The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-28 00:00:00

N OTICE.

he immense expense we have incurred in pre-
paring the present copy of The Sun, which we
willingly g; tto our Subscribers at the usual
price, will prevent us from selling it to Non.
subscribers at the same rate. Its beauty, how-
ever, is so great, that we are sure the public,
who will be desirous to possess such an ex-
traordinary specimen of the art of printing,
will be willing to pay the sum which we shall
find it necessary to demand to cover !our ex-
pense.

WITH WHICH
THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW

INCORPORATED.

LONDON :
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1838.

Our Journal of this day commemorates the Coro-
nation of her MAJESTY, by appearing in a golden
dress. We claim little more merit for this splendid
specimen of the united arts of engraving and printing,
than having most diligently exerted ourselves to lay
it before our readers. To the great ingenuity of
the firm of De La RUE and Co., to the perseve-
rance and exertions of Messrs. CLOWES and Son, to
the great skill of Mr. EDWARD Wvos the modeller,
and to the talents of one of the first engravers of the
age—to all these gentlemen comnined we are in-
debted for the great beauty which our journal this
day exhibits. The zeal of all the gentlemen we
have mentioned, and in particular, M. De La
RUE, in rendering us assistance, is above our
praise, and seemed dictated by a conviction that
their own honour was concerned in our success.
Our 'elders may form sonic idea of the exertions
and expense necessary to attain our object, when
we state that it has required the united labour
of three large establishments, comprising he-
ween two and three hundred persons. Our publication
is a proof that our exertions have not been in vain, and
the very handsome manner in which three of our
Morning Contemporaries have done us the honour
to speak of the specimen we laid before them, is
an earnest of that praise we hope to dem ve from
the public at large.
We have unfortunately to regret that an acciden,,
wholly unexpected, and which might hare happen( all
at any time to almost any printing completed by
machinery, will prevent us from preparing to-
night the large numbers for which we have a
demand. All our Subscribers we shall serve to-
night; but the Public at large must have pa-
tience with us. By Saturday, we hope to
continue our publication, and from that time for-
ward we shall be ready to answer all the immense
demand, already far exceeding our expectation, and
amounting to nearly a quarter of a million, which
may be made.
For curselves, we shall brit fly say that we
have no other object in view than to please that
public which we have ever found an indulgent
and encouraging employer ; and, to do honour
to tlist day on which the Natictr's QUEEN has vow ed at
ti e Altar and before her assembled people to pre-
ser% u the Nation's lit ert:es, arid. with God-like
attributes, to do justice, tempered with mercy.

Among the distinctions conferred in honour of that
auspicious event which the British nation is this day
celebrating, with a joy as deep as it is universal,
there is none that the public will consider better
deserved, or more appropriately bostowed, than that
which advances Lord Demons to the Earldom of
Zetland. The Noble Earl possess, s exten,,tve pro-
pet ty in the county of Orkney, of w hich Zetland fortes
the larger and more populous portion ; as well as the
patronage of almost al the chtu ches in both the dis-
tricts ; and he has used the powar derised from these
sources in such a manner as to endear himself to the
inhabitants in general. But strong as these claims
may be, they are in our view tar inferior to that
s,.icb the Noble Earl derives lion, having, during
6ne course of a lung life, adhered inflexibly, through
good report and bud report, to those liberal poli-
tical nrinciples with which he set out in his
you':.,' and to which her Gracious 3I AJEiTY is
web-known to be cordially and fiimly attached.
This Earldom, though a new creation in the British
Peerage, is nctwithstanding of very ancient date ;
and it is a circumstance not perhaps generally
known, that the blood of the first Earl of Orkney
and Zetland, ROGN VALD, or RONALD, Of
in Norway, flows in the vices of Queen VICTORIA.
Such, however, is the fact. IlaaoLn, the Fairhaired,
'laving subdued the Orkney and Zetland Islands
towards the close of the ninth century, constituted
them an earldom, dependent on the crown of Nor-
way, and gave them in charge to the above men-
tioned powerful chieftain. HfIOLF, or Roux. as he
is generally called, the founder of the Norman
dy:iaity, was the sari of Earl Rosiuu ; and-from
Rou.o, WILLIAM the Conqueror was the fifth in
descent.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The House wns opened shortly after 7, and by S
o'clock numbers of Members were flocking in, some
dressed in Court dresses, a great many in military
ani. naval uniforms, and a vast number in the uniform
of foe Yeomanry Cavalry.
Amongst the earliest arrivals were Lord Sandon,
Mr. Bernal, Alderman Copeland, &c. The Mem-
bers continued to pour in, dressed in all sorts of uni-
form till 9 o'clock, when the Speaker entered in his
State robes, the Sergeant carrying the mace, and
wearing all his orders. At that time there were up-
wards of 400 Members present, and it never was our
fortune to witness a finer or grander scene than
when the Members all rose to receive the Speaker
as he proceeded to the Chair. The intermixture of
the various uniforms and Court dresses formed as
beautiful a coup d'oeil as could possibly be witnessed.
All the officers of the army and navy wore the col-
lars of the orders to which they belonged. Amongst
hose who attracted the notice of the House were
Admiral Codrington, whose breast was covered with
orders ; Lord Vim. Bentinck, Admiral Adam, Ge-
aeral Evans, Sir F. Trench, Sir H. Hardinge, &c.
Mr. Walter Campbell appeared in a superb High-
land dress, and was loudly cheered. So also was Mr.
Pease, who wore an exceedingly neat Court dress,
which had as muchthe appearance of a " Friend's"
dress as possible.
Mr. Fector appeared in a superb velvet Court
dress, and was loudly cheered.
Shortly before the Speaker came in, Mr. O'Con-
nell entered the House in a Court dress, which caused
much laughter, in which the Hon. Member cordially
joined.
During the half hour which elapsed before the
Ballot was commenced, the Members enjoyed them-
selves in jeering and laughing at each other.
At half-past nine precisely the Speaker called
" Order," and said that the Ballot was now about to
take place, and as the counties were called the Gen-
tlemen who represented them, and places within
them, would at once proceed to the Abbey.
The first county called was Meath, then Perth,
Flint, &c. It was singular that the first drawn were
those which had but few Representatives, conse.
quently the House was filled for a considerable time
after the balloting began.
Lord W. Bentinck was the last to leave the House.

The Ballot was got through in half an hour, and the
Speaker accompanied by the Serjeant, Chaplain, Se-
cretary, &c. went over to the Abbey at Ten o'clock.

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