The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

THE ITRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
trader the management of Mr. Pluckator.e.
THIS EVENING. Aran. 20,

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directresa, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENDTG, Aram 20,

Wlll be performed TWO LOVES AND A LIFE. Supported by
m C. Selby, Leigh Murray. llellJamin Webster, Keeley, and 0.
Smith ; Miss Woolgar and Madame Celeste.
Followed by THE P&OUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal che-
ers
by mean. O. smith, Keeley, and Parselle; Mrs. Keeley,
and bliss Mary Keeley.
Followed by THE OVERLAND) JOUrRNEY TO CONSTANTI-
NOPLE, A 3 UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN'. WITH
INTY.B.E3TfIiG PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA.

LYCEUM TILEA.TRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING. Anti, 20,
Will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac•
tare by Mr. C. Mathews; Miss Talbot and Miss Oliver.
To be followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal
characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews.
After which, NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORkTER.
Concluding with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEA,TRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING. As 20.
Will be Performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs.
EvierY, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham.
To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL,
Jen' Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. -

STRAND THEATRE.

Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Robe= Isaacs,

THIS EVENING, Amu, 20,
Will be performed TUE ENCHANTED LAKE.
Followed by AV ADVERTISEMENT—" WANTED, WIVES
AND HUSBANDS."
concluding with a new burlesque on RICHARD THE THIRD.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 32.; Pit, la. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes,
XI I ls. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL k NIPEIITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Great attraction and powerful Novelties for the Easter Holidays.
THIS EVENING, Aram 20,
And during the week, a new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec-
tacle, embodying novel and- extraordinary effects (written by Mr.
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF VIE SPANISH WAR; or,
The Horse of the Wreck. horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.
Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Miss Kate Cooke, XiiS Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and
the most talented Equestrian an 1 Gymnastic Artistes in Europe.
Concluding with the new Farce of DALRYMPLE versus TUBBS.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tar! DAT —lforning 37 min.after 6 I Evening 32 min.aft. 7
To.Moititow—Morning 15 rain.after 8 I Evening 2 min.aft. 9

THE WEATHER.--Sus Orrms, Amur, 20.
TLIERNOMITER, IN 'THE SHADE.
70 --highest since noon yesterday.
50 —lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'77.
WIND, E.S.E.—Light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear,
sultry weather.

DAILY WE.ITIIER TABLE.

TJELVRBDAT, ..h.Prai, 20, 1854.
State of the wind and weather at -each of the follo-.ving
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged iu order of latitude.
TIINBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
STROOD--N.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SwiND 0 E., lOit breeze—cloudie:-9;
CAuncanGE—E., gentle-breeze—cloucllef9.
YAIiMO —S.E., gentle breeze—clowileas.

The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock :
FOLICESTONE—N.E., gentle breeze—clondless.
TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
GREENWICH—,S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
STROOD--N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
8iMum:41,174-8.E., calm--cloudless.
HOLYHEAD—S., gentle breeze—fine.
DARLINGTON-3Z.E., gentle breeze—cloudless—frost.
SHAP— S.E. by E., calm—partially cloudy.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1854.

Doctor JOHNSON, among the many wise things
he said and wrote, once Abserved, " The King
who makes war on his enemies tenderly, distresses
his subjects cruelly." The reflection is' ust now
particularly worthy of remembrance. Especially
when the Prime Minister of England avowedly
adopts as his motto that of the Duke of LEEDS,
th4t motto of Pax in bello, expressive of a system
of warfare altogether relaxed and incompetent.
A very, little time has ela*psed since the First Lord
of the Treasury declared as much, almost in so
many words, when he asserted, in the House of Lords,
his determination to emulate the pious conduct
• of the brave old Covenanter,of whom we are told
_ that he still muttered "Peace, Peace," while in
the act of buckling on his armour. That acknow-
ledgment, from the lips of Lord ABERDEEN, gives
the clue to the whole mystery of these systematic
delays in the carrying out of our warlike prepara-
tions. It accounts for everything that might
be otherwise inexplicable. It explains every
• ' successive pause, every consecutive procrastination.
It proclaims the whole secret plainly enough for
anybody's apprehenaion. It proves that there
is really a " method" in the " madness" of all
these distracting delays, doubts, and hesitations.
Bearing the avowal of the Prime Minister of
England in remem.brance, we can understood at
once all that might be otherwise entirely incom-
• prehensible. We can, for example, account for the
long waiting of our troops at. Malta, after they
had once set out from home-on 'their way towards
the Dardanelles. We can detect them eaning of
this as well as of every other kindred show of
hesitation or indifference,—ex. gr. the t •
rrying of
Poaghleamoment,
our chief officers up to the latest
before taking their departure for the
precon-
certed rendezvous—the protracted stay
made by
the combined fleets in the Bosphorus the absence
up to this date of the 20th of April of any direct
oo unieation between the military and mari-
time armaments of the Western Powers and the
head-quarters • of ()HEE PACHA in the Prinei-
pa/ities. 4
we repeat, is explained by the
Everything,
avowed views of the Prime Minister of
England,
the opinions notoriously entertained by the Earl
of of
h.
ABERDEEN and certain colleagues in the
Government. .ore these the men for a time
•
of war We doubt it. We doubt if the Earl of
ABERDEPS can be regarded as the fitting conser-
vator of the interests of the country, or of the
dignity of the Crown, at a period when England
is called upon, together with France, to aid Tur-
key in repelling the advancing barbarism of
Russia, and in fighting once for all the moment-
ous battle of civilisation. We question very
much whether the Earl of ABERDEEN is the states-
man, of all others now living, who ought at a
crisis like this to be placed at the head of the Ad-
.. rainistration—the Earl of ABERDErar,
with his
nothrious sympathies for the Cabinet of St.
`'•:* Petersburg / The Earl of ABERDEEN, the
."4.lto.itraired and beloved of Lows piwars I

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ATIONAL FAST, April26.—The OFFICIAL
FORMS of PRAYER sent, POSTAGE FREE, by James
Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row, London, on the following terms:-
25 for 24.; b 0 for 3s. 643.; 100 for 73.4 250 for 16s. ; 500 for 11. 108. ;
1,000 for 21. 10s.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
Will 1* performed NORMA. Principal characters by Madame
Candor', Madame Sedataek, and Madame 2onahalm ; Signor Pa.
v esi, Signor Sant, and Signor Arnoldi.
Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.

Wilt be perforneciThiiiiiTiak PLOUGH. Characters by
Messrs. Vandenhoff, Compton, Rogers. and Chippendale ; Miss E.
Chaplin, Miss Louisa Howard, and Mrs. Stanley.
After which, an entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled
MR. BIICESTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI-
CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Planch6, Esq. Principal
characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farrel, Mr. Clark, Mr. J.
Marshall, Mr. 11. Marshall Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss
E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss
F eatherstone.
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Fo'lowed by WILLIKIND AND HYS DINAH. supported by
Messrs. Buckstone and Corti ; Miss LOUitfl Howard, Mrs. Fltzwil-
Itain, and Mrs. Caulfield.

110 )(AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the lianagement of Dlr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING. Aram 20,
Will be performed THE lIARRIED UNMARRIEb. Characters
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Heath and
Murray. •
Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by
Messrs. C. Rear; and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstatley and Miss C.
Leclercq.

After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. -Characters by
Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Salter ; and Misses Murray and
Daly.