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

DRIIRY-LANE.—Lmee, Mr. E. T. Smitl.
Reduced Prices as usual.
THIS EVENING,

L 4sr PERFORMANCE of Meyerbeer's L'ETOILE 117 NORD
AS originally produced in England. Immense reception of the great
Finale ;o the second act, performed by Four compere Orchestras,
and a Chorus of 61 Voices, with Solos by Miss Po le, 3lr. Bowler,
Dir. Dlacke, and Mr. Henri Drayton. Selections from "Bohemian
Girl" aad " Maritana," together with ths ceiebrated " March aux
jriambeaux," and a new Quartette and Choriv, " Viva Luigi Napo-.
leone," composed in honour of the approaching vi it of his Imperial
MAlesty of France to this country. Admission—Dress Circle, 2s 6d;
2'romenade and all other parts of the house, Is.

THE )TEE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.
ON EASTER MONDAY

win be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
by Mr. Bactstone and Miss E. Chaplin.
To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers
7111 appear, entitled THE 'EVENING FESTIVAL.
After which, a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW 11117-
/KIRILET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
L TV ecrclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Csa3r./.5 KLAN.
ON EASTER MONDAY
Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST.
To be fo'l°wed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with (first time) a Romance, in two acts, entit'ed
VIE MULETEER OF TOL'EDO' or, King, Queen, and Knave.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Mr. William Cooke begs to acknowledge one of the most successful
seasons
or ,1,3 Royal Amphitheatre, and announces that on EASTER
MONDAY there win be produced an original Equtdrama, to be called,
TFIE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ; developing events of
peculiar character and general Interest !
Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of amusements, will
end their aid 0 the evening's entertainment.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
west. Acting Manager, a r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
pir. W. Cooke, jun.

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

The WIZARD of the WORLD will appear in his Magic Saloon,
with a variety of amusements.
To be followed by THE BARBER OF CADIZ, introducing the
Drury-lane Ballet Company.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tags DAT —Morning 3 min.after 3 f Evening 20 min.aft. 3
To-crow —Morning 34 nain.after 3 1 Evening 49 111111. aft" 3

THE WEATHER.—SIN Omar, April. 4.
TaERMOXICTIB, IN THE SITADE.
52 —highest since noon yesteraay.
41—lowest this morning and during the night..
50—this day, at noon.
SAROKETICIt, 29'77.
WIND, N.E. to E.—Light breeze, with dull weather and
occasional sunshine. Some rain in the morning.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1855.

A time-honoured apophthegm tells us that
"Wretches hang, that jurymen may dine."
It presents, however, but one phase of a great
social grievance—an evil of no ordinary magni-
tude. It illustrates the habitual apathy and
insouceance with which men disregard their most
important public duties when opposed to their,
own private interests, inflicting the deepest in-
juries on their fellow-subjects, or on society in
general, rather than submit to some trifling per-
sonal inconvenience. The adage is now applica-
ble, not merely to a petty jury, but to the grand
inquest of the nation--not to a dozen persons
whose compulsory attendance is required without
recompence or acknowledgment, but to several
hundred persons, who voluntarily solicit and re-
sort to every effort to obtain the high distinction
of a seat in the British Parliament, and expressly
or impliedly bind themselves in the most solemn
manner to discharge the arduous and im-
portant duties incidental to the position.
Never, perhaps, was there a national emergency
when the utmost vigilance was more imperatively
required at the hands of every member of either
branch of the Legislature. The fate of Europe,
as well as the honour and welfare of the United
Kingdom, is trembling in the balance. A ques-
tion of vital consequence is under discussion by the
representatives of the different Powers assembled
at the Austrian capital. Sinister rumours are
in circulation as to the timid policy adopted by
the English Plenipotentiary at the Conference.
It is said, and, unfortunately the assertion is too
strongly corroborated to warrant incredulity, that
he is willing to assent to terms alike discreditable
and disastrous to the Western Powers ; to nego-
tiate a peace which cannot possibly prove perma-
nent, and which will leave the objects for which
we were compelled to draw the sword, and to
enter into what has been truly denominated " a
just and necessary war" unaccoraplislied, which
will leave our unfortunate protegee, in whose
cause we buckled on our armour, in a much
worse condition than he would have been but
for our ill-omened assistance.
It was almost at the very moment when these
rumours had'assumed such consistency as almost
to compel belief when serious apprehensions
were entertained that each day would bring forth
the melancholy tidings of national disgrace—that
the Britiph Parliament adjourned for an unusu-
ally protracted vacation, suspending its sittings
until the 16th instant, so that any possibility of
interference, or evenrotest, was prevented until
after the full cons mmation of the impending
evil. Like the j4rymen of the proverb, the
chosen representatives of the British people were
willing that any danger should be encountered,
any mischief perpetrated, rather than their anti.
cipated holidays should be in any degree abbre-
viated. What signified the retention of Sebasto
pel, in all its ominous strength, by the AUTOCRAT,
in comparison to the full and unalloyed enjoy-
ment of the Easter vacation by themselves, their
families, and dependents ! What signified
the loss of prestige by France and England
when weighed in the balance against the coveted
opportunities of playing the great men at their
respective country seats ! Unlike the energetic
men described by the Roman poet—
"Vil actuni credeus,
cum quid superesset agendum,"
who considered nothing done while anything re-
mained to be accomplished, they are contented
with the
appearance of business, while their inac-
tivity and indifference is the theme of every
tong?. Two months have 7
already been
the suL-
been squan-
dered, -wad what are the fruits .
stitution of the younger DROMIO for his elder
brother, and
a. much larger infusion of the aris-
tocratic element into the
literalry nothings been
nothing—
been achieved; while those
who ought to be the vigilant guardians
of the
and dancing
commonweal are piping at the edge
of the volcano.
It is then for "the Fourth Estate;" the much-
despised-journalists, to assume the functions thus
abdicated by the popular repreeentetivea—te up-
lift their warning voices, and to
prevent the
people from being deluded by the expectation of
peace, where there can be no real peace
.--to 0.,._
pose the truckling subservience to " Germanism,"
that makes our representative, in
to the wishes of Austria, refrain from in-
sisting on the cession, or at least the di,_
mantling,
o. of Sebastopol. As we have incessantly
declared, and as we shall repeat while there is yet
a hope of arousing the British nation from its
slumber, there can be no satisfactory or lasting
peace while a single fortification of Sebastopol re-
mains standing. It would be exposing Russia to
tation under which she would unques-
Ifri
itztfai
he/Alen the first convenient opportunity.
"- flicintise^reepectinc, the limitation of her fleet
..
' 1114 be, worse than useless, inasmuch as it would
WO
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is,Lably be broken, and at a time when, owing
.
to the endue reliance on the valueless
pledge, we