The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-27 00:00:00

LAST FOUR NIGHTS.

LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL,
THIS EVENING (the 26th time), September 25th, and
every Evening. Many friends having expressed a wish that Mr.
Russell should appear again previous to finally withdrawing his
Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made
arrangements to appear ever; evening. Mr. RUSSELL will present
TUE FAR WEST; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMR:itANT
from the LI) WO It LI) to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his
s.andetes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far,
tar udoti the Sea," " Sunshine after Rain," " Land I Land ! Land !"
" Tile Falls of Niagara," " Long have we been parted," " Pm
Afloat," " Many changes have I seen," "The Iceberg" (descrii,tive
toff4), " Newfoundland Dog," "'Cho Gambler's Wire," tiff. The
S,..ct,cd Part of the Entertainment will cocsist or a t-crics of
tunes, etiLt el N EGitO LIFE in *ireeflom and Slavery.

Dress Clrec., 2s. t d.. ; Upper Boxes, 13. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, GI

TILE A.TIE ROYAL IIAYMALLK.ET.

Under the in_ana;;ement of Mr. ►3ackstone.
TILLS EVENING. SEPT. 27.

Rill b.: performed VIE IRBIL ANDIA-iS t)OR. Characters
by %le.23rs. Hodson, Chippendale, (Tose, Rogers, and Culle:cord ;
A 113.3 Reynol.ls and Mrs. Buckingham.
fol!oweti by the SPANISH DANCERS: n a NEW BALLET.
To be followed by THE IRISII LION. Principal character by
Mr. Hudson.
To conclude with A FISH O'C'T OF WATER.

TaEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENLNG, SEPT. 27.

Will ho performed the popular Drama cf TILE DISCARDED
S‘iN. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and
Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar.
Aftot which, MONSIEUR JACQUES.
To conclude with NORMA. Principal character by Mr. Paul
Bedford.

STRAND THEATRE.

S ie Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 27,
Will be performed HARD TIMES.
To be followed by THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR.
To conclude with THE MARBLE LOVER.
Stills, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, • Gallery, 6d.; Private RuXt
is obe had of Mr. Alleroft. 15, kew Bond-street.

,kSTLEY'S ROYAL ANiPFLITHEATIte.
Leasee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

TIIIS D.kY, Sept. 27th, and during the week, will be presented
the highly successful Eque•trian Spectacle entitled, THE WOOD-
MAN'S HORSE; or, TILE FALSE KNIGHT, abounding in novel
• r.nd startling effects.

Succeeded by an unrivalled phalanx of talent, and Mr. William
Cooke's SCENES in th, CIRCLE, including the graceful equitation
of lliss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the World; the surprising Act
of M. Palmer on a single florae, mtliont saddle or bridle; the in-
credible feats of the Brothers Francisco, &c.

ono,. from Eleven SIII roar. Stage Manager.
Actin:: Manager, Mr. W H. Cooke. Equestrian Director'
Mr. Win. Cooke, jun.

WATDR AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Titii DAY —Morning 41 nil ihafter 4 I Evening 58 min.aft. 4
To .109.110 W - Morning 17 min.after 5 Evening 40 inin.afL.

1:11E WEATHER.—Sot Orrici, &pr. 27.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

G 4 —%ighest since noon yesterday.
49 .-lovr,At this morning and during the night.
G 5 --Ods day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.38.
WIND, S.E. —Fine clear weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1854

In the absence of authentic intelligence from
the East a variety of canards are circulated
which scarcely require refutation. In some the
speculations of interested parties arc invested with
the garb of reality, and guesses are treated as
distinct and unquestionable facts, while in one at
least of the others " the :wish is father to the
thought," and we are treated to a ridiculous in-
vention as a piece of " startling news." It would
indeed bo " startling" but for the simple cir-
cumstance that it is not merely improbable, but
absolutely impossible, and that it may therefore
be regarded as one of the most unblushing speci-
mens of mendacity that has as yet proceeded
from philo-Muscovite sources—albeit that some
of these ingenious inventions have already en-
titled themselves to rank with the MUNCHAUSENS
and LONGI:GWS of former generations, and cast
even FERDINAND MENDEZ RUITO himself into the
shade.

The first of these audacious flaws comes to us
in the Cassel Gazette, which, on the authority of
a letter from Bucharest, dated the 14th instant,
announces that " the corps of General LUDERS,
60,000, had crossed the Danube and entered the
Dobrudscha !" It adds its belief that " the Rus-
sian army intends to march on Varna, whilst the
Turkish army is encamped in Wallachia, and the
Allied Army is operating in the Crimea !!" To
maintain an appearance of impartiality, it gravely
declares that, "as regards Varna, it is to be re-
marked that there are in its neighbourhood two
French divisions, and between 7,000 and 8,000
English and Turkish troops. There is, then, a
very imposing army of 30,000 men, which ren-
ders a coup de main against Varna impossible ! ! !"
We venture to add that the army, albeit 30,000
strong, is not by any means so "imposing" as the
announcement in the Cassel Gazette, which
was probably intended to delay the operations
of the reserve, and prevent them from
co-operating with their brethren in the Crimea as
soon as might otherwise be the case. The fabri-
cator of this brilliant tale was not, however, satis-
fied with playing on the credulity or Russian
tendencies of the Cassel Gazette. A letter from
the same town, of the same date, and manifestly
from the same hand, appeared in the Presse of
Vienna, by which the author declared that "he
was enabled to announce positively that General
LUDERS had crossed the Danube with large forces,
and was advancing on the Dobrudscha ; that, ac-
cording to the last news, Russian troops had been
a"en at Matschin, near Ibraila." With a pleasing
display of candour, which shows that the arrow
thus shot forth was drawn frOM the same quiver
as that above referred to, the writer adds--" I
mention this fact
to you without sharing the
opinion generally credited here, that General
LUDERS intends to march on Varna, where there
is a very large force of Allied Troops !!" Now,
without entering into any arguments to prove the
insuperable difficulties that would attend so reckless
a step, which, if practicable, would necessarily be
followed by the destruction of the t•
en lre corps,
without proving, as we might easily do, the
physical impossibility of such a movement, it is
sufficient to say, that we have authentic accounts
from Bucharest up to the 22d inst., eight days
later than. the letters aforesaid, in which not the
slightest allusion is made to the importaait
"facts" so kindly communicated to the Editors of.
the Basset Ga::ette, and the Press of Vienna.
_Another story of a similar cla,:s is, that
111141,i:1u fleet had actually sailed from SehastoPol,
With the intention of cutting off the " reservo,
pn. its -passage from Varna to the CrimeA."
7:,4.1 comes fr,wri (,),!1,0,•it,! on wiiit-!)
it is founded is an alleged despatch from Prince
SIEY(SCRIKOPF to the CZAR. The amiable
journalist, however, adds —" We are afraid
tltat this last piece of intelligence is too good to be
416'4" So are we—although our fears rest on
a very different foundation from those of the
frieud -to Russia, who has given expression
thereto, as above stated. Another author gives
a different 'version of the affair, and hints that