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

ADELPHI THEATRE.

Another farce from the prolific pen of Mr. Mark
Lemon was brought out at this theatre last night, under
the title of The Raiholy Belle. Miss Julia Spruce is the
belle in question. She has captivated the heart of the
waiter, John Quick ; and the stationmaster, Mr. Crab-
shaw, avows his uaßsion just as plainly ire his man.
Then there is a third lover in a Mr. Sc Duel Greenhorns,
who, although' engaged to be married to Miss Mary
Follows, hits been so fir vanquished by Julia's
eyes as to travel to the station every day, and eat basios
of soup innumerable, in order that he may gaze and sigh,
and g,.!.ze again. The passion of the waiter is volcanic ;
that of the stationmaster authoritative ; that of the
snoopy gentleman diffident. John's vigorous way of
showing his love occasions his dismissal from the station
by the peremptory Crabshaw, but he presently returns
as one of the public, and finds, to his dismay, that the
impressionable Greenhorne has become the waiter in Iris
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 Greenhorns in the
meanwhile increase. He is confronted 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, conies 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 lairhed
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 Fel-
lows by her pretty looks and piquant sauciness.

LONDON SACRED 11A R-VIONIC 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, whose secession from the
elder society led to the 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 with the Judas Maccabeus
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. Augustus Brahain, 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 friends and adhe-
rents of the society have been collecting subscriptions in
order to 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 com-
mencement of the new season ; and the event conse-
quently came off last night. Between the second and
third acts of the oratorio, the Rev. Mr. Oren ascended
the orchestra, and, in an appropriate address, presented
the fortunate conductor with a box containing 100 gui-
neas. • A speech was, of course, incumbent on Mr.
Surman, who acknowledged the liberality of the gift,
and expatiated on his own zeal in the cause of sacred
ieuxic, amid the loud, congratulations of the spectators.

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DEPARTURES FROM THE PORT OF LONDON.—The de-
partures from the port of London fur the Australian co-
lonies during the week have comprised seven 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 532 tons ; one to Portland
Bay, of 375 tons ; and one to Geelong, of 291 tons.
Their total capacity was consequently 3,509 tons. The
rates of freight exhibit steadiness.

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TIIE 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'olock 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 Se-
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, and 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, TIIESDA.Y MORNING.

The Moniteur announces that, according to a
telegraphic despatch received by the Telemaque,
General Canrobert had fotced 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 lnkerman made him much worse. It
was hoped that he would be recovered sufficiently
to share in the decisive attack against Sebastopol.
In confirming tho 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 Menscbikoff repor"ts from
Sebastopol that the bombardment continued, but

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.