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

Enclosure 3.

SUPPLEMENTARY NUMERICAL RETURN OF
CASUALTIES FROM 9Th TO 27Tm SEPTEMBER,
1855.
10th Hussars-2 serjeants, 15 rank and file missing
(prisoners of war)---taken prisoners on the 21st September,
in an affair with the Cossacks.
W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjtant-General.

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Enclosure 4.
SUPPLEMENTAL NOMINAL RETURN OF CASU-
ALTIES ALTIES FROM 9TH TO 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1855.
iam
MAEU PRISONERS OF WAS.
Taken prisoners in an affair with the Cossacks.
SEPT. 21.
Serjeant Jo William Persons—in
.hospital, with every
attention; rolyuoatonhdte,
d Bohn;ppa
iradirvsah—tiems Troopwr
Ferriern.S o
Arjlevaen:
William
Charles
Jph Broadbent, George
ose h Davies, Hour Coulter (slightly
wounded), Josep Y French, Henr '
rnor, Robt. Neath, Matthew 13011neey Thos.3' °rh-
Sherwood,
son
4NHAM, .
Adjutant-General.
John Smith, Arthur Wival.kLer:
pAKE

(Enclosure 5.) • - -
Kinbourn, 0ct...19, 1855.
Commander-in-Chief, to forward a more correct state of
the faros
have
under the honour, for the information of the
my command than my very hurried de-
spatch of this 17th inst. enabled me to do.
lam this day employed in moving my caMp, now
three miles from Kinbourn, to the immediate neigh-
bourhood of that fort ; our position, although no time
has been lost in making intrenchments, being too exten-
sive, and the gun-boats of the allied fleets, from the
peculiarity of the ground, could, in the event of an
attack from the interior, be of little use to, us.
flanks. .
h force
miTleh,eatnrdonwtilolftethweenllecwovpeoresdit,ibOyn
twhilelgnuont.beoxactesedonbtloft:
provisions.
will take part. We carry with us six Y
bae:n very much
The Fort of Kinburn, which heaths 17th, is about
naTisosa-mncoer,roinw
whichGe n e r anleaßazairly
ihnepwuhrpooleseosf
dtt ohwei ne
:_ ink
yesterdaygouaos n_r
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damaged
Ocbakor
at
The fort and magazines
blown up by the enemy, troop, vary healthy.
The weather is fine, and
r is to be found of the shore, and
A small supply of wa.t..m,are, sce.
I hope to increase it.. A.-1.
angdeedrgboyrethpeaifir.re of the ships on,
The

ADIER-GENERAL THE
COMMAN
A SPENCER, C.B.
HON. A.
Rinbourn, Oct. 19,1855.
Infantry-180 officers, 237 serjeants, 86 drummers, 3,992
rank and file • 33 sick.
EFFECTIVEI)STOAFTEBORFIGTHE FORCE UNDER THE
Royal Artillery-6 officers,
file 100 horses.
Royal Engineers-6 officers, 4 serjeants, 56 rank and file-
Detachment of Cavalry-1 officer, 1 serjeant, 20 rank
and file ;20 horses. 5 serjeants, 149 rank and
Total-193 officers, 247 serjeants, 86 drummers, 4,224
rank and file ; 33 sick ; 120 horses.
(signed) A, SPENCER, Brigaaw__CW tr-

BURGLARY. `--£2OO REWARD.—On the 1
Night of Friday, the 26th of October inst., 1855, Oakland
House, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed, among
other things, of 2/. ss. ed. in money, some Silver Teaspoons, Threaded
Shell Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial "S," and
the Motto, "Prudent's et Animis," of the Works of a Drawing-room
Clock, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, one
black twilled Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar,
;aid the other a dark brown driving coat of thick One cloth.
Whoever will give such information as shalt lead to the conviction
of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Iteward, on applica-
tion to Mr. Steele, Solicitor, No. 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields, where, or at
the premises, or to the police, all Information is to be rendered.

