The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

Cond actor, Alfred Mellon.

To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS
IN BGOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden

Door.; open at halt-past 7—Commence at S o'clock.

TB:EA TRE-R0 YAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr..T. R. Thickstone.

THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS.
Miss Reynolds.
After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime; VALEYTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. Thepantomirnists the unrivalled
Leclereqs.

TTI EA TR OY AL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING Piatia!le'3 Popular Drama of THE
CHILD or THE WItECIC... Maurice (her original charai-
ter) Madame Celeste. . . _

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Alter which, will be produced g new Grand Christmas Ex-
travazan za and Pantomime, KING T Hit LTS ÜBE A. R t), the
LITTL E PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H.
Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosin°.

Commence at 7.:

ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.—
Lessee. Mr. A. Harris.
Re-engagement of the Wonderful Danecr, Mons. Espinosa.
First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Princibal Dan-
sense of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Velapierre
st Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every
night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening.
THIS EVENING, (Thnrssday), the new drama, HOME
T 'turns. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, E. Matthews,
Miss C. Lec'ereq and Mrs. Charles Young.
• Atter which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by IL
J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or. Harle-
quin King Arthur and the Knights of the, Round Table.
Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin. Mr. Cormack Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine; Miss Caroline Adams -Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

OY A L PRINCES S's THEATRE,—
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.

Three Morning Performances of the pantomime of JACK
THE JIANT KILLER, universally acknowledged the best
of the season, MONDAYS, January 2, 9. and 16. Doors open
at half-past cne ; commence at two o'clock.

NE" THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL
Sole Troprletor and MArotzer, Mr. Benj.' Virelaster.

Holiday Attractions.— The Christmas Carol and the Nevi,
Spectacular Extravaganza., by H. J. Byron. Esq,, the Nymph
of the Lurlyber.e;; or the Knight and the Naiades.
THIS EVENING. THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Messrs
J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Panl Bedford, Stuart. Bil!ing,ton, C. J.
Smith. Romer: Mies Woolgar, Mrs. Billingtou, 3lrs.Chatter-
ley, Miss /.aidlaw.
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After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LITRLEYBERG ;
or. The Knight and the Naiades. • Messrs. Took, Bedford,
Ebnrne. Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K.
Kelly, Laidlaw.
Doors open at half-past Alx—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith,

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, SE. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster. the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.

TIFITS EVENING- the Derfarrnarteea 'will eminence with
GARIBALDI'S ENGLISHMAN. Messrs. Bariett and C.
Young.

Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY.
Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven.
To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND
JUDY. Introducing Kiss Lydia Thompson and the Corps
de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and
the wonderful Performing Dogs.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, ed; Pit, Is. The Box-ofEce open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
anco commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season.

Great Attraction for the Holidays. The new bombastic
hippodramatic, operatic Pantomime abonndin7 in comicality,
called HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY; or, Old Tower the
Huntsman and the Goddess Diana, with 'songs by Miss
Esther Jacobs.—Gorzeons and Dazzling mechanical transfor-
mation scene. Harlequin, M. Iticharde ; Pantaloon, Mr. P.
Abbot, Columbine, Maddle. Mazzoni ; Clown, Mr. Hilde-
brand ; a family of Sprites by the Elastic Incomprehensibles.
Scenes in the Circle by the Star _Riders of the World. Three
Morning performances of the Pantomime, and Scenes in the
Circle, on Monday and Saturday, Dec. 26 and 31, and Monday
Jan. t, 1860, at Two o'clock each day.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY
QUEEN. ,

And a Grand Se:eetion from Meyerbeer'a new opera of
DINORA H.

Comic Vocalists —Messrs. (leo ,rcre Holson (the Irish Come.
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critelificid, and E. W. Mackney.

Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.

ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Pine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

TIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 30.
THER.XOIIETEE, IN THE SHADE.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
52--this day at noon.

BA ROMMTEB-29.51.
WiliTD, South-Westerly; fresh, with dull rainy weather,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Mrs DAY.—Morning, 29m.—Afternoon, oh. 47m.
To-monaow.-Morning, 6h. Om.—Afternoon, 6h. 24m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 1859.

DEATH OF LORD MAC_AILAY

It is with the most poignant regret that we

make this melancholy announcement. Here, in.

deed, we hare but too much reason to mourn the

loss of a Great English Worthy, whose cletuiso thus

suddenly and unexpectedly, cannot but be regarded

as in every way premature. A broken column

here again would be the aptcst monument—a noble
Corinthian column incomplete and shattered, with

its ornate capital splintered and rolled in the dust
by the side of the broad and stately pediment.
Lord MACAIMAY has abruptly passed away from

us in mid-career—his grand historic masterpiecc

yet unfinished. He has perished in the midst o

his labours with the cvidences of his herculean

toil littered around him. Who will venture to take

up the broken thread of that gorgeous tapestry,
now but partially woven into the reticulations of

that vast canvass ? Who will dare to handle that

keen chisel? Who can hope to wield that pon-
derous mallet ? There appears almost a fatality about
the continuation of our English History from the
date of the Revolution. Here is the second inter-

rupted attempt within the compass we may say of

one single generation. Sir JA Es MAcKINTOsu

had scarcely time, as it were, to sketch a few of
the principle figures dimly in outline not so
dimly however, but we could discern the touch of

that master-hand and the dignity of those heroic

proportions—when the brush was suddenly

snatched from the artist's grasp—" Something

having happened" to him, as THACKERAY

exquisitely expresses the solemn truth in

Esmond,

" Something which must happen to us

all." Death has now renewed in a more painful

and a more irreparable degree in the instance of

Lord MACAULAY, the national grief and dis-