The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-01 00:00:00

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rirICEALTRE - ROYAL,- DRURY --LANE.—
..A.- Lessee; Mr. E. T. Suiith'; Acting Manager, Mr. 'Chas
Itatliewt ; Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Roxby.—Reduced
scale of admission :- Upper gallery, Gd. ; lower gallery, Is.;
amphitheatre or upper boxes,-is. 6d.; pit, 2s.;'firsit circle of
boxes, 2soild.; dress circle boxes, 3s. Mr. Smith respectfully
rabinits the above licale•of prices of admission; varying 6d
extra, according to accommodation. Mr. Charks Mathews iu
two_Piebes. ;.In consequence of the continued and nnprece,
dented success of the comedy of Married for Money; and the
entlinsiairio applause with which Mr. Charles Mathews and
the Lyceum Company are nightly received, the tornedV
lei repeated every evening this week.—The extraordinary sue-
eels-and unparalleled hit of the new Egyptian drama, Nito-
eris,. pronounced the most complete and magnificent specta,
de ever produced, the new scenery, splendid dresses, and
gorgeous appointments.being the theme of universal admira-
tion indtiee the lessee to announce it for repetition eveiv.
livening (Saturday excepted) till further notice. • ' •
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THIS EVENING and during the Week (Saturday excepted)
- - - - the successful comedy • "
MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Meesis. Chas.
Mathews; R. Roxby; A. Younge ; 'Mrs. F. MattheWs,.. Miss'
Oliver, and Miss Mason.
To be followed by (fourth time) a new interlude; entitled
TWENTY MINUTES WITH. TIGER. Characters by
Mesirs. C. Mathews, A. Youtge, • ; Miss De Vere and

Wadham.
To arida& with (each evex'cinc) the
NITOCRIS.

Alan Spqcticle,

Principal characters by Miss Glyn • eveland, Miss
Anderton, Mrs. Selbi; Messrs. Barry n, Stuart, F.
Edgar, G. Wild, Fze., introducing an Efr„yi,„...n Dance, in
whidh Misses Rostra Wright, Charles, Brown, and the ladies
of the Corps de T.lallet will appear.
On Saturday, after the Comedy, Married for Money,
Sheri-
11,an's dramatic piele, The Critic, or a 'TraOdY Rehearsal, in
. which Mr. Chrirles Mathews will sustain the 'characters of
Sir Wetful Pla giatry and Puff; supported by Messrs: Stuart,
Vincent, R. Itoxby, A. Younge, G. Wild, Swan, Templeton,
Worrell ;• Mrs 4 Frank Matthews, Miss Wadham;
To conelucl:e with,. a new Ballet Divertissement, in which
3flssaft6,thla -(Vriiht and. the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet
will appear. ' _
NICOTRIS E. Smith, anxious to make the spectacle
instructiv e as weir._ fCa.' amusing :to' the patron:, of this Theatre,:
has obt,ined, at considerable-trouble, the-Description of the
Wind ;Egyptian Otrouatibn Processiun, arranged and adapted
to this 'stage by "Dykwynkytf,7 from the works of Clemens,
Ir.Heriidotus, Strabo, Plutarch; Diodorus Siculus,"Jablotski,
• Lellsins?Peitoil, Champolion, Rosellini, Savary,
-,443nd other authorities in tlrS,British Maim:lm; the publishing
felf`svb,ich 'mllyPrive interesting to the. numerous patrons w#-
: Blessing illy spectitele,And caq..be bad in tlw:Theatre ,for, one
:penny. Military Entree—Egutiaii f.,11 costume,
-marching three deep, with Band of Trumpets and TYmPan‘up,
in. Hand Drum. ( The Ag,tithotkmnaon, or " Good Geniv.X!,,
(Winge# 'Olbbe)4 untler whose protection the Versons
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of Kit_rkiai,...aks-‘404444,-
ifi snecession the other Symbolic, Royal, and
War Standard:. The Lybiau Forces, Allies of the Egyptians,
with Band ane, Symbolic Standards r sipectively. The Ethio-
pian Guard, with . Characteristic Symbo's, Standards, &c.
