The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

MR. iziLLCAOFIS CON( ERT.

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The programoae contained •
• London, with a host of other;
some sixty pieces •
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, some of whom
never heard of bef •
we me. The •
pieces were m general
of a popular and familiar kind, ca able of P being per-
formedd without any trouble
of preparation, and calcu-
late to e please a miscellaneous audience. The great fa.
vourite, as usual
ballads,
on such. occasions, was Mr. Sims
Reeves, \silos
pretty Jane/ _ "The Pilgrim of Love,,, "My
en-
thusiasm, &c., were received with obstreperous Nexten-
to him, Madame Anna Thillon had the
ballad warmest reception, particularly in her " pussy-cat "
so
long a standing dish at Jullien's concerts.
Madame Clara Novello things, , among other thi sang a new
MS. song, "The Vivandiere," by Mr. Frank Mori, a
very pretty 'thing, which she gave with great spirit
and effect. Miss Rebecca Isaacs—always a favourite--
Fang several ballads delightfully ' • but "Let the bright
Seraphim" is out of her wily. A now duet, "Come, let
us away," by Mr. Edward Loder, an elegant composi-
tion, was gracefully sung by the Misses Brougham, two
very agreeable and rising young singer F. Herr Formes
"sang the air, "Pour fuir son souvenir," from the Etoile
du Nord, in a manner which showed that he will give
it great effect when he conies to sing it on the boards of
the Royal Italian Opera ; but, like all the music of this ,
opera, it is essentially dramatic, and not fitted for a con
cert. A number of instrumental solos were performed
by Ernst, Richardson, Lazarus, Mdlle. Louise Chris-
tine, Case, Distin, and others, all of a showy and popu- ',
lar character. It is almost unnecessary to add—for it .
is always the case at these concerts of Mr. Allcroft's— i
that every part of the theatre was crowded ; and very '
deservedly, for there are no concerts at which so grea' ;
a variety of good music can be heard on such eas3 f
terms.

BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL ASSURANCE to the Crimea, in order, as it was fondly
OFFICE,
anticipated, to bring the siege of Sebastopol to a
37, Yew Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
The EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING was held at Radley's
summary conclusion, by a vigorous and decisive
" Hotel, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1855 ;
Mr. JOHN GOVER in the Chair. blow. And she now again interferes to insure
The Report states that the proposals for Life Assurance received
during the year amounted to 1,031, for 243,9681.; out of which 876
Policies have been issued, assuring 19.3,7591. ; 158 for 48,2091. being in the retention by Russia of Sebastopol, without
progress, or declined. any diminution of its strength, so that it may re-
The claims from deaths during the year have been 49, amounting
to 10,5591. 2s. 4d. main a standing menace to Constantinople, to
From the comMencement of the Company to the 31st of December,
1854, the Life Policies issued have been 6,407, assuring 1,232,654/. ; Asia, and to Europe.
and the number now in force is 5,069, assuring 988,0501.
The present annual income is 36,5681 18s. ld. We have seen the result. Nor is it difficult to
The Company has an Accumulated Fund of 70,6001.
The period having arrived for the Second Division of Profits to the trace out the causes by which such striking effects
Assured, a complete and detailed valuation Actuary sets and lia-
bilities of the Company has been made by the F. G. P. Nei- have been produced. The rivalry of Austria and
sea, Esq., in which the most severe and stringent tests have been
Confede-
applied to the determination of the results. The consequenee is, Prussia for predominance in the German
that, of the realised profits during the three yearn that have elapsed ration is well known. Anything that could
since the first division, there is a disposable balance of 20,0001.; and,
after deducting 10 per cent. for the purposes of the Reserved Fund, strengthen the influence of either party would be
there remains 18,0001. to appropriate as bonus to the members,
which will be found to be in the ratio of about 2734 per cent. of the anxiously sought after. Now NICHOLAS could
amount of premiums paid by them.
command the votes of many minor poten-
tates. Not only were there the numerous
matrimonial alliances by which he added family
ties to his territorial power—not only were there
the lucrative commands which he bestowed on
junior branches of these reigning houses—who
were apparently as anxious to provide for their
poor relations as our own aristocracy—but he
could hold out hopes of enabling them to exchange
their ducal for regal crowns—of erecting their
petty principalities into independent kingdoms.
Such inducements were not to be slighted, and by
means thereof the CZAR could play off Austria
against Prussia, and vice versa—at one time
throwing his weight into one balance, and again
into the other. When, for example, he could
transform a Grand Duke of Sase-Coburg-Gotha
into a King of Thuringia, he might have hoped
to neutralise the opposition of the friends and
connexions of that important house, and amongst
them one closely connected by marriage with the
Emperor of i.VSTRIA.
The fact that King LzoroLD has remained
neutral, while Sardinia has boldly assumed arms,
is very significant. Not only is Kingllaoronn
the uncle of our most gracious QIIEEN and the
PRINCE CONSORT, but he is actually the pensioner
of England, drawing a considerable sum annually
from the national Exchequer. The heir apparent
to his Crown is married to an Austrian Grand
Duchess, and therefore, if Austria were in earnest,
he would have taken some step in advance. His
extraordinary quiescence, under the peculiar cir-
cumstances, proves that there is something in the
back ground that should be brought to light,
and which requires unflinching resolution on the
part of the English representative at Vienna. We
cannot conclude this part of the subject without
again alluding to the fact referred to in our im-
pression of yesterday—that Prince RAnza-vsn, now
a Russian General in the Crimea, was only last
summer allowed to inspect our defences, and pry
into our military arrangements. He was enabled
to act this disgraceful part through a Ministerial
introduction, and we earnestly hope that the
causes which led to that intaroduction may be
strictly investigated. It is no time for needless
delicacy ; nor can the British Parliament be again
satisfied with vague generalities or pompous plati-
tudes about the courtesy due to distinguished
foreigners, who turn out to be paid spies in the
service of our enemy, and whose conduct would
richly merit an ignominious termination in front
of the Old Bailey.
Looking to all matters we can only regret that
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Parliament has adjourned for so long a period, so
that immediate explanations cannot be obtained.
We must, however, warn all parties not to rely
too much on the patience of the British people.
Any betrayal of the national interests, any sacri-
fice of the national honour, will be fearfully
avenged on any to whom complicity may be traced,
no matter what their rank or position in the
United Kingdom.

JAMES MULLS, Secretary.

FIRE COMPANY.—Subscribed Guarantee Fund, 200,0001. Pure
Matuability. Policy holders not liable for losses. EN LIRE Profits
divided triennially. Policies issued, 13,239, for 5,897,3051 12% per
cent. per annum has been returned at each triennial division on the
entire premium paid. _

FRANCIS CLOWES, Secretary.

nRIIRY-LANE.—Cerise, Mr. B. T. Smith.-
Reduced Prices u sue.

THIS EVENING,

win be presented a GRAND PROME VADE CONCERT. The
Mlblcal arrangements wai Include the whole of the Popular Music
from Meyerbeer's Opera L'Etoile du Nord, executed by the Opera
sand of 100 Performers and 60 Chorus.

THZI.TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone.
ON EASTER MONDAY

win be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
by Mr. unct.stone and Miss E. Chaplin.

To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers
will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL.
- - -

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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST REET.
Under the Management of Mr. Caasuis KEAN.
ON EASTER MONDAY
Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST.
To be fo'lowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with (first time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Mr. William Cooke begs to acknowledge one of the most successful
seasons of the Royal Amphitheatre, and announces that on EAsTER
MONDAY there will be produced an original Equidrama, to be called,
THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ; developing events of
peculiar character and general interest !
Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of amusements, will
end their aid to the evening's entertainment.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Der. W. IL Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

NATIONAL STANDARD,
THIS EVENING.

