The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-05 00:00:00

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Ii,()YAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manazer--Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVEN, N(+, the nertornotncee will commence with
THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. Walter Lacy
and Mrs. St. Henry.

Alter which, at a quarter to Eight (23d time) the new
and original Drama, entitled PEEP 0' DAY ; or, Savourneen
Deelsh. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles
S-lby, Edmun i Falconer ; Mes. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
Weston.

To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in
which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer
Step.
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Acting Manager—lir. F. B. Chs.tterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence al
7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

_ROYAL PR I NCE SS'S THEATRE.--
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
T!I IS EVENING, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND-
SOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Ryder (his Bth appearance in
that character.) Messrs. G. Jordan, H. Widdicomb, &e.
To conclude with BLUE JACKETS.

' ENV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER.
Dlr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar.
Ai ter which, the new drama, entitled THE OCTOROON;
or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ; written by the author of "The
Colleen Baum." Mr. George Jamison, from the Winter-
garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea-
tres ' • and Miss Denvil, from the lyceum. Tho other prin-
cipal characters in he drama will be performed by Messrs.
Emery, Stephenson Killington, Paul Bedford, Romer. Mrs.
Millington. Mrs. Marston, &c., &c. Entirely new scenery by
tessrs. Dalby and Thompson.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole,
Aliss K. Kelly, dm
Doors oven 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.
After which, Mdlle. di Rhona will appear in CAMELIA,
and Dance two National Dances.
After which, BAMBOOZLING.
To conclude with LES PIERROTS.
Box-office open from 11 to 4.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at Seven.

C INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.

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

Grand Selections from
STRADELLA and LA PRA VIATA,
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 N'rench (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and
his ta!ented son. the best negro delineators of the day ;
and Miss Harriet Coveney .
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is.

T HE 0 X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
EVERY EVENING.

Selections from "LA CIRCASSIENNE," " Simon Rocca-
ricgra," and "Ernani," by Miss Russell and Miss Ernst;
Messrs. Albert (his first appearance), Morley Greville, &c.
Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglimans.—
Belle's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E ders-
sohn (composed expressly for them). And Varied Comic
Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran-
dal., Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Msrshall, and
SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private
Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, 313. 50m.—Afternoon, 4h. sm.
To-Monnow.-Morning, h. 38m.—Afternoon, sh. sm.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 5, 1861.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
41—'4ighest-sinee noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
40—this day at noon.

Benoaurrma-29.80 ; falling.
WlND—North-Westerly ; light, with fine weather now,
but cold. Some rain in the night.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1861.

We are not likely to want opinions respecting
the American outrage. Just at this moment we
have three before us from persons all of whom
are entitled to a hearing. Our great popular
orator speaks for the peace party at Rochdale ;
at Ashton-under-Lyne, the Hon. JOSEPH HOME,
Prime Minister of Nova Scotia, speaks for the
North American colonies ; and at Paris, the veteran
General SCOTT speaks for his Government and his

country.
What would be the object of Mr. BRIGHT'S
eloquence we knew of course before. The great
pecce orator has long taken under his wing the
quarrelsome people of the late United States,
and he would make out a case for
them, which, while we listened to it, should
seem a most magnificent one. Indeed it
would not be easy to exaggerate the material ad-
vances made by our Transatlantic descendants since
the period of their separation from us. But even
Mr. I3Rlcllr is compelled to own that their slavery
is an affair as dark morally as physically—the only
thing he can say is, that it was inherited from us.
A view in which there might be something, if we
persisted in it ourselves, or if we prostituted our flag
to the slave trade. Since, however, we—an aristo-
cracy, and a monarchy—have repented in the face
of the whole world, we cannot see how a republic
which inserts in its fundamental document that
" all men are born free and equal" can taunt us
with our example. We may say to them as AM-
BROSE did to THEODOSIUS, when the latter pleaded
the example of DAVID,—" imitate then our repent-
ance also." •

Mr. BRIGHT takes pains to show that the South
had a bad cause at the beginning, which, we sup-
pose, no one will deny. Nor will be admit that the
South, which enjoyed an over-representation in
Congress, had as good a right to rebel as our un-
represented thirteen colonies had against the at-
tempt to tax them. The simple truth is, that the
South willingly paid tribute to the North, in the
shape of very high protectionist duties, for being
allowed to name the Executive Government and
the judges of the Supreme Court, and also to enact
fegitiye slave laws. That is, the North sold their
own position and the freedom of 4,000,000 coloured
Amelicans for the thirty pieces of silver offered
them by Southern politicians.
Mr. BRIGHT counsels a neutrality like that we
observed towards Italy—a neutrality with sympathy
for the North. Now this was just the feeling with
which the war began. Few Englishmen could be
found who were not heart and soul with the
North, believing it to be a war of freedom, and
not doubting that the North, with its vast re-
sources, would make short work of it. But how
is it that all this sympathy has so completely sub
sided. Mr. lIomE, from Nova Scotia, can tell us ;
for though close at hand there, and seeing the rising
population every 4th of July taught hatred to Eng-
land, in that colony, when they heard of the affair
at Fort Sumpter, " there was," he says, "no
triumphing, but they felt sad and sorry, and passed
auresolution to the following effect :—That the
Rowse of Assembly of Nova Scotia has heard with
great sorrow and regret of the outbreak of civil
war au„,vs...
their friends and neighbours in the