The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-24 00:00:00

Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony", Is,

RETURN of SAM COWELL to ENGLAND, who will
shortly appear at his old quarters, after an absence of five
years.
RE-DECORATION of this Magnificent HALL, executed
by Mr. William Sanderson, of Lambeth, under the direction
of Samuel Field, Esq., architect, is now completed. This
popular Place of Amusement now surpasses its former
randeur, and, with the FINE ARTS GALLERY and
SPACIOUS PROMENADE, forms the MOST ELEGANT
PUBLIC BUILDING in the WORLD. Considerable im-
provements have been made in the VENTILATION and
LIGHTING.

THE 0 X FOR D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
This noble building being now completed, its architectural
beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting
render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every
Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections
(by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus)
from " Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas
by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on
the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by
the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music
of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The
Comic, portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss
Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves),
W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission,
sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private
Boxes, 108. ed.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIN DAR.—Morning, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h. 4Gm,
To-moßnow.-Morning, 4h. Om.—Afternoon. 4h. 20m,

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 24, 1561.
THEEMOHETER, IN THE SHADE.
72—highest since noon yesterday.
54—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.88.
WIND—S.-south-Westerly; fresh, with dirty, dull
weather, and continuous rain.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1861.

Yesterday, the twenty-third of July, 1861, will
long be looked back to as a date marking an epoch
in the political history of our own times, of the
City of London, and of the British Parliament.
For it will be remembered that upon that day Lord
JOHN RUSSELL not only bade farewell to his latest
and greatest constituency, but, by so doing, cele-
brated in a signal manner his advance from the
popular to the hereditary branch of the Imperial
Legislature.

Comparatively brief though the speech de-
livered by Lord JOHN, upon this profoundly
interesting
...occasion, was in itself, it was
in every respect worthy of the orator and
of the occasion. Within a very brief interval
from the moment of its delivery we had the satis-
faction of laying the whole of it, through the Third
Edition of The Sun of last evening, before our town
and country subscribers. As might very confidently
have been predicted, the appearance of Lord JOHN
yesterday upon the platform of the old Guildhall of
the City of London was the signal for a display of
enthusiasm on the part of those there assembled
together in his honour, to Welcome him, and, at the
same time, in one sense, to bid him Farewell—a
display of enthusiasm in its character, in its
fervour, in its protraction, really and truly worthy
of being designated extraordinary. Nor can this
be wondered at. For—with all his faults,
and they are not a few, with all his
shortcomings, and they have been not un-
frequent—Lord JOHN RUSSELL has now, during
the chief part of this last half-century, held good
his place among the first and foremost in the front
lank of our leading Statesmen. A couple of years
longer were alone wanting, when exactly half-a-
century would have elapsed since Lord JOHN'S
entrance in his youth into the British House of
Commons. During forty-eight years—from 1813
till 1861—he has taken a conspicuous part, during
certain intervals the principal part, in the labours
of our national representatives. Almost all the
Ministerial offices he has held at one time or
another—Prime Minister, President of the Coun-
cil, Secretary of State, now in one, now in another,
of the various departments. Throughout a long
series of sessions—year after year—the noble lord
has at one period led the House, at another that lesser
moiety of the house, if the bull may be allowed—
the Opposition. The mere titles earned for him-
self during these eight-and-forty years of public
life as a Member of Parliament, an Administrator,
and at lone time even (though perhaps the less said
about that the better) Plenipotentiary
Extraordi-
nary (very Extraordinary l)—indicate the magni-
tude of the share taken by Lord JOIIN RUSSELL in
the d eirelopment of the Parliamentary History
of this country, and in the developraent, the
eaten sion, and the consolidation of the con-
stitution. And those titles or designations by
which Lord JOHN'S political, social, and even we
might say, literary reputation will henceforth be
held in the national remembrance ? It were dif.