I.IEUE PEOPLE'S CLUB,
The progress of the People, the march of mind, and
many other phrases, are common in the mouths of all ; yet it
is a fact that very little is done for them by the Government;
and although many praiseworthy efforts are made by private
individuals and the richer classes, yet they fail of coming
home to the feelings and sympathies of the people.
The reason is, that all these are attempts to provide for the
people much that the people do not care for, and much they
do not understand ; and both are frequently done in a way
that offend the pride and self-esteem of the working classes,
who are as independent in feeling as any other class in society.
The consequence of this state of things is, that the Me-
chanic? Institutions of Lord Brougham, the Athenaeums of
rich traders of Manchester and Liverpool, and even the Crys-
tal Palace of Prince Albert, are failures, as far as the veritable
people are concerned, who scarcely ever visit such places,
where they feel themselves intruders. They mingle with
classes who look down upon them, and they keep, as most
classes do, to their own places of amusement and recreation,
such as they are. Fairs are mostly done away with, and
the boisterous mirth of such places has degenerated into
scrambles for picking pockets and viler purposes.
Meanwhile population goes on increasing at a tremendous
rate, everyyear the addition of hundreds of thousands extend
the area of this huge metropolis, and whilst all other classes
have their refining and civilising processes, the artisan alone
sinks lower and lower in the scale. The class of traders has
improved with every generation, and we now find their sons
and daughters are more refined, have more knowledge, and
better taste than had the ancestors of many lords and dukes a
hundred years since. Their young men support the nume-
rous theatres, concerts, libraries, clubs, exhibitions, and in-
stitutions of this great town. They are well clothed and
well mannered, and in all essential respects gentlemen.
What a contrast is there with the artisan class, who go on
from generation to generation uncared for ; and although they
too have made some progress in civiEsation, yet by no means
in a fair proportion. . .

Whence this difference arises is plain'y to be seen. The
traders' sons are not only better grounded in education, but
they have numerous sources of adult education. Their wits
are sharpened at the theatres, their minds are cultivated at
the various learned and literary institutions, and by mingling
in company at the Clubs and other places of resort. They
thus get, what no set or scientific education can give, some
refinement of manner and the elements of taste.

It may be said that our artisans and workmen have the
same opportunities, but it is not so. It is true the civilising
influence of the theatre is thrown open to them, and many
take advantage of it ' • but the people at large require much
more than this; and many many thousands never receive
even this.influence ; some by principle, and other by circum-
stances, being precluded.
The Crystal Palace comes the nearest to a grand refining
public institution ; but it is essentially removed out of the
reach of the working classes, except for occasional purposes.
What the people want is something that shall spontaneously
attract them. Some place which they can feel is their own,
some place where they are at home amongst their own class.
A place in which they can take a pride, and where they will
find ease, and pleasure, and relaxation, mingled imperceptibly
with refining and instructing processes ; where by mixing
with men of all tempers and capacities, they will acquire
manners, and by associating with portions of art, acquire re-
finement and taste.

No such attempt has yet teen made, Hospitals have been
built for the sick; mei.hanics' institutes for abstract studies ;
schools for the ignorant; but nothing has been done to im-
prove the manners and the tastes of the great body of the
people ; and this we maintain, in spite of the British Museum
and the National Gallery being thrown open to all. The
wandering through museums and galleries, without other
stimulants to the mind, is of little advantage, and that it is
so is proved by the inadequate operation of such places on
the minds of the people at large.
It is a remarkable fact that the mind will remain dead to
all such appeals for ages, and that it is only earnestly aroused
and improved through the feelings. Thus the pulpit will do
more than scientific lectures ; and theatres than dumb gal-
leries and overloaded museums.

If, then, the people are to be awakened to a full develop-
ment of their capacities and power, they must have the means
of doing so. They must be sufficiently informed and culti-
vated to become a class. They must feel their own position.
and respect it, and they must become powerful by cohesion,
and by a unity of taste and interest.
Looking at it in this point of view, the imperfectly existing
amount of civilisation, and among the working classes its
slow rate of progrzssion, too plainly shows the mental state
of the greatest portion of mankind. Sanatory improvements
would riot be so tardy ; mendicancy so extensive ; law so
inefficient ; and true religion so partial, if the minds of
mankind were fully informed, and the best feelings of the
human heart were cultivated,
It has been, therefore, thought by ONE who sincerely sym-
pathises with his own class, " The people," that this beater
commencement of a new epoch, in which to arouse the popu-
lar intellect, could not be devised than to erect on a magni-
ficent scale,

A PEOPLE'S CLUB,

to which " The people" would resort, and enjoy, amidst the
elegancies of art, all that
A NEWS-ROOM AND LIBRARY,
on the largest and most liberal scale, could afford. For this
pittpose it is intended to erect, in a central position of the
metropolis,

A GRAND HALL,
for Public Meetings, drc„ whereto, in the easiest manner, and
under the cheapest terms the circumstances will allow, " The
people" should be admitted to all the comfort, gratification,
and conveniences that the West-end Club affords to the aris-
tocrat.

