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T heatre royal, drury lane. 
M. JULWBN'S CONCERTS. 
M. JUtLlEN b«! nsosl to uinounco lh»l his CONCERTS will commence 
on MONDAY OCTOBER SO. on which occasion be will h»»e the honour of maiiiig 
hu flril*ppc»r»ncc .n 
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. — Under the 
Management of Mr. BUCKSTONE. 
kMnnr™>nl of Senor* PBRBA NENA, end the renowned SPANISH DANCERS. 
Mr WRIGHT, the popular Comedian, Mr. HUDSON, (bo Irish Comedian, and tbo 
SPANISH DANCERS, every evening 
MONDAY October SO, Poole’s Comedy of PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. With 
the SPANISH DANCERS. THE IltlSlI LION. Tim MooreV Mr. Hudson. And the 
SPANISH DANCERS. 
TUESDAY. TIIK IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O’Plenlpo, Mr. Hudson. With 
THE SPITALFIELD8 WEAVER Simon, Mr. Wright. The SPANISH DANCERS. 
AS DEAF AS A POST. Tristram Sappy. Mr. Wright. And the SPANISH DANCERS. 
WEDNESDAY. PAUL PRY. The SPANISH DANCERS With HIS LAST LEGS. 
O’Callaon, Mr. Hudwn. And the SPANISH DANCERS. 
THURSDAY. THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerard Pepper. Mr 
Hudson. THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. With tho SPANISH DANCERS, AS 
DEAF AS A POST. and the SPANISH DANCERS. 
FRIDAY, PAUL PRY. the SPANISH DANCERS, THE IRISH LION, and the 
SPANISH DANCERS. 
SATURDAY. THE IRISH AMBASSADOR, the SPANISH DANCERS. THE 
SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. AS DEAF AS A POST, and the SPANISH DANCERS. 
Stage Manager, Mr. CHIPPENDALE. 
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL— Proprietor and 
Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Madame CELESTE. 
Great luctcsi of the New and Original Drama, by Tom Parry. Ex) . Author of " Tho 
Harvest Home." Ac., called THE SUMMER STORM, which will be repealed orery 
•reolnjL 
On MONDAY. October 23, and during the Week, THE SUMMER STORM. 
Character! by Mcalra Kcelcy, Leigh Murray. Paul Bedford. C Selby. Paraello. J. Rogers, 
Garden. 11. Homer, C J. Smith. Woolgar, Way*. Ac; Mcsdamo Kcelcy, Woolgar, Leigh 
Murray, Mary Kceloy, Wyndham, Laldlaw. Sloker, Ac. Ac. To l>e followed hr A 
MOVING TALK, by Mr. Kecley. Min Mary Kcelcy, and Mm Kcelcy. To conclude 
with the laughable llurlcjquo of NORMA, by Mcum P. Bedford and Roger!, Mill 
Woolgar, Mlaa Luthbcrl, Ac. Ac. 
A new and original Farce l> In active preparation. 
Stage Manager, Mr. LEIGH MURRAY. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RACING. 
T. Hawkins {Spilth;/)' — The reported death of Alembic has been contra- 
dicted. 
It. 1‘ — You lose. , , , , 
T. It. V . — We believe lum to be a probable starter. 
INQUIRIES. 
Ferrets. “ Sir,— Can you, or any of your readers, Inform me of any 
practical work on “ Ferrets," which all must know are most delicate 
creatures as to their food and treatment? 1 think, with your aid, I 
might hear of something of the sort, which I and many of your 
readers feci the want of greatly.— Mus.” 
D.— Was Marshal Ney a cavalry or infantry officer ? 
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 
Gun-room.--' “ Iu last week's Field the question is asked, 'What is 
tho difference between the gunroom and ward-room?’ The gun- 
room is under the large cabin, and used by the master gunner. 
The ward-room is the mess-room of tho chief officers.— W. A." 
—JYautinu also says ; “ The gun-room is an apartment on the after 
end of the lower gun-deck of a ship of war, partly occupied by the 
gunner in large ships, but in frigates and smaller vessels, where it is 
below, it is used by the lieutenants as a dining-room, &c. The ward- 
room is a room over the gun-room in ships of war, and where some of 
the principal officers sleep and mess.” 
E OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.— Lessee and 
Manager, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. 
On MONDAY »nd (luring the Week will he performed a new Drama, In Two Act!, 
called TIIE TRUSTEE Principal character! by Mean A. Wigan, F. Vlnlng, Emery. 
