The Sun. — London, England, 1802-04-30 00:00:00

PRocLAmiiriAr OF PE.162. • I. II" tST:ERDAY being the day appointed for the ;i'Flanlation of Peace, the Officers 3t Arms of His Oesty's H ouse h o ld, t h e S cr j eants , T rum p e t ers , S ta u k T s, ecc: assembled at h a lf past ten, A. M. in the i ik u'e yard, S t . J ames ' s , w h ere t h e H era ld s , &c. eW iSe , net, c u Th ree Squadron s o f t h e Fi r st Regiment of Life an l ards were under orders to attend the Procession, marched from Knightsbridge Barracks at ten L ) ek• Thes e were comman ded by Major-Gene and;,E4l), Lieut. Colonels STEWART and WALTON, `-"Ptains HAYEs, B IRCH, STAUNTON, and j a , At hid past ten . the Horse-Guards arrived at Sr. 4 s 's• They dre w . up two deep in front of the t h eir their facrs towards the Palace, stretching r o , line from Sr. jarnes's . -street along Pall-Mali, e Uni on Cl u b H ouse: in their front th e an -a ' !nl ess constabl es , high constable, high bailiff, and the civil of fi cers of Westminster, assembled in ° PP°site line. A quart er p as t eleven the King's Band struck ) t wa God savt- the King." "Rule Britannia," &c. Ml\,,f, , re played before St. James's. The Heralds, and with his men, in the mean time, assembled tti'e Stable. and of the Palace, from which they 11,:" ce eded precisely at twelv , : o'clock ; and when hu,, ) *ore ...:011i1 4 , out r,f Chyt4dmi.rovv, the mob i l , -4 , ;l ing,the Heralds sounded their trumpets, march cai' f orward till they passed St. James's Gate, and wh ' i l.e opposite the balcony • window east, of it, in b Were several of the P R INCES S ES, and other bra nches o f t h e R oya l F am il y, to see t h e s i g h t. h er e, about ten minutes past twelve, the trumpets 4 ving sounded, the Wi n d sor H era ld rea d, f or t h e fir st time, the Proclamation of Peace. At the con_ e lusio n t h e trumpets sounded ; and the speCtators, t w , ito wer e as numerous as it was- possible to crowd b'gether,.gave one loud and general huzza, The Vocession the: moved forward along Pall-Mall. e refer to our Paper of the zzd inst. for the exalt i:der of the Procession. The following statement given from observation : i Two Dragoons. TW o Hatchet-men, in blue, on horseback. • ti lt • Two Trumpeters. rankl•df Horse- G rds, six deep in eackfank. Their Officers. rankS of Hards, six deeac p, te of Westminsr orse-Gu on horsebk : cocked hat; eadi,. dressed in coloured clothes. Of the respeetive ParisheS, walking two and two, in their laced coats and bats, about thirty-six -in number, with their staves. "01l Constables, on foot, in colohred clothes, two and two ; about one hundred. Sir Six ranks of Horse-Guards, six in each. E. Ru a ok.s. Knight-Marshal, in scarlet uniform, on • 14ta ; bright hay charger, decorated with ribbons eight Mar--11.1-inen, in scarlet uniform, on foot. of Music, ;iehly dressed in scarlet and gold ; five trumpets inizt five drums on foot ; kettle druiYms on horseback. ' e-3, A r followed the three Heralds, each having a Serjeant at "rrr: on each side, with various other Officers of He raldry, as described in our Paper of sad, all on 1161u:back, superbly dressed in their coats of gold.. about twel ve ranks, each six deep, of Horse-Guards, closed the Procession. party of Guards drew up across the west end ' ll - 1 1 . ; 1 !. o.!r :ne _ ta 4s a i f step, AS it enabled the procession., to e ve on freely. l en h e Whole procession occupied nearly the entire Pall-M3ll. It was ore of the grandest th e which, as a procession, ever was seen in ' e (1) e trop o li s. IN! th ' l eo the Procession arrived at Charing-Cross, obey e d e " a general cry of ‘. hats off !" It was Re ,• The trumpets sounded three times, and a th is cry of silence' obtained it. In consequence, of S ti, w4s perhaps the only place where the reading the ? reclamation was heard. After it was read, Pulac e gave repeated huzzas very loud. I) e ,J 4s t as the P rocess i on arr i v ed at Temple-Bar, it 6, 0 4 ',g one o'clock, t h e P ar k an d T awer Guns were ed'' The Fla g s from the Churches were display all d ay. An 