The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

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THEAiItE. ICOYAL DRURY LANE.
Lame, Mr. E. T. Smith.
• TEN EVENING, Mair
WM be ,perforMed DER FREI-CHU rZ, Characters by Madame
Oareort.'s.kid aldile. Sedlazek; Uerr Reichsrdt, Herr Fumes, and
Bert uoizoi.
F' ""owed by (4th time) a new R ILLET DIVERTISSEMENT',
entitled UNE FETE EN OLYSIFE,
Pricea—Rtalls, 7s; Dress CI ele, bat Rexes, as ; Pit, 2e- ; nanarY•
la. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two. Three aid Four Guineas. The
Box-office ooe i Sally trout rein till glx, where places may be
assured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be hal of Messrs. Leader and
Cock, 63, New Bond-streot.

THEITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. nuckatone.

THIS EVENING. MAT 20,

Will be per ormed THE -MILITARY KNIGHTS OF THE
ROUND TABU;. Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Howe,
Vandenhoff, W. Farrell, Compton, and Buckstone ; Misa Reynolds,
Miss E. urey, and Mrs. Fitz vi Liam.

AI terlaridcb. the stitlrsly new an I original extravaganza, enti'led
MIL BUCK STOVE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI-
CESTELSQUARE), written by J. FL Planche, Esq. nine pa]
cLaracters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Hr. Clark, sir. J.
Marshall, fir H. Marshall; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Cattle Laid, %this
E. Grey, Miss
.Lydia inoinpson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss
Featly rstone.

/tar L P ICE:44'3 TEMA OXIORD-.TREEr.
Under the Manlom.nt of Mr. CaAat.s.s SEAN.
• VHS EVENIMG, MAT 21,
Will be performed THF. Nf VR'tifth AAIIIIIED. Characters
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Mu ray.

E')'lowed by F.4,173r MAEVIITERIrE. Characters by
:Vessrs. C. Kean and Day.d f tabu* ; Mrs. Winstar ley and ,vl. lea C.
Lac e cit.
After...which. AWAY WITH MELUICTIOLY. Characters 1 y
M•asrs. Meadows, D. Fisher. and Saker ; and 31isses Murray and
Daly.

THEATRE ROYAL ADIMPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Mrectress, Madame Ce'Cate.
THI9 EVENING; MAY 0.
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WM be performed TW) LOVE 4 ANTI) A LIFE. Supported by
Mews. C. 60 v. Lei,h qarray, denjnown Webster. Keeley, sad 0.
8m to ; u Woo'gar ant Na 'a ea Celeste.
Followed by THE st )u4r tcete %.)vewerr. Principal cha-
racters by Sf.gars O. Smith, Kee.l4. and ramelle; ors.
and Alas Mary Keeley.

Aftor whtch, THE OVERT. .15n JOrYRNIv.Y TO CO.VITANrI•
NOPLE, Ai UNDER CAKE:N PIY LOW B I rElfAg, WiTlt
CERE4TINU PAR TICULARII OF I:4E FAIR mopiiia,

ROYAL OLYMPIC TEIKttkE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. win!,
THIS EVENING. MAT 20.
Will be performed rr(irfalG PY PRJXY. Characters by
Robson and Wigan; ani Miss E. Turner.
After which, THE Li %AIMS? DAY OF MY LIFE. Chg•
meters by Messrs. F. Robs )n, J. fl Wnite, Leslie, and Vincent ;
Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Nlarston.
To be followel by TO ORLI 1E BE VSOI. supported by Messrs.
Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling an I Miss Wyndham.

STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Luau.

THIS EVENING, Max2o,
Will be performed THE GARDENER Or VER3AITZE3.
To be followed by BOX AND COX I g KAFIR LAND.
After which, a BAL r,E r DIVER rISSEXENT.
To be followed by SUMMER FLOWERS.
To conclude with MR. AND MR3. WHITE.
55.; Boxes, 34.; Pit, 14. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes,
3;1 I Is. ful., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

Asnagrs ECIEOi'E'S NATIONAL A. APHITH EA.TitE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, MAY :0,
Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec-
tacle, embodying n ,vel and extraordinary effects (wri•ten by Mr.
3.7‘150n Lea), entitled A TALE OF THE SPA.NISII WAR; or,
The Horse of the Wreck. Th 3 horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.
Followed by an entire change of the scenes of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE
RHINE.
Bo:-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tau DAY —Morning n min.after 8 I Evening 52 min.'s& 8
To.?dotgow--Morning 31 min.after 9 Evening 7 min.aft. 10

14:11C WEATHER.—Sus Onion, MAY 20.
THIERMOILICTIII9, IN THE SHAM:.
62 —highest since noon yesterday.
46 --lowest this morning and during the night.
66 —this day at noon.

