The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

MI?. W. li. RUSSELL'S LECTURES.

On Saturday. Mr.. Russell delivered his third lec-
ture, the last of the Series, in Willit;'s Rooms.
.Havi'tg terminated his second lettuce with a vivid
description of the brilliant but inTrufitab'e charge
at Balaklava, he cornmencel his third lecture with
a referencetothe promptand ailtnirable
of Sir Da Lacy Evans on Oct. 28, for whose services
no adequate reward had yet been given. He then
passed on to the battle of Inkerman, a large picture
and admirably filled in. The storm of the 14th and
15th November was next described with its at-
endant disasters. The horrible state of the camp
during the winter was then vividly depicted.
Spring and the heaven-sent mission of Florence
Nightingale at length brought some relief and good
crier. On the btu of February the French took
from us our right attack (the Malakhoff), which Sir
J. Burgoyne recognised at once as the key of the
position. It would obviously have been more na-
tional that the English should have kept their lines
on the extreme right, and that the French should
have occupied the lines on the British left, which
were nearest the French lines. It was said the
French refused this arrangement. But if they re-
fused why should we have always yielded ? Mr.
Russell, in the course of his remarks, frequently re-
ferrad to the indignity of our playing second fiddle
to the French during. the operations of the siege.
Mr. Russell passed rapidly over the intervening
events till the assault of the 18th of June. Lord
Raglan was not to make his attack on the Redan
till a certain signal had been given by the French.
But the French, having failed in their attack on
the Malakhoff, and got into a difficult and danger-.
ous position, Lord Raglan ordered the
attack on the Redan. It was the old story over
again. ,We were not to do No. 2 till the French
had achieved No. 1; and to this too easy coin-
plianee with the wishes of the Allies he attributed'
the fact that this turned out fur the Enel:sh nation
an inglorious 18th of June. On the Bth of Sep-
tember he witnessed that quick, tiger-like, arid suc-
cessfulspr;ng of the French on the Malakoff. The
English were preparing to renew their attack on the
Redan the next day, but it was not necessary. The
Russians felt that the heel of their Achilles had
been wounded, and they prepared to leave Sebas-
topol, which had been defended with so much skill ;
and they were allowed to do so without any more
serious attempt to prevent them than the firing of
some shot at the Russian bridge. In conclusion
Mr. Russell oUserved that England was prodigal
too late of men as a to-d.y airti,hesis of her rea-.
diness to spend money. Names of promise
ai issued from the recent contest which,
if they had the opportunity, would one day be-
come famous. If the English people desired to eater
on greatwars they mustbe prepared to maintain great
armies ; and if these armies were animated by the
same spirit as that which possessed the army of
Sebastopol, there need be no fear, in any future
struggle, for the homes or liberties of England.
Mr. Russell's lecture occupied two hours in the
delivery, and was concluded amidst loud applause.
Mr. Russelll will repeat his Personal Narrative
at Willis's Rooms, on Saturday afternoon, May 23 ;
Thursclarafternoon, May 28; Monday afternoon,
June 1.

TIIE EQUESTRIAN TROUPE AT DRURY-

LANE.

An equestrian company—an importation, ire
understand, from America—commenced a short
season at this theatre very successfully on SaturdaY
evening. At present the performers confine their
exertions to the circle, leaving the dramatic branch:
of the art to the old-establishei home over the
water ; but it must be confessed that within their
limited range they produce a very varied and ele-
gant evening's entertainment. Miss Ella, whose
name figures in the bills as manager, is a rider 01
tremendous force and daring, who jumps through
balloons and over gates, while her horse is at the
gallop, with as much ease and facilityas if she were
only dancing a polka on terra.firma. Mr. Delavarit'
and his children perform miracles in posture-makieg,
and execute their wonderful feats with so much
ease and precision as completely to obviate that
nervous sensation with which people are apt to
contemplate thrl tumbling about of young childrec,
as it is commonly done by the less dexterous mew
bers of Mr. Delavanti's calling. A child,. Mi 5,3.
Wells, performs with much grace an elaborate act
of the haute ecole ; and Madame Newsome manages
two horses is a manner that is at once graceful and
surprising. The whole of the performances, i 7,1
short, belong to an advanced school of the art, en„u"
present the charm of novelty in a class of public
amusement that has made less progress amongst u 3
than any other we know of. There are, besides
the horsemanship, some first rate gymnastic eier-
cisPs by Messrs. Potter and Jennings, and remark-
able feats of tumbling by MM. Ferdinand and Pl-
gene. These two latter performers were loudly aP-
plauded, and may be said to have contributed a
leading feature to the evening's amusement. I,e
.
must not forget the clowns, Swann and Wallett"
the latter, who calls himself the " Shakesperio
Jester," being almost as loquacious as chorus le ths,
old drama. Both said a great many good tiling'
and were very humorous, efficiently tilling up the
time while the horses were recovering their wie'
an.'l the ladies readjusting their muslins. Nearly
every member of the troupe was honoured with 4
call, but the chief favourites seemed to be the
ladies 'Ella and Newsornbe, mu. Eugene and Fel'
dinand, and the • old and young members of the
Delavanti family. Great praise is de, to Mr. 'Stir-
stage manager of Drury-lane, for the celeritl
with which the theatre was got ready for this Del(
species of entertainment.

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