The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-02 00:00:00

THE THEATRES, &c.

DRURY-LANE—At Seven; Ici on Parle Francais. Hamlet (2d Act).
Peep o' Day (2d and 3d Acts). A Regular Fix. The Willow
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ADELPHL—At Seven, My Precious Betsy. The Prompter's Box.
Whitebait at Greenwich.
HAYMARKEy—At Seven. An Alarming Sacrifice: At 7.40, Our
American Cousin. And Shocking Events.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, Sampson's Wedding. At 8.30, Ohilperic
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Little Em'ly. The Princess
PRISMS'S—At Seven, Your Life's in Danger. Paul Lafarge. A
Dark Night's-Work •
GAIETY—At Seven, Young Hopeful. Uncle Dick's Darling. The
First Night.
QUEEN s—At Seven, Quick March. At 8.15, 'Twixt Axe and Crown
STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle
Sauvage. An Unhappy Pair
PRINCE or WALES'S—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite
by Accident
GLOBE—At Seven, Whitebait at Greenwich. At Eight, Philomel.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
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LONDON, SA7 URDAY, APRIL 2, 1870.

Supported, or rather seconded, as Mr. FAWCETT'S
motion for the est.,blishment of undenominational
education at T 1 it.ity College, Dublin, was, last
evening, by the junior member for that University,
its introduc'ion marked in two ways a really notable
incident in the present session of Parliament. It
signalized, in the first place, the acceptance by the
authorities of that learned body of the great prin-
ciple of religious equality as implied in the English
University Tests Bill of her MAJESTY'S Government.
And it signalized in the second place the entrance
into the parliamentary arena of an oratorical
athlete, worthy of his great name and of
that great assemblage. Occurring as the incident
did after two of the dullest and weariest months of
as dead level a session as we can very readily
recall to our remembrance, it was in two senses,
nothing less than refreshing. It was refreshing be-
cause of the delivery, at last, of a really brilliant
maiden speech in this new Parliament. It was re-
freshing, again, because in the advocacy of a bold and
comprehensive measure of innovation there were found
for once, side by side, in cordial alliance, an advanced
Liberal like Professor HENRY FAWCETT, and an ad-
vanced Conservative like the Hon. DAVID ROBERT
PLUNKET_ The member for Brighton, it were need-
less to speak of, now, as a man of the very highest
distinction. Everyone who has acquired even a
moderate acquaintance with the salient peculiarities
of the House of Commons during these last
fiva years, is perfectly familiar with Mr.
FAwcErr's antecedents. As one of the most
brilliant students of Trinity Hall, Cambridge,
as Seventh Wrangler in 1856, as Professor of Poli-
tical Economy at his University, as author of the
well-known Manual of that science, as one of the
keenest and shrewdest intellects in the House, Mr.
FAWCETT has long since come to be thoroughly
known, and, we may add also, thoroughly appre-
ciated. With the capabilities of Mr. PLUNKET the
House and the country bad yet to become alive to in any
way vividly, up to the delivery of bis maiden speech
last evening in the House of Commons. It was only
on the 14th of this last February, that he was for
the first time returned to a seat in that House as
M.P. for the University of Dublin. Already (being
now in his thirty-second year) he has won his silk
gown at the Irish bar, as one of her MAJESTY'S
Counsel. He is the son of a BUSHE and of a
PLUNKET—his mother was a BUSHE, his father
was a PLUNKET• And, judging from his
speech of last evening, the member for Dublin Uni-
versity is not unworthy of his parentage. Personally
and politically, we cannot but repeat that the inci-
dent of yesterday was, in a twofold sense, in a
remarkable degree satisfactory.

PLers' Committee of Privileges have decided
the Wicklow Peerage case in favour of the original
claimant, and against the pretensions set up by Mrs.
Howard. The judgment declares, in fact, that the
the
.claim of latter was nothing more
than an invention, and that the parties
loncerned in it were guilty of a conspiracy to palm
..ipon the world a fictitious heir to an earldom. This
trial has extended to such great length; and has pre-
3ented features of such remarkable comple.x.qb
that a brief review of the entire story maw
not be' unacceptable.. . A
.very. Strange story it
The fourth Earl of Wicklow died without issue, and
the title devolved upon the family of his brother, the
Rev. Francis Howard. This brother had himself died