The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

A.TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA.NE
Lessee, Mr. E.,T. Smith.
ENGLISH OPERA.
MIS EVENING will be produced
LUCIA DI L A.MMERMOOR.
To conclude with
THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER.

THEATRE ROYAL, H&YMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.

Followed by
EL GAMETYSTNO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker.
TA which PER EA NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear.

After which,
GRIIISHAW, 13AG8ILIW, AND BRADS HAW.
To conclude with

THE POSTMIN'S KNOCK.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CsAat.gs Keats.
THIS EVENING,
THE VICTOR VANQUISHED.
To conclude with
THE WINTER'S TALE.
Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Roan.

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING.
LIKE AND UNLIKE.
After which,
URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
To conclude with
HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ?

ROYAL OLYAIPIC THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.

After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
TIIE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs.
In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Miss Maskell will appear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lewes, Messrs. Shepherd wad Creswick.

THIS EVENING,
VIRQINIUS.
Followed by
SARAH'S YOUNG MAN.
To conclude with
THE TWO POLTS.

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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The Grand Spectacle, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD
HORSE, in which the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained horses
will appear.
After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES in the CIRCLE. Miss
Kate Cooke on her milk-white charger, Snowdrop, in her elegant
ict of Manage de la Haute Ecole.
To conclude with ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME and NATIO
NAL STEEPLECHASE.

Immense preparations are in progress for Whit-Monday.
Box-otilee open from aeven ti:l Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, Mr. A'. Coke, jun.

EMMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN."
Evening performances as mud, an Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays, at 8 o'clock.
Admission—Back Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s.
SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre.

HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY—Morn. 32 min. aft. 12—Evening 54 min.aft. 12
T'-151olutow—Morn. 17 min. aft. I—Evening 38 min. aft. 1

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE.
53—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'09.
WIND, N. to N.N.E.—Fresh and cold, with passing
showers and sunshine.
THREE O'CLOCK.—Heavy hailstones.

44,4,5,0
L.

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1856.

The whole question of the War, and the terms
of the Precious Treaty by which it was concluded,
will be brought under tke consideration of Parlia-
ment on Monday evening. An Address to her
MAJESTY will on that 'night be brought forward
in both Houses ; and it will be for the Noble
Lorck and 11...,,r.I.I.Coutlethen who possess the
privilege of speaking and voting to declare how
far they can concur in the opinions therein ex-
pressed. Can they conscientiously declare that
the conditions of the Peace which has been re-
established are honourable to her MAJESTY'S
Crown, or that they fully accomplish the great
objects for which the War has been undertaken ?
Can they honestly express " joy and satisfaction,"
in which the great body of the people will by no
means participate? If so—if they are still con-
tented "to lick their collars under the Ministerial
manger"—the sooner the farce can be terminated
the better ! Let there be either a real represen-
tation of the People, or let the German model be
completely imitated, and the shadow as well as
the substance of our democratic institutions be
formally abandoned.
We detest the " lick-spittle toadyism" in which
so many public: men now habitually indulge.
The doctrine, that " the Sovereign can do no
wrong" has been largely extended, so as appar-
ently to comprehend all persons acting under the
Royal authority, publicly or privately, with or
without concealment. Time was when it was
JOHN BULL'S practice to grumVe at any un-
toward events, and to give full expression to the
complaints which ho believed to be well founded.
Now the system is altogether changed, and ho is
expected to lavish fulsome flattery on those who
have outraged his feelings and betrayed his in-
terests. We are not, and never have been, amongst
the unreasoning " lauclatores temporis anti," the
vaunters of " the good old times." But we must
at least accord to our forefathers the credit of
sincerity. They never concealed their real senti-
ments, or praised that which they believed to be
worthy of blame. "Is the Peace one on which
the country ought really to be congratulated ?"
That is the question to be determined l and foe

the credit of the members of those branches of the

Legislature whose functions have been so seriously
invaded of late years, we earnestly hope that the
matter may not pass quite so easily as seems to be
anticipated in Ministerial circles.
What, we repeat, is there to rejoice at ? Is it
the useless sacrifice of the lives 0: seventy-five
thousand of the best and bravest of our brethren,
and of seventy-five millions of public money ex-
tracted from the pockets of the previously over-
burdened tax-payers ? Who can honestly assert
that England has obtained, not a glorious Pence,
for that is unfortunately out of the question, but
a creditable and permanent Peace? We have
already pointed out some of the elements of dis-
turbance that overcloud the political atmosphere.
Each day materially increases their number and
their intensity, and affords evidence of how little
the power of Russia has been diminished—how
few of " the objects of the War have been accom-
plished."
Last night the Premier declared that " there

was nothing in the Treaty which would preclude
the Russimi Govefamtmt from exercising its own
discretion with regard to the military forts on the
the Circassian coasts." Will Englishmen believe
that " the forts were simply defensive works for

the protection of the small garrisonsplaced there."
Is it not obvious that they have been kept up
for the purpose of overawing and reducing to
servitude the gallant inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood? In this respect most certainly, the objects

of the War have not been accomplished.
We also find from another answer of the First
Lord of the Treasury that the vessels sunk be-
fore Sebastopol, and which it was fondly hoped
had been ooniPletelY destroyed, may be added to

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the Baltio Fleet of Russia, so that its strength
may be sufficiently increased to carry out the
cherished views of the Arch-Dnke CONSTANTINE,
the leader of the War party, by invading or offer-
ing an effective demonstration against the British
coasts. With these large additions they may
venture forth from beneath their protecting
granite, and brave the English Fleet on the open
sea. The vessels of war at Nicolaieff may also be
transmitted to the Baltic—perhaps repaired in
transitu at our own dock-yards, for, as the Premier
assures us, " there are no restrictions on the
Russian naval force in the Baltic."