Mr. G. HODSON. the celebrated Irish Comedian, will give his
Popular Musical Entertainment, called MY IRISH PORTFOLIO;
or, Gems from the Emerald Isle ; with Imitations of Henry Russell,
M. Robins, &c. The wonder of the world, Wellington Young, her
Majesty's Royal Conjurer, will appear in his Grand Soirees Magiques.
Madame Elster, the greatest Tight-Rope Dancer in the world. M.
Delevenile and Pupils' Grand Drawing-room Entertainment. Lapong
and Son in La Perche. Morgan's Dissolving Views, &c.

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

THIS EVENING.

Ike WIZARD of the WORLD will appear in his Magic Saloon
With a variety of amusements.

To be followed by THE BARBER OF CADIZ, introducing the
Drury-lane Ballet Comcany„

HIGH WATER AT LONDON ERIDGt.
Tms DAT —Morning 36 min.after 2 I Zvenlng 49 min.aft. 2
To-_Morning—Morning 3 raln.aft?rr 3 i Evening 20 inla.aft. 3

Tri 1Z WHAM:R.—Su Orrin, April. 3.
MEENOTIZTICII, IN THE SWAM
45 —highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
50—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29'60—fallen half an inch since yesterday.
WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, with showery weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1855.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL has not hitherto been
Very fortunate in his diplomatic efforts. Grave
suspicions are already entertained that he has not
displayed the inflexible resolution which the im-
portant duties confided to his charge so impera-
tively demand. It is true that he uttered "praTe
orts " at home on many occasions, that he spoke
of an honourable peace as the only one that could

It must not be imagined by those whose atten-
tion in regard to public affairs during the past
,welve months may have been chiefly absorbed in

possibly prove a permanent one, and excited san-
guine hopes that in his hands the interests and
reputation of Great Britain would be vigilantly
guarded against every danger. But at this very
time the " doings" of Lord ABERDEEN were alto-
gether in opposition to his "sayings," and it is
now clearly established that when his language
was boldest and most uncompromising, the Mi-
nistry, of which he was a very influential and
important member, the leader, indeed, in the
representative branch of the Legislature, had no
real expectation of being compelled to take an
active part in the War ; or, in fact, to do more
than make an armed demonstration in favour of
Our deeply aggrieved Ally.

the consideration of the important events trans.
piring in the East, that, elsewhere, the world has
been in a state of Arcadian tranquillity. There
has been bloodshed during this Momentous inter-
val, we would venture to remind them, in other
quarters of the earth besides those comprised
within the boundaries of Crim Tartary. There
have been other cities beleagured besides Sebas-
topol. There have been other projects abroad of
daring and lawless spoliation, besides. those in-
dulged in by the late Autocrat of all the Russias
in reference to Constantinople. It would perhaps
be as well, now and then, to lay aside for a few
minutes those charts of the Black Sea and the
Baltic, those maps of the Crimea and the Dobrud-
scha, those plans of the Allied Camps off Kamiesh
and Balaklava, with every minute detail of which
we have long since become so strangely familiarised

While considering this deficiency of his practices
when compared with his professions, it has not
been forgotten that he exhibited on a memorable
occasion a truckling to " Germanism " an
amount of subservience calculated to excite serious
apprehensions of another grievous mistake now
that power is again placed in his hands. That
subservience then led to the sacrifice of his most
influential colleague. It was evidenced by the
announcement of Lord PALXERSTON'S dismissal at
Vienna before it was known in England, and. was
clearly made in deference to the wishes of foreign
potentates, who should have had no voice in the
affairs of the United Kingdom. The intrigue
was unquestionably powerfully avenged—it led to
the overthrow of the RussELL Cabinet, the con-
fusion of the party of which he was the recognised
leader, and the eventual substitution of the noble-
n so summarily dismissed as Premier in the
place of him by whom he was so unceremoniously
discarded. It is impossible, however, to place
implicit reliance on the man whose backsliding
was then so painfully notorious, or to feel satisfied
that similar influences to those in operation in
may not now prove effectual. December, 1851,