BAROKETEB.
WIND, S.W.-Light airs, and beautiful summer weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1854.

Cannot an united army of French and English
soldiers be despatched even now with considerable
effect into the Baltic, to be there landed on the
coast of the Gulf of Finland, so as effectually to
co-operate with the combined fleets in their pro-
posed attack upon St. Petersburg ? It is earnestly
to be hoped that the advisability of this move-
ment may be deliberated upon betimes by the
'allied Governments. There has been a general
feeling for a long while past that measures of this
kind.should have been adopted, and that Russia
should have been assailed from the north simul-
taneously by a maritime and military armament.
It is 'by no means too late even now to repair the
apparent error of omission, if any such blunder
still actually continues at this moment to admit
of reparation. According to the latest accounts
received from the distant waters approached by
way of the Skagerrack and the Ca tegat, dated
on the 16th instant from Stockholm, it appears
that even then the united fleets of France and
England had not penetrated the Gulf of Finland
further than Hango, near Helsingfors. The ice
has not yet broken up sufficiently to admit of
free navigation. Nay, we know perfectly well,
from, those well acquainted with those waters,
that. the long-desired melting away of the ice
so as to open up a clear passage beyond
Cronstadt cannot, under ordinary circumstances,
be expected much before the close of May—the
severity of the wintry season extending some-
times even to the first two or three days of June.
However this may be just now, it is by no means
too late for a considerable body of French soldiers
to be conveyed northward—time enough to
admit of their aiding Admirals NAPIER and
DzsCHENES in their onslaught upon the
Russian capital—time enough even for the Gallic
army to be strengthened by the timely arrival of
a British contingent. A calculation the reason-
ableness of which must be quite apparent, when
it is remembered that, as before observed, the
combined fleets had not, up to the close of the
first fortnight of the present month, advanced
further up the Gulf of Finland than Hango, near
Ile'aingfors.
Examine, moreover, yet more close the last
advioes received from Stockholm, and it will
be still more clearly manifest that there
is force in our argument, to the effect that
Russia should be assailed from the north,
not merely by a maritime, but also, and
simultaneously, by a military armament. It
will be observed from this intelligence that there
is a hatred against Russia rife among the Swedes
and Norwegians. It will be perceived that this
,cordial sympathy with the Western Allies of Tut-
Key • has already had its sufficiently-significant
manifestation
—insomuch that the King of SWE-
rished was male aware of the animosity the-
, his subjects in regard to the Mus-
c"ite rovenlment, while reviewing his fleet
on the occasion of
Elfsnnbben. Advantage
thefeel-
in
ought surely to be taken
ing on the part
sPrance
opportune
Ara allied arm sent
debarkation on by
the by
ofa the
nceand En land for
the
sßaltic, or rather
of that important branch of
Gulf of Finland, would tend altic called the
events
satisfactorily
towards the precipitation of in the North so that the open declaration of Sweden and Nor-
way against Russia might come simultaneously with
au attack by sea and by land against St, peters_
burg. The attack by sea, we have already ob-
served often enough, cannot possibly be made
directly by the fleets themselves. It can only
be made by the fleets acting through gun-boats,
and this simply because of the shallow water
extending beyond the insular fortifications of
Cronstadt to the extremity of the Gulf of Finland,
?nd so on, up the river Neva, to the very walls
of the Russian metropolis. So shallow is it, in-
deed, that it is altogether inaccessible to vessels
drawing more than eight feet of water—a diffi-
culty, however, by no means insurmountable, as
Flay be recognised en a glance at English-buill
teara-gunboats such as the Nix and the Salaman-
der. Vessels—these two just mentioned--
drawing only five feet of water, even
when fully armed and equipped, being 160
feet in length, 24 feet in breadth, and 11feet in
depth, with engines of 160-horse power, giving a
speed of 15 miles, and carrying on board 4 32-
pounders and 4 68-pounders—projectiles adequate
for.any emergency in which it might be deemed
inuisite or advisable for thorn to be engaged.