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very conspicuously that his conduct was partially the
result of a lackadtsical sentimentality and partially of
a very silly and preposterous spitefulness. His
vanity was wounded by the abbreviation of his own
diluted platitudes, and he endeavoured to diminish the
cravings of his egotism by that smallest possible de-
scription of vengeance still unfortunately within the
reach of any political lunatic who may happen to
find his way into Parliament.
Although the whole occurrence has about it much of
the frivolity of a burlesque, insomuch that it is scarcely
possible to think without laughing of the ridiculous
figure cut by the Hon. Member for Limerick, we
cannot but feel satisfied that the feelings excited by it
throughout the population will be those of sup-
pressed, but serious, indignation. For ourselves
the matter assumes altogether a decidedly comic
phasis. To our view Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL could
not have presented himself before the public on the
stage of Parliament under a more ludicrous aspect—
had he undertaken to grin through a horse collar, or
to talk the brogue through the bubbles of a pan of
treacle, or to dance the College hornpipe like the
gentleman's gentleman in " Pickwick," who went
through the same hilarious movement among the
oyster- shells on the table, while Mr.SAMUEL WELLER,
surveyed the entertainment with unmeasured admi-
ration, and Mr. JOHN SMOLKER played a melodious
accompaniment on a hair comb and a curl-paper !
Such at least is the absence of anything at all like
importance in the proceedings of the Hon. Member
for Limerick, that we can afford to observe his vaga-
ries with a good-natured indifference, an indifference
that only betrays its existence now and then in casual
explosions of laughter.
A moment's reflection, however, is sufficient to
assure us that what may be all very amusing once in
a way, is liable to be a source of very serious annoy-
ance, so long as the Press, the People, and the Par-
liament are at the mercy of any spiteful egotist.
According to the standing order of the House of
Commons any Member may, as Mr. JoHN O'CoN-
NELL did last evening, exclaim in obedience to a
momentary freak, or in consequence of a tem-
porary hallucination—" Sir, I see strangers in the
gallery !" And, thereupon, in compliance with the
regulations of that standing order, the reporters to
the public journals are excluded from the precincts of
Parliament, the discussions are continued in secresy,
the multitude is left to guess at the nature of the
arguments and the results of the divisions—and all
the while this may be, as it was last night, in direct
opposition to the wishes of the rest of the Represen-
tatives ! The galleries, in short, as the rules of Par-
liament are at present, may be cleared, not by a
majority of votes, but by the whim of a single
Member! No matter if that Member be
mad, eccentric, or splenetic, so soon as
he chooses to exclaim—" Sir, I see strangers in the
gallery !" so soon must those strangers, and with
them the reporters, walk out of the House and into
the streets of Westminster. The absurdity of this
is plainer than a pikestaff. Some safeguard is required
in its regard--and that nut only for the advantage of
the public, but for the dignity of Parliament. Al-
ready we are rejoiced to see the opportunity
of that safeguard being secured through the
instrumentality of the Hon. and Gallant Member for
the borough of Bradford. Thanks to Colonel PET-
BONNET THOMPSON, we shall by a speedy modifica-
tion of the standing order of the Commons be saved
from the chance of any more such eccentric interrup •
tions—arising from the total aberration of that little
modicum of intellect which it has pleased PROVI-
DENCE to bestow upon Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL.

G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem.

JAME S'S TREAT it E.
Season 1849.
FRENCH PLAYA and OPERA COMIQUE.
On MONDAY EVENING,
Th. Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with

ST.

