, of his
chief supporters, and in many things his masters.
They declare their want of confidence in his Go-
vernment. Mr. SEWARD is pointed at as espe-
cially objectionable to them. Mr. SEWARD ants
Mr. c.3I:IASE, his Chancellor of the Exchequer,
both tender their resignations; but Mr. LINCOLN
refuses to accept them! They have resumed their
portfolios. The resignations of General HALLECK,
the Commander-in-Chief, and of Mr. STANTON, the
SE cretary for War, are no longer talked of ; even
BURNSIDE'S resignation is not accepted, and the
Administration, after a good shaking by the mili-
tary earthquake at Fredericksburg, remains,
apparently, the same as before. It was built on
the Presidential rack, if that name can be given to
what has but a quadrennial tenure of existence.
We are accustomed to suppose the popular will in
the States omnipotent, and not only that, but able
to enforce its policy much more quickly than in
England. It is, however, by no means always so.
Like Sir ROBERT PEEL'S first revised, corn law, it
has leaps—four year leaps. A President is half
Sovereign, half Prime Minister for four years
certain. He cares nothing, or little, for a vote of
no confidence in the Cabinet of which he is the
head. He both reigns and governs for his limited
period of office ; and hence, as in Mr. LiNcoLles
case, though a majority of the electors may de-
nounce his policy, and though his own party may
proscribe the servants who advise it, he does not
change it. He is sure, as his friends say of him,
that he purposes well;
he knows his integrity if
he knows nothing else,
and we can imagine him
(on the supposition that HORACE was ever read by
the self-educated rail-splitter) muttering to himself
most complacently,
Justum et tenacem propositi virum
m,
Non civiurn ardor prays jubentiu
. Mente quatit
It is wonderful, indeed, to see how honourably all
the high-placed authorities make the frightful dis•
aster and slaughter of Fredericksburg their own
American leaders cannot at any rate be accused of
shirking responsibility. No apparition of the ten
thousand victims of that murderous day wrings
from any the exclamation, " Thou canat not say I
did it." The Senate institutes an examination, the
Generals are, of course, all catechised, and General
BuRNSIDE boldly takes the whole responsibility on
himself. It was supposed that he bad changed the
base of operations from Warrenton more towards
the north and west to Acquia Creek, on the Poto-
mac ; that he had been disappointed by the War-
office of the pontoon bridges requisite for crossing
when he arrived; but no, says the LUCAN or CAR-
DIGAN of this American
Balaklaral
"I did it all."
LINCOLN, HALLECE, STANTON, all wished me to
attack from the direction of Warrenton, I chose to
go toFalmouth (the village just opposite Fredericks-
burg, north of the Rappahannock), and
of being pressed to fight by them, instead
attacked
at an earlier moment than they directed. He only
said, inciden tally, that he bad not been properly
ported by HALLECIi and MEIGs. While speak-
ing