The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATIRF.

Another farce from the prolific pen of Mr. Mark
Lemon was brought out at this theatre last night, under
the title of Me Railialy Belle. Miss Julia Spruc: is the
belle in question. She has captivated the heart of the
waiter, John Quick ; and the stationmaster, Mr. Crab-
shave, avows his passion just as plainly as his man.
Then there is a third lover in a Mr. Samuel Greenhorne,
who, although engaged to be married to Miss Mary
Fellows, has been so fir vanquished by Julia's bright
eyes as to travel to the station every day, and eat basins
of soup innumerable, in order that he may gaze and sigh,
and gaze again. The passion of the waiter is volcanic ;
that of the stationmaster authoritative ; that of the
spoony gentleman diffident. John's vigorous way of
showing his love occasions his dismissal from the station
by the peremptory Crabshaw, but be presently returns
as one of the public, and finds, to his dismay, that the
impressionable Greenhorne has become the waiter in his
place. The fair Julia, though she has snubbed the
impetuous John, has a strong faith in his sincerity, and
she lets him know as much now that he has been cast
out for her sake. The troubles of Greenhorne in the
meanwhile increase. lie is confronte4 by Miss Mary
Fellows and her agricultural father, upon whom it is his
evil luck to wait in his capacity as the railway attend-
ant. John, however, comes to his rescue—" for a con-
sideration ;" and when his identity is discovered, and the
agricultural father and his daughter show a disposition
to be venomous, he passes the whole affair off as a wager
and the unfaithful Greenhorne escapes without a betrayal.
The farce is short and rapid, and the audience laughed •
heartily at its broad extravagance. The frantic love of
John Quick was irresistible as delineated by Mr. James
Rogers—one of the most amusing of our low comedians.
Upon this worthy the burden of the acting mainly lay.
Mr. Charles Selby played the amorous Greenhorne ; and
Miss Wyndham justified his inconstancy to Miss Fal-
lows by her pretty looks and piquant sauciness.

LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.

The members of the London Sacred Harmonic Society
commenced their concerts for the present season last
night at Exeter Hall, and the attendance of the public
was considerable. The management appears to be vested
in the same individuals as it has hitherto been, the pre-
sident of the society continuing to be the Rev. B. S.
Ffinch, the vice presidents the Messrs. Professor Sale,
Hatch, and Owen, and the honourary secretary, the Rev.
W, S. Austin. Mr. Surman, whoeo secession from the
elder society led to tho establishment of this new asso-
ciation for the culture and public performance of oratorio
music, is still, of course, the
.conductor ; while the
leadership remains in the hands of Mr. H. Blagrove.
The season, like that of Mr. Hullah last week at St.
Martin's Hall, was inaugurated w►th the Judastllaccabeus
of Handel, the work in question being, we imagine,
thought more appropriate to the warlike character of the
times than anything else. The oratorio was given with
the power and fulness common to these occasions, several
of the choruses coming out with a steadiness and preci-
sion well deserving of praise. The singers belonging to
the society number, it would seem, some 700 voices ;
and though beyond a certain point vocal sound, so mul-
tiplied, becomes thick rather than definite, the effect,
nevertheless, is invariably grand and imposing. The
solo singers were Miss Birch, Miss Wells, Miss M.
Wells, Mr. Auerfstus Braham, and Mr. Farquharson, all
of whom acquitted themselves in their usual manner, and
to the evident satisfaction of the audience. The sixth
annual report, just issued by the committee, inti-
mates, we are glad to see, that the pecuniary re-
sults of the past year were indicative of growing
prosperity. The receipts more than covered the cur-
rent expenses, and a small surplus was left in the
hands of the treasurer. If this agreeable state of
things continues the society is likely to become a
fixed and permanent institution. The public cannot
have too many chances of hearing the works of Handel
and other of the oratorio writers performed in a way
more or less consonant with.their innate vastness ; and
we, therefore, rejoice to see that " the assailment from
without," so mysteriously alluded to in the report, is
" effete and paralysed," as regards the well doing of the
society. " Peace," as it is elsewhere wisely observed,
" is the element of success, and the symptoms of pros-
perous condition ;" and this, we are officially told, has
especially characterised the society's proceedings of
late. We may take the present opportunity of men-
tioning that for some time past the fr►ends and adhe-
rents of the society have been collecting subscriptions in
order fb present Mr. Surman with a testimonial decla-
ratory of their gratitude for his services during a long
and critical period of difficulty, It was arranged that
the presentation should take place publicly at the coin-
mencement of the new season ; and the event conse-
quently came off lasi:, night. Between the second and
third acts of the oratorio, the Rev. Mr. Owen ascended
the orchestra, arid, in an appropriate address, presented
the fortunate conductor with a box containing 100 gui-
neas. A speech was, of course, incumbent on Mr.
Somali, who acknowledged the liberality of the_ gift,
and expatiated on his own zeal in the cause of sacred
music, amid the loud congratulations of the spectators.

