The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

1 HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven
with the drama of

THE JACOBITE.
John Duck, Mr. Buckstone.

After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W.
Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz-
william. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. . Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny
Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay; and Clown, Mr. Driver.
To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS.

A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given
every Thursday throughout the holidays : commencing. at 2,
concluding at 4.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
II THIS EVENING will be performed

THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Fabion and Louis dei Franchi by Mr. C. Kean.

After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;

or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr
Cormack; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co.
lumbine, Miss C. Adams.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

Great Hit of A Night at Notting-Hill.
THIS EVENING will be performed
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.
To conclude with the new and original union of modern
burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated
at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every-
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
&c., called _ _

war fleets out effectually from the waters of the

Euxine ! It ought to be remembered, too, that
while Russia is ostensibly making peace with us
in one direction, she is virtually declaring war
against us, almost in the same breath, in another !
And that, therefore, while we cannot in reason
but admire the patriotic, and, so far let us say,
even the heroic and energetic policy of Lord
PALMERSTON on the part of Turkey ! While we
cannot in justice do otherwise than admire the
energy recently evinced by the Noble Discount in
shaking himself free once more from the Court
Bonds, the deadening trammels, the palsying
shackles of Germanism ! While we recognise,
while we cannot do otherwise than recognise with
unaffected delight, the nobility, the daring, and
the civism of the gallant principles enunciated by
our Prime Minister, not very many weeks from
the present time, in the city of Manchester—we
cannot at the same moment but regard the atti-
tude simultaneously assumed in regard to Herat
by the Cabinets of St. James's, of Teheran, and of
St. Petersburg, with feelings of profound, and, we
venture to add of perfectly justifiable, trepidation.
Trepidation, that is to say, lest the insidious
intrigues of the Russian AUTOCRAT at the Court
of the Shah of PERSIA may be allowed to
develope unimpeded, to become deepened, ex-
panded, and complicated, under the shelter of the
speoious concessions made by Russia at the late
Paris Conferences.

No—the ashes of the late War are deceitful.
We are treading upon latent flames, the flames of
a new and more disastrous conflict, ready to break
out at the first emergency.
" Incedimus per ignes
Suppositos cineri doloso !"
And Lord PALMERSTON, of all men, ought to be
alive to the peril of the situation. To him
England will look for extrication from this new
and more formidable maze of difficulties. To his
patriotism, to his sagacity, to his diplomatic
astuteness, to his perfect mastery of the tricks
and artifices, of the chicane and the in-
trigues of statecraft, the country at large
will look with eager expectancy, if not
with a reliance all but implicit. Great as have
been his opportunities hitherto, they are entirely
surpassed by those now accumulating within his
grasp—opportunities such as must necessarily,
and that, moreover, before much longer, enable
us, in regard to Russia, viewed in her relations
at once with Europe and with Asia, to repair the
errors, the follies, and the oversights of preceding
Governments. May their confidence be justified
—may their expectations be realised ! The Czar
will then find assuredly that he has walked from
the Frying Pan of the Crimea into the Fire of
Khorassan.

The excitement on the subject of the iniquitous
Income Tax, or as it has justly been designated,
" the Income-tax robbery," still increases. Nay
more, it has reached Ireland, and that impassioned
race are not slow to give expression to their views
and feelings. Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Derry, Carlow,
and many other districts have already spoken out
plainly and intelligibly, and there seems but little
doubt that the agitation will become as brisk as
any ever attempted, should the Chancellor of the
Exchequer persevere in his " pettifogging quib-
ble," or refuse to discriminate between the certain
proceeds of accumulated and realised property,
and the precarious profits of industry.
Nor will this agitation now be limited
by locality, race, or party. English, Scotch, and
Irish will contend side by side, as they did on the
field of battle, against the monster grievance, and
Whig and Tory, Conservative and Radical, Pro-
tectionist (if any are still to be found) and Free-
trader will array themselves under the same
banner. No Ministry can withstand a "pressure
from without "so decided and incessant. The
question will be made one of the chief tests on
every hustings. No candidate can hope for suc-
cess unless fully prepared to pledge himself not
only against the " War Ninepence,' but for a
more equitable apportionment of the burden, so
that it may rest as nearly as possible on the
contributors according to their respective means.
An extraordinary unanimity has prevailed
amongst all classes as to the justice and expe-
diency of making the impost strictly "a Property
Tax." There may as yet be some difference with
regard to the details, but there is none as to the
principle. The general feeling appears to be in
accordance with the plan we propounded many years
since of charging on the capitalised value of the
property, rather than on the temporary income.
If men choose to keep their capital idle, or to
accept a very small return, the Exchequer should
not suffer for their peculiar hobby. The
servant who " buried his talent " Was
not regarded with peculiar favour by his
Lord. It was those who engaged actively in the

concerns of every-day life, who encountered a
certain degree of risk in increasing their resources,

that received praise and reward. The faineant
who slumbered away existence, and hoarded his
money, was deprived of that which he had, which
was given to the most industrious of his fellow-
servants.

Another point on which there has been a simi-
lar agreement of all parties, has been in the desire
to maintain the national establishments, especially
the naval and military departments, in a high state
of efficiency. There is, in truth, no desire to
stint the Exchequer. The same feeling now pre-
vails that existed when Sir CEA ALES WOOD at-
tempted to increase the tax, without remedying
its glaring defects. The community at