The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
One More Night only, at Reduced Prices,
on Saturday Evening next, September 26, with Piccolomini,
Giuglini, Beneventano, Rossi, Vialetti, and Belletti.
In consequence of the great demand, and to accommodate
those who have found it impossible to obtain places, one
more night will be given
On SATURDAY EVENING, when will be repeated
LA TRAVIATA.
After which, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, by Mhdlle
Ple3olomini
To conclude with the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LANSIER.e
31008, by Sig. Giuglini.

PRICES :
Poxes to accommodate four persons,
Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and Oae Pair. £2 2 0
Two Pair.
Three Pair 0 15 0
Pit Stalls OlO 6
Pit 0 3 6
Gallery Stalls 0 3 6
Gallery

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
' Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
l•wing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co•
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss:Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. rA. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr.2Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra 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 Brough, Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Auber's opera, THE
CROWN DIAMONDS.
To conclude with Buckstone's farce, entitled A ROUGH
DIAMOND.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d„ £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
• Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
IRIS EVENING, to commence at' Seven o'clock, with
Shikkespeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
iisa.trice, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair ; Benedick, Mr. Howe ;
Dogberry, Mr. Compton; Hero, Miss M. Oliver.
After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled
VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William
Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, cite., 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, a. d. Second price. a. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper ..... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
it
ower Gallery 1 0 lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6 half-price to Upper Gallery,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI.
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 PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr.
T. P. Cooke ; Captain Barrougheliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot,
Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley.
Followed by M Y PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright,
P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c.

TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING will be performed
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mr. J. Kinloch and
Miss Harriet Gordon.
A CHEAP EXCURSION. _ _ _

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

Followed by BAMELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A,
Victor and Mr. Clarke.

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3;, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, le.;
Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/, lr.

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

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, will be performed BIRD IN THE
11 AND WORTH TWO IN THE BU H. Messrs. Shepherd,
W. 11. Eburne, 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 the Christy Minstrels.

, Government General HAVELOCK'S congenial
brother-in-arms here alluded to, being no other,
of course, than General NEILL, the contriver of
that ingenious punishment recently inflicted upon
the miscreant-Brahmins who fell alive into our
hands at Cawnpore, upon the very morrow of
this inhuman butchery of so many helpless
women and children ! That punishment being no
other, it will be remembered, than the compelling
them to wash out with their own hands the
bloody evidences scattered here and there in
damning stains upon the floors of those horrible
slaughter-houses in Cawnpore—to wash them out
upon their knees (lashed by the whips of our
soldiery whenever they paused in these expiatory
ablutions) preparatory to being hung like so
many dogs within view of the graves of their un-
fortunate victims.

Earlier in the revolt, moreover, had we not an
augury of what was afterwards to be accomplished
by our HAVELOCKS and NEILLS, in that match-
less deed of self-sacrificing valour by which Lieu-
tenant WILLOUGIIBY signalised to the native
population of India the heroic resolution of which
a British soldier is capable when driven to the
last dread extremity Can it soon be forgotten,
can it ever be obliterated from the pages of our
Anglo-Indian annals, how that dauntless Com-
missary of Ordnance in the city of Delhi—seeing
the impossibility of saving the magazine under his
charge from the possession of the insurgent Sepoy
multitude—rather than consent to its falling into
the hands of the mutineers—coolly gave the signal
for the match to be applied to that enormous
mass of gunpowder, with all its accompanying
store of projectiles and combustibles ! It is
literally what NELSON himself would have done
under kindred circumstances—rather than strike
his flag, nailing it to the masthead, and going
down all liands standing !

Young India is all the while alert in our behalf
in the very heart of the rebellion, in the person of
Col. HERBERT EDWARDES—that type of all that
is at once heroic and sagacious in the army of
Hindostan. EDWARDES and his fellows are already,
or will shortly be, at the camp before Delhi, pre-
pared to act as we know well how they will act,
whenthe time for action comes in that last crown-
ing struggle for vengeance upon those Pariahs of
the Human Race, the violators of all laws human
and Divine, the miscreants who have outraged
all the sanctities of life, and who, consequently,
there await the one penalty of their inevitable
and collective extermination.

