The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-08 00:00:00

DIED.

On the 3d inst., at 15, Brompton-row, Brompton, Alex.
Greig, Esq., aged 91.
On the 2d inst., at 37, Paul's-road, Camden-town, Chas.
James Templer, second son of the Rev. J. Templer, rector
of Teigngraee, Devon, aged 31.
On the 4th inst., at 58, Oxford-street, Mr. Thos. Read
Jenkinson, aged 30.
On the 6th inst., at 10, Hackney-terrace, South Hack-
ney, Mr. Wm. Adams, aged 81.
On the 4th inst., at ' SC. Fillan's, Perthshire, Thynne H.
Gwynno, Esq., aged 76.
On the 6th inst., at Percy-place, Clapham-road, Eliza-
beth, relict of Richard Collier, Esq., aged 73.
On the 26th ult.., washed overboard and drowned during
the late gales, Captain J. Heath, of Arbour-square, Step-
ney, and Nuw Romney, Kent.

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THEATRE - ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.—'
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith ' • Acting Mana,qer, Mr. Chas. d
Mattiews ; Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Iteibuce
scale of admission :7 Upper gallery, 6d. ; .lower gallery, is.;
atuirbitheatre or upper boxes, 6d.; pit, 25.; first circle of
boxes, 2s. ed.; dress circle boxes, 3s. Mr. Smith respectfully
submits the above scale of prices of admission, varying
6d.
extra, according to accommodation. Mr. Charles Mathews in
two pieces. In consequence of the continued and unprece-
dented success of the comedy of Married for Money, and the
enthusiastic applause with which Mr. Charles Mathews and
the. Lyceum _Company are nightly received, the comedy will
be repeated every evening this week.—The extraordinary suc-
cess and unparalleled hit of the new Egyptian drama -
, Nito
erie, pronounced the most complete and magnificent specta-
cle ev,i produced, the new scenery, splendid dresses, and
gorgeous appointments being the theme of universal admira-
tion, induce the lessee to announce it for repetition every
evening (Saturday excePted) till further notice.

THIS EVENING.,
AN IMPUDENT PUPPY. Characters by Messrs. Chas.
Mathews, A. Younge, Swan, Worrell, and Vincent ; Miss
Talbot, Miss Wadhani.
To bo followed by a new interlude, entitled

TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, A. Younge, Swan ; Miss De Vere and
Miss Wadham.
To oenolude with (each evening) the Grand Egyptian Spectacle,

