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

DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—
Beduoed Prices as usual.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this
Theatre by Mr. RETNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton,
Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake ; Mrs
Henri Drayton, Miss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny
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To conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY.

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

Will be performed THE BARRACK ROOM. Characters by
Messrs. ViLiars, Rogers, Howe, and Tilbury; Miss Reynolds and
Miss Z. Wonlds.
After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGIITER.
To be followed by TUE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
THTo conclude wi FETE.. Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called
E GALICIAN

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN.

THIS EVENING,

Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's
Thatorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal
&saracter by Mr. C. Kean.
After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime.
entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Basbaw.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. liana ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ;
And Columbine, Miss Desborough.

ROYAL LYCEUM TURATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Yfttris.
TIII3 EVENING,

win be performed USED UP. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma-
thews, Bakex, G. Murray, Rozby, and Morris ; Mrs. Hughes, and
Xi's K. Oliver.

Atter which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra-
vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and TILE BUTTERFLY.
Ron-office open from 10 until 6.
Bole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, New-Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Dtrectreas, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue. and JA vv.. irsz rnE.
To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BATADEnz.
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee; Mines Woolgar and
Keeley, and Mdlles. Maracmita and Benoni.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
TRIG EVERINO.

IFM be intimated the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In
Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.
Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY.
Anse which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE RING OF THE GOLD MINE& Characters
p. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss
marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. FitzaLlan.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS.
After whieb, the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE
BRAVE.
To conclude with the popular Barletta, OUR NELLY. Principal
character, Miss Rebecca hum

ASTLEY'S IIOYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The BATTLE of BALAKLAVA and of I NKERMANN, aided, by
a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA,
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.
Alter which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of
SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wrn. Cooke.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manger. 1i r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Twts DAY —Morning 5 min.efter 2 I Evening 23 min.aft. 2
TO•VOILIMI -Morning33 mLn.after 2 1 Evening 54 min.aft. 2

THE WEATHER.--Smi Orfttl, March. 3.
T IN TEN SWANN.
si—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
50—this day, at noon.
BARomrrEs went down to 28.98—n0w 29'15.
WIND, W.N.W.--Sqnally, with rain in the forenoon ;
now fine sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH. 3, 1855.

DEATH OF THE EMPEROR

OF RUSSIA.

Another mighty example has been afforded of
the instability of human power, the vanity of
human aspirations. The AUTOCRAT is no more.
The man who, in the plenitude of power, aspired
•ven 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—

"--r-- Mors cola fatetur,
Quantulasint hominum corpuscula."
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 his own 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 (halbert, and such might
have 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 rid of by those who saw in 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-
ailla• We 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 our habit nor our desire to exult
over a fallen enemy. Great as were the faults of
NICHOLAS they were these
of the system
rather than of the man,
Naturally he pos.
sensed many high and princely qualities,
and had it not been for the temptation ,
to Which,
Le 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
We nature of despotism to be insatiable, and ho
backnot sufficient strength of mind to sacrifice the
ambition of the AUTOCRAT to the sense of honour
and integrity of the man, Ito was also a fanatic.
He believed that he had a mission to accomplish—
that it was reserved for him to advance the

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