The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1855

THEATRE RoYAL MAYMARIUT.
Under the management of Mr. Raeketone:
TUIS EVENING,

chievous proposals are gone, or ought to be gone,
for ever. The questions of Crimean and Bes-
sarabian conquest, and of Polish liberation,
are now fairly before all the parties con-
cerned. Austria may now surely be required
to fight for or against, while Prussia must
be compelled to stop Russian transit trade,
or to have her Ports blockaded. We confess we
shudder at the thought of such questions being
entrusted to the class which has long held the
helm in England, to the particular individuals
who grasp it now, and to a Court so bound up
with the miserable despots of Germany. There
are men who, at the head of our troops,
' would have wintered in Sebastopol, but to
have employed them would we blush to
write it---have superseded old Lords and their
relatives, though it would have saved our men
and our money, and have brought Russia on her
knees before now. We could name the men who
as commanders-in-chief would have done what we
have stated ; but all the family cliques would
have turned up their noses at the mention of
them. They must make the nation almost mad
before they will give way. There are men, too,
who know the political counsels which would save
the Allies and Europe, and who could give effect
to them, but they belong not to the governing
cliques, and if they did they must govern their
politics by German considerations, or they would
not be endured in the Cabinet. We must think
that our only hope hiss in the nation's awaking to
its own imperative wants, and to its compelling
the House of Commons to do its duty, or to give
place to one which will. Good attendances for
party conflicts, and empty benches for the busi-
ness of the country, or for the evasion of su-
premely important motions can be tolerated no
longer.

Will be performed ROILED AND JULIET. Romeo, £iss Cash-
man ; Juliet, Miss Swanborough.
After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY.
ISIARILRT SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To conclude with OUR MART ANNE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CaAaus KLAN.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's
Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVEI.47TH. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
-To conclude with (17th time) a Romance,
In two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directresa, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Wlll be performed KING O'NEIL. Characters by Messrs. C.
Selby, Garden, Parsel'e, J. Bland, L. Murray, &G: Mrs. L. Mur-
ray, Miss Wyndham, &c.
To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF To E FAIRY T
ations.ALES
OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-cou restr

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lome and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
TII3 EVENING,

Will be performed THE WEL,II cITIL. Characters by Messrs.
Emery, Leslie, and Danvers; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan.
After which, the Comedietta. called LAW FOR LADIES. Cha-
tete, by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. 'Vining, H. Cooper,LanyerS, and
Castlcteu.

To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of 3iiss Rebecca Imam
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF
THE REGIMENT.
After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE.
To conclude with THE WATERMAN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet
THIS EVENING.
The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, THE
FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE
After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W.
Cooke's Dwarf Elephants.
Tp conclude with, first time, a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey.
called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.
A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to
the Embellishments.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke.
Equestrian Director,
Itr. W. Cooke, jun.

