The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEIVIBER 18, 1856.

THE ATR E ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), and
every evening during the week, THE SCHOOL
FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as
Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir
Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton;
Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ;
Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ;
Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Ca Miss Talbot ;
Lady Sneerweli, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, dour Sabine. After
which Perea Dena and the Spanish Dancers. With (2d
time) an entirely new farce, entitled A FAMILY FAILING,
in which Mr. Buck-stone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and
Miss Blanche Fane will appear. To conclude with THE
POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

more loudly uttered in the Eastern than in the
Western hemisphere.
What, then, is the course to be adopted by
Great Britain in this emergency ? It is not for
the sake of DOST MAILOMET, but for ourselves, that
we are stimulated to action. Patty local squabbles
might easily be settled without English interference.
But the present is of a totally different character,
and imperatively demands the steps already taken
—the demonstration in the Persian Gulf, and the
pecuniary aid afforded to the Sovereign of Cabul.
A few lacs of rupees, promptly supplied, may
render a far greater expenditure unnecessary, and
avert what cannot be regarded as a little war.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI.
Return of Mdme. Celeste.—Second. Night of
a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza. Third week this
season of Madame Celeste. The successful new comic drama
of A Border Marriage, with Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Mur-
ray every evening.—Good Night, Sig. Pantalon.—THlS
EVENING, the comic opera of GOOD NIGHr, SIG. PAN-
TALON : by Messrs. P. Bedford and J. Bland, Misses Mary
Keeley, Kate Kelly, Arden, &c. After which, with new sce-
nery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform-
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre, Imperiale de
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford,
C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A BORDER MAR-
RIAGE. Sir Walterßaebnrn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandie,
Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndlinni.

Under any circumstances, it is essential that the
course of Russia should be vigilantly and care-
fully watched. Her complicity with Persia seems
indisputable, and it is that which renders the
danger so threatening. If Persia alone were
concerned the matter might be left to DosT
MAHOIIET. As it is, there is no alternative but
to meet the attack with vigour and resolution,ao
as to prevent the insertion of " the sharp end of
the Muscovite wedge."

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
.1-1) THIS EVENING and during the week
will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley,' Fisher ; Misses
Murray and C. Leclercq.
Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

Affairs in Utah seem to be approximating to a
crisis. According to the New York Times, the

Mormon leaders have cast away every pretence o.

morality and every vestige of respect for Federal
authority. Not content with pillaging and inti-
midating their dupes, indulging iu the grossest
sensuality, making secretly away with refractory
disciples, and by artifice baffling successive Presi-
dents, their audacity has carried them so far that,
armed like highwaymen, they present themselves
as an unwelcome escort to the United States mail,

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING an entirely new Equestrian Spectacle,
founded upon Mrs. Beecher Stowe's popular work, called
DRED, in which will be developed its graphic Equestrian
Sketches of Negro Life, by Mr W. Cooke's Horses, expressly
trained by him.
After which, Miss 'Kate topke„, in the SCENES of the
CIRCLE. Also Mr. lunes Codke',oo".
To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.
Deers Open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

openly attempt the assassination of a United States
officer, and, on the people expressing sympathy
for him in his sufferings, rebuke them in language

Rum WATER AT LONDON BUDGE.
Tais DAT—Morn. 45 min. aft. s—Evening 12 min. aft. 6
Tn-Monsow—Morn.4l min. aft. 6—Evening 13 min. aft. 7

TELE WEA.THEE—SUN Omos, NOVEMBER 18.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAD&
4; -highest Muse noon yesterday.
43 -lowest this morning and during the night.
49 -this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.12—falling.
WlND—Changed from S.W. this morning to N., with
fine, cold, sunshiny weather. The fog has cleared off.

L TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1856.

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There is another Eastern' difficulty " looming
in the future,"—one in which England is more
immediately concerned than in that which led to
the late war, and the sacrifice 50,000 British

citizens and one hundred millions of English

money. Russia is again intriguing in the Esst ;

but on this occasion she operates through Persia,

instead of against Turkey ! It appears that a
considerable Russian corps is concentrated on tl‘e
frontiers of Persia and Turkey, ready to act at.
short notice if affairs in Persia should require

their aid, or the Muscovite influence should for a

moment cease to be in the ascendant at the Cour

of that generally obedient Satrap, the SellAtr.
The Persians have, however, required bu
little persuasion from St. Petersburg. They re

ceived sufficient encluragemant in the f3II of
Kars and the neglect of Turkish interests in

Asia to pin their faith on the Autocrat—and to

observe his behests with implicit obedience. The

destruction of Sabastopol and the reverses sus.

tained by the Russian arms in the Crimea were

all lost sight of, or rather merged, in the reduc.

tion of the Turkish fortress, and he emerged

from the conquest with even increased prestige in
-the eyes of the rorsia.n authorities.

