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THE FIELD 
Slmnsrinrnfs. 
T heatre royal, drury lane. 
LESSEE, MU- E. T. SMITH. 
I n MONDAY OcL 9, tin? Farewell B*n«flt of C. V. 1IUOOK F-, when lie will perform 
bl> great Character MACBETH. Those celebrated artltles. ilenrl Ilrajlen end Jibe 
(.ii. utna Lowe will, the principal Chonu. hare klndlr Tolunteerwd lo aid In the perform- 
anee of Locke’s fkmoui Mime After iheTraged/. the I Hit In’. Popular KJu*el Horn Union 
Uand will perform, and the great truuiptler. M. DISTIN will pH/ hie Inimitable Trumpet 
Solo, SOLDIER TIRED. To concludo with a Grand BALLET 1>I VEitTIK.SEMl.NT. 
r PHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. — Under the 
MannRement of Mr. HLJCKSTONE. 
tngseement of Mr Wltll.HT. formerly Of the Adclphl Th.alre, for a limited period. 
_. #1 ,i a , , ,, Monda*. \Vcdn>-s-1*/, and Friday, In the character of Paul Prr . and 
on Tueada,; ThurwHr, and t-alurdar. a, Hilly Uekaday, In SWEETHEART;/ AND 
\\ j \ t ' Mr HUDSON. the celebrated Iruh tome.llan, will appear on Monday, 
\\. in.olar and i rl.lay, a- Taddy OTHlTert/. In HORN TO GOOD LUCK, and on 
-I.r Tlmmior. and Saturday, a, G cranl Pepper. In T1IE WHITE HOUSE OF THE 
PKPPEUU 
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, and FUID AY, Poole', Comedy of PAUI. Pit Y. Colonel 
lHr.li, Mr. Chippendale, Frank Hardy, Mr. K. Vtlllcr, ; Wllherlon, Mr. Roger) ; Harry 
Kunley, Mr. W Turner, l'nul Pry, Mr. Wright (from the Adelplil Theatre) ; Simon, Mr. 
I i.r. Kina. Mill A. Ylnlng; Marian, Mlu Schott (her flnt appearance); Mra Subtle, 
Mn renter. Pliupbc, Mis) I. Chaplin. After which UOIIN TO HOOD LUCK. Paddy 
o'iUU’erty, Mr. Hudson. Willi A KISS IN THE DAIIK, Character, by Mr. Clark, 
Mr Hoar, and Mn L. a Buckingham. 
On Tl is DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY’, to commeneo with 8. Loaer’t rrrlaed 
Drama of THE WHITE HORSE OF TI1E PEPPERS. Gerald Popper. Mr Hudson. 
Msjur Mansfc-ldt, Mr. Rogers ; Aggy, Mlu Latino (her flnt appearance at thla Theatre). 
After which SWEET HEARTS AND WIVES, llllly I.atkadoy, Mr. Wright. Admiral 
Franklin, Mr. Chippendale ; Chariot, Mr. W, Turner; Eugenia. Mra L. K, llnoklngliam ; 
I.aura. Mba E Chnplln ; Mra. Doll, Mra Poynter. Concluding on each earning with A 
KISS IN THE DARK. Stago Manager, Mr. CHIPPENDALE 
T 
PIIEATRE ROYAL, A DELPII I.— Proprietor and 
Manager, Mr. U. WEBSTER. Directress, Mminmo CELESTE. 
Pcwlllaoly lb- lull tl* night, of Mr. Blorrls U,mrll— Continued great njccen of 
MONSIEUR JACQUES— Reriaal of CAPERS and CORONETS and THE STATION 
HOUSE. 
