The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.

Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza KEAN.
THIS EVENING, MARCH S,
Will be performed RICHARD THE THIRD. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. C. Kean.
After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN-
TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND
HIS MEIN; or, Kin; Salamander and the Fairy of the Azure
Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cot-mai:l; Clown, Mr. Iluline; Pantaloon,
Mr. Paulo; and Columbme, Miss Desborough.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.

THI3 EVENING, MARCH 6,

Will be performed ABAC BE LOH OF A. ItT3. Characters by
Messrs. C. Hattievrs, F. Nta.ttoews. and Baker; %Liss F. tlaghes.

After which, the original Fairy ECtrava;inzA, callel ONCE
UPON A TIKE THERE WERE TWO MVOs, 4.7haractere by
Messrs. Roaby, F. Matthews, And Bland; sfadarne Vestris, Misses
St. George, Eglanton, Mason, Martindale, E,11.5, Wadham, and
Foote.

To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Principal
character by Mr. Charles Mathews.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.

Proprietor, Mr. B. WeNter.—Direetress, Nlactalne Celeste.

THIS EVENING, Mutat 6,

Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical afelo-drama
In five taoleaux, with new scenery, the Set of Ice, &c., new
dresses and appointments, calla' TILE T (MSC OF GOLD; or,
THE LOST SHIP AND TILE WELD FLDWER OF MEXICO.
Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford,
Madame Celeste, &c.

To conclude with TEIE RERIOIT4 FAMILY. Characters by
Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh lfurray: ?Arselle, and Keeley ; ►+rs
Murray, Misses Woolgar, Fanny Maskell, and Laidlaw, and Mrs.
Keeley.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THE \FRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING. MAzea
Will be performed TO ORLIOE BENSON. Supported by Messrs
Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Mi. 33 Wyndham.
To be folmwed by PLOT AND P Principal criaracters
by Messrs. .t. Wigan, F. itob4on, Emery. Leslie, Whits, Franks,
and H. Cooper; Miss E. Turner, and NI, s. Stirling
After which, TilE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by
Messrs. Alfred Wigan, and F. Robson ; and qrs. WI an and Miss
Marston.

STRAND THEATRE,

Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—DlrectresA, Miss Rebecca Isaacs,

TIIIA EVENING, .SIARCIL ti,

Will be performed THE HEART OF AN IRISHMAN. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. G. Hodson, Herbert, and Miss Noel.
Followed by the ANONYMOUS LETTER.
After vvhich, THE WATERMAN. Tha principal character by
Mlss G. Hodson, &c.

To conclude with TILE CORKOVIAN lIRMIERS. Paddy and
Tim Mulligan (the Brothers), Mr. G. Hodson.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. 6d; '3allery, 6d.; Private Boxes
I'. Its. Gd., ,o be had 01 Mr. Allcroft, 13, N'ew Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUR.OPE'A NATIONAL AMPEIITIIE.ATItE
Lessee and Slanager, Mr. William Cooke.

Triumphant sitcom of the New Spectacle. 'AST NIGHT of the
PANTOMIME.
THIS EVENING, MARCH G,
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And daring the week, will be presented th 3 new, grand, and
romantic spectacle entttleo THE ,VOODIINN'S ; or, The
False linight—the Woodmen's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty,
xpressly trained by Mr. William Cooke.
After which, scenes of the ARENA.
To conclude with the Comic Pantomime 0' BILLY UUTTON'S
JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies'
Favourite.

Boz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stare Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tats DAY —Morning 21. min.after f 1 Eveninz 41 min.aft. 6
TO•MORROW— Morning 2 min.after 7 1 gvening 25 inin.art. 7

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 5.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
40 —lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 3017—falling.
WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, with fine, cold, sunshiny
weather.

MARCH 6.
46—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
37—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'57—falling rapidly.
WIND, S. to S.E.—Light breeze, with heavy fog. Hoar
frost in the night.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCEL 6, 1854.