Beyond all this—besides all these gallant sol-
diers, even now, at their posts of peril, prepared
literally to "do or die"—is there not at this mo-
ment pressing onward rapidly to the scene of
action, to assume the chief command, and to
sound the trumpet-signal of attack upon the
doomed city, when all his preliminary arrange-
ments shall have been rapidly completed—the
"man of men" among them all, the heroic High-
lander who hastened at the first summons to ac-
cept the glorious responsibility of Commander-in-
Chief ? Be sure of this we may be—sure of
it we are—Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL will not leave us
long in suspense as to the sequel of these events,
so soon as he shall have reached his head-quarters
before Delhi! Once there—the note of Victory
will soon be audible ; and, what is more (after so
many fearful atrocities), the terrible and thrilling
note of Vengeance !

There is a monster to be destroyed ! An
incubus that sits heavily on the national shoul-
ders, that paralyses our energies, and prevents
the full development of our natural capabilities.
It is red tapism 1 Every suggestion for improve-
ment--every scheme for the public benefit, is
nipped in the bud by the monster. It is the
" waiter on the threshold," the destroyer of
every noble aspiration. Routine sacrificed Kars,
and with it our prestige in the East. It occasioned
the horrible massacre at Cawnpore, the terrible
privations at Lucknow, and the fearful destruc-
tion of our gallant soldiers on the way to Arrah.
It kept an effete general in command at Dinapere,
produced the mutiny, and enabled the rebellious
Sepoys to march off with guns and ammunition,
to accomplish the work of destruction. It is
still rampant at the Horse Guards, and prevents
true-hearted Englishmen from affording the valu-
able aid which they are able and willing to ren-
der, if only permitted to do so.
There are hundreds, aye, thousands and tens of
thousands, of " Jame STEELES" in the country,
who pine for the opportunities of distinction.
But the regulations of the service interpose au
insurmountable barrier. They must be either
officers or privates ! They have, however, neither
money nor influence sufficient to attain a com-
mission ; and they cannot consent to abandon
their social position by entering, as private sol-
diers, under the existing regulations. We see
It can scarcely fail to be otherwise theu at abundant evidence of the martial spirit, but un-
once consolatory and inspiriting, if we here sue- fortunately it receives no encouragement. In
cinctly recal to general recollection the names of plice of tempting a superior class into the ranks,
those who have already distinguished themselves our military red-tapists do all in their power to
in the midst of this frightful and appalling ewer- prevent such a result ; and if an ardent eneliu,iast
gency, consequent upon the sudden revolt of breaks through the trammels, he speedily receives
100,000 armed and disciplined rebels in Hindos- ample cause to repent the rash experiment. It is
tan. Already there are very many gallant names not sufficient to be gifted with thews and sinews,
to be enumerated—the names of men who have with a dauntless heart and indefatigable energy.
proved worthy of the occasion—men who have Something more is required. There must also be
secured for the present moment almost a limo- 4s. D.-450/. ready to be lodged at the army
poly of the public sympathies, and this very nearly agent's, and sufficient influence to induce the
in the same proportion as, in regard to the future, Commander-in-Chief to accept the purchase money
they command the national confidence, or as, in —we had almost called it the "bribe." Allow
regard to the past, they have extorted the popular men to enter in any position that will not be
admiration. From the successive commanders- regarded as a sinking in the social scale, and you
in-chief before Delhi down to the lowliest of the will get thousands of valuable recruits panting
camp sutlers—there are not many individuals for distinction, and ready to undergo any fatigue,
upon the Government side in all that vast In- to brave any danger, in its pursuit, Why not
dian peninsula who do not, from the mere l hold out inducements to veteran soldiers to re-
circumstances of their position, at once win enter the army, and bring their tried experience
from us here at home an interest so profound Os and their trained nerves and discipline to the
to be only capable of being articulated in one national cause? How many officers are there, who
word, and that word--God-speed ! But, even sold out during " the piping times of peace," who
now, as already remarked, there are many who would rejoice to be allowed to re-enter the service
have at the very outset so justified this instinctive if they could do so with their former rank, and
interest in their behalf, that they have thus early, a recognition of their former services, There
as we hare said, commanded the national con- were many snoli men in the Turkish contingent
fidence and weee the
Foremost
'Popular admiration. and the foreign legions who would gladly volun-
, erwan
neartee. men (surelg these
dauntless and true- tear. We believe that there is not one of our
the name .
suns to every lip read
upon the instant) Brigadier-peseta]
HAVELOCK,
the o,:lorious Avenger of thm
%macre of readers who cannot number 4onle persons of the
mind within the circle of his friends teed
par
't-oo Znclout ring
! A soldier, who has sudden] acquaintaneea who would !gladly serve their
de-urs created for himself an enviable -
Y 111 a few country if permitted to (IQ so on :fir and
reputation-...Tsr inning (as they need equitable terms. But unfortunately the regulu-
,...rouusq Victor of Miliessim,o, andDap
athe
ci tiOn B—excellent servants but shockingly bid
42onteelotte) vit tory afteee victory at the pas d. ulae.ters—cannot be relaxed, and we must rather
.chete9e the assistance of foreign mercenaries seek than Of
her,es Cons Ipieutoeis among all our gloifteue o
nOVir fi b • lit 'own high-spirited youths, Offer the same
the g ling against such perilloef.:, odds, induce
graat ht ef life or death in Ben,
col and the to German
inducements to "Young England " that we do
western •Prov inces, HAVELOOS Y 2 and there will be no lack of efficient
Pre., stands forth I and chivalrous volunteere__. • • •
32rtinea t ab men with the insunc-
•-sihe ove the noblest
'no di his compeers— tivo gallantry of the
vri• has) beyond Angle-Saxon race, and tl 0
of English
„ - all othere, the most i feeling gentlemen to elevate and refine
oppe
;Li, „eel. I himself . "tions. •
eity. et this abrupt and awful their disposi Never did such a battalion
w go forth from any country there jooiatea Yas that which, with
en this brave Captain, too, is judicious regulations, might be raised in Great
lot one d hose name rises immediately after- Britain at this moment. All they ask is to be
ter°.
e our rep-
,ollection, as that of one who has conveyed to the scene of action, to be placed face
4z?,4 Vat
APPdoved himself his worthy lieute- Ito face with the sanguinary assassins of their
-rob 4 18 Or*" coadjutor of that Scourge of countrymen and countrywomen, and not to be
44,4 p -0 44
en
.ticuq 3 rabble of revolting Hindoos permanently bound to a military life when the
ane.t a
Revolting, in both senses of time of action has gone by.
tO imagination and to. the ! Sergeant KITE may vainly tender " the QUEEN'S

