The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-30 00:00:00

A CONVERT. • TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SKETCH 111. OF HINTS FIZONI WESTAIVISTER. Sir, —The Tory band, exhibiting their young ally, " Old ~6 „ h l ° rY," turn e d a T ory. Made to van his coat by nantrhty igs and Rads. The idol of reformers, it was hard to de- Hoprive him of his idolators. A lemi-god before the Reform Bill. ard p ill to swallow, that,: cruel, he could neither re f use , resent, when the physic would move the spleen. Great Man's vanity mortified. As the vapourish humours increase, Zifall ir from his ho rse , gout, i nfluenza, all the ills and accidents "Te, prevent P ar li amentary attendance. Gets peeviih at oe, and goes to Court, Tories condole with him. Sur- Pn sioil scenery in Tory-lan, where "Alps on ps Kr:turns over th e v i ews of d a Al Radical impostor. Al 'the al ten dern3s, of a penitent The Tory and apostate p r i n t s , w i t h the Waiting Geriaewoman, fall in love with hi m . Ti c kl e r oe, and I w ilt tickle you. He would honour a Court, and a C A "rt verauld honour him--such an hereditary gentleman! " fio'l old English gentleman of the olden time," be had sc"*.f::.chers. An ancestral witness, in giving evidence, threw , u ,- 1 1 pomp and pause upon his forefathers, that the exa rni-ng Counsel exclaimed, in astonishment, " What ! did But you correctly ? Did you say you had Aur fathers ?" Sons of the swarm, have no fathers. And no wonder the _l'ead of a vain old man should be turned, and that he should i've of Dan O'Connell, the Big Beggerman, a plebeian f,-.,°Pish pretender, who carries off the household gods. S tHem r o gues of the Whigs—rogues all.) And, idolatry e ' toe penitent learns to jump Jim Crow to—(A hole in Lallad)— to the a i r " Varium ac mutabile vulgus, " or to t e i l"--believ e d the p eop l e who have changed, and not "--bclieVed composed by the Poet Laureat. And resolving to -).e spitefully famous, the patriot turns deserter to become 7 l uerti c id e. Sharp turns, but no change. The Vicar of Z a ,Y , a dishonest character, " had become a Jesuit," for t.ol,att_or meal. But where an apostle of liberty sacrifices fe u e e r Uau se to vanity and pique, and no meal or malt,. but wall°Lily, which arc nothing than air, pass "de nihilo 4 --- he not a Jesuit, but a patriot. While our divine th an t w o only a knave, but at a " cat-in-pan" a fool, grosser fan raountain ; for with a glorious, " new-fangled" Re h°,,r'n°':s the mountain moves not the honest man. And, to from mountain to sky, since ur . " A C row t h ere fli es i n heaven's sweetest air," !onOld Crow takes a flying jump, leaving Jim, in open tauthed wonder, gaping afte r hi m i n th e c l ou d s , and 'vault 818g over Univeral Suffrage and Annual Par? atments in , the sooty renegado alights on hereaJ.Cary wisdom in Plights his troth to the Lords, e:ad cuddles into the _ft:om of the Tories—and accotr:ofishes the entire move oloent without moving from Lis place, shifting position or he w as' or ch 4 nge of cha , racter—in leg and wing, is where th e n as ,',"( l - as he was. Here the American Crow declares ` - 'Luk - English Gentleman to be a " genuine Jonathan," 'et but of the back-woods. " As nothing, in time, or under heaven, would ever in tl,ee him to change"—(March 2, 1820)—his public place „ bei ng under the sun, the people beheld him, like that lumi 74rY, moving ; but " turn about and wheel about," as he 47Parently may, it is the earth in revolution on its axis, as 1 .th men kn ow , except t h e vu l gar, and they who turn with eir globe. Why, then, remove their worship to a Beggar -11)4'1,? And f or a R e f orm i ng Government, which did not , ask, his aid or l eave i n hi s own domain, it was—infanduns 'ellovare dolorem—worse than Brookes's, to accept the BPport o f an upstart rival, with his tail. So, rising in ker, another Neptune, amid the troubled waters, to crush eak an d trespass i ng Government, and flinging away 7.3 crutch, be says il " Quos ego!" y n d b,...comes a jumpi ng A n d rew b e f ore t h ree ki ng d oms. ;,.!t, fam ous t h rough England, Ireland, and Scotland for a l'"Cgler— an even i ng ' s amusement in the metropolis, for new , 7 t e ttitudes with out var i ation, and political variations without th a nge---our rara avis believes, with the silly ostrich, that e n he ch ooses to prostrate his head, no eyes will see when °Pin are heaped in the dust ; for a city shall morally 4 ," as disti nc tl y c h ange f rom light to his dust-heap dark ceis : s i nce how can he, who, for attachment to his own tin ciPles, calls his fellow-men creeping things, give human P ll4t ura credit for a ray o f li g h t, or a particle of common i 180 ? And wh en p i sm i res l i ve i n the dust, the King of tuires must there hold his Court. " But this is law, I will maintain, Until my dying day, Sir," that, democrat or aristocrat, the Lion of Westminster is to Lirnsolf and his allies the Lion of Westminster, of 1818 and ' B 7 the same ; a true-hearted Englishman, " alone in his 41 °"Y," " canter and recanter," " The Great Un'clianged," t ill, ego ct alter ego, veritable Hampden and Hampden bi - fronted, " he grew the talk of all tongues." JIM CROW. HE LAMBETH DINNER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Chandos- s t ree t, M on d ay , M ay 29. ant dispatching th e annexe d l etter to M r . Ten tlYson D ' Eyncourt, which I think it right to request that You will hav e th e goo d ness to insert in your journal t o - Morrow, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, NUGENT. • Aly de ar D'E yncourt, —l n consequence of the commis "a whi c h you so handsomely gave to me in charge, I lost . 1 ' 43 time in ca lli ng upon S i r Francis Burdett, to show himti Ir! ease he s h ou ld not have already seen it, the prompt I'Sclainaerwhich y ou , w i t h such proper feeling, had pub '4hed o f some phrases of off ence , which, in a report of beer speech at t h e Lambeth dinner last week, you had en represented as having used with reference to him, 413 0 stated to him the only phrase which you did use that t: 3 r eally open to misconception, as conveying, contrary h . Your intention, a meaning personally disrespectful to •He desired with his kind regards, to assure you Zi(l,,at he had not previously been made aware that anything a that sort bad occurred ; and that, if he had, he should 4. ,‘"e felt perfectly sure that you would never have said I.ll3thin,c," in a sense personally offensive to him. That he ti,ned You, for the communication, and was perfectly sa, -',vo with every part of it. 40 7. There being no misunderstanding whatever on this e;:t. in the mind of Sir Francis Burdett, to whom alone y ou can be properly answerable, let me strongly advise stat ell'eg ° iVe yourself no f ur th er t rou bl e a b out t h e erroneous nt.—Ever yours, very truly, ig 11 k Aando s - street, May 29, 1837. " NUGENT. " 0 Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt." THE ARMY. to l:" . J . Watson is to be removed from the 86th Regiment Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot. Z eut enant-G enera l Si r A rt h ur B roo k e i s t o b e th e new th u .?nel of t h e 86th Regiment. We presume that Sir Ar will relinquish the Government of Yarmouth. ° F th t , r i l ' i nce Regent t r a ns p or t, w ith th e se c o nd battalion eeph a - i tutle Brig a d e on b oar d, arrived at Gibraltar from days I. ary w 4114 on th e 15th instant, having been thirty-seven e o 4°o the - voyage, and ex p er i ence d ver y severe ga l es , and inds. ' - ,( 1 11(7 we re much gratified with a view of the .splendid ▪ 'dw e ar- %of Dut c h pictures of the well-known ameteur,. at No. 