MON DA Y, October 9. and during ilte Week, the popular drama by Mr, Ilenjamln 
Webster, called THE DISi AllDED SON. lly Meaim Keeley, Leigh Murray, I* lled- 
furd, I' Selby, I'nmlle. Wayo, 4c ; Mcadame, Keelry, Woolgar, l utlibert. and Wynd- 
ham After which (on Monday, Tueaday.and Wednewlar) MONSIEUR J ACQUES. lly 
Mean Morrit Ilarnell, Gardon, O, Loc, Sander,, and Mlu Woolgar. After 'THE DIS- 
CARDED SON, on Thumlny, Friday, anil Saturday (Aral time at thla theatre) the 
revived Farco of CAPERS and CORONETS. By Mcairt Home Daniel*. J Huge 
Me, damn Keeley. Leigh Murrey, and Mary Kceloy. To ooncludo with, every eveulng, 
tbc Farce of THE STATION HOUSE. Uy Morn. Monti Barnett, Leigh Alurrey, 
Carden, Ware, Sandora: Mcadamca Windham and CuihbcrC 
Stago Manager, Mr. LEIGH MURRAY. 
L >OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wvdi Street, 
L Strand.— LcsnfO and Mnnngcr, Sir. ALFRED WIGAN, 
llroijiplon. — The Public ore rripoctfully Informed, that thla Theatre will RE-OPEN i 
MONDA Y nett, OCTOBER Mil* The Urcu Circle bu been Enlarged and lU-acalcd, and 
a Row of Upper Hot SUlli bat been coiutructed, which may be retained tho whole 
evening, Price 4a, Second Price, 3a 
The Performance, will roiinioncc with the Comedietta, entitled A MATCH IN THE 
DARK.— Mr. Clement, (an Attorney), Mr. Frederick Vlnlng; Vellum (hit Clerk), Mr 
E Clifton; Captain Courtnay, Mr. Alfred Wigan: O'FlInn, Mr. Danvers; Ellen Marailcu. 
Mlu Flupatrlck (her Flnt Appearance at thn Theatre); Prudence M'lntyrc, Mn. Alfred 
Wigan After wlmb. Till. NATIONAL ANTHEM will bo sung. To be followed by 
all o Comic llmma of HUSH MONEY,— Mr. Jiupcr Touchwood (a Sensitive Gentleman), 
Mr f, Rob: on . Snuggle (a Retired Tradesman), Mr. J. U. White; Charlca White |hD 
Nephew), Mr. GlaiLlona (hi, Flnt Appcareneo at thi* Theatre); Stock 
•loo. r l. Mr II invert; Snore m (a Policeman), Mr. Moore; Tom Tiller la Waterman), 
Mr Erne ry , I.vdla | Daughter to Snuggle), Mlu Dormer; Mr*. Crnb, Mlu Stephen) ; Sally, 
0(Laundrewi — Daughter to Stock), Mr* Alfred Wigan. To concludo with the' New 1 urce 
of PF.KFKIT CONI'IDENCI'.— Mr Fas/. -Mr F Robtcn. Mr Johnson, Mr Emery; 
Herbert Atlicrley, Mi, Leollu; Mr* liny, MLu Manlon ; Julia, Mlu Emily Ormonde; 
Julia, Mlu F„ Turner. 
N B. — The Boon will open at Seven o'clock, auil tho Performance will begin at Half pa, 1 
Ftvcu. 
Stago Manager, Mr ALFRED MIGA N, Assistant Stago Manager, Mr. Frederick 
Vlnlng. Acting Manager, Mr. W. S Kmdcn. 
The Iloi office open Dolly, from Elcveu till Flvo o'clock, under tho Direction of Mr 
O'Reilly. 
Elm I'rli ■ — stall,. . Upper Bo I Stalla. ds ; Bom. It.; Pit, 2a ; Gallery, la Second 
Price at Nine o'clock— Upper Bo* Stella, 2a; Bo la, 3s.; Pit, la, Gallery, 6iL Private 
liozca, A'A 9a and A), la 
Pluc i, Ifctalnablo the whole Evening, may be taken at din Box-oUlcc, whore tho Pay< 
laont of One Shillliig will aocure from One to Four Salt 
UTRAND THEATRE. — Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. 
H ALLCROFT. 