LA VENDETTA.
To conclude with
NE TOCCIIEZ PAS A LA REINE.
Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
=eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
sion sio determined as follows :
Boxes .. • • • • .. 6s. Od.
Pit• • •. .• 33. Od.
Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od.
Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at itc
s-hstreets
ell'
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James ;
Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Boa-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Last Appearance but Two of Mdlle. Carlotta Grist.
Afadlle. ALBONI " Barbiere di Siviglia."
THIS EVENING, May 19, will be presented Rossini's celebrated
Opera,

IL B IRBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.
Rosina, Mdlle. Alboni ; Il Comte d'Almaylva, Signor Gardoni ;
Figaro, Signor Belletto ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache ; and Bartolo,
Signor Lablache.
The whole to conclude with the much a lmired Ballet of
ELECTRA ; or, the Lost Pieiad.
The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mulles. Petit
Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Juliet], Aussundon, Lamoreux, Millie.
Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni.
Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as
usual, price 10s, 6d. each.
Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past
Seven o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.—GER3IAN OPERA.
TER S EVENING,
Will be performed (for the first time these eight years).
Beeth-
oven's Opera,

FIDELIO.
Performances to commence at Eight o'clock.
Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and
at Messrs. Julhien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street.

....--,... - --- , _ ------- __
• ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
Tills EVENING, i
Will t e performed Donizetti's Opera,
LLICREZIA BORGIA.
With the following powerful en,emble, viz. :
Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Angri, Signors Tamburini, Marini, Lavia ,
Rache, Soldi, Tagliafico, Polonini, Luigt Mei, and Mario.
To conclude with the Second and Third Acts of 1,
MASANIELLO,
Supported by Mdlle. Wuthier, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mons. 1
Alexandre, and Signor Casati.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

'lir, Al hi. UV If AL,
Mr. B. Vribster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THJ' EVEN-1;,.

Will be p'rformed RCZ&AYiIUSBANDS.
After which a Classical Extravaganza, tilled THE SPHINX.
To be followed by THE hOUGH DIAMOND.
To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS.

THEA ROYAL, ADELPEL
iiircelion f Madamti Celetti.3.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS.
After which a new grand Extravagwiza, entitled THE DEVIL'S
V10,.1N AND THE REVOLT Ot".filE FLOWERS.
To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER.
31r. Sla;,her, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.

!LOYAL LYCEUM TILEATtse:.
Under the Ilattagerneat of Iladant:: Vests•
±ole Lessee, Ntr. Chatlei, Ma' he c, s. •
MI6 ZNINCI

Will be performed ti ED UP.
To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha-
racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, a-.d Parselie ; Miss 11. Gil-
bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris.
To zonclude with THE SEVEN CIUMPIONS OP CHRISTEN-

DDM.
Wei.; Ilcixe;, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, is. !So
gain-price to airj part of the house.
The aw i307.-oMea, So. 2, Weilin4lo'r. street, ja open to the
Dro,llc ,very from Ton till Six.

PRUiCESS'S
Mr. J. M. '.‘iarlclifx, Sole Le Ace .11,1 .',lanAger.
On MONDAY EVENING.
Will be performed the Opera of LA VIYANDIERE.
After wh ch A CONCERT.
To conclude with BOMB ASTEn FITRIOSO.
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ASTLtY's ROYAL AMPfIITiIic:.ATE.L.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Last Week but One of the grand Easter Spectacle.
In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new
grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
MOOLTAN and GOOJEttAT ; or, the. Conquest of the Scikhs.

THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec-
tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN. OF CALIFOR-
NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean.
To be tollowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear.
To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

