The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

RO YAL ENGLISH OPERA,
CO VENT GARDEN.
Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm.

Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER.
Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, A. St.
Albyn, Corti, G. Honey, Patey, Lys.ll, W allworth, T. Distin,
E. Dussek, and W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
To conclude with THE TOY MAKER. Mr. 11. Haigh,
G. Pyne; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall,
Commence at Seven o'clock

The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for
booking, or fees to Box-keepers.

11 it EA TM. ItO YAL, HAYMARKET,
9 Lessee, Mr. J. B. Burestone.
THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord
Dunrircary, Mr. &Ahern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs.
C. Young, dm
Atter which, MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Mr. Howe, Mr.
Sotheran, Miss Oliver, &c.
To be followed by BOX AND COX.
To con Jude with FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton and
Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam.

Commence a 7

LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer.

PirTS EVE-Pl.( the nert ortnanoes will commence with
THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lacy
and Mrs. St. Henry.
After which, at a quarter to Eight (31st time) the new
and original Drama, entitled PEEP 0' DAY ; or, Savourneen
Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles
Selby, Edmun Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
Weston.

To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in
' which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer
Step.

Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. cmtterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commenoe at
9. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

EW THRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.--
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Great Attraction for the Cattle Show Week.—Mr. and Mrs
Dion Boue!cault in two pieces.

THIS EVENING, commencing at 7, the great American
drama of TIII4I OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA
Mr. and Mrs. Dion Poucicault, Messrs. Billington, Emery,;
Phillip-, Jamison, Stephenson, Smith, Romer. Lewis. Mrs.
P.illinf,,ton. Mrs. H. Marston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer,
and Mrs. IL Lewis.

At 20 minutes past 9 o'clock the great Irish drama, TETE
cold, KEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault, Mr. Fisher,
Mr.' Emery, Mr. Billington, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington,
Mrs. 11. Lewis.
Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona.
THIS EVENING, to commence with THE GOVERNOR'S
WIFE.
Followed by CAMELIA. Camelia, Mdlle. di Rhona.
After which, BAMBOOZLING.
To conclude with L'ECOSSAISE, by Mdlle. di Rhona.
Box-office open from 11 to 4.
Doors open at 7—Commence at half-past 7.

C INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.

MR SAM COWELL at Eleven o'clock in several favou-
rite Songs, including " THE HOUSE THAT JACK
BUILT."

Grand Selections from
STRADELLA and LA TRAVIATA,

By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli,
with a powerful Chorus.
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The Comic department :—Mr. Sam Cowell ; Mr. Marshall,
in his new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;"
Messrs. Harvey and French (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and
his talented son, the best negro delineators of the day ;
and Miss Harriet Coveney .

Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls.

II H E OXFORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET.

EVERY EVENING.

Selections from "LA CIRCASSIENNE," "Simon Boom-
mgra," and " Ernani," by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, and
Madame Enderssohn; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene,
and Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F.
Jonghmans. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and
Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). And
Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney,
Messrs. W. Randall, Sam Collins, Harvey and French
(The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d. ;
Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes. 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Moraingl h, m.—Afternoon, 12h.' Sm.
To-Moßßow. -Morning, 12h. 32m.—Afternoon, 12h. 54m.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 14, 1861.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
51-74ighest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this morning and during the night.
46—thisfday at noon.

BARoaeETEn-30.05; rising.
WlND—South-Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1861.

Mr. THURLOW WEED not having been taken
out of a British Mail Packet by the Sumpter
or the Nashville, has arrived here safely, and sits
down comfortably in his hotel to write his
letter to a contemporary. He begins with candour,
at the expense, he tells us, of his patriotism ; we
were certainly not aware before, that candour to-
wards an offending nation was want of patriotism to-
wards our own. Probably, however, Mr. WEED ac-
cepts that favourite transatlantic motto—" our coun-
try right or wrong." His candid though unpatriotic
confession is that the crack case of the Americans
—the seizure of Mr. LAURENS—must be given up
and that " the bottom has fallen out of our strongest
precedent."
What, however, Mr. WEED is chiefly coneerned
about, is the, to him, unaccountable notion that
Mr. SEWARD could have been thought by English-

men hostile to their country, or that the American
Government generally had a similar feeling. How
can we have been so mistaken ? He refers to the
story of Mr. SEWARD'S remark to the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE, that he expected soon to be in high office,
and if he were, he must insult England. We con-
fess we had looked on the story as gossip, it might
be true or might be false, but we did not consider
it evidence against Mr. SEWARD. After Mr. WEED'S
remarks probably most persons will add it to
the rest. A gentleman who was in
a position to know about all such gossip
does not contradict it, speaks of it as an
alleged conversation, and excuses it as badinage,
well understood by an American, and meaning
nothing. Mr. WEED is again so unpatriotic as
not to shrink from censuring the rude remark, from
a man in SEWARD'S position, as highly offensive.
Englishmen will, however, be unable to gef rid of
the impression of a proverb current enough in their
own country respecting the truth of words spoken
in jest. When the subsequent acts of the jester
accord with his jesting language, it is impossible
not to perceive that the ruling passion suggested
the man's jests.

Mr. Titus,Low WEED seems to overlook the
more serious part of Mr. SEWARD'S behaviour: We
can understand that Mr. SEWARD, in honest
ridicule of the sovereign mob, if he had dared to
satirize his patrons, might have pictured them as
blind and silly enough to demand such a feat of
bullying from him, although a gentleman would
not have selected insults to his guests, as jokes on
his own mob masters. That, however, might pass,
it being acknowledged that a spice of rudeness
seasons the humour to American taste. None of
these excuses apply, however, to Mr.
',AWARD'S de-
liberate speeches, letters, or acts; and Mr. WEED
cannot deny that these have seemed designed to
irritate us to the uttermost, if we did not consider
it beneath us to be irritated by such a man. His
celebrated speech referring to Canada as the apprc..
priato compensation for Southern losses, his
circular urging on the Governors of the States
the fortification of the sea coasts and lakes,
and his treatment of the Southern Commissioners
after they had been taken out of an English vessel,
all cohere so well with a malicious purpose behind
the joke, that we can hardly doubt that that and other
things which might be mentioned originate from one
motive—the desire to be strong with the American
mob, by going as far as he dare with England.
English feelings towards Mr. SEWARD, and, in
a measure towards the whole Government of which
ho is a prominent member, has changed much
as it has done in regard to the whole Northern
party, Mr. SEWARD was long looked on here as