The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— T routine or practice of their offices. It does not
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMlTH.—Grand Opera, Ballet, and Musical •
Entertainment.—The great success achieved by Signor and dl dame render it the less necessary for the community at
Gassier, and the artistes who have appeared under the rec,nt oirec-
ti,n of the Royal Opera, has induced Mr. E. T. smith to enter large to strive with all its power and all its
into arrangements by which he has secured the services, f,r a
limited number of nights, of the eminent artistes who have aiready strength to get rid of the vicious system, and to
appeared, as well as those with whom negotiations were pend-
ing. Under Mr. Smith's direction the TEEATRE will OPEN remove as many obstacles as possible from the
on Wednesday, May 16, with the opera LA SONNAMBI ILA. of Ministers, so that they may be able, with-
Amina, Madame Gassier; Rudolpho, Signor Gassier. After the way
opera a Grand Ballet will be produced, in which Mdlle. Palmyra, out regard to the murmurings of the " Tapers"
the first danseuse at the principal theatres of the continent,
will
E. T. Sm appear. In addition to the above distinguished vocalists, Mr. and ,4 Tadpoles," to place " the right men in the
Smith has engaged, at a considerable expense, Madame Arga
and Signor Armand!, from the principal continental theatres, who right places" —to select the ablest men in their
win make their first appearance in England at tlf s theatre on i burs-
_ day, May 17, in the opera of Norma. In offering such an art ay of respective departments for the public service.
talent to the public at the following reduced prices, and in conse-
quence of the great losses accruing from issuing.free admission 4, Mr. This is the principle for which the Administrative
Smith is determined to discontinue the practice, and rely solely on
Reformers contend—this is the principle asserted
the support of the public. Prices of admission :—To the two gal-
leries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; by Lord ELLLNBOROUGH in his place in the heredi-
stalls, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four per-
sons, one guinea. To be had at the box-office, from 10 to 6 dal Y ; tary branch of the Legislature. This is the prin-
and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. Doors open at
half-past 7, and commence at 8 o'clock. ciple rejected by their Lordships, by a majority of
110 out of 252--or, including tellers, 256 titled
voters !

THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—The GREAT DERBY DAY 2AL
MaNur, May 23.—Mr. Smith announces to the nobility, gentry, and
public this Grand Fete, on a scale of magnitude and expense ',ever
before attempted. A superb Salon de Danse of 400 feet in length.
embellished and decorated with Illuminated bowers, variegated
lamps, and novel devices. Enlarged orchestra, well-appointed Mas-
ters of the Ceremonies, all the new dances, music, &c., forming a
coup d'ceil of attraction and splendour without parallel. Tickets,
10s. 6d. each, to be obtained at the principal musicsellers' and libra-
rians' ; and at the theatre.

The arguments adduced will, however, have
greater weight with the great body of the
People than the members who gave silent votes,
or sent their proxies against it. It is not be-
cause Lord NOODLE deemed it a revolutionary
doctrine, or Viscount DOODLE conceived the
attempt to deprive the nobility of their long-
recognised privileges as little better than a general
"confiscation," or the Earl of NEPOS thought it
very unfair to poor AUGUSTUS and FREDERICK,
and asked, with tears in his eyes, hOw could
noblemen in such cases provide comfortable
sinecures for their younger sons, or find
husbands for their daughters, that the voice
of public opinion is to be slighted or despised.
That voice has proclaimed " trumpet-tongued "
the great fact, that "it is absolutely necessary for
the future to adopt a new principle in the selec-
tion of officers for the public employment, and, if
disregarded in the Upper House, it must be treated
with deferende and respect in that which pecu-
liarly belongs to the people, in which every mem-
ber owes his right of voting to the suffrages of
his constituents.
The defence by Lord PANNURE was exceedingly
weak and vapid. He complained because his op-
ponent did not descend from generalities to parti-
culars—did not adduce instances of the " QUEEN'S
bad bargains," and cite the names of some of the
many detrimentals in the public service. But there
was no necessity for entering into such details when
their name was "legion," and when every man
throughout the length and breadth of the land
could himself speak of his own knowledge as to
persons who fell within the scope of the Noble
Earl's condemnation. Lord PANAIURE, who was,
perhaps, the last man who ought to have ColE-
plained of the forbearance thus strikingly dis-
played, announced the doctrine that " public
opinion ought to lead both Parliaments and Go-
vernments." In other words, that every " aged
vice" should be retained until it could no longer
be defended—until the pressure from without be-
came too powerful to be any longer resisted. Lord
ELLENBOROUGH, on the other hand, called on their
Lordships "to place themselves in the front of
the people, and at the foot of the Throne to state
their complaint and their dissatisfaction." It does
not require very astute arguments to show which
is the more dignified course, or which is more
befitting the constitutional attributes of heredi-
tary legislators.
Administrative Reformers must not, however,
be discouraged by this failure. We repeat that
which should be inscribed on their banner, Palma
non sine pulvere. They cannot expect immediate
success without setting their shoulders to the
wheels, and exerting themselves zealously and
energetically in the glorious cause to which they
have so devoted themselves. Lord ELLENBOROUGR'S
motion may be regarded as the first step, so far
as Parliament is concerned, in the path in which
we hope and. believe rapid. progress will speedily
be made.