That fact has been established on tho clearest
and most unquestionable evidence. We have

seen the treatment experienced by the British

representative in Persia—which led to his with.
drawal and the suspension of diplomatic inter•

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. I

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL,
AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Mr. Buckstone's admirable company of come-

ians are now performing nightly to delighted
Louses poor old Sherry's incomparable masterpiece

•" The School for Scandal"—one of the wittiest

and most sparkling dramas in the language. The
cast is altogether very excellent. Miss Reynolds,
as Lady Teazle, being the veritable embodiment of
elegance and vivacity. Mr. Chippendale never ap-
pearing in our recollection to greater advantage—
in his accustomed role as another of those testy old
stage gentlemen of whom William Farren was wont
for so many years to be the wholly unapproachable
representative—than in the arduous, but when
once mastered, inimitable part of Sir Peter Teazle :
the quondam old bachelor, fretted by the perverse
humours of a pretty young wife into the most
peevish 'and irrascille of antiquated bridegrooms.
Besides these two very conspicuous personages in
the drama—each as we have said very happily re-

presented in the Haymarket cast—fancy the dry
preposterous humour glancing out of the corners of
the compressed mouth and out of every gleam

of the serious eyes of Mr. Compton as Crab-
tree ! Fancy the roars of laughter provoked
by the irresistible look, voice, walk, dress, deport-

ment of Mr. Buckstone as Sir Benjamin Backbite
Fancy Miss Talbot showing new powers, never
guessed at before, through her sarcastic raillery as
Mrs. Candour! Fancy Mrs. Poynter unexpectedly
" topping" all her past successes by her clever and
caustic impersonation of Lady Sneerwell ! Of the
Sir Oliver Surface of Mr. Rogers, we regret we
can say nothing more than that it was rendered
chiefly conspicuous by a very speckled costume, a
very husky tone, and a very boisterous manner.
The Joseph Surface of Mr. Howe was—as the most
indifferent of that skilled and experienced actor's
performances cannot fail to be—singularly pains-
taking, and, therefore, singularly commendable.
Even Mr. W. Farren, who is steadily and percept-
ibly improving, wins the applause of his auditors
in the little part of Sir Barry, by his agreeable
carolling of a familiar old convivial ditty. Mr. Clark,
too, a favourite old actor of the " littlest' parts in
the world, the mere servants and messengers who
fetch and go upon the stage, but who contrives in
these " very little" parts never by any chance to
step upon the boards without raising a laugh—has
his audiences fairly shaking their sides, night after
night, by his freaks and oddities as Moses. Miss
E. Sabine manages somehow to look at once pretty
and awkward, in the character of that tamest of
tame " walking ladies," Maria. Trip is altoge-
ther intolerable. Rowley, as he should be, just
respectable. Snake, sleekly disreputable and bash-
fully impudent. Careless, a good-looking nobody
of a mock-auctioneer. While, to crown all, there
remains to be spoken of the light-comedy hero of the
whole sparkling drama—Charles Surface, por-
trayed just now, at the little theatre in the Hay-
market, with uncommon vivacity, and in the most
glossy and radiant attire imaginable, by the new
American actor, Mr. Murdoch. A gentleman who
happens nowadays to be about the very best im-
personation the stage possesses of those riant, gay,
delightful sparks represented of old with such
matchless-grace and animation by the unapproach-
able and incomparable Robert William Elliston.
As ill-luck would have it, Mr. Murdoch looks just
a trifle too old for Charles Surface, and a trifle too
large, and a trifle too loud. Otherwise his per-
formance is capital—at moments quite delightful.
So, too, we may remark of the whole comedy as
now represented on the boards of the Haymarket.

to a part of the refugees who have not applied,
TAATESTheythehavvieownsot
ics°llumdeirtiirithat supportedt revo-
lutionary party. Count Ra.detzky has, moreover,
furnished a list of all the persons with whose
applications he has not up to this time complied.
All these persons will be completely amnestied.
The orders given for the txpulsion of such emi-
grants as have returned without duo authorisation
will be annulled, and the legal proceedings com-
inencQd against them abandoned."
The Vienna. Gazette publishes the text of the
treaty concluded in June last between Austria and
Sardinia, and of which the ratifications were ex-
changed at -Vienna on the 24th July following,
relative to the junction of the Lombard and Sar-
dinian railways. By Art. 1 of that treaty, the
Sardinian government undertakes to have a line
constructed from Navarra to the Austrian frontier
near Buffalero, and by Art. 2 Austria engages to
ave a railway executed from Buffalero to Milan.

