The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-11 00:00:00

VAUXHALL.

•
On Saturday evening these Gardens presented
one of the most heart-gladdening scenes which we remember
ever to have witnessed. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of CAMBRIDGE having promised that their interest.
big little Prince and Princess should patronise the annual ju-
venile fête this season, Saturday was selected for its celebration,
and all the necessary arrangements were made accordingly.—
Nothing that human ingenuity could devise was left 'undone
upon this occasion to combine behuty and splendour of decora-
tion, with variety of entertainment, and the most perfect order
and accommodation. The usual brilliancy of the illuminations
was heightened and diversified in every posesible way, and pre-
sented to the poetic eye numberless beautiful magical illusions.—
The promenade in the quadrangle, with its dazzling canopy
of thiokly studded lights, seemed like a near approach to
that more lofty star-lit canopy from which it intercepted
the view. The festoons of variegated lamps, hung from tree to
tree in the centre of the gardens, looked like a magic chain of
rubies and emeralds, and other gems, flung by sportive fairies
around the trees that enclosed their favourite haunt; while the
multitude of similar lamps that glittered through the leaves of
an illuminated grove at nhe bottom of the quadrangle, shone
like the sparkling fruits of the gardens of the Hesperides, or
those more sparkling still which deck the imaginary orchards
of the heroes of Eastern enchantment. In other parts of
the gardens, the different flags of Europe waved from the
boughs of the trees, With that of England proudly floating
above the rest, to remind the young visitors of the lofty rank
which their country held amongst the nations of the earth.—
The lower end of the quadiangle was embellished with a
'great quantity of party-coloured lamps formed into various
appropriate devices, with the motto, " welcome to our, Royal
Patrons ;" and its sides were decorated with representatiotis of
hobby-horses, kites, hoops, and other emblems of juvenile
amusement,, also constructed of lamps. The Rotunda was
hung all round with banners, suspended from spear-heads, dis-
playing the armorial bearings of the leading noble families of:
England ; and it waallso richly illuminated, as were the ball-.
room and the picture-6pm, particularly the latter, in which was
exhibited the Musical Temple. The several other parts of the
gardens also possessed their attractions, amongst which the re-
volving evening star shone pre-eminently brilliant. The Pavi-
lion was fitted up with peculiar magnificence for the reception
of the Royal party. At five o'clock the doors were thrown open,
and shortly afterwards the children began to arrive, attended
by their respective parents, governesses and tutors. The gar-
dens then filled rapidly, and by the time the amusements had.
commenced, they were completely Crowded. Then it was that
the scene became most delightfully beautiful and interesting.—
If Art had previously rendered it pleasing and imposing, Nature
now imparted to it the appearance of a little Paradise, by
gracing it with the loveliest objects of her creation., Cold,
indeed,° must be that, heart, which could not be warmed
into rapture at such a sight. Several thousands of beautiful
children, all dressed with the greatest taste, ran about delighted
from one entertainment to another, the joy which glowed in
their little innocent breasts beaming from their sweet and riant
features, whilst the smile that lighted up the countenance of
each affectionate parent, spoke their participation by reflection
in the joy of their little ones. It was a rich banquet for the
mind of the man and the philosopher to contemplate so large
a collection of human happiness within so small a compass ;
and if a sigh could escape from his breast whilst he regarded
it, to show that his feelings were not untningled, it could
only be a sigh of regret to think that the light and pure
hearts of the little beings before him should ever become the
seats of less happiness or less innocence. The evening being
delightfully nuld and serene, constituted an additional source
of attraction, and consequently at about eight o'clock the num-
ber of individuals present could not have been less than froth
12,000 to 15,000, amongst whom were the children and several
adult members of nearly every family of distinction in and
around the metropolis. The carriages outside the gates filled
up the roads for nearly a quarter of a mile in every direction,
and seventy or eighty were,we understood, obliged to return froth
inability to get up at all, although the arrangements by the po-
lice were the best that could be adopted. At nine o'clock the
Royal patty arrived. It consisted of their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta, and
Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by Lady Jersey and
her two children, and attended by Miss Wig,nyard„ Baroness
Achefeldt, Colonels Beat and Prout, Sir Wm. Davidson, Sir
James Regnalt, and Mayor Jones. They were received at the
private carriage entrance by time proprietors and officers of the
establishment, anti conducted to the Royal Pavilion. Their
appearance was hailed by the company with three cheers.—
the band playing " God save the King." The Royal Duke
bowed his acknowledgments, and so did the little Prince, who
seemed an object of great interest to his young fellow-subjects
in the gardens. Ile was dressed with great simplicity in a blue
jacket and white trowsers ; and his perfectly natural and un-
pretending manner excited the most favourable feelings towards
him. A child of Lady Jersey's was universally mistaken for
the Prince's little ISter, who was deemed too young and deli-
cate to encounter the night air. Their Royal Highnesses ex-
pressed the greatest delight at the splendid appearance of the
gardens anti the excellence of time arrangements, and after con-
versing some time with the proprietors upon the subject, they
proceeded to one of the galleries, from which they witnessed
the ballet of " Little Peggy's Wedding," and the performances
of the female juggler. They were then conducted to the other
gallery, anti beheld the fireworks, which were very beautiful
and displayed' numerous appropriate devices, and in the
midst of which, as usual, the ascent and descent on the tight
rope to anti fro" the Moorish Tower took place. As soon as
they were conchided, the Royal party returned to time Pavilion,
where they again received the warmest manifestations of re-
spectful regard from the company, and remained there for a
few minutes, during which some ornamental e balloons were
sent up in front of the orchestra. They arose steadily, and as
they topped the lofty trees they fringed their shadowy foliage
with a momentary light, and floated out of' view. Their Royal
Highnesses then retired,' highly gratified with their evening's
recreation. A sumptuous collation had been prepared for them
by Vaud, of Bond-street, but they did not partake of it. In
Vais respect, however, Royal example was not followed by the
younger portion of the rest of the visitants ; for no sooner were
the fireworks over, than every box in the gardens was
thronged, and the attack that then commenced upon cold fowls
and pastry proved that the eyes and ears are not the only or-
gans to be gratified even at Vauxhall. Upon the whole, the
entertainments of the evening gave the most unmixed pleasure
to as numerous and respectable a company as we have ever seen
assembled in these ganiens.—We ought not to conclude with-
out noticing the performance of Mr. Lehman, the young Nor-
wegian', on the tight rope, which exceeded any thing of the
kind that had ever before been seen in this country. His last per-
formance was on Saturday, and excited the surprize, admiration,
and applause of the many thousands who witnessed it. We
understand that lie is also a good portrait painter and musician.
It ought to be mentioned that his conduct throughout was
marked by modest propriety, notwithstandingthe extraordinary
admiration which his talents excited.