Idolatrous Pr ocession. Note—Every City, Month, Day, and
Hour had its presiding Genius. Singer, with the Book of
"Hermes." Horns Copns with Palm Branch and Hour.
Glass. "Tr Fo Hierogrammat," or Sacred Scribe (in his hand
the Book, R' filer, Papyrus, and Palette). Two Functionaries
with Embler ks of " Power" and " Stability." No. 1. The
Ark, or " brine of Kuonmis," called also "Knonm," "Neph,"
or NUM," i.e. " Water."--The primary form of " Amnon,"
and styled " The Leader of Gods"--" The Creating Intelli-
gence"—'''The Spirit of God"—" The Spirit of the (Vernal)
Deity"— ,41 The Soul of the Sun," and by the Greeks "Jupiter
Chnumi' Worshipped by the inhabitants of Thebais (Plu-
tarch). ' Me asp was sacred to this god. The Ark, bearing his
hierogl:ri di, with that of the beetle, or " Creative Power," is
also dee ,o rated with this emblem. Symbolic standard of "Athor"
(Venu 5%), the oracle of Night or Darkness (? chaos). whence
arose - all created things (Egyptian belief ). Symbolic
stag di ,rd of ditto. The Sybil, bearing the emblematic rush
we' ad-, with " Has,. The Frog," the son of " Num," and
tThe of the first state of man. No. 2 "Ma," " Meii," or
and ;" or " Truth," " the Blind Goddess, represented
her eyes closed or blinded. The priests bearing this god-
d ass have libation buckets and simpnla. " Thmei," or Truth, or
Jinrstice. This deity has also a twofold character as the God-
°less of Truth and Justice. The small image of this god was
wrornhy the Chief Judge while engaged in listening to cases
Tbronght beforehim. A similar emblem was worn by the High
:Priests of the Jews, and it is remarkable that the word
"` Thnintnin," is not only translated " Truth," but, being a
:plural or dual word, corresponds to the Egyptian word of
"Two Truths"--i. e. "Light and Truth "—breastplates hav-
ing the figures of the two gods, " Re" (Light) aed " Thmei "
(Truth) represented upon t hem have been discovered. Priests
with Searabmi. The Scaritbrens may be considered as an em-
blem of " The Sun"—of "` The Creative Power," and of the
God " Phthah" (Vulcan.). Incense Bearer, waving his incense
paters before the god. The incense was in the shape of a
small_ globe or pill ; a-ad, upon modern analysis, is found to
consist of aromatic substances with gum, and gave out co-
loured light or flame arhev, thrown into the burning cup. No.
3. " Apis ;" His titles we're " The Sacred Bull of Memphis."
" The Bull of Abundai ice:," " Adored by the People," " The
Sacred Bull of Ptha h, " " Gnerdian of the Solar • Year,"
"Apis renowned over 1 he world," " The Symbol of Inunda-
tion." Richly draped t .nd on a car lei by Priests bearing the
emblems of " Serapis"" or " Sari Api," " The Pillar of Meuse-
ratioti, " Column of Veasuremeut," or " Nilometer" of wood
divided into cubits. Attendant priests also f.n the idol and
offer homage as it passes forward. The festivals in honour
of Apis lasted 7 days, on which occasion a large concourse of
people assembled ret Memphis—the priests led the Sacred
(living) Bull in, soleran procession, every one coming forward
from' their houses to welcome him. Pliny and Solinus affirm
that children wl .o smelt his breath were thought thereby
gifted with the power of predicting future. events. The tokens
which distingif shed this Sacred Bull at its birth were a white
spot resemblin g a crescent on its right side, and a lump under
its tongue in ' .he form of a beetle, as pretended by the priests.