E T. Smith, to whom the merit of this patriotic pro-
ject belongs, is determined to carry it out by means of a Joint
Stock Company, established on the principle of Limited Liabi
lity. Ho has already secured the assistance of several men
whose position, talents, and national feelings will be of the
greatest service to the project, and who, lo)king far beyond
the immediate results, tcc in such a project an effective
means Of advancing the true civilisation of all within the
pale of an artificial community.

- As it is a project which has for its aim national advantages,
by aiding in the improvement of the manners and morals of
the people, it is one which may claim assistance from men
(and women) of all professions of religion and all classes of
society.

The Company will commence its operations by building a
spacious, handsome, and well-ventilated Hall, capable of
holding at least 7,00 persons at one time, which will be de-
corated in an artistic style, acid will have in it a large and
well-selected Library, Maps, Plans, and Engravings, and all
that can illustrate the great public events of the day.
Music and concerts will be occasionally introduced as mat-
ters of recreation ; and also, at certain seasons, explanatory
lectures, from men of the very highest position in their va-
rious professions. In this respect it will seek to stand in the
same relation to the working, that the Royal Society does to
the aristocratic classes.

Everything that can soothe the weary worker and relieve
the toiling man, and at the same time invigorate the mind,
will be devised. It is intended essentially to be a place of
recreation and relief, but siill conducted so that a great deal
of indirect and useful information shall almost unconsciously
be obtained; a place where conversation may be enjoyed,
intelligence acquired, and that social intercourse take place
necessary to all sorts and conditions of men.
It is estimated that for a subscription of one shilling weekly,
the payment of which will suit the convenience of all classes,
a working man shill have access to the Library, News-room,
and Lectures, and the occasional concerts, balls, and celebra-
tions which will be given.
The funds requisite, for the erection of the necessary
buildings, &c., are proposed to be raised by means of a Joint-
Stock Company with limited liability, having a capital of
15,,,001., consisting of 6,000 shares, of 27. 10s. each; 10s. to
be paid on allotment, and the remainder by suitable insta'-
rnent3 during the pro;ress of the works ;orby a subscription
of one
shilling weekly, at the end of twelve months a work-
ing man will become proprietor of a share in the building,
and a vote in the direLtion and management of the Club.
The amount of the shares is purposely fixed at so low a
m
sum as to give working
partleipatingn en an
opportunity of becoming
shareholders and
profit which, on the
safest data, it has been computed themust arise to the proprie-
tors. A per tentage not e_.:ceedinm 10/. per 100/ will be paid
to the shareholders, and all profits above that alountawiodll
itsbe
expended upon the extension of the Institution itself
Library.
Every holder of five shares will be entitled, in addition to
the above per ceniage, to the same privileges as if he were
a personal subscriber to the Institution. Arrangements will
also be made by which the wives and children of members
will be admitted to all the advantges of the Institution,
both for the purposes of recreation and education, en the
most easy terms,
n,ibabylel
A .code of rules and regul'ations will slhtnoe building
rtthiye mbeeaitistsu.
will
the Xanaging Committee, and plans of h
exhibited by the architects engaoed.
applications for shares and other information are requestede to
be made to Mr. E. T. Smith, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.

THEATRE ROYAL, ILLY3fARICET.
Under the Management of Mr. Buckatone.
THIS EVENING,
Performed Will be THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Characters by
Messrs. Chippeadale, E. Villiers, W. Farren, Howe, and Compton'
Mrs. Poynter, and Miss Swanborough.
Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE.
To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN.

ztOTAL PRINCEST.i -r rIEATRE, D-STItE ET,
Under the Management of Mr. CIIA3.LES Kits.
THIS EVENING

Mw
essrsill be Presented TUE WONDERFUL WO NAN. Characters by
. F.
Heath. Matthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss
After which, TUE HEIR AT LAW.
To conclude with A GAME OF ROMP?.

Ta. TEE ROYAL A,,,•)Fr ~,r—,
Proprietor, Mr. webs ' " --
t,.!..r.—Directress, 3ladame Ceeste.
Tillß EVEXING,
will be performel VIE VialTE illitS OF
a:,,,talri Pepp r, Mr. 'lndium; Supported 4 Nies3Tril!ElMPorEaraPirjl,llcll.•
Bedford. Phenol, Miss Kate Kelly; AL -0.4
S.. den), Miss Laidla.w ;
Agatha, Miss Wyndham.
'ollewed by VALENTINE AND ORSON.
Aiker which, the Face of THE £lOO NOTE.