The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

ADELPIII THEATRE.

An original drama, called Two Loves and a Life, was
produced at this theatre last night. It was not only a
sterling Adelphi success, but one of which the authors,
Messrs. Taylor and Reade, have reason to be proud in a
literary point of view. They have selected the year
1745 as their date, and for some reason have chosen the
month of October as the precise period of the play.
Prestonpans was fought on the 21st September, and
thenceforth the triumphant Charles Edward was occupied
in celebrating, instead of improving, his victory, with balls
at Holyrood, and other festivities, until the last day of
the month, when he left Holyrood en route for Culloden.
At the opening of the play Sir Gervase Rokewode
(Leigh Murray), and Father Radcliffe (Webster), are re
siding under fictitious names at Ulverstone, the former
adopting the dress and manner of a fisherman, the latter
those of a Quaker. Sir Gervase is a handsome and fas-
cinating young gentleman, and the " two loves " are
speedily accounted for. He has secured the heart of
Anne Musgrave (Miss Woolgar), daughter of the rich,
wicked, and crafty postmaster of the place ; and of Ruth
Ravenscar (Madame Celeste), an orphan girl, who has
been saved when a child from a wreck, and who con-
veys the letters from the next town. It is due to Sir
Gervase to say that he loves Anne only, and has no idea
of the havoc he has wrought with the more fiery, but
not more loving heart of the other young lady. The
Duke of Cumberland (Selby) comes to Ulverstone
with a portion of his army. The sands are dan-
gerous, and imperil the royal leader and his men,
but he is conducted safely by Ruth. The Duke gives
her a ring, which is to insult) her protection at any
future time. Anne's father is a scoundrel, who
reads—or rather being unable, from defective educa-
tion, to peruse correspondence for himself, makes his
daughter read the letters which pass through his hands.
He receives an epistle which implicates Sir Gervase,
and which informs him of a Jacobite rendezvous. He,
of course, determines, for the sake of the reward which
is offered, to bring the troops upon the rebels ;
but as Anne simultaneously becomes aware of the
scent, the plot acquires double action, which is
also complicated by the agency of Ruth, who
climbs windows and does various daring things to save
Sir Gervase. The two women mutually discover their
situation as regards Rokewode, and the struggle between
them is which shall serve him best, and this lutte is capi-
tally got up. Ruth risks her life, and Anne her fair
fame, but in the end Gervase gets to the Tower. Then
Ruth uses her influence with the duke, and fairly bullies I
him into discharging the debt of gratitude he owes,
while Anne, who has been suffering from fever, visits
him, and at his prhyer becomes his wife. He escapes,
after the fashion of Lord Derwentwater, in another
dress, and she is led to Tower-hill in his place, but he
follows, unable to remain in doubt as to her fate,
rescues her, and is himself seized and about to be
executed, when Ruth dashes in with his pardon, to
find him Anne's husband. Ruth, however, turns out
to be Father Radcliffe's lost child, and under his
sacerdotal counsel forgives Anne and Sir Gervase, and
all ends in grave but assured happiness. The acting
of Messrs. Selby, Murray, Webster, Keeley, and 0.
Smith, and of Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar was
deserving of' the very highest meed of praise—and the
scenery, dresses, and effects were new and well devised.
The applause began after the first act, increased at each
fall of the driip, and was uproarious at the close, when
the actors, and afterwards the authors, were " called."
The piece was announced by Mr. Webster for every
evening, and will have, and richly deserves, a capital
run.

LATEST FO MANGY :NEWS,

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

THE BALTIC.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Copenhagen,
March 16, says that the Baltic fleet, under the
command of Sir Charles Napier, was expected to
arrive there on the following day.
There was a report, however, that it will be
safer for the Duke of Wellington and the vessels of
the first class to pass through the Great Belt by
Ny borg, where the water is deeper, though the
navigation is more intricate, instead of through the
Sound, where there is only 25 or 26 feet of water
in some parts of the channel.

