The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PIETY!

Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank. W.
Tweedie.
A political squib--.—terrible in its satire—pencilled
and coloured with more than his accustomed power
by the nervous hand of our master-caricaturist.
Is not the first title sufficiently significant ? Take
it with the second one, in explanation. "Impe-
rial Piety ! or, The Russian. Te Deum' for the
successful Slaughter at Sinope." A hideous and
ensanguined hecatomb of the butchered—reeking
and steaming from the recent fury of the massacre
—a ghastly pile of dead and dying—upon the
summit of which the sacred figure of the Czar, the
anointed chief of the Russian Church, arrayed
in full pontificals, is meekly kneeling, and chaunt-
ing as he kneels the sublime verses of the Te
Deum laudamus ! Clothed also in their gorgeous
vestments there are grouped together in the same
pious attitude, at the back of his Imperial Majesty,
the attendant princes of the Russian Church, the
Patriarchs and A.rchimandrids. In the background
has evidently occurred an explosion, like that fired
by the hand of the heroic Turkish sea-captain—
for limbs and fragments of a wreck are soaring high
into the air among the sulphurous clouds poured
forth from the chaos of smouldering ruins, and
charred timber, and ignited gunpowder. There is
a salutary and awful meaning in the grim spectacle
h ere portrayed by the pencil of Cruikshank.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The objection generally
taken to the great length of the American version of the
Corsican Brothers has not been unattended to by the
management here, the chief object of which is to merit
success by consulting the public taste. The brief recess
allowed to the theatrical world by tho prohibition of
dramatic performances on the north side of the Thames
on Ash Wednesday has been turned to the profitable
purpose of bringing this play within three instead of
four hours' duration. In this condensed shape, we
have no doubt its merits will be duly appreciated, and
that it will have a long run.
MR. ALLCROFT'S CONCERT.—The theatres on this
side of the water being closed on Ash Wednesday, as
regards theatrical entertainments, by the official man-
date of the Lord Chamberlain, Mr. Allcroft took the
opportunity thus afforded him last night of giving a
monster concert. His liberality in the compilation of
such matters is well known. On this occasion he ex-
ceeded himself, and his programme numbered nearly 60
pieces, executed by a whole army of artistes, including
all the singers and players to be had for love or money.
The selection possessed a popular rather than an
xsthetic interest, ballads and favourite operatic mor•
ceaux being in the ascendant, intermingled with solos
on all sorts of instruments. The temper of the audience,
as is usual upon these occasions, was uproarious and
exacting. Encores were demanded with inexorable
peremptoriness, and the numerical contents of the
scheme were consequently multiplied beyond count.
Messrs. Benedict, Tully, and Frank Mori were the
conductors.
ST. PETERSBURG.--Advises from St. Petersburg have
been received to the 21st of February, when, contrary
to expectation, the rate of exchange had recovered from
37d. to 373 d. The necessity for prohibiting the expor-
tation of gold was therefore for the moment removed.
In other respects taere was nothing new. It appears
that at the above date the frost in the Baltic was begin-
ring to break up, and that the port of Revel was al-
ready open, so that the Russian fleet at that place will
get loose.
GUATEMALA BONDHOLDERS.—A meeting of the Guate-
mala bondholders was held yesterday, to receive a state-
ment as to the terms on which the Spanish American
Committee will accept the management of the debt.
These, it was announced, comprise the payment of 1 per
cent. on any money that may be obtained, and 5 per
per cent, on arrears of interest liquidated by stock. The
balance in the hands of the Guatemala Committee of
about 791. is to be passed over to meet current expendi-
ture. These terms were approved and formally
adopted.

• INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES BILL.—A bill - (now
) printed) has been laid before the House of Lords by
. Lord Lyttleton, to enable hoards of guardians to ap.
point inspectors of nuisances. In addition to conferring
the power upon the boards of guardians, the bill also
defines the duties of the inspector so appointed, who is
to be reimbursed by the board of guardians for all rea-
sonable expenses, which are to he charged on the parish
wherein the nuisance existed. Besides making cons.
plaints of nuisances, the inspector is to assist the guar-
dians under the Nuisances Removal Act, lie will also
have power to inspect any premises where he believes a
nuisance to be in existence, betsbetweenthe hours of nine
o'clock in the morning and six in the evening, and if
admission is refused, an order of a justice may be ob-
tained, enforcing admission under a penalty not exceed-
ing 51.
Aumt ESTIMATES.—A Parliamentary paper, contain-
ing the supplemental estimate, has just been issued.
The additional number of troops required for foreign ser-
vice is 15,000, including all ranks, and the additional
charge amounts to 570,0001. Of this sum the land forces
are estimated to require 500,000/., and the staff 70,000/.
The whole charge for the services of 1854-5 will there-
fore be 6,857,486!., being an increase upon the charge
of 1853.4 of 832,470/. The increase for the same period
in the numbers of the men is 25,694, of which number
10,694 have been already voted.
THE SARDINIAN FRIGATE CARLO ALBERTO.--
SHIELDS, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The 50-gun frigate Carlo
Alberto, built for the Sardinian Government by Messrs.
W. and T. Smith, of St. Peter's, Newcastle, and whose
engines have been put in by Messrs. R. Stephenson and
Co.,
sence of that town, left the Tyne this evening in the pre-
of many thousands of persons attracted from all
the towns on the river. She is a stately and noble
specimen of naval architecture, the largest vessel ever
built in the north, and wiil proceed to Woolwich to take
in her armament. The vessel is manned with Italians,
who, by the condition they have kept the vessel in while
in harbour, and the way they have handled her to day,
have given the Tyne seamen a very mean idea of the
capabilities of the Sardinian navy. One circumstance
to-day, however, struck our seamen with astonishment,
viz., the effect of the screw in the navigation of vessels
with guns of heavy calibre, and the important results
that must arise from this mechanical application in case
of a sea-fight. Many of the old men who witnessed this
vessel leaving the port to-day, took an active part in
some of our great naval engagements during the late
vrarh