The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-26 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

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8010 Levee Mr. F. W. Alleroft.—Dixectress, Mlle Rebecca Imam
TO-MORROW EVENING, Aram 27,
Will be performed THE ENCHANTED LAKE.
After which, THE BLUE JACKETS.
To be followed by WIVES BY ADVERTISEMENT.
Concluding with the new burlesque on RICHARD THE THIRD.
citaiis, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ' • Pit, is. 6d ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxer,
41 I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Alicroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'g EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Great attraction and powerful Novelties for the Easter Holidays.
TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 27,
Will be presented the new grand Naniical and Equestrian spec-
tacle, embodying n ,vel and extraordinary effects (written by Mr.
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or,
The Horse or the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.
Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Miss Kato Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and
the meet talented Equestrian anl Gymnastic Artistes in Europe.
Concluding with a popular FARCE.
Box-office open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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Tau DAT —Morning 23 min.after 1 Evening 41 min.aft. 1
M Te-mutow— I Morning 57 min.after 1 Evening 15 min.aft. 2

THE WEATHER.--Stra Oirms, APRIL 26.
THERMOMETER, IN THE 'SHADE.
52 —highest since noon yesterday.
45 —lowest this morning and during the night.
56—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.45—falling.
WIND, N. to N.N.W.—Light breeze, with heavy
cloud; and sunshine occasionally.

DAILY WEATREB TABLE.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1854.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yestelday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
TUNBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—N., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
STROOD—N.E., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
SWINDON—N.E., light breeze—cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy.
BIRMINGHAM—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
YARMOUTH—N.B., hard wind—overcast.
SHAP—S.E., calm—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :-
110LYHEAD—E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
WHITBY—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
DA aLINGTON—W.N.W., gentle breeze, overcast—frost
—eight showers—snow.
SHAD— N., calm—principally clear..

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1854.

The Greek Court would seem now to be fairly
in the rut of the insurrection. Like this globe of
ours in the dream of Mr. TENNYSON, it appears
to_ be " spinning down the grooves of change,"
and that too with such remarkable velocity as to
be -suggestive of the last change being one of
itself—a change resulting sooner or later in its
total disappearance. The " proofs" spoken of by
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Ott the 6th instant in the
House of Commons, are multiplying rather
rapidly—proofs of the KING and QUEEN of
Greece having given the 8,000 insurgents in
Epirus and in Thessaly the greatest encourage-
ment. Of the fact of that enConi-agement there
cannot any longer be any doubt whatsoever. The
reception accorded to M. METAL at Athens is in
itself sufficient testimony. That ambassador is no
sooner expelled from Turkey in common with the
rest of the Greek subjects resident in the SULTAN'S
dominions, than he rises to an authority in the
councils of his sovereign, such as he could never have
anticipated during his d iplomatic career at Constanti-
nople. Added to which, the circular of NESSEL-
/toms dated 2d of March, 1854, from St. Peters-
burg, arrives, appropriately enough at Athens, at
the very time of the Greek ambassador's return
thither from Constantinople. That circular, it
Will have been remarked, is a direct incentive to
the Greek insurrection in Epirus and Thessaly
—a direct incentive to this insurrection from the
Russian Government. Its arrival at the Hel-
lenic capital appears to have excited among
the Russian intriguers in that metropolis the
liveliest er.thusiasm—if we may believe iu the
accuracy of a very curious letter recently pub-
lished in the Semaphore of Marseilles, and thence
transferred to our own columns, as may have been
Observedzve in our Monday evening's impression.
rYthiug, indeed, that for some time past has
mine to light in reference to the course pursued
by the Greek Government as in favour of the
CZAR and as and, therefore,
oPPosed to the SULTAN,
as decidedly juor.e,. for both those reasons,
especially to them' cal .to 'the rest of Europe, and
--everything, s of France and England
come to light inregartaaPtain' that has recently
OTILO and Queen Ax to the policy of King
ELIA haEi gislded fll u corro-
boration to the charges dirApted
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the Leader of the British --
against them by
li
and has, consequently, justified eof Commons,
entirely the hints
which had been previously thrOwn out in the same
direction by her Britannic MA.JEsTyIs
Ambassador
at, Constantinople. Everything, therefore We need
scarcely add, proves the imperative necessity y for
the publication of the promised Blue-Book in refe-
rence to the course which was long secretly, and
which is now openly, carried out-by the KING and
QUEEN of Greece and their Government. The
explanatory documents, which will bo comprised
in that official revelation, we cannot but await
consequently with the utmost ergerness. We
shall expect the country will require from
her • MAJESTY'S MirliStOTS that these important
Papers shall be laid forthwith upon the tables of
the Legislature, and that the whole subject, as
as possible after the close of the Easter holi-
days, shall be brought under discussion in both
Rouses of the •• °
British Parliament.

