The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

HER MAJ E S T Y'S THEATRE. l in itself as the most elementary mathematical
SEASON 1857. proposition.
THIS EVENING (Saturday), April IS.
SPEZIA, POCCHINI, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, and BENE. England, at the same time that she cares not
VENTANO.
one doit for the military or maritime co-operation
Opera—LA FAVORITA.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. of an auxiliary force—when contending either with
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ar-
an empire like China, or with an empire like
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay- Russia—cannot at the same time but look askance,
market.
Madlle. PICCOLOMINI will make her first appearance on and with a jealous eye, upon every power inti-
Tuesday, April 21, in Donizetti's Opera, La Figlia del Rg- mately allied with herself which, upon the out-
gimento.
break of a great war like the one just kindled at
Canton, evinces a reluctance to accord to her cause
the moral sympathy of a merely passive ac-

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
Ll EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 23.
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LA TRAVIATA.
PICCOLOMINI, GIITGLINI, BENEVENTANO, roccmy

Opera—LA TR AVIATA.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.

' quiescence.
Extraordinary though it may appear that it
, should be so, it is nevertheless altogether beyond
denial that there is at this moment a very preva-
lent rumour to the effect that a reluctance of this
precise kind—a reluctance to co-operate simply
in this manner with England in her just and
necessary struggle against the Chinese, has recently
been displayed by—the United States Government !
It is actually so stated. It is so stated—and so
believed. Supposing the rumour to be accurate,
it would imply but a sorry commencement to the
policy of Mr. BUCHANAN'S Presidency ! It would
be but poorly and inauspiciously inaugnrative of
his newly-organised Administration ! For what in
reality is positively at this juncture involved in
the war between the British and the Chinese ?
What, in truth, but the old contest, " never end-
ing, still beginning" between Asiatic barbarism
and European civilisation ! Not, of course, that
we would for one instant entertain the frightful
notion enveighed against, no preposterous notion
repudiated, in such a wholly superfluous burst
of impassioned rhetoric, during the course
of the memorable Chinese Debate in the
House of Commons by the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman the ex-Member for the borough of
Leominster—the notion that "Christianity is to
be propagated among Pagan races by being borne
in triumph over the crumbled breach and the
blood-stained rampart amid the crash of bayonets
and the roar of artillery !" A mere oratorical
flourish, that—evasive of a problem difficult
(otherwise than through battle, through open
force of arms) of any honourable or even
comprehensive solution ! The Problem as
to How British interests, British lives, Bri-
tish property may be the most effectually pro-
tected against the lawless and fanatical bar-
barism of a permanently inimical race like the
Chinese ! That is the Actual Qaestion all this
while immediately before us I The protection of
those interest=, of those lives, of that property,
constitutes the very aim and object of the war into
which the Chinese authorities have impelled our
own Government. That is the cause which Mr.
COBDEN'S sympathisers cannot recognise and
which not recognising they have openly repudiated
—and which having thus repudiated they have
found to be so strongly fixed and cherished in
the brains, and hearts, and consciences of their
fellow-countrymen, that they themselves (blind to
all this, deaf to all this, impervious to all this)
have been scornfully rejected in consequence by
the different constituencies they have had the
temerity to appeal to ! And it is this rational,
manly, and it is hardly necessary to add clearly
justifiable, cause which America is said to repu-
diate as dully, and obdurately, and obtusely as the
most obfuscated Peace-at-any-Price aYehite in all
that long list of the defeated section of Mr. COBDEN'S
notable majority ! " Can such things be, and"—
not " overcome us like a summer's cloud," but
rather be it said like a fog born of a political
miasma ? It is scarcely creditable that Mr.
BUCHANAN can have so egregiously blundered at
the very outset of his Presidency. It is scarcely
conceivable that an error of judgment so monstrous,
and at the same time so very frivolous, should be
tolerated, much less that it should be deliberately
connived at, by the " free and enlightened" citi-
ftens of the United States, by tire collective wis-
dom of that far-seeing and keen-eyed population.

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For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-cirile Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and may be had ou applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co:onnade, Haymarket.

T HEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will
appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening (luring the
week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal
members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies.
THIS EVENING, RICHELIEU : Richelieu, Mr. Charles
Dillon.

To conclude with THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C.
Dillon, Mr. Stuart ; Miss Woolgar.
The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5. Private
boxes, 2/. 25., 1/. lls. 6d., 1/. le., and to hold two persons,
10s. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ;
upper circle, Is. 6d.; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, ls. ; second
gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper
gallery, at %o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespero's tr,gedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

Nzw ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OP ADMISSION.

