The Sun.
London, England, 1813-07-06 00:00:00

ILLUVII;gATIONS.

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v ; Last -night the illuminations were universal,
i- i;,ad every demonstration of exultation and tiiimiph
!,hzed and resounded throughout the' Metropolis
0( : • i;11 a very late hour. These We believeavili be
thl '..epeated with iderensed splendour to-night and
od. to-morrow. From Dover *Castle, and every point
rid - i
~t - -of the coast of the Channel, the thunder of ar-
k. ~.' , • tillery announced the glorious tidings to
the Gallic
fi'' .',. 'More 3 and the effects of these, oar rejoicings,
re .•
.au ;;. ‘.•111 not be confined to the-mere scene of their
, rxliihition, but spread over Europe, and have the
id ! : ' ' lOppiest influence on the state of the world. In
,i i --,u11(1013 they exceeded. by far even those which ce,-
, i
~ I.!hrated the glories of Salamanca ; scarcely a
o'F' 'zreet, h , oWever'obscure could be found, in Which
ice •
~,L , !.ie n line of the Hera to whom we owe so much,
Ail - tkas 110: seen in flawing brightness, and every part
rst (~'. this vast-metropolis was one rich flood of 'light
rep: - d triumph. The streets were- crowded to a late
120ur, . and y the display full- gratified all the curl-
'
'l ' c:,,,ity that could be felt by the multitude, on one
a , %.t the proudest and most elating occasions in the
,-,:s • :Anna t 1 ISA a, ate.
' Is of •B••t* 1 w if•
..
i,Y,
.', • The folloWing were among the most remark-
.., Ride for taste and brilliancy :*----
eci 1 At the remote end of Piccadilly; Apsley-honse
tats the most striking object. The screen in front
„ti 1 '. was illuminated with coloured lamps. The arches
No , 1 of the gates wereheng with cresents : the centre
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0 1 ~ : occupied with a transparent painting.---Victory
to , el'vviling the bast of the Marquis of . WELLING-
e*
I" With litorrtranti.Fante, with-her trumpet' to
c.-
iler lips, sending his liant on-the winds ; a'scroll
in her left hand, hearing the words " India, Spain,
li, l'uttugal." This picture was set in a triple row
, lamps
ad ,ti' h : the design of the painting was admir-
)r. -thly expressed; the frame-was of dazzling lastre.
tli *lit the Progress down Piccadilly, the illuminations
;31 were unequal. Devon Shire-house had a rich dis-
P 4 of lights ; and Vittorio, in large characters.—
r•
lib' P. BuaDETT's had a Eeryl:-dint candles,—The
&lbscription-houses, stairs and occasional mottos.
Iv . —Pelt' notice was attracted-by the old emblem of
Ir a lion about to trample on a cock, at the house of
he a Sword manufacturer. The emblem ought to be
el ' n 1
;is- ged—a man crushing a tyger : manly courage
. aua humaa feeling vanquishing savage- craft and
y r,
tet .. • .
' wge ferocity, would be more just and not less
d. ",Pressive • &trl of BELMORLIS, ill Hamilton.
el ' Place, was a.most magnificent display of vatiegat.
f
• • rl "Ps, occupying the whole front, and covcr.-
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Of ng every part of the virauda, resembling columns,
Is :)' ' . festoons, &c. Beneath the iron railing was filled
iii ;with flambeaux. Duke of BEDFORD'S, in Ditto.
•,--
:0, '.`"Festoons of lamps, and flambeaux.. Honourable
i$
. - DRUMMOND BURRELL'S, on the Terrace.---A star
.
kc, , ,WO (estotily of coloured lamps. Duke of GnAp-
lON's, Piccadilly, very, large letters. " WELLING-
:.i."
iSh • 'Tot Victorious ;" they -occupied the whole (rout
;a.
, t of that spacious inaosion.
The Itussima AMBASSADOR'S., in Harley-street,
at was tastefully ornamented with-wreaths of lamps
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on the ba
lconiei and door. But the most tasteful
;lie ! its simplicity, and the most delicate in its spi-
, fie •
iti
tit, was the motto on the -house of the Mar-
;in
: thioness of Weewso.rost. It was simply, " The
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'Brave companions of WELLINGTON.!' I'he crowd
ow'
L. before the door,
dineXerting the license usual on
IV such occasions, exerted. it in a . way that might
tit' -1 well be plardoned ntenti
'Los its ion They corn.,
oa"'
pellet( the servants
' take off their hats.----The SPANIS*I AMBASSADOR'S,
Jed
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in Grafton-street,. Was a superb spectaele. The
',l, ; .
~. louse, from the roof
,to the ground, was covered
With lights.. Front the attic windows the British
a, . and Spanish banners were waving together. Be-
toeath tlidse was a large transparent inscription,
,k, "to the Juke Of CIUDAD RODRIGO. Vktory of
,i.. , 'Vittoria, 21st June, ISM,'! At thei foot, the
ry - W'" 'svgs " Spanish Nation." Nothing Cold.; be
me • • •
te glittering and rich than the coup d'eeil of
c" ! this stately mansion.
00In St. 3Alnes'S.Street, the Subscription Houses
~,,
ir,r, i u- '-ie \veil lighted. Inscriptions of " Vittoria,"
,01 ' t,railvarencies, and busts •of Lord WELLINGTON,
11'. . ' ''''''', bc seen .every‘i•liee; and a profusion of
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tt
ov . oR .
~,k -,eu:, wreaths
,‘ shied '

