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

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TiIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. rating of his own achievements. A becomng
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMlTH.—Acting Manager, ,11 r. Charles
Mathews,—Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Roxby.—The public is re- modesty may prevent him from taking due credit
spectfully informed that this ESTABLISHMENT will OPEN for
the regular DRAMATIC REASON, under the Management of Mr. for his own triumphs or those of his brave fol.
E. T. Smith, on Monday, October 1, on which occasion Mr. Elliot
Gales, Lucy Escott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the lowers • ; while, on the other hand, he would natu-
National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical -
de-
Egyptian Drama, written by E. Fitaball, Esq., and which has for ally be disposed to slur over any failures or
upwards of 18 months engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani- ficiencies. 'We should scarcely expect to see any
cal, and decorative departments of this theatre, will positively be
produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de- British General giving mendacious accounts a la
tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when-
ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee MENSCHIKOFF, of matters which could easily and
has the greatest p'casure in announcing that he has engaged that
inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a , speedily be detected ; but certainly under the
series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen
the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the grin- existing system there are are no means of insuring
cipal members of' the Lyceum Company. a hat distinguished tragic,
actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, veracity or punishing false or exaggerated state-
will De likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth- •
coming season, while the scenic department will be under the ments•
immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee. Were there a Secretar "at" or "for " War in
in thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama, y
which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary attendance in the Crimea, we should have had a corn-
to state that, so connected as everything relative to Egypt is with
mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare plete account of the attack on the Redan and the
neither trouble nor expenditure in ore er to present a strictly accu-
rate picture of the regal awl domestic history, habits, manners, awl causes of its failure—of the subsequent evacuation
customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and
to reproduce, as far as possible in scenic accessories, those colossal I of the beleaguered city, and the nominal lists of
masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose
enormous dimensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or this i killed and wounded transmitted per telegraph more
fu-y of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions
at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and burn- than a fortnight since. The public anxiety, and
ing sands which bave been at once their tomb and their protection.
That nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its ' more especially the apprehensions of those who
production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic
talent, ani iilustrsted by artistic arid mechanical effects of entirely had friends or relatives engaged in the terrible
novel construction. Fie, odotus, Denon, Wilkinson, the libraries of
the British and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together
conflict, would long since have been alleviated.
with other authorities, have been carefully consulted to insure the.
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and ia any would have been enabled toparticipate fully
moat rigid correctness in all the details and appointments;
thus reviving the associations of a people that existed upwards of in the national exultation without an reason to
4,000 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com- , y
bination of amusement and iestraction hitherto unknown. Rather, fear that the cup of joy would be rudely cast from
however, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the
laurels to be distributed by the p :We to these artists who w,ll ' their lips, while the less fortunate, whose fore-
be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in-
vites the critic and the antiquary to judge of its merits and bodings might be but too truly verified, would
attest the fidelity of the most minute details. Ths ancient
and modern authorities consulted by,
and the whole of the at least know the worst, and be saved from those
Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the entire
superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new, heart-rending doubts, that are •even less tolerable
painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon,
than the certainty of the greatest calamities.
Aglio, and assistants. The gas fittings by James Penner and as-
sistants. Th (striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Mi s In the good old times, every Sovereign or Ge-
Bradle, ,and assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., are all
new. 1-ioserty-Master, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give neral had his bard. It was a salutary rule, and
g d
.greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered an
added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances we trust that the precedent will again be followed.
arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and music by H.
Laurent, Esq. Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker The system now in operation is alike unfair to the
and assistants. The following artistes have been already engaged:
—Miss Glyn, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss General and to the community. The former can-
Talbot, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Mi--s
wadham, Miss De Yore, Miss Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. not sufficiently expatiate on his successes, or the
Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, sir. R. Boxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A.
Younge, Mr George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, skill by which they were produced, while
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. empleton, Mr.
T.aporte. The Ballet :—Madame Louise, Miss Rosins Wright, Miss i his excuses for failure may, and probably
Charles, Mdlle. Therese, Miss Smith, Miss Brown, and 24 ladies a I .
ll be, distrusted. The people, on the other
the Corps de Ballet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. wi
A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of
300 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of I hand, cannot place that implicit reliance on the
the Egyptian drama, presenting a coup d'ceil of surpassing ma,gni- , account of any event, and of its probable or pos-
ncenee and grandeur, pyrandeur, occuing • the whole of the largest stage iu
the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. I sible consequences that would naturally follow
-) In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson,
Esq., author of' " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the the statement of an impartial and disinterested
direction of sir. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre will
be open at hail-past 6, and commence at 7. witness, who was narratinv, the doings of
another for which he was not himself re-
sponsible, and on which his reputation was not
in any degree dependent. We trust that these
observations may have some effect in producing
the amelioration of a very decided, although a
very easily remedied, evil. At present we have
only to complain of the unnecessary delay,
for Mr. -WILLIAM RUSSELL. and the Times
have prevented any permanent mischief. We
cannot be certain that we shall always be so
fortunate, or that we shall invariably obtain such
admirable accounts of events—not merely of
national, but of European and undying interest—
which will remain, throughout all ages, to pos-
terity as one of the proudest records of their
fathers' prowess.

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE.

Leases, Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed Handel's Serenata ACIS AND GAL ATEA ,
characters by Messrs. Elliot Galer, and H. Brabant; and Miss
Huddart and Lucy Escott.
To be followed by a GRAND CONCERT;

To conclude with TIIE DAUGHTER. OF TIIE REGINIENf.

