The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
TIIIS EVENING,
WM be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue, and called JANET PRIDE.
After which, BETTY MARTIN. 5%
To conclude with TIIE FETE OF NATIONS.

11.11 CAL OLYMPIO THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING,

Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In
which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.
Followed by the Face entitled A BLIGHTED BEING, in
Which Mr. F. Robson will appear.
After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters
by If% F. Robson, iss Julia itit. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss
Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan.

ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The Grand Romantic Eqnestrian Spectacle called TIMOUR THE
TARTAR.
After which, the incomparable SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the
astounding evolutions of the Four Performing Elephants, with Herr
Endersohn's accAnplished Performance on the Slack Wire.
An Equestrian Spectacle of peculiar construction is in active pre-
paration for Easter Monday.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West. Acting Manger, r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director
Mr. W. Cooke, Jan.

NATIONAL SfANDARD.
THIS EVENING,
For the Benefit of Mrs. R. Bonner,
Will be performed, LOVE.
After which, THE SECOND BRUTUS.
To conclude with ASMODEU,, or, the Little Devil.

17,01fL STRAND THEATRE.
Toler the directlon of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THI3 EVENING.

be performed THE CRICKET ON TRF. NEU:TM Cha-
racters byl.l(ssrs J, Plalford, Eore•eou, and Kinloch ; and MiS3 Re-
becca Isaac , :hiss Beaumont, and Miss Somers.

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After which. 'rwas I. Characters by Melsrs. Kin'och nd J.
Howard; Nits Isaacs, NitS3 110:.111TIOnt, and Mrs. Laws.
To conchtde with TRICK FOR TRICK..

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IVEA7lll!l3.—firm Orr,ck, March. 23.
LIVIMOMETEE, IN TEE SEADE.
51—highest £ ince neon yestertay.
38 —;owest this morning, and daring' the night.
43—this day, at noon,
RAILOMETER, 3014.
WIND, E.—Light breeze, with rainy weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1355.

The chief and by far the most important of the
Four Points is now under the consideration of the
Conference at Vienna. Sinister rumours have
been industriously circulated as to the nature and
extent of " the humiliation of Russian power in
the Black Sea" which may be insisted on by the
representatives of France and England. It is
positively asserted that the cession or even the
dismantling of Sebastopol will not be pressed. In
other words, that material guarantees will not be
required, but that the merely verbal pledges of
Russia will be accepted, and security for their due
performance altogether dispensed with.

Can this be possible ? Can Sebastopol be per-
mitted to remain a standing menace to Constan-
tinople ? A drawn sword impending over the
head of the STJLTAN, to be released on the first
favourable opportunity, when, by the chapter of
accidents or the insidious intrigues of Russia, the
cordial alliance now existing between the Western
Powers may be impaired or dissolved. Is there
to be an unceasing source"of uneasiness and ex-
pense to those who have made so many sacrifices
in order to obtain a just, honourable, and pro-
bably permanent peace ? Must a fleet be con-
stantly maintained in the Euxine, to act as a
counterpoise to the force which Russia had so
improvidently been permitted to retain ? No, it
cannot, it must not be ! After the enormous out-
lay that has already taken place, the heavy bur-
dens so freely sustained by the peoples of both
nations—above all, after the many valuable lives
which have been lost during the contest, the mat-
ter is totally and completely impossible. The
blood of our departed brethren would cry from
the earth for vengeance against those who per-
mitted it to be shed in vain by allowing the War
to be brought to so lame and impotent a con-
clusion.

We shall not, until it is no longer possible to
resist the weight of unexceptionable evidence on
the point, do Lords PALMERSTON and J. RUSSELL
the injustice of supposing that there is any real
foundation for these assertions. The very notion
is sacrilege ; and as in this country every man is
supposed to be innocent until his guilt has been
clearly demonstrated we shall not lightly impute
so serious a crime to men whom we once re-
spected—a crime which would involve the neces-
sity of a public impeachment, and the heaviest
punishment sanctioned Ey the British law before
it could be adequately expiated. We therefore
now allude to the statement partly for the
purpose of declaring that it seems too
monstrous to be at all credible, and also
for expressing what, with some rare and insigni-
ficant exceptions, seems to be the unanimous opi-
nion of the country on the subject—an opinion
which has been promulgated through the public
journals of all shades of politics, and which no
Ministry could venture to set at defiance.
In corroboration of these rumours it is said,
and we fear on better authority, that Austria
would not feel herself bound to fulfil her contract
with the Western Powers by declaring war
against Russia if the destruction of Sebastopol
should be made a sine qua non, without which
there could be no cessation of hostilities ! Is
Germanism then, indeed, so rampant ? Is this to
be the end of the Austrian Alliance, so long
waited for, which to many sacrifices were made to
achieve, and which was so loudly vaunted by the
Joint-Stock Administration. when it was fondly
imagined that it bad been attained? We, at
least, were not among those who,
by over credu-
lousness, invited deception. We felt from the
beginning that no confidence could beentertained
i n the professions of a Government that still
clutched a portion of the spoils of plunderedPoiand
with an iron grasp—a Government alike remarkable
in bygone days for duplicity and grasping cupidity.
Where selfish considerations alone have weight,
either with a Government or an individual, it is
impossible to place the slightest reliance on any
profession that, in all human probability, will be
disregarded the moment that safety and conveni-
ence is in favour of a total change of policy.
We may now form some conception of the re•
sults that would have attended the admission of a i
Prussian Plenipotentiary into the Conference.
Then, indeed, "confusion would be worse con-
founded." The German Powers, apparently op-
posed to each other, but really confederates, ready
to pack the cards or cog the dice on every occa-
sion, would play into each other's hands, and ren-
der the proceedings interminable, unless, after dis-
gusting the French and English Plenipteatiaries

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