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BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH,'
BUCKINGIIA3I PALACE, NUT 6, 1851.
Notice is hereby given to the Ambassadors, the Foreign Ministers,
the Members of her Majesty's Most Honourable P:ivy Council, and
the Officers and Ladies of the Royal Household, invited to her Ma-
jesty's BALL, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 7th instant, that
their Carriages are to enter St. James's. park by the Great Gate on
Constitution-hill, pass through the North Gate of the Fore Court
into the Garden, set down at the Garden entrance, and leaving
the Garden by the gate near the ridbag-house, are to turn to the
right.
The empty Carriages are afterwards to go round by the Consti-
tution Hill-gate into the Park, wait there till called to take up, and
IP away through Grosvenor-place.
The Carriagez of all other persons invited to the Ball ars to fall
into sine in St. Jarnes's-street, enter the Park by the Stable-yard-gate,
Pass through the gate north of the Centre-gate of the Palace, and
ad down at the princ,:pal entrance in the Quadrangle.
The empty Carriages ,:.re to draw off, and quitting the Quadrangle
'by the gate south of the Cet;
re Gate, pass down the Bird-cage W alk,
and wait in the Mall till
cross the Parade opposite the li.`rau Guards,
called to the Palace ; after taking 1::) they are to uit the Palace b
, q y
the gate south of the Centre Gate, at. d goy aw by Buckivani
gh
Gate, or through the Stable-yard gate, up Z,• Jame. es-street.
WEST NIINS2 ZR, Lord Steward.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
First Night of LE THE NOZZE.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.

TiL is respectffilly announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will
lake place TO-MORROW EVENLNG next, May 8, when will be
presented .Alairi's Opera
LF THE NOZZE,
Ixtisa, Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani; La Marchesa
dl Forli, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Vlllafranca, Signor
Garden! ; Cricca, Signor Ferranti (his first appearance in this conn-
by) ; 11 Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache.
In the course of the evening a grand Pas by 3fadlle. Amalla Fer-
raris and M. Charles.
To conclude with the admired Ballet,
LES METAMORPHOSES.
fly Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoreux,
Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldanaky, Sota, MM.
Bhrick Paul Taglioni, and Charles.
Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket.

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
Engagement of Miss P. HORTON.
THIS EVENING
Wlll be presented by her Majesty's Servants'
A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL. THE
P. Hor-
PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Miss
ton Amenophia, Mr. W. West ; Bucher's, Mr. Cooper ;
Sethos.
Rafter; Jephtele, Miss pillars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ;
LMi r.
fttdlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Snjet du Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion.

I o be followed by
A petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J.
An derson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear.
To conclude with the comic Pantomime of lIARLEQUIN AND
ROOD QUEEN BESS ; or, Merrie England to the Olden Time.
Harlequin, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr.
Doughty ; Columbine, Miss Palser.
Stalls and Dress Circle - ss•
Plrst Price. Second Price.
- Ss. Is. 6d.
Boxes . - - 2s. la. ed.
Pit - - - Is. No half-price
Lower Gallery -
- - 6d. to Galleries.
Upper Gallery - from 31. 3 Od
Private Boxes to admit 6 reduced s. .to 21. 12s. 6d.
ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. ad.
Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 2s. Od. to U. 1/s. 6d.
Ditto 4 ditto 1/. I Is. 6d. to Id.
Ditto • Is. Od.

Tair,ATEZ BOY AL, Y MARK
D. grebear, tole Lease. and Manager, Olc BrCznptOn.
THIS EVENING,
Win be performed THE ROUGH DIA3IOND.
After which an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETIRED FROM
BUSINESS'
Aft which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of
starterg intereit, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi-
tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhem, Mr. J. Bland; Count
Florentine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; That:lens of Warsaw, Mrs.
Fitzwilliam ; Deyilshool, Mr. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H.
Bedford.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste,
THIS EVENING,
Will be perfcrmed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical
fairy drama, called O'FLANN. IGAN AND TILE FAIRIES ; or, A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Ilaciaon ;
Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwillam.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
—.WI be perfbrmed the Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR.
unaraoters by Mr. C. Kenn, Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.
After 'which a new Nielodrama, entitled PAULLNE, in which
21r. and Mrs. Charles Keauwill appear.
To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ;
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; l‘lisses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson, Leclerc', Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.

