The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
trader the management of Mr. Btxchstone.
THIS EVENING.

Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin.

To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dthncers
will appear, entitled TAE EVENING FESTIVAL.

After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY
MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To ecrolude with THE GALICIAN FETE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Caul.= KERN.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST.
To be followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Principal
characters by Mossrs. C. Kean, 1). Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and
Baker; Mrs. Winstan'ey, Misses C Leclercq, Daly, and K. Terry.
To conclude with (2nd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, mug, Queen, and Knave.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL
ProPriatar, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be ST RAZirGER Performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES
OP MOTHER GOOSE, with name mu highly-coloured Illustrations.

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

Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L 4 DIES.
Characters by Ilie,srs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Banyan),
and Miss Cast'eton.
After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson,
mniery, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley.
To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called TVJE YELLOW
DWARF A.D THE KING OF iHE GOL MINES.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
Second time, an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of har-
rowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lte, called, rkiz FIELD AGAINST
THE FAVOURITE ;
After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented
by Mr. William Cooke.
To conclade With RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC •; or, Jack
Ashore.

A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to
the Embellishments.
Box-olnce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
W. Acting Wanamr. Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
'Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVENING.
Will be performed THE CRICKET ON TUE HEARTH. Cha•
ratters by Messrs J. Belford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re•
becca Isaacs, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers.
After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE,
To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIMS.
T nit DAT —MorninF 55 arin.after 6 1 Evening 30 min. a't. 7
To. itOlutOT —Mornino.4 min.after 8 I Evening 7 min. aft. 9

TER WEATHER.—Sus Onion, April. 10.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
57- ljghest since neon yesterday.
4A —lowest this morning and during the Algid.
52—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.46—5ti1l falling.
W'irm, N.W. Blowing fresh, with fine sunshiny
weather. A shower of rain in the morning.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1855.

The rumours respecting the mode in which the
" Third Point" is to be carried into practical
operation are assuming greater consistency and
verisimilitude. Various propositions have been
earnestly canvassed, by which it was asserted the
great desideratum could be achieved. We confess,
however, that the only tangible solution of the
doubtful problem is that offered by the demoli-
tion of Sebastopol, and the other Russian fortifi-
cations in the Euxine, together with the with-
drawal of the whole, or by far the greater por-
tion, of her navy from these waters. Anything else
that has been suggested seems pregnant with future
evils, and utterly inconsistent with the permanent
and lasting peace which it should be the great
object of the assembled diplomatists to secure.
The best of these suggestions is that which.
would totally exclude everything appertaining to
war from the Black Sea, and transform it merely
into a commercial lake, rendering it a mare
clausum in the widest signification of the phrase.
This course, which it is said was supported by the
French Government, would, of course, involve
the demolition of Sebastopol, together with al.
other fortifications in its vicinity, and the exclu-
sion of armed vessels of any nation. The only
objection thereto is the universality of its charac-
ter, and that it would also imply the demolition
of the Turkish fortifications and fleet, as well as
those of her assailant. Now, in the first place,
Turkey has done nothing to warrant any such de-
mand. She has committed no act of aggression
on any of her neighbours ; on the contrary, she
spared no exertion to obtain an honourable peace.
She did not for a considerable time even treat the
invasion and occupation of her territories as a
cases beui, but tried negotiation and mediation
until it was too clearly manifest that both were
futile. Besides, the Turkish fortifications are of
a purely defensive character, while the Russian
are as entirely the reverse. The Ottoman forts
are requisite for the protection of the capital, the
most vital spot in the nation, while the Russian are
only useful as " standing menaces" against her
neighbours. It would, indeed, be absurd to de-
mand that the teeth of the lamb should be ex-
tracted as well as those of the wolf. only
might t
o
might the former rely on its antecedents, and
plead its invariable peaceful character, but it
might also show the utter impossibility of turning
the tables on its quondam assailant, or making cal
onslaught on the lupine family, even though the
bead of the houge had been deprived of its for-
midable fangs, and its claws had been closely
clipped. Besides, the armies of Russia would
still remain in formidable proximity to Constan-
tinople, for which there would be no real security
if Varna and the other impediments to Russian,
aye, or Austrian progress, were removed. There
is a wide difference between offensive and defen-
sive weapons, which should not be lost sight of by
the diplomatists assembled at Vienna.
Another suggestion, but one -wholly impracti-
cable, is that which proposes that Russia should
maintain her forts and fleet intact, while
Prance and England should be at liberty--
if they thought proper to bear the enor-
mous outlay to maintain an equivalent naval
force, and to construct equally impregnable forti-
fications on the Turkish territory. Incidental to
this resolution was the modest proposition that
the
Bosphorus and Dardanelles should be thrown
open to all vessels of war sailing under the Rus-
sian, as well as the French, Enalish, or even the
fit b her
Turkish flags, so that, in fact, Russia would pro-
y aggreesiet,
in obtaining
tl
op-
portunity of free access to the
what would be almost Mediterranean,iecoveted an d
eintamonnt
to an impreg-
nable naval station on its shores. It needless
is
to say that such a result could not for a moment
be sanctioned—a result which would completely
annihilate the independence of the Porte, and
place it at the mercy of its unscrupulous oppressor
whenever it seemed desirable to consummate its
long-continued course of persecution. Beside;
as we have recently stated, supposing that the
Western Power's were willing to sustain the enor-
mous and ruinous outlay, there could be no surety
during the interval while the new fortifications
were in course of construction. " Rome was
not built in a day." For a quarter of a
century the workmen were never idle at Sebasto-
pol. We have all seen how easily Bomarsund was
captured, in consequence of the non-completion
of the place, when another year might have
changed it into a Baltic Sebastopol, and rendered
it completely impregnable. We do not want a