The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-04 00:00:00

MINERALOGY, KING'S COLLEGE, London. 1
—PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence
a COURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view
to facilitate the study of Geology, and for the application of
Mineral Substances in the Arts. The Lectures will begin
on FRIDAY, October 5, at Nine o'clock a.m. They will
the
be
continued on each succeedi F, Wednesday and Friday at
Same hour. Fee, £2 2s.
B, W JELF, D.D., Principal.

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1.) OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
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to GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA
PYN E and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.—THlS
EVENING will be presented the opera of LURLINE ;
characters by Messrs. J. Wharton, H. Corri, G. Kelley, and
W. Harrison ; Miss Lefli2r, Miss Albertazzi, and Miss Louisa
pyne.—Condutor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Eight.
Doors open at Half-past Seven.

THEATRI?,-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leelereqs.

Followed hy DOES HE LOVE ME? Messrs. Howe
Chippendale, E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg-
wick, Slits Florence Haydon, and Mrs. Wilkins.

After which, the new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF
FIrZSM.YTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and
Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade.

Followed by A HUSBAND AT SIGHT.

Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
MONDAY, October 8, First Appearance in England of the
yountr and celebrated for
Comedien Ms J number
GOUGENHEIM, who is engaged ais
limited number of
nights.

THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CE LESTE.--- The
Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, having been
newly Decorated and Embellished, is Now ()PEN for the
Winter Season TIIIS EVENING. Oct. 4, with a Comic
TE GROUND.
Drama, entitled DELICA
Afttr which a New and Original Drama, written by Tom
, Taylor, Es q., entitt ed T E BRIGAND AND HIS BANKER.
Principal characters by '3lr. George Vining (his 4th appear-
ance here), Mr John Rouse, Mr. Villiers, Mr. H. Watkins
(the popular American Comedian, his 4th appearance in
ngland), Mrs. ICeeley, Miss 31. Ternan, and Madame
Celeste.
To conclude with MAGlCValentine Miss Lydia
Thompson. The talented Comedienne Miss Josephine
Goughenheim, of the principal Theatres in'America and Aus-
tralia, is engaged, and will make her first appearance in
England on Monday, October 8.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL,
2-1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Great Success of the new Drama, by. Dion Bourcicault, Esq.,
" The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even-

ing.
THIS EVENING; THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W.
Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss W oolgar, Miss Kate Kelly,
and Mrs. Billington.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boureicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes:11.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.; Front Circle Stalls, s.;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ls ; GalleryIed.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. War. BATTY.
Last Six Nights of " Mazeppa."
Notice.—Speedily will be produced, with great splendour, a
Grand and Original Equestrian Spectacle, in Three Acts,
written expressly for this Theatre by the popular author, E.
FITZDALL, Esq., entitled " ROBIN HOOD," with entirely
new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments.
This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippb-drama of
MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new
and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments,
Introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po-
nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World.
To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders
of the day.
Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix It- volti.

CANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from the opera of
NORMA.

Norma ....... .
, Adaltdsa .. . . Madame MARIA,
(Her first apoearance in this country.)
After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting, of Seventeen Per-
formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the
Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and
Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin-
cipal Negro Artistes. Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H.
Drummond, and Charley Fox.
Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGIIMANS.

Balcony, is, ...Hall, 6d.

THB WEATHER,-BUN OFFICE, OCT. 4, MO,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

61—this day at noon.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
54—highest since noon yesterday.
BAROMETER-30.43 ;
WIND—North-Easterly; fresh breeze. Fine sunshiny
weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAL—Morning, 3h. 56m.—Afternoon, 4h. 11m.
To-mounow.-Morning, 4h. 28m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m,

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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1860.

France is the greatest military nation in the
world, as England is the greatest maritime power.
France holds this pre-eminence by reason of her
geographical position, and by reason of the numeri-
cal strength and the discipline of her armies. She
has an effective force of 600,000 men of all arms—
infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers. Her empire
is singularly compact and consolidated. It is situ-
ated in the place of vantage, in the very centre of
European civilisation. It forms a solid square
within which, as within the quadrangle of a giant'
fortress, the bulk of her force is massed together.
She is almost without colonies —so that her troops
are not necessarily scattered. Algeria is the one
solitary possession requiring from her a constant
and organised system of military occupation.
Situated exactly opposite the coast of the mother-
country—occupying that particular portion of the
southern shores of the Mediterranean—Algeria, in
that respect, however, is to France a positive ad-
vantage rather than the reverse. It will be so,
obviously and incontestibly, so soon as the electric
cable shall have bitught into instantaneous com-
munication with each other—Oran and Marseilles
—Algiers and Paris !
Knowing all this—knowing that France is with-
out the necessity of having her troops widely dis-
tributed over distant colonies—knowing that she
possesses a navy and transport service second only
to those which have accorded to England her undis-
puted and indisputable maritime predominance—
knowing that France has this enormous,concentrated,
and highly disciplined army of 600,000 men, tie
supreme command of which army is held within the
grasp of one irresponsible chief—knowing all this,
we ask is there not something peculiarly and start-
lingly significant, we might almost say sinister, in
the disproportion of the forces sent out by France
and by England for the subjugation, or at any rate,
for the signal punishment of the Chinese? Recol-
lect the war undertaken against Chiaa is a war
against nearly one moiety of the human race—it is
a war directed against an empire, barbarous if you
will, and efete and powerless when opposed to the
might of Europen civilization, but still an empire,
peopled by from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000
Asiatics! It cannot in any point of view be re-
garded, therefore, as that especial object of abhor-
rence to the Duke of WELLINGTON—a little war.
Yet to ":put down" the insoleneo of the Chinese, to
bring under the heels of the Allies the Imperial
Government, representing at Pekin this stupen-
dous population of nearly 400,000,000 Chinese,
'What is the extent of the contingent furnished by
France to the united Anglo-French expedition ?
Imperial Prance, out of her gigantic army of
600,000 soldierNcontributes to the expedition against
the Chinese Empire-5,000 men altogether ! We
send as many as 11,000
--and France sends actually
less than 5,000 ! We have despatched thither to the