MISS UERECCA ISAACS beg, rapcafullr to announce that her ANNUAL 
BENEFIT will tab,' place on TUESDAY NEXT, October 10lb, 1351. when will be 
pr- *i riled DonlieUI'a Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Louli, 
Mr Mauvern; Kulplrlo, Mr. O. Summer), Marla. Mlu Rebecca Isaac* To be followed by 
the highly aurreaful force of THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To which will be 
added, by ipeclal dnlrr, 111! PET OF THE PUBLIC. Medlle De Laney, Mlu 1 
laai,-., Tuomeludn with THE ILLUSTRIOUS .STRANGER, llcnjarnln Bow bell, M.. 
I! Hum, Dnn* 2a Gd. . Pit, la; Gallery, OiL : Private ltoxei, AI. la; Slalla. la — 
Private iinaca, Plact-., and Tit keta to be had of Mm Rkuk, • v Iiaxls, 521, New Oxford- 
street. and at the Box Office, Dally, from eleven till four o'clock. 
4 STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— 
J. Lessee nnd Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE 
HIE FALL OF sEII VSTOl'OL ! Mr William Cooke liai ing despatched an agent to 
Parl» to wltlu • a Grand Spectacle at the Cirque imperial, embracing the principal cvcnU 
of the E ei, in War. prepared, ou hla return, an Equestrian Drama, morvlng the denoue- 
ment for tho expected recent gluriuua event, which liai fum Idled the Aulbur with tbo 
I Ibrllllng and poacrful in. idcnl* It will abortly be produced on a acale of magnitude 
cr liefur* attempted in thla country— will introduce Ado auxiliaries, and combine In ill 
c greii 
toil Nights of the Fngatement of Mr. WALLETT. tho King of Clow ii* 
oprnUlun belli the Ring and the Stage. N.B. — The announced Piece, Til E.SlKGE OF 
s 1 I - l b I \ i . * III, In, .. I, f'.r ill, Introduction of the late grand a. In, >, m, nt by the Allied 
MONDAY. Oct. 9. and all tho Week, THE WOODMAN'S HOUSE, or. THE FALSE 
KNIGHT. After which, the SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. To conclude aillh THE 
IRISH TUTOR. Ac.. Ac., Ac. 
PATRON : H.R.IL PRINCE ALBERT. 
R oyal polytechnic institution.— 
Mr. PEPPER, the Resident Director, betrs leave to announce 
ll.at the WHOLE nf the RECEIPTS of the INSTITUTION on the EVENING of 
TUUK-D V V. tbo 12th But . will be bonded orcr to tbc pruposed PATRIOTIC ASSO- 
CIATION fei III* BEN EFIT of the WIDOWS anil ORPHANS of the BRAVE M EN 
now FIG HIT NO ill* RATTLES of their COUNTRY 
An INTRODUCTORY LECTURE to a COURSE on PHYSIOLOGY ei connected 
with HEALTH, by Dr.GAUPKNTKR, I'.llei, 4c., on Monday «veulng, the 9th nut, at 
j 
An entirely new ami iplendid DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE APPA- 
P. ATI'S. Ibruwing three JeU liulcad of onr. and DUBOSl tfS NEW SUBMARINE 
FI.Fi I RK LAM P. MODEL of the HARBOUR and FORTIFICATIONS of SEBAS- 
TOPOL, mads by Sergeant FALKLAND and Corporal THOM AS, of the Royal Sapper* 
and Mlnera. Woolwich, 
DISSOLN ING \ II WS of the SEAT of WAR In the BALTIC and the BLACK SEA, 
with new PICTURES of the HOLY PLACES, end the HARBOURS of SEBASTOPOL 
and KRONSTADT. 
Exhibition of the OXY-H YDROGEN MICROSCOPE. 
Lecture* on NATURE-PRINTING, and ou CHEMISTRY. 
On and after Munday.the 9tli liui. the Inilllutlon will be open at Twelve o'clock. 
I > oyal panopticon of science and art, 
-Lt LEICESTER-SQUARE. 
