The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANZ.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 23,
The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their
astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances,
assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and
Dames, the European and American champions.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. BuckstOne.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 23,

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your be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by
Messrs. llowe, H. Corri, Chippendale, George Yandenhoff, and Miss

Reynolds.
To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha•
Teeters by Messrs. Howe and Bnekstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs

After which, LOVE'S ALARMS.. Characters by Messrs. W.
Farrel", Corn,and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Romer
and Miss Featherstone.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CnAlLss KLAN.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 23,
Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W.
Lacy, J. Chester, Ryder, Graham, and Everett ; Miss Heath and
Was C. Leclercq.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING. Nov. 23,

Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes.
After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE
which, however (it is hoped), wdl. in the end, show
Wright.TO
KASE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. ght.
To be followed by A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
proprietor, Mr. B. Webster,--Directress, Madame Celesta.
THIS ETENING. Nor. 23,
Ivill be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by
Leigh Murray, Yard Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Wool&-car, &c.
To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH.
After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM.
To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook
"A BMW."

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 23,
Will be perfored PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters
by Mt F. Robsomn and Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac-
ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ;
Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and
Mesdames A. Wigan.

iVyndlinucn.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL.

."-----A.STLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
Great and Glorious Success of THE INVASION OF RUSSIA.
The Review and Advance of the French Troops—The Conflagra-
tion of Moscow—The Stow Storm, and Retreat of the French army,
have been n►ghtly received with unbounded approbation.
SECOND WEEK of the Re-appearance of Mr. A L FRED COOKE.
indisputably the Premier Horseman of the Day, whose Matchless
and Daring Act on Four Horses is the perfection of equestrian art.
Miss EMILY COOKE, the Wonder of the Weld, will repeat her
astounding FLIGHT through SIXTEEN BALLOONS.
Third Appearance of the Equestrian Clown, Mr. G. ADAMS, the
Grimaldi of the day.

The Finished and Talented Equestrienne, Madlle. MASATTA, will
appear during the week.
The Scenes of the Arena, introducing for the Third Time (on ore
evening) the SIX Unrivalled CLOWNS of this Establishment.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 23,
(And during the week),
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA; Or, The
flaming of Moscow.
Followed by Feats of Equestrianism in the ARENA, unrivalled
in Europe.
Concluding with the First Act of JUPITER'S DECREE; Or,
The Fall of Phaeton.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuns DAY —Morning 13 min.after 6 I Evening 39 min.aft. 6
To-Moßaow—Morning 11 min.after 7 I Evening 46 min.aft. 7

THE WEATHER.—Smq OFFICE, Nov. 23.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
35—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'27—falling.
WIND, W..—Thick fog, which commenced yesterday
evening, and still continues.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1853,

Victory continues to declare itself on the side
of the Turks both on the European and on the
Asiatic Continent. Hitherto, the forces of the
SULTAN have nowhere suffered discomfiture. Stra-
tegic motives may have induced them to retire a
while in the presence of the obvious numerical
superiority of their antagonists, and the marshy
nature of the country, consequent upon the sud-
den inundation of the Danube. But, it must
even in those instances be particularly borne in
our recollection that the Turkish soldiers have
only withdrawn to the position previously occu-
pied on the right bank of the Danube after having
reaped the laurels of success in more than one
memorable engagement. Allusion is here, of
course, made to the movements of the division
which crossed over the river opposite Oltenitza,
and then recrossed into Bulgaria directly intelli-
gence was received of the advance made by
the Russian army from Bucharest, and the despe-
rate effort at concentration urged upon his Cossack
followers by GORTZCHAKOFF. Elsewhere, indeed,
the course taken by the military armaments of
the Porte have been invariably in an onward di-
rection. Neither at Braila nor at Widdin has the
march been retrogressive. On the contrary, the
main body, which passed the Danube in the last-
mentioned locality, has since then pushed forward
even beyond Kalafat, while the forces which ad-
vanced into Wallachia in the neighbourhood of
Brahilon (otherwise Ibrail or Braila) have evi-
denced a disposition to press on towards Bonseo,
so as still more effectually to preclude the Rus-
sians from retreating beyond the river Sereth, so
as to cross, if necessary, by Galatz, to a safe re-
tirement in Bessarabia. At Oltenitza
alone has
the course of OMER PACTIA'S tactics had the moo_
mentary appearance of being retrograde. Let it not
be forgotten, moreover, that even there the passage
of the Turks from the left to the right bank of
the Danube has been proved, beyond the possi-
bility of a doubt, to be one of choice, and not
of necessity, by its being effected without the
slightest molestation. Added to which, it must
be observed that, while the advance of the
SULTAN'S forces in that quarter may be said to
have been at the pas de charge to two successive
victories at Oltenitza, their temporary retreat
has been accomplished with the utmost de-
liberation, and has been a withdrawal, in
fact, to the little island situated about mid

way in the current of the Danube, di-
rectly in front of Turtukai, and not, as
was at first intimated by the Russian in-
formants of the French Consul at Bucharest, to
the main land of Bulgaria. Upon that island
the Turkish soldiers appear to have firmly esta-
blished themselves with a formidable battery of
forty hea—
vy guns, prepared at any emergency to
dispute the
passage of the river by their Musco-
vite antagonists.
Meantime a startling success has again sig-
nalised the prowess
of the Osmanlis in again sig-
nalised the prowess tue Osmanlis in Asia—_jf
credit can be attached
ward in the Austrian to the assertion put for-
Correspondence. Accord-
ing to that journal, the Turkslad achieved an-
other advantage in Georgia, ho•
avin
,„ somewhere
between Gemni and Altazich, Sign
ally defeated
and driven back the Russian forces
under General
BARATYNSKI. Contradictory reports have, never-
theless, thrown considerable doubt on this affair,
so that delay is advisable until additional details
have been received, before counting upon the
decisive nature of the result of this notable

struggle between the belligerents. Whatever the
upshot may really be of this particular conflict in
Georgia, there cannot be much hesitation as to
the strength of the Turks and the weakness of
the Russians in those portions of the Asiatic

Continent. The ynintary forces of the Ciilz

now in the Danubian Principalitie are noto-