Probably, therefore, the frigates and vessels of
the second class will enter the Baltic by the
Sound, and the larger vessels by the Great Belt.
The appearance of the British fleet in these
waters has greatly strengthened the popular and
constitutional party in Denmark, and, on the other
hand, afflicted the friends of Russia with• propor-
tionate disgust.

A later despatch states that the fleet arrived in
Wingo Sound on the 15th, all well.
A letter from Copenhagen, of March 13, says
that " the Swedish fortresses Kungsholmen and
Drottningskar are to receive a garrison of 600 men.
Transports have been taken up at Calmar to carry
the reinforcements to Gothland. The Government
has at last made the long-demanded concession to
the Swedish shipowners. Vesssels purchased
abroad are no k. to be admitted on paying a duty of
5 per cent. if of 100 tons and over, and 10 per cent.
if below that capacity. Major-Gen. Nordin, S wedo-
Norwegian ambassador in Russia, has arrived in St.
Petersburg. The Swedish and Norwegian papers de-
mand his recall, as being a partial and reactionary
Minister. He is married to a rich Russian lady,
and cannot act independently. The young Prince
the Duke of Sodermaulancl, son of the Crown
Prince, is dangerously ill. The commercial fleet of
Helsingfors at this moment consists of 8 ships, 8
brigs, and 12 schooners ; total, 6,000 tens : that of
Abo, 22 ships, 10 brigs, 12 schooners, 3 galeases,
2 yachts, and 3 steamers ; total, 15,000 tons. A
vessel has reached Elsinore with coals for the Baltic
fleet. Others are daily expected. To-day the ad-
dress to the Icing, of want of confidence in the pre-
sent Cabinet, was read a first time in the Upper
House, by a majority of 36 to 8. It will be read a
second and last time to-morrow. This evening the
same address will be read a second and last time in
the Lower House. Yesterday there was to have
been a meeting of the Privy Council, but his Ma-
jesty sent orders Eh. it to be postponed."
The Hamburg Correspondent contains a letter
from Stockholm, of which the following is an ex-
tract :—" Our fleet is in a good condition. Work-
men are employed actively in fitting out gun-boats.
The squadron recently fitted out, and composed of
seven ships-of-the-line, with 2,000 men on board,
would suffice to make an imposing demonstration.
As to our armaments by land nothing is neglected.
As the assemblage of Russian troops in the Baltic
is considerable, prudence seems to require that all
half-measures should be avoided. It is that feel-
ing which accounts for the increase of the garrison
iu the island of Gothland. There are shortly to be
sent to the island 4,000 Norwegians, making up,
with 9,000 militia, a corps of 16,000 men."

The following is from Berlin, dated yesterday
(Monday) :
" The English Government applied to engage 60
Prussian pilots at S winemunde, the port of Stettin.
They have requested leave of absence from the Go-
vernment here. Count Groeben and the Prince of
Hohenzollern have returned.

" The export of gold from Russia is reported to be
prohibited.

" The commander of the troops at Revel had pro-
claimed that probably the town would be bombarded
by the English and French, and women had been
required to leave it.

"On the 15th the Miranda left, bound for Kiel.'
We learn from the Austrian capital that on Sun.
day Baron Meyendorff had an audience of the Em•
peror, which lasted two hours.

It was reported that on the explanation of the
intentions of Austria will depend the stay of the
Russian Minister in the capital.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

