The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-26 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Ye.terday afternoon " that Columbus of the skies," Mr. Green, made
his' first ascent this erason from the " Royal property" in the Great
Nassau or Munster Balloon, on which occasion a grand Coronation gala
also took place. Perhaps an outline of the estraetdinary preparations
-which the proprietors of this sylvan retreat have made during the win.
ter for the ascent of the before.mentirmed wonderful machine, which has
now made twentymine excursions, including the unparalleled voyage
from London to .Veilburg, in Germany, may not here be uninte-
res ing. At the extremity of the balloon enclosure has been
erected an immense building .which is denominated the " Balloon
Hall." It is of suite lent dimcmiens to allow of the entire infla.
Bon of the balloon wit:rill its walls. The parade is most beauti.
fully decorated with a sp:endid proscenium, 78 feet in height by
200 in length, The centre of .vbicis is entirely open, to allow the public
a distinct and uninterrupted view cf the- procrss of inflation. In
ttc t leas ng
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another part of the premises the pi eprietors have
wla s
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of new gas. works of such extent ae supply the
qin.ite for the balhon. It may also be wentioned that among other ad-
vantages to be derive, Irons the above improvements are the following
Vise balloon being under shelter is protected "from the violence of the
westhcr during the inflation, and the public are enabled to witness the
process as well as to examine the whole of the epparatus, the ma-
chine remainieg in a perfectly tranquil state, and not rolling about
from the sudden gusts of wind In such a manner as to foridd
the approach even of the most courageous inquirer. On the
occasion of any private or scientific asc-mts being made the
balloon ran be kept inflicted and prov.ided well the time of
ascending arrives, and then, shot:Lithe weather prove unfavourable, it
can be taken back into the ball, the ea. retained, and weit in readiness
for a propitious day. The doers were thin,: n open at fear, and at six
o'clock there were about six thousand perso:•a assembled, including a
number of the most distinguished of the haul 10.. t, who Were doubtless
attrected on this oceasinn by the propitious state of the weather, and the
variety bf the amusements announced. At seven O'cleel.",, after the ar.
iangements of the numerous preliminaries, Mr. Green stepped into the
car, accompanied four aspirants for aeronautic fame, viz., Messrs.'
W. Huebert, SPeiker, Wight, and Boyd, and shortly atter ptilled the
liberating iron, when the ponderous maci.ine stically arose Into the
regime; above, taking a north-westerly direction. In the Rotunda
Theatre a new vaudeville, from the pen of Mr. Thames haynes
Bayley, was prodmed, entitled The Full Llouse. The principal
characters were well sustaired by Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Agnes Taylor,
anti Mes•rs. Fall Ledford, and Buckingham. It was throughout well
received, and at its conclusion the plaudits of the company were leng
and loud. The intiminations were on a scale of surpassing grandeur.
The space inside the quadrangle forrnel one grove of light, at the ex tre,
mil y of which was displayed a gigantic medallion Of her Majesty, beneath
which was the word "Victoria," in gold-coloured lamps, and bouquets
in variegated, and wreaths of laurel in green-coloured lamps, amounting
in the whele. to nearly nineteen that, and, forming a coup &yea the most
;:leasing ; end a gzaed pyrsreelmical display, in which several entirely
new devices bane been introduced; terminated the amusements cf the
evening.

CORONATION OF IlElt MAJESTY=-The most
correct account of the Ceremonies of the Coronation of the Queen, illus.
trated with Explanatory Prints, will appear in the Observer of SUNDAY,
the Ist Of July, on which occasion only the Observer will be Two
Sheets, and the pt ice Tenpmce. • The Observer will be kept on sate all
the following week, v.t the °ince, 170, Strand, where Franks can be had
Gratis; to send it to coy part 0 the United Kingdom. 4. Monday Af.
teracon Edition cf the Cb.;ervcr is leg,l'a!ly•publizhcd, most dealt able for
the Country and Foreign circulation.

LONDON:
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1838.

The tbrel gentlemen whom we mentioned yesterday as
Coronation Peers are to have the following titles :
CHARLES HANBURY TRACY, Esq., Baron SUDELEY.
PAUL METHUEN, Esq., Baron METHUEN.

Sir JOHN -WROTTESLEY, Baron WROTTESLEY.
Besides these, and besides the Earl of MULGR AYE,
elevated to be Marquis of NORMANBY, and Lord Lis-
MORE, created a British Peer, which we have already
noticed, the fullowing are to be the elevations :

Lord DUNDAS to he E.irl of ZETLAND.
Lord KING to be Earl of LOVELACE, Viscount. 0; KIIAM.
TO BE CREATED PEERS OF PARLIAMENT.
The Earl of KINTORE
Lord RossmoltE
Lord CAREW Baron CAREW.
The Hon. WILLIAM CRAVEN CAVENDISII PONSONBY,
Baron dc MAtTLEY.
The Marquis of CARMARTHEN is to be called up to the
House of Peers by the title of Baron OSBORNE.

