The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

'MATER ROYAL HAYMARXET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone.

THIS EVENING,

will be presented TEIE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
by :Kr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin.
To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish DAncers
will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL.

After which, a new Extravaganza, called TEE NEW HAY
MARKET 11-SLING MEETLNG, 1855,
To ocrclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Guano KEAN.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST,
To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
c erecter by Mr. C. Kean.
• To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King,
Queen, and Knave.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrese, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be perforated the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER.

To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES
OF MOTHER GOOSE, with aurae ous highly-coloured Illustrations

ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENLY%

Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L tDIES
Characters by yfe,ara• A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Lanvers,
and Miss Castleton.
After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson,
Emery, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley.
To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOI4
waraltF AND THE KING} OF THE GOLD MINES.

ASIIET'S ROYAI7----AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
•
THIS EVENING.
Glorious success To commence with an entirely new and original
Spectacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, called,
rag FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! No Drama formany
years hits created so great a sensation. The interest is most intense ;
• Use burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is
most exciting.
Alter which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented
by Mr. 'William Cooke.
To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack

new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added to
the Embellisbments.
Box-oftlee open from Eleven till Four obasrp msinascr, Mr. W.
West. Acting manavr, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha.
meters by Messrs J. Raiford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss iie•
becca Isaacs, 'Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers.
After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE.
To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
T r-% DAr —Vorning 55 ruizt.after 9 j Evening 42 min. al. 10
To-Xottao, Z="lornitis 24 min.after 11 Evening 0 min. aft. 0

THE WEATHICIL—Sun 0111CtO, April. 12.
THEEMOMZTZB, IN THIS SHAM:.
57—highest since noon yesteraay.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
GO —this day, at noon.

BAEOMETEB, 29%.
N.W.—Gentle breeze, with fine mild sunshiny
W !other.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1855.

In all the conferences and negotiations that
have hitherto taken place—with a view to the
settlement of the Eastern Question—the wishes
and interests of Turkey seem to have been
completely disregarded ; nay, more, her very
existence as an Independent Power completely
ignored. The Sublime Porte—" our excellent
Ally," in defence of whose unquestionable rights
we have entered on the War—is more deeply
interested in each and every of " the Four
Points" than any of the other Powers, and yet
France and England on the one side, and Russia
on the other, with Austria—

"Always strong, upon the strongest side,"
ready to take part with whichever appears to be
the predominant interest—are dealing with ques-
tions affecting the protectorate of the Princi-
palities, the free navigation of the Danube, the
balance of power in the Euxine, and even
the Government of some ten millions of
Turkish subjects, as if the SULTAN or Lis Go-
vernment were not in any way concerned in the
concha-is:loa.; tp be eventually arrived at. It is
certainly a strange mode crf. sustaining the " inde-
pendence" of our protegee, and we earnestly hope
that ABD-UL-METUID may not speedily find that
he had ab initio scarcely less to fear from his
" affectionate friends" than from his open and
avowed adversary.
A document has recently been published in
several of the Continental journals, purporting to
be the instructions furnished by the Ottoman
Government to its representative at Vienna. It
is, of course, impossible to speak positively as to
its authenticity.

It is, however, such a document as might well
proceed from the Porte under existing circum-
stances ; and the observations and arguments
therein contained are well worthy the ilotice of the
Western Powers and the diplomatists assembled
in tha Austrian metropolis. It would, indeed,
reflect indelible disgrace on those who professed
to be influenced only by considerations of justice
and equity, and who chivalrously arrayed them-
selves on the weaker side to prevent the triumph
of might over right, if they now vamped up a
precarious truce, which could not truly be re-
garded as a permanent peace, for the purpose of
evading the responsibilities which they delibe-
rately and voluntarily assumed.

Assuming, then, for the purpose of discussion,
the authenticity of the document, the first in-
struction to the Ottoman Plenipotentiary is, that
he is "to restrict himself to taking the questions
Which might be brought forward only ad referen-
dum." The vast importance of the topic to
Turkey not merely the materiel inter-
ests, but the very vitality of the Otto-
man Empire being involved in the result, and
the gross blunders already committed at Vienr a
—blunders which have been long since candidly
acknowledged by the Western Powers—impera-
tively demand the most careful' deliberation on
the part of the Turkish Cabinet. jt is prepared
to receive with deference, and, if consistent with
its independence, to maintain which it Las already
131'de so many sacrifices, to accept any suggeition
of the Western Powers. But until these sugges-
tions have received a definite shape—until some
tangible propel/hie, is put forward for its accept-
ance, it cannot
engagements
beeXilDeetedto enter into any binding
ever, the Western Powers
and Austria, a when if
re in
ecpparentiv7(l with Russia—when the
difficulties a
insuperoza •
permanent peace have bee, ein the way of a
e ssuecessfully dissipated,
then must the project
for its approval. Anny Submitted to the Porte
Vienna can, therefore, resolutions adopted at
bOnly provisional
dearly be
until they have been confirmed
acceptance is indispensable te theyvalicicnei• Its
"little bill" of which so many 7 of the
European powers
are to become joint drawers.ovrer
Subject to these reservations, observations
well
worthy of attentive consideration have been offered
on the different points. On the first, it emphati-
cally protests against the false assumption that a
real protectorate was ever granted to Russia in
virtue of the Treaties relative to the Danubian
Principalities. All that the Porte undertook,
and which it faithfully and irreproachably per-
formed, was that " the established institutions cf
those Provinces should not be abolished or modi-
fied." Russia, however, chose to arrogate herself a
de facto sovereignty, thus straining the concession
far beyond its just or reasonable limits'. To this
unwarrantable interpretation of the concession
on
complicati
In lay of the existing 8 may be 'traced,