'Oily, Esq., th e s a l e o f w hi c h com mences to-morrow, Pall-Nl a ll. ' 4 \- 1 )01 - a'ss TO THE PRINCESS VICTORIA : — d ' h4 % ) Ithe carriages of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, M e l n e n „ —a " l . o C o o n m , trolier, ' Aldermen, City Solicitor, Recor • •• —m °n Sergt p ant, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, and . other the l'aernb`le aLithoritieS, with an immense number.belongingltodt in the Court of Common Council, assFrrib . e from whence they proceeded to Kensington tl iZ ra• la h m ' a order to present the City Address to her Royal . th e h. ness t he Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria, on !19q, event of her arriving at her majority. The procession i 4 habl, ver y imposing one ; and it was loudly cheered by t 'ilm,„: 4 ntS who lined the front of the houses, as well as by the the mien crowd who thronged the streets ; and the bells of ...eYeral churches rang merry peals as it passed along. , fi:esterday afternoon, between one and two o clock, th e b ° Y, about eleven years of age, of the name of Jones, , ° f a messenger at Somerset. house, a residing at No. idelite.w Church -court, Strand, met with very serious ar -I)44Wit St. Jam es ' s par k . He went to the Park, in cons some other lads, to witness the firing of the guns Rile b't'eur.iation of the King's birth-day, and was wounded . on ; a ' 4 tld,•„ 4 `' by a splinter from one of the trees, struck . b the fr or plug of one of the pieces, and it is feared his ) skuß li nso 't i c t tur e d . He was instantly conveyed to Charing-cross I , L a l Where he lies in a dangerous state. qrodi lle colossal lion recently erected on the top of lau,hatrs brewery, Belvedere-ro o d, Lambeth, appeared to dbout advantacre on Wednesday night, being surrounded by a y l ights, in honour of the Princess Victoria's natal 1 1 0 i n model was cast by M essrs. Rudlege and Co., from "igh '"° Vati can at Rome. It measures 11 feet six inches T . 13 feet six i nc h es long, and weighs seven tons. the sere are no less than 16 species of turbot, of which 41 '5 t a t nn oek-fle a k o f t h e north is the chief. Though num b ers his le ss a , on our own coast, t h e D utc h are sa id to h ave d rawn tuae 80,000/. in one year from us for their supply: of 2 ,004 a lone, while the Danes have been receiving from lob — ' to 15,000/. per annum, in return for the million of 11,11 are from the rocky shores of Norway. Yet both these Il r'd e(14111 Y good and plentiful at home, were our fishery 'or a s it ought to be, a national object for the supply of food tre t 4 r s i . ty,' , that hardy race, to whose prowess our national of Is Mainly owing. I „ i n e bronze statue of Guttenhurgh, the discoverer , itfej, nti ng, cast at Paris, from models by Thorswaldsen, has • r :T o 4 ' , ived at Mayenec: of which he was a native, and where 1 1 4 °1 : J41 /lent is to be e ' rected. The cast was accompan . ied te,tiltnificatei front ail the eminent artists of Paris, bearing bee 4 t ° ,_nY to the perfect success with which the cast has 4 lig kt , a t ' ll e e n z . t. The inauguration will take place on the 25th of W IND S OR-MONDAY. We are happy to learn Oat his Majesty's hea!th ccn tinues improving, The Reginfent o Osfenadier `Guards, under the corn mand of Colored Lambert, Marched .inko 4lte ii;o'ik? . er Park and Arta a feu-de joie in 10 our 146;04 s birth-day. The Queen, actoMpanied by Lady Sheffield and Lady Georgiana. Cnrzon, drove to the ground, and was followed the Duchess of Gloucester and most of the members of the Royal suite. A Royal salute Was also fired by the Artillery, under the tenunand of general Sir Charles Thornton 'FL M-1 of Munster arrived at the Castle this tsmrning bn a visit to their Ma taties: The Duchust of Gloutester Will leave the Castle to morrow for town. Lord and Lady Maryborough called at the Castle this morning to pay their respects. Lord Falkland, Sir Mathew Tierney, and Sir Herbert Taylor left for town this morning. The latter gentleman will return to Windsor this evening. The Commanding -Officers of the Grenalier Guards will have -the honour of dining at the Castle this evening. HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY. A Drawing Room, in celebration of the King's Birthday, was held yesterday at St. James's Palace. Their Majesties were absent, but the Princess Augu_ta received the company On the part of the Queen. The Drawing Room was very numerously attended; the entitt suite of State Rooms, and also the anti-rooms and the grand staircase being at one period filled with the Nobility and Gentry. The Court went out of mourning on this occasion, and the Knights of the several Orders of Knighthood wore their re spective Collars. The Yeomen Guard wore their Coronation costume; the Officers present were Captain Houlton the Ensign ; Sir T. Horsley Curties and Mr. Samuel Hancock, the Exons. Messrs. Dobell and Raise, the State Pages ; and the Pages of their Majesties were in attendance in their State uniforms. His Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms were sta tioned in the Throne Rooms and also in the Portrait Gallery and Preicence Chamber. The Princess Augusta left the Queen's house at 2 o'clock, Lind entered the Royal Closet. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria came in Stale, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Flora Hastings, Lady The resa Strangways, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Lady Cust, Ba roness Lehzen, Sir John Conroy, Sir Frederick Wetherell, Sir George Anson, General Upton, Colonel Harcourt, and Colonel Caradoc. Their Royal Highnesses came down St. James's-street, and entered the Palace by the Colour Court, and were received with the usual honours by the King's Guard, the band of the Ist Life Guards playing " God save the King" as their Royal Highnesses passed through the rooms. Their Royal Highnesses' dresses were composed of Spital fields manufacture, made expressly for the occasion. The Duke of Cumberland entered by the Garden Gate, at tended by General Sir John Slade. His Royal Highness wore a splendid Hussar uniform. The Princess Augusta entered the Throne-room, and took the station usually occupied by the Queen, the Members of the Royal Family being near her Royal Highness, the Prin cess Victoria standing between the Princess and the Duchess of Kent. The Princess Augusta was attended by the following ladies and gentlemen of the Queen's household:—The Countess Brownlow (in Waiting), the Marchioness of Ely, the Coun tess of Mayo, Lady Clinton, and Lady Barrington, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Miss Mitchell (in waiting), Miss Eden, Miss Boyle, and Miss Gore, Maids of Honour; Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lady Bedingfield, Mrs. Berkeley Paget, and Lady Charles Somerset; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain; Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse ; Hon. S. Hay and Captain Pechell, R.N., Equerries ; Sir George Hoste ' Col. Wilson, Mr. Stra ng ways, M r . M urray , M r . Mellish, and Colonel Jones, Gentlemen Ushers ; and Master Disbrowe, Page of Honour. Lady Mary Pelham was also in attendance on the Princess Augusta. The Groom of the Stole, Viscount Torrington, and Sir William Houstoun, the Lord and Groom in Waiting on the King, and the Officers of State and of the King's Household, were also in the Throne-room. At the Drawing Room the -following presentations took place; Baron Maltitz, Russian Minister to the Hague, by th e Russian Ambassador, on by taking leave; Count Emanuel de Zichy, by Prince Esterhazy, Austrian Ambassador; Countess de Zichy, by Countess Sebastiani, the lady of the French Am bassador; Mr. N. A. Fenwick, his Majesty's Hanoverian Con sul in Denmark, by Baron d'Ompteda, the Hanoverian Minis ter; M. de Nostitz, Officer of Saxon Cavalry, by the Saxon Minister resident; Mr. Justice Coltman, on his appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, by the Lord Chan cellor. Among the company were Prince Jamboel, Dcan of Myson, accompanied by Captain Melville Grindley, the Aus trian and Russian Ambassadors ; Countess Sebastiani, lady of the French Ambassador; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Swedish, Wurtemberg, Belgian, Hanoverian, Danish, Grecian, Bavarian, Brazilian, United States, Spanish and Saxon Ministers, thie Dutch Minister, and M a d ame l) e d e l, M r . C o l qu h oun , A ge ht and Consul for the Hanse Towns, the Portuguese and Sardi dinian Charge d'Affaires, Prince N. Esterhazy, Baron Mon corvo, Mr. Hummelauer, First Secretary of the Austrian