The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the management of Miss L. Fyne and ffr.W. Harrison •
THIS EVENING, DINORA H. Messrs. Santley, 11
CorH, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Th,sl-
- and Sties Louisa Pyue.

Conductor, Alfred Mellon.

Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne
F. Payne, Mdlle. Lcquine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan
and dons. Vandri.
Door.) open at 11.11 t-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock.

TILEATR-E-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
I.i.;;:et!, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

'1'(1 IS F. ri,::;1 7;1: t.lu perlormatieeft will cornmenee with
A. BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
3lathews.
Foltqwed by a new Comedietla, entitled THE LATE

LAMENTED:
And THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
Commence 141.7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris..
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder,
Meadows, Shore; Miss Wadham and Mrs. C. Young.
After which, a new farce. in one act, entitled NURSEY
CHICKWEED. Messrs. Widdicomb, Meadows, 11. Saker ;
Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston.
To be followed by THE MASTER PASSION. Messrs.
Ryder, G. Melville, Graham, R. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C.
Lec ercq and Mrs. Charles Younc;.

MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.

THTS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs
B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart,
Billint-4-ton, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar,
and Miss K. Kelly.
Followed by the successful niece of extravagance, called
DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly.

Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
°Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.—SoIe Lessee
and Directress, Madame Celeste.—The Public is re-
speztf ully informed this Theatre will OPEN for the Winter
Season on MONDAY, Nor. 28, with a new and original
Drama Fantastique, written by a popular author, entitled
PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Full
particulars will be duly announced.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING, a new Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or,
Living for Appearances. Messrs. R. Robins, Barrett,
Charles Young ; Mcsdau.es Frank Matthews, Murray, and
Kelly Moore.
After which, the new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis,
Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps
de Ballet.
To conclude with A DEAD SHOT.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, id ; Pit, ls. The Box-ofEee open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ante commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee ..Mr. William Cooke.

Continued successful cazeer of the new Drama, by Tom
Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the principal
events in the Life of the Great Italian General. Supported
by a Powerful Company, including the fallowing popular
favourites :—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis J3elmore, Raymond, Miss
Kate Carson, &c. - Great Dramatic Tableux—Full Stud of
Trained Horses—Scenes in the Circle by the Star Equestrians
of Europe, John Henry Cooke, Madlie. Marguerite„ Miss
Rosina, and the world's wonder, Little Menoni, also, the
Extraordinary Performing* Elephant—Clowns, 11. Croueste,
Rowella, French Pierrots, Gymnasts and Acrobats innumer-
able, concluding with the exceedingly laughable Comic Ballet
called LOVE'S VAGARIES.
Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs). _ _

And a Grand Seeetion from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAII.

Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georze Fro Non (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchtield, and E. W. Mackney.
- •

Several interestin.,,r Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
Bights of the metropolis.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 26.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
46—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
55—this day at noon.
BARO3fETER-29.78—falling.
WIND, South-Westerly; light, with mild weather, and
some slight rain.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, 2h. Wm.—Afternoon, 2h. 56m.
To-moiutow.-Morning, Ent. IGm.—Afternoon, 3h. 3Gm.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 2G, 1859.

THE CONGRESS.
" To be or not to be—that is the question ?"
Taking the above for consideration we may well
ask—

Who can decide when Doctors disagree

We shall not pretend to decide a matter so full of
consequence to Italy. But we may ask where is
the use of a Congress if the Emperor of the FRENCII
is to prejudge the question of Italian Nationality ?
He affects great concern, to cover his wounded
pride, and mask his discomfited ambition, at the very
idea of the Italians daring to think for themselves.
How could he pretend to know better than themselves
what is best for their comfort and eventual inde-
pendence than those who are to profit by the result ?
NAPOLEON is Emperor by the free election of the
French people as the story runs. But if he had
not amassed a very immense army to control and
overawe these loyal people where would have been
his chance of the Imperial Diadem ? Has he not

avowed that the Empire is peace, and yet to prove
its fallacy he rushes into an Italian war,
which in his terror, be it real or assumed, he hastens
to bring to a sudden close, like the boy who climbed
the tree, but who hurried away with his pockets
half full for fear of being caught, and so lose the
pleasure of the spoil he had already achieved by
stealth. That is the parallel of the broken-down
Italian campaign. The bubble had just burst in
the very act of victory being thoroughly achieved,
and Italy being freed from the Alps to the Adriatic.
Well might the heroic French soldier exclaim—
" 0, what a falling of was there, my countrymen
Then you, and I, and all of us fell down,
To please a tyrant in his mad revenge : "

And yet NAPOLEON will have a Congress assem-
bled to whitewash his folly. Of course, he has
made sure of Austria for the sake of the expelled cr
runaway tyrannical Dukes. But will England,
will Russia, will Prussia, and other independent
German States submit to the ignominy of recording
or registering the precipitate folly—the presumptu-
ous assurance of the Imperial Despots at Villa-
franca ? Never !we trust. Much as we dislike the
horrors of war, it were far better to have war to
the top of its bent than to be fooled by securing the
idea of peace by humbling our character to the
meanness of accepting such preposterous terms.
The French idea of a Congress is merely to gain
time for being better prepared for ulterior pur-
poses. The war of Spain against Morocco is but
a pretext of France to seize on Ceuta, Tangiers,
and all the coast of Africa opposite Gibraltar,
in order that NAPOLEON may endeavour to
command the passage into the Mediterranean.
But before he attains that object so dear to his am-
bition he will command the Straits of Dover, first,
by :capturing the Castle of C.EsAlt and anchor
his fleet in the Downs ! What would he be at
Does he purpc se to throw the fame of his great
uncle into tLe shale now that his own evil star is

for a brief tii ne in the ascendant ? Let him take

heed in the d.tring of his revenge lest he lose more
by the attempt; than he can hope to gain by
the peril of the 'venture. Let him remember that
life is but a span, and that his career, however ap-
parently for the moment, is but as a rocket
which blazes the brighter as it ascends—only to
fall the morel .apidlr to its doom.

The followii lg are opinions of some of our conton-
poraries on tho j orecious Congress

'l.oift the Norniiv Post.)

The pre ilmin arics which the English Government
have cons iderf .d necessary previous to the. assem-