Lctlle, MLvv Moakell, and Min Stephen* After which will be produced a Farce, colled 
A BLIGHTED 1IEING. In which Mr Rohion will appear. To conclude with TO 
OBLIGE BENONS, In which Sir. Rohion will perform. 
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— 
i V Lessee and Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. 
FIRST NIGHT OF THE GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE. 
Mr William Cooke beg! to announce that tho nut preparation! ncecMary being now 
completed, the above-named splendid Hlppodramo will he Ant produced on Monday next, 
the 23rd liter, lu flnt representation will be Inaugurated by a BENEFIT In AID of tho 
yU.ND for the RELIEF of the SICK and WOUNDED SOLDIERS of the RATTLE of 
the ALMA. Mr. W. Cooke earncdly tollelU tho rupport of the public in a cauxv which 
•idta »o much »yinpathy. and which need! eo much Immediate assistance. 
MONDAY, October 23, and all the Week (flnt lime), a Grand War Spectacle, called 
THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. In which both the Siogo and tho Ring will bo em- 
ployed. After which the SCENES IN TIIF. CIRCLE. To conclude with a SUPERB 
NATIONAL ENTREE and GRAND TABLEAUX. 
SECOND EDITION. 
*** For Latest News , vide page 1007. 
SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21, 1854. 
NEWS OF TIIE WEEK. 
D ETAILS of the advance of the Allies upon Sebastopol, 
and descriptions of the preparations for the storming, 
have occupied public atteution during the week. The great 
Russian stronghold cannot be said to be “ invested,” hut it 
is ardent to serve. We think the subject of so much ini 
portance, that, at more than our usual length, we have 
attempted to indicate how and why distinction should be 
made between a sham charity and a real one. 
Sir Charles Napier is coming home very soon, and it is 
now finally understood that the glories of Bomarsund, and of 
a blockade which Prussia has reudored nugatory, are to be 
the only features of the Baltic expedition of 1854. Wo 
greatly dislike to join in attaching any stigma to a noble 
name ; and although we fear that there cau no longer be any 
doubt as to the real reason why there has been no attempt 
of importance made in the Baltic, the glorious servicea of 
Sir Charles Napier, before advancing years made such a 
burden as the responsibility of the expedition too heavy for 
him, entitle him to be dismissed with the gentle observation 
of the French monarch, when a favourite general had failed 
to vindicate his reputation : “ All we can say is, that he is not 
so brave to-day as he was yesterday." Should the war be 
protracted, a younger leader must do the work for which the 
country has been looking. We may remark, by the way, 
that the journal chiefly favoured with the confidence of 
Government; has taken two opportunities of inserting the 
severest reproaches to Admiral Dimdas, to whom want of 
courage is almost imputed iu terms. It appears hard that 
because Sebastopol will be taken with little aid from tho 
admiral, that such a moment should bo selected for pointing 
out liis alleged failings, which were unnoticed when a sti- 
mulus might have been applied with advantage. 
The magnificent funeral of Marshal St. Arnaud, in the 
church of the Invalides, took place ou Monday, and tho 
details will be found elsewhere. All that military and 
ecclesiastical pomp could do towards rendering the cere- 
monial memorable was put forth. The uuited flags of 
France, England, and Turkey, waved over his remains. May 
he be the only leader of note lost to the good cause ! Upon 
his accomplished successor, General Caurobert, devolves the 
honour of planting the tricolor upon the citadel of 
Sebastopol. 
The Queen has returned to Windsor, and has held a 
Council there. Fourteen of the Ministers attended a Cabinet 
Council, on Tuesday, at the Foreign Office. A cor- 
R OYAL polytechnic institution, 
309. REGENT-STREET. — Under the sole Direction of J. II. 
PEPPER. Eoq„ F.C.S., A. I lut. l .E. 
GOOD DRAMATIC READINGS are now added to the other attractions. 
Min GLYN will commence on Thursday Evening, tho 20th Inst., al F.lght o'clock, 
with MACBETH, and contlnuo other reading! on Saturday, the 33th, and tho 2nd and 4lh 
of November. 
LECTURES specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CL ASSES, on Monday Evenings 
Every NOVELTY In GENERAL SCIENCE will Iwiecured to the Public. 
An ever-varied fuecenlou of LECTURES. MECHANICAL and COSMORASIIC 
EXHIBITIONS, MUSIC, lb. MICROSCOPE. DISSOLVING VIEWS, Ac, is main 
tauicd dally, from Twclva till Five; Evenings, Seven till Ten. 
Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. 
is menaced at three points by the two armies and the fleet, 
and its fate is as certain as anything in war can be. The 
latest news would seem to imply that the Russians have 
determined not to leave Sebastopol to the chance of siege, 
but to take another course for its protection, and that they 
design to attack the Allies in flank. We have no doubt 
that the victors of Alma will be able to give a good account 
of the foe, and that those who were beaten from one of the 
respondence has taken place between Major Beresford 
(“ W. B ") and Sir James Graham, in reference to some very 
strong personal language used by the Major in speaking of 
Sir James to Borne Essex Protectionists. But “ W. B.” 
having retracted the hardest word of all, Sir James has no 
more to say. The losses of the Newcastle fire amount, in 
lives, to nearly fifty, in money to £600,000. Court-martials 
on the officers in the Arctic Expedition, for the loss of their 
• | 'HE ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND 
JL ART. LEICESTER-SQUARE. 
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. 
A new Cormorants of St. Petersburg, with a Portrait of tho Emperor Nicholai, ha, been 
added. In addition to the other attraction! of 'tblx Institution. Lccturci on Chemistry by 
Dr. H. M. Noad.cn Monday, at 3 )5, and by Sir. G F. Amell, on " The Application of 
Mrtaltlolhe Useful Art!," on Wednesday, at H I 5 Demonstrations In Chemistry — On 
Mcloiri, Natural Magic, Slarlno Architecture and Hnvlgation. Scientific Biography, Gal- 
vanism and Magnetism, tho EII'.cU of Voltaic Electricity, Ac. — Hcinkc'a Diving Apparatus, 
with the Subaqueous Light In Ihe Crystal Cistern— The Luminous Fountain— Moving 
Panoramic and llloramic Views of Verona, followed by a Bioramlc Miscellany oi 
Prismatic Disc and I bromolmpc*, Ac,— The Grand Organ, by Mr. \V. T. Best, at intervals; 
principal performance at 245 each day — Henry Putin's Fliigcl Horn Union every evening 
(except Saturday) ol D id— Songs, Glees, and Mmlriguls. by Mr. J. Howe anil other vocalists. 
J or furthrr particular! ico Hie official Programmes and Catalogues. — llouri of Exhibition ; 
Morning. Twelve to Five ; Evening, Sevan to Ten (Saturday evening excepted). 
Admission, la; Schools and childien (under ten), half price; a Season Ticket, One 
Guinea ; a Life Ticket, Ten Gulncoa 
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strongest positions ever occupied by a military force will 
not be found more formidable when they become the 
assailants. Meantime the enormous guns have been landed, 
the exertions of our sailors being put forth in the heartiest 
manner in aid of the besiegers, and earth was to be broken 
within 800 yards of the Russian works. The ground is 
described as rocky and with little earth, and therefore un- 
favourable for the operations of our engineers. The marines 
have asked and obtained leave to assist, and the first breach 
was, it was stated, to be stormed by these gallant fellows. 
"The breach is practicable — tell that to the marines," will 
be a glorious modification of the old gibe. 
Much controversy is being carried ou upon the subject of 
the propriety of aid being asked from the nation towards 
promoting the comfort of the wounded soldiery. Volumi- 
nous official documents are published, to show that the army 
is amply supplied with every necessary; and scores of letters, 
in reply, come forth, to prove that our soldiers are languish- 
ing and dying for the want of the veiy necessaries thus 
stated to be furnished. The natural impulse of all who hear 
that a soldier who has been wounded in his country’s service 
is lying unhelped and untended, is to exclaim that, no matter 
who has, or has not, neglected his duty, the poor fellow shall not 
suffer ; and forthwith subscriptions, medicines, bandageB, lint, 
and every surgical appliance, are almost forced on the Exe- 
cutive. It Beoms hard to say that this is an undesirable 
ships, have ended in the return of their swords not with 
compliments to all. The catastrophe connected with tho 
same name — the Arctic — wherein 350 lives wore lost, is 
shown to have been a sacrifice to " the Moloch, speed ; ” 
the captain — eager, for mercantile reasons, to arrive at his 
destination — having kept up the same speed through a dense 
fog-bank as he would have done in clear weather. We are 
glad to record that uhere seems a probability that tho 
scoundrels who plotted massacre and committed murder 
on the Enniskillen railway will be brought to the scaffold, 
from which we trust no weak sentimentality, and — which we 
fear still more — no priestly influence, will have strength to 
save them. 