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. 
The Lumlnoui Foutilaln, daily, at the clua* of the Dioramic Exhibition — Lecturca on 
El, efricity by lir II M. Noad — On the Appllcatlun of Mclala to the Uaeful Am. by Mr. (1 
Am. II, nil Wctlneiday evening, at S15— Scientific Dtmunitratloiu during tho week or 
Ch.inhtry, by Mr. t. F Anvil— Meteor*, by Mr W R. Blft — Mechanic], by Mr 
Parting !, .ii — Natural Magic, by Mr J D. Malcolm— Marine Architecture and Navi- 
gaii ii. by Mr. G. F. " err— Sclenliflc Biography, by Mr Hugo Reid— Machinery and 
Manufacture-!, by Mr > Rlrkinau- Muring Panoramic and Biuramlc View* of Verona, 
and I hr-.matropc*. with Hclnke'i Diving Apparatui, twice dally— The Grand Organ, 
br Mr W. ^ Best, ai lulervali; principal performance dally at 2.15— Dolin'* FlUgel 
M ro Union riiry ercnlng (except Saturday), at 9 15— Songa, Glrca. and Madrigal*, by Mr. 
J Huwr, ut-uud by other localutt, Tucsdayaaud Friday), at 2 Ik For further particular* 
»,< tin- programme appended to the catalogue Hour* of Exhibition : Morning, Twelve to 
In. r.iening. Setcn to Ten (Saturday Evenlngi excepted). Admliaiou.lt School! and 
children under ten. half price. Life Admualun. Ten Guinea* ; Annual AdmlMlon, Gtntlo. 
xocn, Teo Guinea*; Ladiea, One Guluea and a Half 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RAC ING. 
I Alfred —The Cosarc witch Is a/w handicap. 
I t /'.—The St. Lcgcr Course, at Doncaster, is 132 yards over a mile and 
three- quarters 
Pnjeuor ltuck.—'So bet. 
H. D. IManchtttrr ).— He was not scratched. 
lloianUi. — Yes ; John Scott gave his evidence beforo a Committee of tho 
House of Commons on Gaming, in 1*M. 
Frblvruk S -There is no authentic information. 
I’trulain . — The Jennala filly has recently been named Gruyire. 
Talbot —You lose. 
1‘loUmv . — Caurouch and Mrs. Taft were half-bred. 
A. It. <’ — Nonsense. 
(,’. H. (ttradjord ). — We never heard of the horse. 
L li — War Eagle. 
Murphy— Hn objection was made, but overruled. Jt 
Nr mu .— Truth was a filly. “ 
Hauler .— We fancy Hint the horse you name is not in training. 
U. A. (Southampton ). — Ho never was at CO to 1. 
T /'—Yon win both bets. 
Trifle . — A very good chance. 
COURSING. 
U' If. miliami will find an answer to his inquiry in our Sporting 
Miscellaneous. 
AQUATICS. 
Oh/ Countri/marl (Toronto).— the Number containing list of craft 
(B.C- Y.C.) never reached our office, or we should have certainly had the 
greatest pleasure in repriutlng it. Send a slip by post to make assur- 
ance doubly sure. It is not yet too late. 
S — The dosing trip of the It. L. Y. Club takes place to-day. If you can- 
not reach Blackwall by i p.m., take the train on the south side of Lon- 
don-bridge and you will reach Erith before 6 p.m., the hour named for 
the dinner at the Crown. There will be a gramlTnuster 
L — Tho picture can be seen at the Lilley Club. Aflply to the landlord of 
the Nell Gwynne. 
M. H . — Thirty tons, O. M. 
Tyro . — Tho East India Company’s signal code, at the period mentioned, 
was from the pen of Capt. Lynn, 
J .— The Russians often rig the top-gallant-mast abaft the top-mast. 
J. I ! — Tho Talkin Tarn Regatta was certainly in type (sent to us by two 
correspondents) ; possibly it did not appear. We are to-day tbo busy to 
search, news from the seat of war taking up all our time. 
