The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-26 00:00:00

NATIONAL FESTIVAL, in Celebration of the ! life of us understand how it is he undertakes to
Union between Englam' and France.—A GENERAL PUBLIC
MEETING will be held at the EGYPTIAN HALL, MANSION.. , remove what he calls the " misapprehensions"
HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th ofJnne instant, at Two o'Clock
R rt f the Committee
in the Afternoon, precisely, to receive a epo romprevalent in regard to some of his recent, and,
of Management on the proposed proceedings of the National Festival,
and to adopt measures thereupon. by this time sufficiently notorious, observations.
By Order.
GEORGE SEDGWICK, Hon. Sec. Misapprehensions ? Why, • the language lately
I addressed to the House of Peers by the First
Lord of the Treasury, was altogether so plain and
obvious in its meaning that it never for one
instant admitted of the slightest possibility of
being at all misunderstood. What was that lan-
guage? It is worthy of being particularly brought
again before the notice of the public, now
that we are close upon the sitting of the Upper
House appointed for the Earl of ABERDEEN'S
promised explanation. Listen ! Again and again,
we say, mark ! and observe well what were those
words—those deplorable words, deplorable as com-
ing from the lips of the Prime Minister of Eng-
land—those notable and notorious words, the
meaning of which Lord ABERDEEN is going to
explain in the House of Peers this evening, those
words, in regard to which the Premier has re-
cently averred, there have been so many curious
misapprehensions. Now mark !
After having observed "we shall direct our
efforts to maintain, as far as reasonable [note the
modulation and reservation !] what is called the
security of Europe," Lard ABERDEEN, in that
miserable speech of his, which followed the very
noble and patriotic orations of Lords LYNDHURST,
DERBY, and CLARENDON, added—" that peace of
Europe which I cannot say I feel is very much en-
dangered by the chance of success of Russian ag-
gression." Is there any room, here, we ask, for
the slightest degree of misapprehension ? Again
we declare that words like these can only by pos-
sibility be " explained away," so to speak, by a
distinct and deliberate recantation.
Moreover—speaking of the treaty concluded
twenty-five years ago between Russia and Turkey,
speaking of the disgraceful Treaty of Adrianople,
under cover of moving for a despatch in regard to
which Lord ABERDEEN is to-night going to clutch
desperately at the last straw of a seeming oppor-
tunity of explanation the Prime Minister
of England remarked—" I say, considering the
position of the Russian army at the gates of Con-
stantinople, the treaty of Adrianople did not show
en the part of Russia any great desire for terri-
torial aggrandisement. And what has happened
since ? That treaty was signed twenty-five years
ago, and since that time has Russia acquired a
single inch of Turkish territory?—has Russia been
engaged in any hostilities at alt with Turkey ?
None in the world. The only interference Russia
had with Turkey was to save the existence of the
Turkish Empire, by sending a Russian army to
Constantinople to protect it against the Egyptian
invasion. That is all that has happened since the
Treaty of Adrianople. Now, give me leave to say
that the Treaty of Adrianople was signed twenty-
five years ago, and no war, "no aggression, has
taken place ; but, on the other hand, signal ser-
vice has been rendered by Russia to Turkey. I
think that if we can secure the same result for
twenty-five years to come, we shall not do amiss,
and that, I believe, is the object which we ought
to have in view." Recollect that these are the
words, not of NESSELRODE, but of ABERDEEN ! The
statesman.who uttered them, to use the memora-
ble expressions once employed upon a different
occasion, and in regard to a very different
personage, by my Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the states-
man who uttered these words was—" not the
Minister of Russia, or the Minister of Austria, or
the Minister of Prussia, but [save the mark] the
Minister of England." These are the words, in
fact, that my Lord ABERDEEN is going to-night in
the House of Peers to explain—these are the
words, in regard to which he says there have been
so many and such extraordinary misapprehensions.
Do they admit of misapprehension ?—Examine
them syllable by syllable, sentence after sentence,
and ask yourselves; can thsy admit of misappre-
hension ? We maintain they do Not ! We insist
that they no more admit of misapprehension than
those wonderfully contrasting declarations which
had previously fallen from the lips of the Earl of
CLARENDON—" We must now give Russia to uns
derstand that all Europe is not to be disturbed—
that great interests are not to be dislocated—that
nations are not to have fresh burdens imposed
upon them—that great social, political, and com-
mercial risks are not to be incurred—and, above
all, that the greatest powers in Europe are not to
be united for any insignificant result. I think
we are all agreed that in this case any mere tem-
porary repression would only postpone the danger
by which we have been threatened, and that safety
can only be sought in measures which shall pre-
vent its recurrence." The language of the Foreign
Secretary was resolutely expressive of the deter-
mination of England and France to avenge the
injustice done to Turkey by the CZAR, and to extort
adequate guarantees for the future from the
Russian Government. Whereas the language of
the Prime Minister was equally expressive of—
what ? A panegyric upon that same Russian Go-
vernment ! An earnest encomium on its modera-
tion, on its good faith, and on its pacific intentions !
Otherwise how could the Premier inquire whether,
since 1829, Russia has engaged in any hostilities
with Turkey ? And himself reply at once to the
inquiry—" None in the world !" Otherwise how
could Lord ABERDEEN maintain so very earnestly
that the Treaty of Adrianople did not show on the
part of Russia anygreat desire for territorial aggran-
disement ? Nay, it was in this spirit of encomium
upon the moderation evinced by Russia in her con-
duct towards TURKEY that Lord ABERDEEN insisted
on the 19th instant, in the House of Lords, that
Russia had secured to herself no territorial acqui-
sitions at the expense of Turkey through the
medium of that same notable Treaty of Adrianople.
When that Treqty was signed, argued my Lord
Anntiinhis character as the panegyrist of Rus-
sian moderation—" no acquisition of Turkish terri-
tory was made by Russia." Now, what, let us
ask for a moment, was in reality the nature of
this same Treaty of Adrianople ?
Sir ARCHIBALD AusoN, the historian of modern
Europe, has called it emphatically in one of his
latest volumes—AmoN has called the Treaty of
Adrianople 44 One of the most glorious in the
Russian, one of the most disastrous in the Turk-
ish, annals." (Vol iii., p. 358.) And no wonder.
For by this treaty, which, according to Lord
ABERDEEN', secured "no acquisition of Turkish
territory to Russia"—behold_what was actually
accomplished !
Moldavia and Wallachia were evacuated, it is
true, by the Russian army, as well as were also
those portions of Bulgaria and Roumelia which
had been seized during the campaigns of 1828
and 1829 by the invading Muscovites. But the
Delta of the Danube, the islands formed by the
mouths of that great river, were "retained" by
Russia ! And while the CZAR thus secured to
himself, through this apparently insignificant but
really important acquisition of Turkish territory
he acquired a great deal more by the
same treaty, but in a more flagrant man-
ner, fromfortressesia(tmong the SULTAN'S Asiatic do-
minions, Russia thereby obtained, in fact,
t
Asia Minor as valuable as—Anapa,
and
that
ttsbe carried in remembrance
ikh, and Alzkow, and Ak-
hd Pkala7liki an n A.h
. Let
—let it be especially borne
in mind that, while
Bussia secured lsrailow and a tract of country
lower down in Europearl Turkey, she obtained,
besides other fortresses in A •
that Treaty
Asiatic Turkey the
secured- to
fortress and Pashalik of Akhaltsikh'
by the Treaty
ABERDEENby deClared
ef Adrianople
wofhicAhdriniaynopLleor—d
acquisition of Turkish • ,
Russia "no territory
—at any rate, none to speak of I And
this Treaty of Adrianople is actually what
is crow held up to Europe as the model for
the terms of a new pacification. If we obtain
a
peace with Russia upon any terms like that we
are told by Lord ABERDEEN, that we shall not
cc do amiss !" We shall not "do amiss" if we end
the present war with Turkey by a treaty like that

THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY LANE;
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, Jules 26,
Will be performed (3d time) Meyerbeer's Opera LES HUGUE-
NOTS. Characters by Ma ame Itudersthrff, Madame Caradori,
Mdlle. Janola (her 3d appearance in England), Herr Reichardt,
Sig. Gregerio, Herr Grahn, Herr Zaph, Herr Haase, Herr Pasque,
Herr Pecz, and Herr Formes.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Herr Anchuez.
Prices—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery,
; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The
Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be
secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and
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Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences
at Eight. Haf-price at Half-past

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.

Under the management of Mr. Backatone.
THIS EVENING, ..Tufiz 26,

Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE
ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G.
Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds,
Miss E. Grey, and Mrs, Fitzwilliam.
After which THE YOUNG KING.
To conclude with THE TURNPIKE GATE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING, JuNE 26.
Will be performed FROSI VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal
characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur-
ray; Heath, and Vivash.
Arter which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. principal
David
darFaisehteerrs
by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addison, Graham. ,
Cathcart, and Saker ; Misses C. Leclerq, Heath, Ternan, and R.
Terry.
To conclude with THE HALF OF THE BALLET,

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, Jum: 26,
Will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac-
ters by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot.
Followed by a new Drama, entitled SUNS'IINE TIIROUGa
THE CLOUDS. Characters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F.
Matthews; Madame Vestris, Ails; Hughes, and Hiss Oliver.
To conclude with BEFORE BR EAKF.IST. Characters by fir.
C. Mathews. Messrs. F. Matthews ant Baker; Miss Wallism, &c..