The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-03 00:00:00

HOLBORN I IDEA 2 RE.

Mr. Barry Sullivan on Saturday last entered on
his career as manager of this very pretty theatre, of
which he has become the lessee, with the object of
enabling the public to have at least one house at
which they can enjoy plays of the highest class, re-
presented by good actors and mounted with libe-
raity and julgment. We sincerely wish him every
success in such a laudable and praiseworthy en-
deavour, and it is to be hoped the public will
earnestly and energetically support the new ma-
nager, and enable him to carry out his intentions
with profit to himself and the very excellent com-
pany he has engaged. The audience that as.em-
bled to give him welcome on Saturday was both
numerous and distinguished. and on the curtain
rising for the performance of Lord Lvtton's splen-
did comedy '• Money" the entranc.3 of Mr. Sulli-
van, who, of course, supported the part of Eve-
lyn, is reception was extremely one of the highest
gratification to the audience. Miss Amy Fawsitt
made her first appearance in tie farce "The Mis-
stress of the Mill," which preceded the comedy,
and met with very great success.

MAYOR OP CORK AND HIS COL-
LEAGUES ON TILE BENCH.

The Pall Mall Gazette correspondent r.l Cork telegraphs
that at the Police-office, on Saturday, Mr. Pollock, one
of the Conservative magistrates of the city, re-
fused to permit the mayor to take the charge-
sheet as chairman. A struggle for possession of
the document occurred, and the sheet was torn. Of course
there was "a scene in court"—a scandalous scene, the
despatch says.

The magistrates held a meeting to consider the mayor's
conduct.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINES,3.

• The committee on the Irish Church Bill is to be resumed
to-night, the first amendsnent to it on the paper being by
Mr. Gregory, who wishes to change the expression "private"
endowments in the bill into "reserved" endowments. But
the tug of war will probably come upon the thirty-second
clause. This relates to the tithe rent charge, and provides
that the charge may be sold to the owner of the land at
twenty-two and a half times its amount. Mr. Fawcett
moves the omission of the clause altogether, and failing
to carry Lis motion, will endeavour to substitute for
" twenty-two and half times its amount" the words
" equal to such an amount of consols as will annually
yield the amount of such rent charge." Mr.
Disraeli wants the money paid to be the average
market price of the charge, and Mr. Henry
Herbert would have it to be eighteen times its
value. The clause goes on to provide that the purchase-
money and the interest may be discharged by payment of
4i per cent. of the total amount annually for forty-five
years. On this Mr. Gladstone moves the substitution of
"fifty-two" for "forty-five," and Mr. Morrison of
"5?-i" instead of "4." But it would be wearisome
to go down over the amendments seriaCm. There are
nearly a dozen pages of them. For the same night
Committees of Supply and of Ways and Means are
appointed, and Committee on the Contagious Diseases
Animals Bill. Among the questions is one by Mr.
Dawson, referring to the conduct of the Mayor of
Cork, and asking whether he will be allowed to
maintain Lis position. Mr. Baines inquires whether
the Postmaster could reduce the charge for money
orders to one penny for each order below twenty shillings.
Mr. Pemberton wants to know what the Lord Chancellor
thinks of the law courts, and will ask the First Com-
missioner of Works. Mr. Stevenson demands of the
Postmaster-General whether the 'West India mails can-
not be despatched on fixed days of the week ; and Mr.
Whalley is anxious to know what the Government intend
to do about the turnpikes.
To-morrow Sir Robert Anstruthcr will ask whether
branding has been forbidden in the army. Mr. Ileadlam
moves the abolition of light dues, it being unworthy of this
nation to charge upon the shipping of other countries the
maintenance of the lights, &c., on our coasts when our
own ships are afforded the lights of other countries free of
expense. Mr. Seely also moves his resolution on the
mail contracts. He asks the House to demand
that mail contracts should be submitted to it early in the
session ; to declare that those with the United States
should not be made for longer than three years, and that
payment to the carrying companies should be made
according to the letters, &c., rent ; and that a penny
postage should be regotiated. The Libel Bill is
down for committee, but Mr. Newdegate will
move an ad versa amendment. The Marriage
with • Deceased •Wife's Sister Bill is down for com-
mittee. Mr. Collins will more as an instruction to
the committee that they have power to snake provision
for a woman to marry her deceased husband's brother.
The University Tests Bill is down for Wednesday
afternoon. Mr. Bentinck will oppose its going into com-
mittee.

On Thursday Miners' Regulations and the Customs
and Inland Revenue Duties Bills are down for second
reading.

Mr. Gregory a propos to the Irish land laws, will, on
Friday call the attention of the House to the management
of their estates in the weet of Ireland by the Law Life
Insurance Society. The affairs of Central Asia will be
discoursed upon by Mr. Eastwick. A neat point
is raised by Sir Lawrence Palk, who will call the
attention of the Government to the Acts passed in Quecn
Anne's reign prohibiting Government pensioners from
sitting in the House of Commons, and ask if, having
due regard to these statute; a recipient of a yearly
allowance from the Treasury, in consequence of abolition
of office, but under the age of GO, and liable to serve again,
is di: rpialified from sittii:g and voting as a memberof Par.
haircut. Mr. Fowler will again raise the western mail
question, and move a resolution declaratory of the advan-
tages of landing mails at a western port.