The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-24 00:00:00

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ESTABLISHED 1842.
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PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Man&ger, Mr. Vining.
Tins EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which, at 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of Loner n Life: Mr. Vini
J.
MG. Shore,
r. Walter
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, .
Maclean, Holston; Miss Trissy Marston and Miss Rose Leclercq.
Concluding with MASTEtt JONES'S BIRTHDAY.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, THE MARRIED RAKE. After which, at 7.45,
'MACBETH. To conclude with THE LYCEUM REVELS.
Messrs. Fairclough, Lawlor, Marston, Neville, Addison, Terry,
Templeton, Travers, Anderson, Clifford, Evans, &c.; Mrs. Sid-
ney, Miss C. Parkes, Mrs. Vandenhoff, Aliss Addison, Minnie
Sidney, Annie Goodall, &c.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIB EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Harcourt; Miss E. Balton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH
OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, Ja MARRIAGE
Fentou ; ‘riesdames Maria
Longmore, Newton, B. Goodall. AT ANY PRICE.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manager, Mr. IV. H. Liston.
Tuts EVENING, at 7, THE TROBADOUR: Mr. L. Brough and
Miss Montague. And THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs.
Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, -Wyndham, Clayton, and S. Emory;
Mesdames Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs.
TRIS EVENING, at 7, MISCHIEF MAKING: Messrs. Drew,
Howard; Mesdames Turner and Challis. At 8, BLOW FOR
BLOW: Messrs. Honey, Cowper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and
Parselle; Mesdames Foote, VsTeathersby, and Rignold.

ROYALTY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, MARRIED DAUGHTERS: Messrs.
Day, Russell, and Dewar; Mesdames Thompson, Bromley,
and M. Oliver. After which, THE RISE AND FALL OF
RICHARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar,
Mr. Danvers; Miss Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con-
clude with THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
Under the Management of 31iss Marie Wilton.
Tuts EVENING, ATCIII! Messrs. Blakeley and Montague;
Misses Addison and A. Wilton. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs.
J. Clarke, Mare, IL J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and
Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss C. Addison.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. At 7.45,
LAND RATS AND WATER RATS: Mavis. Mr. Creswiek;
Jonas, Mr. Shepherl ; Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Vollaire, W. Crosby,
NI at. Robson; Miss Pauneefort, Miss Elizabeth Webster, Miss E.
Leonard. With TURN 11131 OUT.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN.
Tilts EVENING, Frank Pastor, the Champion American Eques•
trian; M. Napoli, M. Lozada, and Almonti and Delevanti. Onra,
who eclipses Leotard. amwell's wonderful Performing Dogs,
Alfred Bradbury; Mdlle. Montero, &e. Commence at 7.30.

AGRICULTURAL HALL, IsLINGToN.—FAIRY PALACE
CONCERTS, Every Evening, at 8.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8, all the year round.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS,
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children
under twelve, 6d.

LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1868.

It would be impossible for any Minister to receive
a more friendly and cordial welcome from the

people of another country than that which has been
so readily and frankly accorded to Mr. RFVERDY
JOHNSON. The spontaneous ebullition of feeling
on the part of all classes and parties among which
the American Representative has mixed since his
arrival must have tffordcd him the most conclusive
evidence of the hearty goodwill and interest felt by

Englishmen with regard to his countrymen and
their institutions. Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON, it is

true, brought with him a great reputation for abi-
lity, for eloquence, for political and professional
achievement, as well as for unimpeachable integrity
and high-mindedness ; still the fact of his character
being so well known by Englishmen shows how
closely they have studied the daily records of Ame-
rican life. The irritation and mutual suspicion
which prevailed at the time of the war has died out
with marvellous rapidity. The Atlantic Telegraph
has done much to bring the two great nations into
closer relations, to awaken sympathies, to remove
petty causes of misunderstanding, and to keep up
that constant intercourse which forms the most
powerful safeguard against rancour or reckless
quarrels. A mist of prejudice formerly obscured
the vision of the two nations, and distorted the
Englishman's view of America and the American's
view of England. Each side accepted the faults or
extravagances of the other as samples of their na-
tional character without looking for the sterling worth
and kindly feeling which existed in the background.
Owing, perhaps, to his proverbial love of grumbling
the Anglo-Saxon is not given to making the most of
himself, and in spite of the American's habit of
boasting he is most likely to show his worst side
foremost. In this respect English and Americans

are very different from the gracious and plausible
people of some continental nations, whose profes-
sions exceed their practice. Now that matters are
put on a better footing between the two peoples
they are able to discover not only each other's good
qualities, but the strong sympathy and mutual in-
terest which exist betweon them. The spectres con-
jured up by interested agitators who wished to make
political capital for themselves out of public excite-
ment, or by those orators and politicians who
are never so pleased as when they are
indulging in gloomy anticipations and
sinister auguries, are fast vanishing, and the
entente cordiale between England and America pro-
mises to become something better and sounder than
a good diplomatic understanding between govern-
ments—a union founded on the sympathies and
convictions of the people.
No Minister could have been more happily
chosen to foster this favourable state of things
than the new diplomatic representative who has
come across to us from Washington. Mr. ADAMS,
no doubt, understood and appreciated England, and
was anxious to promote mutual goodwill, but Mr.
ADAMS had filled his post through all the long and
trying changes of the war, and was naturally
associated with the angry feelings and mutual irri-
tations of the time. A fresh arrival seemed to
break the spell, and both sides spontaneously laid
aside the former doubts and suspicions, and, as if
by a tacit understanding, celebrated the inaugura-
tion of a newer and happier era.
The visit of Mr. BEVERDY JOHNSON to Leeds
yesterday was the occasion of a cordial demonstra-
tion in his honour. His Excellency is staying
with Lord HOUGHTON at Fryston-hall, and visited
Leeds to inspect the Fine Arts Exhibition. At the
station the party from Fryston were met by the
Mayor and Mayoress, Sir ANDREW and Lady FAIR-
BAIRN, and twenty-two gentlemen of the Council
of the Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor
conveyed the illustrious guest in his carriage to