The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-01 00:00:00

R 0 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
iv Under tne ofanagement of Mr. Charles Kean.
TIM EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Fabien and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean.
`V• dude with A. MIDSUMMER NIGH E'S DREAM.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buc'atone.
THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To conclude with HALLOWE'EN.
Commence at 7.

W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
nole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden,
and Laidlaw. and Mrs. Billington.
And (10th timel a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled
AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr.
Bien, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms.
Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE
WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith,
Isiburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly.

Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Oboe open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No f ees to
Servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M.
Wilton.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH.
pro —duced The
whole of the first Act of this Opera, now
for the first time In this country (the remaining three acts
being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN-
TERBURY HALL CONCERTS.
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,
sessisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
et the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve:
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi.
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
'testi° tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.
They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi-
tion to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, AUGUST 1.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
64—lowest this morning and during the night.
71—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.93.
WIND, South-Westerly; fresh, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TIKIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 26m.—Afternoon, 3h. 48m.
To-Moluto-vratiorning, 4h. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 32m.

We are fast coming within view of the end of
the present piecemeal and fruitless session of Par-
liament. The House of Commons has all but got
through the very last of the estimates. Ministers
have nearly murdered the very last of the inno-
cents. Mr. GLADSTONE has presented us (with a
flourish) 'with his " little bill." Sir CHARLES
WOOD to-night is about to favour us with his !
JOHN BULL has his hands already deep in his
capacious pockets—he is fumbling up (already)
that infernal fourpence additional, to be in readi-
ness for his old enemy the Income Tax dun
in October. He is grumbling loudly enough while
ho is about it—but he'll pay, as is his wont, as a
matter of course. There is some comfort he thinks.
however, in knowing that, at last, he will be rid
for a little time of the din and hubbub of all that
useless palaver, in 1859, down at Westminster.
Sympathising with him heartily enough in this—
we wish Farmer Bum. and his family a pleasant
time of it now in their autumn leisure down at the
sea•side.

It is a melancholy fact, as we intimated on Satur-
day, that as yet, while the Election Committees
have gone far to exonerate the Conservatives from
all blame whatsoever, they have in every instance
condemned the Liberals, as proved by incontestible
evidence given upon oath, guilty of bribery and
corruption. Six constituencies have been already
hauled over the coals—they have trod barefooted
over the burning ordeal of a Parliamentary inves-
tigation Ashburton, Aylesbury, Dartmouth,
Gloucester, Norwich, and Wakefield. Three of
these six committees of inquiry have involved
he return of those doubtful representatives
Mr. SCHENLEY, the member for Dartmouth,
Mr. LEATHAM, the member for Wakefield, and
Mr. ASTELL, the member for Ashburton, The
remaining three have had to decide whether
double that number of seats were vacant or were
validly occupied namely, whether Messrs.
PRICE and MONK were properly returned for
Gloucester, Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEIDER
were properly returned for Norwich, and
whether Messrs. SMITH and BERNARD were
properly returned for Aylesbury. Six com-
mittees have already delivered in their decisions to
the House of Commons, and these decisions are
precisely as we have here already intimated.
In each instance, without exception, the Libe-
ral is declared to have not been duly elected
—his agents having been guilty of the grossest
bribery and corruption. In every instance, on the
contrary, without exception, the Conservatives have
been duly elected—their agents not having been
shown to have in any single instance been guilty
of bribery or intimidation. Mr. SCHENLEY, for
example, is a Liberal ; as such we are doomed
to find that in his case the committee of
inquiry resolved, " That the late election
for Dartmouth was void by reason of bri-
ery and corruption by Mr. SCHENLEY'S agents,
and that Mr. SCHENLEY was not duly returned."
The decision of the committee appointed to inquire
into the late election for Wakefield, in declaring
the Liberal member there to be unseated is yet
more explicit—it expresses itself thus: "That WIL-
LIAM LEATHAM was not duly elected a burgess to
serve in Parliament for the borough of Wakefield ;
that the last election was void ; that the said
WILLIAM LEATHAM, by his agent, had been guilty
of bribery ; that it had been proved that four per-
sons named JACKSON, and others, had been bribed
with sums of £lO, £3O, £2B, and £10; but that it
had not been proved such bribery took place with
the knowlege of said WILLIAM LENTHAM." What
has tended to make this particular case peculiarly
noticeable is the fact, as we have taken occa-
sion before now to intimate, that Mr. LEATHAM, the
Quaker banker of Wakefield, is the brother-in-law
of Mr. BRIGHT, the Quaker member for Birming-
ham.
Reverting to th, above decisions arrived at by
t. he committees—there are the two Liberals un-
sek ted for Gloucester (Mr. W. PRICE and Mr. C.
Aft )NK ), the last election for the old city being peremp-
tot ily proved to have been a void election. It having
be( in proved before the committee that a large num-
had been bribed by the agents of the two Libe-
ral candidates ; and the committee, beyond this
exl mesing their decided opinion that. corrupt prac-
tio as were extensively indulged in at the last elec-
ti c, in f 4 the city of Gloucester !
As ,%o the Norwich inquiry the result is rather
irious, and, in its way too, sufficiently significant.
oth the Liberals returned for Norwich at the last
gds
deneral .election, both Lord BURY and Mr.
E ,CIINEIDI It, have been proved to have been
1 ffrongfull3 • returned,because they have been proved
1 before the %Committee to havebeen guilty, then and
' there, throui Th their agents, of the grossest bribery

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THE SUN.
MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1859.