The separate Treaty between England,
France, and Austria for guaranteeing the
integrity of the Turkish dominions, proves
that those " high contracting parties have no
confidence in the pacific professions in Russia,
inasmuch as they have deemed it essential to come
to a distinct arrangement, from which not only
Russia, but Prussia, has been excluded. Here,
then, is another difficulty which may cause con-
siderable embarrassment at some future time.
These are all " signs of the times," that cannot
be overlooked, and which may well induce every
true-hearted Englishman to paus'e before he ac-
knowledges that the peace is honourable or satis•
factory to the nation, or that it has fully, or at
all, accomplished the objects of the War.
We regret to find that the Corporation of Lon-
don have set the example of toadyism, without
waiting for the revelations that must be elicited
during the discussions in Parliament. They have
voted their Address, and have thus reminded the
people of the class that are said "to rush in
where angels fear to tread." Their conduct will
certainly not cause the nation generally not to
regret the measure of Reform already introduced
in Parliament, but only occasion a desire that it
may be rendered more sweeping. We respect all
who show themselves disposed to " die game,"
but not those who strive to avert their impending
fate by naworthy means.

These Sabbatic lordlings, GROSVENOR and
BLANDFORD, broke out again last night, as the
former promised a week ago, thus showing that
there is method in their madness. To their infi-
nite surprise, however, they this time " caught a
Tartar," and left the House of Commons a little
sobered by the discovery. Not only were they
baulked of their aim, but also had to fret over a
ridiculous exposure, and some really hard hitting
by the Premier. Whether revivified by the re-
sult of the Kars debate, or out of patience with
their outrageous freaks, Lord PALMERSTON cer-
tainly did not mince matters with them, but gave
them "a bit of his mind," a bit so indigestible
as to disorder their biliary organs still further,
and send them prayerless and supperless to bed,
with a not unwarranted apprehension for the
morrow. The threatened question, and the request
tagged to it, were, it must be confessed, worthy
of a week's gestation. " Whether," to wit—
"supposing any of the members of the band
ordered to play in the Parks on Sunday afternoon,
should object to do so, either from conscientious
motives, or from a desire to enjoy their Sunday
holiday (artful addition), they would be released
from that duty?" and "he trusted the Noble
Lord would communicate with Lord ITARDINGE
on the subject, and endeavour to obtain from him
a promise that members of the band should not
be forced to perform on Sunday against their
will." The Premier, who possibly saw through
this pettifogging attempt to effect indirectly what
could not be done directly, viz., deprive the) pub-
lic of their promised music by securing the means
to tamper with the band, and raise in their minds
a crop of mushroom scruples, not only pointed
out how dangerous a precedent, in a military
point of view, the Noble Lord required him to
set, and flatly refused to comply with his wishes,
but also frankly avowed an equal share in what-
ever responsibility Sir BENJAMIN HALL had in-
curred by his proceedings, and went on uncere-
moniously to controvert both the fact; and
arguments advanced by the Sabbatarian party,
and administer them a severe rebuke. The
playing of the bands in the Parks on Sunday
he showed was not, as alleged, a new thing, even
in Kensington-Gardens—while it was notorious
the practice was continued at Windsor Castle
from the time of GEORGE 111. Instead of the
practice tending to the employment of labour on
Sunday, he very happily demonstrated that it
must have the very opposite tendency. Attaching
as much value as any man to the preservation of
that religious distinction which has been esta-
blished between Sunday and the other days of the
week, he could not think, he went on to say, and
with considerable effect, " that, affording to the
population of this great city the means of some in-
tellectual amusement, combined with the recreation
of air and exercise, in those open spaces which Par-
liament, as the guardian of the public purse, had
provided for such purposes, was a thing that
deserved the censure of the House." The
cheers of the House added paint to the re-
buke, as its laughter did to his wording of the
grossly selfish objection unadvisedly made by the
Marquis of BLANDFORD to the congregation of
large masses of people in the Park. Not unhappy
was his reply to that objection—" I would say,
on the other hand, that the greater number of
people attracted thither, the stronger the proof
that it has been a wise and proper application of
the public money to provide such outlets for those
who, during the rest of the week, are confined to
their workshops, their narrow alleys, their un-
wholesome rooms, and the insalubrity of their
places of hard and habitual exertion." Again—
" Let the people act according to thc,ir con-
scieuueb. My Right Hon. Friend does not com-
pel any man' to go to Kensington Gardens or the
Parks to hear the band play. Those who go do
so because they think there is no harm in
it. Multitudes do go ; and therefore it
is manifest that multitudes concur with
my Right Hon. Friend in thinking that there is
no desecration of the Sabbath in going a couple of
hours after the performance of their religious
duties to enjoy an intellectual pleasure, combined
with the recreation of air and exorcise." The
logic was irresistible, and the chagrin of the
Sabbatarians, at once beaten in argument and I
rendered ridiculous, something to be witnessed.