The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, MAT 13,
Will be, performed FIDELIO. Leonora. Madame -Caradori
Fbrestan., Herr Reichardt; and Rocco, Herr Formes.
Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
Prices—Stalls, 78; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery,
Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Gnin eas. The
Raz-office open daily from Ten till Six, where pla ceii may be
secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs- ',wider and
t. oak, 63, New Bond-street.

THE &TEE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Ilackstona.
THIS EVENING, 31ar 13,
Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Henry Dove, Mr.
Buckstone i Mrs. Henry Dove, Mrs. Stanley.

Atter wnich, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled
MB. BfiCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI-
CESTER-SQIJARE), written by J. It. Planche, Esq. Principal
characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J.
Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss
E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompscn, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss
Featherstone.

Followed by WILLIKIND AND HYS DINAH. Supported 'oy
Messrs. Buckstone and Corri ; Miss Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fttawil-
limn, and Mrs. Caulfield.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Citasus Ks As.
THIS EVENING, MAT 13,
Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRI'AD. Characters
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder. and Cathcart; ane. Misses Heath and
Murray.
Followed by F.4.173T AND MARGIJERT,TE. Characters by
Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. ' ffinstanley and Miss C.
Lecie req.
After which, AWAY WITH MELP NCHOLY. Characters by
Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Sa'ser ; and Misses Murray and
Daly.

THEATRE ROY AL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.— .Directress, Madame Celeste
THIS EVEY KING, MAY 13,

Will be performed TWO LO' VE4 AND A LIFE. Supported by
Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Ifurre .y, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and 0,
Smith ; Miss Woolgar and N &lame Celeste.

Followed by THE itiOU'S' CA.O FIE MOVE If ENT. Principal cha.
racters by Messrs. 0. Scal
.th, Keeley, and Parselle; Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss Mary Keeley.

After which, THE OVERLkND JOCTRI•EY TO CONirAISTrI.
NOFLE, Ai UNDEII.7.AKEN BY LORD BATEWAY, WITH
NTEREiTINti PART%CULARi OF THE FALB HOPEIII,

ROYAL, OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lease o and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan,
"THIS EVENING, MAY 13,
Will be performed FIGHTING BY PROXY. Characters by
it bawl and Wigan ; and Miss E. Turner.
THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha-
racterser which.
. chbwyhMessrs. F. Robson, J. II Waite, Leslie, and Vincent;
atterler I, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston.
janft
To be followed by TO OftLI4E BENSON. Supported by Messrs.
E mery, Rob ion, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham.

STRAND THEATRE.
so:e Lessee Mr. F. W. Alicroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs

THIS EVENING, MAY 13,
WM be perCormed NELL GWTNNE.
The ZULU KAFIR'S, as they appeared at St. George's Gallery.
After which, SUIDIErt FLO VER.S, in which the French Ballet
Troupe will appear.
Followed by TfIE THREE TURKISH RAZOR GRINDERS.
Silvis, 55.; Boxes, 3,4.; Pit, 1 6d; Gallery, .id.; Private 1304.e5,
X 1 lls. 6,1., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A dPIIITHEATitE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, MAT 13, •
WM be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec•
taee, ernbodyln; n vet and extraordinary e:h•cts (wri•ten by Mr.
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPA NIL VAR; or,
The Horse or the Wreck. Th horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.
Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Miss Emily Cooke.
Wile. Blanche, the celebrated Continental Arti<te, on the
TIGHT ROPE.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE
RHINE.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

IGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
T mtv —3lorniul 1 min.after 2 Evening 23 min.aft. 2
ro-Monnow--Morning 45 min.after 2, Evening 6 rntn.aft. 3

THE WEATHER.--Suzi Ornoe, MAT 13.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66 —highest since noon yesterday.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
65—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'17—falling.
WIND, N.W.W.—Light and variable—heavy clouds
and sultry weather, portending a thunderstorm.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1854,

