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London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

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First Price. Second Price.
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Lower Gallery - - - - is. I No half-price
Upper Gallery - - - - 64.5 to Galleries.
Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d.
Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 28. Od.
Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 11. 11s. 6d.
Ditto 4 ditto 11. I Is. 6d. to 11. Is. Od.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, slolc Lessen and Manager, 01,A iirompton.
THIS EVE VINO,
g Will be performed THE CROWN DIAMONDS.
To be lollewe I by I lIE ROUUI,I DIAMOND.
To conclude with MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Collide.
THIS .
Will be performed THE GREENEVENING BUSHES.
To be followed by a new comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT,
SIGNOR PANTALON.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley:
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Play, called THE DUKE'S WAGER.
Characters by Messrs. Kean, Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Everett ; Mrs.
Winstanley, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Vivash, and Mrs. Kean.
After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS.
"Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated."
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 ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.
Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Maasingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Boa-office,
Oxford-itreet, from Eleven till Four o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Macklmo Year*
Bole Lessee, Mr. Cha:les 3latheerl.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed

ONLY A CLOD.

COIJIIT BEAUTIES.

To be followed by

ICLICG CHARMING

To conclude with

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Leases and Manner, Mr. W. Farrar'.
THIS EVENING. Will be Produced MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER.
To be followed by the FAST COACH.
To conclude with the DEVIL and DR. FAUSTUS,

ASTLEY'S ROYALAMPHITHEATRE.
Under tka:ra:rioetarnageani:liarinhiereeaanitierttrty.and his Royal Efighnsag
Last Week before thaegWhir' II:. W.
Batty.
Will be performed a grand new
FranceS
VtitiCle, entitled ELEANOR
TIliS EVE Un
Holidays.
THE AM.AZOX ; or, Queen of
en Italian
To be followed by new Scenes Of theansl.tnglaild.
Weir new Company of Enguah, rren . r!le, introducing an en-
.'anCodm American
Artisteq.
To conclude with a Ballet Spectacle entitled A 'NIG
PER-
SIA ; or, the Shah's Festival, introducing the whole HT
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Stud, aided by a double Military Brass Band.any and
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompa3,

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PTINC/V3 PLAYTIOLTSE AND STRAND
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Mr. W. R. COPELAND, LiverpooL TRE.
Les"
TIII3 EVENING,
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Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled KENRN
GToig
by Messrs. TilbarY. A. Davies.AR.
DENS. Principal characters Nor.
Mesdames y,
ton, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour, Romer,
X. A. Marshall, and Wallis.
which a new and original Comic DramaAPler, entitled THE
POOR RELATION.
Tb belollowed by THE ETON BOY.
An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. principal charac.
by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Ilorsman, and Dibdin;
Uosar.
J. Reeve Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer.
4`e prices '
of admission are arranged as•
i:x7.oezes (first circle) 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is.
00111Darez3Z be opened at alf-past Six, and the performances to
A see 4t Seven Precisely.
and Prim.
fiat Circ.( "l be taken to the Boxes only
e, 25 • at ....Pralf-past Nine
second circle, Is.
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each.

ROYAL StrEBE
'Unprecedented Atr
Opan for the treason.
Y ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Few
Military'
ebony' for the Whitsun Holidays.
gratin
in full uniform.
The Proprietor has the
castled in engaging blocs. JZecat!tn to announce that he has Bac-
hand. ant that be will continue an and
the elite of his unrivalled
Herr Sonnenberg, M. Collinet, ft leas°7l, including Herr Kcenig,
L'Anglais IV r. Lazarus, Mr. Janet,'' other eminent soloists,
Vire Pague, Winterbottom,
with the effective band of this establish--
Amazon
and Mr. Godfrey. Solos by Herr Koenimer.
xhibition Leaders, M. Jullien
QufAiiile. Collinet, Ciotti, and
with 4 increased and
.la2irtlon. .
Mr. Lazarus. Jullien's E
novel elects ; also, Jullien's new
P. suggested by
the splendid piece of Sculpture in the Great Eplanhi
the Eternal
Representation of a gigantic modelled
Tainted by
the-Messrs. Denson, representing the Temple of Jai:Llama'
City, with a strikrng View of the Colosseum, palace T
Asc. The. Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including Caesars,
raffes, two,elephants. which promenade the grounds, appropriately° two gl"
caparisoned e, and attended. The band, composed of ut
dans of first-rate celobr: ty, is conducted by 35. j
ienniusi-
Moored on the 14e is seen a real Chinese pleasare junk, withull
masts
,
land sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and van sus
novelties; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpassing ma
g_
a represmiation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the
Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grad
colossal transparent diaAopic panopticon, showing the horrors of'
war and the blessing• of peace, terminating with a mast brilliant
.iiisplay of firewerks by Messrs. Southby ; and an allegorical tableau
.e,"..- VlOeft‘itiad sciences, depositing their treasures at the feet of her
.r 4 ".,.., . QueenXictoriai the whole forming the most gorgeous spec,
,at,ever WitnesS ed.
try
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_'"Eitbilbithin nights—Monday,
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
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la '"- ifflf nn ARO snow fell on the adjoining hills in Derby-
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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
Oxford-street.
THIS EVENING (Monday), The DUKE'S WAGER (by A. R.
Slous, Eau., author of "The renapiae)—APAßTMENTS—and the
ALHAMBR
Tuesday, June 10.—Love In a Maze—Paullne—and the Alhambra.
Wednesday, 11.—The Duke's Wager—Apartments—and the Al-
hambra.