The internecine conflict between the masters
and working people iu the manufacturing districts
is still waged with undiminished vigour. The
siege of Preston is still maintained, and the un-
fortunate inhabitants have endured all the
privations and sufferings incidental to so de-

plorable a state of affairs for no less than
thirty-six weeks, or nine lunar months. During
this protracted period, the costly machinery has
remained rusting for want of use, the expensive
buildings closed, and the whole capital invested
idle and unproductive. But neither power-looms
nor buildings consume exciseable commodities.
They require neither food nor clothing to
keep them in good condition, capable of resuming
work at any -moment after the restoration of
amicable relations. All that the masters whose
mills are stilt closed can lose will be the
interest of the capital embarked in their re-
spective concerns, and that may easily be provided
for by a subscription among their fellow-masters,
who will not altogether lose the amount of their
contributions, inasmuch as they will reap consid-
erable profit from the diminished competition,
which, by reducing the supply, must necessarily
enhance the value of their goods.

But it is very different with their opponents.
I The " human machinery" cannot be flung aside
for a protracted period. Thews and sinews must
be kept up by daily supplies, and without
adequate nourishment flesh and blood will
pine away and decay. It is true that those
who sympathise with the working people
have subscribed liberally to the cause. But, still
at the best, but a poor and scanty provision is
afforded. The turn-outs are obliged to forego all
the comforts of life, and to be contented with a
miserable supply of bare necessaries. Parents
are not only compelled to endure bitter priva-
tions themselves, but to see their helpless children
crying for the food which they are unable to
bestow, and to steel themselves against the cries
of their unhappy offspring. How different is
their lot from that of the masters ! How unequal
is the contrast on that ground alone. The mas-
ter has every comfort and luxury—the men hun-
ger, thirst, cold, and all the evils incidental to
sharp and biting poverty.
Again, as to the contributors to the funds from
which the " sinews of war" are supplied to the
respective belligerents. As we have shown, the
masters subscribe from their, abundance, and
obtain some kind of equivalent. The hands,
on the contrary, give up that for which they
have but too many calls. Should they be so for-
tunate as to be able to pay their contributions
without curtailing any of their wonted indul-
gences, they must at least relinquish the
idea of saving anything for a rainy day.
When sickness or want of occupation may
deprive them of their ordinary earnings, it
may be that they would have to sacrifice the fund
by which they could " better their condition "
and rise to independence and fortune, as many
men have done from as small beginnings. The
turn-outs may not be " tired of playing yet."
They may be satisfied to eat the bread of idleness,
although compelled to stint their appetites and
submit to half, or even little more than quarter
rations ; but will their fellows be contented to
keep up the supplies, and to divert a considerable
percentage of their own hardly-acquired earnings
to the continued maintenance of an unproductive
body. No. The enthusiasm of the movement
may operate for a time, but when it is
seen that ,tlie sacrifice gives an additional
prospect of victory, they will withdraw from
the unprofitable contest, and, although sadder,
will become much wiser men, from their dearly-
bought experience.
But there are other matters, all of which must
exercise no inconsiderable influence in bringing
these untoward disputes to a speedy termination
by the total and unqualified submission of the
working people. It requires no extraordinary
skill—no prolonged period of learning to work in
the mills and factories. The masters find that,
although the old hands should continue obdurate,
they may still find persons capable of working their
machinery and producing calicoes. They may
import labour as a substitute for that which can
no longer be-obtained from the inhabitants of the
town. The vast importance of this step
was so fully recognised by the delegates
and Committee-men, that they risked the
proceeding which has been made the subject of
accusations still pending. The masters are, how-
ever, still importing " hands," while the " gentle
persuasion," which made many of the interlopers
return to the places from whence they came, can
no longer be safely used.

