The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-06 00:00:00

Commence at half-past 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Triumphant success of the New Eastern Spectacle and the
wonderful Performing Elephants, pronounced by the Press
and the Public) to be the most sagacious animals ever ex-
hibited.
To-NIGHT THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, with new and
gorgeous scenery, dregaes, and appointments, introducing the
two colossal Asiatic Elephants, whose astonishing feats on
the stage, ft
and aerwards in the circle, have met with the
most unbounded admiration.
To be followed by brilliant and daring feats of Eques-
trianism by the unrivalled Troupe of British and Foreign
Artistes.
The whole concluding with
tag a laughable afterpiece.
Se Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE
ARTS GALLERY.
VICTOR JULIEN, "THE FLYING MAN,"
at half-past Nine.
Last Few Nights of
"THE ENCHANTED HASH "
By Mr. E. Marshall, at a quarter-Past Ten o'clock,
Performed upwards of sixty nights with immense success.
Grand Selection from " La Circassienne, " by Mdlle. Negri,
with Band and full Chorus.
Comic—Mr. Randall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G.
Forde, Mr. Marshall, and Musiiss Harriet Coveney.
Mcal Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, 18.

THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.—
EVERY EVENING.
HENRI and PFAU, in their intrepid Double Feats on the
Flying Trapeze.
Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernani,"
" Macbeth," "II Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas-
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Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and
Chorus--(Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans.) Violin Solos—
Mr.Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac-
tions. The Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs.
Sam Collins, Harvey and French .(the Nerves), Wood and
Son, E. Marshall, and W. RandalL
Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Private Boxes, 108. Bd.
A Grand Morning Entertainment every THURSDAY,
at which HENItI and PFAU and the whole of the Company
appear. Doors open at Two o'clock.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THig DAY.—Monaing, sh. 11m.—Afternoon, sh. 25m.
To-monnow.-Morning, sh. 44m.—Afternoon, 6h. Om.
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THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH. 6, 1862.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.
BARomirrErt-29.87.
WIND—Westerly ; light and variable, with dull weather,

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1862,

The completeness and importance of the Federal
success at Fort Donnelson only appear more clearly
now that we have fuller details. As yet we hear
of no exaggerations in the first statements, and we
are inclined to believe that they may be regarded
as trust-worthy. It will be seen by the accounts
of the attack and defence, which we publish to day,
that the fight was a most severe one ; it will also
be apparent that the long time of inaction has been
not unprofitably spent, for the Federal troops ap-
peared to be well in hand, and the officers to knew
their work. Neither was courage wanting. This
was not an artillery battle, at least on the side of
the Federals. Their gunboats and battalions suffered
apparently much from the powerful artillery of the
fort ; but the chief of the work was done by the
bayonet. The Federals have shown themselves, both
at Fort Donnelson and at Roanoke Island, worthy
of their British descent in their use of this weapon.
At this latter place the Volunteers atoned for the
misbehaviour of their class at Bull's Run ; the Con-
federates had placed a strong force on the island,
and the complete triumph there was in great part
owing to the dash of the Volunteers with the
bayonet.
The position of the Federals has been wonder-
fully changed since the battle of Millspring ; a
writer from America thus deseribee it ;--,• To sum
uP our successes since the 9th of last January—we
have destroyed or taken 25,000 of the enemy, in-
eluding three of their best generals ; we have taken
179 pieces
of cannon, 30,000 muskets, an immense
quantity of material, and great numbers of horses
and cattle ; We have captured or sunk 20 armed
ships ; have taken possession of several towns
in North Carolina ;
we have compelled the enemy
to abandon every place in Kentucky except Colum-
bus, and the whole of Missouri
; we have torn Ten-
nessee from the Confederacy, and have added it to
the Union ; and vie have restored
fromthe trade between
the interior of Secessia Union, as and thea large
lot of tobacco has reached Si, Louis
of the value of 100,000 aca..•
which Alabama
will be good
news to the French. This is a pretty good 40 days'
.;""
work, I think." And, so far as we can „.,
Jge the
Federal troops in Kentucky and Tennessee must
o largely out-number those of the Confederates,
while, as the late battles prove, they are superior
to them in fighting prowess, that we look for a
steady and successful advance of their forces east.
ward from the Mississippi, on the Carolinas and
Virginia, and perhaps southward also, to Memphis
or New Orleans, Columbus, on the Mississippi,
in Kentucky, is said to be strong, and to command
the river, so as to obstruct gunboat expeditions
southward, but it is;now isolated, and it is not likely
that when the Confederates need it they will find it
- a dimeult task to take it.

The question which will now be asked most
anxiously here, is, what will be the effect of Federa'