The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-28 00:00:00

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young men in the employ of Mr. Street, landlord of the
Trevor Arms, Knightsbridge.
were
Hardwick with unlawfully selling
contrary to the Act 2d and 3d Vice, cap. 47, sec. 7.
oeerio charged
Hyde-park,
byedfoor-epa Matr:
Mr' T. W. Hall, cashier to Messrs. Fex and Hender-
son, the contractors, stated that he was instructed to
appear against the defendants by Mr. Digby Wyatt,
secretary to the Executive Committee of the Crystal
Pakce, in consequence of the defendants persisting in
selling beer in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace, not•
withstanding the caution they had received from the
magistrate on Tu,,sdsy. last. On Saturday afternoon
the defendants were in the park, near the Crystal
Palace, soiling beer, which they hed with them in large
cans. As they had been previously convicted of 81
similar offence. he gave them in charge.
The ciefend
beeranta sa•id they were not in the park at all
with their;y
the building called
twere outside; the park
to
them
railing
fora poinnet °off.' the ca us
wk :o a
beer, which was supplied to him, and as
they were in the act of leaving the building Mr. Hall
gsve them in charge.
Mr. HARDWICK. said he explained the law fully to
were brought before him on Tuesday
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he let them off with a slight
fine. As a cautiaa
to them fir the future, he should now
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fine them 40s. each.

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DEATH Or MRS WATLETT.—MrS. Alexander Lee
(formerly firs. VV.,viett.) died on Saturday, after a painful
ilnesl of st3,.en yea;' 6oration, which obliged her to telin-
-o.lisl, !ht (v: .!I • W.,•4 orn;al-or.
auz uuru her ~3utf,:ritlgs with patience alio resignation. She
vrao one of the aweateat and beet of Englteh ballad singers.

S U N,

LON DON,

SOYIER'S SYMPOSIUM.

Within bow-shot of the western extremity of the
Crystal Palace, there stands on the Kensington-road
a mansion not unknown to fame in the worlds of lite-
rature and fashion as having been for several years
the residence of the late beautiful and accomplished
Countess of Blessin.gton. It has now passed into the
hands of another and still more celebrated owner.
There, has ALEXIS COQUORUM Rax set up his vene-
rated standard. There he wields the culinary sceptre
with "no brother near the throne." Celsa serlet
Eolus arce ; but far more grateful and substantial
blessings does the potentate of Gore House, Soyer the
Superb, dispense, than were wont to issue from the
stormy caverns of the Liparmau God. Availing our-
selves of the Soyerian courtesy, we had the pleasure
of assisting on last Saturday at an inspection of his
new estabdshment, and frankly confess that however
sanguine the expectations which bad been created by
a knowledge of the singular taste and talent
of tee eminent artist, they fell far short of the reality.
If the (nighty structure of Paxten be confessedly
the reoester marvel of the metropolis, assuredly the
Symposium of Soyer is the next most mark• wor'hy
of " t'ae lions of Louden." Let no Exhibition visi-
tor of the slightest pretence to taste omit paying his
homage at this delightful shrine, and if, after the en-
jeyment of all that is calculated to please the eye in
the mansion and its spacious grounds, he can bid
farewell to such Elysian scenes without indulging in
some of the luxurious viends and beverages which are
disposed in tempting profusion on the numerous
tables, all that can be said is that he must be a wight
of either singular stupidity, or matchless, but unen-
viable, self-control. Of a visit to Gore House it may
be truly and appropriately said, in the words of the
accomplished Homan,—
" .rEque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus mque,
ff,que neglectum pueris seuibusque nocant."
"Ti it enchanter's wand," exclaims the glowing
author of " The Book of the Symposium,"—" The
enchanter's wend of Alexis Soyer, like that of Mer-
lin, will triumph over geographical limits, and laugh
the restrictions of space to scorn. From all quarters
of the globe, civilized or uncivilized, will his visitors
come—the doors of the Symposium will be thrown
open to universal humanity. The lightning-winged
locomotive, the heavy vetturino, the clumsier dili-
gence, the steamboat, the calque, the junk, and felucca,
will bring their myriad visitors to the gates of Gore-
house. Cosmopolitan customs should demand Cosmo-
politan cookery; and it is by no means an exaggerated
expectation, we think, to imagine within the walk of the
Symposium grave and lively Frenchmen, expatiating
over their potages and fricandeaux; phlegmatic Turks,
discussing plll,f and hachis; mercurial Persian,=, enjoy-
ing their sherb,t; sententious tipaniards, luxuriating
Hirer of a podrida; wich. awake Americans, consuming
johnoy c..ltos end canvas-backed ducks; pigtailed
Chinese, devouring their favourite stewed dog; meta-
physical Germans, washing down prodigious quantities
ut sauerkraut with oceans of rheinwein; swarthy Rus-
sians up to their eleS in caviar; Comas calling fir
mere train oil; Tertars, swallowing quarts of mare's
milk; and New Zealanders—no, not New Zealanders,
for wao could form any idea of the horror and dismay
which would be caused by some ebony-skinned and
boomeranged chieftain demanding ' baked young
woman" for two, and a cold buried missionary' to
follow ?"

