The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY•LANE,
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS E'r-ENTL)I\;, FEB. 7,

Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by
Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Belton, Morgan, and Yonnge; bliss Cathcart,
Miss Walters.

To conclude with KING HIIM3fLNGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the
Land of Toys.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
trader the management of Mr. Bnokstone,
THIS Ev.ENING, FIB. 7,

Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters
by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and Backstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam,
Miss E. Grey, Btc.
After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair
and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J.
Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes ; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CoAar,asAs•
THIS EVENING, FEB. 7,
Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son.
Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon,
and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq.
After which will be presented the new Grand ctutit:T mA PAN-
TOVIMF.. entitled HARLEQUIN AN,) TfIE MILLER AND
HIS MEN ; or, King Salarnandar and the Fairy of the
Azure
Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ; Clown, M. liuline ; Pantaloon,
Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desiaorough.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING. FZB. 7,
Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes.
After which, the origins: Fairy E"raTaganka, called ONCE
UPON A TIME THERE VVERF. TWO KINGS.
Principal Cha-
racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris.
cha-
To conclude with PATTER VERWS CLATTER,

TREATRIC ROYAL ADELPfiI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Fzis. 7,

tea. the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama
Will be Pr"vivr% with new scenery, the See of Ice, &e.,
in five taoleanew
dr an. appointments, called THE THIRiT OF GOj,D ; or,
esses
saIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO.
TprinnEetpat 0:T
characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford,
seiby. parsell , Marsden, ite.
O. Miss F. If askell, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh
bythe popular and entirely New Grand Specta-
MarrToabei' followed
cakes legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery,
dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or
THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste,
Mrs- Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss
C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Fxs. 7,
Will be performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss
P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham.
After which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by
Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. A. Wigan.
Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL.

STRAND THEATRE.

Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING, FEE. 7,

Will be performed 'T WAS I. Principal character by Miss Reeves.
After which, the new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled
HARLEQUIN' AND KINt NUTCRACKER; or, The World of
Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward.
Followed by HUNTING A TURTLE,
To conclude with THE OMNIBUS.
stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes,
1/. 1 ls. 6d., to be had of Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

In answer to numerous applications both in town and country, Mr.
William Cooke has arranged one more GRAND MORNING
PERFORMANCE, to take place on THURSDAY NEXT, FEB. 9,

commencing at 2 o'clock.

Extraordinary combination of attraction—The Performing Ele-
phants, whose wondrous feats and hitherto unheard of incredible
performances now share their nightly triumphs with their petite
rival LE SINGE SAVANT ; or, Nimble Marmozet. He is indeep
another wonder, for his tricks and exercises are achieved with such
human-like action, that the beholder can readily imagine he is
watching In a mirror the reflective actions of a man. In addition to
these " Zoological Stars," the Grand Chinese Spectacle (which has
reached its 50th night). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and
the successful and gorgeous Pantomime, forming the most novel and
unparalleled entertainment ever offered to the public.

THIS EVENING, FEB. 7,

And during the week, THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST,
or THE MAGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's Matchless
scenes of the CIRCLE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime of BILLY
BUTTON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the
Ladies' Favourite.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
'ruts DAY —Morning 59 min.after 8 I Evening 28 min.aft. 9
To-Morrow—Morning 16 min.after 10 I Evening 57 min.aft. 10

CHF. WEATEIER.—SUN 0FP1,33, FEB. 7.
THERHOHETEH, IN TELE SHADE.
58 —highest since noon yesterday.
52 —lowest this morning and during the night.
55—this day at noon.

BARONIFITER, 30'10.
WIND, W. to W.N.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1854.

Parliament appears to be sufficiently impressed
with the difficulty of its position, and of that of
her MAJESTY'S Government. The House of
Lords adjourned at eight minutes to six, and the
House of Commons at half-past six o'clock, yes-
terday evening—with a few questions timorously
asked and indifferently answered, and absolutely
nothing whatever of importance accomplished.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, indeed, compla-
cently announced his intention of postponing for
yet some few days longer his threatened motion in
reference to the Russo-Turkish difficulty. Where-
upon the Noble Earl the Foreign Secretary can-
didly acknowledged his satisfaction at the post-
ponement of a discussion which by possibility, if
prematurely forced upon the Legislature, might
prejudice the feeble chance that still remained of
more successful negotiations towards a pacific settle-
ment. Literally nothing meanwhile was whispered
in the Lower House beyond the incidental query
addressed to the Ministerial Leader of the Com-
mons by Viscount JOCELYN, as to whether the
Russian Ambassador had really ceased to hold
diplomatic relations with the Court of St. James's *
—a pertinent interrogation, to which Lord JOHN
RUSSELL replied by expressing his belief that not
only had M. DE BRUNOW intimated his intention
to take his departure from the Court of St.
James's, but that he had actually quitted London
that day, meaning yesterday. Otherwise than
by this inquiry no allusion whatsoever to the
Eastern Question was made last evening, during
the course of the then sitting of the popular
representatives—their attention being absorbed
in such matters as a threatened Committee to
take into account certain imputations of trafficking
in places, directed by a couple of newspapers
against a particular class of members of the Com-
mons House of Parliament. Principally, how-
ever, the regard of the popular representatives
Ras directed yesterday by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to
anything but a question affecting the foreign
policy of the United Kingdom—instead of this,
indeed, to the old, worn-out, and threadbare sub-
ject of debate, the substitution of a single oath
for the triple and incongruous oaths of allegiance,
supremacy, and abjuration. It is by such
ingenious devices that the energies of the
Parliament are being directed by Ministers
from any prompt or searching scrutiny of the
source of eleven months' anxiety--not individual
anxiety only, but national anxiety—in regard to
the mismanagement of a question which has been
complicated from a local dispute between Russia
and Turkey into a cause of war between the
Northern AUTOCRAT and the allied Powers of
Christendom. It appears to us, however, that
this industrious trailing of the herring is altogether
a work of supererogation. Government need be
under little anxiety, for the present at least, if
we may judge from the spirit, or rather from the
lack of spirit, hitherto revealed by the Opposition.
The Opposition, in truth, would seem to be
fairly bewildered as to the course they should pur-
sue just now under existing circumstances. The
first night of the session plainly enough disclosed
the extent of this bewilderment. No plan of
the campaign seemed to have been thought of—
no tactics seemed to have been decided upon.
Anybody spoke and at last nobody—until matters
baying at last come to a stand-still, and a cry of
Question having been raised in one or two direc-
tions, Mr. DISRAELI was forced, as it were, in
sPite of himself and before his time, to rise and
Address the House, if for nothing else, to prevent