DEPARTURES FROM THE. PORT OF LONDON.—The de-
partures from the port of London for the Australian co-
lonies during the week have comised SOVCII vessels—
two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 753 tons ;
one to Launceston, of 977 tons; one to Sydney, of 621
tons ; one to Swan River, of 582 tons ; one to Portland
Bay, of 375 tons ; and one to Geelong, of 291 tons.
Their total capacity was consequently 3,699 tons. The
rates of freight exhibit steadiness.

LATEST NE WS.

THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN.

MARSEILLES, MONDAY.

The Telemaque arrived this morning at 5 a.m.,
and the Government messenger, with despatches,
eft by the 5 o'oloek train for Paris.
The dates from Constantinople are of the 10th.
The Napoleon left Constantinople on the 7th,
with 2,000, and the Sane with 1,100 troops on
board.

On the morning of the sth the Russians,
35,000 strong, attacked the right of the English
positions towards Inkerman. The English bat-
teries were taken and retaken several times.
At noon the Russians made a sortie from Sc-

bastopol against the French positions, but were
repulsed.

The Russians were ultimately repulsed towards
Inkerman, after a bloody battle, which lasted

eight hours.
Their loss was 9,000 killed and wounded.
The English loss was also great. Four Generals
—Cathcart, Strangways, Goldie, and Torrens
were killed, and four wounded—Brown, Bentinck,
Buller, mad Adams.
Thirty-eight English officers were killed, 96
were wounded, and two were missing.
442 rank and file were killed, 1,760 wounded,

and 156 missing.
The French had 1 General killed, 2 wounded,

14 officers killed, and 21 wounded.
The English Guards alone lost 20 officers.
The Russians fired on our wounded, as well as
on the detachments who were sent out to bury
the dead on the 7th.

General Canrobert was wounded.

The Russians are pouring in in large masses
from the north. We require further reinforce-
ments instantly.

PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING.

The Moniteur announces that, according to a

telegraphic ckspatch received by the Telemaque,
General Canrobet had. foiced Prince Napoleon to
leave the camp in order to restore his health.
The Prince had been very ill, and the fatigues of
the battle of Inkerman made him much worse. It
was hoped that he would be recovered sufficiently
to share in the decisive attack against Sebastopol.
In confirming the intelligence of the battle of
Inkerman, General Canrobert states that the bat-
tle was most obstinate and, bloody, and that the
Russian loss was enormous.

Everything was ready for the assault, but the
Allies had determined to postpone it till the arri-
val of fresh reinforcements.

We have also received the following from a cor
respondent at Vienna, dated Tuesday morning :
" The Allied army is in great want of fuel; that
is to say, it wants wood to burn in the camp."

BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING.

The following official intelligence has been re-
ceived from St. Petersburg, dated the 20th:—

" On the 12th Prince Menschikoff reports from

Sebastopol that the bombardment continued, bu

that it caused no damage of any importance.
" The enemy had entrenched their position on

the right as far the town of Balaklava."

VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING.

According to Russian news, up to the 12th
nothing worthy of mention had happened at Se-
bastopol.
The siege operations were carried on but feebly,
but strong entrenchments were being constructed
on the flanks of the Allied army.
The premium on gold was 32 per cent. to-day.