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NITOCRIS.
Principal characters by Miss Glynn, Miss Cleveland, Miss
Anderton, Mrs. Selby; 'Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Stuart, F.
Edgar, G. Wild, &c., introducing an Egyptian Dance, in
which Misses Rosins Wright; Charles, Brown, and the ladies
of the Corps de Ballet will appear.
On Saturday, after the Comedy, Married for Money, Sheri-
Rehearsal in
dan's dramatic piece, The Critic, or a Tragedy ,
which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain the characters of
Sir Fretful Plagiary and Buff; supported by Messrs. Stuart,
;
'Vincent, R. Roxby, A. Youngs, G. Wild, Swan, Templeton,
Worrell Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Wa.dham, &c.
To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, in which
Ifissmosina Wright and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet
wilt appear.
Knoenis.—Mr, E. Smith, anxious to make the spectacle
instructive as well, as amusing to the patrons of this Theatre,
has obtained• at considerable trouble, the Description of the
tirand Egyptian Coronation Procession, arranged and adapted
to this stage by " Dykwynkyn," from the works of Clemens,
Herodotus, Strabo, Plutarch, Diodorue Siculus, Jablonski,
Lopsins, Delon, Champolion, Rosellirri, Savary, Wilkinson,
end other authorities in the British Museum, the publishing
of which may prove interesting to the numerous patrons wit-
nessing the spectacle, and can belled in the Theatre for one
penny. ' Military Entree—Egyptian Soldiery in full costume,
marching three deep, with Band of Trumpets and Tympanum,
or Hand Drum. The Agathodmmou, or " Good Genius"
(Winged Globe), under whose protection the persons
of Kings and Temples of Gods were placed, is
borne first, and is succession the other Symbolic, Royal, and
War Standards. The Lybiat Forces, Allies of the Egyptians,
with Band and Symbolic Standards respectively. • The Ethio-
pian Guard, with Characteristic Symbols, Standards, &c.
Idolatrous Precession. -Note—Every City, Month, Day, and
flour had its presiding Genius. Singer, with the Book of
" Hermes." Hems Copus with Palm Branch and Hour
" The Hierogrammat," or Sacred Scribe (in his hand
the Book, Ruler, Papyrus, and Palette). Two Functionaries
'With Emblems of " Power" and " Stability." No. 1. The
Ark or " Shrine of Knoumis," called also "ICnoum," "Neph,"
or "'Num," i.e. " Water."--The primary form of" Amnon,"
and styled " The Leader of' Gods"—" The Creating Intelli-
genee"—" The Spirit of God"—" The • Spirit of the (Vernal)
beity".'—', The Soul of the Sun," and by the Greeks "Jupiter
Chnumis." Worshipped by the inhabitants of Thebais (Plu-
tarch). The asp was sacred to this god. The Ark, bearing his
hieroglyph, with that of the beetle, or " Creative Power," is
also decorated with this emblem. Symbolic standard of "Athos"
(Venus), the oracle of Night or Darkness (? chaos), whence
arose all created things (Egyptian belief ). Symbolic
standard of ditto. The Sybil, bearing the emblematic rush
.wand, with Helm" " The Frog," the son of " Num," and
type of the first state of man. No. 2 "Ma," " Meii," or
" Thmei ;" or " Truth," " the Blind Goddess, represented
with her eyes closed or blinded. The priests bearing this god-
dess have libation buckets and simpula. " Thmei," or Truth, or
Justice. This deity has also a twofold character as the God-
dess of Truth and Justice. The small image of this god was
-worn by the Chief Judge while engaged in listening to cases
brought before him. A. similar emblem was worn by the High
Priests of the Jews, and it is remarkable that the word
fc Thummin" 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) and " Mind "
(Truth) represented upon them have been discovered. Priests
with Starabasi. The Searalireus may be considered as au em-
blem of " The Sun"—of " The Creative Power," and of the
'God " Phthah" (Vulcan). Incense Bearer, waving his incense
Patera before the god. The incense was in the shape of a
small globe or pill ; and, upon modern analysis, is found to
consist of aromatic substances with gum, and gave out co-
loured light or flame when thrown into the burning cup. No.
"Apis ;" His titles were " The Sacred Bull of Memphis."
" The Bull of Abundance," " Adored by the People," " The
/sacred Bull of Pthah," " Guardian of the Solar Year,"
Apis renowned over the world," " The Symbol of Inunda-
tion." Richly draped and on a car led by Priests beariMeng
sin-
emblems of "•Serapis" or " Sari Api," " The lar of
ration, " Column of Measurement," or " Niloraeter" of wood
divided into cubits. Attendarit priests also fen
als the
in honour and
offer homage as it passes forward. ha festiv
of Apis lasted 7 days, on which occasion a large concourse of
Teoplo assembled at Memphis—the priests led the Sacred
(living) Bull in solemn procession, every one coming forward
from their houses to welcome him. Pliny and Solinus affirm
that children who smelt his breath were thought thereby
gifted with the power of predicting future events. The tokens
'which distinguished this Sacred Bull at its birth were a white
spot resembling a crescent on its right side, and a lump under
its tongue in the form of a beetle, as pretended by the priests.
The people believed him to be the cause of the swelling and
inundation of the Nile, which produced fertility and abund-
ance, and celebrated his festival at about the period of this
annual occurrence with every demonstration of rejoicing and
literal abandonment to the intoxication of joy all over the
kingdom. Many temples were erected and dedicated to
