The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-18 00:00:00

By Mrs. ROMER,
Author of " A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt," &c,
Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street.

Immediately, in post Bvo.,
R ON T EN A C.
By ALFRED B. STREET,
The celebrated American Poet.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

A Poem.

By THE .AUTHOR OF " GISELLA,"
" Letters from the Danube," " Second Love," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

Now ready at all the Booksellers, 10s. 6d., bound,
VOL. IV. OF PEI YS' DIARY
AND CORRESPONDENCE,
NEW EDITION, with the omitted Passages restored.
Edited by LORD BRAYBROOKE.
N.B. One more Volume will complete the Work.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame VestriS.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma he ws.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed a comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A
CHANGE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Honner;
Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall.
After which USED UP.
To be followed by an APPEAL TO 'rFIE PUBLIC.
To conclude with MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which
Mr. John Reeve will appear.
Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2 ; Gallery, ls. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Rox-oftice, No. 2, Wellington. Stre.2l, is open to the
public every day, from Ten till Six.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS.
This celebrated Troupe, whose performances kare excited univer-
sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short
Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the
above Theatre THIS EVENING, Monday Dec. 18, Wednesday
Morning, and Friday Evening next.
The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Glees,
scc., entirely new to this country.

Doors open at Eight. Day Performance commences at Half-past
Two.

Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Li•
brary, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office.

PRINCESS'S THE.A.T.G.E.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan-
delier has been fatted, and the best arratize ments have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convexience
of the audience.

Will be THIS ETENTNG,
FELLOW. perforated a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD-
To be followed by a New DITERTISSEMENT.
After which, THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. C. Braham.
To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE MODEL COUPLE. to
which Messrs. Osberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley
will perform.

TO CORRESPONDEN TS.
No communication can be attended to unless autheati,
cated by the name and address of the writer.
Elejected communications cannot be returned.

THE WEATHER.—SurN OFFICE. DECEMBER 17.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 42: Noon, 40,

BAACMETER, 30.—WIND N.E.; fine.
DECEMBER 18.

THERXOMETEP., Lowest, 37; Highest, 41; Noon, 48

BAROMETER, 29.98.
WIND E.S.E fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 38 min after 7 Evening .. 3 min. after g

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LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1848.

After two successive and most ignominious flights
from his palace at Scho&thrunn, it was manifest that
the SOVEREIGN whom the Moravian Diet has re-
cently, with unparalleled folly, inscribed upon its
archives as " FERDINAND the Mild and Good," could
not, with the faintest vestige of grace or dignity,
return to the capital of Austria, and resume the reins
of government. Even the purblind statesmen who
had followed the Imperial fugitive from Vienna were
unable to close their eyes to this fact. The royal
robe, which had been stained with the blood of BLuxt
and MESSENHAUSER, which had been steeped in the
massacres of WINDISCHGRATE, which had been polluted
by the spoliations of JELLACHICH, and which, infamous
from its association with the vengeance wreaked upon
the metropolis by the hand of mercenary dragoons
and barbarian Croats, still continued to be the symbol
of treachery and retrogression—was altogether too
vile and execrable for further use. FERDINAND must
abdicate, and strength, and youth, and uncompromised
energy be combined in the person of his successor.
Hence arose the retirement of FERDINAND, and the
accession of FRANCIS JOSEPH to the throne of the
Hapsburg dynasty. It was conceived that the change
would aid very materially the progress of counter-
revolution. It was imagined that by setting
aside the weak-minded and abhorred faineant
by proclaiming as Emperor an intelligent
and accomplished stripling, by striving to revive
the semblance of popularity out of the super-
stitions of loyalty, and by breathing through the lips
of the new puppet a few intoxicating promises of
political reform and social amelioration—it was
imagined, we say, that, by these ingenious tricks of
speech and contrivances of policy, the old regime
might be evoked anew, the revolutionary animosities
lulled (and gulled !) into oblivion, and the
various nationalities which formerly consti-
tuted the Austrian empire, bound together
once more by the stringent and complicated
ligatures of despotism ! Therefore was the Lord
Archduke transformed into an Emperor, and there-
fore did the newly-proclaimed SOVEREIGN say to the
deputation of the Viennese Diet " Gentlemen, pre-
sent me speedily the project of a constitution that my
people expect with impatience;. order that I may
examine and approve of
it
Many days have
elapsed since these illusory
dynes Were articulated
and the supporters of the dynast7
lative, and otherwise, are still scattenriedteri•
and hesitation. The Parliament deliberates In dismay
l
sier—the administrative Courts are held at Viennara-
the EMPEROR tarries at 011mutz—and between these
three, the Cabinet of SCRWARZENBURG are cohti-
nually flying to and fre at the tail of a locomotive.
The Government has not yet the courage to confront
the Diet, the EMPEROR, and the Law within the
walls of the capital. And why ? Because the diffi-
culties of their position are bewildering, and the old,
anomalous mosaic of nationalities cannot be so easily
patched together.

While affairs continue in this dubious state in the
centre of what was once Austria, matters are pro-
gressing rapidly to a crisis on its ancient confines.
Hungary has begun in earnest to dream of her eman-
cipation, and not only to dream of it, but to struggle
vigorously for its realisation. No sooner, indeed, had
the Hungarian Parliament at Pesth received intelli-
gence of the dynastic changes effected at 011naiitz
than it declared iitself for the proclamation of an
Hungarian Republic, asserting the invalidity of the
new EMPEROR'S claim to the regal diadem of Hungary,
by reason of the stipulation made in the Pragmatic
Sanction, that no one under twenty years of age
should be 'capable of succeeding to it. As to the ca-

pacity of the Imperial armies to force obedience
down the throats of the Hungarian population,
at the point of the bayonet, we may judge in a very
great degree by a simple comparison of facts and
bravadoes. Not long ago—scarcely a month ago—

we were assured that the rebels of Hungary would
be conquered before the arrival of Christmas by the
drallitalleola incursion, beyond its frontiers of the

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MARTIN TOUTROND ;d,
A FRENCHMAN
IN LONDON IN 1831.
From an unpublished French Manuscript.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton.
The public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during
the_ recess, undergone very extensive repairs aed alterations and the
Whole re-decorated.

THIS EVENING.
Will be performed the Comedy of MONEY. Evelyn, Mr. Charles
Kean r Clara Douglas, Mrs. Charles Kean.
After which, the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr.
Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley.
Te conclude with the Farce of THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore,
Yr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerules Fitzgig, Miss F. Horton.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPUI.
rrnder the direction of Madame Celeste.
During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway.
Torn Baggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste.
To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul
Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste.
After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER.
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.
To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geedluck, Mr. Lambert ;
Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin.

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