The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

OPENING NIGHT, Dec. 23.

• .. For full particulars of amusements see first page.
ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
This Evening, Balfe's popular Opera of THE ROSE OF
CASTILL E.

Commence at 8.

TIIEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
This Evening, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. After which,
OL R AMERICAN COUSIN. With DUCK HUNTING.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST,
Commence at 7.

NEW TH.EATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Thl.4 Evening, THE GREEN RUSHES. Followed by
A TICKET OF LEAVE.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
This F,venincr, LOVE V. LAW. After which, THE
TRIPLE ALLIANCE. To conclude with RAISING THE
WIND.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
This Evening, IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWAS IN THE
PAPERS. Followed by PEEP O'DAY. To conclude with
KILLAttNEY,

Commence at 7.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay-
market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing.

CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING.—
Grand Selections from Verdi's "Boccanegra." M Warren's
Cantata "May Day," and Locke's Music of "Macbeth."—
The Etoile Family —Unsworth, Eugene, and Duley, &c.
Commence at 7.

THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY
EVENING.—Re-appearance of tinsworth, the orizinal of
"Or any other man' -The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline
Parkes—Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment - Drew Dean, the
meat Flautist—the Neapolitan Minstrels—Selections from.
Yerdi's " It Corsaro" and "Nabnco," Donizetti's "Don Se-
bastien," &c., with full band and chorus.

Commence at 7.

THIS NEWSPAPER,
“THE SUN,"

Was on Thursday last, in pursuance of a decree of the
Lord Chancellor, in the cause " Chaplin v. Young,"
put up for sale by auction, by Messrs. E. and H.
Lumley, at the Auction Matt, London, when
the highest bidding for the copyright and good-
will and the leasehold premises, in addition to
11,420, the valuation of the plant, machinery,
furniture, and effects, was the sum of
£l,OOO by Mr. Kent, the principal editor of the
newspaper, and who became the purchaser thereof,
subject to the biddings being opened on or before
the 15th inst. by an increase of the price.

ADAM RIVERS STEELE, Solicitor,
44, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C.

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TIE SUS.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1862.

We are wise, assuredly, in taking our own course,
and leaving our touchy cousins across the Atlantic
to blame or praise at their pleasure. Between

France and America it was not for us to exemplify

for the thousandth time the fable of the old man
and his ass; and it is well for our national dig-

pity that such has been our temper. We have

had the misfortune not to please our distinguished
ally near us, who accordingly posted his own good

deeds, in which heartless Albion had refused to

join, in the Monzteur, and told all Europe of the
magnanimity of France and the chilly selfishness

of England and Russia. So France was not
pleased with us. And now we find, when the
account of the whole affair reaches America, the
Federals also are far from pleased. Probably our
doing the demonstratably right thing annoyed

taem most of all. To know we are right, while

they rack invention to find cause of blame, is, pos-
sibly, the galling thing.

What they would have said had we accepted the
proposal of France we may easily conjecture. It is,
indeed, amusing to notice how the New York press
continues to put the best aspect on the matter for

Franc;,, and the worst for England, while yet the
offensive proposal originates with the former coun-
try. It will be remembered that the EMPEROR
Proposed an armistice for six months, to be pro-
longed if required; it is impossible for the
Federals not to perceive that the proposal
wan about equivalent to acknowledging the
independence of the South, yet how mildly it
is dealt with. The New York Times says:—" The
fact that it is the Minister DROUYN DE LHUYS,
SO recently taking his place in the EMPEROR'S
Cabinet, that initiates this movement, is significant,
almost sinister, as indicating the willingness of the
French Government to interpose its influence to
atop the war at a moment when all the advantages
in a military aspect are in favour of the Union—
when its armies are largest and most efficient, and
prepared to give the finishing blow to the rebel-
lion. This disclosure is not in accordance with con-
current testimony from France during the war
and Up to tbg present time. We had been led very
'''ner4ll7s to believe that no Government in Europe
vat, more firmly fixed in the view of the utter
inen 1- rO.lO,
of meddling with the American rebellion
than that
Of the French."
When, how
in the basinerer, it comes to the English share
",notwithstanding we had declined
to share in 9, proposal SO obviously intended to
erve the South,
Northern paper can find room
for such snarling as this
t—" In view of the fact
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'that English Ministers
hold the opinion that the
American Union is a nuisance
which ought to be
:abated, the nature of the ballot on our destiny, if
.once placed in their hands, will not be doubted ;
while the offer of the South to both England and
France of perfect free trade on the recognition of
its independence would hardly leave the latter a
wholly disinterested umpire," The writer goes on,
actually attempting to prove that England Was
really thinking of forcible intervention. The logic
is curious. We assigned, amongst other reasons
for not offering mdiction,
e the holding
back of
Russia. Tire natural supposition that the concur
rence of three first-class Powers in any recom
mention would have more wet than the con
currence of two and the dissent of
one, would o
course be the first to occur. It will hardly be
cadited that it is used an a proof that England
contemplated resort to physical force!
"The reply of Earl RUSSELL to the circular of
DROUYN DE LII.UYS discloses more than at first
strikes one. lie declines to join the French o°' I