The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-01 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Alicroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING, AparL 1,
Will be presented "NO IRISH NEED APPLY." ...,.,„,.rrinc.,lPA
characters by Messrs. G. Hodson, Warren, and Herbert;
Noel and Hammond.
Followed by WHY DON'T SHE MARRY?
After which, THE BLUE JACKETS.
Emily de Laney,
Followed by THE PET OF THE PUIILIC.
Miss B. Isaacs.
To conclude with Malone's Travestie of MACBETH.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3s 6d;
11.
1 6cl" to be had r. An' ci Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes,
oft, 15, New Bond-street.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES SEAN.
THIS EVENING, Aran. 1,
Will be performed A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha-
racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy.
Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Supported
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Murray.
After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by
Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and
Daly.
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST.

ASTLETS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 1,
And during the week, will be presented the new, grand, and
romantic spectacle entitled THE WOODMAN'S HORSE; or, The
False Knight—the Woodman's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty,
expressly trained by Mr. William Cooke.
After which, the incomparable Scenes of the ARENA.
To conclude with BE3S OF THE BELL.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins Di —Morning 8 min.after 4 I Evening 24 min.aft. 4
To-horning—ltoraing 39 min.after 4 Evening 55 miu.aft. 4

THE WEATHER.—Sint OFFICE, Aran, 1.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during tho night.
65—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30•33—falling.
Wuro, W. by N.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny
Weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1854.

Loyal Addresses to our most gracious SovE
REIGN were last night unanimously and enthu.
siastically voted by both Houses of Parliament, in
answer to the Royal Messages announcing the
declaration of war against the disturber of the
general tranquillity—the unscrupulous aggressor
--who, without just cause or adequate provoca-
tion, invaded the territories of his inoffensive
Neighbour, and continued in occupation, notwith-
standing the indignant protests of the four
principal Powers of Europe. Men of all parties
concurred in declaring that the pretensions of the
AUTOCRAT were " subversive of the independence
of the Turkish Empire," and in assuring the
QUEEN of their " firm determination to co-operate
with her MAJESTY in a vigorous resistance to the
projects of a Sovereign whose further aggrandise-
ment would be dangerous to the independ-
ence of larope." One honourable gentleman
only, true to his antecedents, ventured to con-
demn the war, the " just and necessary war,"
on which we have entered, by sporting
twaddle, better suited to the atmosphere of a
Peace Society Conference than to an assembly of
the chosen Representatives of the British nation.
But even Mr. BRIGHT had sufficient discretion to
avoid any suggestion of an amendment. He
saw too clearly the impossibility of obtaining a
seconder to venture on a proceeding so abortive ;
and, therefore, the motion was carried nemine
contradicente. But while there was no
other person in either House of Parliament
willing to use the " Snaffle," there were many
ready to apply "the spur," in order to
stimulate the Government in the course on which
they had so tardily and so reluctantly entered.
While all, save one, were prepared to spare no
exertion to carry on hostilities until we
had obtained a permanent and honour-
able peace, with ample guarantees for its
maintenanca, there were those who freely con-
demned the conduct of her IVIAJEsTy's Ministers,
or rather " the dear and excellent" Nobleman at
the head of the Cabinet, for the timid and vacillat-
ing policy that rendered war indispensable, and
suffered the resources of our allyto be deteriorated
before we offered the honest support which should
have been not merely tendered, but really given
at the very outset when the aggression was first
threatened. Had the Premier spoken out as clearly
and intelligibly in the first instance as other
Members of the Administration have more
recently done, we should not now have been en-
tering on a struggle of which no man can predict
the conclusion—a struggle which is but a portion,
and a portion only—for we have not a doubled,
but still an unmodified income tax—of the price
we have to pay for a Coalition Government, with
the Earl of ABERDEEN holding the helm, and
guiding the " vessel of the State" on what, in
this instance, unquestionably has been her " de-
tious" course.

The criticisms were not merely just, but
necessary ; and Lord DERBY, and Mr. LAY-
ARD, and Mr. DISRAELI deserve the thanks and
gratitude of the country for pointing out the
grave errors that have been committed, and cau-
tioning the Government, Parliament, and the
country against any repetition of such injudi-
cious conduct. None of these parties have
" attempted to create" a diversion in favour of
the EXPEROR of Russia. On the contrary, the
Noble Lord, so unjustly attacked by a " leading
journal," as " desirous of weakening public eon-
-lade/lee in
the 31Listers of the. Crown," unequi-
vocally declared that the war was " just and
neeessary;b that it was " a war in a righteous
cause"—
riaY, more, that it was " a war neces-
sary forthe preservation of the liberties of Europe
and repressing the innovations of Russia"—who
declared that we were not about to fight " for the
mere evacuation of the
that " there should b Principalities," but required
e Rome sort of security on the
part of Europe against the
aggression
re-
peated, that the unjust being
"pretensionsre-
should not
again be put forward."

This is certainly a most extraordinary spe-
cies of " diversion" in favour of, the Auw-
ORAT a diversion calculated to make