The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-26 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRZ.

Under the direction of Mr. Payne.
THIS EVENING,
Will he performed THE CROWN PRINCE; or, The Buckle of
After which, the Spanish Dancers.

To be followed by THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE.
'ro which will be. added LES ALLIES.
Followed by THE GALICIA` FETE.
To conclude with STAGE STRUM

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPTITTHEATRE.

Lessee and. Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Tint Week of a New Military Spectacle.
TIM EVENING,

The FALL of SEBASTOPOL, written by .1. H. STOCUELER, Esc! ,
fully realisiag that glorious event. Mr. IVilliant Cooke's matchless
sent of horses. The ring and stage in one vast battle-field a ho,::
of auxiliaries the Storming the Malakhoff, awl every important
event carefully reprented.

After Which the SCENES hi the MC ' E, with the Champion
Vaulter and the Premier 3 Voltigeurs du Monde.

L'oz•oftlee open from r.leven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
W's~t. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director,
M. W. Cooke. !ur:.

THOU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

TUN DAY—Morn. 50 min. aft. I.—Evenin 11 min. aft. 2
To-fformow—Morn.32 min. aft. 2—Evening 52 rain. aft. 2

TETE WEA.THER.—SUN OFFICE, Sept. 26.

THERMOMETER, IN 'ME SHADE.

- b.';'heA :Atte° neon yeatenlv.
43_ os:ve.i. this morning and draing the night.
6O—this day, et noon.

BAROMETER, 30-33.
WEM. S.E.—Light, with fine weather. The tempera.
ure has become colder for the last day or two.

..;" • , . titvy

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1855.

The full particulars of the terrible conflict of
the Bth inst., which terminated in the evacuation
of the south side, and the virtual capture of the
entire of Sebastopol, have at length been re-
ceived. It is not, however, from official sources
that we are enablecl to communicate the graphic,
and brilliant description of the striking events
of that glorious day. It is to private enterprise
and private genius that we are indebted for the
admirable account which we have transferred into
our columns from those of our great contemporary
the Time. It would indeed be a matter of the
greatest interest to the community in general if
our Generals, who have quite enough to do in
directing the operations of .the War, were
allowed to have literary assistants, whose espe-.
cial duty it should be to " chronicle" great
event=, • and to forward early narratives
thereof, worthy a place in the national archives.
Mr. WILLIAM RUSSELL, the well known Times'
Correspondent, would certainly make an excellent
laureate, whose rapid delineations of these event-
fill transactions would require little, if any, re-
vi.3ion. Why there not a Military Secretary
to describe great contests, and transmit the intel- 1
ligence without any unnecessary delay! The
Commander-in-Chief is too busily engaged in
planning the operations which the results of the
'lay render advisable to devote the necessary
time and- attention' to the task. He has other
and more important duties than those of the
mere scribe to look to, and other qualifications
than those of a talented author should be sought

for in. the • selection of a General. But, under
existirtgeircurnStances, we are compelled to put up
with meagre accounts of matters, respecting which
the public interest ia_greatly excited; because wf•
require persons selected for arduous and impor-
tant (ratios to discharge so many varied functions
—for some of which they may be perfectly in-
'competent, although possessiug the highest quali-
fications for the others.

"Brave men lived before Agamemnon, although 1` seems uncontrollable by the English people—are
they had not poets to sing them." It is an in- determined that Austria shall substantially have
vidious ta4 to impose on any General the nal. her way. The true policy which ought from