The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

LAST SEVEN NIGEITS.

LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL,
THIS EVENING (the 24th time), September 23d, and
every Eveeirg. Many friends having expressed a wi,ll that Mr.
Russell shcald appear again previous to finally withdrawing his
Entertainit.cnt, lii has, in compliance with their request, made
arrangements to appear every evening. )ir. RUSSELL will present
THE FAR WEST; or, TILE PROGRESS of the EMI6,RANT
from. the OLD WOitLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his
anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boy', cheer," .` Far,
far upon the Sea," " Sunshine atter Rain," "Land ! Land! Land !"
" The Falls of Niagara." "Long have we been parted," " Fin
Afloat," " Many changes have I seen, "The Icebergs" (descriptive
sung), " Newfoundland Dog," " Toe Gambler's Wile," &c. The
Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Series of
Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE m Freedom and Slavery.
Dress Circle, 25. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 13.63. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Ruckstone.
THIS EVENING, Sarr. 23,

Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters
by Nlessrs. Hudson, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, and Cullentord ;
Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham.
Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET.
To be followed by THE IRISH LION. Principal character by
Mr. Hudson.

After which, the Spanish Dancers in a New Ballet.
To conclude with A FISII OUT OF WATER.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI,
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
TIIIS EVENING, SEPT. 23,

Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED
SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and
Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar.
After which, MONSIEUK JACQUES.
To conclude with NORM A. Principal character by Mr. Paul
Bedford.

STRAND THEATRE.
S )1e Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron.

THIS EVENING, S. 23,
Will be performed HARD TIMES.
To be followed by TILE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR.
To conclude with NEVER TAsrE WINE AT THE DOCKS.
Stills, 4i.; Boxes, 2e. Si.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private tiox,s
£1 Is , obe had of Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPIIITEIEATaE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Fifth appearance of those celebrated Equestrians from Paris, M.
Palmer and Mlle. Caroline.

THIS EVENING,

The thrilling and interesting Eque-trian Spectacle, THE WOOD-
-31 A N'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT.

After which, the Graphic SCENES in till CIRCLE, in which Mr.
William Cooke will introduce the "Smallest Horse in he World."
Miss Emily Cooke w.ll appear, 31. Palmer, and Mlle. Caroline.
The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Burlesque (compressed
Into one act), THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE GIANT HORSE.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manazer.
W.,st. Acting Manager, Mr. W 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun.

TGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tati DAY —3forning 32 min.after 2 Evening 47 min.aft. 2
To ,loaaow -Morning 3 min.aftor 3 Evening 19 una.aft. 3

THE WEATHER.---SUM OPFICI, SEPT. 23.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
G 4 —.highest since noon yesterday.
46—Lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'30.
WIND, W.-Dull cloudy weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1854.

The autumnal campaign in the Crimea Las
fairly commenced. We have no longer to depend
on the intellectual skill of political gladiators, or
the hackneyed wiles of diplomacy. The old adage,
"•cedant anna togw," is reversed, and bone and
muscle, thews and sinews, are now the arbiters
of coming events. The skill of the chosen Gene-
rals and Admirals of Franca and England, and
the " pluck" and energy of their gallant troops,
must now decide the all-important questions
at issue. The " day of gracJ" has gone by—
" the light cloud" has passed from the lunar
disc. The fate of NICHOLAS is sealed. He must
now endure the consequences of his own arro-
gance and cupidity—must expiate his unwarrant-
able violation of the jus gentium. A short time
since he might, at least to a great extent, have
escaped from the formidable consequences of his
outrageous proceedings. Every possible loop-hole
was afforded, but he hardened his heart against
every prudent counsel. He had so long persisted
in a course of arrogant mendacity that, at length,
he half credited the fictions he had invented, and
fondly imagined that the same prestige would cling
to his name, the same obedience accorded to his
vapouring menaces as before the exposure of his
comparative weakness.

