The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-27 00:00:00

TIMATRE ROYAL ADELPIIT.

Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeate.
TtIIS EVENLNG.
MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.
After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ?
To conclude with a Grand Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime,
to he called
JACK AND THE REIN STALK; •r, llarl•quin and Mother
Goose at Home Again.
In which Meksrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss
Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will appear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING
THE FLOWER GIRL.
To conclude with
A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and lane Shore.

ROY IL, STR A.ND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Payne.

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NOEIHE; or, 'ha Foster Sliter.

After which,

IT RUNS IN TUE FAMILY.

To conelads with
HARLEQEMR BLACK-EYED SUE ; or, All In the Downs and
Davy Jones's Locker.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A.MPHITHCATEN.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Tremendous success of the new Equestrian Comic Pantomime
THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING,
The successfhl Espaldraroe called RO3KWOOD; or, TURPIICS
RIDE to YORK.
After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE.
To conclude with (second time) a Grand Equestrian Comic Panto-
mime from the pen of Mr. Nelson Lee, called HARLKQUEN AND
Er. GEORGE AND TIIE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of
Christendom. One hundred horses, ponies, and other quadrupeds,
trained by Mr. William Cooke, who has invented and arranged all
the equestrian effects. This astonishing production may be desig-
nated the " Eirinh Wonder of the World." It Is an exhibition un-
precedented and unparalleled I
it-s-oftlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, %f'. W. Cooke, Jan.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TRU atv—Morn. 17 min. aft. 4 Evening 34 min. aft. 4
TO-MORROW—Morn.S3 min. aft. 4—Evening 12 min. aft. 5

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Dec. 27.
THERHOIIETER, IN THE SHADE.
5% tlf,,Letst biuce noon yesterday.
-iovrost this morning and during the night.
52 -this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29.60.
WIND, S.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, THURSDAY-, DECEMBER 27, 1855,

Count ESTERRAZY Will soon display his folded
toga before the despot of St. Petersburg, and offer
the alternatives, Peace or—the withdrawal of an
Ambassador ! The paltry threat, coupled with
the disbanding of troops, proves trickery at the
bottom. Russia, for certain, is well up in all the
intentions of her despised neighbour ; she knows
she has nothing to fear from Austria, and the
beautifully-balanced menace of withdrawing an
Ambassador, and, at the same time, disbanding
forces, must even save the tender feelings of the
Cult and his Muscovites. Austria would, no
doubt, be thankful enough, poor wretch, for
Peace at any price but the price of fighting for it.
All she can do in the way of giving Russia a
decent pretext for coming to terms she is ready
enough to do, and it may well be that the inter-
pretation of her self-contradictory acts is, " Tell
the Allies, if you like, that you are unwilling to
distress your despot friend, but at the same time
understand that I merely place my apparent diplo-
Austria does
matic displeasure at your service."
seem, indeed, to be somewhat in a fright. Her
miserable poverty or the fear of revolution, or
both, keep her at her wit's end. Peace is to her
a necessity ; the trembling coward, however, has
clone nothing towards it but take the SULTAN'S
territory in pawn, and treat it, meantime, as her
own property. Had she had courage to join the
Allies actively at first, and the Allies bad courage
to enter on War as War, then doubtless, by this
time, poor decrepit Austria might not have been
reduced to Withdrawing an Ambassador. She
might have seen the Peace she longed for, and
have ratified it by withdrawing an army.
The question of greatest interest to Eng-
land is whether the proposed terms will be
accepted, We trust they will not ; we expect