The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

HENRY RUSSELL, the celebrated composer,
is engaged by a committee of gentlemen to giv a his inimi-
table ENTERTAISMENT, the E 'GRANT'S PROGRE;7:, 'rHj
DAY, Wednesday, at the Institution, Poplar ; and Thursday and
Fr:day, Music Hall, Store-street, Bedfor,i4vare. Adnalisiou, Is.,
25 , and 3s.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Stn•th.
THIS EVENING, Frs. 8,
Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Characters by G. V.
Brooke, T. Mead, Belton, and Younge ; Miss Fanny Cathcart, and
Miss Featherstone.
To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the
Land of Toys.

THEATM: ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone.
THIS EVENING, F. 8,
be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs.
Elliott Galer, W. Ferren, Compton, R gene, Howe, Clark, Corri, and
Cnilenford; Miss Cushman, Miss dada Harlan', and Mrs. L.
Buckingham.
After which, the Grand CHREATMA. M PANTOlMEilverliair
, eall'A
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR-;; or, Little S
and the Fairi..s. Colamhine, M. Brown; Ittrlegal n, Mr. Jar,lhal•.
Marshall; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. M

UOY kL PRINCES 'S THEATRE, OXFORD-7-;TREET.
Under the Managem::nt of Ntr. CaARLSS KEAN.

T/118 EVENING. FEB. 8.
wm be performed the Tragedy of lIA.MLEr Principa! charac-
ter by Mr. C. Kean.
After wh'ch will be presented the new Grand CIIRNTM-A8 PAN.,
Mr. Ila'aie; Panta oon,
TOMIME, entitled !CLEQUI AN ' T't° 'lll,l,Elt AND
BIS MEN; or, Kin.; Salatiandar and the Fa'ry of t''e Azire
Clown.
Lake. Harlequin, Jr. Corint,i't ;
Mr. ; and Columbine, Mies i)e;t,OrOVlgh•

LYON OA TitEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris,
TIII4 EVENING, Fr e. 8,
F. matthews. and Baker; Miss F. Hughes.
Will be performe4 A13.3.13,1EL°1t 'll'. AWN. Characters ty
the orijinal Fairy Extrava4anza, called ONCE
Messrs. C. Matnews,
After which.
UPON A. TOW. Tlll WERE TWO KrNas, rrincp
al cha-
racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris.
To conclude with FATTER VERSUS CLATTER.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL

proprietor, Mr. BiWebater.—Directreis, Maltim Celeste.

TlitS EVENING, FEB. 8,

will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Mcll.drarna
_ .ve tAbleaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ec,,, 14,tc., new
i.1re.0%. and appointments, called TUE THIRAT ON' GOLD; or,
TtL LOrit SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO.
principal characters by Messrs. B. IVebster, Keeley, Panl Beaton',
Parselle, Marsien, &c.; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh
Murray, Miss F. Maskell, &c.

To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta-
cular legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery,
dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NLTJIB E it NI P, o
THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Priacipal characters by Mad.one Celeste,
Ws. Keeley, wise Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuth Bert, Miss
C. Harding; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, 4-4. Lee, &c.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee arid Manager. Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 8,
Will be performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miw
P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham.
After which, THE BENGAL TMER. Principal characters by
Xessrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and 1. Robson ; and Mrs. A. Wigan.
I%llowed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL.

STRAND THE ITRE.

rlole Lague, 'cr. F. W. Allcroft.—Diredr,44, Mis 3 Rebecca Isaacs

THIS EVENING, FED. 8,

Will be performea 'T WAi I. Principal character by 31;11.4 Fanny
Beeves.

Afte- which, the new gram Comic Christrna.s Pantomime.. entitled
HARLEQUIN AND KINJ ICICACK-v:IC ; or, Fho World of
Toys. Clown, by he inimitable Fleamorc ; II irloquin, Mr. Bologna ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Gridltha ; Colnofoine, AL. Cloward.
Followed by HUNTING A TUll. ME.
To conclude with THE 0 MNIB
Stalls, 53.; Boxes, 3d.; Pit, ~.1; flattery, 9d. ; Private Boxes,
11. Ils. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

A.STLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manage; M"r. William Cooke

In answer to =menus applications both in town and country, Mr.
William Cooke has arranged one more GRIND MiII“ING
PERFORAINCE, to take place on TILLIRSDAY NEXT, Fee. 9,
commencing at 2 o'clock.