ROYAL LYeL UM THEATRE.
finder the Management of Madame Vestris.
solo Lessee, Mr. Cha::es Mathew%
'PHIS EVENING,
Will be performed
COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To be followed by
A DAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear.
To Conclude with
THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C.
Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Mies Oliver.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrel.
EVENING,
wm be performed TEE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Ern Duel en
Amour.

To conclude with SIR ROGER DE EOVERLEY , or, the Widow
aid her Wooers. supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H.
rumen, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shaliers, Lee, Bender,
itinloch ; Mesdames, Stitt ng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E.
Iturner, and Bartlett.

AsTi.NY's ROYAL AI'aI'HITHEATRE.
Mader Qt. Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Klemm
Prince Albert.
Pronrietor and Manager, Sir. W. Batty.
Appearance of Signor Chiarini with his celebrated menage steed.
THIS EVENING.
WIN be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR
THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England.
To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en-
tirely new Company of French Artistes.
To conclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON;
or, The Cove of Cork.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new comedy proverb, teaching people the
best method of LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES. Principal charac-
ters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Norton, J. Howard, Attwood,
T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mesdames C. Horaman, C. Melville, Dibdin,
and Wants.
An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac-
ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsman, and Dibdin ;
Messrs J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer.
To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS.
The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls,
4s; Boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls.
Doors to be opened at Hall-past Seven, and the performances to
eommence at Eight precisely.
A. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine
—first circle, 25.; second circle, is.
Private Boxes One Galilee and a Half each.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the r eason on MONDAY, the sth or May.
First representation of a giga.•:tic modelled Panorama, ;sainted by
It to Messrs. Denson, representin; the Temple of Janus in the Eternal
City, with a striking View of th- Colosseum, Palace of the Caesars,
The,Menagerle is both varied and extensive, including two gi-
raffes, tWB elephants, which promenade the grounds, appropriately
caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of must-
dans of first-rate celebrity, is conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure jank, with masts
and sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and various
novelties; and at dusk will be g, ven, on a scale of surpassing mag-
nificence, a representation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the
Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand
°teasel transparent diaPhonle panopticon, showing the horrors of
war and the blessing• of peace, terminating with a most brilliant
display of fireworks by Messrs. Southby ; and an allegorical tableau
of the arts aml sciences, depositing their treasures at the leet of her
Majesty Queen Victoria, the whole forming the most gorgeous spec-
tacle ever witnessed.
ADMISSION—ONE `MILLING.
Friday.
Exhibition nights—monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and

lIIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE
THIS DAT —Morning 37 min. after 5 Evening 3 min,aftor 6
so-Kowtow —Morning 32 min. sitar 6 Evening 2 win. after 7

THE WEATllEit.—strir., MAY
THERMOMETER, Lq THE 6RADE.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
38—lowest this morning and during the night.
5 4—this day, at noon.
.BAROURTER, 29.86.
WIND IV. S. W.—cloudy, with occasional sunshine.

Mr. E. ELLICE, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill for
appointing Commissioners to inquire into the existence of
bribery in the borough of St. Alban's, gave the House a short
history of the revelations which had been made before the
Election Committee of the condition of that borough and its
constituency.
Mr. COBDEN moved, as an amendment to the motion, to
add the words "and of bribery, treating, and corruption in
the Falkirk district of burghs," in support of which he read
accounts of alleged disorders and malpractices at the laiit and
preceding elections, which had commenced at Airdrie in
1841, and had extended their demoralising influence to the
other burghs.
Mr. BAIRD denied that he had been concerned in the
transactions alluded to by the Hon. Member for the West
Riding,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL recommended that the two
cases should not be mixed up together.
Mr. Roitnucx supported Mr. COBDEN'S amendment, and
warned Mr. BAIRD that out of regard to his own character he
should seek an opportunity of exculpating himself.
Mr. ELLICE objected to the Falkirk case being engrafted
on that of St. Alban's.