Embassy ; Count de Grammont, Secretary of the French Embassy; Mr. Lichtenberg, Privy Councillor of the Hano verian Legation ; Count Bille, Secretary of the Danish Le gation • Baron Lagos, Mr. A. H. Lewin, Officer in the Swedish Cavalry ; Baroness de Maltitz, Count de Kiclman segge, Hanoverian Charge tl'Affaires at the Court of France, and Countess Adolphe de Kielmansegge • Col. Baron de Hat ted, Hanoverian Aid e -d e -C amp to t h e King; Baron Lebget tern, Attache to the Austrian Embassy ; M. Salame, his Ma jesty's Oriental Interpreter ; the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Armagh; the Bishop of London, the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentl emen a t A rms , Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the King's Bench ; the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Vice Chan cellor, the Paymaster General, the Vice-Chamberlain, Major- Gen. Sir H. Wheatley, G. C. H., Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse ; Mr. Backhouse, Under Secretary of Foreign, Department; Mr. Maule, M. P., Under Secretary Home De partment ; Sir W. Waller, G. C. H., extra Groom in waiting ; Sir S. Spry, M.P., Lieut. of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the King's Advocate, the Attorney-General, the Soli citor-General, Sir M. A. Shee, President of the Royal Academy ; Sir David Wilkie, R. A., Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King ; the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, Sir Charles M. Clarke, Bart., Physician to the Queen ; Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., Surgeon to the King ; the Treasurer of the Household, Sir William Wood, &c. &c. ; Clarenceux King of Arms, Colonel Taylor, Lieut.-Governor Royal Military College ; Groom of the Bedchamber, Sir Horace Seymour, Equerry to the King ; Rev. Dr. F. Bowes, Deputy Clerk of the Closet and Chaplain to the King ; Rev. J. R. Wood, Deputy Clerk of the Closet ; Rev. Dr. Dakins, Principal Chaplain to the Forces ; Rev. Dr. Chafy, Chaplain in Wait ing; Mr. Sulivan, Deputy Secretary at War; Mr. Burge, KC., Agent for Jamaica; Mr. Mayers, Agent for Bar badoes ; Sir James Duke, Sheriff; Mr. Sheriff Johnson, Mr. Under Sheriff France, Mr. Under Sheriff Wire ; Reverend Thomas Hartwell Horne, 8.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Mr. Reeve, Standard Bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Captains Hon. Sir A. Maitland, Sir John Louis, and Hon. Poulett, Naval Aides-de- Camp to the King ; Colonels Sir Robert Gardiner, Sir James Reynett, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, and Wynyard, Aides-de-Camp to the King; Mr. Sergeant At cherley, the Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lan caster ; Mr. Albert Beetham, Clerk of the Check of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Judge Do Barros, Supreme Court, Newfoundland ; the Queen's Attorney and Solicitor- General; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting; the King's Harbinger ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master of the Ce remonies ; the Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal ; Master Cowell, Page of Honour ; Mr. Beresford, Groom of the Privy Cham ber; Lieutenant-Colonels Sir F. Smith and Diggle, and Mr. Strachan, Gentlemen Ushers to the King. The following Ladies were presented : Mrs. Courtenay Boyle, on her marriage, by the Hon. Lady Boyle. The hon. Miss Napier, by her mother, Lady Napier. Lady Napier, by Lady Johnston. Lady Emily Gore, on receiving his Majesty's gracious per mission to take precedence as the daughter of an Earl, by Lady John Russell. The Hon. Mrs. Edward Douglas, on her marriage, by the Countess of Morton. The Hon. Mrs. Hall, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady 13ridport. The Hon. Miss Macdonald, by Lady Saltoun. Lady Dukenlield, on her marriage, by Viscountess Gage. Lady Georgiana Codrington, on her marriage, by Lady Bo thell Codrington. Mrs. Macpherson, of Cluny Macpherson, by the Marchioness of Abercorn. Lady Meux, by Lady Horne. Lady Caldwell, by Lady George Murray. Lady M. Pierrepont, by Countess Manvsrs. Lady Marcus Hill, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of I)ownsnire. . _ lion. Mrs. Y. Scarlett. by the Hon. Mrs. Searle. Mrs. Warren, by the Countess Somers. Mrs. D. Barclay, by the lion. Mrs. Dundas. Mrs. Lovell, by Mrs. Rodon. Lady Vavasour, by the Hon. Mrs. B. Thompson. Mrs. S. Marsham, by Mrs. F. Walpole. Mrs. .T. Mott, by Lady G. S. Stanley. Mrs. P. Williams, by the Marchioness Cornwallis. Mrs. C. Stanley, on her marriage, by Lady Stanley. Miss Alston, by Lady Barnes. Miss Nightingale, upon going abroad, by the Honourable Mrs. Bowles. Miss Surtees, by Lucy Countess of Winterton. Miss Casamajor, by Mrs. S. Brownrigg. Miss Gubbins, by Mrs. Bebb. Miss Clayton, by her aunt, Mrs. E. Bouverie. Miss Danse, by Mrs. Bebb. Lady Carew, on her marriage, by Mrs. Taylor. Miss Vavasour, by the Hon. Mrs. Beilby Thompson. Miss E. Vavasour, by the Hon. Mrs. Beilby Thompson. Miss C. l'avasour, by the Hon. Mrs. Beilby Thompson. Miss Massy Dawson, by Mrs. Francis Walpole. Miss Hester Pringle, by Lady Pringle. Miss Eliza Knatchbull, by ber sister, Lady Sondes. ILLUMINATIONS. Miss Anna Maria Sutton, by her mother, Mrs. Nassau Sutton. Mrs. Birkbeck, by Lady John Russell. Miss Birkbeck, by Lady John Russell. Miss tmma Case, by her mother, Mrs. Case. • Miss Taylor; by Mrs. Taylor: Mr,s. Nightingale, upon going abroad, by tho Hon. Mrs. olct. Mr.!, s3lldcr " Lady nateson. Q •- Madame m %on a t h e o fi nb ore, upon lienlienreturn from the Lady Mrs. Colonel Wilkins ) by the lion. Mrs. Scarlett. Mrs. W. 'Villiers Stuart, by Lady James Stuart: Mrs. Lucas, by the Marchioness of Sligo. Mrs. David Watts Russell ; by Lady TheotioSia Spring Rice: Miss Brii*nrigg, by her mother, Mrs. Brownrigg. Mrs. Surtees, by Lucy Countess of Winterton. Mrs. Thornhill, on her marriage, by Lucy Countess of Win tenon. Mrs, Bramston, by Lady Braybrooke. Mrs. C. Middleton, on her return from It.dia. Mrs. Hovenden, by Mrs. Rodon. Miss Wilkins, by the Hon. Mrs. Scarlett. Miss Walrond, by Lady J. Walrond. Miss Madeline Kerr, by Lady Selina Kerr. Miss Storer, by Lady Chatterton. Miss Pardoe, on her return from Ccns:anthople, by Mrs. Pringle Taylor. , Miss Alicia Eustace, by Lady Trimlestown. Miss Lucas, by her mother, Mrs. Lucas. Miss Wethered, by Lady Chatterton. Miss Charlotte Fellowes, by her mother, Mrs. H. Fellowes. Miss Meux, by Lady Meux. Miss Julia Wilbraham, by Mrs. General Grosvenor. Miss Louisa Fletcher, by her mother. Mrs. Ruddell Todd, by the Hon. Mrs. Elliot. Miss Julia Dickson, by Lady George Murray. Mrs. John Hartpole Leek, on her marriage, by Lady Horn. State dinners in honour of the day were given by Viscount Melbourne and Viscount Palmerston, in Downing-street, at their official residtnees. By Lord Glenelg, to the principal military functionaries, and the agents for the colonies in Great George-street. By Lord John Russell, at the Clarendon Hotel, to the fol lowing :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, Lord Mor peth, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, Judges Littledale, Coleridge, Williams, Pattison, Bosanquet, Park, Coltman, and Vaughan ; Barons Alderson, Bolland, Gurney, and Parke, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder of London, Mr. Sheriff Johnson, Sir James Duke, Messrs. Pattison, Grote, Wood, and Crawford, Members for the city of London ; Mr. Phillipps, Mr. Manic, Mr. Gore, and the Lord Advocate of Scotland. By the Attorney-General, to the Bar, at the Thatched House, St. James's-street. His Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms dined to gether to celebrate the day at the Freemasons' Tavern. Yesterday being the birth-day of his Majesty, the town presented a very festive appearance, and at night a very ge neral illumination took place. A pressure of matter precludes us from giving a detailed list of the illuminations at the houses of his Majesty's tradesmen and other loyal inhabitants of the metropolis. We subjoin an account of the appearance of the club-houses and theatres : Alliance Club—" W. R.," the