'hour before this time the Lord Mayor, l "Theo, and Sheriffs, had arrived at the same iiet from the M ans i on Muse, in grand procession. ie Lord Mayor and Sheriffs in their state cat. cohs ge% the Ald ermen i n t h e i r private coaches, ac., rh"'Panied by the O ffi cers of the City, the Militia, tast India Company Volunteers, and an N I Ilse concourse of people. The I,ord Mayor and h ose alighted at Temple Bar, and went into the se 0 f Messrs. Child, Dent and Co. Bankers. . an ds , °on as notice was brought to the Lord'Mayor ,ai e 'heti% of -the approach of the Heralds and ed t , L f rom Sr. Jam es ' s , t h e y c a me f ort h an d mount scal'"eir chargers. They were all dressed in• their k„ es and chain s of office—the Lord Mayor with his the Sheriffs with their wands. They were ci t h': \ ' e d With grand acclamation of trumpets and station -m ii usical i nstruments ; an d t h e y too k . t h e i r -, a r d ed withinwithin the Gate, which was shut and o . O n .1 lif ins , le approach of the Procession on the W . est i ho t ! ' el " side, the Horse-Guards filed off, and line( kr ' s ides of th e way. The Beadles of Wcstmin st4bl t he Officers of the High Bailiff, arid the Con k es , did the same, and made a lane for the Knight P rl i 1. ' 1141 and his Officers to ride up to the Gate.— % 7, High Constable of Westminster went first w -A i car th e "- way. c: r otr JAMES BLAND BURGES, as 41_1,g,1t Marshal, dressed in his mantle and collar, h; u t nted on a beautiful cream-coloured charger, led ps ter , men, went up to t h e G ate , an d t h e T rum - Ir qm s ""ing give n t h ree di st i n a * soun d s o f t h e his Pet, the Knight Marshal knocked thrice with h e st air orr the Gate, which was opened, and t}. passed through, and delivered into the hands of dei NT IVLIYor, a pape r w i t h t h e Si gn M anua l„ i nto rg, on th e part of His Majesty, admission rho ; e clrY, to make Proclamation of the Pesice. kf arsh " nrd Ma y or signi fi ed his assent ; and the Knight and al with his suite, returned to the Heralds, Qavaallnounced that the passage was open. The Sh eri „. c4 de than moved on, and the Lord Mayor and q ter a i s took 141 eir place • in the line immediately Armsof t h e i-iraith, and other Officers of the College . t*hteio2e halteAd,ta.rt,hdelbhoettom of .Chancery-lane the Trumpeters having made So4nd, the . Herald read aloud His Majesty's #reelatmation. The Procession then itoired on through Fleet-street, up Ludgate-hill, through St. Paul's Church.yard, and into Cheapside. At the end of Wood-street the cavalcade again halted, and• the Trumpeters having sounded thrice, the Proclaim I 100 was again read. At .the Royal Exchange ii• was read with the same ceremonies for the last tine— and the Procession proceeded through the City, as described in Wednesday's Paper, with the addition of about 2000 East-India Volunteers, with four brass cannon, &c. When they returned to the Mansion.house, the Guards, with Heralds, Knight Marshal, &c. passed on. The Lord ;Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen alighted, and after the City Militia clearing, the ground before the Mansion-housei his Lordship mounted his horse, when the Sheriffs and Al.. dermen and City Officers on foot, arranged in front oldie Mansion-house, with the fourteen regi ments of Volunteer Corps, each with their Com manding Officers, paid military honours to his Lordship, when he presented them with a copy of the Thanks of His Majesty, and vile Honourable the House of Commons of the United Parliament, as suring them of His Majesty's satisfadion of their services during the war ; after which they filed off to their respective situations. The Lord Mayor held in his hand the ancient Sceptre, which is regularly transferred, when the Lotd-Mayor is sworn in, but seldom or never used in psrlolie ; it is about eighteen inches long, made with geld and glass, ornamented with pearls and precious stones round the coronet ; at the top is the British Arms. The Horse-Guards escorted the Heralds back to the Herald's College, in Do&ors' Commons, and proceeded