The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-02 00:00:00

THE ILLUMINATIONS.

The iiluminatioos on Saturday night in honour or her
Majesty's birviday were more than usually brilliant,
rued na9rd houses than oa pr. vious unbiversa.ies of the
same event were decoratEd cRiAt devices and letters in
variegaed lamps and gas. The clubhouses at the we.t
end or the town presented a blaze of light; the theatres
were very tastefully illumipa,ed. the Bilyieennin Insti-
tution, the Colos,eum, the Ga'rery of Llustration, R--
gent-street, bad etch their respecttve mottoes, stars, and
allpgorieal rrpresetitations. The tradesmf is of her Ma-

.I,ly also displayed their loyalty in the brilliancy of
th, it devices, and altogether the scene was very brilliant.
Toe streets were crowded %jar people viewing the spec
tacle for several hours, the concourse of carriages asd
the mob of pedestrians in come localiies almost blocking
up the way; order was, however, well preserved, and it
does not appear that any accidents were occasioned by
the presaure.

THE lilt) a AT TAIVIWORTII.
LETTER OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.
Sir Robert Peel hus tithirtsseti the following latter to
the Times on the Eubjtet of the late riot at Tatnworth

" TO THE EDITOR OF TEE TIMES.
is sir,—May I be permitted, through the medium of
the Times, to thank the constituency, which, together
with Captain Townshend, I have the honour of repre-
senting in Parliament, and, as a sou of the late Sir
Robert Peel, for the spontaneous burst of indignation
which greeted those musty pilgrims of protection who
on Wednesday Evening last sought in the Town-hall of
Tanaworth a but deceitful refuge for the enjoyment of
festivity and lamentation and abuse? It is, indeed, a
source of congratulation to me that 'no mawkish sen-
sibility' should have silenced the inhabitants of the
borough and neighbourhood into apathy and indiffe-
rence, or restrained them from giving vent to their
feelings in resentinc an insult upon the memory of one
whose repu'ation, while it ennobles their political an-
tecedents, is so incontestably endeared to their recol-
lection.

that popular indignation knew how 0
"It is not surprising, although perthapcsosnatiisnfaTareyii,
shown to the strati-
so much leniency should have been
even in the moment of bitterest exasperation, and that
er
gem who, for the graii6estion of their ahnins. ovsiittuype, and
with the view of giving greater point to tt
.
tion and slander, thought proper to select Tamworth,
the hall where yet echoes the scarce inanimate voice of
the departed dead, and within a few yards Gf the very
meditated
trust Spot which is'to be consecrated to his memory, in the
of n hope of seducing a contented district into the belief
,
'wai
imaginary ills, through their insane exhibition?
on
any future
that should a repetition be
future occasion, precautions may be
Wren, if possible, for preventing the effusions of blood,
and that. by the binding over to keep the peace of such
miserable inipobtors
hceouolfeltthheess Mr. G. F. Young, we may not
have to lament excesses, which, sooner or later,
roust
inevitably NI be the
---04equtince of their reck,ess folly,
ybotirtikuignhaut
ft attempt
wt oofrotihs.t
I themselvesremain,
much respect, your obedient servant,
sup
ipar ro, i i
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theiut l
ha
rnlyotsi
" ROBERT PEEL.
—....—....--_____
" HOMO of Commons, Friday, May 30."

Pa;urioubs,
THE PARSON AND THE EGO.—Wesl3neoeu.arnedt
story the other daT, of' a careful clerg3 an. -
who was the creditor of a farmer to the
e..
was
lot atteen.
pence for church dues. Finding the mo
forthcoming, he engaged to buy a hen or'
"e farmer's
for which be was to allow teopence. On the fowl
bwerez,
handed to him. he expressed a hope that it was a good lavn„,.-
when,tbe. woman delared that it was, and that the fowl "hail
laid an egg that morning. "In that case," said the caretut
divine, " I am entieed to twopence more, for I bought that
fowl yesterth.s. and con,equently ibe egg was mine, and you
must pay mewfor it." Wait was the poor woman to say?
As an honest woman, desirous of acting up to the injunction
yrThheeicrohef her minister had taught her, of renderil;g unto
Cleaar the things that are Csesa,'s, abe made the allowance
one
the parson demanded, and told the story to her ft fends,
been dY:sphaotmehdeduily communicated it to us, and we pam it on.
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Acehs,tb number of boxes ever ili,patebed,bY
hundred weight.
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weighed about three quartkrs of a
the
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number cause
of
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nott'atihneinfgorpeiagrn.
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ticulars of cuit
goad. Exhibition, which tue sow beilig vent