The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-15 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Appearance of Mr. CAMPBELL, formerly of the Theatre Royal
Sadlers' Wells.

THIS EVENING,

An Interesting Hippodrama, called THE WOODMAN'S HORSE
or, THE FALaE KNIGH.C.

After which, the Chef d'CELivre of Funambulism, the performance
of HEEL CHRIS TOFF on toe Tight Rope.

The Matchless Stud of the Amphitheatre In the SCENES In tin
I RCLE, Invented anl coniucted by Mr. William Cooke.

To conclude with the Burlesque, called TIIE SIEGE OF TROY
or, THE GIANT lI.)RSE. Compressed into One Act

we may hate the criminal ; and ATRYANDER in-
variably spoke slightingly of the act, notwith-
standing the praise accorded to it in cosequence
of the magnitude of the results—but for which it
would have been held up to the reprobation of all
future generations as a most fearful and horrible
atrocity !

We have alluded to these facts from the strong
hold that they appear to have taken on the ima-
gination of the CZAR, and which invests everything
connected with the campaign of 1812 with intense
interest at the present moment. A comparison of
the events of that year,• so disastrous to the for-
, tunes of the first NAPOLEON, will, however, show
that there is really no similitude between the two
epochs. France sent a gigantic army, exceeding
half a million of disciplined soldiers, into the field,
but its enormous magnitude proved the chief
source of the calamities that subsequently befel
it. It was impossible to provide food and shelter
for such numbers, more especially as there is
but too much grounds for believing that the im-
mense magazines and stores which the provident
forethought of NAPOLEON had established at
Wilna, Wetepsk, Muisk, Mobilow, Smolensko,
&c., &c., were, in a great degree, " plundered
and wasted by the very hands appointed to guard
and distribute them 1" Can we, therefore, won-
der that the devastation of the country and the
destruction of its capital should have had a most
ruinous and fatal effect on the fortunes of those
thus deprived of almost all their resources ? On
every contested field the honour of France was nobly
maintained. Even under their most bitter trials
the troops maxi their Imperial Commander proved
themselves mutually worthy of each other ; and
the passage of the Beresnia must ever be regarded

A voice which none can despise has just pro-
nounced in the hearing of Europe the name of
Poland. The venerable Prince ADAM CZAR-
TORYSKI, once the friend of ALEXANDER, and a
better servant to the brutal savages NICHOLAS
and CONSTANTINE than they deserved ; the re-
pressor of revolutionary counsels, though com-
pelled by circumstances to become the President
of the National Government in the Polish insur-
rection of 1831—an insurrection wholly due to the
brutalities and cruelties of the Archduke CON-
STANTINE ; this venerable statesman has spoken
aloud to Poland, and that from Paris. Gladly
would we believe that he knows himself welcome
to speak. Many are the reasons why the monarch
who is master of every utterance from the banks
of the Seine should espouse the cause of Poland.
It is one which has ever been popular with his
countrymen. Polish and French legions long fought
side byside, and the two soldier-like people learned
to admire each other's courage. Frenchmen, to a
man, would exult in the restitution of Poland, and
would be proud that France should be the re-
storer. Then, Polish nationality is an unfulfilled
piomise of NAPOLEON I.—a promise which he
lived to regret that he overlooked. The retreat
from Moscow might have been far less disastrous,
and the visit of the Russians to Paris after Wa-
terloo almost certainly prevented, had Poland
been a large and powerful kingdom. And even
now, should the hereditary despots east of ' the
Rhine plot against the throne of NAPOLEON 111.
and the liberties of France, a powerful Poland
would give them work enough to do if it owed
to him its national existence. We may believe,
too, that LOUIS NAPOLEON is not indifferent to
the place his name may fill in European history.
Certainly nothing would fix it in a more perma-
nently honourable place than to be the prime
mover in compelling restitution of Russian, Prus-
sian, and Austrian spoliations, and in raising
from the grave a buried, though yet living, nation.
Whatever may be augured or hoped from the
place whence the PRINCE dates his letter, much
is to be noticed in the fact that he should speak to
his countrymen now, and in the tone which he
adopts. He gives them no rash, no stimulating
counsels, but points out to them the aspect of the
political horizon, and-advises them to note the pecu-
liar manner in which PROVIDENCE has made
Poland an important word ; still lie warns them
rather to remain quiet than to move without
adequate guarantees. He well remembers the
oft-deceived hopes of the Poles, and especially
how in 1831, like Hungary in 1849, they vainly
hoped that the great Western nations would inter-
fere, if only in their own interests, to demand
that Poland should be a bulwark against Musco-
vite barbarism, instead of a bridge for its
baneful influence on European civilisation. He
justly observes that "Poland, without its name
being pronounced (by diplomatists, he means,

