The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-27 00:00:00

Easton Station, London.

TEIRA rKE I:OTAS. DRURY LANE-
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public, Subs^ribers and
patrons of the Royal Opera. are respectfully informed, that, in con-
aequenee of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there will be NO
PtEt'ORMANCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be
suspended until .urther Notice.

HENRY JARRETT, Director,
Theatre Royal, Dru•y-lane, July '26, 1854.

THE XTRE ROYAL HAYIIARKET.
llnder the management of Mr. lauckstone.
TIII3 EVENING. JITLY 27.
Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. characters by 'Messrs.
Howe, Rogers, li. Marston, and Bucicstone ; Mrs. Fitzwidiarn, and
Was Reynolds.
Followed by the SPANISG DANCERS In a GRAND BALLET.
The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS.

ROTA/a pRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cuaaras KzAN.
THIS EVENING. Jm.y 27.
win be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters
by aeon. yr. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Murray.
Followed by FAUST AVD MARGUERITE. Characters by
Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher; and Mrs. Winstanley, and
Mies C. L,c,ercq.
To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING, Juvr 27.
will be performed the Drama of THE MAID OF CROISSEY ;
or, The neturn from Russia. Characters by Mr. B. Webster, and
Ur. Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste.
To be followed by HOPES AND FEAR 4. Characters by Messrs.
B. Webster and Parselle ; Misses woolgar, Mari Keeley, Fanny
mookell, and Madame Celeste.
After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled
A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.
Followed by THE COURIER OE LYONS.

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:;-----7---Tit:NDrmD NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- the House of Commons on Tuesday, by Mr.
LNotice is hereby glyen thatotfhtheenexntdOorndialr
Nllortalhf:
/NEY HERBERT, undoubtedly was, that which
yearly Gene.riwalaMy ewetilinLohfetihdeart.ohperieusto
E ron-station, Loudon, on Fri.th waj 3 subsequently delivered, in -the course of the
o_oelineckanpreca%ly
'aftt)rsuche . san le discussion, during the same evening, by daMe R 1 lath day of August. 185,..it twe ye
transaction of the general business of the C
•• -al BERKELEY was in a manner still more L _
Ad-
meeting a n-solution will b, sub nittedforthepconY2l;(l,l.idshaatiroesn, intoana
ox-
stock of so many of the L udon and Birmingham
the s{anchester and Birm ngham 101. C shares, as haYe been Luny t raordinary. The Gallant Admiral, in one of the
pa .d up. n lost -singularly inconclusive and unsatisfactory
Dated this 25th day of July.
CFI lloq, Chairman.
1854.
h, sran gues ever listened to by the representatives
x. ROBT. BENSON, DepatY Chaim"'
BOOTH, of GI 3 people of England, attempted to vindicate
Secretaries.
C. E. ATE WART, the. 1 kard of Admiralty, of which ho himself is
on e of the most conspicuous, and therefore of
cc)urise one of the most responsible, members, from
raly charge whatever, whether of blundering, inde-
eisio n, or remissness. He repelled the particular
accusation directed against the Admiralty, by none
earlier or more repeatedly than by ourseives—the
accusation of disregard for the wants of the Baltic
fle.st, in not having provided NAPIER at the period
of his departure, or at any rate as quickly after it as
possible, with an adequate, and, as it happens,
an absolutely requisite supply of gun-boats
having a light draught of water, so as to
render them available for purposes of attack
between the mouth of the Neva and the insular
batteries of Cronstadt—that inner extremity of the
Gulf of Finland being notoriously remarkable for
its shallow navigation. Admiral BERKELEY re-
pelled this particular charge against the Admiralty
in regard to the lamentable lack of gun-boats in
the Baltic, by directing a frivolous sneer against
the suggestion of the Noble Lord the Member for
Marylebone. The gallant First Naval Lord of
the Admiralty talked on Tuesday evening as if the
construction of gun-boats suitable to the shoal-
water navigation in the neighbourhood of St.
Petersburg were a matter of obvious and glaring
inrpracticability. When it has been long known to
be quite otherwise ! When the houseofAr. SCOTT
RUSSELL, formerly known as that of thel Messrs.
Ronrrisox and, Rl:mama, has intimated plainly
enough a readiness to undertake the build-
ing of a sufficient flotilla of this charac-
ter Why, the possibility of gun-boats being
made such as those laughed at by Admi-
ral BERKELEY on Tuesday night as altogether
out of the question, has been clearly enough proved
by the construction, by the firm we have just
mentioned, of the now celebrated little gun-boats
the Nix and the Salamander. No—had the
Admiralty acted promptly, and with due sagacity
and foresight, we should no longer have been
compelled to listen to the reported observations of
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, that it would be hopeless
for the fleet to dream of making any impression
at Cronstadt upon the dread array there made by
the granite fortifications. Admiral BERKELEY
(rioted in the House of Commons, the night
before last, the declaration made to him by Ad-
miral SEYMOUR, in his capacity as Captain of the
Baltic Fleet, in these extraordinary words—" We
hare never been, at any time in want of anything,
thanks to the provident measures adopted by
the Admiralty." What ! Admiral SEYMOUR—
" never," do you say, "at any time in want
of anything ?" How, then, about the French
troops now on their way, iu English vessels, steam-
ing and sailing hurriedly towards the Baltic ?
Unless they had been wanted, they never
would have been sent. They have been sent,
therefore they have been wanted. And the speed
with which they are being hastened out shows the
urgency with which they are required under the
circumstances. In that particular, therefore, not-
withstanding the extravagant encomium pro-
nounced by the Captain of the Fleet upon Sir
J. GRAHAM, and Admiral BERKELEY, and their
colleagues—" the provident measures adopted
by the Admiralty" do not, we must protest,
shine forth very conspicuously. The Admiralty
have been in fault in not sending out
troops long ago to aid the operations of the com-
bined fleets under NAPIER and DESCHENES. They
have hem equally culpable in not providing also
a proper supply of gun-boats suitable for the shoal-
water navigation beyond Cronstadt. A body of
10,000 French troops have only just been de-
spatched through the Cattegat to make up for one
deficiency. Gun-boats must, in course of time,
follow, to make up the. other. Both troops and
gun-boats we have declared months and montbe
ago, over and over, and over again, to be abso-
lutely and imperatively necessary. The necessity
is only now being recognised, and that seriously
only in one particular, by the Admiralty. Had
the Admiralty shown in this matter due
promptitude, foresight, and decision, instead 01
blind obstinacy and most culpable negligence—
ample time would have been afforded since March
for the building and getting together a flat-bot-
tomed flotilla, such as would now have proved of
inestimable advantage to the Anglo-French mari-
time armament sent up the Gulf of Finland for
an attack upon St. Petersburg.
As it is—by despatching additional troops,
English as well as French, after those recently
sent out to the Baltic under General BARAGUAY
D'HILLIERS, and by following this military
force with as good gun-boats (having a
light draught of water) as could be collected
together under the circumstances—Admirals
NAPIER and DESCHENES might yet be enabled to
set at nought both at Sweaborg and at Cronstadt,
the dread Russian array of granite fortifications.
Land an adequate body of Anglo-French troops
on a convenient part of the coast of the Gulf of
Finland—make a simultaneous or co-operative
attack upon the Russians with fleets and forces—
and you will encourage the Swedes to take an
active part with the Western Powers in
ainsetabothrge
aßndussciarnonAstuadrotemßai,:rhl
with
bthaettewriaerg
Sweaborg ofasuch a combination against them, fall successively
before the united daring and skill, prowess and
tactics of the allies, and the seizure of Helsingfors
might prepare the way for the capture or destruc-
tion of St. Petersburg. By destroying the Rus-
sian fleet at Sweaborg, the whole of Admiral
CORRY'S fleet would be at full liberty to go on
with NAPIER'S and DESCHENES' fleet to Cronstadt.

