The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

CommentA at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
This Evening:, will be produced a new Burlesque, written
expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough,
and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The new and gor-
eous scenery by Mr. William Callcott. The principal cha-
acters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston,
Aims Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer,
; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .1.
;log-erg, Mr. Barrett, Arc. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M.
( !harlos, Miss Harriet Dalton, and a numerous Corps de Bal-
k .t will also appear.

'kfter the Burlesque a new Comic Pantomime, replete with
ne, w tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN
TO Y HORSE ;• or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles
L :curl ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry
Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri.

T!he Performances will commence the Comedietta of TOO
MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE.

I.",:echiced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit
2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls.
Bax -office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past
6, to commence at 7 every evening.

Nyskir THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THni EVENING, MR. WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS
REQU'I.EiTED AT A PIIOTOGRAPIIIC SOIREE.
Manager, Mr. B. Webster ; Photographer, Mr.. J. L. Toole;
Memory, "Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else.
After the' first piece the New Act Drop by Clarkson Stan-
field, Esq., R.A., and painted by Mr. Wm. Telbin. With the
Occasional. Address, spoken by Miss Woolgar, and presented
to Mr. Ben. Webster by Shirley Brooks, Esq.
GOOD }'OR Mr.Toole and Miss Woolgar.

To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
MOTHER RED CAP or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride
to Edmonton.: Clown, Mr. Croueste ' • Harlequin, Mr. Hilde-
brand; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin° ;
Sprite, Mr. Le Barr.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanboroup,l.
THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Qeen, ye Carle, and ye Maydenne.
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee ...Mr. William Cooke.

Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, le. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.

During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE
R:' VOLT IN INDIA; •r, The Fugitives and their Faith-
ful. Steed.

A fter which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star
Rich 'rs of Europe.
Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Equcs-
-triart Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN-
CHAXSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
C RUI SER. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemminzs • Sprite, Mr.
-Thome ; Pantaloon, Mr. H. Morley; Clown, by the inimitable
.grotescue, Mr. A. F. Forrest. The gorgeous Transformation
Scene the perfection of modern art.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FIRE
ARTS GALLEnv, in connection with the above Hall, IS WOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Picturvs, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
-he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music ball, the New Fine Arts Gallery, anti the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
-as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
'Kingdom.

The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual tv
Seven o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-STJN OFFICE, DEC. 31.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

48—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.

B.tnomETEit-30.28—still rising.

WIND, Easterly; light, with foggy weather, and rain,

THE SUN.

FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1858.

The reputation of the Earl of DUNDONALD is the
property, not merely of his family, but of his
country. hitherto, in a nobler sense than lAGO,
" he has worn his heart upon his sleeve for dawn to
peck at." A braver heart, we do believe, never
man had. During a long lifetime it has been sorely
tried. But at last—not, however, until the com-
mencement of the eighty-fourth year o§ his age—
Lord DUNDONALD has broken the haughty silence
hitherto maintained, and issued the first portion of
what we earnestly wish to see completed—the
comprehensive vindication of his historic fame from
every species of base and lawless misrepresentation.
This preliminary fragment of his vindication is
now Substantially before his fellow-countrymen.
It is complete and triumphant: as complete and
triumphant as any one of the glorious feats of arms
achieved by him when, as Captain Loid COCHRANE,
he carried his frigate into action, or, cutlass in hand,
led into the very jaws of death a boarding-party.
Lord DTJNDONALD has gone in at the Chilians,
Peruvians, and Brazilians, in 1858, as he went in
at the foe waiting fer him, armed to the
teeth, in their lair in the Basque Roads—
or as he went in afterwards at Callao into the heart
of that formidable array of three hundred pieces of
artillery guarding the Spanish frigate Esmeralda.
The only difference now is that the attack adven-
tured upon in his honoured old ago with the pen
in lieu of the sword is made against countless
slanders in the broad light of day. Elsewhere, in
anotherpart of this day's impression of our journal,
we refer more particularly to these remarkable
pieces just eatire. However unpalatable some 6f
in
them are they nevertheless demand perusal. Lord
DE' DONALD is entitled, surely by his past history,
to this candid and earnest consideration. We
-commend his work cordially and promptly to the
perusal of his fellow=countrymen. It may be after
date as regards the despicable rulers of Chili, Peru,
and Brazil, but not as it relates tothe brave veteran,
who for 30 years had been their silent victim,
at last their inexorable historian. The incidents of a
career like that of THOMAS Cocgiw Earl of
DUNDONALD, never grow old, aTo ;lever after date,
are always vivified with the geign§*4 ,valour of

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