Extraordinary combination co' attraction—The Performing Ele•
ph ants, whose wondrous feats awl hitaerto unheard of incr
performances n'w share their nirht!y triumphs with their petite
r leaf LE SINGE SAVANT; or, Nimble Marinuzet. Ile is indeep
as other wonder, for his tricks and exer,ises are achieved with such
h uman-like action, that the beholder can readily imagine he is
w atching In a mirror the reflective ktct:ons of a nice, In addition to
th ese." Zoolo4ical Stare," the Grand Chine” Spectacle (which has
r eached Ps 50th night). The iniunif.ab!e Scenes of' the Arena, and
the successful and gorgeous Pantomime, foroain4 the moat novel and
nparaileled entertainment ever ~tiered to the pu'dic.
THIS EVENING, Irka,
nd during the week, TIIE ELEPIIAN t".l. OF THE E A.ST,
r TIIE :WAGE: (40•;G, in wWch Willia n Cooke's Mat bless
Scenes of the !LE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime o BILLY
BU TU BEEN fFOitll ; or, _Harlequin and the
Ladles' Favourite.
li)s-office open from Eleven till Four. Stags Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tins Der —Morning 16 min.after 10 r.vening 57 ,nin.af. 10
To•NlOßitow—Morning Laiv.aftei 11 1 Eveniu 0 wilt...ft.. 3

Tag Ossics, Fs3. 8.
TIIERIUMEITER, [N VIE SHADE.
b6--highest since noon yesterday.
41--lowest this morning and during the night.
43—this clay at noon.

BA Ito gm-r 30'02.
WIND, W.—Fresh breeze, and cloudy.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, rEBRUARY 8, 1854.

Distracted though our attention may be for a
while from the consideration of the latest phases
of the Eastern Question, by such discussions
within the walls of Parliament as that which last
evening in the House of Commons elicited the
brilliant and amusing speech of Mr. Lucas, ana-
lytical of the failings and corruptibility of the
Irish representatives—ewe inevitably revert im-
mediately afterwards with redoubled interest to
the scrutiny of our foreign correspondence. Such,
in truth, is unavoidable. The imminence of war
renders us in a manner indifferent to everything
else, no matter how attractive in itself, or how
much more nearly it may concern the interests
of our home population. So far, indeed,
things promise little more than a partial so-
licitude on the part of the general com-
munity in reference to the promised explana-
tion of the New Reform Bill on the occasion of
the next Monday's sitting of the popular branoh
of the Legislature. Scarcely one intelligent man
in the United Kingdom can, for the life of him,
preserve anything like a sustained regard for a
matter not directly connected with the probabili-
ties of a warlike struggle among the great races of
Oltristendom. The long-continued strikes which,
in the north of England, have so deplorably in-
terfered with the industrial operations of our
manufacturers have failed, except during brief
intervals, to, divert the notice of the multitude
from the absorbing topic of contemplation—the
enormous difficulties affecting the Turkish Coun-
cils at Constantinople. The extraordinary rise in
the price of provisions, nay, more, even than the
dearnesi of bread, the almost unprecedented costli-
ness of coal during the winter season of 1853-1854,
barely in any way diminished the eagerness with
which the more economical classes in the three
kingdoms have perseveringly looked beyond the
circle of our own insular difficulties to these more
terrible and disastrous troubles which have more
or less extended their influence from the twin
provinces of Moldo-Wallachia throughout the
various Powers of the European Continent. Po-
pular attention to the changes of the Russo-Turk-
ish difference having thus far survived in Great
Britain the distracting nature of so many troublous
events prior to the reassembling of Parliament,
it can scarcely with reason be expected - that
the interest of the community can be turned,
except as it were momentarily, from the
all-engrossing details of the war question,
by any incidents, however ingeniously contrived,
the Minjsterialists in the Imperial Legislature.
Especially now, at a juncture of such remarkable
importance, when it appears more than ever prob-
able that the insensate AuxoczAT Will adventure
upon a collision with the combined forces de-
(or,
spatched against him at any rate, for the
practical and energetic defence of the Turkish
territories) by the French and English Govern_
meats. When, in token of the decisive cha-
racter of the rupture between the great nor-
thern despotism and the two formidable Western
Powers, who are his antagonists, M. DE KissE_
LEFF has quitted Paris, and M. DE BRIJNOW Lon-
ion—leaving the Courts of St. James's and the
Tuileries without that last guarantee of the main-
enance of peace, the continued presence of the
Russian Ambassador. A juncture, indeed, when
the retirement of MM. DE BRUNOW and DE KIS-
SZLEFF from the British and Gallic capitals, has
boozi follow ed up by the pzelept :ectill a Sir