Thursday, 12.—The Wife's Secret—Apartments—and the Alham
bra.

Friday. 13.—The Duke's Wager—Apartments—and the Alhambra
Saturday, 14.—The Duke's Wager—Apartments—and the Alham.
bra.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
It is regpectfully announced that TO-MORROW EVENING will
be produced Beethoven's Opera,

FDELIO.
Leonora, Madlle. Sofia Cruvellli ; Pizarro, Signor Coletti ; Rocco,
Signor Balanchi ; lacquino, Signor Mercuriall ; Marcellini, Madame
Giuliani ; Il Ministro, Signor Casanova; Florestano, Mr. Sims
Reeves.

To conclude with a new and original Ballet, a la Watteau, entitled
L'ILE DES AMOURS.
By Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux,
Allegrinl, Aussandon, Kehlenberg, Pascales, Dantoine, MM. Charles,
Ehrick Peal Tagllonl, Gourlet, Venefra, and DI Mattis.
The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock.
Applications for Banes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office of the Theatre.

Wednesday, June 11.—Madlle. Carlotta Grist's Benefit and last
appearance. Norma, the first act of Le Diable a Quatre, selection
from Il Matrimonlo Segreto, the first of Les Metamerphoses, selec-
tions from Gustavus, La Esmeralda, and Les Cosmopolites.
Thursday, June 12.—Auber's new opera II Prodlgo, with other
Entertainments.
Friday, June I3.—Grand Soiree Extraordinaire.

TILEATHE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Jaynes Anderson.
Re-engagement of Madlle. Victorine Legrain.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented by her Majesty's Se-vont.
A new romantic Pray entitled INGOMAR THE BARBARIAN.
Characters by Messrs. Cooper, J. Anderson, Neville, Ray, West, Miss
Vandenhoff, Mrs. Weston, and Mrs. Barrett.

To eone:ude with
4. new grand Operatic ,Spectacie, entitled AZAEL, THE
PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Mr. J. Ander,
son; Arnenophis, Mr. W. Nest; Bucbaris. Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr,
Manley; Jephtele, Mrs. Barrett; Note, Miss Fanny Moran
Lie, Madlle. Victorine Legram (Premier Wet do Opera de Paris
who has been expressly engaged for the occasion.
Stalls and Dress Circle

LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 185

When Mr. Humes amendment, limiting the dura-
tion of the property and income-tax to a single year
was carried by a majority of 14 in a crowded and
overflowing House, we heartily congratulated the
community in general, and the fiscal and financial
reformers in particular, on that auspicious result.
The object of the motion was clearly and unequivo-
cally expressed. There could be no doubt or mis-
apprehension on the subject. The term was abridged
"with the view of instituting an inquiry by a Select
Committee into the mode of assessing and collecting
the tax," and of ascertaining "whether the injustice
of levying the same rate of charge upon terminable
and perpetual annuities, and upon fluctuating and
varying incomes from trades and professions, as upon
fixed incomes from real property, could not be
greatly modified or altogether removed." All parties
accepted that decision ; Lord Joan Rummel, used the
most emphatic language in speaking of the good faith
of Ministers. He declared that "the Government
was prepared to agree that there should be a
fair and full inquiry upon the subject ;" and
" that it would be neither fair nor wise to attempt to
refuse or evade that inquiry." At the same time the
Noble Lord made an urgent appeal to those Hon.
Gentlemen who bad given notices of various amend-
ments against any alterations being insisted on
until the promised and anxiously looked-for investi-
gation had taken place, and the report was published
and in the bands of the public.
Confiding in the unequivocal promise of the Noble
Lord, we unwillingly assented to the continuance of
the existing system for twelve months more.
We felt the gross absurdity of placing the income of
the merchant, manufacturer, or trader, of the artist,
author, legal or medical practitioner, in the same
class with that of the fundholder or landowner—of
making one party contribute to the liquidation of the
public liabilities, and the mainteinance of the national
establishments twenty or thirty times as much, in
proportion to his actual means and resources, as
was demanded from his more fortunate neighbour—
of so palpably favouring the drones in the national
hive at the expense of the industrious bees. Although
the matter might require some time and consideration
before a final arrangement could be entered into, under
which each man should bear his exact proportion of
the public burdens, it seemed easy enough to improve
the present system, which appeared about the very,
worst that could have been devised. Having sub-
mitted to it, albeit with a bad grace, for nine tedious
years, we made up our minds to bear it
for a tenth, lest our slippery opponent might en-
deavour to make the temporary enactments that
might be sanctioned the basis of permanent legisla-
tion, under which the industrious classes would still
have many well-grounded causes of complaint.
We confess, however, that we entertained some
misgivings when we saw the Bill going through its
various stages sub silentio, without discussion or con-
test, while there was no attempt made to
nominate the Committee from whose labours
so much was expected. Sir CHARLES WOOD
had enunciated strange views in reference to
such Committees on former occasions. The Right
Honourable Baronet seemed to think that the nature
of the decision should be known, the verdict deter-
mined on, before any portion of the evidence on
which that verdict should be founded had been de-
livered. So far as he was concerned, we would not
abate a particle of our rights, and would
not have suffered the Bill to make any
progress until the constitution of the Se-
lect Committee had been known and ap-
proved of. The solemn pledge of the PREMIER,
however, disarmed our suspicions, as we conceived it
utterly impossible that any subordinate would ven-
ture to bring the character and honour of his leader
into disrepute, by resorting to any tricks or evasions
after such solemn pledges had been given.to, and ac-
cepted by, the majority.
mT phmeeevening
li l
Members
dh
Unfortunately, however, we reckoned without our
host. Henceforward we shall place no faith
in Prime Ministers. We must say that we
are deeply and bitterly disappointed at the conduct of
Lord Joan Russel. in reference to this transaction.
Five weeks of the busiest and most active part of the
session have elapsed since, after full time for delibe-
ration,Whitsuntide
he made those promises to which we have re-
ferred, A
anu Willits IS THE COMMITTEE ? The
even been holidays have commenced and the in-
clllirY has not been entered on. The tribunal has not
and it is now
constituted before which it is to take place,
pretty evident that unless the Honour-
who, according to the usual etiquette is
able Member
entitled to nominate the Members to serve upon that
Committee, should surrender his privilege into the
Finance, and consent to a
majority, no, investigation whatsoever
hands of the Minister of
will take
t to
i then
serve,reference
veteran
e t
ar na nd
ile:The proceedings of Friday
place.hoat
al important subject are positively •
disgraceful
mode in which
;ties concerned. Well
t 0
00 tthhies all-important
Montrose, complain of the:
obi ne t ecdo. of such
pMoehmlieleceromfomr
therefore, set the wishes of the
House at
they bodies n
may,
cannot, i t Committees
as papreeaarpsp,
defiance. Mr. HUME tells us that the Peelite sec-
tion positively refused to serve, the leading
course, and now Sir CH
ARLES WOOD, Chancellor of
finnacier of the Protectionists has adopted a similar
the Exchequer—the person whose duty, above all
others, it is to investigate such matters, withholds his
assistance, unless the appointment of the Committee
be transferred to his hands.
We recollect that
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN was sent it custody of the
Sergeant-at-Arms to the cellar
for I Fimilar refusal.
But now his example is followed by the leading
Members of the House, and they are permitted to
avoid the punishment and derision to which the un-
fortunate gentleman whose name we have mentioned
was subjected.
IV.r. HMO NW now Abandoned the matter IA dis'

HOLIDAYS AT THE STAMP-OFFICE, &c.--This day
and to-morrow will be kept as a holiday at the office of
Stamps and Taxes, Somerset House.

SUPPOSED MURDER.—A sensation was created on
Saturday in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, by the dis-
covery of the mutilated body of an infant in an uninished
house in Percy-square; and at half-past eleven o'clock an
inquest was holden at the workhouse of the parish, before
Mr. Wakley, M.P., when the district surgeon, Mr. Taylor,
stated that the body was so decomposed that he could not
account for its death, and an open verdict to that effect was
returned, leaving the further investigation to the police.
A NOVEL MODE OF SPARROW SIIOOTING.—Last
Saturday afternoon two men of colour, apparently Hindoos,
and exceedingly well attired, were observed, "killing time"
by amusing themselves in " killing sparrows," which acts
they achieved in the following singular manner :—Having
taken up their position in Cumberland Haymarket,
near the Regent's-park, where the above birds are pretty
numerous, they waited until the game settled on some spot
within the reach of their projectile range, when, by applying
aftotrenthdeedabwovitehpurpo fatal
see ffect
a bamboo cane to their mouths, they dismissed a shot at the
rnsuardee to
use be
of
object of their aim, which, in five instances out of six, was
s'
consisted Tohfeh al)
sembling greatly boys' marblesit is -
h
redl ectisayt,hreey.
ing to notice with what accuracy ; and was truly aston
and precision these expert
fowlers struck the birds at which they levelled their deadly
tubes. When within fifteen paces of the object their aim
proved unerring, and during the short interval of time they
continued to exercise their sportive pursuit they managed to
nearly two dozen sp
secure arrows, which they consigned to a
small basket, and walked out of the market, apparently
highly gratified with tht remit of their remunerative ad -
venture.