The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
One More Night only, at Reduced Prices,
on Saturday Evening next, September 26, with Piccolonsini,
Giuglini, Beneventano, Rossi, and Belletti.
In consequence of the great demand, and to accommodate
those who have found it impossible W obtain places, one
more night will be given
On SATURDAY EVENING, when will be repeated
LA TRAVIATA.
After which, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, by MtAlle.
Piceolomini
To conclude with the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER-
MOOR, by Sig. Giuglini.

PRICES :
Boxes to accommodate four peron,
Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.,.... 22 2 0
Two Pair 1 1 0

..,
Three Pair 0 15 0
Pit Stalls 0 10 6
_ _ _

Pit 0 3 6
Gallery Stalls 0 3 6
Gallery

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Proprietor, Mr. Arnold.—Under
the joint Management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W.
HARRISON.—WiII Open for an OPERA SEASON of
THREE MONTHS, THIS EVENING, MONDAY, with
the following Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori,
Miss Correlli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss
Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne (her First
Appearance since her return from America) ; Mr. Aug,n stus
Braham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Brtharn, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Har-
rison (his First Appearance since his return from America.)
Conductor, M... Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra will be selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. •G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Wednesday, and Friday,
Auber's opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS.
Tuosday, Thursday, and Saturday, Meyrbeer's opera, THE
HUGUENOTS.
To conclude with Buckstone's farce, entitled A ROUGH
DIAMOND.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6s. • Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Amphi-
thaatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—Tho Box Office is
now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr.
Chatterton, jun.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMA.RICET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
Slitke-peare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Beatrice, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair ; Benedick, Mr. Howe ;
Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Hero, Miss M. Oliver.
After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled
VIOTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William
Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, dm, will appear.
To, conclude with. THE GLEANERS.
Orchestra► Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d.' Second price. s. d
Dr As Boxes 5 0 Drees Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
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ewer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

lIIHEATRE TtOYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed- the new Comic
piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama
of THE PILOP, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr.
T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burroughcliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot,
Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley.
Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright,
P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c.

STRAND THE AT RE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING will be performed
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mr. J. Kinloch and
Miss Harriet Gordon. _

Followed by BAMELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A.
Vie-or and Mr. Clarke.

After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque,
written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA;
er, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor,
Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J.
Clarke.

To conclude with THREE PAIR OF LOVERS.
Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.;
Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls.

110 Y AL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will 134 performed the new drama of
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE
Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, a*d Mr. G. Murray.
To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert
B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
son, Cooke, Danvers, 4cc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ip OYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.

THIS EVENING, will be performed BIRD IN THE
HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BU H. Messrs. Shepherd,
W. H. Ebnrne, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Vollaire, W. Smith ;
Miss Chalmers, and Miss M. Eburne.
After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear.
Followed by OUR TRAVIATA.
To conclude with tho Christy Minstrels.

CA.NTERBII RY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
biz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Sal,chions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES-, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz.: Mrs. Palmyre, Miss
E. Scott, Miss Brunel], Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and
Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far-
rant, S. Toies, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An.
tonic, E. L. Hime, and Mr St. Albyn ; Master Corri; Messrs
Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams : Director, Herr F.
Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sat.
pers, Ice., until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICCO will perform,
at hat-past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

MIS DAY—Morn., 32 min. aft. 3—Even., 46 min. aft. 3
To-MORROW —Morn., 1 min. aft. 4 —Even., 15 min aft. 4

rHE WEATHER—SUN OPTIOE, SEPTEMBER 20.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
69—highest since noon yesterday.
56—lowest this morning and daring the night
64 —this day at noon.
IBAROMILTER, 30.40.
Wrist>, Northerly ; light, with very fine weather during
the day, but cloady in the morning.
SEPTEMBER 21.
63 - highest since noon yesterday.
50 -lowest this morning and during the night.
63 -this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.32—falling.
WIND, N. to N.N.E. ; light, with fine weather.

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 1857.

