The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

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SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES. -- The annual
compensation allowance remaining payable on
amount of
the Ist of January, 18;i0, vas, 254,825/. 95. 10d. During
the year fresh allowances Were made to the amount of
15,3501., while those which were discontinued am
sation ounteedqua to
17,9991., leaving the amount payable for compenl
to 2320761. Ils. The superannuation allowances at the
beginning of the some year amounted to 491,456/., and at
the end they were 496,294/. 17s. Sd.
those the new
discontinued
allowances
having been 49,6571. 153 3d.,
and
44,8191. The actual c,arge after deductions, according to
Act 4 and 5 Willisin IV., for both compensation and super•
I annuation allowances, on December 31, 1850, was
677,209/. 16s. 3d.
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that the present generation are in utter ignorance of his ever
having existed ; and even now, when after patient investiga-
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Anstey, Thomas Glyn, G. C. Pilkington, James
Bagshaw, John Goold, Wnydham Reid. Colonel
Barrington, Viscount Heald, James Renton, John C.
Bass, M. T. Heywood, James Ricardo, Osman
Bolder°, H. G. Hernby, John Sandars, Joseph
Cayley, Edward S. Jackson, William Seymer, Henry Ker
Chaplin, W. J. Johnstone, Sir.J. Smollett, A.
Clay, James Lacy, 11. C. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Clements, C. S. Locke, Joseph S.ephenson, Revert
Cobbold, John C. Lowther, Colonel Stuart, li.
' Colvile, C. R. Lushington, Charles Thicknesse, Ralph
Cubitt, William
March, Earl of Tyler, Sir G.
Denison, Edmund Marshall, W. Verney Sir 11.
Dodd, G. Mußings, J. R. Villiers, Viscount
Douglas, Sir C. Napier, Joseph Walmsley, Sir J.
Emlyn, Viscount Nicholl, J. Westhead, J. B.
Estcourt, J. B. B. O'Connell, M. J. Williamson, Sir IL.
Iloyer, John Ogle, S. C. TELLERS.
Ft eshlield, J. W. Facke, C. W. Spooner, Richard
Galin- ey, Sir IV. r. Peto, Samuel Ricardo, J. L.

SION HOUSE.
This suburban mansion of his Grace the Duke o,
Northumberland wee in Tuesday thrown open by the
I,berality of the Noble proprietor to the public, who
were utfotded an opportunity of viewing the state
apartments and promeceding through the conservatories
and specious pleasure-grounds, a privilege which we un-
derstand will be continued while the Great Exhibition
retnalus open.
Sion tleuse, as' must be w,ll known to all
above-bridge excursionists, stands on the north
bank of tilts Tnames a little beyond Brentford. The
grounds are extensive and beauti•ully laid out. and the
mansion is so placed that owing to tee winifinge of the
river it may he said to have two riser fronts, the sou h
and the library wings. Exteriorly it exhibits oa
f
architectural decoration or embellishment, turtning
massive-looking solid square of yellow stone witie ha!-
tlemented top. Like Northumberland House, Charing-
cross, the Duke's town reside nee, and Buckiligham
Palace, the square is hollow, which enables all the
rooms to be thoroughly lighted and ventilated The
interior court is filled !site fruit trees, fie veers, and flower-
ing shruba, and is termed " the Nuns' Garden," Sion
House being the site ot an ancient religious order once
established here. It was one of the last convents sup-
pressed, and obtained some celebrity from the circuna-
std.nce of the remains of Henry VIII. being deposited
here for a night, when the funeral cortege was on its
way to Windsor. Sanding about halt a mile from the
main road between Brentford and Hounslow. its exact
po,ition is little known to the casual traveller onn the
high road, although for a long period the
bitants of Brantford and Isleworth have, by
the
permission of the Duke, " a right ot way" across the
grounds in front of the principal entrance. Proceeding
through the main avenue, and crossing a rustic bridge
thrown over a sheet of water in the park, a circular
gravel walk conducts to the main entrance under a lofty
portico. The entrance-hall is of fine propertions, the
flooring of black and white-chequered marble, and it is en-
riched by several statues from the antique, among which
the dying gladiator, in bronze, may be referred to as a
beautiful work of art. To the right of this is
an apartment termed the vestibule, supported en
pillars of verd and antique marble, brought by the pre-
sent Duke's grandfather from Italy, and said to have
been taken out of the Tiber. The flooring is of mosaic,
and is an exquisite specimen of inlaying, and is highly
polished. The ceiling is divided into carved and deco-
rated compartments. Next to this is the state dining-
room, painted in French white and gold, the niches along
the sides of the room aro filled with statues, and the
tables and consoles are inlaid with mosaic. At the far-
ther end are two marble busts of Leopold Saxe Coburg
(the present Kieg of the Belgians), and the PriLlCeaa
Charlotte, by Turnerilli. The stated rawinwroome
which stands next, is a light and eleg apartment odf
large dimensions, hung with crimson damask embroidere
in silver, with the chairs, couches, ottomans, Ste., ex
suite; the ceiling is painted on medallions byd bor Angelica
Kauffman with highly-enriched and gildeders.
