The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-04 00:00:00

THE WELLINGTON, 160, PICCADILLY.
-I- —Gentlemen are respectfully informed that the
SALOON DINING ROOMS are now OPEN for the Supply
of LUNCTIEONS and DINNERS, from One to Nine o'clock
p.m. Set Dininrs and Dining from the carte in the most
varied form. Dinners from the joint, 2s. Whitebait is now
served daily

THOMAS PRICE, Superintendent.

TIi"TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone.
THIS EVENING, the performances will oommence with
a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP.
Mr. Bue,kstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Jeo. ; Mrs. Wilkins,
Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, &c.
After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery
and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry
Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK. Messrs. Ryder,
Hermann Veen, Shore, Meadows, &o.; Misses Heath and
C. Leclercq,
To conclude with NIIRSEY CHICKWEED.

NT EW THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
-1.1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi
"Census " every.Evenifty.
THIS EVENING, fith time of a new Farce, entitled
TU RKISII BAT 11. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford.
Atter which (171st time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.
D. Iloueicault, D. r'isher, Blllinc.fton, Falconer, Stephensonss
(I.J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward • ' Mrs. Boucicault, Oi
woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatteriey.
CEN
E SUS.
To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, TB • miss
Messrs. J. Toole, Ebarne, Romer, C. J. swath -
Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne, and Mrs. Chatteriey.
Doors open at half past 6—Commetwe

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!
Westminster-road.
C Morton.
Proprietor.. ••• • '• • •
Selection from
Verdi's new Opera,
A Grand
, IL coRSARO,
n produced in this or any other
(This opera has neversbee,C._ncer.B4.
t )• having met with that de-
country, except at the ,-A,
h ractise 4 the most popular works of
cided success which
this great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ,
together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI:
M ENT°, by Doizetti.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss
Tvrreii, Mr. 11. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and
c; w. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
The Comic, Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A.
n. Holling,sworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and
the Brothers Conrad.
John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on
view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the
Establishment.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tuts Der.—Morning, 9h. 56m.—Afternoon, 10h. 28m.
To-moßßow.-Morning, 11h. 6m.—Afternoon, 1111. 30m.

THE WEATIIER.—Eitrx OYPICZ, MAY 4, 1561.
THEILMOMETEII, IN THE BRADB.
59—highest since noon. yesterday.
40—loweat this morning and during the night.
12—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-3P.09.
WlND—North-Easterly—fresh; with unsettled weather,
A shower of hailstones, succeeded by sunshine.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1881.

Five days rater news from America, is five days
worse news. All now is war, and no mistake. We
suppose the ships we adverted to last in Norfolk—
carrying altogether about 500 guns have been
destroyed; for, we are told, not only that the
United States officers have destroyed the Gosport
Navy-yard, at Norfolk, to prevent its falling
into the enemy's hands ; but the people of
Maryland have destroyed ELEVEN WAR VESSELS !
As, with two or three exceptions, the vessels in
Norfolk Harbour were laid up in ordinary, it is
highly probable that they are the vessels alluded
to. One chartered steamer has been captured by
-the Southern Government, Washington is said to
be threatened by 6,000 secessionists, so as actually
to cause the Government to throw up defences
round the public buildings. The telegraphic and
mail communication between Washington and New
York are interrupted—and Baltimore, where several
of the Massachusetts militia were killed, is in
the hands of the mob. Troops have, however,
arrived at Washington, and large bodies of them
are leaving for it, we presume from different
places. Kentucky declares herself neutral. Ap-
pearances certainly threaten speedy and fearful
collision between the Northern and Southern
militias, and we must not be suprised to hear, any
day, of fearful bloodshed.

Poland has had at last a few kind words uttered
in its behalf in the English House of Commons.
If papers cannot " with advantage to the public
service" be produced, a few members of the House
of Commons could produce their opinions, for the
consideration of the CZAR, and the comfort, such as
it is, of the Poles. In the affair of Schleswig Hol-
stein the people of this country take little interest
indeed ; they have a general impression only, and
a perfectly correct one, that Denmark is quite will-
ing to deal fairly by the Duchies, but that the Go-
vernment which bullied, through its officials, our
Captain MACDONALD, when he had no means of
resistance, enjoys the opportunity of trying to
bully Denmark, and to extort from a very small
power concessions for a very few German subjects
which the Prussian Government would not for
a moment make to its own. Mr. VERNEY'S
question, therefore, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with
its answer, will hardly be noticed. Altogether
different is it with Mr. COCHRANE'S. In Poland
England, and we are bound to acknowledge, France
also, feels a deep interest—one which will not easily
die out. Mr. COCHRANE, of course, only wanted
an opportunity to satirise Lord John RUSSELL. He
attributed, therefore, to his famous despatch to Sir
J. HUDSON the attempts of the various nationalities
to throw off all they could of their fetters ; and as
the Government journal at St. Petersburg expressed
decidedly favourable views in regard to Polish pro-
gress, notwithstanding the late unhappy events, he
thought between his lordship's despatch, to which
the disturbances might be traced, and the kind
views expressed by the .Journal de St. Petersburg,
his lordship had a specially favourable opportunity
for speaking a good word for the poor down-trodden
Poles. He seemed to think that Lord JorrN should
go to the Emperor With the confession that he was
snore guilty than the Pole-c, since he had tempted
them ; and with the prayer that all the good things
originally treasured in the tender heart of the
CZAR for Poland might yet be given her.
Mr. M.
Aq-evoY, though briefly,
directly and str spoke more
(Ilkly the popular sentiments ; ad-
vr definitely to the-
crimes of the long
past, to
their renewal in 1831, and
to the prearranged
atrocity of the Bth of April, and called for the
.strongest ccndemnation on the part of our Govern-
-merit. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was reserved in reply,
yet he could not conceal, probably did not wish to
conceal, his sentiments. As to his despatch of October,
be thought he should be attributing more to it than
' itreally deserved, if he supposed that either Hungary
or Poland, had become discontented in consequence,
•but he justified his despatch as rendered necessary
by Russia and Prussia having expressed their
opinions, and by the fact that it must soon become
- necessary to decide whether or not to acknowledge
the new government. He could not clquy that
the Romans and Neapolitans, having suffered since
• 1821 misgovernment worse than that of any other
nation, Turkey not excepted, it was quite natural
they should overthrow their rulers on the first op-
• portunity. Lord JOHN is probably quite right as
to the answer that he should get from St. Peters-
burg to any despatch he could send; he would be
told of the liberal concessions the EMPEROR had
made to Poland, and that all he required was that
tranquillityshould reign in the country; that thcl