The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL

proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, ACOUST

STRAND THEATRE.
pole Lesvee Mr. F. W. Alicroft.

.ARTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITUFATRK

T,easee and lltanager, Mr. William Cooke.

d'Action.

universe.
THIS iSEN ING,

The War Spectacl., THE COAgACKA ; or, Vire la France.

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prili be performed A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Principal charac
tors by Mr. Leigh dtirray and Miss Woolgar. .

After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled
A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.
Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.
To conclude with THE COURIER OF LYONS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Acons2 4,
Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs.
Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E, Turner.
To be followed by THE FIRST. NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Alirel Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hor-
ton, and Miss Emily Orm
To conc:ude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL
Jem Beggs, Mr. F. Robson.

THIS EVENING, AUGUST 4,
Will be performed CHA.ItLES THE SECOND. Characters by
Messrs Herbert, Moran, and Belford; Misses 11. Gordon, F. Bead
moat, and Wharton.
Feßowe•d by FAUST AND MARGUERITE.
To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.
44.; Boxes, 24. t;et ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, ;d. ; i'evats (lox
II i?. to be bad of Mr. Aileron_ 15, New Bond-street.

Scenes without a parallel I—Triumphant and brilliant career of the
Cossacks!

WI Night of a new MythologicilEquestrian Melodramatic Ballet

sth ak,pcarance of Herr Christcff, tae first Rope Dancer in the

Atter which, the novel and skilful BCE \;Ei in the CIRCLE, by
Professors of the first clas.s, developing in perfection the high school
of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr.
William Cooke.
HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe.
The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their in:omprehen-
sible and astonishing performances.
'the whole to conclude with, 2nd time, a new Equestrian Melo-
drami.tic Ballet, by Mrs. S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGII f AND
TEIE WATER LILY; or, Love amrng the Mermaids.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tor. DAY —Morning 3 min.after 9 1 Evening 33 nitn.aft.
ro.Mossow—Morning 16 min.after 10 1 Evening 53.nlin.aft. 10

THE WEATHER.—Srix Ornoz, AuG. 4.
THERMOMETER, LW THE SHADE.
60— highest since noon on Saturday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
57—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'03—still rising, notwithstanding the
rain.

WIND, N.W.—Rather fresh, with continuous rain, and
dull weather.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1854.

Speaking of the security of Europe from the
recurrence of aggressions similar to those recently

undertaken by the AUTOCRAT, and defining this to

be the real object of the war against the CZAR

adventured upon by the Allied Governments—
Lord PALMERSTON exclaimed very haughtily on
Monday evening, the 24th of July— " That

security must be accomplished by the united arms of
England and France : I care not who else joins us,

or who may stand aloof !" Then, in the name of
common sense, why has there been all this coquet-
ting with Austria and Prussia ? Why all these
delays to secure, if possible, the co-operation,

and not the armed neutrality only, of Den-

mark, and of Sweden and Norway ? Why this

protracted and almost interminable diplomatic
correspondence with the Courts of Berlin, and
-Vienna, and Stockholm, and Copenhagen ? Why
that provokingly inopportune visit of H.R.H. the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE to the Austrian Capital, upon
the occasion of the young EMPEROR'S marriage ?
Why the particular stress laid by the Mem-
bers of the Cabinet, at the opening of the
present session, upon the probability (according
to their view of things at the time) of the King

FREDERICK WILLIAM and the Kaiser FRANCIS
JOSEPH being induced to enter into a cordial and
active alliance—[against the Czar NrcuoLAs]—
with her Britannic MAJESTY and the Emperor
NAPOLEON ? Why all this—if Ministers are so
perfectly well satisfied with the union between
France and England that they care absolutely
nothing for any one's neutrality or co-operation
The Home Secretary did not confine himself to
this on the 24th ultimo, when addressing the
House of Commons. He said—speaking of France
and England—" These two great countries united
in cordial alliance for the accomplishment of any
object—the two greatest military and naval
powers in the world—are surely able by their own
energetic action to accomplish such a peace as
shall satisfy the conditions upon which we think
the security of Europe should be based !" Surely.
We echo the noble lord's own earnest and almost
indignant adverb. " Surely " England and France,
united in cordial alliance, are able to bring about,
by their warlike operations together, a peace of
this precise description ! At least we have believed
this of them hitherto. And yet month after
month has passed by since the circumstance of
their being united in cordial alliancat.as been uni-
versally recognised as a simple and allibgether incon-
trovertible matter-of-fact—quarter after quarter
has elapsed since the simultaneous declaration of
war through the London Gazette' and the Paris
Moniteur, by the chiefs of the two great Allied
Governments—and here, in the August of 1854,
are matters just in the same deplorable uncertainty.
Europe is to all appearance about as far as ever
from the chance of a satisfactory settlement. No
decisive action has been fought by the combined
fleets either in the Baltic or in the Black Sea,
either before Odessa or before Sweaborg, before
Cronstadt or before Sebastopol. Whatever
successes have since then been obtained
over
the Russians by land have been ob-
tained by the Turks alone, or aided only by their
energetic Egyptian auxiliaries—certainly without ,
the, assistance of the much-talked-of and long.
tarrying Anglo-French contingents.
It is certain that Prussia hangs like a weight
upon the councils of he ustrian Gandovermay be
nment.
Is it not just barel the Austrian Government.
I it not just barely oss
y poiblAe that En gl
dragging in like manner not merely like a weight
but like a palsy or a paralysis upon those of
France ? Otherwise than by the aid of some such
supposition--a supposition clearly justifiable under
of our imme-
existing circumstances—the bearing
diate neighbour at this juncture is altogether in-
comprehensible. For France is at this moment
presided over by one dominant and energetic in-
tellect, and not by the conflicting views and vacil-
lating sentiments of a Coalition Government. A
Government—this latter—which, as we have learnt
in England by recent and very bitter experience,
can speak the most valiantly when acting with the
most deplorable and notorious feebleness ! A Go-

vernment, one of whose members can say, in refer-
enceNto the war with Russia, and in allusion to
...-
' the alliance with France—" I care not who else
:!1•T :.:,joins us or who may stand! aloof '—after upwards
?' of twelve-months haTe been frittered away in