THIS EVENING, and daring the week, the new
Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnckstono, Comp-
ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter. Fitzwilliam, drc.
After which, for the sixth time, a Classical Love Story. an-
der the Apple-lation of A L NTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples: in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Tiernan, her
first appearance in London.

Concluding with GRIMSTIAW, BAGSIIAW, AND
BRADSHAW. Mr. Bnckstone. .
In future the prices will be :
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retainer' the whole of the

evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s, d
Dress Ilexes -ess Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ........ ... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit ... . ... . ......... .... 2 0 Pit 1 0
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 C No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI,
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and
original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c.
Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
make her first appearance
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

'STRAND T HEAT RE.—Mans.zer, Mc. T.
675 Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.

After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames
Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, drc.
To conclude with a Farce.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; .131xes, 25. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
TFIIS EVENING, the new drama of THE IRON ARM.
After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with sony,s, Miss Poole.
To conclude with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS
MONKEY. Tho Monkey, Mr. Flexmore.

OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called
DADDY HAPDACRE. Mr. Robson, kc.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, &c.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Grand Mili-
tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's' admired Stud of
trained Horses, &c., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ;
or, The Battle of Constantine.
After which, a novel Series of EQUESTRIAN ACTS in
the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear.
Appearance of M. Croueste. the inimitable Clown, and of
Signor Corelli and Family.
To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH.
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Rotes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Hex office open from Eleven till Four, Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road,—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Dnets, die., : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Enviell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Canlficld, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M.
de Sella, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin. Bennett, and
Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, .T. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock.

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and Piedmont is the freedom of the press
in the latter country. Count Buor4 may
speak of the protection afforded to political ran-
gees, and the fortifications of Alessandria,
but the veritable lapis offensionis, the actual
stumbling-block, is the liberty of Journalism. To
muzzle the free expression of public opinion is
the great desideratum to FRANCIS JOSEPIT and
his advisers. They are quite aware that the mere
attempt would be fatal to the political reputation
and position of Count CAVOUR. It would neces-
sarily occasion the loss of confidence of the entire
people. It is an attempt to dictate to an inde-
pendent and constitutional Government respecting
the management of its internal affairs. If any
of the obnoxious journals transgress, if they tres-
pass beyond the bounds of legitimate discussion,
they become liable to stringent punishment, and
FRANCIS JOSEPH may put the machinery of the
law in'operation, on his mere motion.: He cannot
reasonably ask, nor can Sardinia honourably grant
more.

But the first step in the direction of war being
taken in a fit of petulant ill-humour, what more
will he do ? We believe nothing ! Sardinia will
still maintain the even tenour of her way. VICTOR
EMMANUEL will still flourish, albeit deprived of
the benefit of diplomatic intercourse, and although an
envoy from Vienna is absent from the reunions of
the Court at Turin. An invasion is not a very
easy, or a very safe proceeding. It would cost
much money in the first instance, which Aus-
tria cannot easily spare, although she has for some
time past been replenishing her exhausted
treasury with English gold. The mere pecuniary
outlay would alone present an insuperable impedi-
ment to a further movement on the part of Aus-
tria. But were it even otherwise, and she had
ample means for prosecuting a costly war, and if
the neutrality of France and England could be
insured, she would still hesitate before taking a
step that would place the invading army in
serious jeopardy, and enkindle the torch of insur-
rection in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, if
not throughout the whole of Italy. The Pied-
montese have approved themselves gallant and
efficient soldiers, and within a few weeks at least
100,000 experienced veterans could be assembled
in arms for the defence of their native land. The
well-devised chain of railways would bring the
Sardinian army to almost any point where their
services were required, so that the concentrated
force could be thrown on any Austrian battalion.
These railways would not assist the invaders.
They could not be resorted to in the centre of an
adverse population, every man being actuated
by an unflinching determination to resist to the
last extremity the assailants of his fatherland.
We believe that if Austria could move an army
of 100,000 men on Piedmont, but few would
return to tell the tale of their disastrous defeat.
Any detachments separated from the main body
would be crushed in detail, while the combined
force could make but little impression on the gal-
lant and unflinching Piedmontese.
But what would occur in the other parts of
Italy, from whence the troops had been withdrawn
for the invasion of Sardinia. The discontented
inhabitants—and their name is legion—would
soon create an important diversion in favour of
" the Champion of Italian freedom." A flame
would be excited whieh all the force of Austria
would vainly attempt to extinguish. The "talis-
manic word" would be proclaimed in stentorian
accents throughout the length and breadth of the
land, and Austria would bitterly repent her un-
justifiable and impolitic aggression. We cannot,
then,imagine that actual hostilities will follow. But
there may be considerable inconvenience to France
and England, who, in such case, would be bound
by every principle of honour to sustain their
faithful and efficient ally. Under such circum-
stances they are not only entitled, but impera-
tively bound, to explain clearly and distinctly to
Austria the probable consequences of her puerile
and unwarrantable conduct. A little plain speak-
ing is all that is required in either case, and the
Prussian and Austrian difficulties will be readily
disposed of—the dark clouds dispelled from the
political horizon.

