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

THE SUN,

THE ILLUMINATIONS.

The illuminations on Saturday night in honour of her
Majes4'a birthday were more than usually brilliant,
and mpre houses than on previous anniversaries of the
same tivent were decorated with devices and letters in
variegFed lamps and gas. The clubhouses at the west
end WI the town presented a blaze of light; the theatres
were very tastefully illuminated, the Polytechnic Insti-
tution,] the Colosseum, the Gallery of Illustration, Re-
gent-street, bad each their respective mottoes, stars, and
allegoical representations. The tradesmen of her Ma-
jesty also displayed their loyalty in the brilliancy of
their devices, and altogether the scene was very brilliant.
The streets were crowded with people viewing the spec-
tacle f'pr several hours, the concourse of carriages and
the raolzrof pedestrians in some localities almost blocking
up the' way; order was, however, well preserved, and it
does npt appear that any accidents wore occasioned by
the pressure.

THE RIOT AT TAMWORTH.
LETTER OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.
Sir Robert Peel has addressed the following letter to
the Times on the subject of the late riot at Tamworth:—
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
" 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 son 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
Tamworth 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 resenting an insult upon the memory of one
whose reputation, while it ennobles their political an-
tecedents, is so incontestably endeared to their recol-
lection.

"It is not surprising, although perhaps satisfactory,
that popular- indignation knew bow to contain itself
even in the moment of bitterest exasperation, and that
so much leniency should have been shown to the stran-
gers, who, for the gratification of their animosity, and
with the view of giving greater point to their vitupera-
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 of the very
spot which is to be consecrated to his memory, in the
vain hope of seducing a contented district into the belief
of imaginary ills, through their insane exhibition?
taken ted
:d1 trust most earnestly, that should a repetition be
and tisiaf
anent excesses)
on any future occasion, precautions may be
miserable bY
possible, fur preventing the effusions of blood,
the binding over to keep the peace of such
have to I
which, . F
13.0Yonoeurng:r
lwaeterTlymnuostt
inevitabl be
. y the consequenof their reckless
ce
parlicularly should they
upon the notice ni the b again attempt to foist themselves
borough of Tsmworth. I remain, '
Sir, with much respect, your r °her
..ient sHrvant,

" ROBERT PEEL.
~souse of Commons, Friday, May so,"

THE PARSON AND THE EGG ----e
heard a curious
who was the creditor of a farmer teorgtYbinaann%nolanrt
story the other day, of a careful ci
pence for church dues. Finding the nleo Polfyfimioteuetnb:
07 was not readily
ffio)rrthwchoimehingb,eheweansgatgoedaltloowbutyonaphenecue. aetstaaannfoewrl,Bbweiinfe,g
handed to him, he expressed a hope that it was a
when the woman delared that it was, and that the°rlaybeard
laid an egg that morning. "In that case," said the
ru
divine, " I am entitled to twopence more, for I bought that
fowl yesterday, and consequently the egg was mine, and you
must pay me for it." What was the poor woman to say?
As an honest woman, desirous of acting up to the injunction
which her minister had taught her, of rendering unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar's, she made the allowance
which the parson demanded, and told the story to her friends,
one of whom duly communicated it to us, and we pass it on.
There is no doubt of its being perfectly true.—Plymouth
Journal.
FOREIGN MAILS.—The foreign mails which have
and aboveaecrnnwsaiteishi
it.
gee
hdht
.lio f h
been dispatched this month are the heaviest ever known,
n East India mail made up in the General Post-office, last
hswuueenehkd r,
mails is the immeaneshe
neTsetha rl y
numberilfty boofx
boxedes of
ever
di correspondencedispatched
dover
par-
ticulars of the Great Exhibition,
wbeerigohfencwlehawbiesotnatapreethrsrneceoownqtuabeainritinangrgs
pseoafnr:
The cause of the heaviness of the foreign
hen:
abroad.