The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

'Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
THIS EVENLY(}, Dac. I,

will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baiter; Miss F. Hughes.
After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE
which, however (it is hoped), will. In the end, show HOW TO
MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright.
To be followed by A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING. DEC. 1,

Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by
Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Woolgar, &c.
To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH.
After which, THE C AMP AT CHORHAM.
To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook
"A Blain."

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Dac. 1,
wm be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters
by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac-
ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ;
Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and
Wyndham.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL.

ASTLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke,

Who respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in
general, that a GRAND EQUESTRIAN CHINESE SPECTACLE
is in active preparation, written expressly to introduce Mr. William
Cooke's most extraordinary TRAINED ELEPHANTS, surpassing
everything hitherto witnessed—their marvellous feats never having
been previously attempted, and which they accomplish with unerr-
ing certainty. The spectacle will be produced immediately.

Second week of Six Clowns in the Arena. Third week of the re-
appearance of the premier horseman, Mr. ALFRED COOKE. In-
creasing popularity of the daring Equestrienne, Madlle. MASOTTA.

TIIIS EVENING, DEc. 1,

(And during the week)

The grand spectacle of RONAPA.RTE'S IN VASION OF RUSSIA ;
Or, The Miming of Moscow.
Followed by William Cooke's matchless scenes of the ARENA,
by unequalled artistes.
Concluding with JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Photon.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tnis DAY —Morning 38 min.after 1 I Evening 1 min.aft. 2
To-Moßaow—Morning 25 min.after 2 I Evening 45 min.aft. 2

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 1.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
54—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'12.
WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and dull, hazy weather.

blind system of official silence, diplomatic reserve,
and Ministerial mystification.
Meanwhile—How has it been with Ru-sia ?
How has it been with the AUTOCRAT, and with
the subjects of the AUTOCRAT ? Why, the CZAR
has not simply intimated his intentions. He has
daringly marched his army across the Pruth—in
vading the dominions of his Moslem neigh-
bour. He has thrust his demands upon the
Divan through the medium of his haughty
envoy, Prince MENSCHIKOFF. He has taken for-
cible possession of Moldo-Wallachia. He has
proclaimed war, and not an ordinary war, but a
war a r outirance against his immediate antagonists.
And his subjects have behaved no less candidly
under the emergency. One of them, a Russian
1 Nobleman of some distinction, according to the
L Vienna correspondent of the Morning Chronicle,
has recently expressed in tolerably plain terms
the sentiments by which his fellow-countrymen
are just now animated. He has declared—" If
the English want a war, depend upon it their
wish shall be gratified." The English want a war
—forsooth 1 As if they were the aggressors !
But further on, without begging the question, or
prevaricatingthe slightest degree, he says dis-
tinctly—" put to it, she will carry on
if in
Russia
is
a war for twenty years." The phrase is signifi-
cant—" If Russia is put to it"—put to it! How?
Why, by an attempt on the part of Turkey, sup-
ported by her allies, the Western Powers, to pre-
vent the CZAR from perpetrating a monstrous act
of spoliation with impunity ! "If Russia is
put to it (in this manner), she will carry
on a war for twenty years." • That is her deter-
mination—a determination sufficiently threatened
by the recent conduct of the Emperor NICHOLAS
—and now plainly announced in so many words
by one of the eminent members of his aristocracy.
Let us understand the matter at once, clearly.
If Russia is put to it—that is to say if England
and France, and the rest of the great Powers of
Europe, do not consent quietly to look on while
the AUTOCRAT is committing a stupendous act of
robbery upon his unoffending neighbour—she
(Russia) will carry on a war for twenty 1
years ! That is the declaration. Further on
the Russian Nobleman is yet more explicit. He
says, candidly, " You English may go and burn 1
our seaport towns in the Black Sea, and even in
the Baltic; but in so doing you will burn property
which, to an enormous amount, has already been
paid for by English capital. You may destroy
our fleets also; and what do we care ? Our ships
have never been of much use to us ; and better,
perhaps, if we had never had any. Make the
attempt, and we shall see who will hold out the
longest. But, do what you may, you will find
out to your cost that Europe at large, and Eng-
lish commerce in particular, will suffer more
severely by a long continental war than Russia."
After that, there can assuredly be no further mis-
apprehension. The views of Russia are notorious;
they are patent to everybody's understanding ;
they are audible in the words of the CZAR, and
visible in his acts—acts carved out in bloody re-
lief upon the soil of the Danubian Principalities.
Opposed to this boldness, arrogance and resolu-
tion, have we, alas ! at this momentous juncture
nothing to advance but Ministerial vacillation
and Aberdeenite pusillaminity ?

A very important case, which had long since
obtained an unhappy notoriety, and which, when
" called on," generally excited among the audi-
tors a feeling analogous to that so powerfully de-
scribed by Charles DicKENs, as incidental to a
hearing in SARNDYCE V. JA ENDYOE, has just been
brought to a conclusion. Yes, reader, the pro-
ceedings under the bankruptcy of CHAMBERS the
elder and CHAMBERS the younger has been wound
up—the final dividend has been declared, and the
" representatives" of the original creditors (not a
single one of whom, we believe, survived to reap
any benefit from the protracted and expensive
litigation which has taken place) will now receive
an additional instalment of their demands, making
what would, on the whole, have been a very fair
dividend, if promptly distributed.
The clear and graphic statement made by Mr.
ESPIN, the solicitor to the present assignees (to
whose zealous and indefatigable exertions the
auspicious termination of the proceedings may
chiefly be attributed) affords a powerftil illustra-
tion of the "law's delays," even under a tribunal
which had been favourably contrasted with other
departments for the administration of justice.
How often have we heard praises bestowed on the
despatch and promptitude invariably displayed by
the Court of Bankruptcy, and suggestions made
that the practice of the Court of Chancery in
the distribution of testamentary and intestate
estates should be assimilated to that in bankruptcy.
And yet, we find tnat matters have been procras-
tinated under the model jurisdiction for 28
years (!), and that more than 20 years elapsed
from the issuing of the fiat before even a single
shilling was paid to the several claimants on the
estate. It is, however, due to the bankruptcy
officials to state that these ruinous delays were
in a great degree, if not altogether, ascrib-
able to the procrastinations of other tribu-
nals, and partly to the " evil reputation" acquired
by the suit itself, which created a salutary terror
in the public mind, and prevented persons from
suffering their names to be implicated in the
transaction, even to the extent of acting on behalf
of the innocent creditors.