The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

To c•n^lade with

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
the Management of Mr. Bnckif.tOile.
VIII EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.
After which.
EL GAmßH4fvo; or, Phe Ifezlean Goldseeker.
kWh!eh PEREA IsTENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear,

+r~Q;GI

Followed by
Gantsajvr, n'AG HA IP, AND BRADSHAW.

To conclude with
THE PO3TMA. TS K`fOCIC.

ROYAL PRINCKSS'S TREATISE. OX 'OItD.STREET.
Unlarthe limagement of ¶Lr. CHARLES SEAN.
r FTT4 EvENING,
THE FIRST PRINTER.

To be followed by

THE VICTOR VANQUISHED.

To conclude with
A PRINCE FOR AN /JOUR.

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI.
Propnator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS ZITKNI/473,
LIKE AND UNLIKE.
Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. Re Van,. C Selby. Garden
Madame CeLste, Mts.; Wyndham.

After which,
URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
To conclude with
MOTHER AND CIIII,D ARE DOING WELL.

ROYAL OLY ‘TPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manazer. lir. Alfred Wigan.

TRIO EVENING

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
titer which will ba produced a New and donbly-moral, though
e :ceolvely old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
TLIE DISCREET PRIgCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs.
I which Meisrs. Emery, F. Robson. H. Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Miss. Maskell will appear.

ROYAL SIMEY THEATRE.
LessJos, Messrs. iltepherd and Creawiek.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Drama, entitled
lIOW WE LIVE IN TIIE WOaLD OF LONDON.

Followed by

SARAH'S YOUY4 MAY.

To conclude with 4
THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, for one night only, the great Actress, Miss
CUtHINf AN, in her great character of Romeo. Juliet, Miss Anderton.
Miss Cushman's last appearance in London, for a lengthened period.
The performances will commence with
ROMEO AND JULIET.
After which,
THE HAUNTED INN.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is ; Gallery, 6d.
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Mauacer. Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
• The Complimentary BENEFIT. f Mr. WILLIAM COOKE, under
the immediate patronage, and honoured by the presence, of the Right
Hon. the lord Mayor.
It, production of Lord Byron's MA ZEPPA and the WILD HORSE.
The SCENES in the CIRCLE, with Miss Kate Cooke and Mr.
'William Cooke.
To conclude with a Drame introducing ENGLAND'S HARVEST
HOME ant NATIONAL S fEEPLE('HASE.
Tioa•ofiice open fr >ln Bevtn HI Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
• Wtst. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

EMM STANLEY'S " SEVEN" AGES OF WOMAN."
G,. Evening. serfarmances as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fldays. at 9 q'clock.
Admlssion—Back Seats. 1.. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 38.
SAINT 31 kit !IN'S HALL, Long-acre.

ITIGFI WATER IT LONDON BRIDGE.
TIM DAY—Morn. 2 min. aft. 3—Evening 19 min. aft. 3
.I'n-3ioßnow—Morn. 32 min. aft. 3 —Evening 48 min. aft. 3

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIM!.
59 -highest since noon yesterday.
47 -'ovn-st this morning and during the night.
56 -this day at noon.

RAnnmErim,
E.S.E.—Light, with dull weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22,.1866.

Considerable doubts have from time to time
;been expressed, both in Parliament and by some
of the public journals, respecting the policy of the
_invasion of the Crimea and the attack on Se'oas-
topol. It has been positively asserted that the
movement was made without the privity or assent
,of Austria ; that the Cabinet of Vienna had at
the very moment arranged to take an active part
in the operations of the War by an advance 01
a large body of troops on the Russian frontier,
*hich would inevitably have included the Russo-
Polish territories within its scope ; and that the
course then adopted was the real cause of the
Austrian tergiversation and backsliding.
On the first part of this case we shall express
na opinion. Our contemporary has usually ex-
cellent information, and would not be
inclined,-to put- forward a distinct and po-
sitive 'statement without prima' facie evidence
of its accuracy, and we fully concur in its views
or the treachery of the then Povernment of Eng-
land.
t was, in fact., the deliberate determina-
tion -of Lord ABERDEEN, and the colleauues whom
had contrived to place at the head of all the
departments connected with the management of
tbp.War, that no real injury should be inflicted
on Russia. The " dear and excellent" Premier
vould not hurt his "friend of forty years'
standing," who had been betrayed into the pre-
mature development of his intentions by the ad-
vila to office of the Joint-stock Administration.
A demonstration was all that was ever contem-
plated, which it was hoped would have
indneed the AUTOCRAT to postpone the
administration of the sick man's assets to
a more convenient season. But we cannot believe
that Austria would, under any circumstances,
have acted with good faith or straightforward in-
tegrity, or that she would have taken any step
that might have committed her to hostilities with
her quondam friend and benefactor, or by any
possibility have conduced to the benefit, perhaps
the resuscitation, of much-wronged and deeply.
inflated Poland

That she might have held out hopes to that
effect is by.no means improbable. That she might
have endeavoured to procrastinate, and to per-
suade the Allies not to besiege the Russian strong-
hold is:. very likely. We are prepared to lend an
easy credence to any degree of duplicity and in-
sincerity that may be alleged against that treach-
erous and selfish Power. lint nothing could
have led to her drawing the sword against a for-
midable enemy. .She would only be valiant in
tyrannising over and oppressing , those who
ex.uld offer no serious resistance.

It would have been well if, from the beginning
angst'-the list symptoms of indecision, the Allied
P(4'etit 1194 altogether ignored her existence, and
treated her as theywere subsequently obliged to
do Prnisia. Had the British Ministry been in
earnest at that time, when Louts .N.arotsoN had

no tiscent dynastic considerations to influence his

coruct, the War would have been brought to a
speedy and satisfactory conclusion. But it was
"starved" under the " penny-wise-and-pound-
foolish" financial administration of Mr. GLAD-
sToiri';. and the morbid sentimentality that spared
Odessa, and strove to wage a rose-water contest,

A Grand Ballet Divertissement entitled THE ENCHANTED
GARDEN. Miss Lees, Mr. Tanner
Ballet. , and the numerous Corps de
An engagement having been formed with Mr. and Mrs. FLORENCE,
from the United States, these celebrated artistes will have ,he honour
of Making their first appearance in England on Monday, April 28th,
in one of the r moat popular national Comediettas.