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

3CEUM THEATRE.-51r. ALLOROITS
_LA 3EVENTEENTII ANNUAL CONCERTS. To-morrow
evening (Wednesday, March 1), whim the following eminent artistes
will appear : Mesdames Weiss. Messent, F. Reeves, Stabbach, Poole,
Distin, Ormond, M'Alpine, Rebecca Isaacs, Rita Favanti. Lablache,
and Amedei; 31 essrs. Sims Reeves. A. Braharn, Manley,Tedder.Brandt
Wall worth, Corgi, Cotten. Weiss, Labiache, and Frabk Bodda. S lo
performers —Miss Arabella Goddard. Richardson, Case, Lazarus,
Schallehn, Mr. Distin and Sons, and Herr Ernst. Cond,ctors—Mr.
Benedict, Schira, Tully, and Frank Mod. Leader-31r. Griesbach.
Stalls, 7s. ; boxes, ss. ; pit, 2i. 6d.; gaiety, Is. Private toxes,
stalls, tickets, and places to be had at the box-office ; and of Mr.
411eroft, 15, New Bond-street,

TIIEATEF. toTAL DRZET LANE.
'Rose% E. T. Sm'th.
THIS EVENING, Fan. 23,
Will be performed THE VENDETTA. Principal characters by
Messrs. G. V. Brooke and T. Mead.
To be followed by THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by
A. Youngs, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Stanley, and Miss Feather-
stone.

THEATI2E ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
'Coder the management of Mr. Nackatone.
THTS EVENING, FEB. 28.

Will be performed a now Mille drama, called EttNELAGIa.
Characters by Messrs. Vanienhoff, W. Farren, and Backstone ; Miss
Reynolds, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. &c.
To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS.

After which, the Grand CrIRIATMAS PANTOMINIE, card
lIARLEC:.(7INt ANT) THE THE KE BE ; or, Little Silverhair
and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M 'Brown; 11-wlequin, Mr. J.
3farshall; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. U. Marshall.

RAUL PRINCE3-3'S THEA.FRE, OXFOttD-',TRE.ET.
Under the Manotgem nt of Mr. CHAnte REAN.

THIS EVENING. FEB. 28,
Will be presented 'Lord Byron's Tra redy of SARDANAPALTIF,
eonslcierably abridged for stage re: resentation.
After
witich will be ,re.iented..tha-ners, Grand CElRrsrtrAS PAN-
TOMIME, entitled IiAItI,EQUIN AND TrIE MILLER AND
HIS MEN; or, Kin; Salvnandar and the Fairy of tie Azure
mr. Cony's:A ; Clown, _qr. Hahne; Pantaloon,
Lae. Harlequin,
Mrk. Pattie; and Colamb.ne, Miss Deshorough.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the 3lanagernent of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, Frs. 28,
Ides3rs
wm .
C. be perfonews,rmed
F. A BACHELOR OF ARTA. Characters by
Mat Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes.
After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE
upoyrs by Mr. Ro A TIME
zby THERE
and WERE TWO KISGA. Principal cha-
riwte Mad Vest/is:-
To conclude with PATTER VERSUS c!LATTER.

TB.EA.THE ROY AL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webiter.—Dlrectress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING, Frs. 28,
Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama
in five tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of 'lce, &c., new
rem' and appointments, called VIE T MUST of,
GOLD; or,
THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO.
P rincipal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford,
3.latlame Celeste, &c.
To conclude with THE SERIOII3 FAMILY.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE.
Lease® and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.

THIS EVENING, FEE. 23,
Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters
by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Prindpill characters by
Messrs. Alfred Wigan, and FF. Robson ; and Mrs. Wigan and Mies L areton.
To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. Characters by
Messrs. Emery, Vincent, and F. Robson; and Miss E. Turner.
Norm

STRAND THEATRE.
•1e Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs

THIS EVENING, FEB. 28,
Will be presented (Rh time) "NO IRISH NEED APPLY."
After which, MIDAS.
To be followed by THE TWO GREGORIES.
To conclude with THE CORKONIAN BROTHERS.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3e.; Pit, Ig. Gd; Gallery. Gd.; Private Boxes,
L. 11s. 6d., to be had of Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A.MPHITHEATIM.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
lumphant success of the New Spectacle. LAST FOUR NIGHTS
of the PANTOMIME.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 28,

And during the week, Wednesday excepted) the new, grand, and
mantic spectacle entitled THE VVOODMAN'S HORSE; or, The
Ise 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 Comte Pantomime of BILLY BUTTON'S
OURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladles'
avonrite.

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

•
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
r rs Der —Nforning 47 min.after 2 I Evening 8 niin.aft. 3
I'o-11oz/tow—Morning 27 min.after 3 Evening 46 min.att. 3

THE WEATHER.--SuR OPPICB, Fn. 28.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the:night.
51.—this day at noon.

BMlOllltIltR, 30'43.
WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, with fine, antiihiny weather •

311

LONDON, TUESDAY, I"EBRUARY 23, 1354

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
Umperor 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 series
of last appearances by the talented CRUMILES'
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 in an eq 'ally painful position, is a pro-
blem of which it would require au (El:suers to offer
a satisfactory solution. Tile stop has, however,
been taken, and we must only curb our impatience
for the three or four weeks which must elapse
before answers to these unaecessary applicatiens
can be received
by the French or English Cabinet.
As we
have already stated, there can be no
possible doubt
It " as to the nature of these replies.
needs rh,
us" that !graspin g E ghost to come from the grave to tell
and „ .
eu;siadlivtye pride, over-weening wrath,
have inflamed the passions
of the AUTOCRAT to
such a pitch that he can
listen to no reasonable co •
lined% " Quern, Deus 'cult
true ; and if ever man
perdere prius dem,entat." Th - -
The adage is stale, but
was
driven to, aye and
beyond, the verge of sanity by his irresponsible
position, it is the Czar.. An
avenging Nemesis,
the offspring of " Autocracy,"
his steps, turns him from foot-
paths by
the numerous
which he might have avoided the consequences of
his nefarious designs and unwarrantable pro-
ceedings, and stimulates him to fresh outrag.
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
all ! and resuscitate the grave and important
Question "so long' foreseen, and long postponed,
y all lathe
uro
able and. clear-sighted statesmen of
the d p." e of kkutioLas, a° deeply and