ANGLING. 
M — We already have an original article on tho same subject. 
S S. .S'— The net would be illegal. 
D. T — Apply to Cheek, or Farlow, or Anderson. 
CRICKET. 
J. I! — We arc vory glad you at last acknowledge that the fault is really 
traceable to your own Secretary, and not to The Field. Your com- 
plaint is but* one of many we have undeservedly had to endure “ for a 
season." Uut wo shall always take care that " the saddle be ultimately 
placed on the right horse.” 
K. — Out, according to the rules of M. C. C. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
J. 0. t Manrheitcr ). — The Turkish language is not known to “ the masses 
in Circassia. 
Z .— Wc believe it is quite true that the band of the French Guides is 
about to perform at the Crystal Palace. 
Fides (Chatham).— Tho following is the cause of tho governor of Eupa- 
toria having been made prisoner. He at the very first surrendered the 
town, nnd placed all its stores of flour and provisions at the service of 
the allies in consideration of the place being spared, but directly the 
flag of truce had departed he gave orders for ull the granaries to be 
fired, and only the hap hazard return of a party of our men prevented 
tho order from being executed. For this no was mado prisoner, with 
the postmaster of the town, who was also concerned in it. Such 
treachery deserves punishment, and they should be the very last pri- 
soners exchanged. 
Inquirer (t 'anlii’aii ). — The electric line begins at Cronstadt, in Transyl- 
vania, aud then continues, without interruption, through Vienna, on to 
Paris. 
5. Macdonald . — In our next. 
MASONIC. 
Y.'Z .— It was on the 2 1st of January, 1853, at the installation of 
Br. W. J. Newton, that Br. Jcvaiyee Prestotyee, of Lodge 126, 
Industry and Perseverance, Calcutta, visited the Globe Lodge. The 
proceedings of that meeting were admirably reported in the Era, at 
the time ; we give you an extract of the excellent speech made by our 
Indian Brother upon the occasion, who said, " he could not feel other- 
wise than grateful for the very kind manner in which he had been re- 
ceived by his Masonic Brethren in this country, having come amongst 
them a stranger front a distance of 10,000 miles. The Great Architect 
of the Universe— who had inode the heavens and the earth, who had 
divided the light from the dark— had happily implanted in the heart 
of man those noble principles of fraternity and charity on which this 
order was founded. He could assure the Brethren, that the reception 
he had met with would never be effaced from his memory until it 
pleased tho Most High to call him to that bourne from whence no 
traveller returns. *' 
L. S. — No. They must bo proposed by one member and seconded by 
another, who are responsible for tho respectability of the parties they 
propose. 
T. T — It was Br. Watson, of the Freemason’s Tavern, who rescued 
the Globe Lodge from being disfranchised. It had nearly become 
extinct when Br Watson came to its aid : and, with the assistance of 
able coadjutors, succeeded in paying off a largo debt due from that 
Lodge, and raised it to a position second to none in the craft. 
INQUIRIES. 
Slip/. — ‘‘Sir, — Can any of your readers inform a “slipper” where a pair 
of greyhound Blips can be purchased, — such as is described aud pattern 
shown in the work of ‘ Stonehenge ?' J. T. G. 
SECOND EDITION. 
*** For Latest News , vide page 959. 
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Maatcn J Williams. Fltxglbbou. Whlwbom, and Ball Alto, Mr Holme* TcnoH 
M. — Dart* and M'D»tii. Uaaai. Mcaar* ( .,aw> and Fulcher. Slnglnj In character, br 
Mocknrj and J. \\ < rilchBrld. Harmonium. Master Wllltaui, Pianoforte Mr 
Conductor, Jlr. Baldwin. Winci. Spirits, aud Cigar*, of tbc Brat quality 
SATURDAY , OCTOBER 7, 1854. 
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of sp-,- h, -')UU the memory, and Impart) fluency and a skilful arrangement of the i.i— ■ 
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lergymen. Barristers. Ac., are INSTRUCTED privately in 
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AXrEBSTER'S NATIONAL ACTING DRAMA.— 
> V No. 194. THE DISCARDED SON. 