The people ltoolieved him to be the cause of the swelling and
inundation of the Nile, which produced fertility and abund-
ance, and c4ebrated his festival- at about the period of this
annual occ
arrrenCe with every demonstration of rejoicing and
liter c~ abkrionro*to the intoxication of joy all over the
'MenkrAmples were erected and dedicateCto
" Aid 4,"' and also;t1 " Serapis " the divinity of the Column
mof !Cra irement—the Nilomeesiir N.B. The decorations of
the 0,r3 pert' upon the bull and carriage are principally corn-
posr,a of the first flowers that spring from the earth after the
rer .ession of the flood—i.e., the Lotus and Meliolotus. Priests
w.th the pretended God " Canopus," or Water Offering to
ti in God of the Nile. "It is said that the Chaldeans, trans-
I forting the fire, which was their God, into all the provinces,
'offered to let him combat with those of other nations,
..on condition that if he remained the conqueror they should
adore him. The priests of Canopus accepted the challenge and
'devised this stratagem. They fabricate in Egypt pitchers of an
'extremely porous earth, through which the water filtrates and
is purified. The Arch-priest took one of them, stopped the
pores with wax, and painting it of various colours filled it with
-water, and made it his god. He covered it with the head of
an ancient statue, said to be that of the pilot of Menelaus.
The Chaldeans presented themselves ; the contest began ;
theY lighted their fires around the vase ; the wax melts, the
water runs through the vase and extinguishes the fire. The
fraud of the priest gave the victory to Canopus over the
Chaldean deity. From. that moment his imige has been re-
presented with very short feet, a narrow back, and the belly
and back rounded like a pitcher. It is under this form that
lie is worshipped as tlse vanquisher of all the gods."—Ruffin
Histoire de l'Eglise, livre second. No. 4. The Goddess
" Pash-t," " Tho Mernphian Lioness," " The Beloved of
Pthah," " The Goddess of Fire," " Bubastes" (the Diana of
the Greeks) preceded, by sacred dancers. The Idol carried by
priests in their leopard-skin dresses, with red incense flaming
before her, and surrounded by " Symbolic Divinities,"
" Winged Genitieee,,, &c. Ono or the principal festivities
beld in Egypt 'was at Bnbastis in honour of the Pash-t-
-700,000 persons. of both sexes being present. A great num-
ber of victims were sacrificed, wine was profusely drunk,
dancing of the. wildest character went forward, men played
flutes, womrsn sang and shrieked as loud as possible,
struck the " Crotola" (cymbals) or clappers of wood and
metal, &c, Lotus Dancers (Females). Incense Bearers. No. 5.
The go;:i " Osiris," as " Osiris Pethempamentes" (the Pluto of
the ;;reeks). "He who is resident in the Hades," " Presi-
u'4it of the Amenti," "Receiver and Giver," " T' e Sun,"
" The Eye of the World;" " The Source of the Nile," " He
who has many Eyes," a form of Ammon, wearing the " Ati,"
and having the Crook and Flagellum ; regarded as the author
of Time, from the word, " Osch-Iri," " the maker of Time."
The principle office of this deity was to judge the dead, and
to rule over that kingdom where the souls of good men
were admitted to eternal felicity. This deity was very
famous-- his temples and priests were to be found in al-
'most every part of Egypt; the sacred rites of Osiris were a
'Profound mystery, never revealed. 'His name was even
avoided, as of too august a nature to be mentioned The "Ivy,"
with which the Priests decorated themselves, was sacred to
him, and also the." Meliolotus." No. 6. The Sacred Boat of
the Amenti, or Lower Regions, with the four genii, or demi-
gods (bearing emblems of 'life and power) and their vases of
" Amenti," or that subterraneous region where they (the
Egyptians) imagined the souls of the dead to go after their
decease. The first genius is " Amset," " Judge of the
Amenti" (human-headed). The second is " Hepi," " Con-
cealed Number" (baboon-headed). The third is " Tuautmutf,"
" Adorer of his Mother" (jackall-headed), The fourth is
" Kabh-senuf," " Refresher of his Brethren" (hawk-headed).