CANTERBURY IaALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Felections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, die., viz, Mrs. Palmyro, Miss
E. Scott, Sliss Brunel', Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and
Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far-
rant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An.
tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Master Corri; Messrs
Sam, Collins, and E. Mackney, Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Director, Herr F.
Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sa2-
pers, Arc.. until twelve o'clock,—Signor PICCO will perform,
at had-past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn., 28 min. aft. 4 -Even., 43 min. aft. 4
To-Moßßow —Morn., 59 min. aft. 4—Even., 16 oain aft. 5

IHE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 23.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
59—lowest this morning and during tho night
67 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.28.
WIND, S.E. ; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather.

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shilling" to young men, whose energies are
wasted behind a counter in displaying fancy goods
to fair customers. They will not unite them-
selves to Brown Bess for life, when their educa-
tion and capacity hold out higher prospects. But
let them see that there is a reasonable chance of
preferment, that good conduct will meet
its just rewards, and the yard measure will
speedily be exchanged for the musket, and we
shall find the class now ridiculed by the Times
supplying many Bayards, knights without fear
and without reproach, to the army. It is said
that "England is not a military nation." But
why ? What is the foundation for the reproach ?
Simply because we repress the enthusiasm of the
rising generation, make the higher ranks a mat-
ter of money, and the lower a degradation. In
other nations, the middle classes are encouraged,
or compelled to enter the army ; here they are
virtually prohibited from doing so. It is kept
either for the aristocracy or the very poor, who
can content themselves with the gloomy prospects
afforded. A French soldier may hope to be a
Culonel or General. The highest aspiration of an
English one is to become a Quartermaster or an
Adjutant.