Colonel NArtrit expressos, we hope, in the-able article
which we quote from the Chronicle, the sentiments of all
high-minded Englishmen, in relation to Marshal SOULT

and the malignant and base article of the " Quarterly
Review." Teat it is all which be and we have described
it to be is evident by the Tory journals running a muck
against the Pa, is papers, for saying a few words in praise
of Marshal SoCLT. We do not approve of their alluding
to old feuds at this time, but the conduct of the " Quarterly
Review " and our Tory journals is ten times worse than
that of the lowest scribblers for the- Paris daily press.
Colonel NAPIEIt has so eloquently and so nobly treated
the subject in relation to the character of Souur
and to the peaceful! Fnission on which the aged warrior
has come, sacrificing; as we believe, many of his
personal feelings, and submitting to revive some painful
recollections for the promotion of his country's welfare,
by cementing its present friendly relations with its

ancient foe—that lie has not left us on this point
one word to add. But we must' advert again to the insult
conveyed to our own SOVEREIGN by the slight thrown on
the time honoured warrior, who has been selected as the
foremost man of his own country to do honour to her.

Report has said that Marshal SOULT was sent because
our QUEEN had indicated a wish to that effect. We know

nothing of its truth, but we are quite convinced that no
person would be sent who was not perfectly agreeable to her
MAJESTY ; and if she indicated such a wish, the article in the
Quarterly" is disloyal, as well as base and malignant. SOULT
is one of the most illustrious warriors now living, whose
mighty energies and great abilities gave lustre to the laurels
on the brow of our own hero. To have defeated JtJNOT
or MASSENA was little ; to have succeeded against SOULT
was a glory second only to hat ing triumphed over NAPO-
LEON. Her MAJESTY then, we think, might naturally wish
to see the most formidable antagonist now living whom
WELLINGTON ever encountered ; and it was certainly not
to affront her that SOULT was sent to witness her coronation.
He comes to do honour to her ; he is her guest, and the
attempt of the " Quarterly Itevie‘s" to dishonour him is to
affront her MAJESTY.

At present, however, the T.-or:es are so rabid at their
continual exclusion from office, that to slight her MAJESTY
is common to them. At the PITT dinner, on Saturday,
the Marquis of SALISBURY, in proposing her MAJESTY'S
health, could find nothing better to say than this ; and we
give his whole speech :

" Thank God, the time had not yet arrived when Englishmen neg-
lected to drink the hea'th'of their Sovereign in a flowing bumper.
He was sure that their enthusiasm would not be diminished when they
recollected that their young and beautiful Queen waA now about to ra-
tifv her contract with her loyal subjects, and secure, by her engagements
in that solemn and interesting ceremony of the approaching Coronation,
the liberties, the Constitution, and the happiness of her people."

So the Tories arc almost ready not to drink her MA-
JESTY'S health, and would pass her by if they dared. No-
body but a disappointed Tory dreams of such a time com-
ing as that the Marquis of 'SALISBURY alluded to, and he
cnly dreams of it because the QUEEN is not exclusively the
QUEEN of the Tories. She treats all her subjects equally,
and so the domineering bigots slight and insult her. • For
the QUEEN Dowager the Noble Marquis wanted no words
of compliment. In her praise his tongue was eloquent.
In proposing her health he said—

" The next toast, the Chairman observed, was the health of an Wm-
trious Lady who deservedly endeared herself to all who knew her and
who he regretted to say had but a few years presided over their country
as Queen consort of these realms. But their admiration of her lofty
character and gratitude for the truly beneficial manner in which she had
discharged the various duties of her exalted station, accompanied her
into the retirement of private life."

We grudge not Queen ADELAIDE one word of this well
deserved praise, but those who could bestow it ought to have
found something better to say of our young and gracious
QUEEN, than that the time was not yet come when the To-
ries dared to neglect drinking her health. Of a piece with
the slight thrown on her MAJESTY at the Pitt dinner, is the
ungracious attack made on her guest by the " Quarterly
Review" and the Tory prints.