Doi-office opeo from Eleven till FoTir. Stage Man nTer. 'qtr.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. Campbell. Equestrian Director, Mr,
Wm. Cooke, jun.

as one of the most brilliant exploits of the greatest
General that ever lived, whether in ancient or

modern times.

To those desirous of acquiring an intimate
knowledge of those eventful proceedings, we would
earnestly commend an unpretending but intensely
interesting little work by Major-General KNOLLYS,
formerly of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and
now the efficient and. popular Lieutenant-
Governor of Guernsey. It is a translation
from the French of Lieutenant-General DE
FEZENSAC, who commanded the 4th Regiment
during the retreat. He was thus placed in the
division of Marshal NEY, and, as one of the rear-
guard, had ample opportunities of witnessing
those fearful scenes in all their awful horrors.

The " Introduction" of General KNOLLY is, how-
ever, even more important, for it gives the best
and most impartial view of the entire affair. It

was, it appears, written expressly for the library
of his own Regiment ; but we can answer that at

all times, more especially at this moment, it pos-
sess a charm for civilians as well as' soldiers, af-
fording, as it does, the most correct information
respecting matters of paramount interest to the
community.

TGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins Dar —Morning 16 min.after 7 I Evening 47 min.aft. 7
To 40Biow Morning 29 min.after 8 j Evening 16 min.aft. 9

THE WEATHER.—Sint Onnex, SErr. 15.

THEBNOMNTEII, IN THE SHADE. __
68—highest since noon yesterday.
56—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.
BADOIENTEB, 30•05—rising.
WIND, S.W.—Light, and fine sunshiny weather.
rained heavily yesterday, but the storm has blown over.

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of course), imposes herself by the force
of things on the thoughts of nations, of the Ca,-

binets and the Statesmen of Europe." All men
and all Governments who feel that Russia is too
over-grown for the quiet of Europe must see in
Poland the obvious remedy—a remedy by an act
of mere political justice, and one which, had it
been done at the treaty of Vienna, would have

saved all the present turmoil and expense. It i 3

impossible that Poland should not be now in the
thoughts of every politician and every patriot.
Nothing, however, can be more cautious than
his advice. Cultivate your nationality, wait ou
events, move not till some powerful nation de-

mands your liberty, then let Poles from all parts

of their native land and of Europe rush to the

national banner ; till then preserve your present

calm and prudent attitude. Such is the substance
of his counsel ; he believes that PROVIDENCE
is directing events towards the end dear to his

heart. Perhaps he breathes a more hopeful at-
.

mosphere in France.

We are free to confess that

I While the duty and the interest of civilised, and
and especially of free, nations is sufficiently obvious,
our leading men in this country are the most hope-
less set he can possibly look to. We have a Cabi-
net without one master-mind, and half shop-keep-
ing, half Russian. One section of it dreams of
nothing but exports and imports, per centages and
Exchequer Bonds, besides a tolerable share of
leaning to absolutism. Another section is Russian
and Tory for the charm of the things themselves ;
and though they are forced by regard for place to
confront the CZAR, they take their revenge by lay-
ing on us the heaviest pecuniary penalty they
diasquandering all of the money they can,
holding the hands of our soldiers and sailors,
and sending them to fight the cholera rather
than the Russians. Not one 'noble aspiration,
or bold and
spontaneous deed ---nothing be-
yond the vaguely gallant words of but one mem-
ber in the Cabinet have we yet heard of. No