The Times tells us that Exchequer Bills are no
longer a popular investment, and suggests their
total abolition—or rather, the funding of those
now in circulation. It declares that " the faci-
lities that rendered them acceptable to bankers
have been utterly eclipsed," and shows that
" the first blow was inflicted by abolishing the
regulation under which they were receiveable for
revenue payments at any period after three
months from their date of issne." The great blame
is, however, justly cast upon Sir CHARLES WOOD
and Mr. GLADSTONE for the depreciation of this
very valuable instrument of exchange. The Ex-
chequer Bill has, indeed, been discredited by the
experiments of incompetent or crotchetty finan-
ciers. Under judicious regulations there was no
species of security more acceptable to bankers or
capitalists generally. And why ? Simply because
they knew that they could at any time be disposed
of at par, in payment of duties or other liabilities
to the national exchequer. The privilege was
seldom, if ever, resorted to, for the power of
holding Bank-notes that carried interest made
them always quoted at premium. But when they
were reduced to a discount the great induce-
ment failed. They used to be, and we
believe still are, the means by which the balances
of the Scotch Banks are adjusted, and thus became
a most important element in the national cur-
rency. But they are now, crede the Times, to be
withdrawn, in order to make money more scarce
and dear, and still further to enhance the rate of
interest.

In place of withdrawing Exchequer Bills, the
' principle should be more fully developed. Allow
them again to be paid in for duties or any public
liabilities, and issue them for smaller and
more convenient denominations. In place of
thousands and hundreds, make them for tens
and fives—aye, for one or two pounds. Then
they will freely circulate from hand to hand, and
become really valuable to the community. As it
is, they are only useful to bankers or money-
dealers, but with the modification we have sug-
gested, they would be in general use, and in the
hands of every man who had a sovereign at com-
mand. It was the laziness of a former comptroller
of the Exchequer that led to the issue of large
bills, and there is nothing but the direction of the
Financial Minister required to bring about a
change that would be in every respect beneficial—
that would, create an extraordinary demand for
these securities, and enable them to circulate freely
at a reduction of at least one-third, if not one-
half, of the present rate of interest. We
do not expect much from Sir G. C. LEWIS, but
we trust that Mr. JAMES WILSON, the best
financier in the Ministry, will bestow on the
question the calm and attentive consideration to
which it is fairly entitled.

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 21.

LNTEsT NEWS

Official intelligence has been received in Paris
of the acceptance by the Mexican Government of
the proffered mediation of England and France in
the quarrel between Mexico and Spain. The con-
ference for the settlement of this matter is to be
held in London. This will probably not be very
pleasing to Spain, which would fain have had it
in Madrid. The capital of one of the mediating
nations is manifestly the most suitable place. It
is not yet known who will be the Plenipotentiaries
appointed, but it is presumed that Senor Lafragua
will represent Mexico, he being completely au
courant of the affair, which he has followed from
the commencement. - The whole personnel of the
Mexican Legation at Madrid is now in Paris.

Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort, and the
Princess Royal attended Divine service at the parish
church of Crathie yesterday. Lady Church.ll, the Hon.
Fl)ra Mac lonald, Earl Granville, K.G., Major-General
the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps
were in attendance upon her Majesty.
Tae service was perforated by the Rev. John Stuart.

KOENIGSBERG, SEPT. 21.
Letters received by a commerical house in this
city from Russia state that the commission for the
emancipation of the peasants has adopted the fol-
lowing res Autions :—" The emancipation is to take
place at three successive periods ; one to be occu-
pied with preparatory measures ; the second with
the executive measures ; and the third with the
definitive arrangements, to be confirmed by law."
In a manifesto from the Emperor, the landowners
will be invited to come to an arrangement with
their peasants relative to the emancipation of the
latter. The contracts between the owners and the
peasants must contain these three clauses :—" 4.
The land appropriated to each peasant to be farmed
on the payment of rent must be sufficient for his
existence, and for that of his family. 2. The
peasants must undertake not to leave, at least for
the present, the lands they now occupy. 3. The
payment of the taxes due to the State must be
guaranteed.' The other clauses of the arrange-
ment are to be left to the free will of the contract-
ing parties."