Dynastic influences have triumphed over every
rational consideration both at Berlin and Athens
—and at this moment the Sovereigns of Greece
and Prussia are equally at the feet of the Northern
AUTOCRAT. The secret of all this is obviously
discoverable in the circumstances of the Royal and
Imperial marriages. The origin of these extra-
ordinary proceedings on the put of OTHO and of
FREDERICK WILLIAM IV. may be comprehended
by any one who takes the trouble to glance at the
august records of the Almanach de Gotha, that
Talmud, or Koran, or Shaster of the believers in
Legitimacy. Thera it will be seen how, on the
13th of July, 1817, NICHOLAS espoused CHAR-
LOTTE, eldest daughter of the late, and there-
fore of course eldest sister of the present, KING of
Prussia—the bride of the future CZAR paying the
tribute of her entrance into the Russian dynasty
by embracing the Greek religion and assuming
the name of ALEXANDRA-FEODOROWNA. There
again in that wonderful record of alliances brought
about more by intrigue than by affection,
it will be perceived how, on the 22d of
November, 1836, OTHO took to wife
the Princess AMELIA of Oldenburg. In conse-
quence of these two remarkable marriages, the
dynastic influence exercised by the AUTOCRAT, from
St. Petersburg, has proved paramount, both in the
councils of Athens and Berlin, to every prudential
consideration. We have seen how, step by step,
OTHO and AMELIA have advanced towards an open
rupture with the Western allies of Turkey. Until,
in fact, their complicity with the insurgents of
Epirus and Thessaly has become matter of abso-
lute notoriety. Until their flagitious conduct has
been denounced by her Britannic MAJESTY'S Am-
bassador at Constantinople : and again, and yet
again, by the Leader of the House of Commons,
on addressing himself in reference to the policy
of Greece to the assembled Members of the Impe-
rial Legislature. The mask of duplicity, at first
assumed for a brief interval by the Greek Sove-
reign, we have long since observed, thrown
aside with a sort of suicidal desperation. So that
the British and French Ministers at the Court of
Athens (Mr. WYSE and Baron RouEN) have found
themselves justified in denying the mendacious
falsehoods of M. Pecos, the Greek Foreign Secre-
tary. So that his Imperial Majesty NAPOLEON
111. has at last deemed it advisable to address
an autographic letter to the insensate ruler of
Greece, enjoining the latter in the strongest terms
to beware of the evil consequences which must
befall him in the event of his breaking with
Prance and England and adopting the cause of the
Muscovite Government.
If- less flagrant in his indications of hostility
towards the allies of Turkey than King OTHO, the
Prussian Monarch has been if possible yet more
131xxlritical in his policy as far as that policy
areas the interests of France and England. Of
the devotion of I'aIfDERICK WILLIAM IV. to the
cause of his iroperia
brother-in-law, there
have been a succession of unmistakeable inci-
dents in demonstration.
There was the distinct
pitt
refusal of the King of
ssla. during the course
of last March to sign the convention of the Four
Powers, a refusal which will be very well remem-
bered as having been accompanied by the dismissal
from power of the Count POURTALES. Then
the virtual recall from London of the Chevalter
BUNSEN, SO long and honourably know at the
Court of St. James's, in his diplomatic position
there as the Prussian Ambassador. Recently
occurred the expulsion of General BONIN from the
head of the War-office in the Berlin Government.
And lastly, the most daring of all the testimonies
of the King of PRUSSIA'S subservience to the
Northern AUTOCRAT has but just come to
light in the provisional removal, by FREDERICK
WILLIAM IV., of his own brother, and .the
heir-apparent to the Crown, from his elevated po-
sition as Military Governor of the provinces of the
Rhine and Westphalia. This rash proceeding of
the King towards the Prince of PRUSSIA has alto-
gether surpassed his previously significant conduct
towards General BoNIN, towards the Chevalier
BUNSEN, and towards the Count POURTALES. It
indicates beyond any doubt the insensate nature
of the policy upon which the King of PRUSSIA j
has at length, we might venture to assert, now I
avowedly determined. Happily, the intelli-
gence of this reuihval of the Prince of PRUSSIA