The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII,

Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING, FEB. 28,

Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama
in five tanleaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new
resses and appointments, called THE VITRA OF GOLD; or,
THE LOST SHIP AND VIE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO.
P rincipal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford,
Madame Celeste, &c.
To conclude with THE SERIOUS FAMILY.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.

THIS EVENING, FEB. 29,
Will be performed PLOT ANI) PASSION. Principal characters
by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, TUE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by
Messrs. Alfred Wigan, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. Wigan and Miss
a rston.
To conclude with TrIE LOTTERY TICKET. Characters by
31essrs. Emery, Vincent, and F. Hobson; and Miss E. Turner.

STRAND THEATRE.

otos Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcrlft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs

THIS EVENING, FEB. 28,
Will be presented (Bth time) " NO IRISH NEED APPLY."
After which, MIDAS.
To be followed by THE TWO GREGORIES.
To conclude with THE CORRONIAN BROTHERS.
Stalls, 59.; ayces, 35.; Pit, 1,3. 6,1; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes,
I. 1 Is. 6d., :o be had 01 Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A.`,IPIIITHEITRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
jamphant success of the New Soectac'e. LAST FOUR NIGHTS
of the PANTOMIME.

THIS EVENING, FEB. 2Q,

And during the week, Wednesday excepted) th 3 new, grand, and
mantic spectacle entitled THE Vooo3ltiN'S HORSE; or, The
lse Knight—the Woodman's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty,
pressly trained by Mr. William Cooke.
After which, Scenes of the ARENA.

To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of BELLY I;UTTON'S
OURNEY TO BRENTFORD; or, Harlequin and the Ladles'
avourite.

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

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tits DAT —Morning 47 min.after 2 Evening 8 min.aft. 3
To-Moartow—Morning 27 min.after 3, Evening 46 miu.aft. 3

THE WEATEIER. -SUN OYFICB, FEB. 28.

THERMOMETER, Ili THE SHADE.
52 —highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during thenight.
51—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'43.
WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather •

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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1854.

As if sufficient time had not already been
wasted—as if any rational doubt could exist as
to the intention of the AUTOCRAT—and as if there
were not already amply sufficient grounds to
justify any hostile measures that might be adopted
by the combined forces of England and France, a
further attempt is to be made to bring the
Northern Despot to his senses. A formal sum-
mons has, it appears, been addressed to the
Emperor NICHOLAS, calling on him within six
days from the receipt thereof to give a deliberate
undertaking that his troops shall be withdrawn
from the Danubian provinces before the 30th
April next. The messengers bearing these
imperative demands left Paris and London
yesterday morning, and it is said that they
will be accompanied to St. Petersburgh by other
messengers from Austria and Prussia bearing
similar communications, so that the four mis-
sions may be simultaneously delivered. What
benefit can be anticipated from these additional
ultimata it is difficult to conceive. We have
surely had enough of these " last words," which
have been as repeatedly announced as a aeries
of last appearances by the talented CRUMMLES'
family. The present would seem to be " most
positively the last possible entertainment," the
several performers being about to undertake a series
of engagements in the Black Sea and the Baltic, in
the Danube, and in the Crimea." But it is impos-
sible not to perceive that the effect must be to cause
new delays, in addition to those which have already
brought " the Science of Diplomacy," as it is
termed, into contempt and disrepute. What
practical utility can follow from the contumelious
rejection of these demands, and the ignominious
expulsion of the Messengers ? Our Ambassador
has, it is said, been treated with but scant cour-
tesy ; and why we should place any other British
subject hi an equally painful position, is a pro-
blem of which it would require an CEDIPus to offer
a satisfactory solution. The step has, however,
bees taken, and we must only curb our impatience
for the three or four weeks which must elapse
before answers to these unnecessary applications
can be received by the French or English Cabinet.
As We
have already stated, there can be no
possible doubt
as to the nature of these replies.
It "needs no h
g oat to come from the grave to tell
us". that ! Excessive pride, over-weening wrath,
and grasping cupidity have inflamed the passions
of the AUTOCRAT to such a pitch that he can
councils, " Quern Deus vult
listen to no reasonable
perdere pries dementat." The adage is stale, but
true ; and if ever man was driven to, aye and
beyond, the verge of sanity by
his irresponsible
CZAR.
position, it is the All avenging Nemesis,
the offspring of "Autocracy," attends his foot-
steps, turns him from the numerous paths by
which he might have avoided the consequences of
his nefarious designs and unwarrantable pro-
ceedings, and stimulates him to fresh outrages.
And fortunate it is for England, that such is the
case. We cannot conceive a greater calamity, not
only to England, but to the civilised world, than
the tardy submission of the AUTOCRAT even at the
eleventh hour. It would retard the arrangement
of the question which Lord CLARENDON unequi-
vocally admitted " ought to be settled once for
Tall !" and resuscitate the grave and
important
so long foreseen, and long postponed,
bY able and clear-sighted statesmen of
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13,uroPer s;
The pride of NICHOLAS, so deeply and
I.'icßri•-•.' • •

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