The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-11 00:00:00

THE I LUTMI&ATIONS.

The illuminations of last night" were even more'
brilliant than those of the preceding evening, and
it Appeared as if the whole population of Loudon
passed the night in parading the streets.
LORD CATHCOIT'S, Grdsvelfor-square.—A bril-
liant .device, Consis'ting. of a branch of laurel
and olive, surmounted by the British crown, of
,extraOrdinaty size.

Pe'IITUGUESE AMBASSADOR'S, South And-
ley -,street.--.Radiant columns And _triumphal
arches, extending to the parapet. Tne windows
encircled with

'The SivEDlsti AMBASSADOR'S, in Chesterfield-
street.—Trihruphal arches o lamps.

'The AUSTIZ lAN 'AMBASSADOR'S in Hanover-
square:L—A tran:nai.eney of Fame sounding the
trump.ct and " I"eaee" issuing thereout. Under-
nf,,ath, • " liucSia; .Prussia, Ausfria, England,"
,np,lorted chervhime. In the centre of' a
wrelth or nrel, `•ln linion Virtos.."

The GrstmAt. AGENT'S OFFICE, near the Park,
had ,1 large range of lamps, the crown, and star,
flul the motto `• Peace of Europe."
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ry
he•CoMMISSARY IN CHIEF'S Was covered from
top io rnttom with 'light Qn the tipper story
fun,. temps.;: eSt'venta," Belowrthis
.eroard of festo-ms, wreaths, and stars ; and a,t the
foot of all, in decent official Latin, " Bona cansa
trininp;:at.fPhe French was more fortnnate.---
"Dye East front. of the House of Conlin° .bad a
vortico„with a crown, a chaplet; and the mot7o
",Victory crowned by Peace."

ACKERMAN-Ws, was opie of the post extensive
preparations that we had seen at the house, of an
individual. The whole front from the first 4tory
was coated with transparency. The lower range,
a line of figures- ably executed, representing the
Cardinal Virtues. Above those Caryatides sustain-
ing lights, th which the gas gave striking lustre.
The design was crowned with Birnaparte as
Phaeton hurled from his Car by. Mueller. .The
crowd ,that continued .before it during the night
was exeess,ive.

ROYAL ANTI-ATTRITION OFFICE.—The word§
" Anchored in Peace," under a Star ; the whole
\supported by an Anchor, displaying an immetise
number of beautiful variegated lamps.

ILLUSTRIOUS ORDERS.-After the PRINCE RE-
GENT'S Grand Court on Thursday,' the King of
Paussth had an audience, at which his Majesty
invested his Royal Highness With the principal
Prussian Order-of the Golden-Eagle.: His' Royal
Highness is noW adorned with the principal Or-
ders of Russia, Austria, "Prussia, and France—
just tributes to the liberal and inagnanim4ns
licy, by which the deliverance of Europe has been
so gloriously and so happily effected. •
The Emperor of RUSSIA has • appoin(ed. six
o'clock this afternoon as the time 'for Iris Impe-
rial Majesty's receiving the Address of the City
of London, at Cumberland House. That to the
King of Priussin:will afterwards be presented at
Clarence House.

On the Bth of May, a bri►* arrived •at Civita
Vecchia, from the Isle of ElLt. On the ship s
papers were inscribed—The A)nperor Napoleon
Sovereign of the Isle of Elba, &c. The master re-
ported that BuoNaPnwrEitad already given orders
for ,the erection of an arsenal, an hospital, and
other public works on the Island.
The Congress of Vienna, it is asserted, will be
opened on the 16th of next month. Never was
there a wider field for the display of a profound
and manly policy than this Congress will afford.—
Britain must not only advocate the cause of free-
dom and humanity, but she must advocate then'
with the fiiminess ,and energy that belong to her
character.

The degradation of a .Knight of the Bath, con-
formably to the statutes of that. Most Honourable
Order, is to he effected by the King's Cook hack-:
ing off the Spurs of the offending Knight with his
kit Chen cleaver.

NVe observe, from the Amsterdam Papers, that
an English company of Actors are at present per-
forming some of our most popular pieces, at the
German Theatre in that city,
The Directors of the British Institution held a
Committee yekterday; the Marquis of STAFFORD
in the Chair. The Meeting was numerously at-
tended, the business of the day'being to consider
as to inviting our Royal and Illustrious Guests to
honour the British Gallery with their presence.

MA.ltstiAL ttilti-Itti:

{kr b i.trk tAtT.CIiS.
II; the ot 1812; several' heats ttiete 6F
kred the Eughsi. !The, then rdi.artt:,eit
to ern for ptizes z seve.f•at were
Itaken . and 1-1 Lientenityt of Iviaritits belonging lb
the Couragtilm's boat was.directed tO Conduct clod
iof them Prilic•;' heavy and contrary t'are
the 1705.-el,lip a Shoal near Colherg. The erect-;
having been two days without provisions di* w
constructed fl hat, uhich thy dritted, two
miles; to the shore. The Swetlisn peasants
meOiately surrounded and plundered ilk: 'whoie
partv,Thearly, derld with cold, hunger; and.fatigue;
of almost all they lmil; Some soldiers, soon after.:
.wards, conveyed areal as prisoners to Colberg
Marshal pincher, who connmtmied the Prussian
.artny at that 'fortress,. On the Lieutenant's pro-
clueing the. Icing's commission, respectfolly re
cognized it, and immediately ordered- every re,
lief "; ,re-cloathed the men, and furnished thear
with money and provisions-r. He took the your
of=ficer- to iris table, and treated him with ever'
respect, as if he had been his own soh, durin4
several weeks. The party, the dry before they'
were to be marched to Verdun, ftrund means tti
escape in a brig to the Courageux, to the no small
surprise of the ship's company, who had giveh
them up for lost. The respect which Marshal
Witcher shelved to the 'English character, in the
persons of these dist ressed sailors, was at a time.
when the issue .of the late awful contest %VAS very
dubious=-wheat mercy to an enemy Wright, in the
event of things, ht-te been a crime : aud we have
pleasure in recording a circumstance that proves
our illustrious Visitor to be so much the friend of
England and humanity. ,