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The Emperor NICHOLAS, it appears, has not
only answered his " goal friend"—the Imperial
Chief of 30,000,000 of Frenchmen—but has
given the signal of battle to his own subjects
through the medium of a most warlike, and, we
must add also in truth, a really blasphein eus,
Preela.natiou. His AI I,jesty the CZAR speaks in
his_ autograph epistle of his c ma lean being in
_".. " and in his own Right. H 3 talks, moreover,
In his manifesto, of his hitherto not having ceased
to wish, as he protests, in ha 1, that he still wishes,
the cessation of bloodshed. Mi.rk that ! His
"Right r' and his continued wish for the " cessa-
tion of bloodshed 1,,
• iAfter the mission of MEN-
SCHEICOFF to Cohltaatiuople—after the passage of
the Pruth by his
soldiers under GORTSCHAKOFF—
after the attacks made
successively (though un-
successfully) upon Oitate and Oltenitza—after the
sanguinary conflicts in the Caucasus, and the in-
human butchery at Sinop. After all these mon-
strous and notorious -acts of aggression —open
and unprovoked aggression upon one
who
was
supposed to 1)0 a mush weaker neighbour the
Russian Au roc r--IT talks now, forsooth, of his
"Right," that is to say, of the justice of his cause,
and of his (Pssice to bring about the "'tessation
of bloodshed." Nay, after the Sitiope massacre,
he talks of his coal-ileac:a in GOD ! Even more .
than all. this, he has the une:camplecl effrontery,
not to say the heinous impiety, to close his maul-
f°3tu " the Russians with the expression of a hope
that, in.theapproaehingstraggle, the ALNUGHT Y may
assist them to approve themselves worthy of their
fathers in the last generation. Aiding, somewhat
in the same profane spirit of affected piety which
knne months back induced him b close a docu-
-lout, which W 613 nothing less than a tissue of
gr°B3 and wilful misstatements, with the subs inis
/Ter4ClB of the R3yal P3SLAtar —" In to Doff ISE
sPate.vi : non confundar in wternum "—add ing
hem, With
kindred profanity, this extraordia ary
ejaculation ; "with •
this hope [that is, a 110130 la i

the assistance of the ALMIGHTY], combating for
our persecuted brethren, followers of the faith of
CHRIST, with one accord let all Russia exclaim—
' 0 LORD, our Redeemer ! whom shall we fear ?
May GOD be glorified and his enemies be scat-
tered !'" Assuredly we cannot be guilty of any
extravagance in saying that seldom before have
the HOLY NAMES been more flagrantly dragged
through the mire and blood of an infamous
conflict by the hands of a great political blas-
phemer.
It is impossible, at the same time; not to detect
through all this affected confidence, the CZAR'S
secret desire to ward off, even now, the blow im-
pending over his empire from the armaments,
both military and maritime, of the two most
powerful races of Christendom. He says, no
doubt, in his letter to the Emperor of the FRENCH
—" menaces will not induce me to recede."
But the whole tone of that communication, though
haughty at moments, cannot but be regarded, corn-
ing as it does directly from the hand of this mighty
AUTOCRAT of all the Russias, as really on the whole
somewhat meek and conciliatory. Listen to him—
"lf your Majesty should frankly return to our pro-
gramme—if you should proffer me a cordial
hand, as I now offer it to you at this
last moment—l will willingly forget what has
wounded my feelings in the past : then, Sire,
but then only, we may discuss, and perhaps we
may come to an understanding." Fine words
enough—.but picture to yourself, 0 unbiassed
beholder of these occurrences ! picture to
yourself the Emperor NrelioLss, on the
Bth of February, sitting down in his Cabinet
at St. Petersburgh, and writing about his
" wounded feelings !" As we have already but
just now remarked—after the mission of MEN-
sc lIIKOFF, and the aggression of GORTSCHA KOFF, and
the massacre at Sinope, and the seizure of the two
Principalities Effrontery could not assuredly
surpass this—yet the effrontery of the CZAR is
altogether exceeded, as we have said, by his bias.
phemous allusions at the same time to DIVINE
PROVIDENCE.

