The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

BOYAI. OrERA, DRIIRY•LANE.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed *DER FBENCHUTZ. Characters by Messrs.
Tormeo, A. Lockesley, H. Braham, and Hodges; misses Dyer and
lanaa,-/kc: •
To conchide wittf MIDAS.
Ertces of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of
toles and pit, is dress 0grej46.23. 6d.; stalls, 4s. ; private boxes to
admit, two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office
open from 10 to 6 daily.

THEATRE ROYAL SAY3LtItHEY.
Under management of Mr. Bnekstena;
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed MARRIED LIFE.
After which, THE ABBE IN LOVE, by the Spanish Dancers.
After-which, COURT FAVOUR.
To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY.
To conclude with THE SPINISEI DANCERS.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
tinder the Management of Mr. Caws' Ka.e.w. -
THIS EVENLIG,
Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING.
To conclude with KING HENRY TAE EIGHTH. 'Queen Ka•
th aline Mn.l C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Sean.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. MILLIAMO
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE WRITING ON THE Prim'.
pal characters by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedtbrd, Mrs. Leigh
Murray, Miss Wyndham, and biles Woolgar.
After which, IRATE aNLSATION;
To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS.

- - ROYAL &MANI) THEATRE.
- Under the direction of Mr. Payne..
. '• -,- ' - .• THIS EVENING, , • .
Immense success of Senor .Marcos Diaz and Senorita Anna Della
Fuente, the renowned. Spanish Dancers,
- Frora,the Haymarket Theatre.
Will be Performed. BROKEN TOYS. . •
After which EL' TOREADOR.
Followed-by a new Farce, CUE LATCH KEY, - •
THE GALICIAN FETE. - ,
To COnclude with, GANIM.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee,and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. ' •
Progressive attraction of Mazeppa. Mr. George Wild and Miss
Fanny Williams every night.
THIS EVENING,
Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, with all the
original thrilling effeets,and for which Mr. William Cooke has trained
his unrivalled stud of horses.
After which the first Equestrians' of the day will appear in the
EVOLUTIONS of the CIRCLE. Also. a variety of Entertaiments.
To conclude with a Laughable Farce entitled. MY UNCLE'S
CARD, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear.
tiox-office open from Eleven till Four. , Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director,
xr. W. Cooke, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tus DAY —7.forning32 min. after 4 Evening 45 min. aft. 4
To-Kmianw -Morning 3 min. after 5 I Evening 17 min. aft. 5

THE WEATHER.—Sus Orrzot, Aug. 17.
TaIItKOMITIM, lIDI THE SHAD&
75—highest since; noon yesterday.
al—lowest this morning and daring the night.
75—this day, at noon.
BAROMITZB, 30.38.
WIND, S.E.—Light, with sultry weather.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1855.

What' are our people about that they sutler
their- enemies .to make a mock of them, and to
doubt their .very existence ? We can fancy the
veteran MErrnnytert exclaiming, with a sneer,
" Either they are talking, or pursuing, or in a
journey, or, peradventure, they sleepeth, and
must be awakened." Never had they so favour-
able an opportunity for asserting their principles
and manifesting their power, and never in our
recollection were they so apathetic. Since this
War began they seem to have lost that zeal for
liberty which formerly distinguished them. They
have ceased to think and act for themselves,
and have, with a blind credulity, to which we
know no parallel, resigned themselves to the
direction- of the Government of the day.
We are satisfied that this apathy is but appa-
rent ; but to those whnlabour in their interest it
is discouraging. 'The popUlar cause is'never safe
apart from open, freqtient, and": decisive expres-
sions of public'opinion. • The people are false to
themelves when they are silent on such great
questions as are laid before them. It is for them
to have a policy of their own, and to insist on its
adoption. What have they not lost in times past
by their neglect ! They have been powerless,
because they believed themselves powerless, and
have been made by turns the toys and tools of
despotic power, because they would never rise to
a sense of their own importance and a percep-
tion of their true interests.
At the present day we expected, and we had a
right to expect, something better. In this Country
their will is irresistible—there is no force that can
stand against it—and for this very reason states-
men are weak and Governments are vacillating
when the popular voice is silent, or when it is
expressed with uncertainty. Ministers, of their
own motion, will do no more than they can help.
They fear change—they bate disturbance of any
kind. They must be impelled forward by pres-
sure from without, or they will stand still. It is
vain to hope for large views or-generous senti-
ments from them. They are ready to
catch them up when they pervade large
masses of the people, and when it is tolerably
certain that they_must ultimately triumph in some
way or other, but they will never of themselves.
originate a line of policy widely departin g from
the beaten track, and calculated to effect a revo-
lution in the world, though the revolution may
be essential to safety, and certain to produce the
most beneficial results.

Therefore, we say, the question we bring for-
ward is eminently a people's question. If they
refuse to entertain it, drop it must. Professed
politicians—men who push their way by small
arts of jobbery and intrigue—who in a humble
station have caught some smiles of Ministerial
favour, and picked up some crumbs of Ministerial
patronage, and in a higher rank have dipped their
hands deeply in the public purse and basked in
the sunshine of Courts—these men will no more
take up the question of their own will than the
persecutors of GALILEO would admire his theory
of the earth's revolution. Principles of policy are
important to them only as they indicate a .win-
ning or a losing game. Let any principle be once
taken up by the people in a manner which shows
they are determined to carry it through, and the)
will not want the support of both the creatures
and the leaders of party.
The Simple question for the people is whether
they v4sh. the War. to be directed to the liberation
of Eur Ope, or .to the rivettiug of its fetters. It
the tyranny of Austria is left untouched the War
against' Russia will avail nothing. Our victories
Rill be bootless triumphs. The despotic principle
ill escape from the contest unscathed, if it does
not in file end rally, and
by some daring con-
spiracy plot the destruction of European freedom. ,
virs "implore our people
.LO' regard the fads.
Austria is next door- neighbour ;to Russia. Austria
.
feels that her very existence as an empire depends
upon the
despotism of her rule. -The ipulatiouof. Austria Proper is set down, in the official` re-'
ports at two millions three hundred thousand.
The population of her Italian provinces is uPwards
of five naillions of. :Hungary upwards of tell
millions, of Aitstrian Poland five millions more,
while Slavoniau and German_zrovinces make up
the remainder of Itlie,„thirt-five-• millions she
boasts.,:: Thus . linzigary, and Poland con-
tuitute;inore than 'half of herqptire population.
How i she to rule these races, who hate her with
tile just' hatred inspired by her crimes? She
raight,A one time, by' popular institutions and
ust lams hav4 conciliated their affection ; but
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