The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

Acting ritanager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Bolt
Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE•
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO /
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark.

Commence at 7o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manaaer. ........ Mr. William Cooke.
Immense Success of IN
NigANHOE.—Overflowing Houses
htly.

THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular
work, entitled IVANHOE; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro-
ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic
Temple,Tournaments, Proc,essioas, Banners, Combats, Tilts,
Victories, and Achievemerts in extraordinary magnificence.
Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway;
Richard, of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm.
Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst ; Lady Rowena, Miss
Dowton.

After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the
greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle.
Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.
To conclude with the Farce of BATHING.

:Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is.; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

lAN TERB URY HALL AND FINE ARTS
ki GALLERY. Westminster-road.—Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, _

consisting 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
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.

They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, 3.LAY 6.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
57—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
58—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.10.
WIND, E.S.E. ; light and very fine.

Austria is taking matters very easily. She has
invaded Sardinia, but beyond levying contributions
on the peaceful population of the country, she has
made but little progress. Much valuable time has
been uselessly squandered. More than a fortnight
since the ultimatum was announced, but a week
was then thrown away, and it was not until three
days later that she attempted a formal act of war
by crossing the Ticino, and insisting on making the
adversary pay the expenses of the war.
It may be supposed that FRANCIS JOSEPH
meditated a very decided coup, that Turin
would have been occupied and plundered. There
has, however, been nothing of the kind. The old-
fashioned style of warfare is still respected in
Vienna, and Generals must salute their adversaries
with proper respect before they come to cross
purposes.

It may be that the Cabinet of Vienna may have
hoped that their present moderation would obtain
greater indulgence for them when obliged to strike
their colours, and ask for favourable consideration.
This is however a great mistake. The more energeti-
cally, we might almost say virulently, nations enter
on hostilities the more they will be respected and
the better terms they will obtain. FRANCIS
JOSEPH is following the examples set by his fore-
fathers, and should he only go to command the
army in person, as currently reported, the ques-
tion will be decided, and the Hapsburg dynasty
will be numbered with the past. Three months
will dispose of the question, and by that time
FRANCIS JOSEPH will be convinced of the rash-
ness of his conduct.

It is difficult to understand what has occasioned
the German disinclination to fight. There is no
doubt that they are brave and gallant men, who
would unhesitatingly enter into the field against
equal opponents. But they, although " straining
on the slips," and actuated by a strong feeling of
animosity against the Sardinians, still hold
back. _ The weather has undoubtedly pressed
heavily against them. " The artillery of heaven "
has been adverse, and there are some reasons to
believe that, if they have not retraced their foot-
steps, they have not followed up the daring course
on which they ventured, or attempted to pass the
Dora, and thus find an uncontested way to the
Piedmontese capital.
There is something in the composition of the
army that may account for this extended inaction.
It contains men of different races and different
blood, many of whom may sympathise with the
insurgents, who would rejoice 'if there was a
similar chance of freedom at home for the
Hungarians and Gallicians. Poles would be ex-
ceedingly gratified at the intelligence of Italian
liberty, and believe that it was but the precursor
of their own ; and although they may not be able
to desert the standard under which they are compul-
sorily arrayed, there can be no doubt that they will
not join heart and hand in opposition to the Italian

cause.

As we have already stated, Austria is the
primary offender.. Her conduct in Italy has brought
on the crisis.- She has ill treated those over
whom she had authority and usurped power.
where she had the slightest pretext for so doing.
There is always an avenging NEMESIS to bring
heavy retribution on the heads of those guilty of
such outrages against society, and Austria will
find, to her cost, that she will not be exempted
from the general rule.
But FRANCIS JOSEPiI is not the only offender—
Louis NAPOLEON and VICTOR. EMMANUEL are
equally in fault. It is true that the latter is a
mere tool, who takes his orders from the Tuileries,
and is prepared to follow any instructions from
head-quarters. Ile is grossly deceived and mis-
guided, for, as Sir IL M'A. CAIRNS declared, in his
admirable speech on the Belfast hustings, his will
be the fate of the horse condemned, after the tem-
porary service had been obtained, to serve the man
for life when he had discovered the utility of his
services.

Sardinia must inevitably suffer; and if Austria
only does so to the extent of compelling hex to render
justice to Italy, more especially to Lombardy and
Venice, there will be great rejoicing in the
.United
Kingdom. We believe that there is not a single in divi

dual of any shade or variety of political opinion in the
United Kingdom who can sympathise with any of
the belligerents, and therefore our policy will be
that of complete although armed neutrality, which
has already been announced by many influential
members of the Government.