It is indeed satisfactory to be enabled to an-
nounce the safety of the small party at Arrab,
who, notwithstanding the failure of the expedition
despatched for their relief, held out until they
Were relieved by Major VINCENT EYRE, of the
Bengal Artillery, and the comparatively small
force under his command. These heroes—and
the*, have proved themselves to be real heroes—
crusisted of.the judge (LITTLEDALE), the assistant-
udge (CoLvIN), the magistrate (WAKE), the col-
leotor (ComEE), the civil engineer (BovLE), and
sorie sub-officials and railway men, about 12 in
W.I. whose names have not as yet been given, and
45 Sikhs. Although attacked by more than

3, 000 rebels, and compelled to endure
thei most serious privations, they main-
tained their position, destroying many of
their assailants, until the opportune arrival
• of Major Eynn, who, with only 200 men and
three guns, was euablid to relieve the gallant
-14141.5 - We trust that such conduct will not be
tsv-ffered to pass without notice. If they were
'Frenchmen they would all receive the badge of
the Legion of
Honour. Why is there not a
similar reward for Englishmen who have so nobly
discharged their duty /

It is stated that a oaurt-martial is to be held
itin Major-General LLOYD, for his culpable negli-
gence in respect to the Dinapore mutiny. A
stringent inquiry is unquestionably required,
ee r 1
and the Commander at Dinapore has a hreanv3r ac-
count to render. But if the statements de
140 well founded, the investigation will not rest
there. Men in even higher positions will have to
answer for their misconduct.
Ori Saturday we alluded to the deputation o,
Ceieutta merchants that had waited on the Gover_
rJor-General, earnestly soliciting the disarming of
the suspected regiments at Diaapore, and pointing
Out the manner in which it might easily be effected.
Tihe salutary counsels were, however, disregarded.
A. delay of even three hours could not be sanc-
tioned by men who had wasted, not weeks, but
months, where promptitude was indeed desirable.
The Sepoys at Dinapore had continued apparently
faithful, while their 'fellows were in open insurrec-
tion. They waited to see what coarse would be

pursued by the so-called Government, and the
total absence of vigour and energy compromised the
native troops, and led to the terrible loss of life
that has occurred. The slightest manifestation
of zeal or energy would have averted the out-
break at Dinapore—the massacres in the sur-
rounding districts—the slaughter of the gallant
soldiers of H.M. 10th and 37th Regiments—
and the insurrection and disturbances in Behar
and Patna, and their vicinities, that will for some
time require the attention of a considerable
force of Europeans. Nor is this all. The
fearful privations at Lucknow—the awful destruc-
tion at Cawnpore might probably have been
averted, but for the " redtapism" at head-
quarters. JUNG BABADOllll—better known as the
Nepaulese Ambassador, who visited London some
years ago—had tendered his services, backed by
10,000 fighting men, all animated by a personal
hatred of the Oudean rebels. The Resident had
accepted 3,000 of the number—very naturally
considering that the valuable reinforcement, so
urgently required, would far more than compen-
sate for the breach of etiquette. He had, however,
"reckoned without his host." The preservation of
hundreds of English lives was as nothing in compari-
son to strict adherence to " routine." Three thousand
men, who had actually marched to the frontier,
were turned back, and the friendly Prince that
offered,' and the judicious official that accepted
their aid were soundly snubbed for their departure
from strict precedent ! General LLOYD will justly
be tried for his misconduct. We fear, if the
statements by the present mail be correct, that
Lord CANNING should stand in the dock at his
side, and be required to answer a still more for-
midable bill of indictment.