We asserted yesterday that the Duke of WELLINGTON
would be the very last person to participate in the bad feel-
ing displayed by the Quarterly Review, towards Marshal
Soul.; and in this we are fully confirmed by a good autho-
rity—Colonel Nan Ea. It appears that the Duke, so far
rom encouraging such an attack, has, by his conduct,
marked it with severe reprobation, in delaying, out of corn•
pliment to SOULT, the publication of the eleventh volume
of his dispatches, in order that nothing might escape, cal-
culated to offend the feelings of the illustrious warrior, who
has paid a tribute of honour to WELLINGTON and his
country, by accepting the mission. "He means to honour
the soldier guest of England," and what a shade would have
been cast on the great name of WELLINGTON had he
meant any other thing—a victor can afford to be generous.
Generosity in the vanquished is a virtue of rarer occurrence,
and on this occasion SOULT has displayed it in an eminent de-
gree. He was defeated in every encounter with WELLINGTON;
MASSENA, MARIIONT, awl JOURDAN had been defeated in
their turn. He Was sent last of all, and had the mortifica-
tion of being beaten on his Sown soil. He generously for-
gets all this, and, true to the French character, which ever
pays the highest respect to valour in an enemy, he comes
amongst us voluntarily—not as his master did, to pay
homage to " the most powerful, the most persevering, and
the most generous of his enemies." Yet there are writers
bearing the name of Englishmen who cannot estimate this
conduct—whose rancour against France, after twenty-
three years of amicable intercourse, is still unappeased,
and who, by their ill-timed, officious, and malignant asper-
sions, would again embroil the two countries, of which the en-
mity caused such scenes of desolation in Europe, and
of which the concord is almost synonymous with universal
peace. WELLINGLON has seen enough of the hor-,
rors of war not to encourage these miserable calumniators
—he did not meet with such treatment in France,
while the bitterness of defeat was still fresh in the minds
of that gallant people—and he made a proper return
for this in his place in the House of Lords, when he paid a
higher compliment to their national character than he ever
didto any other of our enemies, or even of our allies. We
should, indeed, be ashamed of our countrymen, if they did
not follow his example ; but we have no cause for alarm,
because we have the moral certainty that not one in ten
thousand participate in the malignant feelings, or approve of
the un-English mode of warfare adopted by the dull and dis-
graceful writer in the Quarterly Review.

A contest has arisen in the city of London for the office
of Sheriff, and the only one of the four candidates who de-
serves the undivided support of the Liberals is Mr. Alder-
man THOMAS `Noon. This gentleman has been distin-
guished in the city for his humanity, his liberality, and his
attachment to the old Saxon and local liberties of our an-
cestors, which cannot be said of his competitors. We
hope, therefore, that the citizens of London, out of regard
to themselves, will place him at the head of the poll.

The House of Commons evinced no disposition to sup-
port Mr. CLAY's motion for reducing the sugar bounties
last night. A tax levied on the public of two or three
millions a year for behoof of the sugar growers and owners
was the question, and the House of Commons paid not
the least attention to Mr. CLAY. A scheme was proposed
to prevent fraud, to add to the revenue, and to increase the
health and comforts of the people, and the Members of
the House of Commons amused themselves with small talk,
and drowned the Honourable Member's voice who brought
forward the motion. This accounts for the debate being
nearly. suppressed in the Morning Papers : the reporters
could not hear it, and so the arguments which were used are
all suppressed. If it had been a question concerning the per-
sonal honour of some Member--if Mr. O'CONNELL h
been accused of slandering a Committee—how death-like
would have been the silence during the oration of a MAID..
STONE ! How full and accurate the report of every word
which fell from every speaker 1 The Sugar Duties con-
cerned the public, and the Representatives of the public
refused to listen to the discussion.

The arguments, such as they were, by which Mr. P.
THOMSON opposed Mr. CLAY'S motion partook of the
same character. It is admitted by the,CHANcELLow of
the EXCHEQUER and Mr. P. THOMSON that the present
rate of bounty is an injury to the public, for they purpose
to reduce it ; but because some sugar refiners who were
warned a year ago that the duties would be ahem], have
stocks in hand, all which they could work off in a
fortnight, the evils of the present system are to be in-
flicted on the country till next October. The refiners and
planters have been avowedly and unjustly getting the pub-
lic money for years past, and to give them more of this
money for three months is Mr. THOMSON'S object.
This is sacrificing the public to the sugar refiners
and planters. It is proclaiming that the Legislature
cares not a straw for the public, but is resolved to
enrich individuals, as if Mr. THOMSON were determined to
lower the character of the Legislature, and make it as
despicable, contemptible, and hateful to the public as pos-
sible. " Let the sugar owners or the land owners or the
Canada lumberers honour it for putting gold into their
pockets," the public will say, " we despise and detest it as
an instrument for fleecng us for their benefit."

