The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—Mr. E. T. Smith
has the gratification of announcing that he has succeeded in
making arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.,
of Regent-street, :"or the appearance of those eminent artistes,
Signor Mario, Signor Loriui, Signor Revere, Signor Albicini,
Mons. Gassier, Herr Formes, Madame Grisi, Madame Ama-
dci, and Madame Gassier who will perform in a series of
Italian operas at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, This Even-
ing and during the week, being their last appearances previous
to their departure for the Continent —THIS EVENING,
will be performed the First Act of NORMA. Norma, Mdrn
Grisi ; Adelgisa, Madame Sedlatzek ; Pollio, Signor Lorini ;
and Oroveso, Herr Formes. After which, RoSSilli's opera
comic:lnc, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Supported by
Madame Gassier, Signori Lorini, Rovere, Maltoni, Herr
Formes, and M. Gassier.
The music of the operas will be aided by a full Band
and i;horns (selected from the Corps of the two Italian Operas
and the leading musical societies of the metropolis), under
the direction of Signor Li-Calzi. Chorus—Soprani—Mes-
dames Chierichi, Byers, She, p, and Cook ; Contralti, Gold-
smith, Weller, and Jackson ; Tenori—Signori Gabussi, Chie-
richi, Sharp, and Grice ; Bassi —Mattoni, Talamo, Stuart,
and Fabretti, assisted by others of the Royal Italian Opera.
Bend—Chef d'Attanne, Zerbini (the Royal Italian Opera),
Siuunonds (the Royal Italian Opera), Kelly (the Royal Italian
Opera), Bort (the Royal Italian Opera), Torneur (the Royal
Italian Opera). Viola —Alsept (the Royal Italian Opera) ;
Violoncello—Viewttemps (the Philharmonic andJullien's Con
certs); Contra-basso—Kliegl (the Philharmonic and Jullien's
Concerts); Flute—Remusat (the Philharmonic and Jullien's
Concerts); Oboe—Lavigne (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Clariouet
—Sonnenberg (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Bassoon—Hardy
(her Majesty's Theatre) ; Trumpet—Leloup (the Phil-
harmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Horns Steckel (the
Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts), Gricbeu (the Philhar-
monic and. Jullien's Concerts) ; Trombone —Donizetti (the
Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts); Tympani—Jefferson
(the Royal Princess's Theatre). Prompter—Sig. Galli. In
order that these first-class musical entertainments may be placed
within the reach of the public generally, the charges for ad-
Mission will be reduced from the tariff of the Italian Opera
prices to the old playhouse prices of Drury-lane Theatre. The
music may be obtained and places booked at Cramer, Beale,
and Co.'s, Regent-street ; and at the boa-office of the Theatre
Royal, Drury-lane. The Free List will be entirely suspended.
Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at S.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING and To-morrow, O'Keefe's
revived comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Murdoch, who
Is /lightly received with enthusiasm ; Thunder, Mr. Chip-
pendale ; Harry Thunder, Mr. E Villiers ; John Dory, Mr.
Rogers; Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Compton ; Sim, Mr. Buck-
stchie ; Lady Amaranth, Miss Talbot ; Jane, Miss Bella Cope-,
laud. After which, the renowned Spanish Dancers, Perea
Nena and her Company, in EL GANIBUSINO. To be
followed by THE LI fTLE TREASURE, being the last two
nights it can be performed for a lcng period, and in which
Miss Blanche Fane and Mr. Buckstone will sustain theie
•riginal characters. Concluding with the GALLICIAN FETE.
On Monday THE DRAMATIST (Vapid, Mr. Murdoch) ; the
Spanish Dancers ; and the new comedy of SECO ND LOVE,
in which Miss Reynolds will re-appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Positively the List Week of those popular
favourites, Mr. aad. Mrs. Barney Williams, the original Irish
Boy and Yankee Gal, previous to their departure to the pro-
vinces.-11th and Last Week of Ireland As It Is —Last
Nights of Lucifer Matches, or The Yankee !—The Irish
Tutor ; and Our Gal —Mr. Wright every night in the
screaming Adelphi Farce of Domestic Economy.—THlS
EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS ; or, The Middleman.
Bagged Pat, Mr. Barney Williams (who will sing " Billy
O'Rourke," and dance with Mrs. Barney Williams their cele-
brated Irish jig); Judy O'Trot, Mrs. Barney Williams (their
original characters, and performed by them 763 nights in
America). With DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Grumly, Mr
Wright; Mrs. Grumly, Miss Wyndham. And LUCIFER
MATCHES. Phelim O'Bogherty, Mr. Barney Williams ;
Comfort Cruller (afterwards Mephistopheles), Mrs. Barney
Williams, with the song of " Woman's Convention," a new
version of " Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel." To-
morrow a variety of popular Performances, for the Farewell
Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, previous to their
departure for the provinces. Madame Celeste will make her
first appearance this season on Monday next, Nov. 3, in a
popular Drama. Mr. Leigh Murray will appear (for the first
-time here these 12 months) on Monday nest in a new comic
drama, called A Border Marriage, in which Mr. Wright and
Miss Wyndham will also perform.

