The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—M.
JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE,
THIS EVENING (Monday, 'December 22.)
M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that his R.A.ND
ANNUAL BAL MASQUE will, this year, take place at her
Majesty's Theatre, on Monday (To-night), December 22.
Under ordinary circumstances, M. Jullien would have felt
that the patronage hitherto bestowed on his Annual Enter-
tainment, and the general satisfaction evinced on every occa-
sion, rendered it unnecessary for him to add one word to the
mere announcement of the Ball. A recent event, however,
makes it imperative on him to draw the attention of his kind
patrons to the fact, that after 17 years of constant labour and
care, he has succeeded in transferining the trivial entertain-
ment, formerly known as the " Masquerade," into the mag-
nificent Fete of the Bal Masque, and in placing it on a level
with those given in the largest establishments of Europe—at the
Academie Imperials of Paris, the Imperial Theatres of St.
Petersburg and Vienna, and the Theatre Royal of Berlin—
Fetes which the Sovereigns of those capitals do not disdain
to honour with their presence. Having thus raised the cha-
racter of those Entertainments, M. Jullien is satisfied that
the public will not hold him responsible for the ill-directed
efforts of plagiarists and imitators.
M. Jullien's Bal Masque will be given this year with the
same splendour as before, and will takeplace at her Majesty's
Theatre—an establishment already famous for the magnificent
Balls which have, under the most distinguished patronage,
been given within its walls. M. jullien feels confident that
this, his Seventeenth Bal Masqui in England, will, for bril-
liancy and splendour, hays never been equalled.
The Orchestra will comprise ono hundred and ten musi-

Principal Cornet-a-pistons—Herr Kcenig and M. Duhem.
Conductor—M. JIILLIEN.
The newest and most fashionable music will be played, in-
cluding several new polkas, waltzes, and quadrilles, co mpesed
expressly by M. Jullien for his concerts, and for this
occasion. _
The dances will be regulated by fourteen Maitres des
Ceremonies, whose arrangements will be strictly carried out.
I No one will be admitted except in evening dress or fancy

costume.
The whole theatre will be ornamented by a new and superb
decoration.
Mr. Nathan, of Castle-street, Leicester-square, has been
appointed Costumier to the Bal.
Harlequins, Clowns, and Pahtaloons not admitted.
TICKETS FOR THE BALL, 10s. 6d.
• The prices of admission for spectators (for whom the audi-
ence portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be—
' Dress Circle
Gallery Stalls 2s. 6d.
Gallery
Private boxes from X. 3s. and upwards.
Persons taking Private Boxes will have the privilege of
passing to and from the ball room without extra charge.
Tickets for the ball, places, and private boxes may be
secured at the box.office of Her Majesty's Theatre; of the
principal librarians and musiesellers ; and at Messrs. Jnllien
and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street.
The doors'ivill be opened at Half-past Nino, and the Danc-
ing commence at Half-past Ten.
Refreshments, will be supplied during the evening, and at
One o'clock the supper will be served.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's comedy of MONEY. The cha-
racter of Evelyn by Mr. Murdoch; Sir John• Vesey,
Mr. Chippendale ; Mr. B. Stout, M.P., Mr. Buck stone ; Sir
Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves, Mr. Compton ;
Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgiana, Mrs. E. Fitz wil-
Ham ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds.
After which, the STAR OF AND ALUSIA, whet Pcrea
Nene will appear for the last time in this Spanish Ballet in
which she first appeared before the Haymarket audience.
Followed by (last two nights) A FAMILY FAILING, in
which Mr. Buckstone and Miss Blanche Fane will appear.
To conclude with the GALICIAN FETE.
Commence at Seven.
On Friday and Saturday THE HONEYMOON ; and the
Haymarket Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN
THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI.
Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac-
tion.—Last Two Nights before the Holidays of Janet Pride
and the grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES,
in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride.—
Mr. B. Webster as Richard Pride and Mr. Wright as Dickey
Trotter.
THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated d:ama
Of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul
Bedford, C. Selby, Farselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste
and M. Keeley.
After which, with new scenery and, appointments, the new
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded op the grand ballet spectacle, now perform.
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de
!'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford,
C. Selby, Le Barr, dm
Commence at Seren.

STLEY'S ROYAL AMP E-lITH EATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
A. NEW GRAND EQUESTRIAN' PANTOMIME FOR

BOXING NIGHT.

THIS EVENING,' Shakspeare's Tragedy of 11ACBETII
with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Macbeth, Mr,
James Holloway.
After which, the inimitable Equestrian SCENES in th,
CHIC GE.

