The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

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ROYAL EN GLTS II OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management ot Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. WHarrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 6th time, Balfe's new Opera,
BLANCHE DE NEVERSLouisa ilne, Miss Aana
Miss Emma He ; Messrs.W. IL Weiss, H. Cord,
A. Gook, A. Alhyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE.
Dliss Thirlwall and INIr• H. Cord.
onductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past SLY—,'ommence at Seven.

EATRE ROYAL D RURY - LANE.-
managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
.3"f7 HIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. l'rincipal cha-
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
and G. We4on; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss tt. I,eelerq.
At er which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFItIiD.
lessrs. helps, Ryder, .tayner, M agreson, .-:arc, Si encer ;
3liss Eburne, Miss K. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss :.fitter, Miss Cicely
Not , Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with an Original Fave. by (V Brough and A.
Halliday, entitled MY HK.ART'S IN THE HIGHLAN DS :
cuaracters by Mr. d. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, 3,1 r. Warde,
Mr. J. Minis; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Haffleur.

THEATRE ROY 1. L HAY \1 A K.K.ET.-
6ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVE ,ING, SILKEN FETTEKS : Measrs. Chas.
Mathews, Chippenlale, W. Farren, Howe, &e ; Mesdames
C. Mathews and M. Harris.
Followed by THE GO LOT:N. FLEECE Messr.i. Charles
Mathew., Compton,Weathersby, a ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley Griffith, &c.
Followed by CO )L AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. 3lathews.
And LITTLE DAISY.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechtbet.
Bi4lL DE stosio (a Triumphant Success) will e repeated
Ever y Evening* until further notice.
T [lli EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
J. G
UNCLE BABY: Mess s. Widdicombe, . Shore, Charles ;
Miss P. Le:lereq, and Carlotta Leder:xi.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL, DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tabieaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian
Chronicle ," by Mr. John Broue.a:_in. Principal ciiarac-
ter by Mr. Pechter, supported 133,_ Messrs. Jordon,
CCharles,
Brsiugh,im, Emery, Raymond,
..iloreland,
1; L , Ilford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss hate Terry, E. ayenue,
.31 ra.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.
at half-past B—commence at 7.
Doors open

LEA R.-E VE R Y NIGHT,

Nit ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING,
's impers
the 51st appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
Five Act Dramoa-
_l7j-imvs. In the character of LEAII. In consequence of
11'
unbounded success with hich Miss Bateman
's
of the priucipal character in the new
EVENING until further
has been attenced. Mr Webster begs to announce
nationo it that it will be performed EVERY
notice.

EW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI,
i solo Proprietor and l‘tanazer, B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs.
St3rlinc.r.
S, the New Drama of LEAH: Bth wee of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur It. Phillips, Bil-
ling-ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billingtcn.

To conclude wish THE HUSH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. tteplienson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Roney. Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Man urrs.
Followed by (34:1 time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. limey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Bwanborough and Simpson.
After which, MT Isti.W PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.

Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, 3h. Sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m.
Yo-Hottn.ow.-I`loruing, 3h. 42m.—Afternoon, 3h. 59m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 27, 1863.

THERMOMETER.

This day at Two o'clock

Barometer-30.32.
Wind—S.-East ; light breeze, and fine.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1863.

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One of the most astoundingly ironical, sarcastic

satirical demonstrations the world has ever wit-
nessed, yesterday took place in London, as well as
in many parts of America, and indeed of the world,
in obedience to the mandate of that very bewildering
person, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The proclamation
appointing the last Thursday in the November of
1863, as the date selected for this strangely
projected demonstration was of a character so
wildly eccentric as to amount, we might almost
venture to say, to the blasphemous. It was a
proclamation issued in the name (notoriously
a misnomer, to begin with) of the PRESIDENT
of the United States, formally inviting his fellow-
citizens in every part of those same United States
(wherever they may be, say in nubibus), and also
those who are at sea, together with those who are
sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe
with all due solemnity the date before mentioned—
that is, yesterday, being the last Thursday
at this present month of November, as—what ?
"Las A Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our
'taaficent Father who is in Heaven !" The
mere .
wordmg of the sentence is quite after the
the te,th
style and manner, of PRAISE-GOD-BARE-
BONts, ot zit
AL-Ox -THE-LAND•BUSY, or, still more,
shall we ja
ot say
it (selecting this not inaptly re-
membered 4: tiitan's name from MACAULAY'S His-
tory of 1,,n.1
)1--i-still more after the fashion of—
TRIBULATION
12OLESOME ! A solemnly ap-
pointed festival of
ti
hanksgiving to the Divinity in
the ottti
midst of one
most hideously gigantic and
sanguinary, end
seeta.
l'alglY hopeless, Civil Wars
upon record, certainly a
one who is not a li:coolesi appear to every
rant and a most
13111
,t!, a most flag.
fanity. It seems to eB, io.aZict e act of pre-
impiety, in its wa
less of an
festival in the Reign of Terror
7, sa,:nasßaot one iota
forma OBESPIERE'S
the existence of a GOD ! A Da_
of
Y recognising
Y humiliation
would have been comprehensible. tut
a
! The mere plasma, res7a Day of
Thanksgiving - 'Utitis like
some horrible
jibe or irony addressed setile
ra
a Volcano is leat7
of Heaven ! Dancing upon as t,thirt.
to it. It is like the stastitution of garlaade
And
holiday raiment—in the midst of the horrors of
a plague—for sackcloth and ashes. Never was a
rejoicing demonstration more marvellously or more
painfully malapropos. It is like the assuming of
an air of gladness at a funeral. Knowing how
much there is of whimsicality, of ungainly waggery
about that gawky, lantern-jawed President of
(as we will still continue to call them, for form's
sake, though the name, as we have said, lias long
ceased to be otherwise than an extravagant mis-
nomer)—of the United States, one is al most reduced
to the necessity of believing that the a ppointment by
Mr. LINCOLN of this astounding 'Day of Thanks-
aivins; is nothing more nor less on his part than
a most cruel and a most impi'ius practical joke !
Thank
sglving—for hecatombs of slain ? for millions
tmori millions of dollars Aqr,,iadered ? fur cities
laid
waste by the demon. of Civil War ? for
the fattening of the free soil of America
with tho Multiplied -
agonies and the wasted lives,
the blood of the wonTidecl and the decaying bodies
f the dead and teariaa citizens, whether of North or
o; Sou I,
ethaa Feder
a,s or Cout'ederates, by
th wa
ttousancls upon. thousands,
Sa itsmagnitude as to be, to
a total dO terrible
by this time be
s and
the reach of computation , y
conscious, in truth,
wis the American Minister atc
London, of the extra-
ordinary indecorum of the whole e'-
procethat
his araaash yesterday was so far
apg,
ti
througlient, that it WfL9 from first
to I
lgasS,ie
explanatory ! And, certainly, now that
ADAMS hag eNpl,iided the ;Door meaning th:e
wonderfully profane Day of Thanksgiving, we tau.