Prices of admission:---To the two, galleries, 6,1.! second circle of
13 OSCS arid pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6(1.; etals, 45.; private boxes to
a draft two persons, 10s. 6d.; Poor persons, one guinea. Box-oftive
0 pen from 10 to 6 daily.
Doors open at Half-past Seven. Commence at Eight.

TFIRATRE ROYAL lIAYMARIL r. T.'
Under the management of Mr. Buckstane
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS.
After which, THE PRETTY GIRSEY AND THE BULL-
FIGHTER.
Followed by COURT FAVOUR.
To which will be added a ilallet Dirertilacmcnt.
To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand.
THIS EVENING,
Will he presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint-
ments, !WIC and NI YSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two
parts, oy Professor Anderson.

The reports on the intended policy of the War
are almost as contradictory as those on the in-
tended strategiof Generals SIMPSON and PEussinn.
On Monday we were all down-hearted with the
announcement that Sebastopol was to be razed
and the basins filled up. The next clay it was
stated that the announcement was probably pre-
mature. At first ammunition, which was in
course of shipment at Marseilles, was stopped, a
day or two after, and we read " that shell and
cartridges are being shipped." Of course nothing
leaks out of the intentions of the Cabinets in any
authentic form. Even the Moniteur, generally
our best informant' during the recess, is silent.
Somewhat unofficially, though a Prime Minister
must know that his positive assertions, anywhere,
must pass for authority, Lord PALMERSTONE gives
us his general view of the position. On the boards
of a railway platform he meets a large number of
farmers, the Premier discourses with them, first,
Of course, on the price of wheat ; the conversa-
tion branched oft; as a matter of course, to the
War, when he assured them that the army was in
a most efficient state, the hospitals, such as Lon-
don might envy, and Sebastopol so far left entire
as to furnish very comfortable 'winter quarters for
the Allied troops. He emphatically added, " that
they might rest assured that the power and pre-
tensions of Russia would be effectually humbled be-
fore the Allied Powers would consent to a peace."
If but one adverb in this sentence retain its
place to the last, as an expression of the determi-
nation of the Allies, all England, and all Europe
will be satisfied. Russia is now humbled ; that
she should be effectually humbled is the all-im-
portant point. To " raze Sebastopol and to fill
up the basins," which implies giving back the
Crimea to Russia, would be the very opposite of
effectual humbling. Houses can be rebuilt, rub-
bish can be cleared out of dockyard basins, and
the provocation would be very effectual, we must
think, to remove the humiliation when we left
the enemy full opportunity to do it. Think
of the Russians filling up any of our
naval dockyards, and then abandoning them
Why, every Englishman would
pay any amount of income tax till they were
rendered ten times better and more formidable
than before. Can the Allies be so foolish as
thus to provoke Russia to make Sebastopol a
second Gibraltar, or -Valetta, till peace could only
result, in a few years, in a hitherto unheard-of
aggrandisement of Russian power in the East ?
As yet we refuse to believe it. Keep the Crimea,
refrain from the barbarism of destroying noble
docks and buildings, put Sebastopol into the
hands of a commercial nation, open it as a free
port to all nations, drive the Russians from all
the ports of the Sea of Azoff, and leave them to
free commerce with the world, and we believe a
state of things would soon arise in the East which
would supersede and repel for ever the uncom-
inhree Tartarial' half-civilised Government of the CZARS.
T
would s
the Kuban and north of the
etribes on
Crimea eon re-acquire the character of
which Russia deprived them, and become flourish-
ing, independent, and vigorous. Our practical
the Circassians, would develop
the manly capacities' of their nature ; and thentories of Asia, indeed of the
and noble A dies,,
entire adjacent ter
whole of the Black Sea, would feel the impulse
Sebastopol is by far the
Sebastop
noblest harbour in the Euxine, and, if diverted
given to civilszation.
from its infernal and bloody
destiny to the peace-
ful purposes of trade, it might become the grand
naval mart of the East. This alone would be
an "effectual" humiliation to
the power of Russia.
It would be not only casting out the Legion of
Devils, but putting the man clothed and in his
right mind in their place. If we may pursue
such an illustration, the opposite
plan would
bring back the seven devils worse than the
former,, and the last state of the city would ho
worse than the first.

Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. Ils. 6d. and IL Is. ;
Orchestra :ztalls, 44.: Dress Boxes, 3e.; Upper boxes, 2s. ; Pit,
Is.; Oallery, 6.1. No Half-price. Box-office open from II to 6

Grand Mornine: Pcrfor nance on Satthday Next at Two o'Clock
Doors open at Jitatf-past One.

TFIRATRE ROYAL ADELPEIL

Proprietor, Mr. B. V'ebit: r.—Directresg, Madame Ceeste.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed VICTORINE. Cbiracters by Messrs L Mar.
ray, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Wright, P.irselle, Sze.; Miss Woolgar
Mrs. L. Murray,
After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ?
To conclude with SEEING WRIG TIT.

to us.

We need not doubt the intentions of Lord
PALMZRSTON himself, but we must be permitted
to more than doubt the evil genius which
has influenced, and will yet influence the
policy of the War. Austria and the Coburgs
will not allow Russia to be weakened if
they can help it. And, ignoble and treacherous
as the conduct of the Court of Vienna has been,
and is, some in England—some whose influence
seems uncontrollable by the English people—are
determined that Austria shall substantially have
her way. The true policy which ought from