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Advance, courteous reader, through the vestibule,
seamed with golden lightnings, and passing through
the Atrium, the walls €f which are covered with a
novel architectural ensemble, turn to the right, and
enter "La Salle du Parnasse," formerly the
aessington library, now a dining•reeen, re-
splendent with mirrors, marbles, white, green,
and gold. Admire, too, the adjoining and mag-
nificent apartment, "La Salle des Noces de
Danae," with its ceiling of perforated arabesque, a
pale green, parseme with many. hued flowers, and
profusely
enriched
arevisible
he ca
witht gold,l
clear
rblue tints while
of a
through ltper-
forationss
summer
sky. Half pendent from this plafond are eight globes
of silvered glass, and on the walls are seen descend
ing showers of tears of embossed gold and silver and
rich gem-like hues. These are the princip s
al room
upon the ground-floor, and they present a superb dis-
play of decorative ingenuity. The walls of the stair-
case, by which you ascend to the upper rooms, are
painted with a most entertaining medley of grotesque
end monstrous-headed figures, painted, or rather
sketched in fresco, comprising many biped celebrities,
and quadrupeds hitherto undiscovered by zoologists.
This very clever and bizarre production is due to the
brain and pencil of Mr. George Sala. Pass through
the tri-coloured "Avenue des Amours " into "La
Chsmbre Ardente d'Apollon," a circular apartment
glowing with crimson, gold, and amber, thence into
the " Grotte des Neiges Eternelles," glistening with
brilliant masses of stalactite-like ice, the effect being
enhanced and the expanse enlarged by mirrors, with
their edges artistically concealed by pendent icicles.
Striking is the contrast presented by the " Vintage
Palazzo," a saloon which suddenly transports you to
the sunny skies and deep blue waters of the shores of
Italy, seen through the vine-clad arches of a trellised
gallery. The "Door of the Dungeon of Mystery"
now opens, and admits you to " Le Boudoir:de la Val-
here," a delightful chambre a toucher, with the in-
terior " mil de Bead," a perfect alcove of festooned
flowers, surmounted with a sky of delicately-veiled
rosy clouds. Last remains to view "Le Pagode du
Cheval de Bronze," or "The CelestiallHall of the Golden
Lilies," which would gladden the soul of a Mandarin
of the first class in the flowery land. Too much
praise cannot be awarded for the rich and varied taste
displayed throughout the interior by Mr. Adams and
his assistants. In the gardens, which extend over
some eight acres, you will find various objects of
interest, flower-beds, statues, fountains, the "Impe-
netrable Grotto of Ondine," &c.; but the most con-
spicuous and important is the vast " Baronial Ban-
quetting Hall," not yet completed, but which we
predict will be inferior in popularity to no other
feature, when hung with paintings and resounding
with the strains of unseen musicians, or rather
dimly seen in an elevated orchestra, viewed through
the nebulous medium of mysterious clouds ; and " Le
Pavillon Monstre d'Amphytrion," four hundred feet
in length, and capable of affording prandial accommo-
dation to fifteen hundred persons at half-a-crown
a head. The table from end to end is covered with
a single monster tablecloth, which we vouch to have
beheld unrolled to its full extent thereon, and which
is certainly the greatest triumph of textile skill ever
'submitted to the public. And now re-entering the
house, after a " whet" at the American bar, a
cobbler, shandy-gaff, or the like, sit you down, in
one of the luxurious salles a manger, and contemplate
the admirable arrangemmt of those chefs d'ouvre of
gastronomy. Taste but a morsel of this pie, and, as
it melts upon your palate, if you do not bless the
Great Artist with internal fervency, you are a grace-
less dog, a flinty-hearted monster. Lucullus, were he
in the flesh, would weep tears of ecatacy at such inef-
fable deliciousness. Fortunate it is for Soyer that he
is no " light-weight," or of a certainty Olympian Jove
would again dispatch his feathered minister to bear
him to the skies, like Ganymede of yore, and Ambro-
sia would be at a discount among the immortal ban-
quetters, when once they had made trial of his une-
qualled skill. The wines, too, are of a recherche cha-
racter, from humble port—no " black-strap" by the
way, but the genuine blood of Lusitania—to
Tokay. As these blissful reminiscences arise, our
pen becomes inadequate to convey a due impression of
what must be personally enjoyed to be adequately ap-
preciated, and adds but this=that, were we the foun-
tain of dignity and honnr, we would forthwith insti-
tute a new Cnivslric order, and nominate Alexis
Soyer Grand Master of the Chapter of Knights of
the Golden Gridiron.

THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—When " God save the Queen" is played on the
great organ at the opening of the Crystal Palace by her
Majesty on the Ist of May, do you not think that the
effect would be materially increased by the addition of
the 600 voices forming the chorus of the London Sacred
Harmonic Society, and who, I have not the least doubt,
would willingly and cheerfully give their gratuitous as-
sistance on such an occasion, and for such a loyal pur-
pose, provided there be sufficient room for them in the
immediate vicinity of the organ. I enclose my card.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
A MEMBER OF THE LONDON SACRED
HARMONIC SOCIETY.
Ironmonger-lane, City, April 26, 1851.