The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-19 00:00:00

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The Duke of CLARENCE came to town un-
expectedly on Thursday evening from Portsmouth. His
Royal Highness was about proceeding in the Royal yacht
from Portsmouth to Torbay, and the yacht was just being
put out to sea on Thursday morning, when despatches
were brought to his Royal Highness from the Duke of
WELLINGTON, by a messenger who sent froth London on
Wednesday night. The Royal Duke immediately came
on shore, and left Portsmouth about eleven o'clock, attend-
ed by Captain SPENCER, for London, where his Royal
Highness arrived about half-past six o'clock. The Duke
of WELLINGTON, on learning the arrival of the Lord High
Admiral, despatched a messenger to His MAJESTY at the
Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park. Early yesterday morn.
ing the Duke of WELLINGTON came to the Admiralty, and
had a conference, which lasted upwards of an hour, with
the Royal Duke. Despatches were brought yesterday
morning to his Royal Highness, by a naval officer, from
the commandant of the naval force off Oporto. The
Duchess of CLARENCE came to town from Bushy-park, and
accompanied his Royal Highness in the afternoon to their
seat, iu Bushy-park.

'The Duke of SUSSEX gave a grand dinner
yesterday to the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and a select party,
at his apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington.
Prince LEOPOLD, the Duchess of KENT, and
the Princess VICTORIA, went on Thursday to view Mr.
DAwE's pictures, in Grafton-street.

ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MAJESTY'S CORO-
NATION.—This being the Anniversary of his MAJESTY'S
Coronation; the morning was ushered in by a merry peal
from most of the bells in the metropolitan churches.
Flags were hoisted from many of the steeples, and also
on the shot manufactories, near Waterloo Bridge. The
Union Jack was hoisted on the mast head of nearly all
the vessels in the river below London. Bridge, and
presented a gay appearance. In the Parks the guard
mounted in the court dress. At one o'clock the usual
discharges of cannon were given from the Tower and
Park guns.

ST. PAUL'S C ATHEDRAL.—This morning
a good deal of curiosity was excited in the neighbourhood
of the Cathedral, by the appearance of a volume of smoke,
apparently issuing from the top of the dome, and many of
the passengers imagined that a fire existed. It however
turned out that the smoke arose from a fire grate, used by
plumbers, who are now engaged in repairing the dome.
It has been found that in many places the lead which
covers the dome has been fused, by the action of the sun,
and in order to preserve the wood work it become abso-
lutely necessary to have the lead replaced. For this pur-
pose a curious expedient has been resorted to ; a wicker
basket has been made, to the bottom of which is attached
four wheels. The plumber having seated himself in the
basket, is gradually let down on the outside of the dome
by a strong rope attached to the basket, and made secure
to the iron railings, which run round the visitora' place of
observation on the top of the dome. Near him is also
lowered a machine, having fire in it, with the melted lead
in a pot on the tire, ready for use. With this he remedies
those defects which have arisen in the leaden covering to
the dome. The situation of the workman appears a most
perilous one. The other parts of the dome are also under-
going the process of being cleaned.

We hear the most lamentable accounts from
our surrounding neighbourhood, of the damage done by the
late heavy rains ; in Marshland especially the crops have
suffered moat severely, being not merely laid iu the com-
mon acceptation of the term, but absolutely broken down.
Most of those districts subject to inundation are cntnpletely
under water, and as there is still a good deal of hay abroad,
such will be of very little value, A friend has informed as
that he has seen several pieces of wheat completely flat,
thrnugh which the weeds are already making their apPear-
ance. Tice losses among the sheep have also been tire,
owing to time severity of the weather ; in nue lace snore
tl an one hundred have died within the last ten days '—
Norfolk Chronicle.
beautiful. The
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hill,
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immense extent of
eating and English. It embrace an immense
cultivated.
thousand forms, of
. undula-
surface flows, as it were, late a
all
county, all, apparentlp, rich agdshigahly
ting elegance, and was coloured over with innumerable
varieties of greet, marked here NW here and there by shifting
embroidered with tufted lights,
and magnificently embrc"! , hedge-rows,
the extremities
delicate veil, and connected of the prospect
A slight haze gave an additional softness to the whole, like a
with the light clouds of the horizon. I was surprised in
many parts of the journey, to see so much of heath. It
completely overspread several commons which we passed ;
and seine hills were beautifully purple, except a few inter-
vening patches of brilliant green,