He has, however, continued too long in the
same reckless course. Like the boy in the fable,
he has alike disregarded the " fair words" of
diplomacy and the " grass-flinging" of an idle
fleet, and an inactive army. Now, that the
amount of " virtue in stones" is to be ascertained,
he may be inclined to change his tone, and to
yield to the fortator in re what he refused to the
suariter in modo. But it is now too late. The
fiat has gone forth. The handwriting has appeared
on the wall, and no simulated negotiation, no
pretences of being " ready to treat on the basis
of the four conditions," can arrest the progress of
events, or prevent the deep humiliation and seri-
ous diminution of power occasioned by the de-
struction of the Rusian fleets and arsenals in the
Euxtne, and the overthrow of the Russian autho-
rity in
the Crimea. The expedition having sailed,
nay, more, having entered on the enemy's terri-
tory, there can 'be no retrograde movement, nulla
vestigia retrorsum. The Allied Forces must achieve
the important object on which they have engaged,
or perish in the attempt.
We are by no means disposed to underrate the
difficulties to be encountered—to depreciate the
honours that will fairly be due to the victorious
forboth branches
army and navy,of the service
will have their work to perform, and doubtless
they will do it well. According to the latest in-
telligence we had nearly sixty thousand men ac-
tually landed at Eupatoria, of whom twenty_fiye
thousand might be regarded as the elite of the
British army, and an equal number of the chosen
troops of France. Fifty thousand such men, ac-
tuated by a friendly emulation, an honourable
rivalry—each feeling it impossible to quail or hang
back in the presence of the others—would be more
than a match for double the number of the
wretched serfs by whom they are opposed. In
addition to these, there was a. reserve of fifteen
thousand. disciplined French soldiers, who, in all
human probability, have ere this rejoined their
comrades, their ardour only heightened by a de-
lay for which they could readily account.
A further detachment of Turkish troops, men
of approved valour, is also co-operating. And
what has such a force to fear from a body of
Russians numerically inferior ? for the most san-
guine calculations that have been made do not
show more than sixty or sixty-five thousand men
of all classes, sailors as well as soldiers, to oppose
them ; and it would be quite impossible to bring

all these simultaneously into the field, without
leaving Sebastopol ungarrisoned, and the fleet
skulking beneath its batteries unmanned, to fall
an easy prey to our ships and seamen. They may
annoy and harass our troops, but it is scarcely
possible that they will hazard a decisive contest,
at least until they come to the fortified lines on
the heights above Sebastopol. We may be de-
layed, but we cannot, humanly speaking—for the
issue of all such ordeals rests with a higher Power
—be effectually resisted. Time is all that is want-
ing, and, although that be limited, we are satisfied
that it will be sufficient for the purpose. The
redoubts and trenches will speedily be captured.
The cannon will probably be turned against them-
selves, while the combined Navies will at the
same time keep up the sanguinary game from the
seaward. We may anxiously, but at the same time
"hopefully," await further authentic intelligence,
and our anxiety will be more for the friends
engaged, and the lessening of the bloodshed that
must ensue to all sides, than from any doubts an
to the results, which we fairly believe will be fatal
to the undue pretensions of the CZAR.