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tie,

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, brightness on the night.'
%jale Club was peenliarty showy ;W. V.
s 10 the centre of the balcony, surmounted by a
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V;OlcistreAt.l

pro appropriate •Stars ; insignia of
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.am id regiment of Guards.--L tui •
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it . 4.I3ItNEICS HOtISC, Earley-street, an excel-
Ilikeness. cif England's favourite hern, ' the
reilsUile WELLINGTON, Variegated lamps, formin,6
With 7
iligent rays" cif 'loll round the head,, entwined
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caves of laurel, and at the bdittogA '' Vic-
(ltr4lY3" in coloured laMpi, aliogether producing a
Y picturesque and appropriate elect.---Lord
„41811LREAotes, in St. James's-square, was very
'-'entlid• The Noble Viscount's house was deco-
toed With 'the letters V. W. and Are PrltillidiCal
(..111411.1a irradiated the whole of the front, and
the effect WaS heightened by festoons.
"vittln Ilan liztll,, the Ordinance Office was decorated
) the usual ornaments a star h the centre,
~.11(1 festoons
li and circles in the wings.••-•-Cailton
ntise naturally drew'the general gaze. The body
i)f, the mansion was iti.hi,„(te ; the serbell. was illu7,
iiiiliittruted ; wreaths ef lanips twined
31. PYl'aillids oft the al 't and stars' on the
round the co
-
gates, . united ii, 5---mul ' ., werion•
f)!firlitnes T
• -- °lie blaze of ou.rpo . b
4 3' lie words Wellington and Vtttoria
.14u a , • . ptcuhar efiect, as having trout their place a
tnlitir value. The entire was most nitignifident.
,e Opera House had the name of .Wellington in
Inured lamps.
tVellington
~,,t ... , . --The Little Theatre, .
ttlx n laulel wreath.--dIIANcocK, SHEPHERD, and
~ v°.". in Cocksptir-street, was most resplemlei.
11.0,,tietnria" occupied the whole length of the
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t.t.,,• ' and underneath au inimeniely large NV.
te treled by branches of timid. There were fes-
,:::ati, and two very fine pyrainidical columns near
di d. sur-has
t;the screen in front of the Admiralty bore the
(1°1;1 devices of the Anchor and Crown, with
The . Id
°n one sidle, and 'W. F. M. on the other.
to illumination was not less lavish :titan on for-
Oa all ti.e
necasllions, Th H a
e orse-gards bore lamps
• , 1 •ries of its arch' n
"tecture. The screen.,
• wngs and th i terior, were hung with
11:!.hts,i ' e
The Ste.re
t,eet, wtary of State's Offices, in Downing
- '-'
:of 4. W . ere fully illuminated,' and bore the name
,
LLLINoTon ''''
cri.mNi.•• '
kliow,i, ,—,14 S, in the Strand,
took its usual
-1
- I f sstivity. It presented a
hand. henei a t.
'°lne ,allgorie transparency of Britannia re-

ceiving tite tidings of WELLINGTON'i
tory, and Time about to make. his iietioris ini-
Mortal. " A fine Aar surthounted the
entire.