Lord Dant has acted nobly—has proved
beyond the possibility of doubt his zeal and de-
votion to his country. Had he been Governor-
General, we should not have had to deplore short-
comings at head-quarters. Disregarding all per-
sonal considerations, and boldly assuming the
entire responsibility of the movement—even as
NELSON in the olden time, the palmy days of
Britain's glory, assumed responsibility at Copen-
hagen—he started for Calcutta, taking vain_
able reinforcements with him. He left
China, to which he had been directed, in
order to make a very valuable suggestion to Lord
CANNING. He had European troops which might
be spared. They were greatly wanting in Indi',
while Sepoys of doubtful character, who were
rather a source of weakness than strength, would
be valuable auxiliaries in the flowery land.
Indeed they had distinguished themselves so greatly
in the olden time, that the " black devils"
as they were styled, were peculiarly distasteful to
the Celestials. The exchange of English troops
to India for a larger number of Sepoys in China
would, therefore, be useful for both countries,
and the zeal and energy of Lord ELGIN is, there-
fore, deserving of the highest credit.
It appears that that the troop-ship, Lord Rag-
lan, has arrived at the Mauritius in 69 days,
with her MAJESTY'S 4th Regiment of Foot. This
will be a valuable auxiliary, under existing circum-
stances. The residue of the gallant 33d (the Duke
of WELLINGTON'S own) had embarked in the Lord
Raglan, and she was t 3 leave on the 13th of
August for Bombay. The Ripon, too, which li
started on Saturday, was to embark 200 soldiers
at Malta, to go by the overland route. We rejoice
to learn that this is but a beginning, and that
more troops will be despatched from the Mediter -
ranean on every opportunity. This is as it should
be. We only regret that our earnest advice,
we may almost call it " solicitation," was not
earlier adopted, asmany serious evils might thereby
have been averted.
It appears that the gallant HAVELOCK, whose
extraordinary and almost unprecedented exer-
tions have saved the Anglo-Indian Empire,
has been rewarded with a good service
pension of 1001. a-year, and promotion to the
local rank of Major-General in India Are these
announcements jests? Is the crisis in India re-
garded as a farce that such petty matters are re-
garded as
," rewards" (!) for such services as he
has rendered ? They are mockeries—insults under
the circumstances. Far better that any
recognition of bis invaluable efforts should be
deferred, than that they should be regarded in a
similar point of view to those of the QUEEN'S
dancing master or music master. We have
heard of "damning with faint praise "
but we have seldom seen such an illustration of
" condemning by inadequate remuneration." Had
all our authorities acted like HAVELOCK, the
Indian rebellion would have been already sup-
pressed, if it had ever broken out, and that im-
portant fact should now In recognised, as an en-
couragement to others to "go and do likewise."

Hopes were generally expressed on the arrival
of the first telegraphic intelligence by this mail,
that this time, at least, we should hear of no ad-
dition to the horridly revolting brutalities which
have sickened and enraged us by turns. Too
soon has the trembling hope been dashed ; bruta-
lity and ferocity which we dare not let imagina-
tion dwell on, have been as rampant as ever.
Some of the first details, indeed, related to the
completion of the former atrocities of NANA SAHIB,
but what a completion ! No wonder that troops
who had seen with their own eyes the palace-court
swimming with the blood of female and infant
victims whom they were but just too late to save
—visiting whose bodies when discovered testified
that they had suffered indignities and cruelties
worse than death in the agony of the last murder-
ous hour, no wonder that such troops could van
quish any number of the perpetrators of such
atrocities. General HAVELOCK had willing aven-
gers to lead. They needed his skill only, no
inspiration was wanting. Every man felt that he
was engaged in a holy war, if ever there was one !
What British civilian, not to say British soldier,
does not feel it his highest duty to defend the life
and honour of the other sex, and to avenge licen-
tious violence, even without wanton iniquities and
cruelty, how much more when these have been
perpetrated in unutterable forms.