To conclude with !ntertainments of Novelty and Variety.
Doors'open at half-past six; eommenee at seven o'clock.
zos-offiee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr,
W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CA.NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
,n4 company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
4eleetions from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Nliss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr., J. Caulfield, Herr F.
longhmanA, R. Grover, T. RAino, T. Farraut, S. Jones, J.
Barker, W. Melling, and P. Cowie ; Masters Austin, Ben-
'nett; and Corri Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano-
forte, J. Harreway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ;
Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro
sisely. Supperi, drc., until twelve o'clock. In addition to
the -usual V•cal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH
4INSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven
o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourit selec-
tions.

UGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
ems DAY—Morn. 56 min. aft. 9—Evening 26 min. aft. 10
:',l-Molsnow—Morn. 57 min. aft.lo—Evening 27 min. aft.ll

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICIE, DECEMBER 21.
THERMOMETER, IN VIZ SHAD.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30 47—falling.
WIND, W. to W.S.W.—Light, with dull weather.
DECEMBER 22.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.
BAROMXTEB, 30.06—still falling rapidly.
WIND, Westerly.—Light, with dull weather.

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L )NDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1856

FREDERICK WILLIAM still indulges in the
"King CA3fBYSE3 vein." "Oil dreadful thoughts
intent," he is resolved to carry fire and sword
into the Swiss Cantons, to devastate their fair pro-
vinces, and, for the gratification of a mere per-
sonal pique, to enkindle the torch of war in the
heart of Europe. During the Russian difficulty
he " roared you like any sucking dove." His
benevolent disposition could not tolerate the
notion of bloodshed, although he fully recognised
the justice of the cause in which the Allied
Powers were engaged. He felt that " the blood
of Germans could only be shed in the cause
of Germany," and deliberately abdicated the high
position to which he had previously aspired as
one of the Great Powers of Europe. But now
ill this is altered. He fancies that because he is
deprived cf a spare feather in his cap of state—
as he cannot describe himself as Sovereign of
Neuchatel, he may blatently bellow " havoc, and
let slip the dogs of war," and that every other
nation is bound to sympathise with the imaginary

grievance.

These indications would not be very formid-
able, were it not for the support which
has so unexpectedly and unwisely been
accorded to his pretensions by Louis NAPOLEON.
Ns we have already stated, the bark of "Clicrittor
is notoriously worse than his bite, and the diffi-
culty would have passed away, with a little diplo-
matic vapouring, but for French intervention.
8 in parochial rows, the man vociferating for
silence is usually the most noisy in the assembly,
the pretended peacemaker is, in the present in-
stances the most formidable disturber. The
Angel of Peace would easily have been
appeased.
-fit •
s mortified vanity would
speedily he forgotten,
and the steam would
speedily have blown off.
But, unfortunately, he
had appealed to the good offices of France. The
compliment had been duly
appreciated and the
officious interference having been rejected by
Switzerland, the indignation
of the
wrongs
sßoonf
burst forth, not in e alsectuenc.qof the
Prussia, but oftrhuessa
disregard et his own influence
and power;
Prussia, appealing to France,
exhibited "a courteous deference to her political
situation," while the temperate assertion of Hel-
vetian independence is described as « a _ lamentable
obstinacy, an exaggerated susceptibility, and a
complete indifference to French counsels !"
But why-were the authorities bound to „hi.

bit any extraordinary subserviency either to
France as a nation, or Lot; Es NAPOLEON as a
man': He at least could put forward no shadow
of right. To use a legal phralie in byegone days,
when special pleading prevailed, his claim
" wanted colour." There was not a single scin-
tilla juris. He was a mere volunteer, and should
recollect the fate of those who intrude into matters
where their aid is not required.
" They who in quarrels interpose,
Must ofttimes wipe a bloody nose."
LOUTS NAPOLEON should profit by the lesson con-
veyed by the old English satirist, and avoid a
dispute, in which he is in no way concerned.
If we are to judge from the article in the Moni-
teur, he would, had the Swiss duly bowed before
the Imperial will, and declared that " to hear was
to obey," have felt it "an obligation on the
part of France to prevent any armed conflict,
and exert itself to obtain from the King of PRUS-
SIA a final settlement of the question, conform-
able to the wishes of Switzerland."
The " rage of the cruel JITNO," the insult to
her " despised beauty," was nothing to this.
Because there was " a complete indifference to
French counsels," " Switzerland must not be
astonished if, in the course of events, she should
no longer find that good-will which she might so
easily have obtained at a trifling sacrifice !"
For this truth and justice are to be dis-
regarded, and the " might " of France cast
into the scale with those who strive to overcome
the " right " of Helvetia ! Never was there so
grievous a blunder committed by a public man.
Never was the flimsy disguise, usually assumed,
so unhesitatingly cast aside. He sees what is
just and right, but unhesitatingly casts it aside.
" Video meliora proboque deterioret sequor."
He could 'restore peace, but in place of
so doing ho fans the lame and aggravates
the difficulty. This is neither wise nor generous.
It is the wrath of a petty squire rather than that
of a great monarch. It shows where " the
lamentable obstinacy, the exaggerated susceptibi-
lity really exist."
" Oh wad some power the gif tie g;.'e us,
To see ourselves as others see us,
It wad frae mony a trouble free us,
And foolish notion."
Louis NAPOLEON might have learned prudence
from the Scottish bard. Honest ROB BURNS
would have proved his besb counsellor in the case
—would, if attended to, have prevented an ex-
plosion of petty- spite that renders the term,
" NAPOLEON the Little," once applied, not alto-
gether inappropriate. If, however, the approach-
ing Conferences, to which we must submit with
the best possible grace, be good for anything
they will appease this " storm in a washing-tub,"
and prevent the effusion of blood in a quarrel so
paltry and contemptible on the part of Prussia
and France, so just and righteous on that of the
Swiss Confederation.
There is no alternative, so far as the Swiss are
concerned. They must manfully assert their
rights, or for ever relinquish their cher-
ished independence. If any discontented citi-
zen can with impunity set the laws at de-
fiance and raise the standard of revolt, there
can no longer be peace or order in their territories.
FREDERICK WILLIAM tacitly assented to the
existing state of affairs. He cannot be permitted
to enforce vi et armis the liberation, without trial,
of the offenders.
Le