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING and during the week
will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER
NIGET'S DREAM. To conclude with Sheridan's tragic
play of PIZA.RRO (compressed into three act). Mendels-
sohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
will commence at 5 minutes before 7,

LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL,
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.

Seventh and last week of Belphegor, which, notwithstand-
ing the nightly crowded state of the theatre, must be with-
drawn for the production of promised novelties.—The King's
Musketeers every evening.
THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Dillon. THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar-
tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar. To con-
clude with the Ballet from The Winter's Tale burlesque.

THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS.
Under the Management of Mr. Phelps.
THIS EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter,
Mr. H. Maston ; Sir Thomas Clifford, M2l! F. Robinson ; Mo-
elus, Mr. Belford ; Fathom, Mr. L. Ball ; Lord Tinsel, Mr.
W. H. Eburne ; Wilferd, Mr. T. C. Harris; Julia Miss M
Eburne ; Helen, Miss E. Travers.

To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO " THE TRIES."

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.

THIS EVENING, DRED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep-
herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Uncle
Tiff, Mr. Widdieomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor-
don, Miss A. Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson. Mons.
Fillis and Family. After which, A QUIET FAMILY.
To conclude with THE FOSTER SISTERS.

TRAND T AT RE.—Manager, Mr. T.
Payno.--THIS EVENING will be performed
BARNABY RUDGE.
After which, BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Mesdames Cuth-
bert, Woolledge, E. Jacobs, &c. ; Messrs. H. J. Turner,
Clarke, Herbert, &c. ; Master Edouin.
To conclude with OUT ON THE LOOSE.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ;
02aler7, 6d.

ROY AL OLYMPIA THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
TFIIS EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. Messrs. A. Wigan,
F. Robson.
A MODEL OF A WIFE. Bonnefoi, Mr. A. Wigan.
MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ;
Orpheus; Miss Maskell ; Cream, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea,
Mr. F. Robson.

Commence at half-past Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

THIS EVENING (Thirteenth Week), embellished by
Equestrian Illusirations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained
Horses, Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD.
Richard, Mr. James Holloway. Novel and electric effects !
After which, the unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, GYM-
NASTIC WONDERS, &c., &c.
To conclude with a number of attractive and pleasing
Amusements.
Commence at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till
Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tats Dsv—Morn. 1 min. aft. 3—Evening 15 min. aft. 3
Tn-Mounow—Mom. 31 min. aft 3—Evening 46 min. aft. 3

THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 31.
THERMOMETER, IN THII SHADR.
57—highest sines, noon yesterday.
52 —lowest this morning and during the night.
58 —this day at noon.
BAuchcsortu, down to 30.13—n0w up to x•l9.
WIND, SA W.—Light, with dull, rainy weather. There
Warn some rain in the night, which continued this morning.

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L)NDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1858.