crown, brilliant star, wreaths of laurel, tastefully displayed in variegated coloured lamps. The Guards Club-house—was conspicuous for a very beau tiful display of gas illumination, comprising the emblematical arms or devices of the three foot regiments belonging to the household troops ; also the royal initials " W. R.," sur mounted by a crown, with a brilliant radiated star at each ex tremity, the whole being supported and encircled by laurel wreath. Crockford's Club-house—a grand imperial crown, superbly jewelled and emblazoned in appropriately-coloured lamps, sup ported by the royal initials in bright gold-coloured lamps, and surrounded by wreaths of palm, laurel, and oak, green lamps on gold stems. Arthur's Club-house—a graad projecting Brunswick crown, with the royal initials " W. R." at the sides, and supported on each side by brilliant stars, terminating in entwined wreaths of laurel and palm. Boodle's Club-house—a grand imperial projecting crown, tastefully variegated, and jewelled with ruby and amethyst coloured lamps, with the royal initials, supported by a radiated star of large dimensions, the whole encircled by a thick foilage of entwined fruit-branches of green-coloured lamps on gold stems. The Albion Clubhouse—a blazing star, radiated on a re flecting ground, with the royal initials " W. R." in deep gold coloured lamps, supporting an imperial crown. Graham's Club-house—an imperial crown, with the royal initials " W. R.," in amber-coloured lamps ; variegated crown, richly jewelled in ruby, amethyst, and emerald coloured lamps. White's Club-house—a grand central Brunswick star, sur mounted by a 'Windsor crown, tastefully variegated, and sup porting the royal initials, in amber-coloured lamps. Brooks's Club-house--a brilliant radia,ted star in variegated lamps, supporting an imperial crown, with the royal initials in gold, and encircled by wreaths of laurel, palm, and oak. The Asiatic Club-house, Hanover•square—an imperial crown, with the Royal initials " W. R." in gold, and wreathed in green. The Oxford and Cambridge Club-house, St. James's square—an imperial crown, supported by a star of great brilliancy, with the Royal initials " W. R." in deep gold coloured lamps. The Parthenon Club-house—a richly radiated Brunswick star, surmounted by the Royal initials, in pale amber-coloured lamps, and encircled by laurel wreaths of green and gold. The Wyndham Club-house—a central blazing star, sup porting a crown, tastefully variegated, and surmounted by the Royal initials, in deep gold-coloured lamps on a reflected ground. The Carlton Club-house, Pall-mall—the Royal initials " W. R." supported by the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and surmounted by a grand projecting imperial crown. The Reform Club-house—the Royal initials " W. R." in very large characters, with a magnificent crown, supported by rose wreaths in gas. This was a beautiful display, and at tracted great admiration. The Travellers' Club-house—the outline of the whole frontage, entrance hall, windows, &c., was traced with rows of deep gold-coloured lamps. The Senior United Service Club-house—a grand Roman crown, gorgeously jewelled with ruby-coloured lamps, sur mounting the royal initials. The University Club-house—a circle of laurel and palm wreaths, with " W. R." in amber-coloured lamps, supporting a crown. The Union Club-house—the royal initials, with .a large projecting crown, surmounted by laurel wreaths, very beauti fully variegated. Messrs. Flight, Barr, and Barr, Coventry-street, Worcester Royal porcelain works—the letters " W. IL" with star of the Order of the Garter surmounted with the crown of England; the whole on a ground of emerald green. THE THEATRES. Drury-lane—the royal initials " W. R.," crown, and star. Covent-garden—" W. R.," crown, star, and festoons. English Opera-house—" W. R." and crown. The Adelphi—a brilliant gas star. The Opera-house—" W. R." and crown. The Hayma,ket—" W. R.," crown, and star. The New Strand—a temple formed of variegated lamps, aid brilliant gas star. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE JUDGES AT FISHMONGERS' HALL.--On Sunday (that being the first Sun day in Trinity Terra), the Sheriffs gave a most splendid en tertainment, at Fishmongers' Hall, to the Judges, Aldermen, and a distinguished party, amongst whom were the Duke of Richmond, Lord Abinger; Justices Parke, Vaughan, Patti son, and Coltman ; Barons Park, Bolland, and Alderson ; Lord G. Lennox, Lord Marcus Hill, Hon. F. Maule, M. P., lion. Captain De Roos, lion. C. Gore ; Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart., M. Wood, M. P., Thompson, M. P., Sir W. Heygate, M. P., Sir Peter Laurie, Winchester, Birch, and Sir Chapman Marshall ; the Recorder, M.P. ; Sergeants-at- Law, Captain I)undas, M.P. ; Joseph Hume, Esq., M. P. ; R. Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Felix Booth, Bart. ; Sir J. Macadam; J. Bagshaw, Esq., M. P. ; Admiral Ross ; G. Anson, Esq. ; H. Tuffncll ; Mon tague Parker, Esq., M. P. ; E. W. Pendarves, Esq., M.P. ; R. Buttrel, Esq. ; R. Palmer, Esq., Sheriff of Sussex ; Da vid Salomans, Esq. ; M. Lafayette : J. Blackburn, Esq. ; Capper, Esq., of the Home Office ; and about GO other gentlemen. The dinner, which was provided by Birch, was one of the most sumptuous ever given in this magnificent building. There were not, as this day was Sunday, any toasts given, but there was not the less wine drunk on that account. From nine o'clock in the evening till half-past ten crowds were assembled opposite the Hall and cracked many a joke upon the poor chance Sir Andrew Agnew could have after such a practical comment as this hospitable entertainment presented of passing his favourite measure in the present Session. The multitudes who flocked from the steam-vessels which came in from Gravesend and other places on the river hailed the entertainment giver; in the Hall as the harbinger of the continuance of their Sunday recreations. NEW STRAND TIIEATRE.—Last night a burletta, called Bachelors' Buttons, was played for the first time. It is constructed of very slight materials, but they are put together with considerable skill, and answer their purpose of affording Mrs. Stirling an opportunity of exhibiting her very versatile powers. Flavin , understood that a suitor is about to visit her, who is recommended by the firm from which her father has re tired, she reasons with herself that before she consents to be come a sleeping partner, she ought to acquaint herself with the character of the gentleman with whom she is to unite. With this view she contrives to get her father out of the way, makes his man servant play the part of the master of the house, and thus receive her lover, who is not a little amazed by the vulga rity of his supposed guest's conduct, while Mrs. Stirling her self, first as a romping school girl, secondly as a jockey, and thirdly as a chattering maid-of-all-work, does her best to in crease his embarrassment. He is at last about to leave in dis gust with the whole family, when papa returns, and the trickery explodes. Mrs. Stirling was a most spirited sportsman, and exhibited amusing naivete as the romp. The announcement of the piece for repetition was received with approbation. Early in the morning of Thursday last no fewer than eight sheep were stolen from the neighbourhood of Ilford. Four were taken from the field of Mr. Maxwell, of Ilford, and appear to have been carried away in a cart, which then pro ceeded to Plaistow Marshes, where four others were stolen; but it seems the thieves had taken more than they could con ceal at the bottom of the cart, a, one of Mr. Maxwell's sheep inwas were d n i o t cdho, doubt t short carr e d o Lon_f ro the la fo tt u e i r id p w la i c t e h . its ITheegsshtei tied sheep don, and y and er p e r u o r b y. ably . disposed of before they were missed,_.Es MR SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1837 DREADFUL MURDER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The inhabitants of Fenton, in the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, were thrOwn into the deepest state of agitation, about ten o'clock on Sunday night. A poor woman, the wife of Colley, a police-man of Fenton (and formerly of Walsall, in this county), retired to bed, abou l l o'clock, with h er c hild ren , fine in fltutibefr---four boTs and one girl—vrti;.: at the hour named, the eldest boy ; aiddi/t eletell years old, was seen to escape through a window on the gratind•floor, tileeding pro.. fusely ; when he stated that his mother had attempted to cut his throat, On the inhabitants entering the house, they found the youngest three lying lifeless, on the floor ; the fourth child sadly mangled ; together with his mother, who attempted her own life. Medical aid was immediately et hand. It was recommended that the unfortunate mother and son should be removed to the North Staffordshire Infirmary, where the mother lies without hope of recovery ; and while your Correspondent is writing, it is reported that the son is dead. Your Correspondent has seen the lifeless bodies of those unfortunate children. A highly re spectable jury is impannelled for two o'clock this day. Poverty and dissipated habits are supposed to be the cause Stoke-upon-Trent, May 29. S. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S--YESTERDAY. Nothing was done here beyond the settlement of a few Email accounts on the Epsom races. The regular "settling" takes place this day ; it promises to be a very quiet one. HIPPODROME RACES.—SATURDAY. A Plate of 1001. Heats, about two miles. Mr. Sowerby's Rioter, Mr. Wickham's Pincher, and Mr. Bal chin's b. C. by Nigel. A Plate of 1001. Heats, two miles. Mr. Wickham's Pincher, Mr. Shelley's Reuben, Mr. B acon ' s Tiara, Mr. Gardnor's Ethil4, and Mr. Brown's c. by Albany, dam by Smolensko. The Steeple Chase Plate. Heats, two miles. Captain Lamb's Lady Teazle; Mr. Jackson's Cinderella, Mr. Elmore's Lottery, and Mr. Balchin's Cockswain. ASCOT HEATH RACES. A Piece of Plate, value 200 sovs., given by his Majesty, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs . each, for three years old. Swinley Course. Will close and name on the Saturday before Epsom, and the weights be published on the Tuesday after Epsom. Those that declare forfeit by the Saturday following to pay 10 sovs. only. Mango, Bst. 71b ; Dardanelles, Bst. 71b ; Gil Blas, Bst. 51b ; Fifer, Bst. 21b ; Grand Cairo, Bst. 21b ; Fantastic, Bst ; %dare, Bst. Elis does not start for the Ascot Cup. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 180. The Claret Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., &c. Lord Exeter's Hybiscus, Mr. Sadler's Defender, Mr. Greville's Mango, Lord Chesterfield's Jereed. The Port Stakes of 100 each, h. ft., &c. Duke of Rutland's Rat-trap, Lord Suffield's Caravan, Lord Exeter's Troilus, Lord Exeter's Dardanelles, Mr. Wreford's Win tonian, Mr. Wreford's 'Wisdom, Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, Lord Jersey's Achmet, Mr. Sowerby's Ruby, Mr. Osbaldeston's Maho metan, Lord Berners's Phosphorus, Lord Chesterfield's Critic, and Mr. Bowes's Brother to Elis FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1837. WYDNISDAY. Match, 200, h. ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Suffield's Pupil, Bst. 61b., agst the Duke of Rutland's Hawker filly, 7st. 111 b. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1837. MONDAY. Match, 200, h. ft. Last mile and half of B.C.—Duke of Rut land's Florestan, Bst. 71b., agst Lord Suffield's Alfred, 7st. 101 b. Match, 100, h. ft. A.F.—Lord Egremont's Hock, Bst. 71b. agit Lord Suffield's Alfred, 7st. 121 b. REIGATE RACES. These races take place to-day and to-morrow. All the horses remain in the handicaps except Famine and the Stumps filly. AQUATICS. THAMES ROYAL YACHT CLUB.—The below bridge sailing match yesterday exceeded in beauty and interest any thing which could possibly have been anticipated. From first to last it was splendidly contested, and the variety of changes infused an interest which has never been exceeded in any simi lar contest. , . Not:that the knowing ones, the clique, who regu late these matte a, in their w y o' ttliniting to a dead certainty, had not much cause for rejoicing. They were beaten to their hearts' content, and that to by a yacht they had laid 3 and 4 to 1 against. The qualifications of this club are too well esta blished to require any observation, and the cup of yesterday was given to testify to the world their loyalty and attachment to his Majesty, and to celebrate the anniversary of their august patron's natal day. As usual with this club, a steam vessel had been engaged to accompany the match, and the attend ance, comprising many elegantly dressed ladies, was very good, as was every thing on board. On the arrival of the steamer at Greenwich the cup was presented by H. Harrison, Esq., the Commodore, at the Royal Hospital, for the inspec tion of the Vice-Patron, Sir T. Hardy. On the return of the gentlemen the boats were at their stations. Yachts. Tons. Owners' Names. Widgeon 2O ... T. E. Snook and J. H. Cassel, Esqs. Sabrina Princess Victoria 25 ... G. Barron, Esq. The number of boats was much less on this occasion than on previous seasons, but it may be accounted for by the recent classifications of yachts in this club, the limitation on this oc casion being from eighteen to twenty-five tons, and there being so few wager yachts of that burthen. The Princess was positioned to northward, and the others in the order they stand on the list. The Sabrina looked admirably, and so confident were her admirers, that she was backed at 2 to 1 against the lot. The Princess was taken at 3to 1 against the Widgeon, and the latter was hardly considered worthy of comment. Of the two the Princess was first in trim and under weigh, but the difference was very slight. The Widgeon was an immense time getting her top-sail, the gaff hallyards bad evidently got jammed. The wind was blowing fresh, almost due west, and it was the general opinion that if the breeze freshened she would never be able to stand under it. The Princess rigged her topmast first, and from the beauty of her station, led the way round Blackwall Point. The Widgeon had held in the second place, and the Sabrina was just beginning to show off, and hauled her wind, in an endeavour to weather the Widgeon. The manceuvering was beautiful on all hands ; and as the wind freshened into a whole sail breeze, the Widgeon washed terribly. In Woolwich Reach the Widgeon was becalmed, and the Sabrina was holding the breeze and coming up with her on her weather quarter. The Princess was, in rounding Jenning Tree Point, nearly a mile a head, and carrying on well. Off Erith the Widgeon's topsail was shifted, and she and the Sabrina were abreast, the former being to windward. At Purfleet the Sabrina, who was running admirably, over hauled her opponent, and in Long Reach was about a length a head of her. The Widgeon caught the breeze, and passed her to windward, sailing nearly under water. In St. Cle nient's the Sabrina again . went up, and kept abreast of her to Northfleet Hope, where the Sabrina stripped her in the runn ing. They arrived at the flag-boat at Gravesend thus :—The Princess Victoria eight minutes twenty seconds past two; the Sabrina eleven minutes twenty-five seconds, and the Widgeon thirteen minutes ten seconds after two. In jibing at the sta tion-boat the Princess carried away her bobstay, and, in hopes of being able to remedy the damage without retarding her way, made two half boards, running right athwart the tide, which was still flowing fast, and the Sabrina kept her reach over to the northward, the Widgeon following on the same board. In rounding the point at Northfleet Hope the Sabrina was still first, the Princess second, sfal the Widgeon directly on her stern; the latter directly afterwards lowered her top sail. In St. Clement's the Widgeon made a long board to the southward, and came right up, a few yards ahead of the leading boat. In Long Reach the Widgeon again hoisted her topsail, and at Purfleet struck it again ; certainly a very judicious manoeuvre. The Sabrina shortly afterwards followed the example of the other and doused her topsail. The inte rest here was intense, and in each succeeding tack the boats were eagerly watched. The least error in seamanship would have been fatal to either boat, but they maintained the position which we have described, and arrived at Greenwich thus : The Widgeon seven minutes fifteen seconds after six ; the Sabrina seven minutes forty-four seconds after six ; and the Princess ten minutes seven seconds after six. The sailing throughout was grand, but the Princess would have done better had she given into the slack after rounding the Gravesend station. The Widgeon and Sabrina were each beautifully handed. The Widgeon buried herself very con siderably. In one hour after the arrival of the first boat the cup was filled with port and presented to the winner, with an appro priate address. " The healths of the King and Queen" were then drunk with considerable applause, and the steamer re turned to her moorings. Every thing which attention could do to promote the pleasun! of the visitors was done, and the company left the boat highly satisfied with the trip. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.-An immense assemblage of per sons thronged the Coburg Gardens, Dublin, on Thursday, to witness a trial of strength between Cootes, the noted pedes trian, and a well known brown hunter, Rover, the property of Mr. Gibney. The match was for 30 soya, aside ; the man was freely backed before the start at 2to 1. The feat was each to go twenty times over the course in the gardens, the horse carrying 101 stone, the distance being about ten English miles, taking one hundred leaps—eighty ditches, twenty walls. The man came to the ground in blooming condition, the horse with rather a screw loose, having his off fore leg bandaged up, and he went along evidently down upon that leg. At fifty two minutes past four they started at a moderate rate, and the first round the horse had only gained half a minute on the man, in the second round one minute and three quarters. Rover made each round at from three to four minutes ; on the ninth round he baulked one of his leaps, and was punished severely--a man with a pole behind aided to bring him to his work. He baulked on the seventeenth round likewise. On the seventh round the horse was pulled up, and his mouth re freshed with brandy and water, as also on the fourteenth round. The match was won by four rounds, Cootes not having com pleted his sixteenth round until one minute after the horse had passed the judge's seat, a winner. Coutes was apparently much distressed, the horse very warm, but rather fresh, con sidering the work he had done—ten miles in fifty-six minutes, leaping one hundred leaps. There will Ise no fete at Holly Lodge to-morrow, in consequence of the indisposition of the Duchess of St. Al ban's. On Friday last her Grace was so ill after her usual airing that her medical attendants ordered bleeding ; and al. though this occasioned instant relief, her Grace is not ,'et able to rceoive visitors. MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. FONTAINEBLEAU, MAY 2.7.—This town, generally so dull and so qu i e t, p resen t s , an d h as presente d, during some days, a scene of unusual bustle. For the inhabitants, who depend entirely for their existence on the strangers who visit the Royal Chateau, the progress of the Court is quite a godsend ; and, from the highest to the lowest, all have determined on turning it to account. Every family nt ,:-jng a room or a bed to spare has advertised it for hire, and put.themst;yes to the greatest inconvenience, in order that they may let their apartments, fl?! which they demand, to be sure, the most exorbitant prices. The grand hotels, adjoining the Palace, are all engaged, and their owners will probably realize during the eight days the festivities arc to ? last as much as they would gain in th e cours e of an en tire year. For the last week all the vehicles of the Garde-Meuble, the Voitures de Demenagement of Paris, the steam-boats plying up the river, and even the train-waggons, have been employed to convey to Fontainebleau furniture, plate, kitchen utensils, &c., for the use of the Court. The num ber of persons invited, and th'eir attendants, will exceed 1,800, all of whom are to be lodged in the palace. s Not one-fourth of them have as yet arrived. You can form no idea of the state of confusion into which everything is thrown in the palace, and'it is hardly possible that a re gular service can be organized for the feast. The workmen are still at work in the apartments, many of which are yet uninhabitable. Servants and other followers of the Court are literallyencamped, and in some rooms there are as many as twelve and fifteen together. The only department in which there appears to exist any order is the culinary one, for the accommodation of which one-fourth at least of the palace is appropriated. There cannot be less than 300 cooks, aids, and scullions, both male and female, already at their posts. To-day part of the scenery for the theatre arrived, and was put up, and all the riding horses of the King and Princes. The chateau of Fontainebleau, built at the bottom of a valley, consists of five corps of buildings, forming a nearly triangular mass, and which, having been constructed at va rious periods, may be said to consist of a cluster of palaces, uniting all the styles of architecture, from the Gothic (which, however, is only perceptible in the cut of a few windows and entablatures) down to that of the present day. The principal front, on the town side, looks to the west, and embraces a large square court, lined on three sides with buildings, and closed on that next the street with an iron railing extending from one wing to another, and allowing a full view of the whole. The remotest part of the Palace consists of five stone pavillions, placed at irregular distances from each other, and which, nevertheless, form a regular en semble. A winding staircase, of a tasteful structure, con ducts exteriorly to the first floor, where the King's apart ments are situate. This flight of steps, constructed by Lemer cier, under Louis XIII., is one of the most majestic pieces of architecture of the Palace, and adds considerably to the air of grandeur of the Cour du Cheval Blanc (Court of the White Horse), so called on account of an equestrian plaster statue, modelled on that of Marcus Aurelius, in Rome, which was raised by Catherine de Medicis, in the centre of the Court, where it stood until 1626. The left wing of the Palace is built of brick, stone, and plaster, and is three stories high. It contains the apartments of the young Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family. The opposite wing, also of brick, has only a ground and a first floor, and serves for the lodginc , of the porters, upholsterers, &c., and for the post-office of Court. It is to be re gretted, for the beauty of the principal front of the Palace, that the tennis -court, a most ungraceful building, erected in the right corner, contiguously to the main edifice, should disfigure it by its miserable appearance, and that an old wall, extending nearly through the breadth of the Court, and which would prove a nuisance even if it recommended itself by its antiquity or style of architecture, should be suffered to remain and divide it into two unequal parts. A passage to the left of the grand staircase leads from the Cour du Cheval Blanc, into that of the fountain. The latter, though less capacious than the other, is of a grander style, and of a very remarkable appearance. More art and elegance are displayed in this part of the palace ; still nothing can be more irregular and different than the style and design of the three piles of buildings which form this court. "What contributes especially to render the Cour des Fontaines the most enchanting spot of the Palace is, the view of an immense sheet of water, skirted by a beautiful garden laid out in the English fashion. In the centre of the pond is a tasty pavilion, erected by Francis I , in which Peter the Great and his suite got so drunk on the 30th of May, 1700, that Emperor and subjects bad to be carried to their coaches, and conveyed in that state to the Chateau de Petit Bourg, then the property