to St. James's,. with the Knight Marshal and his men. A part of the City Officers attended the Military out of the City. When the Procession came opposite the Mansion House, a scaffold built in front of the Mansion House gave way. The brother of the Lady Mayotess, Mr. HADLEY, it was said, broke his leg, .but though we know he was badly . hUrt, we hope not so seriously. Mr. DIXON, Common Coun. rilman for Tower Ward, was also severely bruised; but we are happy to - find both these Gentlemen are in a fair way. At Temple-Bar the crowd was so great, it was with difficulty the two Horse-Guards could make their way through. The succeeding Troops made their horses trallie on the toes of the populace;and by this MUM squeezed out an avenue, the Women shrieking, and the pressure most dreadful ; so much so,. that it was found necessary to let part of the' mob through the small gates on the sides into the City, to gain room for the Heralds to come up. When the Procession moved forward, Temple Bar gates were again shut to keep back the crowd, bur it was so excessive, it burst the gates open and made its way through for some time till it could be shut again. While .it was. going along Flee't. street, a child slipped 'out of a woman's arms in a one pair of stairs window, but the mob caught and saved it. THE ILLUMINATIONS Westminster—not a House in the most oh,eure street but exhibited some symptom of joy upon the occasion.—The crowd of people in the streets was greater than we ever observed upon any similar oc casion, and we were happy to remark that the ut most good humour and order prevailed as far as, our observation extended.. The Admiralty.—At the top a btilliant crown ; underneath, a radiated star over an anchor, and a row of lamps on each side, with flambeaux extending the whole length of the entrance of the gates. The Horse Guards was very magnificently light ed with variegated lamps, disposed in a G. R. and the word Peace in brilliant lamps under. The windows in the wings were likewise edged with coloured lamps. Pay-Office—G. R, and star.; the windows minated. In the front of the•Mansion-House, we noticed a very elegant transparency, representing the Four Quarters of the World, kneeling to the Goddess of Peace, who appears just reaching the ground in her descent, attended by a number of little cherubs with garlands of olive. BANK of ENGLAND.-The transparent Pieture, - painted by R. SNIT KKE, K. A. occupying the space between the two central columns in the principal front, represents Britannia seated; her'robe of war is cast aside, and her helmet, shield, and cuirass laying by her, shew that she has recently disarmed : She is saluted by Peace ; and Minerva, as her Conn- . sellor, stands near her tribune, while the pyramid im mediately behind this group is a type of that stabi lity which her Government must acquire . from such an union. Britannia stretches out her right hand to' receive..industry• and Genius ; while.the other holds a cornucopia, the emblem of that abundance which best corresponds with the liberality of her views.--This allegory exhibits the British Nation under 'the auspices of PrNice, impelled by the wisdom of her councils to call into useful adion the corpo real and intelledual energies . of the Country : a conduct at once most worthy of her character, and most capable of remedying those evils which are in separable from a state of warfare. .M. OTTo's was one pf the greatest objeas of at traction : An immense crowd assembled in Port man Square at. no very late hour in the evening, whose expectations were amply gratified by the brilliancy and grandeur of the spectacle which his house presented. The whole was arranged in the form of a temple, with much appropriate ornament, which being entirely illuminated, prOduced a most splendid effaL The minuter parts of the speCiacle have been before detailed whilst they were in a state of preparation, each contributed to the mag nificence of the whole. It was scarcely possible to get near the place from the great number of persons who were assembled. Vlr. HOPE'S though less magnificent, was pe culiarly tastefal and elegant. Within a square of lamps encompassing the five windows of the first floor in Cavendish-sqnare, was the word Peace, in large letters in colonred lamps, one letter being in each window ; the middle window was decorated With a border of lamr, on each side of which, over the m wortl Peace, was an olive branch in green lamps. A trii)".'igle of lamps ornamented each window of the 6,,nt in Harley-street. The whole had a beautiful eff.