" We only regret the moderation which led ris
to conclude the struggle as-soon as we had gained
the exact amount of advantage necessary for our
object,
instead of protracting it until our superio-
ritY was not only obtained, but so notorious as to
be incePable of misrepresentation !" Such are
now the views of the Times in reference to de
PreCiOUS Peace," and we gladly hail so powerful
a coadjutor. Tbese were not the opinions enter-
tained when wA were reproved for placing our
columns in mourning, and of all our London daily
contemporaries the good and faithful Morning

Advertiser alone advocated Cue principles we had
fearlessly put forward through good report and
evil report. Neither the Advertiser nor The Sun
had been infected by Germanistn. We felt the
enormous sacrifices that had beon:so cheerfully
submitted to by the people, and we grieved that
through any truckling or toadyism those sacrifices
should be rendered fruitless. We pointed out
that it was at best but a hollow truce, That would
only be maintained so long as it was convenient
t 0 do so, and until Russia could again throw

away the scabbard, after having re-
cruited her losses at the expense of her
quondam, adversaries, and contrived, by her insi-
dious conduct, to occasion lukewarmness, if not
division, between her leading opponents.
Feeling this, we were by no means mealy-
mouthed in giving expression to our thoughts,
and speaking as became an English journal devoted
to the honour and interests of Great Britain ;
and it is but an act of simple justice to say that
the Morning Advertiser pursued a steady and
Atraightforward course in the same direction. We
have seen no cause for tergiversation ; and we truly
rejoice at finding so powerful a coadjutor as the
Times at length awakened to Muscovite perfidy,
Ind resolved to nail the English standard to the
roast—to be neither bullied nor cajoled into play

ing the Russian game.
As w© long since stated, Russia never for a
moment abandoned the traditional policy inaugu-
rated by the first PETER. At the moment of
signing the Treaty she was as fully determined on
Cossackising Europe as at any period during her
turbulent career. Whether the object was to be
)btained by fraud or force was a matter of pro-
found indifference—save that success by the
compound of dissimulation aad insincerity, which
she is pleased to dignify with the name of
"Diplomacy," would, of the two, be the more
tgreeable, and would also probably cost the less.
As to the lives of the miserable serfs, who, by a
fearful system of military political arithmetic, are
used as counters in the tremendous game, they
would be thought nothing of but for the pecu-
niary value assigned to each. A Russian soldier
costs money as well as, although less in propor-
ion than, a French or English one—but no super-
fluous elements connected with humanity will be
permitted to encumber the calculations.

We have, from time to time, pointed out the
dalpable bad faith of Russia—so far as the per-
'ormance of the undertakings for which she had
)ledged herself were concerned. We know that
from the natural exhaustion that had necessarily
l'ollowed her energetic attempts to carry on the
var she had so wantonly provoked, she was com-
Jelled to close with any terms that were offered.
Unfortunately the Allied Powers acted on the
principle of "saving the honour of Russia" rather
than of obtaining efficient and satisfactory gua-
rantees for the peace and tranquillity of Europe.
They released her on her owa recognisances
trusting that she would have profited
`)3T the painful but salutary lesson. The
Russian Plenipotentiaries were, however,
vise in their generation. They saw that " the
heart'' of one of the Allies• was by no means in
the War, and they fondly hoped that in pur-
,uance of the suggestions of PETER, in his so-called
will, they could weaken some of the links in the
Alain by which the alliance was cemented. Time
only can tell whether they were deceived in that
r.:alculation. We regret to say that we do not
'eel justified in speaking very confidently on the:
iubject ! It is scarcely possible to suppose that if
qual cordiality existed that was believed during
the earlier stages of the War, the defences
of Kars would have been impaired, and those
of Kilia-Ismail and Reni demolished, that
the Isle of Serpents would have been seized on,
or the despicable quibble respectng Bolgrad
put forward. Indeed it is now more
Aran hinted, and with much appearance of truth,
hat many of these steps are not altogether
.scribable to Muscovite inspiration, and that some
parties holding official rank in France cannot be
tixonerated from every imputation in reference
thereto. The onslaught -on the English
Press so wantonly adventured on by the Afoniteur
nay be regarded as one of the preliminary sy.np
oms of an intention to raise an argument. The

tfoniteur must know as well as its master that the
English Ministry is utterly powerless on such a
point ; and that the freedom of the Press*or the
rights of hospitality will never be surrendered by
Great Britain. No matter what may be the cost
;hey will be defended to the last man and the
last shilling, and woe to those who enter on the
-eckless attempt to subvert either of these highly
cherished institutions.