(tee of the most interesting and beautiful ornaments of
this apartment is a cystal vase on a carved gold
pedestal. It was presented to the Duke of Northum-
berland when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by the ladies
of that country, as a token, which the pedestal indi-
cates, " Ireland's gratitude." The vase washis Grace
by the Duchess of Leinster. The base of the pedestul
is a stag's head in Irish oak. There are also ornaments
in Kilkenny coal, and various Other productions of the
country. Surmounting it is a female figure representing
Erin, with the national harp in dead silver, and above
all a pbeeeix holding a late() pearl in its beak. The
gold, silver, emeralds, diamonds, the pearl, and
all the component parts of this unique and
classical ornament are said to be Irish produc-
tions. The slabs of the side tables are mosaics taken
from the ancient Roman baths. The colonnade,
a noble apartment, running the entire length of the
building and looking out upon the river, is sometimes
called the library. It is painted in light blue and gold,
and over the windows are medallions of the eleven
Dukes of Northumberland, other compartments on the
opposite side being filled with paintings by Angelica
Kauffman, the colours of which are as fresh and bril-
liant as the day they were laid on. At the further
end is an ottoman formed of a singular trophy
found at the palace of Lahore, and sent to this couta!
try by Lord Hardingo. It is somewhat like a
state bed, piled with cushions, the pillars being of
solid silver curiously carved, and is said te
have belonged to Ackhar, one of the most dj-,e
tinguished Indian princes of the sixteenth century. Tf 0
turrets that terminate this wing are formed-into 14
0
boudoirs, one of them being hung with Indian teff,eta?
covered with paintings of birds, fruit, and
the work of the Dowager Duchess of Northwet and ef=
The other closet is remerkable for an exc
feetive copy of Martin's Belshazzar
glass as a transpareticy. The privateFeaasentir,ilaeinnttsk toot!
oPrtreits and fa-
tain a largo number of pictures, cti.oy
espof the house r
roily groups of members or conne
ef DbyuliSeirw:
Northumberland. The painting
olds, Barry, an Irish art
sat for his po;trair.
Lely,, Vandyke, Sir Joshua Bei
the resent
contaias port
tilt, to whom the grandfathefrxretia:nd,
was also Lord-Lieutenant o
Charles s
and
One room, called wing
Monarch most of the meml-
traits of the unhappy
s number of the ripe and
bers of his family, glowieg
Court beauties of the succeeding reign, and a portrait of
the ninth Earl of Northumberland, who
spent tranv
years ef his life in the Tower. 4t the tot of tizo grand
s.. •.

PRIZES FOR SUPERFLVE CLOTHS.
lava evening aSi lendid entertainment was given b
y
Mr. J. Bull, the welt-known woollen-merchant of Sr.
Martin's-lane, at his villa et Turnham- green, en thee
00.
casion of his distributing the prizes award
suc-
cessful competitors who, at his request, had etn
entered the
lists for the purpose of producing certattneseeeltoth
best possible quality. Tnere wer_e_.p. ;
V Evering-
v W.