of the Duke d'Antin, and now owned by M. Aguado, the banker. Napoleon took particular delight in visiting that pavilion, which he caused to be decorated with arabesks, birds, in sects, &c., most beautifully executed by M. Mcench. A. flotilla of canoes is moored at some distance, and the sea men of the Chateau de Neuilly landed yesterday from the diligence, to man them during the marriage feasts. A fine marble statue of Ulysses, the work of Petitot, surmounts the fountain, from which the court derives its name. _ A passage through the vaults of the theatre leads from the Cour des Fontaines to the Porte Dorce, and from thence into the Oval-court, so called from its semicircular form. This part is the most ancient and in reality the cradle of the palace. It was formerly celebrated under the name of Cour Donjon, on account of the ditches that surrounded it and made of it a sort of fortress. The vestiges of small turrets are yet discernible, and some of the windows exhibit specimens of the Gothic style. The decoration of the gate conducting to the staircase of Francis I. is extremely remarkable, as also a curious colon nade, erected by Henry IV. The Oval-court likewise offers to the admiration of the lovers of the arts, a beau tiful portico, over which extends a semicircular gallery, opening into the Queen's apartments, together with a pa vilion, placed over the principal entrance into the court, and constructed by Henry IV. for the christening of his son, Louis XIII. Nothing can exceed the delicacy of the sculpture, and the good taste of the ornaments of that ele gant work of architecture, on which the people both in 1793 and 1830 allowed thejleurs-de-lis to remain, in memory, no doubt, of the good King by whom it had been con structed. This porch conducts from the Oval-court into that of the kitchens, which covers a vast area, and is entirely surrounded with brick buildings, which have at least the merit of uniformity. The entrance from the town into this part of the palace is truly monumental, and little ac cords with its destination. The same objection may be applied to the selection by the architect of this gate, as a fit place for an inscription commemorative of the exploits of Henry IV., Bellator fortissimos, victor cleniciitissinizis, &c. The kitchens being situate at two great a distance from the refectories, Louis Phillippe, lately caused a tunnel to be opened under the Cour Ovale, by which the intervening space is considerably abridged. Independently of those four courts, there is another called La Cour des Princes, of which the buildings, en tirely in brick, arc nowise remarkable for their architecture. ,The gardenS of the palace are three in number—the garden of the Orangerie, or the King's private garden, the Parterre, and the Jardin Auglais. The former, placed opposite the King's apartments, was laid out by Francis 1., and greatly embellished by Napoleon, who found it in the most dilapidated condition. The fountain of Diana, and a small portico, distinguished by the exquisite taste of its sculptural ornaments, are the only very remarkable objects of this garden, which covers little more than an acre of ground. The Parterre, of a nearly square form, was originally called the King's Garden, bocauie Francis 1., who likewise planted it, reserved it to himself and often walked in it. Its form was totally altered by Henry IV., and afterwards by Louis XI V. The famous Lenotre was sent by the latter Monarch to Fontainebleau to lay it out in the style of which he was the creator, and it is now pretty nearly the same as in the time of Louis XIV. The terraces are in a ruined state, and the stones of several flights of steps are huddled together as if intended to form cascades. The Jardain Anglais occupies a superfices of 33 acres. It was planted under Napoleon, by M. Ileurtaut, a member of the Academy of Sciences, who spent four years in laying it out. The fountain which gave its name to the palace, and subsequently to the town, is placed in the centre of this garden. Louis Philippe has certainly done a great deal for Fon tainebleau since he ascended the Throne, and in no town of France does he, on that account, possess more truly loyal and grateful subjects. Still be will find it difficult to supplant Napoleon in the affections of the people, if I am to judge from a conversation I had this morning with an old soldier, resting on a bench of the Parterre. I was observing that Louis Philippe had considerably embellished Fontainebleau. " Yes," said he, " but he has merely followed the plans of the Emperor ; had the latter lived, it would be bier out) chose; he intended to spend his old age, close his career, and be buried here. - Though I esteem the King, who gives employment and bread to so many families, yet even at present, if Pau/re (Napoleon) was within 200 leagues of us, we would all go and join him." The restoration of this noble structure certainly does great honour to Louis Phi lippe, and when the other embellishments he contemplates shall be completed, Fontainebleau, with all its imperfections, will be one of the most magnificent Royal resider.ces in Europe. P.S.—This instant (8 o'clock, r.m.), the King, Queen, and Royal Family, have passed under my windows with a suite of five Court carriages, and proceeded to the Palace. They were escorted by ten or twelve hussars, and about as many gend'armes a cheval of the department. The whole population was waiting for his Majesty in the Rue de France, and saluted him, as he went along, with loud cries of Vice le Roi !—Correspondent Va Morning Paper. LITERARY MEN IN LONDON. The number of individuals who live in London entire!tr ley their literary labour, has been variously estimated. it is impossible to say with confidence what the exact num ber is. Among the various conjectures which have been made on the subject, that which computes the number to he about 4,000 appears to me to be the nearest ap proximation to the truth. Of this number, perhaps about 700 are, in one way or other, connected with Petiodicals. Many of them, I need hardly say, have no better than chameleon's fare three days out of the seven. The joke of belq; poor was formerly used only in refer ence to poets ; they have always been so remarkable foe their poverty, that the words poet and poverty have almost become synonymous. Now the evil of poverty is unhappily felt. by the writers of prose as well as poetry to an extent unparallelled in by-gone times. Grub-street was formerly supposed by a sort of poetical fiction, to be the only locality of poor authors ; now a dozen Grub Streets would not contain the number, evert suppc sing they were to adopt the principle so strictly acted o among the Irish inhabitants of St. Giles's, namely, of a dozen of them vegetating in the same apartment. Nowa days there is hardly an attic in the humbler localities of the metropolis, but at present has, or has lately had, its poor author as an inmate. I have spoken of 4,000 as being the supposed number of persons who live by their lite rary labour : were I to include those who have tried to live by their literary exertions, but have been obliged to abandon " the profession," because they fotind they could not earn by it what was sufficient to keep soul and body together, I should have to double the number. There are scenes of destitution and misery ever and anon - exhibited among literary men—aye, and literary women too —which would make the heart sick. And it ought not to be forgotten that want comes armed to them with aggravated horrors. They are of necessity persons of more sensitive minds than the majority of other sufferers from the ills of poverty ; and what adds to the pungency of their distress is the circum stance of their slighted intellectual efforts being almost in variably mixed up with their physical latution. I my self could detail cases of wretchedness a g literary men which have come under my own observation, at the bare mention of which every r ightly-constituted mind would stand appalled.