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

DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.....
Lessee, Mr A. Harris.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Mr. W.
J. Florence.
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN- Followed by THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mx.
TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. and Mrs. W. J. Florence.
Christmas After which a Comic Pantomime, WHITTING-
THIS vVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ONCE
Harlequin King Kollywobbol
TOO OFTEN. Herr Reichardt, Herr Formes, Mdlle. and the Genius of Good TON AND HIS CAT; or,
Hum, our. The grotesque opening
Jenny Lauer, and Miss E. Heywood. invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the
After which will be produced, with that attention to corn- Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The
pleteuess in every department by which the Christmas Scehery by Gooames Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
vospislavnotps4afrsds litusmeotr, ?liss Helen Howard ; Princess
Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis-
tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled clercq ; Messrs. Garden,r Cathcart,ecereq
dis&illaellti,nliaLX
HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; inns, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris;
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil
or, Old Mother Hubbard and he; V. onderful Dog. of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;
"If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-
sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will
there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a
claim. take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice.
ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con-
trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter.
The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by
WILLIAM BEVERLEY,
Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c.
Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and
.Desions for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn.
The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr.
J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As-
sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor-
mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H.
Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin-
son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments
by Mr. .11 inckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the
Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process.
The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written
by E. L. BLANCHARD.
And the whole arranged and produced under the imme
diate superintendence of Mr, ROBERT ROXBY.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Solo 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. 11. Lewis.
After which, at 20 minutes past 0, the great Irish Drams
of THE COLLEEN BAWN. illr.D. Bow:can't, Missßanoe,
Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, dm.
Box Office open from 10 till 5.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE,
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
THIS EVENING, A NICE QUIET DAY.
After which (3d time) Offenbach's Opera Buffo, entitled
LE MARIAGE AUX LANTERN ES. Mr. John Morgan,
Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason.
To conclude with THE EARLIEST EDITION OF IL
TROVATORE.
Commence at half-past 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
THIS EVENING, 2d appearance of Young GUNE-
RIUS (Ecuyer Norwegien), who created the greatest sensa-
tion at the Cirque, in Paris, in his original performance, Le
Passage du Pont, and Madame HALVESTON, the most
daring Equestrienne in the World, with their highly-trained
Steeds.
To co .mence with THE COLLEEN BAWN.

Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,

With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the
Distance (Daylight).

" Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard
was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur-
sery Legend.
Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins - Her Dog, Signor
M
Lorenzo ; Jack (the " an all tattered and torn "), Miss
F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins
of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won-
derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master
Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab ; Parish
Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin,
IVhackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the " Maiden
all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. Flow Mother Hubbard has a
certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable
pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat,
and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—
Arrival of the Squire--Proclamation of Witch Burning—
Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own
hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick.
THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL,
in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight.
Miss Lanza,

New and daring Scenes in the Circle by the Great Nor.
wegian Wonders.

Concluding. with the Grand Comic Pantomime of
JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON.

- - -
A MORNING PERFORMANCE on Saturday nexi
at Two o'clock.

Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

CANTERBURY 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—in addition 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 TRAVIATA 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.

Ivies Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammi ton, S tap-.
ley, Harris Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney,
Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel..
ton.

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

Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN.
NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.

The Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora•
tion I ! I

THE 0 X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET,
OPEN EVERY EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK.
Selections alternately from " Ernani," "Lucrezia Borgia,"
"La Circassienne, ' "La Traviata," " Simon Boccanegra,"
&c., by the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus.—Conduc-
tor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Vlotti Collins (the
great English violinist). And other attractive Entertain-
ments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs.
Sam Collins, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster. and W. Randall.
Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6cl.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 54m.—Afternoon, 6h. 16m.
To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. lm.

THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 22, 1862,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

39—highest since noon yesterday.
29—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.49.
WlND—South-Westerly; light, with fine sunshiny
weather.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1862.

Our readers will see that the member for Salford
IMr. 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
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, unoffending per-
sons to be 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-

sores, "and if he saw any object or purpose useful to
themselves, or beneficial to mankind, which could be
evolved from this frightful in tercine war, he should
counsel his countrymen to submit to their priva-
tions, and to allow the war to take its course," bat
he complained that they had gone on 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 tho
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 ingr,titude 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 sotnewhatdifferent
mode in Hungary, of the Catholic clergy, with the
venerable Archbishop at their head, bearding
despotism at Vienna, and going all lengths in
Aynur ofpopular liberties when they were attacked. ,