The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-03 00:00:00

After which,

HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGNE ; or, the
Fairy Paradiaa and Hanky Panky. tl•e Enchanter.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Haline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Colunthine, Miss Caroline Adams.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TTIEATRE.
Lessee end Manager, Mr. Alfieri Wigan.
TIII3 EVENING,
THE JEALOUS WIFE.
Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, (I. Yining, Emery, Leslie, Dan-
vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss 3farston.
After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
TUE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs.
In which Messrs. Emery, E. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Maretoi,
and Miss Maskell will appe tr.

TEIKATIE ROYAL ADELPIII.

Proprietor, sfr. Q. Webiter.—Direetrese, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which,
MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.
Te conclude with a Graad Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime,
to be called
JACK AND THE BE 4N STALK; or, Harleqttln and Mother
Goose at Home Again.
In which Mem,. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Mks
Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap.,ear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
LeSlees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crawlck.
THIS EVENING
THE FLOWER GIRL.
To conclude with
A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harleiuln and lane Shore.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Kr: Payne.
THIS VISNING,

NOEMIE; or, The Foster Sister.
After which,
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.

To conclude with

ART QUIN PLACK-F,YED RUE ; or, All in the Downs and
Davy Jones's Looker.

Jon,Era ROYAL ANTIIITIIEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
TII/8 EVENING,
ROOK WOOD; or, TURVIN'S RIDE to YORK.
ANT which the SCENE In the ARENA.
To oonelude with one of the most extraordinary prodnctions ever
witnessed, an Equestrian Comic Panto•nime, Introducing rio horses,
ponies, and other geadrnpeds, trained by Mr. William Cooke, celled
gAnt,rQutN AND RT. GEORGE AND T/IE DRAGON, or the
Seven Champions of Christendom.
Morning Performances at 2 o'clock, Faturday, Jan. sth, 12th, and
191 h.

it,c-ornee onAn from F.leven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, Air. W. Cooke. ;mi.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tfl DAT—Morn. 40 min. aft. 9—Evening 10 min. aft. 10
TO-Ntosnow—Mora. 43 min. aft.lo —Evening 10 min. aft. 11

THE WEATHER—SUN Oyrrcg, JAN. 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE.
50-highest since noon yesterday.
45 -lowest this morning and during the night,
CI -this day at noon.
BAROMETER, down to 29'63, now 2910.
WTn•. S.W.—Light, with dull, mild weather, and
alight rain.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1856.

"Toll them that, if they wish for peace, they
must at least make vows for or against us ; that
in the midst of a grave European conflict, indif-
ference is a false calculation and silence an error."
These are indeed manly and spirit-stirring senti-
ments, which must command the respect and ad-
miration of all parties, whether friends or foes,
and which should be strictly followed in all re-
spects by the Allies. We want no neutral inter-
ference—no mediators who have shown themselves
to be altogether devoted to the interests of
our opponents, and mainly solicitous to avert the
humiliation and loss which has been so richly-
merited. France and England, and Sardinia and
Turkey are surely competent to protect their own
honour and their interest ; they require not the
sinister influence of Austria or Prussia to be
exercised in their favour, and they should not
permit it to be cast into the opposite scale.
Prussia was long since, and very properly, ex-
cluded from any participation in the Conferences
at Vienna. And why ! Because she abstained
from " making vows for or against us." She
affected complete neutrality, and though its spirit
was disregarded by the important assistance which
she rendered to Russian commerce, and by the
vast supplies of " the sinews alai munitions of
war" forwarded through her agency, that neu-
trality was the sole ground of the exclusion of
which she complained so bitterly, and took so
greatly to heart.
Why, then, we ask, should Austria be treated
differently ? It is manifest that she only obtained
admission to the negotiations by false and fraudu-
lent pretences—by an implied promise that if
Russia refused to accept terms which she conceived
to be reasonable and equitable, she would, albeit,
at the eleventh hour, unsheath the sword, and
take part in the contest, so unwisely prolonged by
These pledges have, however,
the AUTOCRAT.
been falsified, and she stands even in a worse
position than Prussia itself. The latter may be
reproached for unworthy conduct, very inconsis-
tent with the dimity which she arrogates to her-
self as one of the first-class Powers, but duplicity
and insincerity cannot be laid to her charge. She
is, therefore, so far in a better position than her
German rival.

Why, then, we repeat, should Austria be placed
in a different category from Prussia ; or why be
permitted further interference in a cause which
she has already betrayed 7 Is it that the spirit
of Germanism still prevails in our Councils, that
there is a shadow behind the Throne that controls
tke Cabinet, and exercises irresponsible power i