He put forth too a hypocritical pretence of serving the
poor. The a!tcration would enhance the price of treacle
fcrgooth ! But the treacle supplied by the sugar refiner is
only a small part of that which is brought into the country,
and will not sell in the market below that. which must have
paid the import duty of 9s. per cwt. To have lowered
the duty on sugar would have given them a good article at
a cheap rate ; it wculd have saved them from eating dirt and
slug poison at the rate of 5 per cent. To have clone
away with the bounty would have saved them amomgst
others between two and three millions a-year at least,
but it would have forced the Board of Trade to alter its
system--it would have affected the dearly beloved planters
—and so on one hypocritical pretence or another the public
advantage was last night sacrificed, as it ever has been, to
class interests and private emoluments. It has been proved
over and over again, that the present system of bounties
and duties on sugar levies an enormous tax on the public

for the sake of the monopolists ; last night it was proved
that the Board of Trade supports this unjust and flagi-
tious system, that the House of Commons will not listen
to those who propose to amend it, and therefore there is
no alternative but for the public to take the matter up,
and to tell both Mr. THOMSON and the planters that they
not he taxed—whatever they may submit to for the
national ecurity—to enrich a set of cruel monopolists.

The Mails by Railway Bill, the second reading of which
was to have come on last night in the Commons, was, in con-
sequence of the long debate on the Irish Municipal Bill,
postponed to this day. Sir ROEERT PEEL presented a
petition from the Birmingham and Derby Junction Rail-
way Company, complaining of two of the clauses of the
Bill, one of which gave the Postmaster-General, or anQ
persons deputed by him, the power of interfering in the ma-
nagement of railways, and the other the power of conveying
passengers without making proper compensation to the pro-
prietors. We have before stated our opinion that the clause
which gives the first power complained of might be advanta-
geously modified. It may be necessary that this power
should be vested in some of the departments of the
State, in order to secure, on the part of the Railway
Companies, that attention in the conveyance of the
mails which the public service demands ; but we doubt the
propriety: of it lodging solely in the POSTMASTER-GE_
NERAL. Of course, if Post-office engines and carriages
are placed upon railways, they must be under the manage-
ment of the Post-office ; but before this mode of convey-
ing the mails be adopted the sanction of the SECRETARY
of STATE for the Home Department, or some equally
high authority, should be obtained.
With respect to the second head of complaint, there is
no foundation for it whatever. If the machinery of the
Railway Companies be used by the State, a fair remunera-
tion is provided by the Bill, and will be given—if the State
use its own machinery, it will pay the Companies
for the wear and tear of the Railways. And what more
are they entitled to ? It would no doubt be a better thing
for the shareholders if they could levy a handsome contri-
bution on the State for the privilege of merely using the rails,
but in this there would be neither equity nor utility. With
fully as much justice might the trustees of turnpike roads
claim toll from the mail coaches, on the ground that
considerable expense had been incurred in repairing the
road. It is said that " the exemption enjoyed by the
Post Office from tolls, in conveying the mails, does not
exempt it from horsing and driving the coaches." And
this is true ; but who, with brains in his head,
would have thought of using this as an argu-
ment against the present Bill ? If it can be shewn
that the State is liable to pay for the use of the high-
road, there might be something in it ; but this, we appre-
hend, will hardly be attempted. The machinery, that is to
say engines, carriages, guards, &c., by which the mails
are conveyed on railroads, is in ttlis argument precisely on a
footing with the machinery, including coaches, horses, &c.
on a common road. Now the State does not propose to
use the railroad machinery of the Companies without
giving adequate remuneration, and if it place its own ma-
chinery on these roads, is it also to make remunera-
tion Shall it not claim the right of using the highway
which it has created, and made to supersede the public
one ? We regard any attempt to pocket the public money
under the pretence of compensation for the use of a Rail-
way, as not only extremely illiberal and ungrateful, but
closely bordering upon extortion.

The Paris journals of Sunday have all been received,
but except the following extracts they contain no news of
any interest :
it is affirmed that a telegraphic despatch has clmmunicated orders
to the parquets at Strasburg to cause domiciliary visits to be made in the
houses of the booksellers of that city, where it is supposed that M. Laity's
pamphlet is deposited.
Domiciliary visits have been made at the residences of General Guil-
laume de Vandoncourt, of Messrs. Belmontel, St. Edme, and Laudois,
booksellers. It is affirmed that more than twenty summonses have been
issued.

We have the following letter from Toulon of June 19 :

The repairs of the vessels which are intended to reinforce the naval
divisions of Rear Admiral Lablanc and Captain Baroche are proceeding
with great activity.

The Meliagre sails to-morrow for the coast of Spain ; its station will
be Barcelona. An account has been made out of all the expences of
building and equipping the Hercules of 100 guns, which was launched
in 1836, and equipped in 1837. From this statement it appears that
a ship of 100 guns ready to go to sea costs the sum of 2,900,000
francs.—Constiiutionett.

The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says it is asserted thatthe sentence passed
by the courts-martial on Elio and Zariatigue, having been heard before
Don Carlos, his has resolved ttn.t these Generals shall remain without
employment, and that a place of residence shall be assigned, where they
are to remain for a certain time. This will be the whole o f their punish-
ment. The number of A jateteros who come to seek an asylum in
France increases every day ; exposed to all kinds of insults and persecu.
lions, they cross the frontier and arrive at Bayonne.