The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-01 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore,
Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Leelercq.
Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup-
ported by Hermann Vezln, Ryder, Meadows, <W. ; Misses
Heath, Elaworthy, and R. Leclercq.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn." The Adelphi
"Census" every Evening..

THIS EVENING, ad time of a new Farce, entitled A
TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford.
After which (108th-time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.
D. Boucicault, D. eleher, Billinzton, Falconer, Stephenson,
C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss
Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Miss
SUS.
To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CEN
Messrs. J. f.. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith
Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Doors open at half past 6—Commence

CANTERBURY-H ALI, CONCERT S!!
Westminster-roa Orton.
Proprietor ........ C.
A. Grand Selection from Verd" new Opera,
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IL COsARO,
(This opera has never been produced in this or any other
country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de-
cided success which charactise the most popular works of
this great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ;
together with a Selection. from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI-
MENTO, by Donizettl,
Principal AS.
Russell, Madame Maria, Miss
Tyrrell, lair. Ilerbert, Signor Tivoli, 11. Drummond, and
C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A.
B. 11011ingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and
the Brothers Conrad.
John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on
view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the
Establishment.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 29m.—Afternoon, 6h. 58m.
To-MORROW.-Morning, 7h. 28m.—Afternoon, Sh. 4m.

THE WEATHER.—Svx OFFICE, MAY 1, 1561,
_ THERMOMETER, IN THE SHA.DB.
69—highest since noon yesterday.
49—lowest this morning and during the night.
sS—this day at noon.
BA.nolarrnn.-30.38.
WI/in--Westerly—light; with fine, but dull, weather.

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THE SU)*

LONDON, WEDNESD) MAY 1, 1861.

Fuller intelligence 4gthens the probability
of war in earnest
'America. If the PAESI-
DENT'S Messagri rather hesitating in its tone,
there is no 'Mien on the part of any of the
Free St,' The Border States, as might have
been ,eted, either refuse to send their quota of
the PRESIDENT, or remain inactive; but
e Free States more than make up for their failure,
It would seem as if Mr. LINCOLN might have a
militia army—and it will be a militia army on both
sides—of any number that he pleases. Even the
little State of Rhode Island, with a population of
147,000, less than that of many of our towns, offers
1,000 men, the Governor offering to lead them in
person. New York is providing an army of
30,000 ; Pennsylvania, 25,000 ; Ohio, 20,000 ;
indeed, it is stated that 250,000 men could
be raised with ease at a short notice. It may
be said that these men are not regularly trained
soldiers, mere 4th of July men, good only at a de-
monstration ; they are however of the same material
as the army which conquered Mexico so easily was
made of ; and though they would be no match for
the men who fought on either side at the last battles
in Lombardy, neither are their antagonists better
drilled than themselves. The southerns have pro-
bably had much more practice with the revolver,
the rifle, and the bowie knife, as these seem to con-
stitute the bench to which they almost daily appeal
for justice. But the north has vastly the advantage
in artillery, and in the means of manufacturing both
great guns and small arms. Indeed up to the
time of the last advices the south was buying
its weapons from northern manufacturers, and
the sale of them thither had only been
stopped since the attack on Fort Sumpter.
The South must now go to Europe:for them. That
will take time, and possibly they may be captured
on their way by a Northern fleet.
The South responds to all the preparations of the
North, with, considering their population, more
than equal vigour. It must, however, be bornelin
mind that in all slaveholding countries the number
of freemen at disposal for military purposes is
always, in proportion to the entire population
of freemen, large. Labour is dishonourable,
and freemen abound to whom military service is
but a relief from weary idleness or from pressing
want. The Gslf States can extemporise an
army of vagabonds and idlers, who are, because
having to maintain themselves by their wits, not
wanting in the desperate kind of courage which
may make a decent soldier. They have
some military supplies already, and if the contest
be prolonged, will get more by smuggling them
from the North or from Europe.

We do not see, however, what the North can do
more than blockade the ports and hold its Southern
ports as we hold Gibraltar in Spain. For the rea-
eons we have already mentioned, it would be im-
posible for a Northern army to penetrate the interior
of the gulf States—Nature and a deficient population
are against them. A glance at any map will show
how little there is to occupy and hold. Not a great
deal, comparatively, on the coast itself, in the centre
next to nothing. A few ports, amongst which New
Orleans stands conspicuous, might with great effort
be perhaps conquered; they might be with no great
difficulty blockaded—but when that is done it would
be difficult to do more. The worst aspect of the
last move is, that it seems like the beginning of a
war in which, from the nature of the case, neither
patty can so conquer as to compel a peace. They
may wear: each other out by mutual injuries, and
be glad to settle on the basis of mutual indepen-
dence, but the North
cantn:in bir thet
no more hope to conquer
effectually the S ()nth, h
South the North.
At Fort Sumpter the po
prevailing was wickedly thrown Y of peaceful counsels
away. The South
probably wished this. There : a very strong body
of Unionists even in the seceded States,
noisy and furious party who, from the i) and the
have determined to be independent, wanted
to
f'
silence their voice by placing them in a falsepo.-
tion. The South never, ass e must remember, had
the shadow of a legal or even fair cause for seces-
sion ; it had long resolved to keep its man in the
Presidential chair, to rule the whole Union, or to
separate. It will fight, therefore, to the last for
a separate exiitenc.), nor do we see how the largest
Northern army can compel reunion.

Not having made much way with the Govern-
ment in the House of Commons, Sir R. PEEL, aided
by the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, has resolved to try
what a " large and influential meeting" of the
QUEEN'S subjects can do, through her MAJESTY,
to put a stop to"some most cruel religious persccu•