The following is from Constantinople under date
of March 9 :
The Russians are said to be preparing chains to
stretch across the mouths of the Danube.
Conferences were going on between the Turkish.
Cabinet, the Sheik-ul-Islam, and the Foreign Mi-
nisters relative to the Christians in Turkey.
The Russian subjects in Turkey, England, and
France, are about to be summoned to return home.
Since the prohibition of the export of corn from
Odessa, the price has fallen from 9 to 3 silver
roubles. Numerous failures are expected at
Odessa.
We learn by letters from Constantinople of the
6th and 7th inst., that the resolution adopted by
the British Cabinet of sending out 20,000 men,
and that of France to forward twice that number
immediately, for the support of the Sultan, was
greeted with pleasure by the population of that
vast city. The time, it was said, had arrived when
energetic steps should be resorted to. Winter was
fast passing away, and spring would nodoubt usher
in war on a large scale. The last accounts from
the Danube announced that the Russians had re-
tired from the neighbourhood of Kalafat. In Asia
snow and ice had put a stop to warfare for the
present.
On the sth Count Metaxa, the Greek ambas-
sador to the Ottoman Porte, had a long interview
with Reschid Pacha, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The ambassador of Greece endeavoured
to explain the non-participation of his Govern-
ment in the insurrectionary movements. It does
not, however, appear, that the excuses tendered
made any impression on the Suitan's Minister, as
he plainly alluded to the contemplated recall of the
Turkish Minister from Athens, if the revolt was
not quelled, and the concession not only of all
diplomatic relations with the kingdom of Greece,
but also the interruption of all and every connec-
tion, not excluding commercial intercourse. The
latter would be a hard blow to Greek commerce,
and bring ruin to their extensive merchant navy.
On the 4th Fuad Effendi left for Volo, on board the
Turkish war steamer Taif—the same that escaped
from the disasterat Sinope. He was accompanied by 2
adjutants, his first secretary Rituzi Effendi, actually
in the province of Salonica ; Gelal Bey, his Bacon d
secretary ; and M. Costaki Adocides, interpreter.
Fuad Effendi had been named commissary-extra-
ordinary, and is invested with full powers for the
suppression of the insurrection. From Volo he
will immediately proceed to Janina, where he will
fix his residence. It was said that Sir Henry
Ward, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, would send a person to meet Fuad Effendi ;
and that the representative of France at Athens
would do the same. Greece was to send a pleni-
potentiary to Prevesa, where a species of Congress
is to be held as to the best mode of calming down
the insurrection. The last accounts from the
Epirus announced that the Turks suffered a slight
defeat at Dimorio on the 23d, losing 60 men.
They withdrew to the citadel of Arta. Suleyman
Bey, however, advanced with 300 Albanians ; and
the town of Arta, which was in possession of
the insurgents was stormed, and taken. Ka-
raiskaki and Grivas, who commanded the
Greeks, were completely defeated, the former
receiving a wound in the arm. The insurrec-
tion has spread very considerably. Suli and
seven or eight of the surrounding villages was up
in arms. Paramitia had also rebelled. The old
governor of Janina, Sali Pacha, formed a body of
150 cavalry. They, however, disbanded, as he
could not produce sufficient money to pay them.
The garrison of Lanina numbers 500 men. Her
Britannic Majesty's steamer Sheerwater had pro-
ceeded from Corfu to Prevesa, with troops on board.
She was lying there, but had not landed any force.
The Turkish Government was actively engaged in
sending troops to the provinces of Thessaly and
Epirus. The Chaaki-Chadi, Cheh-Per, and Pour-
soud left last Thursday, with 3,000 troops, bound
for Volo. Constantinople was perfectly quiet. M.
Canaria, son of the celebrated Greek naval hero,
who had been at Constantinople for the last week,
had just fallen a victim to the knife of an assassin.
On the 3d, at Kourou-Tchesme, a village on the
Bosphorus, he was stabbed on the right side. He
lingered for three days, and expired after great
suffering. He made no revelation with regard to
the assassin, who has not been found. Sir John
Lakeman, who has been on an excursion to Schumla,
left on the Ist for France and England by the Nyl
steamer. The same boat brought out Major Dixon
and Captain Blakely. Captain Symmons, R.E., has
just returned from inspecting the fortifications of
Sinope, in the Black Sea. The British and French
steamers Furiousand Vauban had returned from the
Black Sea and had cast anchor in the Bosphorus.
The latter went to Sebastopol, andreported that the
entrance to that harbour was shut, a boom and

chain having been thrown across. The entrance to
Sebastopol was refused both to the Vauban and
Furious, the latter having proceeded there from
Varna. The whole of the Russian fleet was at an-

ohor within the harbour.

Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne has just
returned from a short excursion to Buyuk-Tchek-
medge (great bridge) to inspect that part of the
country, which is the military position commanding
the approach to Constantinople.
The Sultan has amnestied all the Softas (reli-
gious students) who were banished to the island of