—The Great Metropolis—Second Series. SINGULAR DISCOVERY. A coroner's inquest was yesterday held at the Grey hound, Kingston-upon-Thames, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner, upon the skeleton of a man that was discovered by some labourers on the works of the London and South ampton Railway, under rather singular circumstances. Prior to any evidence being adduced, the jury proceeded to view the remains, which were placed in a box. The bones had evidently been in the earth a number of years, and, from the large size of the leg and arm bones, it was clear they belonged to a man of very large size. The following evidence was adduced : Robert Stacey deposed that he was a labourer in the employ of the London and Southampton Railway Com pany, and on the 15th of the present month he was en gaged, with several other labourers, in digging at a place called Surbiton common, upon the line of railway near Kingston. While he was so engaged, at about ten or eleven inches from the surface of the ground, he turned up a large bone, but lie took no notice of this until several other bones were turned up, and this excited their atten tion, and they dug more carefii!lv, and at length they found the entire skeleton. It appeared to have been laid flat in the ground, and there were no appeafances of buttons, or cloth, or leather, so that, in his opinion, the body had been put into the ground quite naked. Juror—Did you observe any appearance of a coffin hav ing been placed on the spot ? WitneEs—None whatever. If the body had been placed in a coffin, some portion of the coffin must have been visible. Juror—Were the bones all the same depth below the surface ? Witness—They were. The depth was so small, that a plough would almost have turned them out of the ground. The Jury said it appeared an extraordinary circumstance, and they should be glad to know whether any person in the neighbourhood could give them any information on the subject. A tradesman named Spong, who has resided for a great many years on Surbiton-common, near the spot where the skeleton was found, then made a statement to the following effect.—He said that he recollected that, about 12 or 14 years ago, a man had called at his house, and informed him that he was going to Kingston, to receive some Kingston, money. The man left, on his way to and he was afterwards eeen in the neighbourhood again on the same day, and from that time all trace was lot of him. No particular notice of the circumstance was taken at the time, but a year or two afterwards a female came to make inquiries, and represented herself to be the wife of this person, and stated that he had left his home to go to Kingston to receive some money, and was never heard of afterwards. He immediately suspected that the man had been made away w:th, and when he heard of the skeleton being discovered, he felt very little doubt that it was that of the man now in question. He added, that about that time there was a high hedge ran across this part of the common, which bad been removed about ten years since, but the place where the skeleton was found was directly underneath where the hedge formerly stood. This hedge was so high that no person passing along could look over it, and it was therefore well adapted for concealment. Mr. Taylor, a professional genticman of Kingston, was next examined. He deposed •that he had examined the skeleton, and he had no doubt it was that of a male. He should conjecture, from the state in which the bones were and the nature of the soil from whence they were taken, that they had been in the earth for a period of from 10 to 14 years. It was impossible, from the condition of the re mains, to form any opinion as to whether any mortal injury had been inflicted on any part of them previous to death. He should conjecture the skeleton was that of a man consi derably above the ordinary size. This being the whole of the evidence, the Coroner briefly addressed the jury, who, after a short deliberatioo, returned a verdict that the bones were those of a human bei:ig, but how they came in the place where they were found there was no evidence before them. WORCESTER HOP MARKET, MAY 24.—There was more animation in our market on Saturday than we have noticed for some months past, and several parcels of hops were sold at a small advance from last week's prices. It is calcu lated that a considerable portion of last year's crop is still in the hands of the growers. who appear to be holding back fer better prices, as they consider the backward state of the plant, and the present cold weather, much against the growing crop. Current prices: New \Vorcestcrs, 70s. to 965., choice to 51. ; yearling ditto, 635. to 755. ; old hops, 20s. to 60-. Sixty-six pockets passed the scales, and 18 during the week. The re ports this week from several districts in Herefordshire are by no means favourable, the late cold nights having checked the growth of the plant, which in many places is not sufficiently forward for t3ing, and is still much infested with the flea. The bine on the rich sails is looking hearty, though unusually late for the season. Yesterday, for the first time, the carriers of the two penny-post were put on a footing, so far as clothing is con cerned, with those of the general-post, each being supplied pith a suit of livery at the public expense. The coat is blue, with a scarlet collar; and the hat, in addition to a lace band round it, has a rosette on the side. The tormer miser4ble ap pearance of this hard-working but ill-paid class, vas by no means creditable to the splendid establishment which eaiploy a them. A painting on copper, which is attributed to the brilliant pencil of Vandyck, has lately been discovered at Cam brai. It is the crown of thorns, spoken of by Watelet, in his " Dictionary of Painting," done, probably, before Vandyck executed another of the same subject for a chapel at Antwerp, which was seen in Paris till 18.14, and is now in the gallery of the King of Prussia at Sans Souci. SHEFFIELD.—Trade here continues declining every week, in consequence of the arrivals of packets from America without money, and every week adds considerably to the list of unemployed mechanics; so much so that, in passing through the town, numbers of respectable workmen are seen walking with their hands in their pockets, in all directions.—York Chronicle. A few days since, a bet of 5/. was made with Mr. Allen, at Whitton, that he could not produce by his system of culture, a cucumber twenty inches in length, in the space of eight days from the time of setting the blossom. The wager was accepted, and within five hours of the period named, as choice and handsome a fruit as was ever seen, and iii length twenty one inches was cut from the bins. It ought to be mentioned that no lining was used, and that the frame in wh ich it was grown was one o the commonest description, and not the better for its wear.—Seffolk Chronicle. Covent-garden ,market yesterday exhibited a spring appearance, though there is still a scarcity of vegetables. There were a few samples of forced scarlet strawberries, and a great variety of beautiful flowers. Excellent asparagus was sold at :is. 6d. per hundred, but the su?ply, except of an infe rior sort, was very short. There was a display of cucumbers a foot in length, and finely shaped, which attracted much no tice. Rhubarb was in abundance, remarkably large and ripe ; this vegetable seems to have flourished in the harsh weather, which has retarded the growth of others. Neither green peas nor gooseberries were among the rarities of the garden. The neighbourhood of the Carlton (Corruption) Club presented all Sunday afternoon a scene of extraordinary excitemenL The club-house was filled with a succession of visitors, who betrayed by their hurried manner the most in tense anxiety, and groups continued to parade along the pave ment till a very late hour : among these Sir George Clerk and Mr. Ross, Lords Stormont and Granville Somerset, and Sir A. Grant, were most conspicuous. Indeed, the two first named gentlemen had no sinecure, as they had something to say to every inquirer. Of course the Glasgow election could not be the cause of the gathering; but where was Sir Andrew Agnew when his Sabbath Bill supporters were thus engaged