The obituary of the week contains the name of Mr. Samuel 
Phillips, the author of " Caleb Stukeley," and the reviewer 
of literature for the Times newspaper, a most able — and a 
most kind hearted man ; one who made his way, by talent 
and energy, out of the most discouraging circumstances 
and who, despite health (so wretched for years that, he could 
never venture out after dusk), laboured in his duty to the 
last, and left behind him a fair inheritance as well as a good 
name. His last public appearance was at the inauguration 
of the Crystal Palace, when he presented to her Majesty a 
general handbook of which he was the author, and which 
is a model of industry, research, and criticism. 
To the Public in General, and Advertisers in particular. 
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From the Stamp Returns, published on April 5, 1854, it appears, that 
during the two years, 1862 anil 1853, the number of Stamps supplied to 
each of the under-mentioned Newspapers gave them an average side as 
follows ; — ■ 
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Morning Herald 4,021 
Daily News 3,910 
Guardian 3,904 
Economist 3,837 
British Banner 3,798 
Record 3,736 
Watchman 3,691 
Nonconformist 2,997 
4,409 Express 2,235 
Leader 2,140 
Hcrnpath’s Journal 2,060 
John Bull 2,020 
Globe 1,926 
Weekly News 1,709 
United Service Gazette .... 1,708 
Railway Times 1,641 
Atlas 1,479 
Spectator 2,856 I Standard 1,450 
St. James's Chronicle 2,844 Naval and Military Gazette. 1,313 
Morning Post 2,052 Patriot 1,304 
Sun 2,539 Gardeners’ and Fanners’ 
Morning Chronicle 2,361 | Journal 762 
Britannia 2,329 j 
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interference by the nation ; and yet how cruel it may really 
be to permit governments to look to private and uncertain 
charity, to do what it is the duty of the country to do. This 
is a most popular war, and there is not a man in England 
who would not gladly make a sacrifice in aid of the expedi- 
tion to the Crimea. But other ware, equally just, may, from 
their distance, or other causes, cause little public interest or 
excitement. How sad will be the condition of the soldiery 
engaged in such wars, when the Government has been taught 
that private benevolence will permit it to neglect the organi- 
sation and provision, which it is bound to carry out to the ut- 
most perfection, out of the enormous sums of money the people 
so cheerfully pay for the purpose. We hesitate, therefore, to 
give auy countenance to the scheme for private assistance to the 
Government. The Executive itself declares that it is un- 
necessary, and that the complaints are exceptional and 
exaggerated, (and we think that the country is bound to 
accept the statement. But there is no danger of the flow of 
national benevolence being impeded — let us only see that it 
gushes into the right channel. The noble Patriotic Fund 
offers to every man, woman, and child, in the Queen's 
dominions, a means of testifying, to the utmost of his, her 
or its power, to the sincerity of the admiration and kindness 
with which our Crimean heroes are regarded. From the 
millionaire to the milliner’s apprentice, all may contribute 
to this fund. The cheque for the thousand guineas is 
welcome — welcome, too, is the little bag of hoarded half- 
pence. The donors to this fund may be assured that their 
money will not be wasted, squandered, or jobbed away, but that 
it will be applied conscientiously in the best, and, indeed, in 
the only desirable way— to do good to those whom England 
lining Jim 
THE COURT. 
Her Majesty and her Court have quitted Balmoral and re- 
turned to Windsor Castle, where the Royal hospitality has 
been accorded to various noble and distinguished personages 
during the week. On Monday Admiral Virgin (the Swedish 
Minister), the Earl of Clarendon, Lady Caroline Barrington, 
Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Sir James 
Clark, had the honour of diuiug with the Queen. | 
Mr. Lloyd took the usual oaths on his being appointed 
Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cardigan. 
FASHIONABLE WORLD. 
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are entertaining a select 
party at Euston Hall, near Thetford. The Earl of Eustou 
and Lord Charles Lennox Fitzroy have had abundant sport, 
pheasant shooting, on his grace’s preserves during the week. 
The Duke of Devonshire lias gone to Chatsworth for a few 
weekB. His grace is improving iu health. 
The Duke of Argyll has purchased Campden Lodge, the 
favourite villa residence of the late Duchess Dowager of 
Bedford. 
The Marchioness Dowager of Londonderry arrived at 
Holdernesse House, Park-lane, on Thursday, from Garren 
Tower, county Antrim, to take leave of her second son. 
Lord Adolpus Vane Tempest, M.P., who is about to embark 
with a detachment of his regiment (the Scots Fusilier 
Guards) for the seat of war. 
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn are entertain- 
ing a select circle at Brocket Hall, Herts. 
We are authorised to state that a paragraph which 
appeared in the evening journal of yesterday, to the effect 
that Lord Dudley Stuart was lying dangerously ill at Stock- 
holm, is not correct. By letters lately received, hia lordship 