This very decided step on the part of the
masters led to what we cannot help regarding as
the last convulsive effort on the part of the ope-
ratives. They employed the services of the
Mediation Committee, a body of kind-hearted,
well-intentioned gentlemen, anxious to put an end
to a state of affairs so truly deplorable. The masters
however, rejected the interposition. It could
scarcely be anticipated that at the moment when
their triumph was certain, they would consent to
abandon the fruits of victory, and to patch up a
hollow and precarious peace, without obtaining
any guarantee for its permanence.
This move, then, on the part of the men
totally failed, and now a further and very for-
midable blow has been inflicted. The men of
Stockport have entered on hostilities on their own
account. They have had a turn-out of their own,
and have strong claims upon the funds to which they
formerly so liberally contributed. Not only then
is that assistance withdrawn, and the fund so far
diminished--but more is repaired ; the turn-outs
of Stockport must be fed as well as those of
Preston. The demands are materially in-
creased, while the resources are diminished in an
inverse ratio. Let the operatives ponder these
things deeply, and submit to inevitable defeat.
This is a day of national humiliation. It is a
fitting opportunity for the sacrifice of the pride,
which alone induces them to prolong the hope-
less contest. Let them yield, then, with
good grace. If they do, there are abundant
grounds for legislative inquiry, and for the enact-
ment of laws calculated to place the relations of
labour and capital on a just and proper founda-
tion.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY. —The birthday of her Royal
Highness Princess Alice was celebrated here to-day with
the customary honours. A Royal salute was fired at
noon from Fort Belvidere, which was answered by the
Adelaide frigate on Virginia Water. A Royal salute
was also fired from the Corporation Ordnance by the
Town Bombardier in the Bachelor's-acre, and the bells
of St. George and St. John's churches sent forth their
merry peals at intervals throughout the day.
The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the
youthful Lords Albert and Leveson Gower, arrived yes-
terday at Stafford House, St. James's, from Clifden
House.

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, who have been
visiting her Grace's maternal parent, the Grand Dowager
Duchess Stephanie of Baden, at Paris, and participating
in the Imperial hospitalities at the Tuileries, are ex-
pected in town.
NEW ORDER IN COUNCIL—The - publication of the
new order in council, distinctly specifying the articles to
which the prohibition against the export of munitions of
war is intended to apply, gave great satisfaction in the
City yesterday. It promises entirely to remove the
perplexities lately complained of by the firms in the iron
trade, as well as by the shippers of copper and other
metals, and, if carried out in a rational spirit by the
Customs authorities at the various ports, will bring the
inconveniences to be sustained within the narrowest
possible limits.

A WAR GAZETTE.—The Naval and Military Gazette
says :—" We have been informed that the promotions
consequent upon the recommendations of the commis-
sion will appear in the Gazette on the 28th instant, and
that an annual full-pay retirement will be granted, in
fixed proportions, for each branch of the service. We
are, however, inclined to think that whatever promotion
is contemplated will not appear before the Queen's birth-
day, on the 24th of next month. However, many speak
confidently that the Gazette of the 28th instant is to be
the first great Gazette of the war. We give the news as
we have heard it."
POST-OFFICE RETURNS.—According to the Parlia-
mentary returns, th ere are in the United Kingdom 986
opfo stth- c.effis
e pcesoasnt.t
and 6,6", Z
6,1,.82
and
receiving receiving-houseso fuosresle tatreers
m;
01,n8ely0.
order offices. The number of letters which pass through
the post-office department-in, the course of a year is
nearly 400,000,00110. The number of miles which mails
travel over rail's aye in a year is about 7,000,000. The
length of the English ocean mail: lines is 55,000
ma's. The English ocean mail packets traverse
1,60'1,000 IC Iles annually. The number of money
orde rs issue J yearly is 5,000,000. The number of ap-
plica, lions ,or missing letters during twelve months is
nearl,7 10,'C 'OO. The net revenue of the Post-office is
now above 1,000,0001. a year, and the cost of manage-
ment 1,400 ,000/. ; the payment to railway companies
mails is 320,0001. a year, and to steam-
packet a v
coni!
Ipa
nies 850,000/. The amount of money
orders iSSU
ed annually is nearly 10,000.0001,, and the
yearly rev enue derived from commission on money
mordisseirnsg legit is 8i 90,r08u
001.np. The htewvealvlueemoofutphrsopileratbyocuotn2toaoinioedoiln.