effort have they made to interest the nation
in what they take its money for ; it has been the
nation's task to arouse its heartless, or rather its

piffle- Russian, servants.
We have, however, one hope—they may be

"drifting" towards Polish Emancipation. This,
indeed, appears to be what the Prince chiefly
looks to. He too well knows the selfish ani ab-
solutist tendencies of our governors to put his
trust in them ; but a long political experience has
taught him that even Czars, Emperors, and Pre-
miers cannot stem the course of events. Should
the CZAR protract the war through another cam-
paign ; should Austrian perfidy, already beginning
to display its odious character in the provinces,
become too transparent and unbearable ; should
this real ally of Russia, this coveter of the pro-
vinces, be unmasked beyond the possibility of
pretending mistake, who can then tell what the
complications and the solution of them may be ?
The indignation of the French, German, and
English nations may become unmanageable, their
rulers may be compelled in self-defence wholly to
change their course, and the venerable Prince
CZARTORYSKI, with the snows of age on his
temples, may aid with his latest counsels to con-
solidate the Government of restored Poland.

THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE.

THURSDAY EVENING,

A review of the infantry at Helfault and of the cavalry
at Bruyeres took place to-day, in the presence of the
Emperor and the Prussian Lleneral Wedel.
After the review tho Emperor returned to Boulogne.

A US TR A L lA.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14,

The clipper-ship Indian Queen, one of Messrs. James
Baines and Co's. Black Ball line of Liverpool and Aus-
tralian packets, arrived in the Mersey this morning, at 6
o'clock, having on board 240 passengers, and gold dust
and nuggets to the value of 246,0001. She left Mel-
bourne on the 27th of May, but on the 7th of August
she put in at Pernambuco for water, where she was de-
tained until the 10th of the same month. Her advices
have been anticipated.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 185 4.

HER AI AJESTrS PROGRESS TO
BALMORAL.

ARRIVAL AT NEWARK.
The Royal train arrived at Newark from Peterborough
at 43 minutes past 10 o'clock. The station was filled
with the most influential ladies and gentlemen of the
town, who were permitted to assemble on the up-side of
the platform, the down-side being reserved for the com-
pany's officials and the conductors of the train. Moon,
ono of the oldest drivers in the company's service,
brought the Royal train from King's-cross Station,
where the engine was changed. The Royal train was
loudly cheered on its arrival and at its departure from
the station.
Mr. A. Sturrock, the locomotive engineer of the
Great Northern Railway, took charge of each engine
along with the driver, and in addition to this there was
a communication between the guard and the driver. Mr.
Edwards, the manager of the electric telegraph on the
Great Northern Railway, was in the train, with an elec-
tric battery and wires, in order to communicate with
any part of the line, and to have communication ready
in case of accident. One of the company's servants was
on the tender to watch for any signals which might be
given from the Royal carriage. After two or three
minutes' delay in taking in water the Royal train pro-
ceeded to Bawtry, where the engine was changed. The
station and its approaches were thronged with specta-
tors ; but the excellent arrangements which had been
made by the company prevented anything like confusion.
The same demonstration of respect for the Sovereign
was manifested at Bawtry, and indeed at all other sta-
tions where a passing glimpse of the carriages could be
obtained. On the arrival of the royal train at Doncas-
, ter, and in consequence of its beinc, the races, r very
large crowd of persons collected and cheered the train
as it passed. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort fre-
quently acknowledged the gratulations of the people at
Peterborough, Newark, and other places. The progress
of the train was telegraphed from station to station, and
orders were given for the suspension of the traffic for
half an hour before the train was due and danger signals
exhibited five minutes before the royal train was ex-
pected to pass. A pilot engine, in the charge of Mr.
Johnson, superintendent of the locomotive department,
followed the train. A complete staff of workmen and
officials of the railway accompanied the train with the
necessary tools, &c., for the repair of the train in the
event of a break down. The speed of the engines had
been previously tried, and the journey between London
and Peterborough, 76 miles, was performed in 82
minutes. The train was permitted to run through at
the Knottingley Junction on its way to York.