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

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10.4awd Itices as usual.
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.a adaptation, written expressly for this
.., Mr. RETNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
WILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton,
Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Bea', Stranda, and Blake; Mrs
Henri Drayton, Miss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny
To conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY.

THEATRE 'ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buctstone.
THIS EVENING.

Will he performed THE BARRACK ROOM
i Charactersand by
Sfessrs. VII lers, Rogers, Howe, and Tilburyßeynolds
&Liss E. Woulds.
After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER.
To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
To conclude with a new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called
THE GALICI FETE.

ROYAL PRII,TCESS°3 TUEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING,

Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's
Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
Atter /Lich will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime.
entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Clown, Mr. Hahne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ;
and Columbine, Miss Desborough.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestrls.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed USED UP. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma-
thews, Baker, G. Murray, Roxby, and Morris ; Mrs. Hughes, and
311 u M. Oliver.

Attar which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra-
vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and TILE BUTTERFLY.
Box-office epee from 10 until G.
Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Alicroft, 15, New-lZoncl-street.

TREITRR ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a nsw and criginal Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue, and called JANET PRIDE.
To be Followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE RAYADERE.
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee i Misses Woolgar and
Keeley, and Mdiles. Maraquita and Benoni.

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

Will he presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In
Which Metiers. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.

Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY.
After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW
DWARF AND TAE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters
by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia it. George, MiS3 E. Ormonde, Mis
Marston, Mies Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan.

ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE.
II:0er the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIEND 3.
After which, the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE
BRAVE.
To conclude with the popular Barletta, OUR TELLY. Principal
character, bliss Rebecca Isaacs.

ASTLET'S ROYAL A3IPERTHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
TILTS EVENING,
The BATTLE of B A.LAKLIVA and of I NKERMANN, aided, by
a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALM A,
which this week reaches its 119th representation ! The addition
embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, and
also those tremendous hand-in-hand encounters which characterised
the above engagements.

After which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of
SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wei. Cooke.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Weet. Acting Manger, Ir. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Kr. W. Co, ke, Jun.

lIIGH WATER AT LONDON FRIDGE.
Taus DAT --Morninp 5 min.after 2 I Eveniny 23 nilu...ft. 2
To."lcuutow Morning 38 aiin.after 2 1 Evening 54 min. aft. 2

THE WEATHER.—Sur Orvics, March. 3.
TIIIIIIMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
53—highest since noon yesteraay.
43 —lowest this morning and during the night.
50 —this day, at noon.
BAROMETER went down to 28.98—n0w 29'15.
WIND, W.N.W.—Squally, with rain in the forenoon;
now fine sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MA.RCiI 3, 1855.

DEATH OF THE EMPEROR
OF RUSSIA..

Another mighty example has been afforded of
the iestability of human power, the vanity of
human aspirations. The AUTOCRAT is no more.
The man who, in the plenitude of power, aspired
even to universal dominion, who refused to ac-
knowledge any law but his own indomitable will,
has been added to the hecatombs of victims im-
molated on the shrine of his ambition and cupi-
dity. The universal destroyer has struck a high
quarry. Within eight-and-forty hours NICHOLAS
was regarded almost as a demigod, as something
elevated beyond the ordinary sphere of mortality.
What is he now ? A senseless clod ! Impotent
and helpless, less than even the most humble of
the myriads whose lives hung on his very nod !
Well may we exclaim—

-- Mors soles fatetur,
Quantulasint hominura coipuscula."
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It is by means of the general leveller alone that
we can conceive the inanity of ambition, the ab-
surdity of pride.
Of the manner of his death we as yet know but
little. It is said to have been occasioned by an
attack of pulmonary apoplexy. That it was sud-
den and unexpected is certain. Scarcely was there
a whisper of indisposition before the announce-
ment of death followed. Considering the well-
known fate of his father, and the strongly-sus-
pected foul play by which his eldest brother was
cut off in the prime of life, it is difficult
to account for the rapid termination of the
career of the late AUTOCRAT. It may be
that the conflict of hisown passions, remorse for the
mischief he had occasioned, unwillingness to en-
hance the evils which he had brought on those
whose destinies were committed to his charge, or
to make the required submission by which he
would surrender the aim and object of his entire
life, produced the catastrophe. " The Wizard of
the North " has given a striking instance of the
effect of such varied emotions in the death of the
Templar Bryan De Bois (htilbert, and such might
lave been the end of him who, on Thursday, was
still the mightiest Monarch of this world. It
may be that a darker history is attached to the
transaction, and that NICHOLAS, having become
too powerful and aiming at the unattainable, was
got r;il of by those who saw iu his removal
the only means of achieving the safety of Russia.
It is one of the fearful results of despotism that it
.renders such crimes—we shall not say common or
justifiable, for nothing can make them so—but
that it furnishes a spurious apology for the assas-
sins. IVe earnestly hope that such a termination
may not have occurred in the present instance,
although we could not feel greatly astonished if
it had been so.

It is not cur habit nor our desire to exult
over a fallen enemy. Great as were the faults of
of the
Naturally
liseyspteoms.
noir°Lis they were those
rather than of the man.
sessed many high and princely qualities,
and had it not been for the temptation to Which
he was exposed, and to which he yielded, intoxi_
cated as he was by the possession of absolute au-
thority, he might have occupied a very different
position in the world's history from that which
will henceforward be assigned to him. But it is
the nature of despotism to be insatiable, and he
had not sufficient strength of mind to sacrifice the
ambition of the AUTOCRAT to the sense of honour
and integrity of the man. He was also a fanatic.
He believed that he had a mission to accomplish—
that it was reserved for him to advance the
" Orthodox f tab," of which he was the spiritual
head, and to overthrow not merely " the Crescent,"
but all the forms of dissent from the Greek
Church, which he alone recognised. His was a
crusade not merely against Mahomedanism, as he