The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

THIS EVENING,

A.sT IMPUDENT PUPPY. Characters by. Messrs. Chas.
2dathews, A. Youngs, Swan, Worrell, and Vincent ; Miss
%Oct, Miss Wadham.•

After which, Sheridan's dramatic piece of THE CRITIC ;
in which Mr. C. Mathews will sustain the characters of Sir
Fretful, Plagiary and Puff ; supported by Messrs. Stuart,
Vince t, R. Roxby, A. Younge, G. Wild, Swan, Templeton,
Worrell ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Wadham, &c.
To conclude with a new grand BALLET DIVERTISSE-
MENT, in which Miss Rosina Wright and the Ladies of the
Corps de Ballet will appear.
On Monday, and during the week, the Grand Egyptian
Spectacle.

NITOCRIS..
Principal characters by Miss Glynn, Miss Cleveland, Miss
Anderton, Mrs. Selby; Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Stuart, F.
Pager, G. Wild, &c., introducing an Egyptian Dance, in
which Misses Rosina Wright, Charles, Brown, and the ladies
of the Corps de Ballet will appear.
Nioesais.—.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
Grand Egyptian Coronation Procession, arranged and adapted
to this stage by " Dykwynkyn," from the works of Clemens,
Herodotus Strabo, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Jablonski,
LoPedus, Dimon, Champolion, Rosellini, Savary, Wilkinson,
and other authorities in the British Museum, the publishing
of which may prove interesting to the numerous patrons s it-
bessing the spectacle, and can be had in the Theatre for one
Peony., Military Entree—Egyptian Soldiery in fell costume,
marching three deep, with Band of Trumpets and Tympanum,
or Hand Drum. The Agathodesmon, or " Good Genius"
(Winged Globe), under whose protection the persons
of Kings and Temples of Gods were placed, is
borne first, and in succession the other Symbolic, Royal, and
War Standards. The Lybian Forces, Allies of the Egyptians,
with Baud and Symbolic Standards respectively. The Ethio-
pian Guard, with 'Characteristic Symbols, Standards, &c.
Idolatrous Procession. Note—Every City, Month, Day, and
Hour had its presiding Genius. Singer, with the Book of
"Hermes." Horns Copus with Palm Branch and Hour
Glass. " The Hierogrammat," or Sacred Scribe (in his hand
the Book, Ruler' ,Papyrus, and Palette). Two Functionaries
with Emblems nf "power" and " Stability." No. 1. The
Ark, or " Shrine of Knonmis," called also "Knoum," "Neph,"
or " Num," i.e. " Water."—Ti_k primary form of " Amnon,"
and styled "The Leader of Goag.--.." The Creating Intern-
gence"—" The Spirit of God"—" The Spirit of the (Vernal)
Deity"--s' The Soul of the Sun," and by the Greeks "Jupiter
Chnumis." Worshipped by the inhabitants of Thebais (Pin-
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 (Y chaos), whence
arose all created things (Egyptian belief ). Symbolic
standard of ditto. The Sybil, bearing the emblematic rush
wand, with " Heka," " The Frog," the son of " Num," and
type of the first state of man. No. 2 "Ma," " Moil," 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
" Thunarein" 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 hay-
mg the figures of the two gods, " Re" (Light) arid " Thmei "
(Truth) represented upon them have been discovered. Priests
With Searabsei. The Scarabreus 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
Patera before the god. The incense was in the shape of a
small globe or pill ; and, upon modern analysis, is found to
Istisist of aromatic substances with gum, and gave out co-
riTed light or flame when thrown into the burning cup. No.
APis ;" His tes we " The red Bull of Memphis."
The Bull of Abutindance,l "re " AdorSedac by the People," " The
'me re& 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 bearing the
emblems of ." Serapis" or " Sari Api," " The Pillar of Mensu-
ration, "Column. of Measurement," or " Nilometer" of wood
divided into cubits. Attendant priests also fan the idol and
offer homage as it passes forward. The festivals in honour
of Apia lasted 7 days, on which occasion a large concourse of
People 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
WI 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 abale.onment 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 ! 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 Meliolotu.s. 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 if he remained the conqueror they ehoold
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 image 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
he is worshipped as the vanquisher of all the gods."—Ruffin
Histoire de l'Eglise, livre second. No. 4. The Goddess