Admiral Sir HOUSTON STEWART—honourably
known of late by his conduct in connection with
the Black Sea Fleet, and famous once upon a
time as the Captain HOTSTON STEWART of the
Beubo►v--was glorified on Friday last by the
citizens of Greenock through the medium of a
grand public banquet given at their town-hall in
his honour, in recognition of his services, and. in
felicitation to him upon his new and very respons-
ible appointment. The occasion passed off
precisely in the way that might have been anti-
cipated. With numerous Toasts, plentifully
" buttered ;" with a great deal of enthusiasm ;
and a vast amount of Compliment, the gallant
guest of the evening received on all hands what
he very well deserved—the heartiest applause in
allusion to the past—in reference to the present
the sincerest congratulations—and in regard to the
future the most affectionate good wishes and the
most fervent God-speed ! It was not forgotten that
Captain ROYSTON STEWART took a conspicuous
part in the ever-memorable destruction of St.
Jean d'Acre by Sir ROBERT Srorroitn—any more
than it was lost to remembrance how effectually
and energetically, during the course of the late
war with Russia, Admiral HOUSTON STEWART
presided at Malta over the interests of the trans-
port-service facilitating the passage eastwards,
from day to day, of thousands of troops, with
their baggage and ammunition. It was observed,
moreover, in explanation of the somewhat inglo-
rious maritime campaign subsequently made by
Sir H. STEWART under Sir EDMUND LYONS, that
their immense fleet had unfortunately one want--
"the want of a foe"—the great Russian fleet
having been sunk, at the first outbreak of the
war, in the impregnable harbour of Sebastopol.
Apart entirely from the very comprehensible,
and also in a great measure, be it said, the really
justifiable compliments lavished upon their gallant
Guest of Friday, the 19th instant, by the Citizens
of Greenock, through the speeches of the after-
dinner orators, and the plaudits with which those
speeches were received—flowery eulogiums were
squandered about by the Chairman and his asso-
ciates with the most prodigal evidence of an egre-
gious want of discrimination. Not merely were the
" Memories of the Heroes who fell in the
last War" duly honoured, and the " Services of
Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, and the Lady
Nurses " gracefully recognised—but all sorts of
personages, great and small, all sorts of events,
successful and the reverse, all sorts of achieve-
ments, honourable and dishonourable, were
vaunted to the skies and greeted with acclama-
tions. In proposing the toast of her MAJESTY'S
Ministers, for example, the Chairman of the night
—Provost HUNTER, of Greenock—declared amidst
general applause, that " the present Government
deserved the thanks of the country for the energy
they displayed in bringing the late War to a suc-
cessful termination !" M'CALLUM MORE—other-
wise his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL-1R re-
turning thanks on behalf of himself
and his colleagues, alluded to the acceptance of
that peace by the English people and the English
Parliament in these terms—" Let me tell you
[indeed we needed to be informed of the fact] that
never in this country was there so much of the
good sense and public spirit of its people so nobly
put forth." Nay, while Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON
—always fond of the heroics, and having au
especial talent at all times for describing things
in superlatives—while Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON
spoke on Friday night of the names of Bala-
klava and Sebastopol taking their place with
Marathon and Thermopyloc in the annals
of military glory ! he added that the
navy, at the same time, had discharged the duty
committed to it with a prudence, courage, and
magnanimity that "had never been exceeded," and
which, said he, " History would place beside the
glories of the Nile and Trafalgar !" Pretty " tall
talking" that, as Brother Jonathan would say—a
piling of it up rather mo-untainouely More, to