The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-18 00:00:00

ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Richmond, on Saturday, from Newmarket ;
Lord John Russell, on Saturday, from Woburn Abbey ; Vis-
count Althorp, on Friday evening ; Right Hon. Poulett Thom_
son, from Brighton ; Mr. Ellice, from Coventry ; the Duke
and Duchess of Cleveland, in St. James's.square, from New_
market ; Princess Lieven, yesterday, at Ashburnham House,
from a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowper, at Pansanger ;
the Earl and Countess of Albemarle and Lady Caroline Key_
poll, in Berkeley-square, from Quiddenham Hall ; Viscount
and Viscountess Valletort, in Burlington-street, from the Pa.
lace at Windsor; Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, in
Cavendish-square, from St. Leonards; Baron Ompteda, in
Grosvenor-place, from Windsor Castle ; Earl Howe, at Curzon
House, South Audley-street, from ditto; Lady Sophia Sidney,
in Bolton-street, from ditto; the Earl of Lichfield, in St.
James's-square, from Newmarket; Mr. Secretary Stanley, in
Carlton gardens, from Lancaster; the Speaker of the House
of Commons and Mrs. Manners Sutton, in New Palace-yard,
from Mistley Hall; Lord and Lady Cowley, in Grosvenor_
street, from Richmond ; the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, in Grafton-street, from a visit to Lord and Lady
F. L. Gower, at Oatlands ; Lord Marcus Hill, at the Dowager
Marchioness of Salisbury's, in Arlington-street, from Roehamp_
ton ; the Lord and Countess of Munster, in Belgrave-street,
from St. Leonards ; the Solicitor-General, in New.street.
Spring-gardens, from ditto; the Earl of Jersey and Viscount
Villiers, in Berkeley-square, from Newmarket; H. T. Hope,
Esq., M.P., in Duchess-street, from Gloucester; the Earl and
Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, in Arlington.
street, from Stoke Farm ; the Hon. Henry Wellesley, at Lord
Cowley's, in Grosvenor-street, from Stutgardt ; Sir Richard and
Lady Philipps, in Portland place, from Temple House, Mar-
low; Mrs. and Miss Walters, in Devonshire-place, from Chel.
tenham ; Lord and Lady Dunalley, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower
Brook and Davies.streets, from a tour; the Baron De Dorn-

berg, Directeur Generale de Poste, and suite, at ditto, from
Frankfort; Lady F. Moore and family, at ditto, from Berks ;
Monsieur Van Barnewald, at ditto, from the Hague ; the
Misses Croft, at ditto, from Ramsgate; the Duke of Welling-
ton, at Apslcy House, from Strathfieldsaye; the Duke of Gor-
don, in Carlton-gardens, from Brighton; the Marquis and
Marchioness of Clanricarde, in St. James's-square, from ditto;
Lord and Lady Dinorben, at Bute House, South Audley-
street, from ditto; Sir Robert and lady Peel, in Privy-gar-
dens, from Salt-hill; Capt. Russell and the Baroness de Clif-
ford, at the Dowager Lady Clifford's, in Carlton-terrace, from
Upton Hall, near Banbury ; Sir Hyde and Lady Parker, in
Gloucester-place; Mr. Alexander Grant, in Arlington-street ;
Lord and Lady Heytesbury, and the Hon. Miss A'Court, in
Lower Brook-street, from Heytesbury House ; Lord Lytle-
iu Stratton-street, from Norwich ; Lord Stuart de Roth.

say, in St. James's-square, from Christchurch ; Sir R. Fergus-
son, in Bolton-row; Sir Richard Bulkeley, in Arlington_
street, from Newmarket; Sir Henry and Lady Grey, in Hort-
ford.street, Mayfair; Mr Maurice O'Connell, M.P., in Albe-
marle-street, from Portsmouth ; Lord Gambier, from Iver ;
Lord Hill, at Westbourne House, from Hardwick Hall ; Ad-
miral Sir Robert and Lady Stopford, in Harley street ; Captain
Maurice Berkeley, in Upper Seymour-street, from Fishbourne;
Lord Ossulston, at the Earl of Tankerville's, in Grosvenor_
square, from Woburn Abbey; Sir J. Owen, Bart , M.P., in
Princes-street, Hanover-square; Lord R. Grosvenor, in Upper
Grosvenor-street, from Newmarket; the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Lansdowne and family, yesterday, from Richmond ;
Maddle. d'Este, in South-street, from ditto ; the Marquis of
Waterford, in Charles-street, St. James's square, from Ireland ;
the Archbishop of Armagh and family, in Charles-street, St.
James's-square, from the Palace, Armagh, Ireland; Sir Grey
Skipwith, Bart., in Pall-mall East, from his seat, near Coven-
try ; Lord Panmore, from Scotland ; Sir David and Lady
Gould, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Herts ;
General Sir Henry Warde, in Orchard street, Portman-square,
from his seat in Hants; Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., from his
seat, Horton, Northamptonshire; T. A. Smith, Esq., M.P.,
in Str: tford-place, from Wilts; L. W. Childers, M.P., from
Brighton ; Lord and Lady Rivers, at Devonshire House, from
Eltham, Kent ; John O'Brien, Esq , at Morley's Hotel, Tra-
falgar-square, from Ireland ; —Stephenson, Esq., and Fer-
guson, Esq., at ditto, f;om Scotland ; Wright, at ditto,
from Brighton; Sir Edward Deering, Bart., at the Burlington
Hotel, from Kent ; Sir Hertford Jones Bridges, Bart., at ditto,
from Radnorshire; Lord Downs, at ditto, from Ireland; the
Rev. Thomas and Mr. Garnier, at ditto, from Winchester ;
Lord and Lady Valletort, at ditto, from Richmond ; General
Sir George Nugent, Bart., at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn.street,
from a tour ; the Hon. George Spencer and Miss Hardy, at
ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover_
street, from Hampton Court; B. Ball, Esq., M.P., from his
seat, Llanover Court, Monmouthshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Ackers,
at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Cheltenham ; Wm.
Hanham, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; Hon. C. Stewart, at ditto,
from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, at ditto, from Berks ; W.
Grieve, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Lieut.-Colonel Clayton,
M.P., from :gardens Park, Surrey; Major and Mrs. Kearney,
at Warren's Hotel, Regent.strett ; Miss Chauncey, Captain
and Dr. Lushington, at Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square;
ilenry King, Esq. and Mrs. King, at ditto, from Worthing ;
R. B. Wilson, Esq., and John Wilson, Esq., at ditto; R. H.
Roundel], Esq., at ditto; James Aitken, Esq., at ditto; Rev.
E. S Thurlow, at ditto; J F. Falsvaser, Esq., at ditto ; John
F. Schroder, at ditto.

