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

HE SeN LONDON, TnESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1858.

hibited. It only remains to add that these various designs
were objects of considerable public attraction.

THE STRAND.
Not even upon the occasion of the celebration of the
peace with Russia, a short time since, was this great
thoroughfare thronged with a denser crowd than that
which last night assembled to witness the illuminations
in honour of the Royal marriage. From an early hour in
the evening till long after midnight vehicles of every size
and shape, filled to overflowing with eager sight-seers
continued to roll along its surface. Nor was there, it
must be admitted, much to gratify the curiosity of the
spectator in the nature of the illuminations which this
articular quarter of the metropolis presented to the
P view. Gas stars in considerable numbers, it is true, shed
a brilliant light upon the scene beneath, but then they
were such as might have been seen on hundreds of pre-
vious occasions, and possessed in no single instance the
attraction which attaches to novelty of design. The
Electric Telegraph Office in the vicinity of Charing-cross
being lighted up with glass globes of various hues, pre-
sented one of the chief objects of public attention in that
quarter.
The Adel phi and Lyceum Theatres were also tastefully
illuminated, while at the Press newspaper office a trans-
parency with the motto " May they live in Peace," and
another at Mr. Rimmel's, perfumer, representing the
Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia, surrounded
by angels blowing trumpets, were executed in a style not
unworthy of notice. The whole street was gay with the
flags of England, Prussia, and France.

KING WILLIAM-STREET, STRAND.
Polygraphic-ball—A large allegorical transparency,
surmounted by four designs in jets of gas with streamers,
and the national flags of England, Prussia, and America,

WESTMINSTER.
GREAT GORGE-STMT.—Messrs. LRWCOR and Son,
seedsraen.—A. handsome device in gas of large crown,
letters " F. V.," and latirtls.

OXFORD-STREET
presented by no means a brilliant appearance. The
majority of the shops were not illuminated at all, and
even in the case of those which were small stars and
crowns greatly preponderated over the more elaborate
devices. In some instances, however, the designs were
of a more effective description. Messrs. Pettit and Co.,
gas engineers, exhibited two stars, surmounted by a
crown and laurel wreaths, all in coloured lamps ; Mr.
W. Noactti, looking-glass maker, a large gas star, flank-
ed by the letters "V. F. ;" Me-srs. Graham and Jackson,
upholsterers, an elegant device in gas, surmounting the
Royal arms, in plaster, surrounded by coloured lamps. The
.shop of Messrs. Grant and Gask, drapers, was brilliantly
illuminated with an elaborate device,in gas. In the
centre was a crown, which was surrounded by wreaths
of laurel, and flanlied by two stars, and the cyphers of
the Princess RIA and her august Consort. Over the
entracee to the Princess's Theatre there was a crystal
crown resting upon a cushion. The portico of the
Pantheon was illuminated with a row of gas jets, and
above it there was a brilliant star. .Mr. Mart, fruit
dealer, showed a handsome coloured glass star, in the
centre of which were the words, " God bless them."
The illumination at the shop of Messrs. Marshall and
Snellgrove was in gas, and exhibited a star, having
beneath it a scroll with the words, " Happy may they
be." The shop of Mr. Morel, toy-dealer, was hung with
coloured French paper lamps ; Metcalfe, Bingley, and
Co., brushmakers and perfumers, displayed the Royal
arms, richly coloured and gilded, surrounded by
splendid radiations in gas, and a large star of Bruns-
wick, also in gas ; Mr. James Lewis, perfumer, a gas star
with the letter Vin the centre ; and Mr. Cheek, um-
brella and fishing-tackle maker, two large flags, a large
star and the letters "C H E E K," each two feet high,
lighted by gas.

BAKER-STREET.
Messrs. Pellatt and Co., glass manufacturers, 58 and
59, Baker-street, displayed an illumination formed solely
of brilliant lapidary cut spangle dross, the centre com-
partment having a wreath of laurel leaves in green
spangles, tied with a bow of riband in blue spangles ;
over this a star of the Order of the Gartar. On the right
the R,,yal arms of Prussia, being a shield in white glass
spangles, five feet high, inscribed with the R,,yal motto
of Prussia, " Gott mit uns" (" God with us"), On the
left was a brilliant shield to match, on which were
painted the Royal arms of Great Britain and Inland.
This, we believe, is the first design in which coloured
:•lass spangle work has been used. The whole tableau
was lighted from the back with gas, the tubes being
shaped to the various designs. Messrs. Druce and
00.—A large crown, flanked by the flags of Prussia and
England, with the cornice lighted by rows of jets
gonfalons emblematic of the union of the housef of
Hapsburg and Brunswick ; the whole in gas. The
Baker-street Bazaar—The letters " P.P." and "P.R."
entwined ; the Prussian crown surmounting them. The
Pariklibanon.—The Prussian and British flags on each
side of the St. George's star in gas ; the cornices, &c.,
illuminated.