The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-09 00:00:00

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/11FIRATIM ROYAL DRURY -LANE.—
..1- martageze, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
The Publi cis respectfully informed that there will be NO
PERF.IIV4AI' ICE TH.I6 EVENING, in consequence of the
Stage bcing 1 required tor the 'cenic ttehearsal of Lord
Byron's .‘.2lior: it 'tragedy of MANFRED, to be produced TO-
11101t1tO,W ' c-VENING (Saturday), Uct.—Box-othce open
from Teti till Five daily.

ivRINCI .1 SS'S THE ATRR.—Great success of
DER] MANN, PRESTIDIGITATED R. HERR
ER1131,%.!' IN has the honour to announce that, in conse-
quence ,)1 t. It.e great success and
his
receptlon he has
met with, until
will continue Performances, EVERY
XVEINIINt.4., until further notice.
Commencing at Eight.

TliEd iTRE

ROYAL HAYMARKET.-
Open for the season.

Tft EVENING. and during the Week, to commence at
7, viili AN UN LUCKY MORTAL : Mr. William Farren,
Nils 31_ Harris, &c.
After which, at a quarter to S. the new Comedy of
FINES b; ; or, spy and ; ounter Spy: char.cteri by Mr.
Alfred 'Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Buckitone •
Mrs. D.owtori, Miss L. Angel, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.
Con& 'tiding with TURNING THE TABLES.
on ionday, Oct. 26. Mr. and Mrs. CtiAS. MATHEW'S
will 'Timm to the London stage.

NW THEATRE-R0 IAL, ADELPI-11.—
Sole Propri.tor and Manazer. Mr. R. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TitAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs.
Stirling .

At R, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported
by Messrs. Arthur stirlinz, R. Phillips, Blllington, Stuart,
A. Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRLSS 311"
WoolgaJ• and Mr. A. Wood.

MESS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—T he celebrated
Young American Actress, bliss BATEMAN', having
on her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH ob-
tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has
been vrrnessed for many years, and the profound ITpression
created by her impersonation of the character ratified upon
a c ow.ded audience hAvino• been completely by the
unaniznons verdict and critical approval ot the entire Daily
Press, the lianae,er of the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE has
the honour to announce that Miss BAT EMAN will appear
in the New Drama of LEAH EVERY' EVENING till further
notice_

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. IV. H. Swanborous,rh.
THIS EVI7,ICISG (Ist time) MIRIAM' CRIME. Messrs.
Honey, Parseile, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Maners.
Followed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs.
Honey, Turner. E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan-
borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny
White.
To conclude with WH ERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford.
Commence at 7.

rinFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,''
j containing- the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
be had Every Eventng ot
G. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT,

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Trig DA.T.—Morning, 11h. 59.n.—Afternoon, h. m.
To-goltltow.-Morning, 12h. 26m.—Afternoon, 12h. 49m.

The Weather--Sun Office, Oct. 9, 1863.

THERMOMETER.

This day at Two o'clock
Birometer-29.61.

Wind—North-Easterly; modera-te,4' and cloudy.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1863.

Bit by bit the Tory majority is increasing. Of
this, there can no longer be any reasonable
doubt. The present Ministers, on their acces-
sion to power four years ago, by means of what
Sir HUGH CAIRNS called in exceedingly plain Rog-
lish " a dodge"—began their political speculation,
as One may say, with a very small capital,
indexed, in the way of votes. The division that
actxvally landed them in power only just turned
the balance of that political plank on which party is
ever, playing the game of see-saw between Govern-
merit and Opposition. The balance, even then at
that turning point, was little more than just nomi-
nal. 'The clear majority was so very juvenile in point
of f act, that one might say it was only just in its
teens. It was a majority, in truth, so small
that: it was only a trifle better than no majority what- '
eveee, The minority confronting it, if not furnish-
ing quite six to every half-dczen opposed to it,
was really and truly so very nearly upon a
level with its victors, numerically, that it might
the most fairly have been designated at the outset
merely the second best. Gradually, however, even
the small clear majority appertaining to the
in-coming Government began to dwindle and fade
away, until the point of equilibrium was eventually
reached. The Conservative Reaction has unmis-
takably since then gone on steadily—slowly it may
be—bat steadily, increasing. A laugh at first was
raised by the apologists of her Majesty's present
Ministers, when people began to whisper about the
phrase of—Conservative Reaction. The fact that
there was any Reaction of the kind was confidently
and. indignantly denied. All the while the Reaction,
really in progress, while Ministerialists were
laughing at it, went on increasing until it even-
tually compelled them, as the phrase is, to laugh
on the other side of their mouths; and, so
laughing, to recognise it ; and, so laughing, to ac-
knowledge frankly that, in spite of themselves, they
'
did recognise it. A Liberal member dies, and
into his place slips adroitly enough a new
tooth-and.nail Conservative. A supporter of
the Government resigns for one reason or an-
other—his constituency is bagged immediately
by the vigilant promoters of the interests of the
Opposition. A partisan of the Cabinet—or of one
of the most conspicuous members of the Cabinet,
probably its veteran leader —is rewarded for
his long years of faithful adherence to the
Liberal cause by his promotion to a coronet and
ermine, in other words to a seat in the Upper }Luse
—forthwith, into his seat in the Lower House, glides
as alarmingly as the Ghost of BANQuo to the won-
dering eyes of MACBETH, not a Liberal, not a
Ministerialist, no Whig, no now adherent of the
Prime Minister, but one diametrically the reverse, an
opponent to Lord PALMERsTON, and to all around
Lord PALMERSTON. Thu", pushing from their stools
Liberal after Liberal, Conservative after Conser-
vative has mustered on the benches behind
Mr. DISRAELI. The time has long passed by
when anyone could pretend, for a moment,
that, with a party question of any decided kind
brought forward in the House of Commons, the
present Ministers
could by any chance whatever
muster a majority, a clear maj )rity of one . The
difacalty
with the Opposition has been to
come across any such question in the regular
course of things. a party
To drag
question
in by the head and shoulders would only,
could only be„
the flagrant construction of being
another "dodge'
on their part, and must, quite
ease, be dubbed thenceforth that
infallibly in that
roost dubious political triumph, a triumph won
by mere factious opposition.
The
guiding policy
of the Opposition, for
some time past, therefore,
has manifestly been to wait
iently,
as men might wait who have the
pet:ent.y
prize they covet
already in the palm of their bend:, so that they have
grasp it. The
only to close their fingers, in orde:t
r to tarry
actuallyeen
made by them, but, in the regular course of political
events, as we have said, present itself for their
acceptance. The longer this policy is continued,
the more certain it is of proving successful in the
end. Tito opportunity is sure to arise sooner or
And meanwhile, by merely wait;eg, the
Tory Opposition is winning for itself not simply, as
it is really still cluing from time to time, new votes,
as in this recent intarce a the election down at
Coventry, hilt—what is better than Totes to them

lator.