The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

COCKSPIJR-STREET AND PA LL-11ALL.

The Union Club exhibited a crown, a couple of stars,
and the initials " V. F.," in gas.
A. nuraber of fine stars in gas were displayed over the
Phoenix Life-office and the neighbouring shop fronts,
those efiMr. Pontet, Messrs. Holtzapffel, Messrs. Cuff,
Messrs. Bayleye, Messrs. Cawthorne and Hutt, and
Mr. T. Grove, being very conspicuous. Mr. F. Dent,
watchmaker, displayed a Maltese cross, in red, white,
and blue, with the initia!s " V. F." in yellow
white ; a large laurel wreath, in green, and tied at the
bottom with a true lovers' knot, in red, encircled the
above, the whole composed of crystals lighted from
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behind with gas. Mr. Morse, watcumaker, an anohoi
and wreath in gas ; and Messrs. Starling, chemists, a
device in variegated oil. A Brunswick star, in gas was
likewise shown over the entrance of Morley 's Hotel, in
Trafalgar-square.

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WHITEHA LL.
The only building illuminated ;n this region of public
offices was the Admiralty, over the front of which were
two anchors, with a star in the centre, and a jet of gas
running along the whole length of the entablature. The
Horse Guards, strange to say, made no sign.

PICCADILLY.
HAYMARKET Al
The crowd of people which was to be met with in this
district to witness the illuminations was great almost
beyond belief. The problem which has often been proposed
as to how all the new houses which have been erected of
late years could be occupied was solved at once ; in fact,
large in point of building as our metropolis is, a foreigner
would, we think, have been more surprised at the num
ber of its inhabitants than of its houses. The illumina-
tions were not in themselves very remarkable for novelty,
but the star and the " V. A." were as abundant as usual
upon State occasions. Her Majesty's Theatre, however,
presented a brilliant appearance ; in the device was the
letters "P. R.," t, V. A.," "P. F.," surrounded by
wreaths, on one side the Union Jack, and on the other
the Prussian Eagle. The illumination at the Haymarket
Theatre was, though not so briliiant—fir oil is not so
brilliant as gas—as effective. It consisted of a motto in
coloured lamps—a motto which, we are sure, all our
readers will respond to—" Health and Happiness to
the-Princess Royal." The most effective illumination,
however, in this particular district was that of Mr. A.
Smith, at the Egyptian Hall. On one side a view of
Windsor, and on the other a view of Ehrenbreitstein,
indicated the nature of the occasion which led to the
illumination. From the tops of the building, hung in
festoons, were evergreen 4, a largo number of banner ,
framed with coloured lanterns. In the centre
the words "God bless them" io gold letters, sur-
rounded with lanterns, flags, and evergreens. Among
the other illuminations which were most prominent we
observed at Fortnum and Mason's a large star, with
crown in centre, and surrounded with laurel leaves. At
the entrance to Burlington-arcade, the interior of which
was hung throughout with flags, were displayed the
Prussian and English standards ornamented with wreaths,
while the monograms of the royal bride and bridegroom
were emblazoned on other flags hanging from the win-
dows. The principal streets leading into Piccadilly were
also illuminated. Among the most conspicuous we ob-
served that of Mr. Hanc)ck in Bond-street, which con-
sisted of the letters "F. V.," surmounted by a large
Brunswick star, and above that the crown, and also that
of Mr. Arthur, of Sackville-street, which was a device
the centre of which was occupied by the letters " V.F."
with the word " Lebewohl" in gold on a heraldic garter,
surmounted by a seeding pomegranate.
NEW BIIRLINGTON-STREET.—MeHr3. R. Cocks and
Co., music publishers—The letters " P. R.," " F. W.,"
surmounted with the St. George's star; the whole in gas.