AN ENGLISH GUN-BOAT FIRED UPON.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.

An English gun-boat, having pursued into the

Sea of Azoff some Russian sloops which had cap•
tured Turkish vessels engaged in smuggling salt,
was fired upon by the fort of Yenikale.
The English interdict the approach of Russian

ships to the Isle of Serpents.
The check experienced by the Persians before

Herat is insignificant.

Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that a
considerable corps of Russian troops is concen-

,rated on the frontiers of Persia and Turkey, to

give effect, in case of need, to the influence of
Russia, if the affairs of Persia and AffghaniNtan

should assume a serious character.

The New German Gazette of Berlin says :
"We learn from a good source that the Engl
lish Government has officially notified to the
Cabinets of Paris, Constantinople, and Vienna,
that tho English fleet, now in the Black Sea,
will pass the winter at Sinope. No notifica-
tion to that effect has been made to Russia,
because no doubt the declaration of Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe to Baron de Boutenieff, that the
English fleet will remain in the Black Sea until
Russia shall have completely executed the treaty
of peace, is considered sufficient."

NEUCHATEL.
A letter from Frankfort of the 13th, in the
Hamburg News, says :—" The following steps will,
it is reported to us, be made by Prussia in the
Neuchatel question. M. de Savigny, Prussian
envoy to the Swiss confederation, will shortly leave
Sigmaringen for Berne, in order to read before the
council a note relative to the release of the prisoners.
This note will be firmly supported by the Austrian
Minister, M. de Monshengen ; the Bavarian Minis-
ter, M. de Malzan ; and the representative of Baden,
M. de Duseh. In the event of these diplomatic
steps not being attended with success, the Prussian
Government has the intention of marching three
corps d'armee against the frontier cantons, and of
seizing on Schaffhausen as a pledge. Switzerland
would be called upon to pay the expenses of this
expedition. It is hoped that the mission of Gen.
Dufour to Paris will have a favourable result, for •
it is thought that the French Government .will
recommend conciliatory measures to the general,
who, in his turn, will impress the necessity of their
adoption on the minds of his fellow-citizens."

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 76.L'--SOme severe storms
had occurred in the waters. of the Levant. The
Emperor of Russia had forwarded the decorat ion
of the White Eagle to, Ismael Pacha, General-in-
Chief of the Turkish army in Asia, in consideration
of the kindly manner he had acted towards the
Russian prisoners at Kars. Three hundred vessels,
laden with grain, coming principally from the ports
of the Danube, had passed through the Bosphorus,
on their way to the Adriatic, Marseilles, and Eng-
land. The port of Suez presented an animated
appearance, and a new service of steamers was being
prepared ; those employed on the line from Suez to
Djeddah made the passage in five days.

A litter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :—" It is certain that the relations between ,
Russia and Austria have become of a very delicate
character, and that the petty vexations to which
Prince Eiterhazy, ambassador at the coronation,
was subjected at the Court of Russia, have contri-
buted to cool those previously existing between
the two courts. It is a fact that since the return
of Prince Esterhazy the sympathies of the high
Austrian aristocracy for Russia have greatly di-
minished."

The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :
" M. Antonini, the Neapolitan Ambassador, is
still here, though he has his passports. There is
no day fixed for his departure ; and he seems to
linger willingly on the scene of his past glories.
While one diplomatic luminary is setting, another
makes his brilliant appearance on the verge of the
horizon. Count Kisseleff, who is now the recog-
nised Ambassador of Russia at the Court of the
Tuileries, will receive to-morrow and the day after
the members of the diplomatic corps. He will
then fairly enter on the winter campaign."

