The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-15 00:00:00

THEATRE Dittfli.T:LA.NE.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.

Vie Last Week but Two of Mr. G. V. BROIK.E'S Erizs;ernsrit
previous to his !main; for California aol Australia.
TEII3 EVE NI , Maack/ 15,
Will be pertornasi RICHARD THE 'THUD. Sonportsi by
Mews. G. V. Bmko, George Bennett, r. Meal, Misa F. Cathcart,
lad bra. Vickery.
'Pa be followal by the new Fares. called Ml' CON:. AND HOUSE-
JUMPER.

TEIS'ITRE ROYNT, II&Y3/1RKUT.

Under the management of Mr. Backstone.
THIS EVENING, MANOR 15,
Will be performed THE DUCHESS ELEINOUR. Character 3
by items. W. Farren. H. Cord, Howe, Enars, and Vandenhoff ;
Miss Cullman, and Mrs. L. S. Buckingham.
To be followed by A PRETTY PIEOE OF BUSINESS.
To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION.

R YrAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Minagem3nt of Mr. CHAILL3
THIS EVENING, Mama 15,
Will be performed RICHARD THE THIRD. Principal ohirac-
ter by Mr. C. Kean.
To be foll)wel lIV S w. (CH MEG 1,77,' Jr:Y. Characters
by Mum. Meadows, D. Fisher, an Stkor ; Aisse3 Murray and
Daly.

LYCEUM TIIEITRE.

.Un ler the Maaagement of Madame Vestrl3.
MIS EVENING, Sauna 15,

Will ba patfar.md A N[CF FIR A. Princip.ll chara3ter4 by
1[033r3. C. Katt15,073. r • Matthews, an.i Ro:tby; Mrs. F. Muttiews.

To be followed by A. CII.tRAING WIDOW.
After which, the popalar Fairy Estrairamai, eatitlel ONCE
UPON A 'Nth; TREK PirEltel TWO KIYG3. characters by
Messrs. Rozby. F. Matth,!ws, and Ullnd; Asitine Vestris, Misses
St. George, Egarltollt Mason, Martindale, Ellis, %Fatima], arid
Foote.
Concluding with NUMBER ONE It9UND THE CORNER.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, MAzoa
Will be presented th 3 highly Popular New Nautical Melo•drama
in tiva tableaus, with new scenery, the Sea of Ica, &c., new
dreaded and appointments, called THE Tam3r OF GOLD; or,
THE LOST sale" AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO.
Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford,
Madame Celeste, esc.
To conclude with THE SERIOUS FAHILY. Characters by
)(edam B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Parselle, and Keeley ; Mrs. L.
Murray. Misses Woolgar, Fanny Haskell, and Laidlaw, and Mrs.
Keeley.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Mason 15,
Wall be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs;
Emery, Robson, and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling an 1 Mkt Wyndham.
*After which, THE BENGAL 'TIGER. Principal characters by
Messrs. Alfred Wigan, sal F. Robson; and Mrs. Wigan and Miss
Marston.
To be followed by THE FIR 3 r NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
A'fred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, rlarwood Cooper, an i Vincent ; Miss
P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham.

STRAND THEATRE.

Sate Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Lsaacs,

THIS EVENING, Kamm 15,
Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA.
To be followed by THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. Hodson.
After which, THE BLUE JACKETS.
To conclude with THE CORKONI.A.N- BR)1HE113. Paddy and
Tim Mulligan (the Brothers), Mr. G. Hodson.
stalls, 55.; Boxes. 35.; Pit, la. 61; Gallery, ild. ; Private Boxes,
IL 11r. 6d., to be had of Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL ANIPHITREATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, Mama 15,
And daring the week, will be presented the new, grand, and
romantic spectacle entitled THE WOOD SIAS'S HORSE; or, The
Talmo Keil!lit—the Woodmen's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty,
expressly trained by Mr. William Cooke.
After which, the incomparable Seines of the ARENA.
To conclude with the Domestic Drami of TILE WRITE PA.RII
Box-oflice open from. Eleven till Four. Stare Manner, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam Ds: —Morning 34 min.after 2 I Evening 52 min.aft. 2
To-Noas.ow—Morning 6 min.after 3 I Evening 22 min.aft. 3

THE WEATHER.--Sms Orrioz, Msacn 15.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
53 —highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and daring the night.
57—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'26 —a sudden rise of a quarter of an inch .
WIND, S.W. to W.S,Vir.—Light breeze, and cloudy.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MA.RC II 15, 1854.

