The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

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duce, So long as so-called neutrals can,
without let or hindrance, convey contraband
of War to Ports from whence they can
easily be transmitted to the enemy, nothing
very important will be accomplished. We may
increase to some trifling extent the cost of these
indispensable articles to Russia, but it will be at
even a greater expense to ourselves. It is scarcely
worth while maintaining an useless blockade so
long as we permit the principle to be evaded with
impunity. The right of search of all vessels pro-
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cles can be transmitted to Russia must be enforced.
International law justifies such a demand on our
part, and it would be the height of folly not to
nsist to the utmost extent on our unquestionable

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representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel. as Camille
in Les 'boraces, with other new features, hays been added to the
above entertainment. During the Christmas Holidays Mr. W. S.
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Charing-cross.

DR. KAHN'S CELEBRATED
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to the Museum), a New Edition of Dr. Kahn's Treatise, " THE
SHOALS and QUICKSANDS of YOU fit," an Essay, specially
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peculiarly lla'de, and to arrest the progress of evil.

rights.

" The art of puffing" has been considerably
elucidated by the proceedings in reference to the
pamphlet on " The Necessity of a Congress for the
pacification of Europe," to which we alluded yes-
terday in our leading columns. The " States-
man" appears to be neither more nor less than a
mere literary hack, a man ready and willing to
write in any cause for good payment. It was
certainly a " good dodge" to ascribe its publica-
tion to an influential personage, but it contained
intrinsic evidence of the total absence of foun-
dation for the allegation. We perceived that on
a mere hasty and superficial inspection of its
contents, and the view we then took is strength-
ened and confirmed by more attentive considera-
tion of the details.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THI3 EVENING. •
LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Fo'lowed by
TRYING IT ON.

After which,
lIBY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, llarleguln King Nous3nse and the
Seven Ages of Man.

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING.
THE BUSY BODY.
Characters by Messrs. Howe, Chippenda.e, Rogers, W. Farren, and
Buckstone ; Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin.
After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FE &ST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring.

ROYAL PRINCM33'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cluny.= ExAz.
EVZNING.
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.

That the conception and execution was favour-
able, or rather intended to be favourable, to
Russia, is unquestionable ; that the inspiration,
if proceeding from any influential quarter, was
derived rather from St. Petersburg than from the
Tuileries, seems equally certain. But we are
disposed to regard it rather as a mere private
enterprise, an extravagant illustration of " the
puff indirect," than as proceeding from any really
important source. Never did a more insignificant
and ridiculous offspring follow parturient travail.
The mouse celebrated in fable was a Brobdignag

After which,
HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter.

llarlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. }Tuline ; Pantaloon, Mr
Paulo; and Colum`dne. Bliss Caroline Adams.

R 3YAL OLY‘IPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING,
TIIE JEALOUS WIFE.
Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan-
vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston.
After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
THE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs.
In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Ulm Maratoa,
and Miss Maskell will appear.

in oomparison.
One of the chief objects of the publication, if
, not the only one, has, however, been accomplished
—the pamphlet has sold ! It is not JOHN BULL
only that is distinguished for gullability. The
Parisian must be tickled in a more refined style
—the hook must be better concealed ; but when
the bait is suited to his palate he will bite just
as greedily as his English confrere. Money has
therefore flowed in abundantly to " the enterpris-
ing publishers ;" but if there were any ulteri•r
object, any desire to promote the wishes of
Russia, it has proved a most deplorable and un-
mitigated failure. The feeling excited by the
suggestion of a Congress has been of a very une-
quivocal and entirely warlike character. The
absurd suggestion has been received with the con-
tempt which it so richly merited, and has only
served to develops the enthusiasm of the people
in the righteous cause in which they have em-
barked.
The fallacies and platitudes so pompously
paraded have been estimated at their true value,
philo-Musoovitism and Germanism have received
very serious discouragement from what was in-
tended to operate in their favour, if at all. " The
great and generous idea of PATER the Great" is
fairly calculated at far less than that of the
smallest coin of the realm.
When sickened by the transparent toadyism,
we recur to the spirit-stirring exhortation, " Tell
them that if they wish for peace they must, at
least, make vows for or against us ; that in the
midst of a grave European conflict indifference
is a false ealeillatian, and silent:4 au error." We
perceive that "the mission of neutrality
is neither more useful nor respectable
than it was in the middle of November,
and we can only wonder at the unparalleled auda-
city that could frame a lie so certain of speedy, if
not immediate, detection. The work, however,
has been done, the profits have been realised, and
we can only regret the undue excitement which
has pitchforked into temporary notoriety a pro-
duction which, to use the language of a contem-
porary, "is as shallow iu argument as it is pre-
tentious in style," and which must speedily be
consigned to the oblivion it so justly merits, or
survive merely as an instance of successful impos
ture and unblushing mendacity.

If there be any race which the present War has
consigned to present and historical ignominy, it is
that of the Germans. Two years of it have now
passed away. It has surrounded all the geogra-
phical district called Germany with belligerents.
Its objects have appealed to every nobler senti-
ment of our nature. Its marked success would
give liberty to the fatherland of the Franks and
Saxons ; any degree of success would have light-
ened the yoke of Russian Czars and their agents,
the native Princes. Yet what has been the atti-
tude of this wordy, heavy-Joined, but sleepy and
dreamy race t That of mere indolent and selfish
lookers-on. Ready enough, as in Prussia, Aus-
tria, or Hamburg, to get florins out of the diverted
traffic ; not unwilling to speculate, and perhaps
to bet a kreutzer now and then on the issue of a
movement or a campaign ; but not a party nor a
journal even, nor a movement has, during all this
time, evinced one spark of the old love of free-
dom. Loquacious slavery and shopkeeping sel-
fishness is all that an Englishman or a French-
man can see beyond the Rhine. At one time
there was a belief in this country that the Geer©
man people were (as the people themselves are
here) far in advance of their Governors, but this
feeling is fast dying away. The last two years has
generated the opinion that the influential portion
of the Germans are not better, politically speak-
ing, than the despots who keep them down by
standing armies, and drill them in the minutiae
of life by their bureaus and polic3. They are no
better political children, but alas! without
any of the generosity They
of childhood.
combine the meanness and caution of
timid
old age with incapacity to go alone.
Germany is indeed in a second childhood. Some
sixty millions of highly educated and civilised
people are content in a soul-stirring time like
this, and when their own liberties aro so deeply
at stake to remain mere garrulous ciphers. Ses-
quipedalian and wind-bag protocols and confe-
rences, evaporating in talk, have been the only
signs of German interest in this great conflict.
The spectacle presented by a huge population
of lazy cowards, merely looking on when every
ccresideration might arouse them to act, is apt to
result in something worse than contempt. English-
man can respect aworthy onomy. Half our cordial
feeling towards France arises from the recollection
dud she has long been our brave and, though often
defeated, yet unconquerable antagonist. We can
shl ,ke hands cordially with a stand-up opponent,
or with a sharer in our conflicts ; we can never
s 'es.ke hands with a cheat and a go-between. We
rejteet the offer of arbitration from those who know
ancir have owned all the wrong to be on one side,
and who make the offer merely to save their own
skies s. To us, Germany is the European district