-ci.„lnd was very much admired-by a great, num -I,cr or . speeta, : tors: Drury-Lane Theatre was most conspicuou4rdis tinguished by a very brilliant Illumination at the end facing Covet-Garden. tarly in the day the Co lossal Figure at the top displayed a Flag and Pendant over it. At night there appeared in a transparency a Dove with an Olive Branch ; under, in brilliant lamps, PeaCe and Plenty ; and under that, a, Wheat Sheaf and Olive Leaves, in a very ektended and most beautiful display of variegated Lamps. During a great part. of the evening very .fine Fire-works were pl - aved off from the top of that immense struc ture, which had a very., grand effea, and drew together an immense crowd of admiring Spe4ators.. —The fire-works, • which were very magnificent throughout, concluded with the representation of a ship completely on fire, which drew the loudest huzzps from the astonished crowd. The whole of the illumination , of this Theatre . does the highest honour to theJiberality and taste of the-Managers. Covent-Garden Theatre had a transparency ern blenttical of London, the 11fart of the World, sur rour.:?ed by variegated laulps very tasteful!) , dispos ed. Tile Little Theatre, flay-marlccr.---G. C. R. in var , Yated lamps. At was hand4omely illuminated. • _ _ tits' WEL Ls' exhibited a very beautiful Tray.;parency, containing a Whole length Porttait of is , MAJESTY sheathing the Sword of War, with the 'our Ouarters of the Globe paying homage to him. It was very prettily executed, and accompa. nied by a great profusion of variegated lamps. Lord WHITW V RTH had a grand display 'at his house at Whitehall ; the initials of G. R. wreath cf laurel, and all the windows hung to correspond. Lord MELBOURNE had a number of flambeaux round the parapet of his house. Mr. STACKPOL E's house in Grosvenor-place made a brilliant appearance ; though it did not exhibit that blaze of •light which it displayed in the year 1789, on His Majesty's happy recovery. WHITE'S in St. James's Street was among the most distinguished of all the illuminations.. The emblems of Peace were splendidly manifest in Olive branches, as well as syMbols of Loyalty. All the Squar6 ne ttle West end of the town displayed a general gran deur of effe&, though there was nothing particular in anyOf the houseS. MARTINDALELE's in Bond Street made a very magnificent appearance. THE CROWN and OLIVE BRANCH were displayed with great splendour amidst a profussion of lamps, very tastefully arranged. • The British Coffee-house, Cock,spur-street.—A ship entwined with laurels in lamps. Among the many beautiful and fanciful transpa lcncies which demonstrated the joy of the inhabi tants at the return of Peace, we cannot but make particular mention of the Plicenix Fire Office in Lombard Street : it consisted of three diffet'ent representations. On the one hand appeared a city in flames with csnnort arid bombs playing upon it, whale the corpse - of - a soldier was seen stretched on the grourrl, with his wife extended upon it in a pa , zo nye. ;nscri , ition under 0 1 ; 1 q, -,!!r? was . War and Dust ruaion.'