But other murders are also recorded—mur-
ders of those powerless to help themselves,
which is, indeed, one of the most
unaccountable features of the mutiny—its
ferocity. We are not likely to know much
more of the causes which could evoke such
a spirit, and certainly all we yet know only fills
us with astonislimentthat men could be stimulated
by anything conceivable to perpetrate the pecu-
liarly ferocious deeds of which the Sepoys have
been guilty. For the honour of h uman nature,
we could wish to discover something which could
softencruelty in some degree the aspect of-infernal and
fiendish
exhibited by so many of our late
rfaegirilments. We y
have seen nothing which call
as even a probable cause of such
fury and bloody -wantonness.
Indeed we hear of nothing but such generous
treatment of the Sepoys, that the revolt seems
more like an army of Absaloms revolting against
a parent who has never denied them :anything,
than ought else that we can imagine ; and cer-
tainly the wretches have taken the means whiel
A85A.1.031 took, and no doubt with the ..e
Oriental view of the case, to make the quarrel

between them and us an implacable one ; their
insults and gross indignities to our women, were
intended to show us the very last contempt ; we
can well believe that licentiousness had but. a
small share in what our innocent wives, matrons,
and virgins suffered ; it was meant to placard the
English nation throughout all India, as the nation
whose very women had been dishonoured in " the
light of the sun," and certain it is that nothing but
an act of RETRIBUTION which shall ring throughout
Asia from Moscow—where Orientalism really be-
gins, to Canton itself, will restore English honour
in Oriental eyes.
But still, we ask, why all these heartless, these
ferocious murders of civilians, of officers, of me-
dical men, of merchants, and even of missionaries;
of every unarmed European, in short, upon whom
hands can be laid. If these parsons escaped they
could not injure their murderers, indeed sparing
their lives might have been pleaded by the mutineers,
if vanquished, in mitigation of punishment. But
if they had gone further ; if they had secured all

the prisoners they could, they might at least
have used them as hostages in the event of defeat
for their own security, and in the event of success,
have set off at a ransom. It would seem as 'if
the extermination of the British in India was the
point aimed at ; and had their plans been fully
matured, theymight have been much more nearly
successful. Was the conspiracy based on this ?
Had orders to exterminate the British when the
signal for universal insurrection was given, really
gone to every station in India, so that thus far all
acted on a preconcerted plan, although events
interfered with the insurrection being simulta-
neous ? In this case the ferocity was like that of
the Catholics on St. Bartholemew's day, under
the Hapsburg generals in the thirty years war,

and in the Irish rebellion, when extermination of
the Protestants was the watchword, and unspar-
ing ferocity was the method deliberately chosen
for the accomplishment of an end.
Gratifying, indeed, are the exceptional cases in
which Sepoys have behaved kindly to the officers
against whose authority they yet mutinied ; and
very gratifying the fidelity of so many non-mili-

tary native servants to whom their masters owed
their lives ; yet these instances of better feeling
only serve to exhibit in darker colours the almost
universal treachery and ferocity of the mutineers.
They seem also to bring us back to the conclusion
that ruthless murder of those they had sworn to
obey, and whose " salt they had eaten," was not a
universal order ; and, that while revolt was en-
joined, the treatment of the officers and other
defenceless Europeans was very. much left to each
regiment. We fear, therefore, that the conclu-
sion must be that these " mild Hindoos" are,
after all, what Asiatics have always been, relent-
less and cruel, beyond Western conception, when
they think they can safely be so: Treated as the
Sepoys had been, they could not seriously believe
that their superstition, or their caste was to be
compulsorily interfered with. They knew the
honour of the British too well for that. At most,
the greased cartridges resolved itself into an affair
of honour; they had objected to them, and they
stood by their objections. That it was not a con-
scientious objection was plain enough by their
using them quite readily to murder their officers,
and to attack Europeans generally. In the late
war the Russian soldiers were guilty of such
brutal murders of the wounded, as horrified real
Europeans. Ferocity is, we fear, an attribute of
the Asiatic character. Indeed, the earliest ac-
oDunts of Scripture make us familiar with the
painful fact.

