The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-09 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S.

Last night after the performance of The Siege of Jerusa—
lem, one of the most splendid and attractive pieces. that has
been got up at this theatre for some seasons, a new, grand,
serio-comic, pantomimic spectacle was produced, entitled The
Bronze Horse, and founded, as far as the leading incident
goes, upon Auber's new opera of that name. It has been
very splendidly got up, and was very successful. It con-
cludes with a comic pantomime, in the course of which a
steeple chase is introduced, supported by the whole strength
of Mr. Ducrow's quadruped and biped company ; horses,
poneys, donkeys, cows, &c., Sit their little hour across the
stage, amid tumultuous applause. The house was crowded to
the ceiling.

IPSWICH COMMITTEE.

The Committee met at the usual hour yesterday.

Mr. AUSTIN wished to know the determination of the Com_
mittee in reference to the letters which had been produced by
Mr. Hill on Saturday.
The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the Committee was
against the reception of the letters alluded to by the Learned
Counsel.

Mr. KELLY said that although copies of these letters had
been promised to him, yet he had not received them. He of
course took it for granted, that the Committee were as igno.
rant of the contents of these letters as he was.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee knew nothing
about the letters.

Mr. KELLY said that since he last addressed the Committee,
he had had an opportnnity of carefully reading all the evidence
given by Mr. Pilgrim, which he had compared with the state-
ments of Counsel, and he was now able to declare with confi-
dence, that if this case were to be decided not according to any
impressions that might be created out of doors, nor upon the
statements of Counsel, but upon the law and facts of the case,
that it would be impossible for the Committee to come to any
other decision than that the sitting Members had been duly elect-
ed. It was stated by Counsel that the evidence of Pilgrim would
open a most gross case of bribery and conspiracy, yet the en-
tire amount of the acts of bribery proved by that witness did
not exceed at the utmost four. He could not help saying
that the object of the Counsel for the petitioners seemed ra-
ther to be to throw a mist of prejudice around these proceed-
ings, than to arrive at the truth. They seemed anxious that
their statements should, by being repeated out of doors, and
through the medium of the newspapers re-echoed back again
upon the Committee, create a feeling which they could not
sustain by a mere recital of what their witness could prove.
The Learned Counsel had dared to say—and he wished very
much that the Learned Gentleman were present to hear his
expression—that he would bring forward many cases of gross
conspiracy in which either one or both of the sitting Mem-
bers were implicated. Yet how did he sustain his state-
ment ? Why, not by the testimony of his own witness—
for he completely failed in proving anything of the kind—
but by endeavouring to elicit the nature of after-dinner
conversations, and such like means, from his (Mr. Kelly's)
witnesses. But notwithstanding the Learned Gentleman's
ingenuity, he (Mr. Kelly) defied him to show that one word
had been proved calculated, in the least degree, to implicate
the sitting Members. The Learned Gentleman then adverted
to the absence of Cooke Clamp, and Bond, and declared that,
if it was in his power, he should have been most happy to
have brought them before the Committee, for most assuredly
nothing that they could say, were they ever so guilty, could
create a greater prejudice against the sitting Members than
their absence. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman again
adverted to the statements in the newspapers on this part
of the question, and said that such statements were calm.
lated to do him great injustice. The Learned Gentleman,
in support of his sincerity, undertook to bring before the
Committee every individual over whom he had any control, no
matter what the consequence of such a course might be, and
instanced the fact of his having induced his friend, Mr. Daw-
son, to appear and give evidence before the Committee.
That Gentleman came before the Committee; and although
an act of bribery was proved through the medium of that Gen-
tleman's evidence, yet the honour and character of the sitting
Members were left unaffected by it. The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman then proceeded, at considerable length, to analyse
the evidence of Pilgrim, and to contrast it with that given by
the witnesses in his favour, and concluded by declaring that
the weight of evidence being in his favour, the Committee
must decide that the sitting Members were duly elected.
The CHAIRMAN begged to observe that as Mr. Kelly had,
during his address on Saturday and that day, adverted to the
reports in the newspapers, he wished, on the part of the Com-
mittee, to assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that what-
ever the newspapers contained would have no effect upon the
decision which the Committee would come to, so that the Hon.
Gentleman might be comforted by the assurance that that de-
cision would be given without being influenced by the pressure
from without.

It being now past 4 o'clock, and Mr. Hill having, in reply to
the Chairman, declared his inability to condense his reply so
that it should occupy but an hour in delivering, the Committee
adjourned until to-morrow.

GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWlCH.—Yesterday,
General Vivian, the new Master-General of the Ordnance,
reviewed the Horse Artillery PT.d Infantry upon Woolwich
Common. The General Wt's accompanied by Colonel Foz,
Lord Bloomfield, and h. numerous body of Field Officers.
After the Infantry had formed in open columns, and pasied in
review, the battering train went through their evolutionsfeom-
mended by Colonel Cleveland. The Horse Artillery, under
the command of Colonel Winyates, also manoeuvred in,excel-
lent order. After the review, the Officers
.paid a visit
_to the
Cadet Barracks, then went to the Marshes to inspect the locket
Brigade, and finally dined with the Artillery Mess. Th'e'-wea-
ther being fine, a numerous body of fashionables drove do'n
the Common, to be present at the Review.