That Imperial Pharisee, the CZAR, whitewashes
his ambitious covetousness with pretences of reli-
gion ; he grasps his neighbour's territories, and
pleads that he does service to the Orthodox Faith.
Mr. COBDEN, we deeply regret to see, is beguiled,
unless he has descended to the most unworthy
special pleading, with the flimsy pretext ; and
there have not been wanting journalists of high
standing who, some nine months ago, were the
dupes to a great extent of the same absurdity.
If, however, the cry of defending Mahometans
against Christians has deluded any oue up to this
time, Lord SHA.FTESBURY'S speech in the House of
Lords on Friday night has dispelled the delusion
for ever. Let every one who has ever had a scru-
ple of misgiving on the subject, which we never
had, read that speech for himself carefully
from beginning to end. It is a subject
on which Lord SHAFTESBURY, if any man,
is thoroughly at home. The bare facts,
however, which he so copiously enumerates, speak
for themselves ; and what do they say ?—" That
of late years Russia has done everything she
could to suppress, and Turkey everything she
could to advance, the cause of Protestant Chris-
tianity throughout the world"—,;hat the real
cause of Russian interference and the M ENSCHI-
KOFF mission was the dread entertained by Russia
of the great and increasing religions liberty enjoyed
in Turkey, and, above all, of the rapidly enlarging
circulation of the Bible in the Turkish do-
minions, while the circulation of the Russian
Bible in Russia is strictly prohibited. Ro-
man Catholics also can tell us of the horrible
cruelties inflicted, by the EXPEROR'S orders, on
their nuns at Minsk. In a word, the only Chris-
tianity NICHOLAS cares to support is that section
of the Greek Church of which, in Russia, he has
constituted himself the head. All besides who
bear the name of Christians, whether Catho-
lic or Protestant, are proscribed, persecuted,
and suppressed, and the Bible itself with
them, to the extent of his influence. In no
single point does NICHOLAS, Czar of Russia,
surpass the renowned Duke of TUSCANY,
unless it be indeed in hypocrisy. The latter is,
at least, believed to be an honest bigot, and cares
more about his religion than his power ; but the
CZAR'S bigotry is sheer policy and ambition ; a
mask to prevent recognition while robbing his
neighbour's house ; a watchword, unmeaning to
himself, to arouse the fanaticism of the superstiti-
ous hordes whom he has at once blinded by his
priesthood and the light of the Word of Goo.
Look on this picture and on that. No associa-
tion for religious purposes is permitted in Russia.
In Turkey the freest scope is allowed by the Mus-
sulmans to every religious enterprise—the priests
of the Greek Church themselves, under the insti-
gation frequently of Russia, being the only per-
secutors, and that of their brethren for becoming
-le!otestants. In Russia no printing press is
Owed for printing the bible, and no one may
oastrilente the Holy Scriptures in the Russian
Bilanguabge, or in Hebrew for the Jews ; and the
Bible
Sc'eiety in Russia, to which ALEXANDER had
sulseribet
Turkey' NICHOLASurkey,
thro
ies ne
are !
on the contrary, thousands of
printed op
c
yearly, Bible presses exist at
Constantinople, Bue harest
the Scriptures
,and other large towns;
are printed in every oriental
tongue, ireeltlain9 the Turkish, and there are forty
depots for the native agents engaged in their cir-
culation ! Again, as to !sr . a
Lesions NICHOLAS has
suppressed several Protestant Missions employed
not in proselytising his "Orthodox Greek Chris-
tians," but in converting the heathens of Tartary
put them
and Siberia, and the Mussulcaans
too in his
dominions. All the same to p him; he
down after they had laboured some of them
usefully for twenty years, reviving laws which for-
bade heathens in his dominions to be converted
and baptised, except by Orthodox Greek priests !
Turkey, on the contrary, has given the utmost
liberty to all classes of missionaries, and in all
parts of her dominions, both in Europe and Asia,
and the missions, those of America especially,
have been active and successful. In a word,
RUSsia, of late years, has been in every waynarrovv-
ing the religious libertiesof its subjects, while Tur-
key, cordially embracing the counsels of Sir STRAT-
FORD CANzurra,ha.s been as extensively increasing the
liberties of hers. Indeed it should be distinctly un-
deratcod that in Turkey; for some time past, there