The Sepulchral Vases have heads in shape of the four genii of
the dead, and each was employed for holding a portion of the
viscera of the deceased, embalmed separately and deposited in
them. On the " Amset" Vase is inscribed the speech of
" Isis" to the dead ; onthat of " Hepi" is a similar speech from
" Nepthys';" on that of "Taantmutf, one from "Neith;" and
on that of " Kabh-senuf," one from " Salk ;" the purport of
each being an assurance of protection, and of being "near thee,"
" beside thee," or " I come to be beside thee." The Sacred
Boat is followed by the symbolic " Eyes of Osiris," or of
" The Sun," emblems of the all-seeing presence of the Di-
vinity. Note.—Besides the Four Amenti, here were 42 As-
sessors or Judges of the 42 Crimes, from which a gOod man
should be free ; and these also differ from the 36 Demons
Mentioned by Origen that presided over the human body, and
were invoked to cure the infirmities of the peculiar member
immediately under their protection. No. 7. The Goddess
Isis,” or "The Seat." The hieroglyphic throne on her
head, and followed by the priestesses and virgins dedicated to
her worship. Isis was styled also "The Beginning" (as her
sister, " Nepthys," was " The End"), and "Isis, Queen of
Egypt," "The Goddess of the Moon," "Defender of
her Brother," dm. (The " Ceres" of the Greeks.) " The
festival," says Herodotus, "which they celebrate at Buse-
r% in honour of Isis is magnificent. After prayers a
bull is sacrificed, which the priests cut up and afterwards
burn, pouring oil on the fire while the victim is con-
suming. Kneeling and striking themselves in honour of
Osiris,' they afterwards eat what remains of the sacrifice."
Tamarisk and Dancers. No. 8. The God Horns" (or Khons-
Horns, the Apollo of the Greeks, In-hieroglyph " The
Warmth of the Sun," " The Path" (of the Sun), " The Sup-
port," a " Defender of his Father," Ste., the Son of Osiris and
Isis. He is represented with the single mystic lock of Hair
id* Childhood slaying his evil geniuses, under the forms of the
lion, the gazelle, scorpions, vipers, 6.c., while Typho, Typhon,
Seth, or Baal, "The Evil Spirit," is escaping from beneath
his feet in the shape of a crocodile. He is attended by his
sacred emblems and standards. The Hawk wag dedicated to
him, the Tamarisk Tree, the Testudo (Lyre), &c. One of the
principal duties of " Horns," was that of introducing the
souls of the dead into the presence of " Osiris," after they
had passed the ordeal of final judgment. He also assisted
Amset" in weighing and ascertainiug their good conduct
during life, previous to their admission into the august
presence of his Father in tho blessed regions of
the AMenti. Incense Bearers. No. 9. The Goddess " Nep-
thys" (" Proserpina" of the Greeks), called also "The End,"
," The Sister Goddess," " The Saviour Sister Goddess," " The
Barren," " Rectrix of the Lower Regions." On her head the
hieroglyphic emblem of her name, a bowl and basket, called
4. Neb," placed upon a house, answering to " Ei" or " Tei,"
Neb-tei" or "Neb-thy," " The Lady of the Abode." " The
Sistrum, having the face of Isis on ono side, and Nepthys on
the other, hieroglyphically represents 'the beginning and the
cad, or generation and corruption.' "—Plutarch. No. 10.
The Goddess " Neith " (the " Minerva " of the Greeks,) en-
throned with sceptre, and wearing the " Teshr," preceded by
Musicians, Male and Female Bearers of Incense with green
lame, and surrounded by symbolic divinities, !,N,ith., was

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