The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

lIINAHAN'S LI. WHISKY T. COGNAC
BRANDY.
ISiI WIIISBLY rivals the finest
This celebrated Old
FRENCH BRANDY,
Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
It i
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retai Englandl Rouses in
or radon; by
the Agents in the principal towns in wholesale
at
8, GREAT WiIsiD3IILL-STREET, W.
Ob6erve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
liinahan's LL Whisky."

MESSRS. JAY mud CO. have row on show
the most unique and perfect assortment of
BONNETS,
which their Mana<zer has selected In Paris, and brought
Pack with leer to this Est blishment.
217, 20, 251, Regent-street.

''______
yviAmthy MOURNING—Messrs. JAY rr onld
respectfully announce that great ecmcmy is effected
purchasing Mourning at their establishment. 2,7 and 249,
ti r;,,T-S a IthET, their Mock of FAMILY MOURNING
ceini • the largest in Fur pc ThouJi Messrs. Jay professedly
xecip the best a tides for Mourning and (tall- ,lourning—at
tat times the cheapest -they supply a Complete Suit of
pomestie 'Mourning ra* 2, guineas.
mtiLTIZNING CoSTUME of every description is kept
iteady lade, and can be forwarded in town or country at a
incrnent's notice. The most reasonable prices are charged,
and wear of every article is guaranteed.
T tlif: LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Regent-street (next the Circus).
JAYS'.

IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
.11.4 heavy gales some of the toats of the Royal Na tonal
Lifeooat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
lus. of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tartiworth, of Norway, 11 ;
schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St.
Ives, 7; schooner Aron, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Dr, gheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja,,k, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
lklarietts, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby
fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzio,7. Total
lives saved, 55. The lit eboats also assiste iin bringing safely
into port, with their crews, consisting' of 29 men, ihe Italian
brig Came,glin,, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of k Tri -
sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to snmals of
distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were noll
t
ultimately required. The amount of reward p .id for a
these services was £216.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the
public for ASSISTAN,E to enable them to mcet the con-.
tinned heavy demands on the Society's 125 liieb eostdaoba
lisitments. Contributions are receivtd• by all therdLLnewis,
and country bankers ; and by the Seoretary,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, AdeillpinZaLondon.

-------r.
_-,---_
ROYAL ENGLISIi OPERA,
COVEN'T-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 16th time, Dalfe's new Opera,
BLANCII r.; DE ti EVE RS : Miss Louisa i'yne, Miss Italia
Hiles, miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs. W. 11. Weiss, H. Cord,
A. Cook, A. zt. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT
FLOWER.

Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six.— :ommence at Seven.

II EATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. -
%I
„EL Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, b.r Majesty's Servants will perform
Principal cha-
racters BEAUTY. OR THE BEAST.
the Farce
by Messrs. Addison,Neville, Barret, Spencer
andGWeston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Hiss ki. Leclerq.'
Atter r helps, Ryder,which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MA.NFR ED.
Messrs.
Rayner, M,agreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Eburne. Miss E. Atkinson, Hiss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss titter, Miss Cicely
Not*, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by MY lINART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Wards,
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Hiss Harlleur.

TFIEATRE ROYAL HAYM A RKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews,
Howe, Rogers, Braid, Clark, Cullenford, &c. ; Mesdames
Angel, Fitzwilliatn, &c.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathew,,, Compton,Weathersby,&c.; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L. -Keeley- Griffith, &c.
With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GtiOST.
Commence at 7.

110YAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.

BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening until further notice.

T I*; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess -s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles;
.bliss P. Le lerei, and Carlotta Leelereq.

After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
story, in Twelve Tabteaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle ," by Mr. John Broug-,am. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Br )ugh ,m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Layenue, sirs.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.
Doors open at half -past 6—commence at 7.

LEAHTEVERY NIGHT,

MISS BATENIAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING,
the 61st appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BA VEMAN. In the character of LN;AH. In nmsequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priucipat charaner in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been atten.ied. Mr Webster begs to announce
that It will be performed E VERY E VEXING- until further
notice.

ENV
Yroorl,4tor and Manarzer, M R. Webster.
1..11
THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TitAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.

tB, the New Drama of LEAH: Bth weer of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs.Artnur Stirling, It. Phillips, 811-
lirOon, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss IL Simms, and
Mrs. Billintften.

To ronclude with TIIE IRI3II TIGER : Miss K. Kelly
ard Mr. Stephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Money, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Manders.
Followed by (15th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE,
Manageress, Miss Marriott.

THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL:
Mes4rs. H. Marston, E. Phelps, D. H. Jones, Bennett,
Brooke, Denial, Miss Marriott, and Mrs. Wallis.
To conclude with THE BRIGAND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss
Xandlebert.

Box-office open from 11 to 4.

ir• 111 1, HURD EDITION OF THE SUN,"
•
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
Ma be had Every Evening of

G. K. GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

111411 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS
lh. 11m.—Afternoon, lh. 36m.
17°-"R-4"r•-ltornir.r. 2h. 2m.—Afternoon, 2h. 21m.

The 'Neat}le__Sun Office, Dec. 10, 1863.
IRER.IIOIIETER.
This day al 41.70 o,kek
45
Wind.Bamtneter-30.15.
moderate, and fine.

The

LOSDON, THURSDAY,
1863.

It was an alternative that NAPeLtoti
recently
submitted to the Sovereigns of Europe,
And
that
alternative was one in every way most rn
-°'3lentons
Either—a General War or a general Pacification, Or
—if not that precisely, at any rate what may be
thus expressed—Either an imminent probability, et
all but certainty of War, of a General War among
the Powers of Europe, or an attempt at least, an im-
mediate and strenuous effort at a General Pacifica-
tion.

Seeing now that there is to be no such Congress
as the one proposed by the French EMPEROR—for
the refusal of England to take part in it abstracts
at once from the notion of that Congress, even sup-
posing any Congress at all to be held, its only
authoritative character, that of its universality—
seeing now, we repeat, that there is to be
110 such Congress as the one proposed by
the
French EMPEROR, the one inevitable
conviction to be arrived at thereupon is—that
there
- must be war. It is the admitted conviction
beforehand of the despotic ruler of the greatest
militAry nation upon the European continent. The
firm
(soar
.has avowed such, quite frankly, to
be his
act
0_
bubtion—he did so, in effect, in the
very European
pean
siovereigitting his alternative to the
the European ns or, in other words, to
Nations and their respectivefence,
civi_ernmento. w
he virtually sub-
mitted to them a
s the alternative—his courtly
letter to the European
Bimpy, Choose for yourselves .Sovereignstn meaning
She
gl nd has chosen.
Curtly, rudely, precipitately.
will have none
of the Congress—she will consent to no attempt
even at a pacific adjustment of long.stataio
more and more hopelessly
and
some of them, of lee,
entangled diffrrerecF. The Italian probiemeeVY
Polish Problem, the Greek Question, the Rom%
Question, the diffioalty alyint Venetia, and th,
difficulty about Sell les wig-Holstein--ail these
things are to be left sill purely to the
Chapter of Accidents. The problems are to