It seems impossible to forget all this /when the
hour of deliberate retribution arrives. We say
deliberate retribution, because our soldiers will
assuredly, whenever triumphant, exact the se-
verest satisfaction possible in the hour of victory.
But there will be ithe vast majority of one hun-
dred thousand villains and scoundrels to deal with
all over India. They will be so many human
tigers scattered over the land, the scourge of the
country, the Tiers-in-wait for blood, all over the
Bengal Presidency. It will be necessary to pre-
vent their infesting the whole territory, and
and living lives of assassination and plunder, at
the cost of the peaceable. They will be men
whom no kindness can soften, and whom conscious
guilt will make our special enemies ; the life of
no European will be safe where a mutineer yet
lives in the jungle, or secreted in the houses of a
town. He will be a Thug, a robber, and a mur-
derer by inclination and profession. Even the
peaceful natives, especially those who have been
faithful to us, will be in perpetual danger from
the wretches who, in the hour of momentary
triumph, could evince such gratuitous ferocity.
We see nothing for it but that the whole of the
mutineers should be outlawed—that a price
should he paid for their capture, and that all who
could not show some clearly extenuating circum-
stances should be at once executed without mercy.
All the regiments which have murdered officers,
civilians, women, and children, must be thus
dealt with, for all must have been guilty as prin-‘
cipals or abettors. It is an awful prospect, but
it is the deliberate justice, inflicted for proved
guilt, which will most strike the Asiatic mind.
It must contrast markedly with wild revenge, and
with the wanton massacres of the natives in many
a former case as well as the present one.

WILLS AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The will of the
Duke of Marlborough has been. sworn under 200,000/
personally. Mr. William Stone, of the " Casino," Dul-
wich hill, 400,0001.—illustrated Noes.
THE BELFAST RIOTS.—The exemination of Mr. Green
was renewed and concluded. ' The Rev. W.
the Rev. C. Seaver, and Constable Hugh Heany were
also examined, when the Court. rose.
PAIISSIA.—Letters from Berlin state some surprise has
been caused in that capital by the fact of the French
ambassador having desired German officers and soldiers
to send in their claims for the St. Helena medal.
The French Eastern Railway and the Baden company
have-agreed to connect their lines by an iron bridge over
the Rhine. On this bridge there will also be a footway
for passengers, but the bridge of boats will remain for
horse and carriage traffic.
NO.-TELEGRAPH TO BALMORAL.—The Indian express
which reached London on Sunday afternoon, did not
reach the Queen until Monday morning.
AMERICAN MAlLS.—Liveripain, Saturday.—The Bri-
tish and North`Arnerican Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia
Commander JamereStene, railed this forenoon for New
York, with the United States and Canadian mails, 140
passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on 'freight.
DANCING CONGRESS AT VlENNA.—Another congress
has just been held at Vienna—one of dancing masters !
It was attended not only by all the principal masters of
that city, but by deputations from Prague and Odessa
The object of it was to deliberate on the grave question
of the introduction of new figures in dancing, and the
congress, after much anxious reflection, came to the
resolution of adopting a new quadrille invented by a
dancing master of Prague, of the name of Eichler.
SUICIDE OF MR. LEGREW, THE SCCILPTOR —Oa Satur
day Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the residence of
the late Mr. James Legrew, aged 54, St. Alban's-road,
Kensington, sculptor, who committed suicide by blowing
his brains out with a large horse pistol. Mrs. Jane Le-
grew, deceased's sister, who was deeply affected, said the
deceased had for some months past laboured under mos•
extraordinary delusions, and appeared quite an altered
man. Oa Wednesday she was fetched from her owe
residence in Victoria-road, and found that her brother
had shot himself through the head. The deceaeed was
unmarried. He was in affluent circumstances, and he
knew of nothing that preyed on his mind. He was hell
In high estimation as a sculptor • and artist (some of his
productions may be seen iu the Crystal Palace.) Several
servants spoke to the deceased's strange state of mind
for months past, and Dr. Turner said' he found decease.]
lying on the floor of the drawing room quite dead, his
head being shattered by the explosion of the pistol.
Death must have been almost instant.—Verdict, tem-
porary. insanity.
Accounts from Frankfort confirm the news that
Baron de Richberg, the Austrian Minister to the
Diet, who was about to start on leave of absence,
has received instructions to remain at his post, in
consequence of the active interchange of notes Ir.; w
taking place on the Holstein questions.