74yuEum THEATRE.-MADAME ANNA
T HILLON'S FAREWELL of the STAGE will commence on
wIED
DAT
xisx,r, May 16, with Auber's celebrated Opera, TEE
ClLows DiAmoNDS. Caterina, Madame Anna Thlllon ; supported by
Miss J. Bleadon, Messrs. Leffler, 0. Burners, Bowler, and T. Wil-
liams, with a complete Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by M.
Thillon. To conclude with a new Grand Ballet Divertissement.
Dress Orel*, 4s• ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 28.; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes.
21. 2s. Tickets and places to be had at the Box-office from 11 till 6
daily ; and at Mr. Allcroft's Office, 15, New Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL HA.Y3fARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone;
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Donlzetti's Grand Opera, called LUCI DI LAMMERMOOR. Characters by Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss ;
Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Miss Schott.
After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY_
MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET,
trader the Management of Mr. Ciwazza Mum.

THIS EVENING,
Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST.
To be followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITY. Principal
characters by Messrs. C. Kean, D. Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and
Saker ; Mrs. Winstan'ey, Misses C. Leciercq, Daly, and K. Terry.
To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, eLtitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave.

TIT 14 A TRE ROYAL ADELPHL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Selby of PAUL PRY. Principal cba.
meters by Messrs. C. and Wright ; Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. L.
Murray, and Miss Woolgar.
After which, THE FETE OF N,I.TIONS.
To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY.

ROYAL oLYmpie THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed STILL WATERS BEN DEEP. Characters
by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell,
and Mrs. Melfort.

To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW
DW.►RF AND THE KING OF IHE GOLD MINES.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THL4 EN ZNING,
Wiil be performed OUR NELLY.
After which, RING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THRL'E
To conclude with SALLY SMART.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING.
Those EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCES which eclipse thoae of
every Establishment in the world.
Also, an interesting Hippodramatic Spectacle called, THE FIELD
AGAINST THE FAVOURITE I
After which, the matchless SCENES in the CIRCLE, executed by
first-rate artistes, including Mr. J. Henry Cooke
To conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY, or, the Lakes of
Killarney.
Vast preparations are progressing for a magnificent spectacle at
Whitsuntide.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Ilr. w. Cooke, Jun.

We believe the view which we have advocated
from the beginning will soon be the universal one
—thatno peace can be made worth having with-
out Russia on her knees. That was the policy of
the Allies towards Fraace, even when during the
hundred days she had given no indication of in-
tending any aggressions upon the rest of
Europe. Why should Russia be dealt with
more leniently now ? We look back upon the
peace we have escaped with almost the sensations
of one who perceives at dawn that be has in the
darkness been treading the brink of some dreadful
precipice. Peace was to.be concluded on the basis
of the illusive Four Points, without one word of
many serious questions raised by the incidents of
the War itself. Not aword of the brave Circassians,
nor of Bomarsund and the Alanders ; not a word
of indemnity either to the Allies or to Turkey,
whose exchequer the aggressor has almost drained.
Not a word of the surrender to Turkey of all the
territory bordering on the mouth of the Danube,
of which Russia deprived that Power, and of
which she has made so infamous a use ; and even
the evacuation in perpetuity of the Black Sea by
her ships of war was not insisted on, notwithstand-
ing our having that point absolutely in our
power.

All this must be reversed, if we are to have a
speedy, not to say a safe peace. Let the Allies
openly lay down as their rule of conduct before all
Europe, that all they acquire by their arms, wk..
'her by sea or by land, shall cease for ever to belong
to Russia, and we believe that she would make
peace only too speedily. The folly of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S declaration that the Allie 3 did not wish
to deprive Russia of any of her (stolen) territory
has probably done more than anything else to
prevent peace. Coupling this with the imbecility
which courted Austria, let her into the provinces,
and then made her president in a peace con-
ference, why should Russia put herself in
a fright ? Very different would have been the
effect had we pronounced each conquest forfeited
for ever by the aggressor—had we, as soon as
her ships were sunk at Sebastopol, proclaimed
that not a Russian vessel of war should ever float
again on the Black Sea. And agai ■, when Bomar-
sund fell, that no Russian so?.dier should ever
assert Russian power again in t: he Aland Isles ;
and when we took Eupatoria that it ceased
thenceforth for ever to be a Russian town.
Had we added, as we might easily have
done, Odessa and other places to such a

list—in all probability the CZAR would have
soon put an end to a war, evory year of which
would have only branded his wickedness and folly
with greater and permanent disgrace.
Suppose we become, as we hope to be, masters
of the Crimea—it will then be (airs by at least as
good a right as that of Russia ; wo should say a
better one. Let it be announced at once to all
Europe that it is Russia's no more. Perhaps
some would like her to redeem it ; if so, the low-
est price must be to refund to Turkey, to Eng-
land, to France, to Sardinia, to all but Austria,

every penny of expense to which the War
has put them. A policy like this is the

to her senses.
yet arrogant power, can be brought
only one by which a barbarous and cunning,
Frown the beginning all has been sacrificed by
timely courtesy, or query—timidity ? From
the passage of the query—timidity
to the cruel massacre at
Sinope, and thence to the Vienna. Conferences, all
has been conducted on the principle of trying
ho 7 littl
and ! would do_. The
polite distance, ships :were kept at a
eVen nitei naval murder