On Tuesday next, the 23d inst., his MAJESTY
will give his usual banquet to the Knights of the most
Noble Order of the Garter, at St. J imes's Palace.
CUSTOMS AND COMMERCE.—There are
now printing ten bills on the subject of the Customs
Duties, &c., and the second reading of them will he moved
to-morrow. The first is—" To regulate the Trade of the
British Possessions Abroid. 2. For the Registering of
British vessels. 3. For granting Duties of Cu-tome. 4.
For the Ilan 'gement of the Customs. 5. To grant cer-
tain B 'unties and Allowances of Customs. 6. F•or the
General Regulation of the Customs. 7. For Regulating
the Trade of the Isle of Man. 8. For the Warehousing
of Goods. 9. For the Prevention of Smuggling. 10.
For the Encour 'gement of British Shipping and Naviga-
tion." It is stated that the,e several bi le are to embody
all the regulations, duties, prohibitions, bountir-, encou.
rigements, &c., on the subjec 9 mentioned in the titles of
the bills; and that, of course, they are to supersede all
the previous Acts. They are to constitute the Custom.
house code.

THE DEATH-BEDS OF KINGS.—In point
of fact, an apparition frem the grave is constantly before
them. History is a mighty conjuror of phantoms, or
rather a dauntless resurrectionist, ever busy with pickaxe
and shovel, and betraying the mysteries of the worm and
the shroud. Yet, in spite of every loathsome lesson, they
persist in believing themselves immortal, and fancying
that the monstrous farce of the bended knee, the :maul'
honour, and passive obedience of cnurtiership awaits them
beyond the grave. Like the " poor Indian, whose untu-
tored mind" conceives that his favourite dog
attend him in his hunting grounds in the sky, they
expire in the belief that the " 0 King, live for
ever," with which they have been so long saluted,
is not a mere oriental courtesy ; but that, when
the trumpet shall soutbl, human majesty will become
divinely majesty, and mortal sovereignty become engirded
with an immortal crown. Let them, for a moment, con-
template the lesson afforded by the dying bed and funeral
ceremonies of the three most luxut ions Princes of modern
genes. " The King's body," says Bishop 13untasurr
(after adverting to the death of CHARLES 11., and the
strong suspicions of poison which arose during the pro-
cess of embalming), " the King's body was indecently
neglected. Some parts of his inwards, and some pieces of
the fat, were left. in the water in which they were washed ;
all which were so carelessly looked after, that, the water
being poured out at a scul'ery•hole that went to a drain,
in the mouth of which a grate lay, these were seen lying
on the grate many days afterwards. His funeral was very
mean ; no mourning, were given ; and the expense of it
was not equal to what an ordint.ry nobleman's funeral gave
rise to." " The King," says St. StstoN, in his AI. moirs,
in speaking of the decease of Louts XIV., was almost
abandoned at the moment of his death, Madame de MAIN-
TENON, to whom he had made so many sacrifices, quitted
him for St. Cyr four days before; and the dying M march
was repeatedly heard to inquire for her, and deplore her
absence; nor was his confessor (I.E TELMER) to be found
when his presence was required by the King. His son,
by Madame de MONTESI'AN, the Duc du MAINE, was so
little affected by the sufferings of his august parent, who
endured tortures previous to the mortification of his legs,
that, in describing to the courtiers a medical conversation
between Etoosl, the Court physician, and a rude Pro-
' vencal quack, during the agony of the King, he burst into
such loud and repeated fits of laughter as to be heard by
a number of indifferent persons who were passing near the
gallery. Madame he MAINTENON was almost as tired of
her attendance on him as the Duke wis glad to get rid of
him ; and, when he breathed his last, the people openly
returned thanks to Gon, and the Courtiers rejoiced in
being, at length, free from restraint." To the decease of
our late Sovereign respect bids us to advert. But the cir-
cutnatances are too recent to admit of any prson having
forgotten the mode in which the intelligence was received
by many persons nearly connected with him ; or the
junketings and festivities which closely followed his nl-
srquic
A page was added to history by the chronicles of
Windsor Castle during the month of July, 1830, which
ought not to be among the least instructive of its oracles.—
Taies Edinburgh .3fayazinc.