The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

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E S N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME
EVENING, supplied to ally STATION on theEASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON,
General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY•LANE.

Lassee. lit:. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING,

THE GREAT GUN TRICK.

After which,
HET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, harlequin King Nonsense and the
Seven Ages of Man.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone.
THIS EVENING,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.

After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FE AST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring•

To e-n lade with
ONLY A HALFPENNY.

ROYAL PRIIOEiS4 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET,
'Under the Management of Mr. Cam ila KRAL
THIS EVENING,
The Tragedy of HAMLET,
Hamlet by Mr. C. Kean.
After which,

HARLEQUIN AND TTIF. MUD AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy ParadisA and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter.

Ifir \(r. Corrintek Elnline; Pantaloon,
Pau;6; and Colum`dne, ,tiss Caroline Adams.

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Proprietor, Mr. M. Wehiter.—Of,ectresg. Midame Celeetr.
TtIIS EVENING.
DIWESTIC ECONOMY.

After which,

IJIMEN" PRIVATE AFFAtRi.

To conclude with
JAr,`K AND TIIE BE tN STALK; or. Ilaileoln and Mother

Goose at Home Again.

In which Meows. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Ifadame Celeste, MISs
Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apaear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.

TIIIB EVENING

PARIS IN 1792.

To conclude with
A PRINCE OF P 3:111I3 ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore.

ROYAL STRAND THEATER.

Under the direction of Mr: Payne.

THIS EVENING,

THE HOLLY TREE INN.

To conclude with

iIAItLEQUIN SuE; or. All la the DOWGI3 and

Davy Jones's Locker.

ROYAL OLY %INC THEATRE.
Lessee and Mana;er, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING,

TO OBLIGE BENSON,

hi which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, Leslie, and Miss F. Ternan
will appear.
To be followed by
THE WELSH GIRL.

After which will be produced a New and denbly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
THE DISCREET PRINCESS; e-, the Three Glass Distaffs.
In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, IL Cooper, MiS3 Marston,
an I Miss Maskell will appear. i

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
The Greatest Wonder of the Day is the Equestrian Comic Panto-
ime. The Last Morning Performance will be on Saturday, Jan. 19th.
THIS EVENING,
The Romantic Equidrame called ROOKWOOD; or, TUEPIN'S
RIDE to YORK.
After which the EQUESTRIAN EXF.RCI•zES In the ARENA, the
Invention of Mr. W. Cooke, including Master George Cooke. the little
Cherub, on his playful pony; also, Illis Kate Cooke on her milk-
white Arab steed.
To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called
HARLEQUIN AND ST. GplonGE, A-ND THE DRAGON, or the
Seven Champions of Christendom.
vt,c-ottlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. %fr. Cooke. an.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Ting DAY—Morn. 20 min. aft. B—Evening 54 min. aft. 8
Iln-Moßitow—Morn. 28 min. aft. 9 —Evening 5 min. aft. 10

THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JAY. 16.

THREMOUETER, IN THE SFIADII.

42 h ,tneat gine,. noon yeeterlay.
38 -'-west this niorninz and eintrin,4 the night.
44 --this day at noon.

BAUOMBTEIt, 30-03.
Wrqvg, S. W.—Light, with muggy-, dull, weather, and
slight rain or thaw.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1856

In the " Counter Propositions," transmitted to
Austria, Russia offers in exchange for the strong
places and territories occupied by the Allies to
restore to the Porte Kars and the territory she has
won from Turkey in Asia during the last cam-
paign. We 'may thus form some estimate of the
importance attached by the enemy to the suc-
cesses in that quarter, when Kars is considered an
equivalent, not merely for Sebastopol, but also
for Kinbourn, Eupatoria, and Kertcb. It is, in
fact, regarded as a triumph that may be looked on
as an adequate set-off against the successes so
laboriously acquired by the Allied Powers in the
Crimea. " A make-weight " that should induce
us to accept the otherwise inadequate offers !
There can be but little doubt that the event has
been largely relied on to sustain the prestige of
Russia with the Asiatic Powers, and that Persia
has already acted on the supposition of Russian
invincibility in a manner very injurious to Eng-
land. The matter is therefore one of extraordi-
nary magnitude and importance, and it is essen-
tial that a very stringent inquiry should be in-
stituted into the causes that led to a result in
every respect so untoward and deplorable.
It is more than hinted that the unfortunate event
may be attributed to the shortcomings of the
British Ambassador at Constantinople. It is not
necessary to ascertain whether these shortcomings
were occasioned by negligence and apathy, or
from even less defensible motives. It is sufficient,
at all events, to warrant, nay more imperatively
to demand, a Parliamentary investigation. The
representative of the British SOVEREIGN at the
Ottoman Court should, under existing circum-
stances, not only be free from blame, but far
beyond doubt or suspicion.
It is positively asserted that this serious injury
too the Allied cause may be chiefly ascribed to a
soreness or jealousy, or feeling of personal pique
on the part of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE
towards General WILLIAMS, who has immortalised
himself by his determined efforts on behalf of the
beleaguered town that the Ambassador was
deeply mortified at the appointment having been
made without his express recommendation, e.r even
without any reference to himself, and that he was
therefore determined to counteract, as far as prac-
ticable, the exertions of one whom he dici or
could not regard as a protege, and whom he
therefore left to fight his own battle, wi th
out the aid or assistance which might fair ly
have been anticipated,
and 011 which h e
might confidently have relied. We d 3
not, of course, endorse these grave charges again&
a British Minister—charges which, if clearly sub..
stautiated, should subject him to severe censure
and the loss of his situation, if not to a direct im-
peachment. But it is due to Lord STRATFORD Do
REDCLIFFE to notice these unpleasant reports
and to see that a statesman holding an elevate. i
position, and of previously irreproachable character ,
should not be condemned on trivial or insufficien t
grounds. If he were guilty of even a portion o f
the misconduct so freely ascribed to him—i f
he .7:2glected answering, br even noticing im
portant communications—because he was person
ally unfriendly to General WILLIA.2IIS, the removi
from his office would be a very inadequate puni:il
meet. It would, in fact, be an act of hi; er
ry penal cm
treason—that would lead to ve
impute
quences. We .3hall not, however,
n .ch
charge. That it has been even hinted at is sitaffi-
tient not only to justify, but to demands am In'