Apis," and also to " Serapis," the divinity of the Column
of Measurement—the Nilometer l N.B. The decorations of
the drapery upon the bull and carriage are principally com-
posed of the first flowers that spring from the earth after the
recession of the flood—i.e., the Lotus and Meliolotus. Priests
with the pretended God " Canopus," or Water Offering to
the God of the Nile. "It is said that the Chaldeans, trans-
porting the fire, which was their God, into all the provinces,
offered to let him combat with those of other nations,
on condition that it 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 headof
an ancient statue, said to be that of the pilot of Menelais.
The Chaldeans presented themselves; the contest begin;
they lighted their fires around the vase ; the wax melts the
water rues through the vase and extinguishes the fire. The
fraud of the priest gave the victory to Canopus ova. tea
Chaldean deity. From that moment his image has bon re-
presented with very short feet, a narrow back, and tae belly
and back rounded like a pitcher. It is under this firm that
he is worshipped as the vanquisher of all the gods."—Ruffin
Histoire de rEglisa, livre second. No. 4. The Goddess
" Pash-t," " The Memphian Lioness," " The ieloved of
Pthah," " The Goddess of Fire," " Bubastes" (tie Diana of
the Greeks) preceded by sacred dancers. The Ida carried by
priests in their leopard-skin dresses, with red incense flaming
before her, and surrounded by " Symbolic Divinities,"
" Winged Geniuses," &c. Ono or the princiAl festivities
held in Egypt was at Bubastis in honour of the Pash-t—
-'700,000 persons of both sexes being present. A great num-
ber of victims were sacrificed, wine was Tofusely drunk,
dancing of the wildest character went foreerd, men played
flutes, women sang and shrieked as Lud as possible,
Struck the " Crotola" (cymbals) or clareers of wood and
metal, So. Lotus Dancers (Females). Ineeiso Bearers. No. 5.
The god " Osieis," as " Osiris Pethempartentcs" (the Pluto of
the Greeks). "He who is resident in tin Hades," " Presi-
dent of.the Amenti," " is
and Giver," " The Sun,"
" The Eye of the World," " The Source of the Nile, " " Ho
who has many Eyes," a fortn of Ammor, 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 babe 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 subtemneoas region where they (the
Egyptians) imagined the souls of the dead to go after their
decease: The first genius is .1 Amset," "Judge of the
Amenti" (human-headed). Thl second is " Hcpi," " Con-
cealed Number" (baboon-headed). The thirdis " 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 " Ainset" Vase is inscribed the speech of
" Isis" to the dead ; on that of " Hepi" is a similar speech from
"Nepthys ;" on that of "Taautmutf, one from "Neith;" and
on that of " Kabh-senuf," one from " Selk ;" the purport of
each being an assurance of protection, and of being "near thee,"
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beside thee," or " I come to be beside thee." The Sacred
Boat is followed by the symbolic " Eyes
of Osiris," or of
s, The Sun," emblems of the all-seeingpresence of the Di-
vinity.- Note.—Besides the Four Amenti, here were 42 As-
sessors or Judges of the 42 Crimes, from which good man
should be free ; and these also differ from the a 36
Demons
mentioned by Origen that presided over the human body,m and
were iiiioked to cure the infirmities of the peculiar
immediately under their protection. No. 7. The member
Goddess
"Isis," or "The Seat." The hieroglyphic throne on her
s
and " Isis, Queen of
head, and followed by the priestesses and virgins dedicated to
• her worship. Isis was styled also "The Beginning',
(as her
, was "The End"),
sister,
`NepthysThe Goddess of the Moon," " Defender of
her Brother," &e.theGreeks.) The
(The " Cores" of
says_ Herodotus, " which they celebrate at Buse-
ris in honour of Isis is magnificent. After prayers a
bull is sacrificed, which the priests cut up and afterwards
m burn, pouring pouring oil on the fire while
elvetha v
iictihonour of
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suming. Kneeling and striking themss n
Osiris,' they afterwards eat what remains oforu tsh"e(soracKrihfieene.s".
Tamarisk and Dancers. No. 8. The God H
Horns, the Apollo of the Greeks, In-hieroglyph " The
Warmth of the Sun," "The Path" (of
the
Sun),
f"OTh. e. Supd-
port," a " Defender of his Father," &c., the Son oloeksionfshlanir
Isis. He is represented with the single mystic
of Childhood slaying his evil geniuses, under the forms of the
lion, the gazelle, scorpions, vipers, 6.c., while Typho, Typhon,
Seth, en. 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), &e• One of the
principal duties of " Horns," was that of introducing the
souls of, the dead into the presence of " Osiris," after they
bad passed, the ordeal of final judgment. He also assisted
• Amset" weighing and ascertaining their good conduct
during life, previous to their admission in'Lo the august
presence of his Father in the blessed regions of
the Amenti. Incense Bearers. \No. 9. The Goddess " Nep-
thys" (" Proserpine" 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
Noh, ' placed upon a house, answering to " Ei" or " Tei "
e Neb-tei" or "Neb-thy," " The Lady of the Abode." " The
Sistrum, having.the face of Isis on one side, and Nepthys on
the other, hieroglyphically represents the beginning and the
end, or generation and corruption.' e_
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
Salim, and surrounded by symbelic divinities, "New was

