The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

Commence at Seven,

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr.
and Mrs. Bat ney Williams.
To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ;
or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood
Forest.

]EtOYAL I'RINCESS'S THEATELE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles
Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean.
After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince
Diamond and Princess Brighteyes.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
P THIS EVENING, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER.
Widow Cheerly, Mrs. W. C. Forbes.
After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime.,entitled
UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Wateres.
Commence at 7.

p OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Mana.c,rer, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
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THIS EVENI:IO, will be performed THE ISTER'S
SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame
Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George.
After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written
expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough,
and entitled TILE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha-
racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mr Weston,
Bliss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer,
&c. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Ms
M.
r. J.
Rogers, Mr. Bauett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Mis
Charles, Mis 4 Harriet Dalton, &c.
To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with
new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQITIN
TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles
Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry
Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri.
Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 48. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is.
Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past
6, to commence at 7 every evening.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
First Night of a New Drama.
THIS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING : A Legend of
Stonehenge.. Mr. Ben. Webster, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole,
Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington.
To be followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS.
Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms.
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 Swanborough.
THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne.
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE;
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
Crowded Houses Nightly.

Great and glorious Success of the p.:orgeously-appinted Pan-
tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. A.
Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, :Is. ; Prt, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec-
tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict
of Spain.
After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE,
introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained
palfries and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe.
To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Equal,-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON HIM -
CHAUSEN AND HIS COMICAL CRAM COB
CRUISER., Baron Munchansen, Mr. W. Anson; Harlequin,
Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.
The last grand Morning Performance of the matchless Pan-
tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at ffsvo o'clock.
Carriages for the day rperformance at half-past four, and
night representation at half-past eleven,

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.---
lJ Proprietor --C. MoRTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS WOW
OPEN DAY AN-I) NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, 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 Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and 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
ingdom. •
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMERCes as usual at
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 WEATFIER.—SUN Omcm, JAN. 25.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

50—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
52—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.95.
WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine weather.

THE SUN.

TUESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1859.

The luminous historian of the middle ages, born
in 1778, expired on Saturday, the 22d of January,
1859, having attained, consequently, the ripe age
of an octogenarian. As the fruits of those eighty-
one years, HENRY HALLAM has left seven incom-
parable volumes as his contribution to the treasures
of the national literature. These same volumes
being the two octavos of his History of Europe
during the Middle Ages--the two octavos of his
Constitutional History of England—and the three
octavos of his Introduction to the Literary History
of Europe during the fifteenth, sixteenth, and
seventeenth centuries. As one of the brilliant group
of men of letters who began their intellectual labours
in this country simultaneously with the corn-1
mencement of the present century, Mr. HALLAM
had survived almost every one of the illustrious
contemporaries of his youth, had survived to become
—almost—u/timus .Romanorum. He enjoyed for
several years a foretaste of his fame in the hereafter,
an anticipative relish of his posthumous reputation.
His had long taken rank among the classic
lore of his native land. His own generation had,
for the most part, passed away—another had grown
up and partially died again—he found himself
in his old age in an epoch which, to himself and
his worki, was all but posterity. LINGARD dead,
TrrtEß dead, SHARON TURNER doad—HALLAII
remained among
until the close of last week, the
us
last of our elder historians. The distinction enjoyed
by him among that race, as one of the world's greatest
annalists, had been long recognised as one not simply
of eminence, but, in some respects, of a pre-eminence
quite, extraordinary. Held by his impartial hand,
the balance of historical justice hung ever with a
perfect equipoise. It was in generous and cordial
recognition of this that incomparably the greatest
annalist of the next generation, as he likewise is, to

our thinking, in the new style of his composition

the most perfect prose writer in the English lan-
g,uage—Lord MAcAuLAY—wrote. in his famous re-
view of the Constitutional History these emphatic
words of commendation---,, We should probably
like Mr. HALLAm's book more, if, instead of point-
ing out with strict fidelity- the bright points and
the dark spots of both parties, he had exerted him-
self to obliterate the one and to blacken the other.
But we should certainly prize it far less. Eulogy
and invective may be had for the asking. But for
cold; rigid justice, the one weight and the one mea-
sure, we know not where else we are to look." Not
certainly to Lord MACALTLAY himself. Eulogy and
invective are had from him in abundance -without
the asking. He has proved himself a perfect
master since then in the contrasting arts of
blackeningand whitewashing—flattering WILLIA3I
of ORANGE, for example, into an impossible para-

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