Probably few of our readers perused the whole
of the remarkable document, itself but an extract
from a Chinese tract, which we inserted in our
columns last Thursday. It was nothing, to be
sure, about Sebastopol, nor even about Kars or
Tiflis ; it was actually information from the Celes-
tial Empire, whose insurrectionary matters we
have almost forgotten in the nearer East. It was,
moreover, religious information—an authentic
document on the hitherto mysterious tenets of the
rebels who are almost certainly subverting the
old Tartar rule, and the character of whose move-
ments are intimately connected with their reli-
gious speculations. Had we not been engaged in
war with another semi-theocratic and semi-bar-
barian empire, the one which stretches from the
very confines of China to those of Prussia and
Austria, we should all be glad to have the kernel
at least of such a curious piece of news. While
our SPOONERS are rusticating, and the holy war of
Parliamentary debate is suspended, something trust-
worthy respecting a religious creed which is over-
throwing the civil government of 300,000,000 of
our fellow-creatures would be really a pleasing
exchange for bigoted tirades about themes old to
all of us. Mr. MEDHURST'S translation of the
revelations vouchsafed to the military and royal
apostle of the great Chinese rebellion is at least a
novelty, a study for us in quite a fresh vein, and
not a ten thousandth iteration of the hatefulness
of Popery, the aggressions of the Man of Sin, and
the ruin which lowers from Maynooth over the
fated British Empire.
It has been the singular fate of Monotheism to
be the origin, or the animating watchword, in
more wars than Polytheism. Pagans were con-
tent to let each God do his best for his own dis-
trict ; but when the human mind has pretty
firmly grasped the idea of a Supreme Being, the
step appears to have been an easy one to believe
in a real or a pretended messenger from Him ;
belief in the probability of some revelation being
apparently one of the most general instincts of our
nature. Hence, from the time of MOSES and his
real mission there have seldom been wanting, at
considerable intervals, those who have summoned
armed thousands to conquest by a professed mis-
sion from HEAVEN. Zeal for the LORD OF HOSTS
has thought itself commissioned to overthrow
idolatry and disbelief by the sword. MAHOMET,
PETER the Hermit, and others less conspicuous,
were not necessarily impostors ; they may have
believed themselves inspired. And strange, and
even profane as are the statements of the tract
alluded to, we should not at once conclude that
they are wilfully so. The blasphemy and pro-
fanity of a CZA.R, who chants Te Deums for but-
cheries and frauds, pretends religious motives to
cover the meanest ambition, and seeks to inflame
the superstition of the most ignorant race in
Europe for his own selfish purposes, are infinitely
more culpable.
The whole paper is so thoroughly in the
Oriental style of thought and language, that even
with Mr. MEDHURST'S notes it is not easy to trace
clearly the relations of the dramatis personce, for
religious drama it seems to be. Four elder
brothers appear upon the stage. The eldest of
these is JESUS ; the others, besides their Chinese
names, are designated by the terms, the Eastern,
the Northern, and the Celestial Princes. The
Heavenly Father descends and gives, some partly
puerile and ceremonial, and partly humane instruc-
tions, through female Chamberlains of the Court;
and again descends possessing the person of the
Eastern Prince, and speaking through him.
Again the instructions are of the same mingled
puerile and humane character ; it is not easy from
the part yet translated to perceive the relation of
the first elder brother, JESUS, in this modern
legend. The closing extract, however, exhibits a
singular coincidence with MAHOMET'S giving him-
self out for " the Comforter " promised by JESUS.
The Eastern Prince, adverting to this promise,
adds that " considering what YANG-SEw-TsING
(the younger brother and rebel leader) had reported
to him, he had no doubt of his being the pro-
mised Comforter." Hence, the leader of the in-
surgents, has both appended this designation to
his name, and also requires his name to be in-
cluded in the Doxology which is addressed to the
Heavenly Father.
It is, of course, abundantly clear how groundless
is any claim for the rebels to the name of Chris-
tians. Indeed, they probably do not make it
themsel7es. That they have had access to the
Scriptures, in whole or in part, and are familiar
with their personages—that they believe in one
GOD, and in JESUS CHRIST, in some sense—and
that they have perceived that humanity and
mercy are the main features of our LORD'S moral
instructions, is all clear. But they certainly con-
sider the rebel leader as completing the revela-
tions of JESUS, and would probably, like Maho-
metans, comprise the essentials of their theology
in two sentefices—" There is one GOD, and Yang-
Sew-Tsing is his apostle." They do indeed de-
molish the idols everywhere, and must be regarded
as Monotheists, itself a great advance upon the
childish idolatry of the Chinese ; but their ideas
of the SUPREME BEING'S procedure are painfully
degrading ; and the leader of the movement places
himself on an equality with JESUS. Indeed, as
the last and most perfect revealer of the Divine
Mind, he constitutes himself his instructor and
superior ! It is evident that the insurgents have
received ideas which may furnish a basis for
Christianising the Empire. The success of such
an attempt from without, in connection with this
movement, must, however, depend upon two con-
ditions—on the docility of YANG-SEW-TSING and
his followers, and on some Christian teacher ap-
pearing on the scene, adapted to gain their con-
fidence. It is not easy to suppose that " the
Comforter" would like to renounce his place in
the Doxology, or that he would condescend to
receive instruction from a mortal who professed to
no inspiration. Without some such aid, however,
their Christianity must remain below the level
even of that of Russia itself.