Russia is now talking of sending ships of war
through the Bosphorus to the Euxiue, and giving
her Baltic fleet an airing. Specious pretexts will
easily be discovered for either course, and
it is by no means impossible that a aqua-
iron, which at one time manifested no
rlesire to stir from beneath the shelter of
the batteries of Cronstadt, may now be de-
tached professedly for the purpose of escorting
the EMPRESS, and that they may find refuge in a
French port, there to await the rapidly-approach-
ing crisis. It is said that we are fraternising
with Austria—that a perfect understanding exists
between the Cabinets of London and Vienna.
This is the unkindest cut of all. We fear the
friendship of Austria far more than the enmity of
Russia or the lukewarmness of France. Save us
from our so-called friends ! We can defend

ourselves against every open opponent. The
present state of affairs is of a peculiarly ominous
character. There is a dark cloud lowering on the
political horizon that mly, ere long, involve
Europe in a sanguinary war, where neutrality
will be impossible. 'We must prepare ourselves
for that alternative, and the extent of that prepa-
ration will be the best, in fact the only efficient,
preventive. The first step will be to check the
continued drain of bullion, and take care that
neither France, Russia, nor Austria shall feather
their ne.its at our expense, and avail themselves
of our unwise and iniquitous monetary code, to
plunder us of the sinews of war, by means whereof
we can only maintain our former prestige in th e
hour of trial.

" I coom Ira'. Yorkshire, I coo'd not ha' he-
lev'd it," said the Yorkshire captain the other day
to Mr. SELFE; and, indeed, Mr. SELFE himself
said, " It was strange, but true, that the captains
and mates of ships plundered by loose women were
generally Scotchmen or Yorkshireman, or from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;" and well might the ma-
gistrate say so, for hardly had the Yorkshireman
(lone his tale, when a Newcastle man told another
pretty much like it. He had Wen kindly relieved,
at Poplar, of twenty-eight sovereigns, by a young
lady of
nineteen, by whom he was adroiLly
inveigled into a dark corner, and who, of course,
handed the treasure to another lady, and could
toll the magistrate with truth that she had got
none of the money ; while he had no alternative
but to discharge her, and let her go to where she
might find it. The poor fellow who had " coom
ft-a' Yorkshire " was not a whit more fortuni,te ;
thirty sovereigns and twenty half-sovereicms, 401.
of good hard-earned gold, had va,niAtn :tt
Kettle and Drum, in Elatcliffe•hilhwAy, while he
was "larking with several women there, and,
when he missedit, all the women had ilisaPpEared:'
—most unaccountably the gold and the fair
houris had disappeared, it seems, together. one
of the larking damsels was brought up, but it
seemed as impossible to identify the lady as to
of the sovereigns she bad taker.
iTdheenrteify nyshaewas, and some others of the Same
:eductive class were also somewhere, looking,
doubtless, very assured, perhaps protesting ho-
nesty : only one thing, however, was certain,

that 401. of the Yorkshireman's gold had vanished,
and vanished where he dreamed of nothing but
merriment and good-will—and he "coo'd not
ha' belev'd it."

