The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

:IZHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.

THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,
Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of
MASKS AND FACES: or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Lambert, and
Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Maskell, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and
Miss Rosa Bennett.
After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO TILE
TERRIBLE.
To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
SETTLED. .

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,

Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PFIENOMENON
IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F.
Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell.
After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris,
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear.
To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 13, New
v•ma-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,

Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or,
Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Allred Wigan, Cullemord, 0. Smith,
and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Lama Honey,
and Mrs. Keeley.

To conclude with the succe:sful new Comic rantominie, called
NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Mende Monarch. Plincipal
rytitseuse, Mdlle. Anriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,
Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by
Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as
played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac-
ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F.
Cooke, Everett, and Chester; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Connack ; Clown, Mr. Entine ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq.

ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, JAL 27,

Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs.
Compton, W. Farren, Jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and
Clifton: Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon.
To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET ; or, Harlequin Queen
Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with
qis highly-trained Dogs.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,
ANOTHER GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT,
When the Pantomime will be played first—followed by brilliant
Scenes in the Clrele, and ocncluding with a Laughable FARCE.
Doors open at flap-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven.
Pox-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tars DAY Morning 22 min. after. 3 1 Evening 42 min.aft. 3
To-Maaaow—Morning 0 min. of 4 i Evening 19 min.aft. 4

.DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 1853.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
HASTINGS—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE—E., fresh breeze—overcast.
GREEN WlCH—Calm—partially cloudy.
SWINDON—E., light airs—cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock :
MULLINGAR— E., strong breeze—rain.
SWINDON—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
LEIGHTON—S.E., calm—overcast.
HOLYHEAD—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
LANCASTER—S., calm—foggy.
WHITBY—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—E., gentle breeze—cloudy, hazy, light
frost.
SHAP—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

THURSDAY, 10'30. A.H.
LivEßPooL—Wind N.E., moderate and foggy.

THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, Jct. 27,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

37 highest since noon yesterday.
29—lowest this morning and during the night.
35—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'83.
WIND, E.N.E.—Dull 7eather, with slight sleet.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1853.

" RICHARD (COBDEN) is himself again I." Even
in his best days, as the Champion of the Free-trade
Agitation, he never once shone to greater advan-
tage than he does at this moment in the " Three
Letters" to which we made passing allusion yes-
terday. We take those Three Letters to be the
most convincing evidence of the shrewdness of hi,
intellect, while they constitute, at the same time,
the surest token of his patriotism, and the most
brilliant attestation of his philanthropy. We say
this cordially—and we say it not from the fervour
cf a blind enthusiasm, but from the calmness of a
settled conviction. We assert that the day
will come when this pamphlet will reflect
honour upon Mr. COBDEN'S reputation. It may
be received at this moment with sus-
picion, it may at present call down upon the head
of its auther little else than obloquy and vitu-
peration—but the time will arrive when it will
be looked back to, from the calm of another age,
with respect, and with a very- considerable amount
also of admiration. We averas much at this moment
boldly, without regard for whatever sneers may
be excited by the ardour of our approbation.
Mr. COBDEN has always found in us impartial
witnesses. We have upon all occasions given him
praise or blame accordingly as our judgment dic-
tated. His conduct in regard to the Free=trade
Question, we have ever spoken of in befitting
terms of eulogium. And equally candid
have been our expressions of distrust in refer-
ence to his over-economical (rather let it be
said his mistakenly parsimonious) ideas upon the
subject of our national defences--or, in other
words, upon the extent of our naval and military
expenditure. Here, by the way, it should be ob-
served that the only point in the entire argument
contained in this brochure entitled " 1793 and
1853," in regard to which we feel disposed to join
issue with the pamphleteer, is that relating to the
folly or the wisdom of providing against the pos-
sibility (mark ! not the probability, but the pos-
sibility) of a foreign invasion. Returning, how-
ever, to our previous allusions, we would remind
our readers, in yet further illustration of
our strict and unyielding impartiality in reference
to the course pursued at different periods by Mr.
COBDEN in his political capacity, that, while we have
upon all occasions very earnestly commended his
devotion to the interests of Reform, we have
never scrupled to condemn quite as ear-
nestly his crotchet about the Peace Con-
gress—or, as it is otherwise designated, the
Congress in favour of Arbitration. It is be-
cause, among other things, we believe in our con-
science that these " Three Letters," contrasting,
perhaps we should say more Correctly comparing,
the relative situation of France and England in 1793
and 1853, will subserve more than all the Peace
Congresses that were ever convened the sacred
interests of international tranquillity, that we c•n-
ceive Mr. COBDEN to have vindicated in this re-
markable and masterly pamphlet--his right to
the popular respect at once as a patriot, as a
statesman, and as a philanthropist.
As we intimated last evening, in our cursory
allusion to the " Three Lettere,,, Mr. Con-
DEN, in one part of his argument, insists
particularly upon the similarity of the tone adopt-
ed amongst ourselves in 1793 and in 1853 in re-
gard to the leaders of the French Government.
Sixty years ago the same clamour resounded
throughout these islands—the same clamour
now heard in the angry invectives of men
whose remarks upon the Varis Cabinet
seem capable only of taking the form of vitupera-
tion. Formerly, that is to say upon the last
occasion, the public mind of England was excited to
a pitch of fury by the rcvilings heaped upon the
Constituent Assembly by EDMUND BURKE in his
famous Reflections upon the French Revolution.
Nowadays we have amongst us a Brummagem
who has been endeavouring to perform the
same kind offices to the Emperor NAPOLEON
the Third through the rhetorical scolding of the
well-known Letters of an Englishman. An anti-
dote to these " Letters " has been supplied by
MT. COBDEN' in his pamphlet, "1793 and 1853"
—and more effectually,
that supplied to the cp we rejoice to think, than
of
Sir
pections" by the "
Yin-
dicice Gallicce"
must ho venfesscsi, even 4.1."8 MACKINTOSH. It
by the thousands who