There are two outstanding "difficulties " that
may possibly disturb the peace of Europe, viz.,
the questions at issue between Prussia and the
Swiss Confederation, and between Austria and
Piedmont. We do not believe that matters will
proceed to the final arbitrament of war, the
ultima ratio regum in either case. Still it is well
to be prepared for any alternative, especially
when firm and decided action on the part of
France and England, in the first instance, may
avert such deplorable contingencies. We cannot,
so far as either of the German Powers are con-
cerned, place any reliance on the mere arguments
of the diplomatists. We have witnessed their utter
futility during the discussions respecting the Rus-
sian war, the cost whereof—not merely in money,
but also in the lives of French and English sol-
diers—was greatly enhanced, if not altogether
occasioned, by waiting for Austria and Prussia to
make up their minds. The Allied Governments
seemed to forget how hard it was "to stir such
dishes of skimmed milk to honourable action."
Both parties took care to look solely to their
own interests—the one, by obtaining a spe-
cious pretext for the military occupation of
the Danubian Principalities ; the other, by
enabling its subjects to become the carriers of
Russian produce, thus virtually neutralising the
effect of the blockade iu the Baltic. They carried
out their own views merely, without the slightest
regard for the opinions or int3rests of the rest of
Europe, and they will now act in a similar
manner, unless the screw be firmly and judiciously
applied to restrain them in their operations ; and
it should be the business of the Western Powers
to apply that "screw," so that there could be no
possible mistake by the Cabinets either of Vienna
or of Berlin.
The Neuchatel question now resolves itself into
a mere matter of £ s. d., or, rather, of thalers
and groschen. FREDERICK WILLIAM affects to
love honour much, but he certainly loves money
more. Ho will pocket any affront, however glar-
ing, provided he receives an equivalent in hard
cash. He will bricg his empty title as Prince of
II
Neuchatel to an excellent market if he can obtain a
good round sum by way of compensation for his
injured honour. We may, however, feel t )lerably
certain that all his vapouring is only intended to
enhance the price, thinking, perhaps, that France
or England may give something to get rid of a
troublesome question. His motto seems to be
The Princess Orloff has left the Clarendon for Edin.
—"the smallest contribution thankfully accepted." burgh. The Count Coudenhove has arrived at the same
The promise of a handsome dowry with the six- establishment from Paris.
IVe understand that very unfavourable accounts of
every obsticle. We have heard of a judge who t
teen year old Princess Royal would smooth down
the health of the Marquis of Dalhousie have been re-
ceived in town.
proposed to s_trle the litigation between neigh- The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a select circle
,
bouts by paying the sum in dispute out of his at dinner, last evening, at Lansdowne House.
own pocket ; but it would be a little infra digni-
The Marchioness of Hastings left tenon
her residence, Manor House,
The Earl and Countess of Fife are coming to tovfn est
Ryde, Isle of Wight. erday, for
taturn for any of the Great Powers to purchase
peace under such circumstances. FREDERICK
the end of the present month, from Duff Houre, Ab ht
e
.
WILLIAM will not, however, enter into war deenshire. The noble earl and countess will "ot occupy
Auer
consequence of
in any eveuf. He will " take all he can get, their new mansion in Belgrave-uare 1-
and keep grumbling," but that is all. Even if of the Earl of Ellcsmerr) this q (
in ...ce the residence
he were allowed to deal with Switzerland he would the extensive rerairs and alterations which the house is
in -process of undergoing.
think twice, and closely count the cost before he rho Earl and Countess of Guilford and family are ex
entered into hostilities, where he might, in tl.• r,Jected in town in a few days from Waldershare Perk,
long run, get far more than they bargained for. near Dover.
We believe that Switzerland could vindicate herj The Countess of Camperdown and Lady Eliaabwk
Duncan come to town to-day from Bath.
own honour and insure her own independence
Viscount and Viscountess Gage are •staying at
.Frlo
without any assistance from other nations.
Place, Sussex, and will not return, is Owe until 4,10
The real point at issue between Austria latter end cf the present mouth.