COMBINATION AND SHOCKING MURDER,---AU
account of a most daring and dreadful murder, 'coinmitted by a
band of combiners in the open day, and almost in the very
streets of the metropolis, yesterday, will be found below. About
nine o'clock in the morning a crowd of working men, from 30
to 40 in number, . were seen assembled about the drawbridge,
leading to Ringsend, and divided into groups of six perions
each. In a few moments tiv6 lads, Richard Neill and_ Andrew
Marchant, apprentices to Mr. Morton, ship-carpenter -of Rings-
end, on their way to breakfast, arrived opposite the gas factory ;
one of the groups, of six personss armed with a "slating blud-
geon," ran at Marchant, and laid him prostrate by a blow on the
head • and With-such force.was the blow given; that the ruffian
who levelled it was propelled some paces beyond the unfortunate
victim of atrocity. 'This wretch, however, without changing his
position more than turning himself half shoulder forward, in-1
flicted a secontl blow on poor Marchant's head, with apparently
still greater force. He then passed on, and was succeeded by
a second death-dealer, at the moment of whose arrival Marchant
was heard to supplicate the first assassin, calling on him by
name to spare his life; but, as will readily be antiCipated, the
persons who could associate for such -a purpose were insensible
to the feelings of humanity, and the unhappy Marchant receiv
ed another blow from the second monster. Their thirst for
blood was not yet satiated; and a third miscreant put an end to
the miserable apprentice's sufferings by a blow also on the head,
after which he was never seen to move. Another group had
attacked Neill, but by the time Marchant was dispatched,
the whole party were obliged to fly, in consequence of the ap-
pearance of the workmen from the gas factory, who were com-
ing out to breakfast, and with some of whom the combiners
came in contact. A bludgeon was rescued from one of the
Eissassins, by the gasmen. Neill, although very seriously hurt, is
not in a quite hopeless state. Marchant was conveyed to Sir
Patrick Dun's Hospital, where every attention was 'paid to him,
but without effect, the combiners having done their horrid work
effectually. An elderly man, a ship carpenter's joiner, was also
beaten, and had both his legs broken, yesterday. He was con-
veyed in this miserable state to his place of abode. The whole
party who had attacked the apprentices were seen to run off in
different directions, throwing away, thei; weapons. An inves-
tigation into the circumstances of t is atrocious murder was
held yesterday before the Magistrates of College.:street Police-
Office ; but we are not at liberty in this stage of the proceeding
to go into details.—(Freeman's Journal of July 7.)
Thursday, Mr.H. BAKER was•sworn in as sur-
veyor of the parish of St. Pancras---after a strong contest be-
tween the Magistrates as to his eligibility,there being 2'J in
favour of his admission to the office, and 27 against it.