A. FATHER KILLED BY HIS SON.—The Lauderdale
(Mississippi) Republican records another deed of blood in
Kemper county. Mr. Looklair, a man who was gener-
ally respected by his neighbours while sober, was last
week killed by his own son.
INAUGUEATION OF THF, MELBOURNE A.THENZEU3I.
On Tuesday last the Melbourne Athenmum, the build-
ing designed by R. I. Stevens, Esq., architect, of Derby,
was opened with several festive associations. During
the day, notwithstanding, occasional showers, a goodly
number of visitors and townspeople enjoyed themselves
in the beautiful hall gardens, and on the lake and islets,
to the music of three bands, including the temperance
drum and fife band from Derby. In the evening tea
was served in the lower room of the new building, and
afterwards addresses appropriate to the occasion were
delivered
respectable audience of nearly 300. The chair was
the V•ev. J. Deanes, the vicar, and the
yFoirLEq., agent for the Melbourne
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COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SErr. 21.
Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince walked out
yesterday morning inthe neighbourhood of Balmoral.
In the afternoon his Royal Highness went out deer-
stalking.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
left town yesterday, on a visit to Lord Braybrooke, at
Audley End, Saffron Walden.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office, yes-
terday, to the Governor-General of Canada, and to the
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Duke of Wellington has returned to Belgrave•
street, from a short visit to Brighton.

The Duke of Devonshire continues at Chiswick, but
his residence at Kemp Town is kept in readiness to re-
cei ye him on the shortest notice. His grace has recently
purchased the adjoining house, with a view of enlarging
him elegant marine abode.
The Marquis of Anglesey, who arrived at Uxbridge
House early in tho week, from Worthing, has since
let town for Beaudesert, near Lichfield.
The Countess Dowager and Lady Georgians, Grey
have left Eaton-square for Brighton.
The Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of Canada,
returns to this country by the next mail steamer from
Halifax.

The Earl of Ellenborough entertained a large party
at Southatu Park, on Tuesday, on the occasion of his
lordship's annual rustic fete to the Southam schools.
His Serene Highness the reigning Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar is expected to arrive in London early in
the ensuing week from visiting his illustrious relatives
the King and Queea of Holland, at the Hague.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly and family
arrived at Douglas's Hotel here on Monday, from Aboyne
Castle, Aberdeenshire. They leave this morning by ex-
press train for the south.—Edinburgk Courant.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford and
suite have left Curraghmore for Ford Castle, his lord-
ship's seat in Northumberland, where they purpose re-
maining for a month.
The Marquis of Stafford, who has been entertaining
a succession of visitors at Tarbert House, Inverness-
shire, has embarked on a cruise in his lordship's yacht,
the Ondise, off the Scottish coast. Lord Lichfield, who
has been enjoying the sports of the field with the mar-
quis, has left for the south.
The Marquis of Breadalbane has returned to his shoot-
ing quarters, Forest Lodge, Argyllshire, from Tay-
month Castle, Perthshire.

THE PREMIEE.—On Saturday last orders were re-
ceived at Haddo House to prepare for the reception of
the noble earl.—North British, Mail.