Very conclusive evidence has been afforded
with regard to the differences existing in the
Cabinet with respect to the Russian war, and the
mode of dealing with the AUTOCRAT. The pro-
ceedings in reference to the Russian Government
Securities Bill has placed the matter in a new and
very striking point of view. We feel even more
poignant regret at the culpable weakness of the
popular branch of the LegiBlature, in transferring
its constitutional functions to other hands, either
from a desire to avoid " the delicious treat of an
autumnal session," or from the dread of an early
dissolution and a general election. We see a
leading member of the Administration, one who
enjoys the public confidence in a greater degree
perhaps than any of his colleagues, expressing his
opinions clearly and distinctly, and adopting a
course which will add t the respect and confidence
already entertained for his character and conduct,
while a subordinate member of the same Govern-
ment not only strongly opposes the measure
which his leader for the time being was supporting
with all his power, but using language by no
ra.," respectful to that leader, and scarcely con-
sistent with their respective positions. As
twha se
Justlymember
froerraalkd
of the'NubwliethSeacrhetaty by the Han. Baronet
Westminster,e "the manly speech
for tills Home Department
will meet
and heartfelt hasty response response throughout the
will entitle him to the cor-
dialentire country."
Englishman ajid
true-hearted gratitude of every
, while the petulant and
puerile remarks of the Secretary of the Trea-
different feelings towards
sury will elicit very
prompters and abettors
himself and his sect-et
in the extraordinary course
proper to adopt. We
inasmuch as it
ers and abettors," say "which he thought
his secret Prompt-
palpable that Mr. Waso-s- would not is
have ven_
tured on such a step without the certainty of
being supported by at least a section of the Ca-
binet ; nor would the Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests Dave so cautiously avoided
voting on either side when, by his neutrality,
he was guilty of a breach of the salutary regula-
tions of the House.

It was manifest that the bill should have been
brought forward by the Government itself, and
not left to the care of a private and independent
member. Fortunately, however, it fell into good
hands, and Lord DUDLEY STUART faithfully and
efficiently discharged the important duty he had.;