" Pash-t," " The Memphian Lioness," " The Beloved of
Pthah," " Ihe Goddess of Fire," " Bubastes" (the Diana of
the Greeks) preceded by sacred dancers. The Idol carried by
tests in their leopard-skin dresses, with red incense flaming
fore her, and surrounded by " Symbolic Divinities,"
Winged Geniuses," &c. One, or the principal festivities
held i
-n -sgypt 'was at Bnbastis in honour of the Pash-t-
-10e0,000 persons of both sexes being present. • A great num-
: of victims were sacrificed, wine was profusely drunk,
s,dancing of the wildest character went forward, men played
"nwli, women sang and shrieked as loud as possible,
struck the " Crotola" (cymbals) or clappers of wood and
&e. Lotus Dancers (Females). Incense Bearers. No. 5.
Tlie
god " Osiris," as " Osiris Pethempamentes" (the Pluto of
the Greeks). "He who is resident in the Hades," ``Presi-
. ent.of the Amenti," Receiver and Giver," " The 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 Tiine, from the wurd, " 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
aollB his temples and priests were to be found in al-
most every part of Egypt ; the sacred rites of Osiris were a
Pr"ound mystery, never revealed. His name was even
avoided, as of too august a nature to be mentioned. The "Iv,.
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 (hearing emblem of life and power) and their vases of
• Atneuti," or that subterraneous region where they (the
gYptians) imagined the souls of the dead to go after their
d ecease. 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
" rabh-senuf," " Refresher of his Brethren" (hawk-headed).
The. Sepulchral Vases have beads 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
" Liis" to the dead ; on that of " Hepi" is a similar speech from
"Nepthys ;" on that of "Tuautmutf, one from "Neith;" and
on that of " Kabh-senuf," one from " Selk ;" the purport of
each beingan assurance of protection, and of b sing "near thee,"
" beside thee," or " I come to be beside thee." The Sacred
.!eat is followed by the symbolic " Eyes of Osiris," or of
lie. Sun," emblems of the all-seeing presence of the Di-
Tin ty. Note.—Besides the Four Amenti, here were 42 As-
sesiors 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
immesijately under, their protection. No. 7. The Goddess
" Isis, or " The Seat." The hieroglyphic throne on her
bead, and followed by the priestesses and virgins dedicated to
her worshipl 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," c. (The " Ceres" of the Greeks.) "The
festival," says Herodotus, " which they celebrate at Buso-
ris 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-
The Horns, the Apollo of the Greeks, In-hieroglyph
Warmth of the Sun," "The Path" (of the Sun), The "
Sup-
port," a " Defender of his'Father, &c., the Son of Osiris and
Isis. He is represented with the single mystic lock of Hair
of Childhood slaying his evil geniuses, under the forms of the
lion, the gazelle,escaping
from Typhon,
scorpions, vipers, &c., while Typho,
Seth Baal " The Evil Spirit," is eseajnbeneath
firs feet
or , Hs iswaafittedneddeideatebydhtios
his feet in the shape of a crocodile.
sacred emblems and standards. The Hawk
_
hum, the Tamarisk Tree, the Testudo (Lyre), &c. One of the
"" after the
Principal duties of " Horns," was that of intoducing the
souls of the dead into the presence of Osiris, y
had passed the ordeal of final judgment.
Araset" in weighing and ascertaining their g
H e a lso
conductassisted
during life, previous to their admission into le auguof
presence of his Father in the blessed
regions
the Amenti. Ineense Bearers. No. 9. The Goddess
thys"
Proserpina" of the Greeks), called also "The End,"
" The Sister Goddess The
" " The Saviour Sister Goddess,"
Barren," " Rectrix of the Lower Regions." On her head the
hieroglyphic emblem of her name, a bowl and basket, cafe 1
" Neb, ' placed upon a house, answering to " Ei" or " Tei,"
" Neb-tei" or "Neb-thy,e 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
eud, 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
flame, and surrounded by symbolic divinities. '"Neith" was
styled " The Mother Goddess "or " Mother of Gods," " The
Deified personification of Air."—(Diodorus.) She presided over
the Upper Hemisphere, and was particularlyworshipped at Sais.
Musical instruments stringed (the Buoni or harp of 17 strings,
especially) were dedicated to her. " Neith," or " Neth," is
the supposed origin of the Greek name, " Thena," 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. :
s'—s" lam that which is, which was, and shall be. No Mortal