The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-06 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Mks Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING, Anil, 6,
Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.
To be followed by BORN TO GOOD LUCK.
With THE DUMB BELLE. Eliza, Miss R. Isaacs.
After which, THE BLUE JACKETS.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, 6d•; Private Boxes
li.l Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL .AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 6,
The entertainmedts will commence with the chivalric spectacle,
THE WOODMAN'S HORSE ; or, The False Knight. Followed by
an elegant routine of Scenes in the CIRCLE, introducing Miss
/Curs COOKS; the Wonder of the World, Miss EMELT Coo z; the
Premier Horseman, Mr. Ax.vasn CoOKE ; Mr. WILLIAM COoKE on
his matchless steed RAVEN, and a new Burlesque Equestrian Pari-
sian pastoral BALLET—the appointments expressly made in pails.
Concluding
with (4th time) an entirely new Farce, DALRYM-
PLE VERSUS TUBBS.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tan; DAY —Morning 16 min.after 7 Evening 52 min.aft. 7
To-Ifonaow—Morning 37 min.after 8 1 Evening 23 min.aft. 9

THE WEATHER.--SuN Orrms, Aram 6.
TxxamomETNß, IN THE Sams.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
59—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'47.
WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1854.

At a critical juncture like the present, when a
general European war may be said to have actu-
ally commenced, it is more than ever advisable,
as already intimated by ourselves, that we should
endeavour to discover, by a careful investigation
into the present state of the Finances of Austria,
whether or not be possible to demonstrate the
solvency of the Viennese Government. That the
course which may be pursued by that Cabinet
still continues to be a subject of uncertainty and
mere conjecture, cannot but render it the more
important to discern, if possible, the weight or
valueof that power which may thus at any moment,
as it were, be thrown into either scale, to
swell the chances of a preponderance on the one
side or on the other, on the side of barbarism or
on that of civilisation. It is, undoubtedly, true,
that in the secret correspondence recently pub-
lished, we learn from Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR
that, during the course of one of those strange
dialogues between the Russian AUTOCRAT and the
British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, on his
Excellency observing to the CZAR--" But your
MAJESTY has forgotten Austria ; now all these
Eastern questions affect her very nearly ; she, of
course, would expect to be consulted"—the
EMPEROR replied, "Oh ! but you must under-
stand, that when I speak of Russia, I speak of
Austria as well what suits the one suits the
other ; our interests as regards Turkey are per-
fectly identical." It is undoubtedly true that we
have received this avowal from the lips of the
CZAR, through the issue of this secret and confi-
dential correspondence. But it is likewise indis-
putable that the revelation of the designs of the
Russian AUTOCRAT thereby made, through the)
disclosure of that very correspondence between
the British and the Muscovite Governments, may
perchance so far wound the amour propre of the
Viennese Cabinet by rendering it painfully con-
scious of its subordination to the CZAR, and
of his sense of his imperial and para.-
mount authority over the councils of the
KAISER as to prepare the way for some extraordi-
nary and startling estrangement. However this
may be, the line of policy about to be pursued by
Austria remains still, we repeat, up to this mo-
ment, entirely questionable. It is still doubtful
whether Austria, and with her, of course, Prussia,
will persist in a course of rigid but armed neu-
trality. It is still uncertain whether she may
declare herself in cordial and active alliance
with the Western Powers as opposed to the
Northern A.rrrocrtax---whether she may
asto-
nish the world by the enormous ingratitude
threatened by Prince SCHWARTZENEURG, or
whether, on the contrary, she may not accord
to the forces of the Emperor NICHOLAS the
advantages of her energetic and vigorous co-ope-
ration. Because of that very uncertainty, we con-
sider it to be more than ever desirable that we
should examine into the question of the solvency
of the Austrian Government.

Literally with this end in view, we recently
took occasion to direct the notice of the English
public at large to a really remarkable anonymous
treatise* upon the Present State of the Finances
•
and Currency in Austria—a
pamphlet originally
but ginally
in
printed at Leipzic, German,published
also in our own capital in the form of an
exact and lucid translation. Anonymous though
the brochure has continued to be from first to last,
both in the German original and in the English
translation, it betrays throughout the fact of its
emanation from a masterhand, from a hand
skilled in the unravelment of financial difficulties,
and guided by an intellect wonderfully conver-
sant with the resources of the vast empire presided
over by the Imperial Councils at Schoenbrunn.
Differing, though we do, repeatedly Coto ccelo
from several of the more remarkable deductions
of our pamphleteer, we must, nevertheless, ac-
knowledge at once the impartiality evidenced
throughout the whole of his ingenious
production. The sentiments of the writer in
no perceptible instance are, to our thinking
at least, dictated by partisanship. As he
himself avouches (p. 62.), his " sole object" has
been "to give a description of the real state of
the Finances and of the Currency in Austria, no
matter to what result the investigation, might lead."
11.trk that ! Occasionally, we conceive, he en-
tirely mistakes the nature of the result, but no-