The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

COVENT G-AKDEN . —This evcmus , at 7 . 0 , THE VIVANDiKKE . At 7 . 15 , THE ISABKS IN THE WOOD . DETJBY LANE .-RKBKCCA and ALADDIN . HAYMAEKET-A FAIR . EXCOUNTKK , IIOMK ami TIIK SKTtlOUS FAMILY / . ADELPHI . —At 7 . 0 , UXCLK TOM'S CA 1 UX , LIEUT-COLE'S KXTERTAIXMENT and THE CHIl . UliEX IX THE WOOD .

PBINCESS'S .-At 7 . 0 , THE LAXCASIItltK LASS and ISEAUTT AXD THE UKAST . LYCETJM .-At 6 . 50 , VISU OUT OB' WATER . At 7 . 15 , HAilLET . OLYMPIC—At 7 . 0 , TWENTY . MINUTES WITH A TIGER . AT 7 . 30 , THE TWO ORPHANS . STjRAND .-At 7 . 0 , INTRIGUR . At 7 . 20 , OLD SAILORS . At 9 . 15 , LOO AND THE PARTY WHO TOOK MISS .

PRINCE OF "WALES'S .-At 7 . 13 , SWEETHEARTS and SOCIETY . GAIETY .-FAST COACH and MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM . GLOBE . —LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET and BLUE BEARD . ROYALTY—At 7 . 30 , AWAKING . Ata . 3 i > , LA PERICHOLE . VATJDEVILLE .-At 7 . 0 , A WHIRLIGIG . At 7 . 15 , OUR BOYS . At 10 BOMULUS AND REMUS . CHARING CBOSS .-At 7 . 30 , MR . JOKD'IN'S LATCH KEY . At 8 , 15 THE NEW MAGDALEN .

OPERA COMIQ , TJE .-At 7 . 30 , BENGAL TIGER . At 8 . 30 , SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER . COURT .-At 7 . 30 , DREADFULLY ALARMING . At 3 , MAGGIE'S SITUATION . At 0 , BRIGHTON . ALHAMBBA .-At 7 . 15 , THE TWO BONNYCASTLES . At 8 . 0 . WHITTINGTON .

CRITEBION .-LES 1 'RES SAINT GJ'JRVAIS , & c . AMPHITHEATRE , HOLBORN " . - YOUNG WIDOW and THE BRIDAL . SURREY . —FORTY THIEVES and THE SECRET . PHILHARMONIC-BOHEMIAN GIRL and BLACK EY'D SUSAN .

HENGLER'S CIRQUE .-HTTLE RED RIDING HOOD , & c . SANGER'S AMPHITHEATBE .-ALADDIN AND THE WONDER FULLAMP , every Evening tit 7 . 0 , and Monday , AVeducsiluy uud Satur day , at 2 , 0 . CRYSTAL PALACE .-This D ; t . v , COXC'KR'J' , BILLIARD MATCH & e

, OuTuusd-. iy , MOXKY . Every Tuesiluy and Tliursdiiv , till lutli Muri-h , STANDARD ENGLISH PLAYS . Open duilv , AQUARIUJI , PICTURE GALLERY , iu . POLYTECHNIC — STAR WATCHING AND THE TRANSIT OP VENUS ; THE MYSTIC SCROLL ; CHYMICAL MARVELS ; THE

ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LEGENDS , & c . Open at 12 . 0 and 7 . 0 . EGYPTIAN ( LARGE ) HALL .-Dr . LYNN , at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 . EGYPTIAN HALL .-MASKELYNE AXD COOKE , ut 3 . 0 aud 8 . 0 . ST . GEOEGE'S HALL , Langliam Place . —Mr . aud Mrs . GERMAN REED at a . O . Thursday and Saturday at 3 only .

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HpHE history of the past week has been signalised by JL two events of somewhat more than the usual interest —the return to Parliament of an ex-rebel for an Irish , and of a disrobed Q . C . for an English constituency . We have nothing to say in favour of cither choice—a great deal against both of them . It is possible to admire the conduct

even of a misguided rebel , if at least he evince courage or some other manly virtue ; but the man who advocated the most diabolical measures against our soldiery in 1848 , and wlio deliberately broke his word of honour—can the word "honour " exist in his vocabulary ?—such a man is beneath

contempt . The only return of which John Mitchell is worthy , is an immediate and unopposed return to his convict's cell , there to spend the unexpired portion of his sentence . Happily for the dignity of Parliament , the Prime Minister has shown himself quite equal to the

occasion . Without even waiting for the formal announcement of Mitchell ' s election , he declared , on Tuesday , his inten - tion of moving that the election be declared void , and that the Speaker do issue a new writ . On Thursday the motion was made , and agreed to unanimously , after an amendment

for adjournment had been disposed of . It would have been far better had no such amendment been proposed , there being no sympathy whatever either with the elect or tho electors . ' Nov is it creditable to the borough of Stoke to have returned Dr . Kenealy . The ex-beucher of Gray ' s

Inn hits spent the last few months in foully abusing everybody—bench , bar , press , & c . The bare suggestion that the convict Arthur Or ton is an impostor , appears to havo acted on Dr . Kenealy much as a red rag does on a bull . It used to be , and still is , in most parts of the United

Kingdom , eoiioiiLrcd an honour to sit in Parliament . Many , perhaps , may now fight shy of such an honour , which they must share in common , even for 24 hours , with an cx-convict aud the bullying advocate of a proved impostor .

The principal questioiijthatlias been discussed in thcHouso of Commons is the Bill for legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife ' s Sister , the second reading of Avhich was moved by Sir T . Chambers . However , the advocacy of tho learned Common Sergeant and that of his supporters failed

to convince the House of the expediency of passing such a measure . The House rejected it by 171 to 142 , or the very respectable majority of 29 . The debate was somewhat enlivened by Mr . Beresford Hope , who , in the course of his speech , is reported to have made out that " the Claimant , tor the throuu of Spain was the offspring of an imcle and