The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-12 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

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

Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by
Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss 31 arston and Miss Brorrley.
To be followed by STILL WATERS RUIN DEEP. Character i
by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell,
and Mrs. Melfort.

To conclude with TUE GARRICK FEVER.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE HONEST LAWYER.
After which, 'TWAS I. Characters by Miss Isaacs, Miss Bean•
moat, &c.
To which will be added ALONZO THE BRAVE.
To conclude with SALLY SMART.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.

The most Gorgeous Spectacle ever witnessed.
THIS EVENING,

ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the
Brothers in Arms, by J. H. STOCQUELER, Esq., represents the mr7-
nificent pal•eantry of France and England in their palmy days of
Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the Knigh'S
in armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban-
ners, all shown upon one vast arena formed by the stage and the
ring, form the most brilliant coup d'mil ever exhibited.
To conclude with the skiVul ACTS in the CIRCLE.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY —Morning 0 rain.after 0 I Evening 17min aft. 12
To-.4oxeovz..7.Morning 41 rain.after 12 I Evening 5 min. aft. 1

THE WEATHER.—Suet Owns, June 12.
Taxamonarrza, IN THE SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
53-10-west this morning and. during the night.
67—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.18.
WIND, 11". E. to D. —1..16111 loacAmm., rm. wen,ther

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1855.

The termination of the Conferences at Vienna,
and the abortive result of the negotiations entered
into solely in deference to the wishes of Austria,
render it imperative th *le Ministers of FRANCIS
JOSEPH should definitil, e,y decide on the course
which they will now pursue. In accordance with
the terms of the treaty of the 2d of December,
they are bound to consider the mode in which
the objects of the contracting parties can be car-
ried into practical execution. But mere con-
sideration is not sufficient. They must, accord-
ing to the true interest and meaning of that
solemn undertaking, be prepared to enforce, or to
aid and assist in evforcivg, the reasonable demands
of the Western Powers. It was not through the
perverse obstinacy or undue demands of the re-
presentatives of France and England that the ne-
gotiations so completely failed. Austria approved
of the terms tendered for the acceptance of Russia;
nay, more, there is reason to believe that they
were accepted by the Plenipotentiaries of the
Allies at her special instance and request. At
the conference of the 26th April, after Lord Jorrg
RUSSELL had left Vienna, Count BUOL declared
that " the project developed by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of France, and declared by the
Plenipotentiaries of Russia, contained a com-
plete and efficacious system ; but that he could
not say so much of the proposition put
forward that day." He, therefore, officially
declared his approbation of the proceedings of the
Allies, and debarred himself from setting up any
objection against their conduct. There is, there-
fore, nothing to excuse, or even extenuate, the
evasion by Austria of the responsibility she deli-
berately undertook.

But Russia well knew the character of Austria,
so far as the Government is concerned—which we
shall not willingly confound with the People—
with whom she had to deal, that she is still
" Fortune's champion, who did never fight
But when her humorous ladyship is by
To teach her safety."

The Four Points were, therefore, accepted, al-
though there was not the slightest intention of
really acting thereon. The two first Points
were partially settled, although with reserva-
tions quite sufficient to allow Russia "to
drive a coach and six " through them at
any time she thought the " interests of Germany"
were thus satisfied, and Austria had no further
care. She regarded not her forfeited faith, or
the disgrace that must attend its palpable viola-
tion. By contemptible trickery and mendacity
she wriggled herself into the occupation of the
Principalities; by pretending a regard for the cause
of justice, she placed herself in what she thought
to be an advantageous position, ready, like her
prototype, the fox, to step in and obtain the
prize of victory, when the nobler combatants
were exhausted by the severity of the contest.
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She does not, however, as yet, see her way „n
ciently clear, without danger to herself, to crush
either side. She, therefore, vacillates and trickles
as before, and has evinced a sublime contempt of
her engagements worthy of a professional per-
juror.

Her first step, after the closing of the Con-
ferences, seems to be the diminution of her arma-
alents. She is withdrawing her troops, and re-

dueing 100,000 men of her army. There can
be, but little, if any, doubt of her real object
in so doing. It is not merely to observe a neu-
trality—disgraceful at all times—but especially
so considering the expectations she his excited,
the solemn pledges by which she has i ound her-
self—but to render valuable assistance to Russia,
to relieve the troops of that Power on the frontiers,
and enable them to proceed to the Crimea to
take part in the fierce conflict there raging. Her
attitude is to be one of " expectancy ;" that
is to say, waiting to strike a blow whenever she
can do so with impunity. We are by no means
surprised at this course ; on the contrary, we
predicted it ab initio, before even the breaking
out of the War, when in 1853 and 1854 we were
" waiting for Austria," just as we have been in
1855. All parties have now come round to the
opinions we then promulgated, and even Lord
JOHN RUSSELL himself has confessed that it is
hopeless to expect the active co-operation of Aus-
tria. When, then, are the " talismanic words" to
he uttered ? When are the names of Italy !
Hungary! ! Poland ! ! ! to be proclaimed trumpet-
tongued from every part of Europe ? When is ven-
geance to fall on the plunderers who participated
in the nefarious robbery of ruined Poland. There
is no reason NI by we should now truckle to
Austria when she not merely truckles to our ad-
versary, but dares to threaten ourselves. If ever
" Germanism" was at a heavy discount in Great
Britain it is so at this moment. The " concealed
influences" can no longer curb the just indigna-
tion of the British people. Austria must be either
for us or against us. If for us, let her say so at
once, and let her deeds be in accordance with her
words. If against us, let the most efficient means-
be at once adopted, and these means are indicated
by the talismanic words—ltaly ! Hungary ! !
Poland 11 !