Well, while captains are captains, such surprises
we fear are likely to happen on the banks of the
Thames, at the East End of our huge metropolis—
and even to captains who " coom fra' Yorkshire."
Long heads have enjoyed no exemption since the
days of SOLOMON from the power of temptation if
they do not keep out of it. JOSEPH'S plan is the
only one, and even he paid a heavy penalty for
virtue. We must set it down, therefore, for
certain, that long heads will be beaten by seduc-
tive faces at the East End if they venture among
them. We wish, however, it were at the East
End only. There are certain gentlemen who
" coom, fra' Tiverton," and the House of Lords,
and a few other places, and who locate them-
selves in a well-known public office on the banks
of Father Thames, at the West End, who seem to
be quite as strangely at the mercy of known
tempters in their line. A wary old Captain in
Ministerial service, who has served with crews
innumerable, and been Secretary at War or Fo-
reign Secretary some five-and-thirty years, who
knows right well the object of the coaxing ones,
who has shown his temper at their misbe-
haviour so often, at least, that people began to
think he would not be duped by them, and yet—
we " coo'd not ha' belov'd it"—he, too, comes
before us bewailing, like others,' that he's done
out of his gold, or rather out of our gold. •
When we so luckily cut loose from Hanover we
all hoped that Germany would plague us no
more. We had had enough, and more than enough,
the Electorate ; and often did we heartily wish
that the Elbe had carried it out to sea, and sub-
merged it for four-and-twenty hours. PROVIDENCE
gave us a better release. Bat, alas ! we were in
for it elsewhere. Kings must have Queens, and
(Teens must have, if not Kings, fathers of Kings,
and no one at home being of blood divine enough
for that honour we must be married to some
foreigner ; and if to a foreigner, where could one
be found Royal and Protestant, too, but in Ger-
many ? The result is that all the influences of
kindred bearing on the Court are Garman influ-
,mces—German uncles and aunts, cousins, male
and female, and all the host of affines, as well as
son,sanguingi, till Austria, and we know not how
many of the little Powers, and Prussia in the
paulo post, have fairly got hold of our Court;
and whoever is offended, every connection of
the little German Dukedom must be kept in good
temper.

But would not the Noble Lord the Member for
Tiverton be proof against all this ? He had shown
some little. respect to Kossurii, and had dared to
think, after his long practice, he could write a
foreign despatch without Lord JOHN RussELL's
and the Coburgs' censorship ; he had been duly
lejstured for such impertinence, and even
t about his business. He had, more-
Wer, *en no steps to punish the Banksiders, and
poured no oil and wine into the cartwhip wounds
of the woman-flogger ; he rather wickedly stood
by and laughed at the wry faces of the Coburgs
and the Hapsburgs. Surely he, of all Cabinet
Captains, would not get into dark corners, on a
German Drum and Kettle, and lose all the repu-
tation he had acquired ! Alas ! the well-known
deceptiveness of political hopes ; the War Minis-
ter surrenders at last all the way through to
Austria. She was allowed to sketch the plan of•
a peace when the war would have reached Poland,
and shaken Hungary and Italy ; was allowed to
add her votes to those, already numerous enough,
of the despots at Paris ; was allowed to escape
all the cost of the war ; to feed her troops at the
expense of the Principalities ; to break every
promise ; to liberate Russian troops to attack our
army ; to enact the coward, the bully, and the
villain at once ; and then to swagger or smile as
she pleased at the Peace Conference, as one of
the greatest of the great. Surely if Lord PAL-
MERSTON had not been cajoled by Austrian Syrens
nearer at hand he would have kicked such a
political prostitute out of the Council Chamber.
He would never have allowed his pocket to be
picked of the honourable policy open to him and
to his country.
We will freely own that Austria was very dee p
with. him, and with some ono else too. She had

cut Louis NAPOLEON out of a wife, yet she got
him over to her view, and he knew Lord PAL-
MERSTON'S weak side. Like other seducers,
Austria did not set about her victim alone. The
parvenu Despot, she well knew, needed the aid
of an old Despot. She had also plenty of argu-
ments to show that despots must now hang to-

gether. Free and Constitutional England was not

a convenient associate for subjugated France, and
Sardinia too was not a pleasant looking-glass for
neighbour tyranbi. So the HAPSBURG and the
NAPOLEON, and the COBURGS (via the Duke of
BRABANT) all combine to do the Herr Von
Palmerston. And just now how completely
is he at the mercy of Austria and of Louts NAPO-
LEON. He would have liked, no doubt, left to
himself, to have at least left a trace of the PAL-
MERSTON administration- in the condition of Italy.
But no, Austria and tho elected Emperor forbid.
A little show of vigour cv)uld upset the BOURBONS
in Italy for ever, but re publics or constitutions
would follow. For dear Austria's sake that must
not be. Italy must be in fetters, and England
and PALMERSTON lose their reputation and influ-
ence with. all Europe, because PALMERSTON is

cajoled by the Coßuans, Austria, and Louts
NAroLaoN We " coo'd not ha' belev'd it." -

THE DEI.VISO.N COBTROYERSY.