The Paris correspondent ad the itforiting Post
;Second Edition) says :

SEBASTOPOL. • '
A letter from the Crimea, dated the 25thult.,
and written by a French officer, says :—No project
has been adopted by the Imperial go;rernment
for again raising the defensive works of Sebastopol,
or for again fitting out a fleet. The vessels of war
sunk in the roadstead and in the port have not
been got up. The only thing that has been
done has been to endeavour to clear the entrance
so as to allow merchant vessels to pass in and
out. The masts and rigging of the line•of-battle
I ships have been removed, but the hulls are so
deeply embedded in the sand that it is impossible
to raise them. Divers who have gone down state
that seyteial of the bulls have almost entirely die"
appeared in the sand and mud. As regards COal'
merce, the port of Sebastopol is abandoned for that
of Karniesh, which is found much more conveni-
ent. Tho town of Sebastopol still presents, 1c" 129,,
thing more than a heap of ruins, but among vll3
may be seen some few houses belonging to wealthy
persons who have had them repaired, and some few
'tiontimentg which either escaped destruction
during
the war or have been repaired since the peace.
In
the part which was occupied by the labouring part
of the population a number of the former inhabi-
tants have returned, but they live in tents and sheds
erected among the ruins. The public squares and
streets are still covered with proje
rctiles.
one-ten The pre-
sent population is about 4,000, about th
of what it was formerly. The rich have again
taken possession of their houses, but not in great
number. Marshal Prince Woronzow is expected
here shortly from Odessa. He intends, it is said,
to repair his old palace, and to impart by his ex-
ample a little life to a place to which he has always
been much attached. With the exception of one
post of 30 men, to maintain order, and another Of
custom-house officers, there is nothing like a gar-
rison in the place, which now presents not the
slightest appearance of a fortified town. The 01119
resource of the AVoorer classes is to go to work on.
the farms in the neighbourhood. On the northern
side of the port the forts remain in the sarne
as during the war, but the garrison is barelY lel-15"
enough to keep them in order.

" I have reason to believe that the assertions of
the Nord, which declare Rumia willing to give up
the Island of Serpents and tile Bolgrad difficulty,
are not correct. h is, howerver, possible that the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg may have inada'propo
sitions on these disputed articles of the vtkeaty,
which are not likely to be accepted in Paris or
Loudon.

" We get a strange report from Naples by tele-
graph, which says the Govemnment is about to
make a free port of Naples. This is highly im-
probable, for the Customs duties are one of the
chief resources of the revenue. The city was
tranquil on the 12th."

We extract the following fro= the letter of the
Times' (Second Edition) correspondent at Vienna,
dated Nov. 15 :

NE W PRUSSIAN NAVAL ARSENAL IN

THE BALTIC.

" Not only is the Prussian G overnment opposed
to England, Austria, and Tuurkey in the Bes-
sarabian frontier question, but Baron von Man-
teuffel is endeavouring to consolidate the friendly
relations which have recently been established
between the Russian and French Cabinets. It
also related that the Prussian l'itinister-President
speaks and acts as if the alliance between Russia
and France were a fait accompli.

"Your particular attention is called to the
foregoing information, as it is from an excel-
lent Prussian source, and wa it communicated
to me with the remark, that it; might be well
that the British nation should know who was
its friend and who its foe. My informant ex-
pressly stated that the Prussi,ams as a nation
abhorred the very idea of analliantee with France,
and had a strong bias in favour of England. It
it still asserted that the question. of the resump-
tion ef the Paris Conferences is far from being
settled, and the positive assura once has to-day
been given me that the Emperor Francis Joseph
has expressed himself to the effect, that it will not
be his fault if the stipulations oil' the Treaty of
'Paris are not fulfilled. The anii aosity of Russia
towards this country increases fi om day to day,
-and Count Buol and his Itupe rial master are
.hated by the Muscovites with a perfect hatred.
'..Not long since a Russian of raitAc expressed his
conviction that Count Buol would be insulted,
if not seriously ill-treatedr should he ever
N'enture to appear in the streets of St. Petersburg.
The same person was also of o pinion that Sir
Hamilton Seymour would be torn to pieces'
kcerrissen) if he went to Russia."

From Spain we learn that the fusion between
the Carlists and the reigning bra ni3h of the Spa-
ni'sh Bourbons is advancing towards its conclusion,
but without the concurrence, or, perhaps, the
u iowledge of General Narvaez.