Thl* edition contains all Die heat dramas of modern times, by Sheridan Knowles, Buck- 
■tom- i Mathews. Trrono Power, 5lark Lemon, J. R. Planchf. T. H. Uayly, U. Wobitor, 
Mra < Gore. T J Serle. R. B. Peake, Dourcicaull. Coyne, J. M. Morton, T. Morton, 
Fool*. Kinney, Loicll, Marabou, C. Dance, Loser, llaylo Bernard. Mra S. C Hall, Oicn- 
Xord. M limn c-tt. T Parry.it Each Number Is Illustrated, and each Volume has a 
highly Cnltli.d Portrait of a popular Author. AniuitK the acrlc* will he found — The 
Borious I atoll., tho Wreck Album. Groen Buahta, Rory O'More. the Bridal, Ollaer 
Twm. White I lone of th* Feppen, Nicholas Nlckleby, Married Llf*, Grace Darling, 
Isaac N\ alien. Dr, Dllaortb, School fur Scandal, King O'Neil, His Last Leg), VUtorlno, 
Brian Boro- him. the Fortune* of Siulkc. Grandfather Whitehead, Carer de liisan, Peter 
Wilkins, t rlcket on the Hearth, Old Heads and Young Heart), Uaed Up, llamlct. Sweet- 
beans and W I, ,. I leant arc frump), tho Vicar of Wakefield, Belnhegor the Mouulc- 
Lauk. feituff. tt.« stnn.-. r. the Man of Lew. Mind your own Buitueas, SUre LU» vr 
Uncle Tom's Cabin, the < «rnp at C'hobham.— Price Gd. 
W. 8. JOHNSON, 01 , bl. 5I*t tlu't lane. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
GLORIOUS victory, a heavy loss, a series of successful 
operations, and the investment of a grand fortress. 
Thus much is certain. But the history of the week — at 
home — is a strange one. Scarcely were our remarks of 
Saturday last in the hands of our readers when the news 
which we had been anticipating arrived. We learned that 
the forces of the Allies — whose brilliant landing had been de- 
scribed — had marched towards Sebastopol ; that the Russians 
had placed themselves vory advantageously on the heights 
of the river Alma, and had there awaited the attack of the 
foe. Battle had been given, everything yielded before the 
resolute energy of the English and the indomitable fire of 
the French troops, and the Russians, completely routed 
were falling back upon their last and greatest stronghold! 
Here were glorious tidings. But, almost concurrently, and 
from various quarters at once came news, stated to have been 
brought to Omar Pasha by a Tatar, that the Allies had 
followed up their blow; had assailed Sebastopol by 
land and by sea, and with such success, that, after & 
sanguinary struggle, Fort Alexander and Fort Constantino had 
been taken ; that six of the ships of the line had been sunk • 
and that Menschikoff had been allowed a brief interval to 
consider his course, and to behold the French and English, 
flags waving from tho church of St. Vladimir, The news 
was startling, but from so many directions — including “ Scbut- 
topol at prise / ” from the Emperor of France — came confir- 
mation of it, that it was impossible to refuse belief, although 
no official information on the subject had arrived, and though 
calm calculation showed the gravest obstacles in the way of 
the rapid triumph that was reported. England accepted the 
tidings with exultation. The “ Fall of Sebastopol ” headed 
the journalist’s columns; and now that it is clear that tho 
statement was premature, there is a sensation of damp and 
disappointment all over the land, although, in reality, our 
feeling ought to be that of joy and thankfulness for the victory 
at the Alma. The Sebastopol news has been widely spread, aud 
its contradiction lias only begun to follow it. We read in 
the Court Circular of the 4 th, that an express had that day 
arrived at Balmoral, bringing the telegraphic despatch an- 
nouncing tho fall of the fortress, and the less welcome tidings, 
that the fortress has yet to fall, cannot have reached her 
Majesty at the hour at which we write. 