—and to observe what has been going on mean-
while, almost wholly unnoticed by the generality
of those at home, in other parts both of the
Eastern and Western hemisphere. The European
War still in progress is, of course, among all these
contemporaneous occurrences the one of para-
mount import, and cannot fail still to engross the
principal share of the national regard and obser-
vation. Nevertheless, we cannot but deem
it advisable, even in the midst of this
eventful struggle, occasionally to direct the
notice of the more reflective to other incidents
which appear to us fraught with interest some-
times, it may be, to our fellow-creatures in gene-
ral—sometimes, indeed, to our fellow-countrymen
in particular : incidents pregnant with good or
evil to the universal cause of progressive civilisa-

tion.
The English politician must, as a matter of
course, continue to devour the latest intelligence
from the seat of war in the Crimea, more eagerly
—whatever his bodily appetite—than the fresh
eggs and the hot rolls served up betimes with the
damp copy of his morning newspaper. He must
continue, doubtless equally as a matter of course,
to satisfy his social cravings for the news of the
day after dinner with no less zest than that al-
ready betrayed by him during breakfast : consum-
ing to this end, with what Mr. TRACKERAY calls
the "domestic muffin," whatever seasonable frag-
ments of information may be laid upon the tea-
board in the columns of his evening journal
fragments no less important, just now, than the
diurnal revelations of horror, made by 'witness
after witness of indisputable credibility, before Mr.
Ro &TUCK'S Committee of Inquiry into the state
of t he British Army before Sebastopol. Between
whiles, moreover, during his mid-clay ramble
through the streets of London, the more
enthusiastic observer of passing occurrences
may persist in turning at pleasuirnetointtie oithepic-
turf-zoom in Waterloo-place, or
model-
roombraiie e
in Leicester-square,
possibly,
of incidents just to
and localities
already freshen u p i s
r
already tendered famous in this great contest with
"sia by the heroic valour, or the no less heroic
Patience, of Lis compatriots.
what has, du" •
ng many months past, been the
state of things daytan ooftere
day, with the heads of
families in more than
household in the metro-
polis. It is a condition
of
no doubt continue yet awhi:'e:rt life which will
to
tent, even beyond the limits of L a -very great e
stx-
()
minster. It is one which we woulMon and We-
d. 'by no means
interrupt, expressive as we believe it to be of a
generous patriotism--of one productive of ao.

Many matters combine to enhance the grave
doubts en';ertained as to the resolution of Lord
JOHN RUSSELL. We shall not now further allude
to the rumours respecting his yielding at the Con-
ferences, although to that yielding the hasty
journey of the French Minister to London, and
Lis rapid departure for Vienna, has generally been
attributed.
Nor
shall we again speak of the very
unfortunate
andill-timed promenade on the
Olacis at Vienne
arm-in-arm with the Russian
Pinigenniipreotheonw it was thattiary
• We may look further back, and
easy on the subject of the
NieuoL.is felt so perfectly
course to be adopted
by the German Powers
re
the "sick man's" assets. We
the division of
Wa. have incontrover-
tible evidence in his conversations with Sir
HAMILTON SEYMOUR that he felt perfectly satisfied
that from Austria, Prussia., or the minor states of
Germany, he had nothing to fear, and
up to this period nothing has occurred to
show
that this sanguine reliance on German assistance k
was not fully warranted.

It is unnecessary to speak of Prussia. Re,
wishes are now so notorious, her proceedings so
palpable, that no argument is required to prove
her confederacy with the Colossus of the North.
But could Austria afford stronger testimony of her
pro-Russian tendencies in any way short of
throwing off the mask and openly coalescing with
Russia ? Whrit has she done to induce us to sup-
pose that she is really with us As we have re-
cently pointed out, she has not permitted a single
sword to be drawn, or a shot to be fired in anger,
by any of her soldiers ; while by her interference
in the Principalities she enabled the whole
of the Bessarabian army, to be transferred