BERLIN, Nov. 15.—From the first foundation
of the Prussian navy there has existed ut one h
rtlin the
arsenal and head.quarters of the infant i marine de
°gal Baltic, n,
taos it):o et xh cel unecessity
s eodf ahavingthe
p npcoi b
pa n a
hitherto the port
,asbubteeit
•
ilsinconveniences are
selected for thisp a not zbi
object,
ht
so great that no one ever seriously thought of forth'
i ng any other than a temporary establishment there.
The frigates and other large ships cannot get tIP
higher than Neu-Fa,hrwasser, about 10 miles beloor
the town of Dantzic ; the river is narrow, the water
shallow, the current strong, the throng of merchao
vessels (principally timber-loading ships) greafr°t'
whilst the roadstead is by no tneaus sheltered 1?,
the winds ; and, to crown the whole the winter
very severe, and the pressure of the'ice dangerous
for the ships.
The difficulty was to find a harbour in every °filo
coming up to the facilities required. Various P°,,ri.o
were suggested and places surveyed, but they 1„,--ci
all rejected as not adapted for the purpose'
However, the problem has now been satisfact°,7oo
solved, and from the energetic manner in rim" je
the preliminary steps .have been taken thereot
reason to expect that the plan will be carried able
in earnest, for though attended with consider are
expense the Prussian Legislative Chambers
the
so patriotic, and everything connected williore
navy is in such favour at present, that no feg
entertained of their objecting to vote- tae'll;
needed for the execution of the works.
The locality selected for the new arsenal is ea
ea,
v,
Jasmund, and is situated on the island of 13100
laying off the coast, just opposite the fortified iege
of Stralsund, which is celebrated for the lonf slier
it
,sustained in the 30 years' war against Callen'
stein.* There is a deep bay running into the Isetioa
surrounded by high land, which affords prate the
from all winds. The water is clear and -del;blot
anchorage good, and the bay itself spacious, slips,
at its head there is plenty of room for the , bat.
bailins, and timber yards, and the erection.%
teries on the headlands would (the Prussia The
cers maintain) make it a second Sweaborg. 10s,
preliminary works of surveying, making the Peirce
taking soundings, and the like, have long,vg for
been completed, and have only been wales, and
the royal sanction, which has just be.eneiioe 11",
the commencement of the work is to take. P loe?
the spring of next year. This has been. Pr Ajar
time the favourite project of Admiral Pill eiitl3,
bert of Prussia, who, ever since his hills 33109,"
the Riff pirates—magnified here into a.O, 01'
brilliant exploit and dashing undertalorlqeo
though in any other country he would base a of 9°
tried by a court-martial for losing the lives tae
many of his seamen, and rashly endangerliNer,
safety of the steam-frigate Danzic—has v9e'cieclOi
ditrfully in the royal favour, and been reor,,f,Jer °
iks prowess with the Grand Cross of the LP" seri:
the Rod Eagle " with the swords," whilst t'a
vivincrew of the Danzic are to be decorate affair
medals. in commemoration of this first hostos'ed•
in which the Prussian navy have been enOtoillie
. The Baltic Arsenal and naval station of jo tb,„
is to keep pace with the works going user,
newly-acquired territory in the Jande-13110 009
the North Sea coast, but a number of 31 e9'
16
elapse before either of them will be 010,"
bt
Prince Adalbert has obtained front. 's beioaao
permission to increase the number of shIP f °
ing to the Prussian navy by the purchases:o to I)
new steam frigates of 34 guns each, which
built forthwith in England.

Cle
Ugß
* It was on this occasion that Wallenstein to
of the memorable words that he was determined ea
possession of Stralsund, 1Q even if it ere'e fabte s
rti tb
heaven by chains. —See Schiller 's 4tor °
Thirty Years' War."

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relised last week by sales Commissiob-00 iti
little short of 170,000/. Among the latest Ptit pOl
one from the Knight of Glinfor estates of the °2l
vallume? oo fit
T218:20 /T.
soft-hearted lady, •
laAdLyr: ABOUTwhose
nameT TO MARRY'
and
trihesercphceoatrrupgaoet corporation ieho
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ancient
great judgment not disclosed, has intimated to the`,, of
per authorities her intention to invest in the° 0, t°,
pr."-esettge.::'joll',
,7 Mr. li. Ainsworth), the interest being ')uff.".ell certri
molly The suc fac'
eGiein.etateuDstuonwpaunsniuMovveia(natg sru.oevoitlo
penses attenpdraoncteso,niont.he annu-ces9l°'
at the town-hall and • boost OP. _d
claimants, instead of taking the old and a with f 6 trAVt.
1 cable oath formerly required, will deolare thaol
have lived together a twelvemonth and h q, gold 10
I any quarrel or any wish to be uutulitTiO
then receive the prize.