Taunton has done better than win, it has deserved
to win. Our readers will remember its contest
respecting the Ballot with Mr. LABOUCIIEBE, a
respectable but thoroughgoing old Whig, who, con-
scious of his immense influence, and relying on
having represented the borough for a quarter of a
century and the associations thence arising, offered
to resign rather than vote for the Ballot. No one
wished him to resign. Those who wanted his vote
in favour of electoral independence, as well as the
Whiggish-minded among the electors, shared the
common and commendable feeling of not liking
to turn off an old servant. However, by
their memorial, and his reply, they had placed
themselves in the van of the battle with Tory-
Whiggism, and honourably considered that their
position was:now a public one, and that they were
no longer at liberty to consult personal and local
predilections merely. The Ballot Society, there-
fore, determined to bring out its own man, and did
so, in the person of the President of their Society.
With what success our advertisement of to-day
shows. They evidently, if they could not command
success, nobly deserved it.
It seems that not more than seven hundred
voted ; and these, according to the returns received
here, gave 407 votes to the Tory. candidate Mr.
MILLS, 324 to the second Tory candidate, and
388 to the old Whig servant. Mr. LABOUCHERE'S
seat was obviously endangered, and it must have
been by a large number of plumpers given for the
Liberal and Ballot candidate, Mr. BEADON—who
polled 256 votes. Had the Liberals united their
votes they must have been in a considerable
majority ; but by the small number given for the
second Tory candidate, we infer that many Con-
servatives, when they saw Mr. MILLS safe, voted for
LABOCCIIERE and MILLS to exclude Mr. BEADON.
The consistency of the Ballot men has however placed
Mr. LABOITHERE, the distinguished Whig of the dis-
trict, in the second place, as regards a Tory of no
public position, and utterly unknown by name or
deeds to the country at large. Mr. BEADON, more•
over, is only a private gentleman, we believe one
who has retired from business ; he is, however, an
active man, and during the Corn-law struggle was
almost the COBDEN of the West.

The result, too, was achieved in the most satis-
factory manner. Mr. BEADON may well point
to the mode in which his battle was fought,
as well as to the difficulties he had to face ;
he says, " With three formidable and influential
opponents in the field (one of them having the
strong ties Of something like thirty years' represen-
tation, another a twelve years' connection)—with
no canvass, no books, no solicitors, no committee—
no favours—with no machinery whatever but Prin-
ciple and the Poll—well, indeed, may we exult at
having numbered Two Hundred and Fifty-six
votes out of a voting constituency of about seven
hundred. We stand proudly alone in the country
for the noble example we have given."
We do congratulate him heartily. Such defeats
are the path to victory ; they are what .the retreat
of the Ten Thousand was to the later victories of
ALEXANDER the GREAT. Let it be remembered
that these 256 independent men in a Thetford could
have returned TWO MEMBERS ; and they are a
two hundred and fifty such as all the Thetfords in
the kingdom
_cannot furnish. Two hundred and
fifty whose votes are their own, and who can use
them for their. country.

We noticed some rather singular results from
the gains and losses of the Liberals in the returns
for the boroughs, which included one Irish borough,
on each side, up to Wednesday. The Liberal loss
was thirteen members. The number of boroughs
on which they have sustained that loss is twenty-
two, the number of boroughs in which they have
gained is thirteen. The loss of members being
twenty-seven, the gain fourteen.
On comparing the number of electors in the
boroughs in which any change has taken place, we
find that the total registered electors in those where
the Liberals have lost is 24,113 ; giving an average
of 1,096 to each member lost. These boroughs include
but five of those condemned by the " revolutionary"
bill of the hon. member for Birmingham, and
range from little Bodmin, with its constituency •f
367, to Colchester, with one of 2,524, and Hull, with
5,221 electors. Hull is by far the largest borough
constituency in which a change has taken place ;
but Mr. LEWES lost by 303 only as compared with
Mr. HOARE, the Conservative, while the other
Liberal, Mr. CLAY, headed the poll by 180.
The thirteen boroughs in which the Liberals
have gained contain 14,938 registered electors; and
the average number, therefore, to each member
gained is 1,096. Two of the number would perish
should the BRIGHT revolution ever occur; but cer-
tainly Chippenham and Cirencester could well be
dispensed with, especially since their voters would
be merged in the county representation.

- . .
It would thus seem that of the sixty-seven Eng-
lish and Irish boroughs which Mr. BRIGHT would
altogether disfranchise, only seven have shown
practically any interest in the present contest. The
reason, when we reflect, is obvious. The very
small boroughs are in the hands of patrons, who
will return the Whig or Tory candidate according
to the party:they belong to ; the larger boroughs
are in the hands of the £lO householders, who will
return popular members, even if they Change them
occastpualV,:ii in-Finsbury at this election. Hence
it turns out that boroughs with from seven or
eight hundred to one or two thousand voters are
the most given to change--the hopeful battle-ground
of patty. They are rarely at the command of but
one party; •or compelled to . •yield, to one in-
fluence. Sometimes, as at Dover, indeed, each
of the great parties have the upper hand
accordingly-as they happen to be:in or out of office.
Others, like Great Yarmouth, are more than usually
susceptible to bribery. Others, again, are amenable
to local influences; or swayed by local preferences,
regarding more the man than the politics.
It is also a little instructive to notice the small
number of electors on whom the difference between
this Parliament and that which will soon be elected
depends: The difference between. the total ma-
jorities which have returned the twenty-seven
Tories and the fourteen. Liberals respectively, we
are hardly in apOgition to give, the correct state of
the polls, as given at the declarations of the poll,
not having all reached us. But we know enough
to know that it is very small ; the majority gained
by the .Marylebone Liberals over Lord STANLEY
would more than swallow up the whole. That,
however, is hardly a fair comparison ; but that of
Mr. BAZLEY over Captain DENMAN at Manchester,
or of Messrs. BRIGHT and SCHOLEFIELD over Mr.
ACLAND at Birmingham, would equally illustrate
the insignificance of the electoral vote to which
the 40 changes are due. Indeed, if we take
the whole constituencies which made these changes,
those which have given the Tories twenty-seven
seats, although- including Hull, hardly exceeds in
number the electors of the Tower Hamlets; and
those which have given the Whigs fourteen seats

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THE SUN.
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1859.