Procrastination and mystery appear to be the
prevailing principles of the PALMERSTON Admi-
nistration. Postpone everything to the latest
moment, and then withhold any information while
it is possible to do so. These seem to be the
chief rules of action of our present rulers, and
they are the only points in which vacillation and
infirmity of purpose are not but too plainly per-
ceptible. The telegraph has, with some trifling
breaks, been opened to Balaklava. Ample infor-
mation may be received from the seat of War
within a few hours. But the public are in no
respect wiser or better informed. The Govern-
ment has taken the example of the "Dog in the
manger," celebrated in the nursery fable,
and will neither itself use the extraordinary
means for obtaining rapid intelligence thereby
afforded, nor permit any one else to do so.
That no accident has occurred to impair its effici-
ency is certain from the facts stated by the First
Lord of the Admiralty, who admitted that tele-
graphic despatchev had been received from the
Crimea, but positively declared that lie had given
their substance nearly verbatim, to the House ;
and further, that the Government would commu-
nicate any information they might receive, and
which they considered to be interesting ! Extra-
ordinary as these assertions may appear, we are,
in the absence of conclusive evidence to the con-
trary, bound to believe them. What, then, can
be thought of the apathy and indifference of Lord
RAGLAN, who does not condescend to make the
most trifling effort to appease the public anxiety,
or to set at rest the sinister rumours which silence
at such a time, and under such circumstances,
must necessarily occasion ? What of the Ministry
who do not forthwith insist on his availing him-
self of the means at his disposal, to the extent of
sending at least a daily despatch respecting the
true state of affairs before Sebastopol 7 All par-
ties concerned appear to be equally reprehensible
for their very extraordinary conduct in reference
to this strange and ominous taciturnity.
Sir CHARLES WOOD has also declared that the
telegraph will be entirely under the control of
Government. But he does not say that it will
be confined to their service. But is it not so !
Who else has been permitted to transmit a mes-
sage of any kind From the extraordinary bre-
vity of Lord RAGLAN'S communications, it is ob-
vious that the use of the machine for a very few
minutes in the day would amply satisfy his re-
quirements, and that it must remain idle for more
than 23 out of the 24 hours. It is impossible to
suppose that there are not many persons anxious
to transmit intelligence if they were at liberty to
do so. Although, therefore, Sir CHARLES WOOD
"does not say that it is confined to Government
use, it is obvious that it is so, and that the First
Lord of the Admiralty has evaded the question
which he professed to answer.
The suppressio were is, however, scarcely more
justifiable than the suggestio falsi. If the House
and the Country are deceived or misled by a
quibble, it is just as bad as if a similar result had
been obtained by a direct falsehood. We trust,
therefore, that a more distinct and intelligible
answer may be elicited from the Right Hon.
Bart. on a point on which the public anxiety is
so greatly excited.
It is now certain that nosatisfactory result can be
anticipated from negotiations, and that any honour-
The nation ought now to face the real difficult able Peace, likely to be permanent, must, as we
have repeatedly declared, be "conquered." Al-
of its position. This difficulty lies at home. We though
have statesmen utterly incompetent to deal with ether elements may speedily be added to the
Saxe-Coburg, Austria, and Russia combined, and calculation, the venue for the time is laid before
Sebastopol. We know that Russia—who has not
equally incompetent to deal with army and official
been idle or slothful during the time wasted in the
patronage. The political and the administrative diffi-
Conferences atVienna, has concentrated an enormous
culties are both of them such as our aristocratic
force in the vicinity of the Allied lines, and it is
Government will never willingly grapple with
• more than probable that a fierce attack, similar
They make a show of doing something, but will to that of Inkerman, will be made on the French
do nothing to annoy either the relatives of and English armies, seconded by a sortie from the
our Crown, or Lord Jon a- RussaLfs pet, beleaguered fortress. Should such a conflict take
Austria ; or the titled incapables who have quay-
place, it will indeed be one for life or death.
iorod thcLuelves on the civil and military estab- Few of the Western warriors will be spared should
lishments of the nation. The country justly the Russian attack prove successful. They are
suspects incalculable mischief from the subser- not men to quit their posts, or abandon the posi-
viency of all our Premiers to court Germanism. tiona -which they have assumed, while the faintest
Without a tinge of disloyal feeling, we believe hope remains ;and yet, at such a time, and under
there is a disposition to curse the Hanoverian such circumstances, the Government will neither
policy of sustaining so rigidly the purity of the supply the required information themselves, nor
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German descent of the family which governs us. allow- us to obtain it from independent sources !
There was great joy when Hanover itself This is assuredly too bad, and it will be the fault
dropped off from the English Crown ; but of both Houses of Parliament if such an untoward
ua seems only to have resulted in linking state of affairs should be suffered to prevail much
indissolubly to one of theest co-
Pletely most mlonger.
State which Di ediatise ,
d. little states of Germany—a I Again, the most serious doubts are entertained
in fact, is but an electric wire between
the Austrian ias to the course to be pursued by Austria. Lord
and
.English Crowns. It would be
worth something
Lord JOHN, who Ca' a alone dispel the mystery, returned
absolved from an PALMERSTON could be
able pledge, au]. yeoeath of on Sunday, 2 ,d on Monday evening appeared in
secrecy, or any honour-in •.Parliament. An influential Cabinet
his place
honour-
deuce as to h 1116 be required to give evi- who is generally supposed to have
ow far he was Minister, orb 3
movements by • restrained in his
the Wishes or . more weight in the National Councils than even
Coburgs ; or how far h wilfulness of the " it is of
felt
that the • the nominal Premier, has admitted that
the English Crown and people, ie interests of et I rice that the earliest possible infor-
of our military service and -
d the
efficiency e inpol
and the
operations were corn-
sliou ld be given to the House
promised by the necessity of ere e°lla-negotiations.
- "In" to , country re ‘E ecting the result of the
hen
man influence at Court. The people Ger-
think th2t A" yet le time is specified, no day named w
nothing else can account for the fatuity our
which dollbl Al and anxieties shall be set at rest.
waits with such fatal results on the policy of Am. This is
us- IC't fair to the community, nor re
trig. If the nation errs in this, 'twere well it BPectful,
0 the Legislature. The authority of
Parl' should know it ;if it does not, it were even still 'amen t is, -
if possible, to be set at nought,
imPortant. the hereq it W either $(3,, IrY and representative members of
e now stand upon the commencement of which, if "e are to be treated with contumely,
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l'oint, .Russia has cancelled all the Four If the submit to, they will richly merit.
lightly reitlejig the cardinal one. These mis- the weight to appreciate their own dignity or
theywhich are fairly entitled, th©

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