The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-27 00:00:00

FAREWELL SEASON OF MR. CHARLES KEAN
AS MANAGER OF THE

RO YA I. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—
This THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY
next, the 2nd October, with the Farce of
DYING FOR LOVE.

To be followed by —
THE MERCHANT OF vEmcV,
which play will_be Perthrmed for a Fortnight, and then with-
drawn for.the production of Steaks ore's Historiad Tragedy
of KING JOHN,
which will be revived on Monday, 18th October.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Under the Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W.
Harrison.

THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott: Mr. Fer-
dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr.
Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilla
Michelet, Pasquale, and 3lorlacchi.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS
Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, W. Farren, &c. ; Miss Reynolds.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADALL-
QUI VER. I'erea Nena.
With THE KING'S GARDENER. •
And JOHN JONES.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ;
or. Men of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Leigh Murray,
Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss
Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon.
To conclude with the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, In
w);•ich the Lauri Family will appear.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office
open from 11 to 5 daily.

RUYAL STRAND THEATRE
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND:; Mr. Swan.
borough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan.
After -iihich THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs.
C. Selby, Bland, and J. Clarke, &e.
Follower.: by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

CANTERB URY HALL, Westminstek-road.—
OPEN EvRT EVENING.—The following Company
of Vocalists are ,t .ngaged for the performance of Selections
from all the popultn- OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
G LEES, • DifETS, 4t,c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunell, miss
,cl,,i, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and . Irs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonalunans,
Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones:. J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio,
E. L Hime, Mr. liadse.', Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Barnard, and 3lr. St'-. Albin. Mr. John G. Forde and E.
W. Mackney. Pianofot l'e, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay—Director, M. 'rr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
7 precisely. Suppers, ite., 1..1 ittll2 o'clock.
NOTICE.—The Proprietor Legs respectfully to announce
tnat in the month of October,
GALLERY,
A FINE ART:I
now in courfic of gonstruction, vv.;ll be thrown open in con-
flexion with the above Hall.

THE,WEATHER.-SuN OFP's.
E, SEPT. 27.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SR. &DE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.:
58—lowest this morning and during the . night.
65—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.83

WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with dull weather.

THE SUN.

MONDAY.'_ SEPTEMBER 27, 1858,

The Battle of the Boyne, or of Boyne-hill, is, we
suppose, over. Five commissioners, and a Bishop's
Chancellor have acquitted the Rev. RICHARD TEM-
PLE WEST of having committed any ecclesiastical
offence, in the legal sense of the phrase. Had it
been a civil offence that was in question we should
have had to record that a magistrate had refused
to commit for trial, or that the grand jury had
ignored the bill. In a preliminary inquiry, under
a special act of Parliament, evidence having► been
heard in favour of the charge, and also evidence re-
butting it, six gentlemen, of more than ordinary
qualifications as a jury, have declared that there is
not even "prima facie ground for instituting fur.
ther proceedings "—a majority only of the Bishop's
commissioners was required, but they were, in this
case, " unanimous ;" and 'they were unanimous for
what may be called a ,triumphant acquittal, even
setting aside the evidence of the nculpated indi-
vidual, which, with,the exception of a few not very
desirable "non nu ricordos," was of course unequi-
vocally in his own favour.
It is, therefore, a somewhat curious question,
how it can be that such a verdict should not give
universal satisfaction. A Doctor learned in the
civil law presided. Counsel on both sides were
heard, and examined and cross-examined witnesses
on either side—the woman, the questioning or
" confessing" of whom was the subject of investiga-
tion, was fully examined, so was her questioner or
" confessor." The inquiry was in open court, and
in the sufficiently roomy court-house of Maiden-
head, and the Commissioners sat, through a good
staff of reporters, before all England. Yet we are
told that the cheers and the expressions of disap-
probation balanced each other ; and, what is more,
they will probably balance each other throughout
the country--very likely throughout the press of
the country too, though we strongly suspect that
the general sentiment might be expressed by such
phrases as—" Clever Bishop ;" " Well•-selected Com-
missioners ;" " Lucky Mr. WEST ;" " Well, he and
his sort will be a little more careful now."

We must freel/Y confess, however, utterly un-
learned as we are-in'ecclesiastical law, and knowing
" the !canons" only as an antique of which we have
merely turned over the pages to see what they
could be about—we must confess that we should

think there was not ground for an indictment of
the rev, gentleman for a legally ecclesiastical
offence. We think it probable that, had we our-
selves been competent to sit on a commission for the
trial of a " clerk," that we too must have said not
guilty, or, better still, as the Scotch would say,
" not proven." The case resembles one of every-
day occurrence in all the courts of the kingdom_

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