The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

Commence At Seven.

T R 12; IcUYAL. HAYMARKET,
Mr. J. B. Backatc..-ae.
T Il!S EVENING to commence with THE HONEYMOON.
Juliana, Miss Jane Coombs; Jacques, Mr. Buckstonc.
Atter which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE
IsS 3ILTEFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle-
quin and old DaddyLonglegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le-
clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine.
COMM oleo a 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
"" Manac2,-er---Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, Jan, 22, the new and original Drama,
entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Dcelish. Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal-
coner Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara Weston.
Atter which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza,
entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, 'I h 3 Fairies of
the Rose the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charm-
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Ira. cThhaos,pi, Selby, s 0
n. Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chitter ion.
Prices as usual. D
Box office open daloloyrafrOopem
6, to commence at 4

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THE SUN.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1862.

Our readers will see that the member for Salford
Mr. MASSEY,—though he professes to know no Go-
vernment secrets—has made no secret of his own
opinions respecting the serious question of the
American blockade of the Southern ports. "It
had been so done," he said, " that, according to
the law of nations, there had never been an
efficient blockade, and it had only been recog-
nised at all through the courtesy and forbearance
of the maritime States. We had submitted to be
deprived of the staple material of our industry,
rather than construe too strictly the question of com-
pliance with the law of nations. Both ourselves
and the French had suffered, and he feared were
destined to suffer still more, from the blockade."
He adverted to the notoriety of the French re-
monstrances with our Government against the in_
effective blockade, and the resistance of our Govern-
ment to them, from willingness to err on the side of
what was strictly right and just—but he somewhat
indignantly asked how much longer was
that to last ? Was this inefficient and paper
' blockade to be eternally respected ? Were
we to submit to be starved ? Were we
to expect our great neighbour, France, to
submit to be starved ? Were we, in this year of 1
1862, for the sake of favouring a ferocious and
frantic civil war, to allow the great ports of com-
merce to be closed, all the operations of trade to be
suspended, credit to be deranged, uneffending per-
sons to he subjected to unparalleled privations, and
many of our poorer countrymen absolutely to be
reduced to penury and starvation?
Mr. MASSEY did not counsel precipitate mea-
sures, "and if he saw any cbject or purpose useful to
themselves, or beneficial to mankind, which could be
evolved from this frightful in fereine war, he should
counsel his countrymen to submit to their priva-
tions, and to allow the war to take its course," bat
ho complained that they had gone do from bad to
worse. From illegal blockade they had advanced to
the destruction of harbours, and even if they had not
succeeded at Charleston entirely, there was no
doubt of the avowed intention of the commander
who had charge of the nefarious undertaking ;
and , if the:statement of Commander DAVIS was
true, coupled with the other facts that the
blockade was inefficient, and was likely to last
for an indefinite period, then, speaking in the
interests of peace, and desiring the freedom
of commerce, he declared that for the sake
of humanity—for the sake of the interest '
of the civilised world—for the sake of the people
themselves who were involved in this mad,
and hopeless, and aimless contest—that it was the
duty of the great maritime Powers to consider
whether the time had not come, by mediation and
by friendly interposition, to endeavour to put an
end to this state of affairs. That was his opinion,
and that was the policy he meant to support in the
House of Commons."

We may rest assured that this session will not
show the same tenderness for Yankee sensitiveness
as was done last year. America will hear some
very necessary truths from the English House of
Commons.

Certain well-known Irish dignitaries of the
Roman Catholic Church will do well to study the
pastoral of one of their order which has just arrived
from Canada. It impressively reminds Englishmen
that disloyalty and ingratitude for political blessings
are not a necessary adjunct of the Religion which
owns the POPE as its head. We have seen, indeed,
some noble exemplifications in a somewhat different
mode in Hungery, of the Catholic clergy, with the
venerable Archbishop at their head, bearding
despotism at Vienna, and going all lengths in
favour ofpopular liberties when they were attacked.