The state of operations in the Crimea, as far as we huve 
them with certainty, is now this : — The Russians were com- 
pletely defeated at Alma, where, unhappily, the English 
have lost, it is said, 2,000 men ; the French not so many, 
but General Bonet is among the slain. Having routed the 
enemy, the Allies proceeded, and forced all the lines around 
Sebastopol, and made their way across the Crimea down to 
the beautiful bay of Bala Clava, which is on the south coast, 
and about seven miles from Sebastopol. This place, which 
has every advantage for the landing of stores and the keeping 
up communications with Constantinople aud Varna, has been 
selected as the base of operations, and here the Allies were 
on the 28th September. The rest has yet to be told. 
We repeat, that but for the untoward circumstance of 
great news, but false, arriving to supersede the interest of 
other great news which was true, England would at this 
moment be in a state of high exultation ; for though we have 
no specific details of the Alma affair, and the Duke of New- 
castle signifies that these cannot be expected until Monday 
next, we have enough to be aware that the battle was a 
brilliant one, and that the French and English, for the first 
time fighting side by side, nobly vindicated both the honour 
of each country and the cordial union between the forces. 
We hear rumours that the gallantry of the French came, at 
no unseasonable time, to the aid of a portion of our own 
force, which found more obstinate resistance, and which is 
stated to have suffered most : but to these rumours we are 
not justified in attaching any weight. The subsequent suc- 
cessful movements, which finally brought the Allies down to 
the best conceivable point for commencing the attack, are 
subjects for congratulation. It is, of course, possible that, 
after all, the coup de main of which we heard may have been 
attempted, and that victory may have crowned it ; but 
we are much more induced to believe that Sebastopol 
will bo taken in regular form. It should be added that the 
Russians are stated to have destroyed Anapa, tho key of 
Circassia, and that the garrison there was marching to the 
aid of Prince Menschikoff, who is said to have but 20,000 
Everything, therefore, promises well, and we look 
for the details of the battle of Alma, and can bide our time 
for the tidings that the grand and final blow has been 
struck. 
No other news than that of war is cared for, or is worth 
writing about. As mere matters of record, we may note 
that the Portsmouth investigation was protracted to great 
length, but has closed, and the charges against Lieutenants 
Knight and Seymour are dismissed — as could not fail to be 
the case, unless the mayor’s court had been infected with 
the spirit of a court-martial. Such a tribunal, however, has 
been demanded by Lieutenant Knight, and it is to be 
hoped that it will take a warning from the conduct 
of the Windsor inquisition. The Duke of Cleveland and 
Colonel Garrett have exchanged some angry letters, but with 
no great result, and no great accession of ornament to 
our repertoire of ducal and military literature. A new 
Lord Mayor appears above the horizon on Monday, in 
the person of Mr. Moon, and, it is to be wished that he 
would make his inauguration notable by putting an end to 
the ludicrous folly called the Show, which ought to follow 
that other eminent civic institution, Bartholomew Fair. 
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has been making an elegant 
address to his supporters in Hertfordshire, and compliment- 
ing the farmers upon their really taking almost as intelligent 
an interest in general topics as if they lived in towns. The 
Scottish grievance-mongers have been holding another 
gathering, the Duke of Montrose, and Lord Eglinton being 
the principal speakers, and, talking, went amusingly over the 
wrongs of their ill-used country. Except that the glorious 
sunshine which we have so long enjoyed, appears to be 
changing in favour of a less exhilarating, though equally 
desirable weather, there is nothing to add. “ Wars, and 
rumours of wars,” are the newspaper staple, for the hour. 
Cedat armis toga. 
The Stoltz at Bomarsund. — At this moment Bomarsund 
belongs to a tailor. Sic transit gloria mundi ! General 
Baraguay made a present of the ruined fortress to a tailor 
named Claes Berggren, and this person is now selling bricks, 
&c., from the ruins to any one who will buy. Berggren had 
served the French general us interpreter. 