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styled " Tho Mother Goddess" or " Mother of Gods," " The
Deified personification of Air."— (D ioolorus. ) She presided over
the Upper Hemisphere, and was particularlyworshipped at Sale.
Musical instruments stringed (the Buoni or harp of 17 strings,
especially) ware dedicated to her. " Neith," or " Neth," is
the supposed origin of the Greek name, " Them," or
" Athena." The belief of the Egyptians in " the Existence
of a Supreme Being " is proved by the inscription over the
Temple of Minerva (Neith), in hieroglyphic characters, viz. :
—" lam that which is, which was, and shall be. No Mortal
has lifted up my veil—the offspring of my power is the Sun."
And the " Immortality of the Soul," by the prayer recited
at the time of death, byan Egyptian, expressing his desire to
be received into the presence of the deities. Symbols of Mau
and Tefnu; and lEgis or Athol.. No. 11. " Mersekar,". the
Snake Goddess, called also " Melsigor," or " Menokas"—
" Ruler of the Lower Regions." No. 12. The Great God
" Ammon," or " Hammen," " Amen," " Amen-ra,"
" Amoun," " The King of Gods," "The Concealed," "The Hid-
den," " The Intellectual Sun," wearing on his right head the
" Teshr," surmounted by the Disc and Plumes. In his right hone.
the "Tau," or emblem of life, and in his left the " Gom," o:
sceptre of power. A large Altar of Burning Incense is car-
ried before him ; on either side are his symbols of " creative
power," the Sacred Ureus, or Serpent of Ammon, Priests
with crooks and fans, in their habits and insignia of the high-
, est order, with the lEgis of the God— " The Intellectual Sun"
- - containing the symbolic" All-seeing 'Eyes," " The Divine
learabseus," and the Ram-headed God, " Chromnis," the
vernal creative intelligence or divinity. The Xing and Queen
Crowned. The I(ing bears in his hand the sceptre of " Truth,
Justice, and Mercy." Tho Queen that of the Sovereignty of
the Nile. They are preceded by Dancers and Musicians, La-
dies and Officers of the Court and .Household ; the God
" Eilethyia," or Sacred Vulture, " Tho.Protectress of Kings"
--..." The Pure," borne immediately, in front of the Royal per-
sonages. The State Plabella, behind and over their heads,
together with the banners of Nitocris and Egypt, flanked by
th Royal oaks of " " (the Sun) ; sacred symbols, with
various insignia, royal and 'military standards, &c.

ROYAL LYCEUM TELEATRE. THIS
EVENING, and every evening during the
week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC.
and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great
Wizard of tho North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary
effects. _ ,

Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos-
sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar _phases of
amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them-
selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of
them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the
eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com-
pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex-
pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex-
travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
the bounds of probability.
Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and
fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he
has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-