Mr. BANKER considered the amendment as wholly inad-
missible.

Mr Hu) recommended Mr. COED= to withdraw the
amendment.

Lord J. Russzu, could not say that there ought not to be
some inquiry into the transactions stated by Mr. COBDEN
but he could not agree that the two cases should be tried by
the same Committee.

After some remarks by Mr. FRESHFIELD, Mr. LOCKHART,
and Mr. H. BERKELEY,
:sir. COBDEN withdrew his amendment.
The remaining business having been disposed of, the House
adjourned at 25 minutes to Two o'clock.

There are some persons who cannot be taught,
who will derive no salutary lesson from experience,
who thick that what they miscall " firmness," but
which, by the great majority of persons competent to
form an opinion on the subject, is regarded as
" dogged and mulish obstinacy," is the chief quali-
fication of a public man. Sir CHARLES WOOD is
apparently influenced by this idea, and so far as he
is concerned we are neither surprised nor grieved at
the result. We have long given up the case of the
Right Hon. Gentleman as utterly hopele=s, and feel that
no reasonable expectation of fiscal improvements can
be entertained so long as he remains at the head of
the financial department of the Government. But we
confess that we cannot behold without regret the
fatuity of some of his colleagues, from whom we
might have looked for better things, in suffering
themselves to be dragged through the mire by their
evil genius. If Lord JOHN RUSSELL chose to cast his
shield over the discomfited financier, he must naturally
expect that he himself will receive some of the many
shafts aimed at his protege, one of which may at last
have a fatal effect. Thus, on the question of the renewal
of the income-tax, he not only spoke but voted in
favour of the " conclusion" at which his incompetent
coadjutor had arrived. Although he witnessed the
storm of indignation which the " PRECIOUS BUDGET"
excited in the country, and knew, or ought to have
known, that it was occasioned by the renewal of the
income-tax without change or modification, and the
re-enactment of Schedule D with all its atrocious
inequalities, he made no effort at conciliation, he
offered nothing that could be put forward as a compro-
mise or an instalment of justice. The natural result was
the defeat which he sustained on Friday evening, when
the amendment of the Honourable Gentleman the
Member for Montrose was carried by a majority of
14—a majority which would have been quadrupled
but for the shameless defection of some of the Liberal
Members (I).
Last night the Ministers were again left in a mi-
nority, and through a similar perversity. The case
of the Irish and Scotch distillers has frequently been
brought under the notice of the Legislature and of
the community in general. It has been shown that
they are greatly injured by the mode in which
the duty is assessed, it being levied on the quantity
originally measured in the spirit receivers, or as it is
technically term " the worms-end." If the spirit be
retained fur some time in bond there must necessarily
be a considerable diminution in quantity, arising from
leakage, soakage, evaporation, and other causes un-
necessary to mention ; the strength is also reduced,
so that a double loss is sustained by the distillers.
The improvement of quality would, however,
compensate for these losses, if the duty
were only charged on the quantity actually
brought into consumption, and the result would be,
that a much more wholesome, or, perhaps, we should
say, a less deleterious article would come into general
use. The distillers, however, naturally object to pay
duty on that which has been totally wasted, that they
should not only lose the cost of production, but also
a heavy charge per gallon on that which can never
be made available, and this objection is enhanced by
the fact that their foreign competitors are subjected to
no such disadvantage. No matter how long rum or
brandy, or any other foreign spirit may be kept in
the QUEEN'S stores, the importer will only have to
pay duty on the quantity contained in the vessels
when removed from bond, and will re-
ceive payment fur every drop on which
he is charged to the revenue. Now the Scotch and
Irish distillers require no protection or other advan-
tage, but merely to be placed on a similar footing
with their rivals. All they seek is fair play—a clear
stage and no favour. The 4d. differential
or countervailing duty is not more than
sufficient compensation for the restrictions imposed
on the home producers by other Excise regulations;
and we venture to assert that, if as free to carry on
their operations as the West Indian manufacturer,
they would gladly relinquish that difference.
There is, however, a twofold reason why
Sir CHARLES Wool) resists this reasonable demand.
First, it is a matter of justice and equity that the re-
quired concession should be made, and that is an
argument to which he will never yield so long as he
regulates the national finances. Secondly, the House
of Commons on two several occasions affirmed
the propriety and expediency of removing the "pro-
tection " to the foreigner, and the Bill that had been
introduced was only rejected by a slender majority of
",One" on the question that the SPEAKER do leave the
r. The mortification occasioned by the actual
a virtual defeats sunk deep into the heart of the
Right 11°n•
Baronet,
oof and increased his former
determination
that the deci;i No alternative then remained but
the llouse should be again
taken, and
than 318 Members although there were no less
esent, the numbers were equal,
there being 159 votes
bnye a
tchhe sine.
casting T The
ircees 00l
fu. t
thei o
was therefore carried
SPEArEIt.