! The middle.figure represented Bellona met by 'Peace. The expres sion of Terror in the looks of the warlike God dess and her horses was , admirably executed. Beneath this figure was placed the illscription, " Glory to God, on high ;" and over it appeared the word Peace, and a splendid star. The figure on the other side, with the inscription. " Peace and Renovation," exhibited Peace, with her olive branch, seated .at Britannia's fat, while the tion appeared again rouzed, Cities flourishing, and the , Phoenix ascending from the flames. • At LACKINCTON, ALLEN and Co.'s, Temple of the Muses, Finsbury-square, a very large and bril, liant Transparency, representing Neptune alighting from his shell; and cpndileting the fair form of Peace. to Britannia, who, seared on her shore, and divested of her warlike. emblems, receives her with the warmest transports. The distance is occupied by a view of the British Channel, crowded with commercial shipping, a happy pre sage of the blessings,of Peace ! It was surmounted by a large • star of variegated • lamps, which added much to the effea. Fire-works of the finest de scription were displayed from the cupola. _ _ At the entrance to the Exhibitio - n of Artificial Stone Sculpture in the Westminster Bridge Road, a large statue of the Angel of Peace, in that manu faefure, stood on a rock, with the Imperial,Crown over her. In .one hand she held a 'transparent motto, " God has blessed hiS People with . Peace." Her fine eye direaed• towards Heaven, to which source her hand pointed the National Gratitude and thanksgivings. Around her was a double circle of bright lamps, like a Glory, with branches of olive, and green lamps on each side. The whole was a very novel design, and highly brilliant and senti mental. Mr. PORTER, of Parliament..street, displayed a most beautifill transparency : in the front was repre sented a Field-piece, with three of the Royal Ar tillery preparing to fire •to the right, and on the left Peace, presenting an olive branch with one hand, and with the other, preventing the Soldiers from drawing the sponge from the cannon, who are in the as of storming a Castle, and points to a DOve who brings the happy tidings of Peace. Ikoccs and WHALLEY'S. —A crown encircled with wreaths of laurel, with the words, " Peace ! huzza," in a transparency. . • Gray's Inn had G. R. and the Crown. The other Inns of Court were likewise .The Shakespeare Gallery. A rainbow with lamps, corresponding to the different colours over the door. Mr: BELL'S, Dean -street, Soho.-=An admirable transparency. Viaory in a car drawn by White bulls—the figures of Plenty and Amity in playful attitudes tripping along by the side of the car, and Fame in the air preceding the groupe ; the names of all our celebrated Admirals, and a medallion of the Mr. BAKER, Henrietta-street.—A transparency, Britannia in a triumphal car. In the back ground Commerce, G. R. in colours representing precious stones, Mr; Masi., Fri iofty ndrifri. el with a serpentine di Tidy of vArivg,,ited On the summit a Pharos,- the whole Movie iotir; on it pivot in continual qiotion. Mr. SrAivros-, Charing-cross, made a 1;60.1 transprency of Peace, with the globe at feet, "tic. - _ _ - The Opera House was illuminated with the Ctlowp and the initials G. R. and the wei.d " Peace." Mr. SMIT H'S in King. Street,, Covent Garden— a well executed transpareney, three allegorical 6. gures, admirably drawn, Peace joinirg the hands or England and France, Gallia attended by the symbo. tic figure of the Cock, and Britannia by that of the Lion, and the back ground exhibited shipping and figures, with bales of goods, on a quay, expressive of commerce This was designed and painted by SMiTH. At length the din of %vat is o'er, And Ilavoclt's cry is heard no more; Lo, Gallia join::: the Queen of Isles; No more with rival flowns they meet ; *l4_.d while with Friendiiip ' s hands they greet, A World will bless their mutual smiles. HARDII3Id, Engraver, Pall trans parency of Peacc, pre4enting the olive branch t.J Britain. ACICERMAN's Print Warehouse, pear Beaufort exhiblted a beautiful allegory represent. ing the Arts returning to Britain, under the au spices of PEACE. The.following lines, which are much above the usual produaions of the inr . protttx Muse, illustrated the subjed Atiiiir,hted by the woes of war, The St sr arc s rctir'd afar, • And shed the tear. — But since Pte. cs 'restim'd her reign, With smiles they view our Isle again, Td charm the eye and sodth the ear. A housi in Great Marlborough-street had the word Huzza in a large letters in coloured lamps, one letter