The Earl of Desart has left town for Desart Castle,
Kilkenny. The countess leaves Lord and Lady New-
port's mansion in Wilton-crescent to-day for the Royal
Scottish Palace of Balmoral, where the countess succeeds
the Duchess of Wellington as Lady in Waiting on the
Queen.

Lord and Lady Blantyre are entertaining company at
Erskine House, Renfrewshire, N.B.

Lard Valentin has arrived on a visit to his son-in-law,
Captain Robinson, at Roseneath House, near Limerick.
Lord Brackley, Lord Henry Thynne, Lord Dalkeith,
Lord Emlyn, and party, who are staying at Lord Caw-
dor's, Cawdor Castle, N. 8., have had abundant sport
during the last week on the noble lord's moors.

Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff are entertaining a large
party at Comintyre, Banffshire. Sir William and Lady
Molesworth have been amongst the guests.
William Monsell, Esq., M.P., and Lady Anna Mon-
sell, have returned to Tervoe, from Miltown Malbay.
Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P., loft Cartloe Wood
for England, on Tuesday.
The widow of the Brigadier Hore, who was shot in
February at Saragossa, 14 to receive the pension duo to
the widow of a Major-General.
General Jos6 Concha touched at the Canaries on the
3d inst., on his way to Cuba.

JEDEDIAH STRUTT, ESQ.—We are happy to Bay that
this gentleman is considerably improved in health, though
he is still a great invalid.--Derby Reporter.

MISS STEICKLAND.—The authoress of the " Lives of
the Queens of England and Scotland" is at present on a
visit to Lady Murray Thriepland and family, at Fingask
Castle.

THE ELNITON ESTATE.—Tite Elmton estate has been
purchased by the Duke of Portland for 80,0001.

Lieutenant-Colonel Forster, assistant adjutant general
at Edinburgh, is to be deputy adjutant general at the
Royal Hospital, Dablin, vice Major General Eden pro-
moted.

Colonel Blair, M.P. for Ayrshire, has addressed a
letter to his constituents, stating that he has been
ordered to join the first battalion of the Fusilier Guerds,
now serving in the East, and expressing a hope that his
absence may not prove detrimental to the interests coin•
mitted to his charge. The gallant colonel was expected
to sail yesterday from Liverpool by the British Queen
steam-ship.—Edinburgh. Courant.
DEATH OF THR HON. CAPTAIN ROBERT GORE, R.N.
—This gallant man, whose death took plaoo at Monte
Video, where he was acting as our chargé d'affaires, on
the 4th ultimo, suddenly, was in his 45th year, and was
brother to the present Earl of Arran and to the Hon.
Charles A. Gore. He was promoted to post rank in
180, way M.P. for New Ross from 1841 to 1847, and
was raised to the rank of an earl's son by Royal warrant II
in 1837. 1

THE LATE MR. E. T; CRAFEP., OF TEE TREASURY.—A
vacancy has been created in the Treasury, by the decease
of Mr. Edwin T. Crafer, who died from cholera, on
Saturday morning last. Mr. Crafer was at the head of
the class of assistant•clerks, on the Treasury establish-
ment, and for the last 15 years and upwards held the
office of private secretary to the successive patronage
secretaries. He was one of four brothers on the Treasury
establishment, sons of the late Thomas Crafer, Esq.,
who for many years held the important office of prin-
cipal clerk of that department. By Mr. E. Crater's
death a junior clerkship is now vacant in the Treasury,
and also the appointment of private secretary to Mr.
Hayter.

THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL OF THE NAVY.—The
honour of Companionship of the Bath, conferred on this
eminent civil servant, has given general satisfaction to
persons in all ranks of the service.
ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—Friday next has been
fixed for the election of a Lord Mayor, in succession to
Alderman Sidney, whose term of office will expire on
the Sth of November. In the event of the ordinary
course being adhered to, the two senior aldermen below
the chair—viz., Mr. F. G. Moon and Mr. David Salo-
mons— will be returned to the Court of Aldermen, who
will select Mr. Moon for the mayoralty next year. At the
next election, supposing no change to be made in the
usual customs, a Jew will be elected for the first time to
the chief magistracy of the city of London.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—An expla-
natory report of the mode of conducting the works of
the commissioners in building and repairing sewers and
covering open sewers, the ordinary precautions taken for
the prevention of nuisance and danger to the public
health, and the special precautions taken at the present
time, has been prepared in obedience to an order of the
general committee by Mr. Bazalgette.
THE COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT IN THE EAST.—
The Lords of the Treasury have communicated with the
Customs authorities on the subject of certain officers of
the department proceeding to the East in aid of the
commissariat department, and stating that their lord-
ships had accepted the services of the selected parties,
it being understood that they will be permitted to return
to the Customs service after the war is over without pre-
judice to their prospects, but that they are not to receive
any pay from the Customs during their absence.

NEEARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—A meeting in
support of this association was held yesterday, at Bur-
lington-ha.ll, Saville-row, G. Rice, Esq., in the chair.
The chairman stated that much yet remained to be done
at the West-end for the extension of the early closing
movement, and he hoped that the young men there
would so act as to induce those employers who still kept
open late to close their shops at an earlier hour. Reso-
lutions were agreed to, expressive of rejoicing at the
progress in the early closing cause, which had been
effected by the association during the past year, and
pledging the meeting to co-operate with the Early Clos-
ing Association, and render it, during the coming season,
every possible support, both of a pecuniary and personal
character. A local committee was then formed, and the
meeting separated.
BURIALS IN THE METROPOLIS.—ST. ANDREW'S, HOL-
BORN.—WiII you inquire what the Board of Health are
about in allowing, as I presume they must, the interments
to continue, and at a frightful rate, too, in the burial
ground attached to St. Andrew's, Holborn ? I think
not less than forty per week for the last twelve months
have been interred, and they still continue. To-day
fresh ground is opened. It cannot be that pecuniary
reasons influence the authorities, as the living is returned
at 1,3001. per annum ; and there is a freehold estate for
the church purposes, producing a like amount. The
rector has been absent for many weeks, no doubt to
keep out of harm's way.—Corre..yondent of the Builder.
THE EDINBURGH ACADEMY. —We understand that
the vacancy in the rectorship of the Edinburgh Aca-
demy, occasioned by the resignation of the Rev.
Dr. Hannah, has been filled up by the appoint.
ment of the Rev. James Stephen Hodson, M.A., of
Balliol and Merton Colleges, Oxford, who will enter
upon the duties of the office when the school meets on
Monday, the 2d of October. Mr. Hodson is son of the
Very Rev. the Archdeacon of Stafford. His career at
Oxford was a very distinguished one, and he has since
had great experience in tuition ; so that there is every
reason to expect that, under his superintendence, the
high character which the academy has so long held will
be fully maintained.—Edtinburgh. Courant.
FIRE IN HOUNDSDITCH,—Yesterday afternoon, be-
tween two and three o'clock, a fire broke out on the pre-
mises, No. 30, Houndsditch, in the occupation of
Neste. Solomon and Co., general factors, importers,
and manufacturers of watches and clocks. The building
was of considerable extent, comprising several well-
stocked warehouses. The fire commenced in what
was termed the packing-warehouse, filled with goods
of various descriptions. One of the workmen dis-
covered a quantity of straw on fire ; and though the
firemen were in immediate attendance from Jeffrey-
square with an engine, the flames continued to spread,
and six or seven additional engines bad to be brought
into play. After three hoari, the fire was extin-
guished ; but not until a large amount of property was
destroyed belonging to the Messrs. Solomons, and con-
siderable damage done to some of the houses adjoining.
The Messrs. Solomons were insured is the Manchester,
and Legal, and Commercial Offices. The other sufferers
were also insured.