The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-26 00:00:00

Commence at Seven,

EATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
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Lessee—Mr• E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, LArEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr.
and Mr s. Rainey Williams,
To mclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD;
or, flea lequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood
gores t-

OPAL YItINCESS'S THEATRE.
-Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
TILTS EVENING will be performed THE CORSICAN
BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean.
After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince
Diamond and Princess Brighteyes.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
' 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 Waters.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SISTER'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 THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha-
racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston,
Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer,
Le. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Merton, Mr. J.
Roo-ers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosins Wright, 31iss M.
Charles, Ws, Harriet Dalton, be.
To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with
new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN
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, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Tit,
2s._; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls.
Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. D nat half-past
6, to commence at 7 every. evening.

EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
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. I'. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington.
To be followed by THE LAST OF TIIE PIGTAILS.
Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms.
T. 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. Lupino ;
Sprite, Mr. Le Barr.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye }laydenne.
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 gorgeously-appinted Pan-
tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. A.
Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; 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 Eques-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN-
CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson; Harlequin,
Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley ; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.
The last grand Mornincr, Performance of the matchless Pan-
tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at Two o'clock.
Carriages for the day 'performance at half-past four, and
night representation at half-past eleven,

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor --C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
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 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
Kingdom.
The MusteAT. ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose vari
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa•
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wr
perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 26.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

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

BAROMETER-29.82.
WIND, Westerly ; light, with very fine weather

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1859.

It is satisfactory, at last, to observe unmistake-
able indications that the legal profession is really
in earnest in desiring to effect a concentration of
the hitherto scattered courts of justice. The dis-
cussion which took place on Monday evening, in
the chambers of the Law Amendment Society, in
Waterloo-place----a discussion entirely devoted to
the consideration of the attractive enterprise—was
full of the happiest auguries. Sir RICHARD
BETHELL'S remarks alone were replete with the
most encouraging assurances. The learned ex-
Attorney-General intimated, in the course of his
remarks, that he himself, in his high official capa-
city, had some three years since not simply medi-
tated, but actually and earnestly advocated this
very measure of improvement, as the first law ad-
viser of the Crown, under the late Whig Govern-
ment. The adoption, at his instance, of the wise
suggestions made by the •Council of the Law
Society, Sir RICHARD tells us in so many words,
was merely postponed until it was too b late _ y
reason of two very forMidable, but, alas ! also, very
familiar obstructions : the jealous hesitation of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, what the ex-
Attorney• Gen eral happily terms, the vis inertiee of
Governments. But for these two obstacles, the pro-
posed change might have been fairly inaugurated
—the site of the new Palace of Justice might long
since have been definitively chosen—the building
of the projected structure might positively by this
time have been commenced. Because, however, of
that vis inertia, and of that jealous hesitation—the
acheme yet to this day remains in nubibus. The
Palace of Justice is otherwise, up to the present
moment, no better than a castle in the air.
It only requires, however, we do honestly believe,
a little determination and perseverance on the part
of the legal profession to realise the day-dream of
that desired edifice in the substantial form of a
palatial pile worthy of being the home of all the
courts of law, hitherto distributed, as ik were, at
random over different parts of the metropolis.
The advantages that would obviously accrue,
that must necessarily accrue, from the concentra-
tion in a single locality of the various courts of
justice have been already so frequently particu-
larised by ourselves in these columns, as scarcely
to require now even the most cursory enume-
ration. They are advantages -which would
affect alike the public and the profession—
suitors as well as attorneys and advocates :
jurors and witnesses, no less than the several
officers of the various courts, whether high or low,
from the ermined judge upon the bench to the
humblest messenger and doorkeeper. One of the
most direct and appreciable steps towards the
cheapening of Justice would be insured to the
community at large by this very concentration of
the Courts of Common Law and Equity in a Nitta-

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