At a very late hour this morning we received
the Etoile of yesterday, which, however, contains
very little intelligence of moment. It has an ex-
tract from the Osservatore Triestino, which says
that the moment of the reduction of Navarino, a
Greek vessel which was then lying in that port
refused to surrender to the Turks, and actually
made her way through a line of 32 'Egyptian
vessels, and succeeded in escaping. We are sorry
to say the brave Captain was mortally wounded
in the attempt. It is stated that the number
of Egyptian ships of war burnt by MIAcLIS,
before Modon, was seven, and not five as pre-
viously asserted. If vague rumours are to be
credited the reduction of Navarino has occasion-
ed violent disputes in the Central Government
of Napoli de Romania. One party there has de-
clared for the Porte, and the President CON..
DURIOTTIS has embarked for Hydra in an
Austrian vessel. His departure will be the
signal for anarchy, and COLOCOTRONI will be
put at the head of the Government by the faction
which has expressed a wish to treat with the
Divan. MAIIROCORDATO is represented as equally
odious to all parties. The Captain of a
vessel, arrived direct from ' Constantinople at
Trieste, declared that he was an; eye-wittfess
Of the defeat of the fleet of 'the Capitan
VACUA by Admiral SACKTUREZ off Cape Co-
lone. Several Turkish ships were burnt
by the Greeks. We give this account, re-
marking, however, that whilst the German
Papers inform us of the PACIIA'S arrival
at Candia, pursued by SACHTUREZ, the Osser-
vator•e Tr•iestino represents that Island as so sur-
rounded, by Greek vessels as to make it impossi-
ble for him to reach it, although a reinforcement
of 7,000 Albanians awaits him there.

The French Papers of Friday were received
last night. They contain no news. The itionileur
gives an extract from a private letter from Smyrna,
dated the 7th June, relating to the warfare in
Greece, but which throws no new light on the
opposing and doubtful statements which have
been so frequently received.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JULY B.—Five Per Cent-q•
103 f. 20c.—Four per Cents. 103 f. 20c.—Tim T per Cents-, 76f-
-10c.—Bank Stock, 2,l7sf.—Neapolitan Renter (Certif. Falco-
net), 89f. 35c.—Rented'Espagne, 17 i.—Royal Spanish Loan,
53i.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. ; three months,
24f. 85c.--(Cours iluthentique.)

Our German Papers contain very little news
of interest. '!'here are some accounts from Greece
in the .dllgemeine Zeilung; stating :hat Admiral

SACHTUREZ had several times attacked the Capi-
tan PACHA, and had done him great injury off
Zea, and pursued him towards Candia, whether
the PAGLIA had fled. COLOCOTIWNI end his
party have been pardoned. The fall of Nava-
rino is ascribed to MAYROCORDATO. It is affirm-
ed that 2,000 ears have been sent to Constan-
tinople. We subjoin the following extract:—

SWITZERLAND, JUNE 28.—The negociations fir the re-
newal of the Treaty of Commerce between Switzerland and the
Grand Duchy of Baden will be opened in two or three months,
at Zurich, and not at Schafhausen,-as was teported, On the
other hand, it does not seem that the negociation's for a Treaty
of Commerce betweeh Switzerland and Sardinia can bt resumed
for some time. The arrangements which have been made while
these negociations were suspended between the Courti of Aus-
tria and Sardinia, in concert with the two Cantons o! the Gni-
sons and Tessin, appear greatly to have lessened the interest
that was attached to this commercial convention.

The Great Council of the Orisons has rejected the proposals•
of Rome and Naples for a military capitulation.
Aletalliques, 5 per Cents., 95.23-32. ; Bank Sp., 1,2121.
( Austria:4 Observer, June 28.)

• In another column of our Paper will bt found
the recital of one of the moM, atrocious anti wick
ed murders that ever was committed within Ire-
land
: perpetrated in the open day in a populous
neighbourhood, and under circumstances the most
revolting to humanity and disgraceful t• man-
kind. The crime which the unfortunate victim
of the savage ferocity of the murderers hai com-
mitted, was that of not joining in the combina-
tions of the Dublin shipwrights, and for this
cause his life was taken from him. But the•
death of one victim did not satiate the ven,geance,
of the inhuman monsters--;-another person who.
happened to look back to ascertain the cause of
the disturbance he heard, was observed,. pur-
sued, knocked downi, and dreadfully beaten,
and now lies in a' dangerous state. If such
is to be issue of these combinations, the sooner
they are prohibited the better, if this is the
method adopted to compel unwilling workmen
to join then', we repeat, no Legislative en-
actment can be too strong to prevent the repe-
tition of outrages so disgraceful and inhuman as
these, by putting down with the, strong arm of
authority combinations of every kind and for
•whatever purposes. The working classes of the
Kingdom must be made to feel that combinations
shall not shelter them from the punishment their
crimes deserve, and that, under cover of associa-
tions for regulating the rate of wages, they will
not be permitted to commit murders, and caus'
riots and disturbances with impunity. ;This fatal
history is a plain illustration of the. dreadful
evils of the combination system, and skews toff
what extent men will go to support and render':
efficient a favourite plan of their own, or a mit- •
sure which appears calculated to promote their"
own individual interests, or those of the class to
they belong.

