The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-13 00:00:00

RICHMOND FROLICS.

A very amusing scene was' exhibited here on
Easter Monday, by the watermen .and young
people of the toWn., Marching in procession to
celebrate the downfall;of Buonaparte. The whole
asketublage wore white cockadesi, lilies, and va-
rious devices euablematic.of the occasirm. There
were persons dressed out iii rhararter 1-0- TYl'.ri -
sent some of those principally affected by the.
great event. At the head of the- procession ap-
peared his Majesty King Lou;s XVIII. in his.
royal robes.— Next came Buonaparte, very in..
dicrously clad, with a ponderous' cable round his
neck, and assailed with sarcasms on every
particularly by a furious peisOn calling hint.L.
self the corporal, that blew up 'the bridge. i-tt
Leipsic. The Ex-King Joseph appeared in 'a Spa-
nish coat, much worn and patched, but in which
he felt a good deal incommoded, gs it wts:evident-
ly not made for him. The rest of his.dress.was
rather a la sans culotte, not that Joseph was as
friend to that exploded fashion, but because the
Arch-treasurer had slipped away one morning
with the whole of the royal wardrobe in a hand-
kerchief, together with the royal exchequer, which
the king had depoSited the preceding night in 0)6
right-baud pocket of his regimental smut clothes.
The villainous Arch-treasurer stripped hint of every
thing except the Spanish coat and an old cocked
hat, given him by his brother Nap. Poor Jeroei
appeared with his mustachios and whiskers turned
grey with grief. The procession ended with loud
huzzaing, and, the firing off a few small guns on
the bank of the river.

DUEL .--TWQ persons, both inhabitants Of Ba-
ker-street North, yesterday met in a field near
Kilburn, to adjust an affair of honour-7—wh'en, afiet
an exchange of shots, in which one of them was
wounded in the left shoulder, the dispute was ad-
justed by the interference of the seconds.

A body of sailors from Wapping, last niglll,
took their, station on board a ship with four
wheels, and, by the assistance of horses, inar!z
a cruize through the principal streets of the me-
tropolis; the whitenag-tnsplayeo in-the-riggitg;
and the tars stopped ,at the pnblic buildings, to
give three cheers. The amphibious appearance..
of these cruizers increased the mirth and rejoicing
which prevailed in every direction,

Among the many inventions produced by the
present age, none rank higher for public. at:com-
modation than the New Patent street\Lumps, io W.
exhibited in the Strand, within the district of ,the
Savoy Precinct, where five of tlieiii afford four
times the light formerly give❑ by ten of the Ohi
Parish Lamps. The pathway within the distr:::t
is illumined beyond all former example.
,Over the
door of. Mr. Bitooxs is fixed a large one, sAiPplied
with pure air on the same principle, which-for
brilliancy and intensity of light surpasses evert,'
lamp of the same magnitude that ever hits .beeu
known. This invention, we understand, is the
Patent Right of Lord COCHRANE, ill ‘vhict; Mr,
13Roolcs has some share, and is intended to be in-
troduced into general use. We shall rejoice' to
see the different Patishes adopt a plan so benefi-
cial to 'themselves, and 'so exceedingly, well
adapted for the accommodation of the Pubile.-
It was curious to observe the crowd of people
assembled round the large' lamp on Friday and
Saturday nights, to read the Papers containing .the
news just then received from France.