being in each of five windows. Motto Art and SANDERS, Cabinet makers, in Ca therine -street, had a very brilliant exhibition in coloured lamps, of a crown and star with festoon:3, extending 'along the froht of their large warehouse, which had a very fine effeet. BUTLER, Cabinet-maker, in the same street, had .variegated lamps, disposed in festoons over, the Royal Arms, the general efted of wilich was very pleasing. Mr. - JAid ESO N, of Charing-cross, outvicd in point of happpiness of design, any we ever witnessed : A most beautiful piece of mechanism, consisting oil a ship, the model of the San Josef; of tao lying at anchor, being kept in continual motion clock-work by the. sea, with the words " Brit Glory " encircling the vessel ; at a distant, - t . painted perspedive) were representations of tw other British ships—the appearance of the sky be. ing a fine azure blue, the clouds tinted with red, and the waves of the sea , a beautiful green, had a very charming effect. A brilliant crown at the top, and the royal initials G. R. on ,each 'side in varie gated lamps, finished this grand design. Mr. GARR ATT'S, near London'Bridge, was ex hibited the figure of Methuselah devoutly looking up to an infant Child, holding an Olive Branch in its hand, with this inscription-4' May the new.. born Peace become as old as Methuselah." , ./7 VA OFF IC irS itut,;: • Diety, surraueivi ed with lamps—from the word Peace, hung si.,,i pended its correspondent attendants, Commerce aril Literature. Woonr ER, fruiterer, Charing.cross, God Save the King, Peace, underneath a cornucopia, enrich ed with flowers. The PR INCE of WAL Es's Engraver, PaLl.Mall— brilliant stars in front of each window. Mr. SBELDP.AKE,, in ,the Strand—Three Virtues offering to Britnnia the olive branch, and at a dis tance a view of the British Fleet. SCOTT and IDLE, Wine Merchants, Strand— Three brilliant Stars. His Majesty's Tea.man, in the Strand—variegat. ed lamps. Mr. PEOVR E, of Pall-Mall—a wrath of lamps in front of the balcony. The Insurance-pffice—luautifully illuminated. The Union Hotel, Pail-IVlall—The initials of G. R. a brilliant star, terminating with the letters. The Treasury, in Sr. James's Park—llluminated. The Pb.cenix Fite-Office, Charing Cross- , —Double rows of festoons round the house. • The Salopian Coffeehouse, Star P and Star. Mr.. DRUMMOND'S; the banker—plain lamps. COIN EXCHAAGE, April 30. WE have had but few fresh Arrivals of Wheat, but many Samples remaining unsold, they went off somewhat lower ; Oats continue plentiful, hav ing a brisk deMand, arc a trifle higher ; Barley has a dull sale ; Pease and Beans little alteration ; and Flour remains as before. wheat 4i)s a cos a 6zs od Fine do. 63s a 6;s ad Malt - 38 s a 4os a 425 ad Fineditto. - 43$ a 44$ 6d Barley -28 s a 33s 6d Rye - 3os a, 36s od White Pease 2.9 s a 32$ ad Beans 28s a 32s od Tick ditto -26 a a 29s 6 , 1 Oats - _ a 2IS od Poland do. 22S a 23s od Rape Seed 311 a 341 per last Fine Flow; ..1;s a sos per sack Second do. 40s a 453 per do. . We • never witnessed such immense crowds of people in the streets of the Metropolis, as we dittlast night ; but .it is equally honourable to the good sense and .the . generous disposition .of the pea ple, that no accident . occurred, or no violence hap pened that carne within' the scope of our most vigi. pant notice or enlarged information. In Pall Mall, indeed the windows of the House of two American Booksellers were broken, because they would noc put up even a farthing candle to chew their dispo- , sition to huMour the wishes of the People of Eng. land, but this was only a casual and contemptible occurrence, in the brilliant celebration of so happy an event. A very shocking accident occurcd at the East end of the New Church, in the Strand. A num ber of People were upon the top, and the space 'within the iron railing below was crowded. Some of those above unfortunately leaning on the parapet, threw over one of. the Urns, which falling amongst the people below, killesi two men upon the spar, and so much hurt a woman that she was not erred cd to live. 1