The most arrant alarmist of the day, is, unques-
tionably, the gentleman who discoursed so elo-
quently, on Thursday evening, to the House of
Commons, about batter-puddings—that pugnaci-
ous peacemonger the Hon. Member for the city
of Manchester. His retrospects were most mourn-
ful—his comments upon the present most lachry-
mose—his anticipations of the future most lugu-
brious. Mr. BRIGHT threatened his countrymen
with a bad harvest, with disastrous campaigns,
with scarcity at home and disease abroad, with
peril to our arms and injury to our commerce,
with an utterly bootless effusion of our blood and
of our treasures. Looking to the past, he took
care to remind us that within the last twelve
months we have expended upon the War, between
30,000 and 40,000 men, and from 30,000,0001.
to 40,000,0001. sterling ! Looking to the future
he warned us that we must prepare for still
larger sacrifices and still more considerable dis-
bursements. Trade, he intimated, had suffered
already from the circumstance of our having ad-
ventured upon this extravagant enterprise. It
would suffer still more. Our energies must
infallibly become yet further crippled—and so
forth ! The Honourable Member sounded the
whole gamut of alarm from the treble to the dia-
pason. And common sense tells us all the while
to test by Mr. BRIGHT'S favourite criterion of facts
and figures the real value of this grand "rhetorical
artifice"—this poisoned shaft barbed with all the
point of impassioned invective, and winged with
all the energy of an infuriated declamation.
How, let us ask, do matters actually stand with
us, while the Honourable Member for Manchester
is still howling over our calamitous situation ?
Why, for one thing, as the Prime Minister Yin-
self remarked at the close of the discussion on the
night of the Bth-9th instant, so far from our
manufacturing fmrest•s. for oxample, 'having suf-
fered in consequence of this struggle with Russia,
as many as 40,000, instead of as usual 30,000,
bales of cotton are being commenced weekly in
the factories of Manchester. Nor is this all. The
indications of continued prosperity in this country
in spite of the War are by no means restricted to
the solitary fact adduced in contradiction to Mr.
BRIGHT'S assertions by Viscount PALIIERSTON.
Besides this increased consumption of cotton in
the Manchester manufactures, a number of strongly
corroborative circumstances of a kindred nature
may be readily enumerated. Among other things,

for instance, the demand for money far commer-
cial purposes is well known to have recently im-
proved, if anything, rather than become deterio-
rated. The stock of gold in the Bank all the
while increasing, and this, moreover, simultaneously
with the drain caused by reviving activity in the
French exchanges. The balance in the exporta-

tions and importations of the precious metals
during the past week showing, at the same time,
under the former head shipments of some 50,0001.
to the European continent, and of 463,0001. to
India and China, and under the latter head of 9,000/.

from the Peninsula, of 60,0001. from Australia, of
197,000/. from New York, and from Mexico and
the West Indies of some 2,400,000 dollars. Added
to the significant fact of the increase of gold depo-
sits in the bank—there has been upon the last
month an increase upon the previous month to
the extent of 560,5421. in the money actually in
circulation in the United Kingdom. Again :as
to the Harvest---notwithstanding the almost un-
exampled abundance of the last, and the infre-
quency of an immediate repetition of plenty in
the ensuing season, the accounts received from all
parts of the country as to the promise given by
the budding craps are in the highest degree fa-
vourable. This, too, in spite of the unusual

severity of the winter, and of the more than ord

nary tardiness of the spring. Everything almo3t
—look where we will—seems directly to contravene
the arguments adventured upon with so much
perverse temerity by the Honourable Member for
Manchester.

Besides all which, lot the IN:sdom of that old
axiom not be overlooked in the present instance,
which pronounces that one of two disputants to

be in fault who loses his temper in the discussion

It cannot but be admitted on all hands, that those
who displayed in the most flagrant manner during
the recent debates in the House of Commons,

that captiousness and that irritability which find

their readiest vent in virulent personalities and

rancorous vituperating, were the meek and placid

prophets of tide Peace-at-any-Price party—the

suave and genial representative of the Wes

Riding, and after him the gentle and all-forgiving
Member for the city of Manchester.

The proper limits of legislation are by no means
so clearly defined as to occasion no difficulty even
to those who would have them most rigidly ob-
served. Nearly all legislation is based on com-
promise, or materially modified by it. The law
which gives us protection limits our actions in
order to insure that protection. Society, in fact,
is bound together by compromise ; and to carry
out the idea of liberty as it is too often sought to
carry principles out would be to produce a license
that would infallibly destroy it. The simple rules
to be followed are to give as much liberty to the
individual as is compatible with the welfare of
society, and in doubtful cases to give society the
prefer.
The
j
ect of Sunday legislation, among others,
is pot without its difac •
ultles ; and when our cor-