we regret to observe that L
(
SELL attempted to neutralise thotrd JoHN
Rho had
tued
s-
trjing to
get another, when many of thdoti e w
einei
ihebinlyet
supported the resolution had 14t the Rouse
d
the whipper-in had succeeded in keeping hv
pack together, to vete according to the will and plea-
sure of the dispenser of patronage. The demand of the
Scotch and Irish distii:ers, however, is based on juE.
flee, and must ultimately prevail, and the sooner it is
granted with a good grace the better it will be for the
Government.

out England and Wales for the present parochial assessment.
He e'id not propose to go into the question of assessing per-
sonal property.
Captain HARRIS, in seconding the motion, explained Lord
DLALMESBURY'S plan for the equalization of the poor-rate.
Mr. BADats opposed the plan as one calculated to do away
with local self-government, and to confound ill-regulated
with well-administered parishes.
The motion was then withdrawn.
Lord NAAS moved that the House do forthwith resolve
' itself into a Committee to consider the present mode of levy-
' ing the duty on home-made spirits in bond.
Mr. J. WILSON opposed the motion, arguing that the ques-
tior. had been settled in 1848 by a Parliamentary Committee,
which decided that peculiar considerations, not applicable to
colonial and foreign spirits, affected the home made.
The motion was supported by Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. GRO-
GAN, Mr. HUME, Colonel DUNNE, Mr. NAPIER, and Mr.
ALEXANDER HASTIE ; and opposed by Mr. CARTER, Mr. M.
GIBsoN, Sir G. CLERK, and the CHANCELLOR of the RICHE..
qUER.
Lordut
duty
on.
Scotch
R cr $s i r
asaidnd Irish
sconsideredspirits tahnids a
regarding motion
itt oredasucae
the d
question of revenue, this was not a tax he was
re
to Irish
prepared to
reuze. nor didhes overthink E ishitnfgalirto.give an advantage
and Scotch ;ririt
Mr. DISRAELI said the
prosperityz.,un funded
ein j
f the spirit trade was no
argument against a motion
,!,,hraEAnumbers
cNovredrien
ge qtuoa lu—s
usage,
to afford an opportunndig t
y
on
Theetb
eHr os
ds
ee
;h avi
whereuponiv ithe
for another division in the Com-
mittee,
mrth defeat,otion.
Mr tbtlee
the
N
n g dde
to continue in office? For the sake of
wvhoteethienr,faavftoeurrt
hoifathfoeo
Lord should reslg
his own character as a constitutional politician the Noble
RUSSELLn
L° thanked the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
manLordintendedthe frOt J.
rh his good intention, but considered that he was him-
self quite capable of taking care of his personal character.
His conduct at the commencement of the session proved that
he was not greedy of office, and he could not but remember,
that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had then advised him
not Cl) retire from office too hastily, but to remember that the
cause of free trade was in his hands.
The House then went into Committee; but after an at-
tempt to take another division upon the resolution, the
Chairman was ordered to report progress and ask leave to sit
again.

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