The new London University has, it appears,
excited the apprehensions of certain classes of
shouldhis-
ta>ctrsoireesrtuintnerof ipurviorveeh
anarchy
tat
nu
itiserrei: •
hellion. Whatever foundation there may be for
osMttu
thing;
n seditionj
Opinions,ksE tThr )rys ts
iat:
itdbj is not our .
province to determinv,
nor do we blame those who entertain such doc-
them
ith a
trines
opinions of those who imagine such ari
gree of moderation, gsilvmilulgiving
d easriPtad°"kc:e'littl‘tov rce;esrpt but
ntt d'fvoeer-
institution will have quite an opposite tendency
and least of all, is it proper to charge the
promoters of the plan with the desire of effect
the destruction of Monarchical Governments.
Sunday newspaper, of considerable celebrity
shines conspicuous in the ranks of the alai-1'11145!
and 'accordingly fulminates its anger'against Mr!.
IlustEand Mr. Baourt.t.st, as the chief suplAri
ters
.of the London University. The boast
this paper has ever been, that its articles wet!_
free from coarseness and vulgarity on the °lle •
hand, but yet were sufficiently powerful to 001‘,e.
a strong and lasting impression upon the pub°
mind on the other. How much astonished the
must we not have been to see in its colunillti
an article upon the above subject, conceived
in. the very worst taste, full of vulgarism!:
and of coarse and violent abuse. Astonishe't
as we were in this respect, we- were J°9t
in amazement when we found this Wll
opponent of Whigs and Radicals contlesce"i..
ing to copy the honourable and enlightened adv°:
cate of the people, Mr. Wm. COBBETT, and desiA
riming such gentlemen as HustE and BnouonAo
in the same way -as the worthy original used to
speak of CASTLEItEAGH, LIVERPOOL, CANNING"
PEEL, &C. &C. But this is not the only instanC,
where Mr. WM. COBBETT has furnished a Precen
dent for the writer of the article alluded to.
was that Gentleman's plan, when he wished to
point the public ridicule againSt any individUa„,.7
to give him a nick-name, and thereafter cau
shindy to mention' him in print by his new aPP ,
lotion. In like manner alsO Mr. Baououl
Mt
in the Newspaper in question, is , CClo°g
Pam, and we suppose in all time carnidg
is to be known by that cognomen. S. rea...ie
with abusive epithets is the writer of this attic
ieite t", 5,
that we are almost inclined to bei
room is furnished with a number of pigeon-11°70r
in which blank forms are deposited, readyje,
use when required, each pigeon-hole having its PI;
culiar province designated by an inscription beia`o.,
such as "the retort courteous," " the quiP It;
46 dest," the reply churlish, " the reproof valianii•
" the counter-check quarrelsome," 44 the oe-.
circumstantial," and 64 the lie direct."
sides these, there are, no doubt, distinct °P..r
°oiti
IV
meets for abuse, with the different degrees ofCu st
46
parison, as " abusive," " very abusive,' the
abusive," from the latter of which we, thin I,et.
'article iu question must have been taken. 1,.
our Readers judge for them Selves by the folio
ing extract : • or,
who - .
" But mark the insidious, sneaking, fawning, irbo a•
the restless, proud, and discontented miserable creaturg
ro
ilressed these journeymen," ofe
Now blank forms are made use of to save --e t°,'
when business requires a constant recurren,cbere'
the same assemblage of words. The words, " ne
fore, used in such forms must be of a de
i uses..
rat nature in order to admit of generaviortis.
with • blanks left for the insertion of such table.
as are necessary to make the form- aiJ" seo
to the purpose in ,view. If -the foregma.7o (le'
fence is tried by this rule it will sbeve for 1)1'
rnonstration the truth of our hypothOisl 1004
'striking out the words 44 4ddresspti thesC .

"Yrnen," and inserting the words cc wrote the
article in question," we ask whether the sen-
tence would not apply with greater force to
the writer of that article than to Mr. BROUGHAM
2,141 lIIS speech, against whom it was levelled.—
tile nick-name of Pam was given no doubt
tlloaturedly, but, nevertheless, we dare say Mr.
ROUGHAM will not object to the appellation,
for (to carry on the parallel), Pam is a very
Powerful card, wins the stakes, levies contribu-
t upon all, and brings even Kings into sub-
Jection.