CoVENT-GARDEN THEATRE:—The lllumintitinn
of this theatre was erected next Bow-street; and
ccmsisted merely of the word " Victory, ,in very
large letters, laid on a tablet of black, and tt very
large W.' at top. Although this was simple it had
a remarkably fine appearance.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE,-,-011 the front; next
Russel-street, a large W. with a star of great mag-
nitude at top, both killaded with two bouz4lis Of oak,
laid transversely; and tied under with- a knot
gold cord. This, although, simple, Was very
pretty. The Bridges-street side a fine tratispa
rency of Lord Wellington:
Somerset-house was, perhaps, the most distin-
guished among all the public buildings in the West.
Its larger dimensions gave larger Opportunity for.
ornament, and the occasion was fully employed.
It was one glow 'ot light : the various tints of the
lamps,--the mingling of that multitude of deep
and burning hues,—the number and the diversity,
made the general view singularly imposing and
beautitul.

All the houses of the great, in the fashionable
squares, and. streets, were illuminated by flam-
beaux, in addition to candles, -And among them
may be mentioned the Marquis of LansdoWne's,
Marquis of Salisbury's, Earls of Essex, Yar-
mouth, and Chesterfield, Lord Middleton, and the
CO-Mess Dowager of Liverpool.
The spectacle on the eastLside of Teiriptti;liar
was not so brilliant as' it has been on some for-
iner occiisions : the illumination was general, but
the profusion of lights at the public buildings
was not in the usual liberal style. We recollect
to have seen the East-India House exhibit one
magnificent blaze : last night its appearance was
handsome and tasteful, but. not .remarkably
Splendid. A beautiful oval, composed of green,
red, and white 'lamps, inclosed the letter W.
formed of yellow : this was surmounted by .1
brilliant crown : on the sides 'were the letters
G. It. ; while two large and glittering stars
blazed beside them, and gave • effect to the
whole s this was
.by far the best and Most
•elegant exhibition in the city ; but ..certainly
s
not equal to the *former displays of the ante edi-
fice.—The Hudson's Bay House was elegantly
and appropriately illunanated with a Crown, NV,
and stars anti festoons of coloured lamps,. The
Excise Office presented a vast quantity of' lamps,.
but not disposed with much taste. A long strait
line of light coutailwd the followilig extract (we
betieve from the official statement to the Loan.
ATAYOR, " NriCkiry obtained in Spain ;"
at bottom' was the word '' Vittoria. " The decora-
tions at the Post Office were on a small scale ; the
letters -alt., and M. IV. surmounted the differeut
gates, and a large variegated star shone in the mid-
dle. Each of the recesses in front of the Bank dis-
played a brilliant star, and the centre was orna-
mented with a Crown, and under it the name of
WELLINGTON. We have seen the Mansion-house
shine with tenfold more splendour than it exhibited
last night : it was, hotveVer, exceedingly neat ; a
sort of triune was fabricated with a
onsiderable
number of lamps, and in -the centre, after some
search, was discovered a-small bust of Lord WEL-
LINGTON, half obscured with the surrounding blare,
"dark with excessive 'Tight." Proceeding up Cheap-
side we were greeted with a continuous shew -of
Lamps and candlts, whose only diversity was that of
more or less in
.mmiber: there was no attempt at
any fanciful device, nor, as far as we recollect, one
transparency to gratify the lovers of the p ctorial
art. In St. Paul's Church-yard it was better. Pei-
latt's and Green's displayed the letters M. W. sur-
mounted With two graceful sprigs of laurel, formed
by green lamps. The front of the spacious house
of Neale exhibited the same letters with beautiful
festoons of light.. We must not omit the splen-
did show in-trout of the house of Mr. Sheriff
Blades, oil Ludgate-hill. It presented a gra,;(l
triumphal arch, supported by large pillars of light,
and in its best ornament, the initial of the name
of Wellington, and a crown. Parker's and perry's,.
in Fleet-street, exhibited four pillars, covered
with variegated props : the appearance was strik-
ing and pleasing. -The front of Mist's pottery
warehouse was a blaze of-light.