Nothing now remains to be learnt beyond the
reply of the Emperor NICHOLAS to the final de-
mand sent to him simultaneously by the Four
Allied Governments. The nature of that
reply may be readily anticipated. It may
be the more readily anticipated now after
the appearance of this autograph espistle to
the French EMPEROR, and especially after the
appearance of this most insensate and flagitious
Proclamation. War, then, to the knife—guerre
cc r outrance—in the Black Sea, in the Baltic, on
the Danube, in the Caucasus. And then indeed
" GOD defend the Right" in that supreme junc-
ture, when France and England, side by side,
shall be fighting against Russian Barbarism the
battle of Civilisation.

We fully share the mortification of all sincere
Liberals at the postponement of the second read-
ing of the New Reform Bill, but can neither join
in unfair denunciation of its author, nor in over
sanguine hopes of what a month may bring forth.
We would not be unfair to Lord JOHN himself ;
he has every inducement to stand by his bill ;
for, although from his own confession he would
have preferred a 5/. borough franchise, all the
other parts probably are quite after his own
neart. The tables we published on Thursday,
and which we repeat to-day, more enlarged,
show what an inconsistent amount of petty
boroughs are still enfranchised, while so many
larger towns remain unreptesented. The minority
clause in the counties is specially favourable to
Whig landlords, and no future Reform Bill will
be tolerated which lets off Whigs and Tories so
easily as these two arrangements. Radicals will
insist on more, and will get it. Hence, we think,
Lord JOHN'S strong aristocratic prepossessions
guarantee his earnestness for the present bill.
Something considerable is due, also, to his man-
liness in bringing it forward while the clouds of
war were gathering very thick, and when all the
croakers and hostile at heart were calling upon
him to alter his course. He then stoutly refused
even to shorten sail ; and now that the storm is
all but ready to burst, he ought to be permitted
to lay-to, without damage to his sincerity or his
courage. We were proud of his genuine English
boldness at the time, and are willing to give him
the benefit of it now. We will not deny, also,
that the main reasons he gave for postponement were
practical and obvious ones. The Ways and Means
will occupy the time at least till thel3th ; for while
there will be, we are confident, an unflinching

determination to find them, the method of doing
so may give rise to very serious and protracted
debates. Then the final message from the CZAR
will be arriving, and even we confess to a wish
not to have the Reform discussions just at that
time. Our hearts and heads will, in spite of our-
selves, be fuller of something else. If, as every
one seems to think, the answer will be war, that
will absorb us for a time, and well, if we get our
mental balance for another month. If it be that
the very apparition of NAPIER in the Baltic has
frightened the brutal bully of St. Petersburg
into concession, then, indeed, will the British
public need to watch with Argus eyes that secret
diplomacy does not present us with another blue
book, after the mischief is done, of gulled Minis-
ters, of all our vast preparatory expenditure for
nothing, and of Russia still master of its stolen
territories ; still impudently barring two large
seas against the fleets of the most civilised nations
of Europe; and still but hybernating during the
blasts of European indignation, ready to resume
its savage activity when the sunshine of general
peace returns. The character of the bill, there-
fore, and the reasons assigned by Lord 'Tonic,
together with his whole bearing on the subject,
give us hope that postponement only is meant.
On the other hand it is not easy to forget Lord
JOHN'S past. We gladly give him the benefit of
his appeal to his determined fight for the first

Refer-1-u Bill. Still we are haunted by the recol

lection of liberal pledges abandoned, and party
plans renounced, under the pressure of an incon-
veniently large opposition. Lord JOHN'S name is
too closely associated with an " Appropriation
Clause" now quite turned to dust ; with "Fina-
lity" of the first Reform Bill, renounced in due
time, and solemnly interred at the birth of the
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second one, which latter was, indeed, little better
than a substitute for finality under the name of
Reform. Now, however, we have at least a sche-
dule A and a schedule B worth having, though
leaving ample scope for two more schedules quite
equal to them. Church Rates, Endowing Irish
Priests, the Eight Shilling Duty, a Durham
Letter, ending in an Ecclesiastical Titles Act ;
such things again will remind us that L ird

JOHN can yield to the exigencies of office, and
work on pretty patiently too. Fully believing,
therefore, that he would prefer to make the last
great improvement on his own Reform Bill which
it is likely, as he may hope, to receive in his life-
time, we yet must remember that, like HOMER'S
heroes, he can run, and run away, too, as well as