The re-imposition of the bread tax, as a means to
establish high rents, is the real question at issue in
the opposition to the repeal of the Navigation Laws by
certain prominent Members of the House of Lords,
and their dependents and adherents out of doors ;
writhing under the mortification of the majority in
favour of the Government on the second reading of
the Bia, are ready to go any lengths to nullify the
proceedings. The evolutions of the Duke of RICH-
MOND and the Earl of WINCHILSEL in the House on
Tuesday night are not without deep meaning, as is
evident by three separate leading articles all on the
reactionary movement, and extending to the length of
three columns, appearing in the Carlton Club organ
of yesterday morning.
It would appear that there are no lengths to which
a few frantic Absolutists would not go to establish
absolutism, and if the speech of the Noble Duke and
Earl on Tuesday night, and the scribes in the official
organs of the party do not point to Conspiracy, Re-
bellion,
and Revolution as means to attain their end
if all others fail, they certainly indicate something
very closely allied to it.
The combination to accomplish the desired object
was avowed, and the intention to seise upon the pos-
sessions of the Church as one mode of action. The
Carlton Club organ reproduces the threatening lan-
guage of the Duke of RICHMOND, quoting him as the
authority :
" The condition of the agricultural mind upon com-
mercial matters generally was fairly enough put by the
Duke of Richmond, when his Grace, in his own blunt
way, stated that 'farmers would not stand it much
longer.' "
What course they are to adopt when the time comes
that they won't stand it any longer, was not definitely
declared by the noble Duke beyond the intention of
seizing upon the tithes ; but to upset the Government
of the country is more definitely pointed to by their
organ of the press :
"Among 400 Peers there must always be a few ner-
vous and easily frightened old gentlemen. These, even
‘")14"1---'1140I1=0111--- ' irk in quiet times, would dread the thought of overturning a
Government."
But these bold Richmonds have no apprehension
whatever as to the consequences of " overturning a
Government !" "There be six Richmonds in the
field," and' what care they for the decision of the na-
tion solemnly expressed by three readings carried by
large majorities in one legislative assembly, and con-
During three hours last evening the House of firmed by the deliberate decision of another legislative
Commons discussed the Parliamentary Oaths Bill assembly, having the sanction of a clear majority of
with closed doors ! At ten minutes past five o'clock the Peers Spiritual and Temporal, and which there
the reporters were compelled to retire from their can be no question that the SOVEREIGN is prepared to
gallery, and, being only re-admitted at ten minutes sanction by her Royal prerogative. What care theSe
past eight, the country must remain in ignorance of intemperate politicians for the dynasty or the Church,
the intermediate proceedings. It is scarcely neces- when these stand in the way of privileges ?
nary to observe that this system of " secret legisla- ,
What though the majority on the second reading
Con" is beyond the remembrance even of " the
was composed of proxies. If the the Duke of Rica-
" oldest inhabitant." But that we are assured by
MOND Or Lord STANLEY disapprove of voting by
the historian of a bygone and benighted generation
proxy, let them move for the abolition of this ancient
that this plan of deliberation on the laws of the em-
custom, let the Peers be placed on the same footing
pine sub rosa was, a long while ago, in vogue among
as the Lower House, where the right of voting is
the popular representatives, we should have protested
restricted to those who are present on the division,
in sheer disgust that the incident was without.prece-
It is quite probable that this would be agreeable to
dent—for certainly, to employ the quaint
the nation; but let not Noble Dukes or Lords uns-
old phrase of the jurisconsult, " the memory of no
man living runneth to the contrary:' Whether or
gine that they are to be permitted to avail themselves
'
not the custom of excluding the public from the of proxies to carry their own measures and reject the
votes of proxies when opposed to their wishes. Yet
debates of Lords and Commons were permitted by
our ancestars, it is pretty certain from the views en-
this is the idea which appears to be promulgated.
tertained by the community now-a-days that no such
It is known that proxies cannot vote in Committee,
underhand mode of dealing with questions of a con-
consequently one of the tactics of the faction is
stitutional importance will, in the middle of the
to mutilate the Bill in that stage of its progress
nineteenth century, be tolerated. One man thinks by rejecting or qualifying the more objectionable
otherwise—that man an Irish Member—that sections ; but then her MAJESTY'S Ministers, who
Irish Member Mr. Joys O'CONNELL. It IS have the conduct of the Bill have only to exercise
to that Honourable Gentleman that the common firmness, call forth the proxies on the third
people are indebted for the absurd and reading, and re-introduce the rejected clauses. Noble
preposterous incident of last evening. To gratify a Lords are fond of precedent. This course is known
petty grudge against the London journals, the repre- to have its precedent. Such an occurrence took place
sentative of Limerick had the effrontery to require on the third reading of the Regency Bill in 1811.
the galleries to be cleared, thereby excluding from But desperate men resort to desperate measures, and
the. House of Commons, for no less than three hours, the plot seems to be thickening as to what is to be
the gentlemen who report the proceedings of that the course of the Absolutists when the Bill has passed
Honourable House for our own columns and for the third reading. "For" says their organ---
those of our morning contemporaries. We say the "If they mean to treat the Committee of the House
effrontery, because the conduct of Mr. JOHN O'CoN- of Lords with contempt;—saying, ' You may alter what
you please, but we have got sixty-eight proxies in our
NELL was in direct opposition p
to the wishes of the pockets, and when we proceed to the third reading, we
Lower House of Parliament, besides being the source shall undo all you have done,'—if, we say, the Govern-
of an irksome and embarrassing deprivation to the corn- went mean to deal with the question in this spirit, it will
remain with their Lordship:, when assembled in Com-
munity. That the proceeding of the Hon. Member was
mittee, to discover whether some means do not exist,
distasteful to the representatives was sufficiently whereby the House may effectually assert its legislative
demonstrated by the storm of hisses and the con- character."
temptuous exclarnatiens which were audible even "Effectually assert its legislative character" is some-
through the walls of the House after the exclusion of i thing very vague, and we are not told in distinct lan-
itrZWSViteVettineters. As Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL leaves us guage what this means, but we are left to draw
ABt yto conjecture in such moments of emergency, conclusions from the connecting circumstances.
-- - --s *e • are reduced, to the necessity of supposing that Overturning the Governmeet has been shown by
e?-;`-`
,:- - -those'derisive " balls ! " and indignant " hisses! " these bold spirits to be something only to be viewed
were directed especially to the Honourable Gentleman with alarm by " a few nervous and easily frightened
himself, in conAiderati,n of his having formally old gentlemen." APOLLO might be rather sensitive at
repulsed the remonstrances of the more rational I the idea of upsetting the chariot, but PHAETON views
Membisrs assembled in Committee. it with no such apprehension. Hence immediately
The plea raised by the Honourable Gentleman , after the
,hypothesis of the measure being constitu-
of the 1
himself as an excuse for his proceeding only betrays II tionally carried through the third reading

IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
Under the patronage of her Mss Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, h's Royal Highness Prince Albert, Btc.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully informed
that this favourite place of fashicnable resort is open every
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Representation of the S FORMING of BADAJOZ by the British
Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington !
The distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a
lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc-
ceeding spectacle, has stiraulated the proprietor to increased exer-
tions to maintain its envied celebrity.
Messrs. Denson, by whom the present subject has beefi modelled,
designed, and produced, have devoted many months to it, and the un-
rivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams,
and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picture
unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution.
The ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT is extensive and varied, and
has lately been enriched by several rare importations, including the
splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha.
The Embellishments of the New and Magnificent ORCHESTRA
are now complete.
REMINGTON'S iERIAL BRIDGE.
The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from
the most talented Artists in the profession. Among ethers of first-
rate ability will he found—Mr. Baser, Messrs. Richareson, Collins,
jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon,
Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds.
The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succession of
the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of 31155
Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder.
The FIREWORKS by the Messrs. Southby, whose skill in ryro-
techny has been too long established t') -teed eulogising.
REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long
complained that Refreshments from the Conieztionary•rooms only
could b) procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct
portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had
of the first quality, and at the usual Prices.
Doors open at Nine o'Clock.—Admission One Shilling. Childeen
admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Ha
past
Feeding of the Carnivore at Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Hal
Five. Concert at Six o'Clock. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk.
Mons. JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS
during the Season. Due notice will bo given of his first appearance.

ILi E WEATHEP..—SnN OFFICE, MAY 19.
THEr NONETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 61; Noon. 59.
BAROMETER, 30.08.—A rise of nearly half-an-inch
since yesterday.
WIND N.W.—Moderate breeze and cloudy.

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