The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-02 00:00:00

Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton.

Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to COMMenCe at
7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

OUBITT, Mayor.—A PUBLIC MEETING
vi will be ;held on THURSDAY next, January oth, in
the Eoyptian Hall at the Mansion Houmr, to consider the
propriety of inviting contributions for the purpose of erect-
ly; a Lasting 31emorial to his late Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, and to adopt such measures for carrying out the ob-
ject as may then be decided on.
The Right lion the Lord Mayor will take the chair at two
o'cicck precisely.
Mansion House, January 2, 1862.

It OYA L FItINCE S S'S TREATRE.—
Lcskiee, Mr A. Harris.

THIS EVENING, Thursday, Jan. 2, THE CRICKET
ON THE DEARTH. After which will be produced, a
Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled WHITTING-
TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol
and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening
invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the
Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The
Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess
Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq ; Alice, Miss Pauline Le-
clercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast-
ings. Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Barris;
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Ilaslem, (pupil
of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;
Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; l'antaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-
bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will
take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice.

E W THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.--••
11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama,
entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA :
Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip,, Jamison, Smith,
Stephenson, Romer. Lewis; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar-
ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis.

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After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Drama
of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.D. Boucicault, Missßanoe,
Mr. 'Fisher, Miss Woolgar, dzc.
Box Office open from 10 till 5.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE,
Dean-street Oxford-street.

Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albin a di Rhona,

.....
'THIS EVENING, A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS';
characters by Mr. Sinclair, Mesas. Clifford and Terry. After
which, CAMELIA ; Camelia, Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. Fol-
lowed by a New Operatic Burlesque, entitled THE VERY
LATEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE ; or, Who
Killed the —; Messrs. Graham, Robins, James, Warren,
W. Worboys ; Mesds. Mason, Craven, and Hodson. To
con lude with new and orivinal Farce, A NICE QUIET
DAY.—Commence at half-past 7.

C ANTERBU RY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
Triumphant Success of Mr. Marshall's Grand Christmas
Entertainment, "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND
EDlTlON)—Wonderful Transformations—Every Evening
at a quarter-past ten—ill sddition to the following Comic
talent Mr. Frederick-French, the great Shakesperian Bur-
lesque Vocalist, Mr. Wood and Son, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss
Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene.
Grand Selections from
LA TR AVIATA and TROVATORE,
at ten o'clock,
By Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and full Chorus.
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is.

CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN,
" THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past
Nine o'clock.

T HE O X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET,
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
Grand Selections from " ERNANI," "Macbeth," and
"La Circnssienne," by Mad'ime Enderssohn, Miss Ernst,
and Miss Russell ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and
C. Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F.
Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English
violinist). And other Vocal and Instrumental Entertain-
ments, the Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mar-
shall, M. P. Foster, W. Randall. and Miss Harriet Coveney.'
Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TRIs DAY.—Morning, 2h. 57m.—Afternoon, 3h. 20m.
To-MORROW. -Morning, 3b. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. 2m.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 2, 1862.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
37—highest since noon yesterday.
32—lowest this morning and during the night.
37—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.45; rising again.
WlND—North-Easterly; rather fresh, with cloudy
weather.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1862.

The Federals tell the world that their army is
going Sleuth to liberate the Union sentiment there
from its repression by mere selfish politicians; they
are going there to free respectable, intelligent,
moderate men from the bondage of Secession, to em-
power them to speak out freely, and to act, on their
attachment to the Union. It might well be wished,
however, that an army, or some other means, could
liberate the intelligence and the moderate sentiment
of the North. Whatever may be the case in the
South, it is quite certain that in the North the
merely physical 'wealth of large numbers of the
people ensures a correspondingly large amount of
education and caution, and indisposition to extreme
measures. We much question if the inhabitants of
the North possessing from £5OO a year, perhaps
from £2OO a year and upwards to the millionnaire,
could ballot freely their opinions on the present
state of things, whether they would not promptly
dismiss the vast and ruinously costly army, make
terms with the Border States, be content with the
separation which has been de facto accomplished,
and return but too gladly to peace and its welcome
gains. That all this portion of the inhabitants,
freed from mob surveillance, would scout the
thought of sustaining Captain WILKES, and would
repudiate war with America's best customer, there
can be no doubt whatever. Indeed we have little
doubt that even the pert Mr. SEWARD himself,
not to speak of the President, left to his
own better judgment, would be a very
different man. As, however, we know of
no feasible means of liberating the men of sense
in the North from the mastery of the multitude,
we have nothing for it but to deal with those whom
we find in power there.

Happily for the interests of peace, even the mul-
titude itself can be frightened enough when it sees
danger at the door. It was all very well to require
their Government to insult Great Britain to the
uttermost while it was seen that Great Britain sub-
mitted rather than fight. It was something dif-
ferent when the British Lion actually showed his
teeth. The American many had not intended to
fight England, especially with the South on hand,
it only meant to have the pleasure of bullying to
the very verge of war, just to show what spirited
fellows they were at squaring and threatening
while no danger was imminent of their
being taken in earnest, and receiving a
first blow. The fuller accounts of this morning
all corroborate the impression that the North is
frightened at the idea of a war with England. Of
course no one says so. Of course the Federal
Government did not deliver up the Commissieners
on receipt of the intelligence from England. It lost
the grand chance of surrendering them with credit
when it did not embrace the first opportunity of dis-
owning the act of Capt. WILKES. It will now hang
back probably to the last; it will cover its retreat
in the most plausible way it can. It may prompt
a decision of the Supreme Court in our favour
after laying our demands before it ; or it may try
a little more flattering of France, and make a merit
of listening to the advice of a friendly Power while
retaining its own opinion. We have no doubt that
the surrender will he made as ingeniously, and per-
haps as haughtily as possible ; that it will be done
we may be pretty sure, but done in the worst
possible taste.
As Lord LYONS had not on the 20th delivered
his despatches, but must have delivered them by
the 23d, we cannot with any certainty expect that
the answer would be given to him before the 30th,
which of course points to about the 10th instant
as the earliest date on which we are likely to
hear its purport. The Cabinet has had time, if
it choose to use it, to do the thing handsomely.
For several days it knew the decision of the Eng-
lish Government ; it even knew unofficially from
Lord LYONS two days before the Africa passed
Cape Race, the exact terms of the demand ; but as
no telegram from thence was brought by the
Africa, it seems next to certain that the Cabinet
meant to hold o,tt till the last. This accords best,
perhaps, with Northern notions of dignity, and