The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-18 00:00:00

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT

TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKES
DE NEMOURS AND SUSSEX AND MARSHAL
SOULT, BY THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL
ARTILLERY, AT WOOLWICH.

This distinguished branch of the British servize, which on
all occasion; so magnificently supports the hospitable character
of the nation to illustrious foreign visitants, bad the honour of
the company of the above for-famed princely guests., on Mon.-
last, at. the splendid mess room of the corps at Woolwich.
The r.x. tenor of the building had undergone a change Fine()
the Aponer a lufourchette on the 6th instant. the pavilion of
marqt.:ses having been superseded by a temporary chamber,
erected o'er t',e colonade, and extending over the whole width
of the foot psvei-ent, to the very edge of the parade ground;
a neat portico sntr.. nce led into this saloon, in which the royal
artillery band, cocvsvng of forty musiciare:, were placed, which
was tastefully fitted with crimson cloth, with gold orna-
,,ar:d the national emblems of France
tne,ts, military trophies,.
..nd England. Upon en, srog the iness room a coup d'ceil of un-
,urpassed brilliancy burst Coco the view, it might, perhaps, be
tritely observed unequalled b) •tt.' y of the gorgeous displays which
have been made in the course ot the ambitious efforts to show
to the gailan,' visiteri. The sumptuous
re poet and courtesy'
b tnquet was enfiladed by the richest a. ut glass which the world
can produce, the brilliancy of which was reflected by the
splendid mess-plate of the regiment, which is well known to be
of the most costly description, and valued b. t many thousands
of pounds. A prominent positicn was ocm. pied by the nn-
rivalled silver candelabrum presented by his late Majesty,
William IV , to this his favourite corps. Descrictive powers
inadequate to do justice to the elegant sp7en tour of the
entertainment, which sparkled with the most cxqt.;sito and (1-
I,ghtful vintages of foreign clinics, under the Ofluence of
‘• the frozen ocean."

Mar hal Soult and the Master-General of the Or.inance,
Lieutenant-General Sir H. Vivi.; n,l3art., G. C. B. and G. H.,
had previously landed at the Royal Arsenal from a state bo-Age
(aecmding to the espre.,sed wish of the gallant Duke of L'ui-
tnatia to be 411,:at with " tl.e sons of Neptune"), where tlicT
wen! received by the Command int of the Garrison, Lieut.- Gen.'
Lord 13:oomfiela, G. C. 13.. G. C. H., and the Director-General
of the field train tif artillery, Neut.- General Sir Jos. Maclean,
K. C. 11 , and a numerous staff. After visiting the storehouse%
and lub'.rstory, the distivnes p..oceeded to the barracks,
where a Captain's guard of honour of the Foot Artillery pre-
sented arms on their atr:val, the band plying the national an-
them, and a salute of twer.ty-one guns were fired from the
mortar and lumbz .r battery upon the app:aranre of the
" hero of Antwerp and Algiers" (the Duke do Nemours),
who, with the Dukc of Sussex. as sell as the veteran war-
rior, were greeted by the aescmbled crowd with rerated hearty-
uedamationc.

Amongst the gueits oLserved the thike of Richmond,
oho wore the rt,and of the Gstter, and other -lecorations over
his uoiform, a: a Colonel of ; the Duke of Beaufort,
tvc ; and a ast assemblage of No,ilewn and Ott; -.era of the:
tir•t rink. Cdp.. S iperintend"mt Horeb", C. 13.. anct
the n ival commissioned officers of the port—Colonel Win-
gro‘e. commandant of the Woolwich divisi,n of Marine.. pato
A. D. C. to the Queen), and the whole of the military chile%
of the garrison.

Aft th.y cuis:nrrie had bet n dis,,tosed OC. which must have,
saii-ii d the practised deli,nte taste of the :oost experienced'.
gourwe's, the health of " The Queen" was druu:: amid a salvo
f artillery, and that of " the King of the French," when the
insiiring tune of " Henri Quatre" gratified every Car.
Shortly after ten o'clock the Royal visitors ros^, and pre-
vious to the r departure, most, urbanely assured the gallant °ffi-
ct-rs present of their infinite gratification at tl.&r ;ceeption, and
the splendid ho.pitality ti ev had received.
His Royal H:gliness the Duke of Sussex wcra the uniform&
as captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company,
the riband of the Garter, and the star of the Bath, and the
princely Nemours was decorated with " blushing honours thick
upon hint," and appeared in excellent spirits ; his deportment
towards his bests was unrestrained and courteous in the ex-
treme. " Napoleon's Lieutenant," the Marshal, had the
cordon rouge over his shoulder, as the head of the Lei; Gri of
Honour, and while be addresstd the officers of the Royal
was greatly affect d, when alluding to the flattering
reception he had cyperienced from their countrymen. and the
honourable testimony the corps had that day evinced of their
esteem for any personal merit be might possess.
On leaving the mess-room the same n i it, ry honour& wee
paid, with the exception of the firing of cannon. The Duke
of Sussex first appeared, and was cordially greeted by the
teas to
of
sembled people, who seemed as one dense mass surrounding
g s ws
iSil familiar
nin
Dukelir the building (the soldiers even left their beds, it being after
tattoo, to catch a glimpse of him whose name
them different scenes.) His Royal Ilihn e
Nemours ant escorted by a subaltern guard of honour of the
Royd Horse Artilli ry, and met with repratcd cheers ; but
etittiusia4ie burst of approbation was reserved fur 11:e Marshal,
whose carriage drove off amidst loud and reiterated limas,
which even shook the iron nerves of the gallant veteran.

Mr. Roebuck, late M.P. for Bath, has joined the
barristers on the mrthern circuit '1 be learned gentleman first appeared
to court en Wednesday last, at the York assizes, and he'd a brief, along
with Mr. Bliss, in the prosecution of John Reed for forgery. During
the present assizc...s, Mao, Mr. Warren, son of Dr. Warren, has com-
menced practice on the northern circuit. Mr. Warren, it is well known,
the authorltf the celetuat,cl articles in Blackwood's Magazine, the
Passages from the Diary of a late Physiel.m."—llalV:rx Express. •

Hl`,; WAT•:R -AT 1., NI 'ON I.IIIIDGE TO-MORROW.
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