'Viscount
Ebrington, M.P.; J. Wilson, Esq.,s 31 r
ton, Esq.; R. R. Moore, Esq.;
ting the United
. M. ot.itgoraery. Esq.;
three Foreign Commissioners, represen
States, France, and Germany,anclahcoosiitspidreersit led,neuumdbhere
of other gentlemen.
idea of hay-
did lull credit to the T"el
worthyr
and distinguished name he
bears. It will be rccoploSicut:axdhtrlibaittieweheonf
industrythe
and art
ing a great internatioena
shadowed forth by his Royal
in the metropolis
Prince Arl:ert, Messrs. Bull and Wilson were
among the ' their trade who gave a stimulus to 4
the ingtheneutr'tt:nnd
_skill of our British weavers. They
1 ble gold medals to any party who
d two very va ua .
offer' k the finest black cloth, and the finest
should p
ide":f British manufacture, with this limita-
tion only, that they should be wool-dyed, possess
strength of fabric and excellence of finish, and be con-
fined to no particular price. Considering that our foreign
trade in woollen cloths has greatly declined within
the last few ye era in consequence of the French and
Germans having taken the lead of the English manu-
facturers in the American and Russian markets, the
result of the competition thus engendered was looked
forward to with considerable interest. The contest, it
was generally admitted, would rest with the manufac-
turers of the West of England and Yorkshire. An bble
and impartial body of judges were appointed, and among
the many candidates who presented themselves they se-
lected the following:—Messrs. J. and P. Appleby., t
Stroud, Gloucestershire, for the best specimen of black
cloth and Mr. lielme, also of Stroud, for the besSro'p
citneu of black doeskin. Viscount Ebrington,
aiall ritish
sing the toast of the evening, " Success to
woollen trade," gave an interesting sketch /tbis pant-
, tr°odaction by
cular branch of.indtistry from its first ir'`_. to the pro-
the Flemish, some centuries back, adveereteuri
fad from the
r the .. woolsack,"
tection and support it had already
Sate, the highest seat of judicatuereateriai of which
actually deriving its name tromci
by
p vary beautiful and
th °l'
resenting the gea„,
a
it was composed; and concluded
tlemen-above named each with _tamely acknowledged.
chaste media, which they :lefi„"ar ad and executed by G.
These medals have been _
and medallist of great pro-
-1 G. Adam!, a young sc;riatere.
; already received a premium of
liaise and merit, who
i , ornvetitor for the design of the
1001. as a successful core:it Exhibition. The two medals
tneomulated by British commerce, the
prize medals. for
representing the raw material
represent induitrYloons
fleece, distaff, and` f cloth, and the palette, colour, and
and in..nufisetur,3°Luerce. Casts of the medals ands pe-
lion, British co
of th„ cloth, whose softeess and beauty of tex-
ture, 1 general admiration, have been deposited in
re cite:
"11--L-kerlastal Palace to compete with the rest of the
the
world. We may mention that a silver medal was pre-
senter to Mr. Ecimouas, of Bratifoid, Wilts, for flee next
bestn,,-piece of black cloth. The prcekaalings of the
ev„mg passed off with great éclat

A LoNo ANTI trITY —The Treasury
has just been relieved of a claimant who was', it "'a-`. be ay._
of Hanover
sunittii, one of the oldest names on the pensiuown /,,,i a
sul
Europe. . A lady named Von Leuthe,
baltein civil official, celebrated last yearthe
tbwav given under
e 1 th anniver-
sary of the date of her state allowance.
!tr 1771, when the
the folio. ing circumstances.—ln the S
i,, dieDpnmark obtained
utiforinuate Queen Caroline
Alutiileorge 111., an asylum
by the intervention of her brother.
d t adopt a child to supply
at Cett,, in Hanover, she
the void left in her heart by
dren from her. An orphan t:';tri;
was selected, and remained wi
her Majesty in 1775.
the persons surrounding s
for provisL n by pensioung
was complied with thro wished
detention of her own chil-
:thi elinown as "little Sophie,"
the Queen till the death of
b last hours she recommended
in ileerr to the care of her relatives
for their lives, and the wish
h the exertions of her chaplain,
Among them was " little Sophie," who
, Pastor L bran. Aenloo- thalers, and drew it regularly for
t 'received a pension 0
_,. died,
Bore
than
SO
yor3
Qt.
05e....
i 75 yebrs. She has just
i ereustixhi 4eittog•