The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-13 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRF.F.T.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 13,
Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by
Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortune.
Principal characters by Messrs. w right, W. Lacy, Harley, J. yin-
Vg,and Everett; Miss Murray, and .Mrs. W. Lacy.
After which, A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Supported by
)fr. W. Lacy, and Miss C. Leclercq.
To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THIN SKIN. Characters
by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash.

• TILEATBE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor. Mr. B. 'Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 13,
Win
or performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parnell%
Calloinford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul
Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and
Mrs. Seeley.
After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.
To conclude with WHAT ! NO CAB ?

ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 13,
Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren,
T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ;
Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett.
With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE-
SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson.
To conclude with THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Jacob Earwig
Mr. F. Robson.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
varied and attractive Entertainments at this Theatre continue
their successitd career—comprising the national spectacle of the
Rattle of Waterloo, the matchless Scenes of the Circle, and Sport-
ing Drama of The Chase (the Slat night). Mr. W. Comm is de-
termined to present his patrons•with every possible 'novelty, and
begs to announce a splendid Spectacle on a classical subject.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 13,
And during the week, the Performances will commence with
the Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable Scenes in the
ARENA, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Horseman) in
a grand Equestrian Act.
Concluding every evening with (81st time) THE CHA.SE ; or,
LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fos Chase.
Doors open at Half-past Six. Boa-office open daily from Eleven
to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tats Der —Morning 38 min• after 7 1 Evening 9 min.aft. 8
Toaloaaow—Morning 46 rain. after 8 1 Evening 26 min.aft. 9

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICB, AUGUST 13.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
62—lowest •this morning and during the night.
72—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'22.
WIND, Easterly, and cloudy.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1853.

If ever there was an anti-climax, it was this
little mouse of a proposal from the Four Powers

to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg—coming forth

from a parturient mountain of negotiations ! If
ever a non-sequitur of a character more than usu-

ally melancholy was witnessed, it is visible in the
paltry pacification following aup the pride of our
Naval Review at SiAhead, and the pomp, and

fuss, and parade of the Chobham Encampment 1
It was wittily said of a recent monetary scheme
suggested by the present Right Hon. the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer, that never, perhaps, was
there before constructed a more elaborate piece of

machinery for doing nothing. In a similar way
it may be averred with some confidence, that
never, perhaps—prior to this final arrangement
with the AUTOCRAT in regard to the Greek Chris-
tians thoughout the Turkish dominion—has the

world seen so miserable a consequence emerge from
such pretentious diplomatic negotiations.
The Sultan ABD-UL-MEDJID is peremptorily re-
quired by the Envoy of the Emperor NICHOLAS to
make certain concessions, involving the indepen-
dence of his empire, the inalienable rights of his
people, and the most cherished attributes of his
sovereignty! This demand is -nothing less than a flag-
rant infraction of the international laws of Europe,
subversive—if once tolerated—of the balance of

power in Christendom. It is an infraction so
flagrant that the Sublime Porte, almost without
asking it, obtains the cordial support (nominally,
at least, so it now appears) of the principal States
of the eastern hemisphere. The injustice at-

tempted to be' accomplished by Russia towards
Turkey is, in fact, one of so monstrous and mani-

fest a description that the CZAR is suddenly con-
fronted, as it were, on the instant by Four Powers
openly announcing their determination to prevent,
at all hazard, this obvious degradation of the
Divan and virtual seizure of Constantinople.
Such is the intimation simultaneously given to
the Russian EMPKROR on the part of the English,

the French, the Austrian, and the Prussian Go-
vernments. He is assured that their hearty al-

Hance in reference to the maintenance of the

integrity of Turkey is the result of the extraor-
dinary mission entrusted to his Ambassador
MENSIMIKOFF. Their remonstrances only bed
Dome more resolute in tone immediately intelL
ligenoe is received of the movement across
the Pruth of the Russian 'troops under
the command of GORTSCHAKOFF. Although to a
considerable extent the veil of diplomatic mystery
is still drawn over the somewhat elaborated nego-
tiations, enough is implied to lead the more cre-
dulous beholders to conjecture that the formidable
allies of Turkey are inflexible in their resolve to
subdue the arrogance of the CZAR, by their un-
yielding determination, and to celebrate the
triumph of right over might, by causing the
instant surrender by the Russian troops of the
two invaded Principalities. Meanwhile the more
curious are denied anything at all approaching to
an explanation. The public is coolly recom-
mended to await the issue with a patient reliance
upon the wisdom of the popular administrators.
Nothing is elicited from the statesmen who are
necessarily in the secret, beyond the laconic
reminder that the country will learn all in good
1:1111. e, and that meanwhile it is indiscreet to
insist upon what at the best must prove to be only
premature revelations. It is in this manner the
negotiations are protracted—official couriers has-
tening perpetually between London' Paris,
Berlin,
Vienna, St. Petersburg, and Constantinople.
If
the faintest inklingis obtained of what is really
going forward, it is solely owing to the dignified
candour of the imperial Cabinet of the Tuileries.
M. DROUYN DE L'Huys,
theonce o r twice, for an
instant breaks throughflimsy webwork of
politicg etiquette, but the Earl of CLARENDON
pursues to the last moment an unbroken taci-
turnity.r from
received
mos
All this while the neNv
kind the
almost
unexampled East continues to be of a
toting imaginable. The patriotic ardour
of the
Turks is known to have risen to a pitch of hn
unexampled enthusiasm. Insults are notoriously
multiplying in the scene of contention—insults
wantonly offered by the Councils of the CZAR to
those of the SULTAN at Constantinople. The
Hospodar of Moldavia is forbidden by Russia to
send further tribute to ABD-UL-MJID as his
liege Suzerain. Nothing is left undED
one, in fact,
by the ATITOCRAT, which can most clearly indi-
cate his disregard to the force of treaties, his con-
tempt for all the laws of honour, and his utter
disdain for the most elementary principles
of international. jurisprudence. Throughout
all which intolerable proceedings on his part, he
dedicates his energies to the forwarding of every
species of warlike preparation.He appoints his
favourite son, the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE,
Admiral of the Russian Fleet in the Black Sea,
seeing closely to the increase and efficiency of the
maritime armaments at Sebastopol. He quarters
the
ad.vance-guard of his colossal army on the
Moldavian and Wallachian provinces, preparing
his soldiers by the passage of the Pruth for the
passage of the Danube and the storming of the
various passes along the line of the Balkan Moun-
tains. Information of all these particulars arriv-
ing in this country revives, as a matter of course,
the anxiety of those who are eiioagner to witness the
triumph over lawless ambition
of
fofT
atrhkeishsa inde-
pendence.
interests involved in the eat
Additional inquiries are consequently addressed
of
to the Ministers of the Crown in both
Houses
the English Parliament. Nevertheless the
Cabi-
net still continues obdurate. There is „till
a delay of the appearance of the long..
desired explanation. The nation is told once
more that it must wait quietly until it shall
suit the convenience of the Coalition to reveal