The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

TOURNAMENT AT TURIN.
A letter from Turin, 23d inst., states :—"The
tournament promised as pitrt of the fetes•for the mar-
riage of the Duke of SaNlfoy, but postponed in conse-
quence
of the weather, was held yesterday. A large
circus had been erected by the city in. the • square of •
Saint Charles. At one o'clock the tiVo august fami
lies, in honour of whom the fete was given, entered an
,
elegant pavilion, fitted up with great taste, and s$
apart for their reception. The acclamations of more
than twenty thousand spectators saluted their
entrance. The four first ranks •of the galle-,,
ries were occupied. by ladies in. the, most- brilliant .
dresses. Behind them, in • galleries ascending •
gradually, thousands of men •were placed.' All -
the windows of the pelace .surrounding' the' square
were magnificently decorated. Around the fine •
equestrian 'statue of Emanuel-Philibert, 'stood •
in the midst of the arena, lances, jaVelins, Shields,,and
other warlike weapons, required for the jousting, were
tastefully arranged. Varlets in brilliant liveries stood •
in readiness, .to furnish arms to the knights'., when.
called for. The tournament was to represent -
a splendid fete of chivalry, givenin . the • four-
teenth, century; at- Constantinople, by ',the gay,
and brilliant_ suite of Jane, daughter of Amitdeus• V.
of:Savoy, When she came to marry. . the •Greek
peror Andronicus: 'The 'chief of the tournament •
the present occasion •was.descend&r.frOin the fainily' •
Of •that Empress, being the Duke of Genoa, the Tung s
second son. Four bodies of knight, each 24 in n4m.-77
ber, all officers
,in the Army, took part, in the joust,,,
Of these, the first and fourth represented knights
belonging to orders in existence at the corn,
• mencement of the fourteenth -tentury,.. • the , •
first being • dressed as - knights,7.-of- .Constantine
• and St.-Lazare, and the fourth as.ehevalierS of the Or---
der of Rhodes, and the French Order of the ‘Slar„
second division -were habited as SievOytirds, Rnd the
third iit.Frenthlinights of theperibtliareddy itiditqd.•• • :
The young Prince,, who figured is'liefid 'Of the jOtist,!•
was attended by a special quadrille...9f four.nights,,
with the four standard-bearers.of theother quadrille% ,
and three squires to:execute his hehestk„, ,The. nine&
made his entry into the arena amidst, the loud .
) sound of trumpets, accompanied by his knights, his
herald, his trumpeters, and his standard-bearer.' Having.
advanced to'the King'S. seat to take-bis instructions; -7•
he gave the signal, and immediately :all the-knights
,defiled in order before the royal pavilion, :--When •
had resumed' their pliteeS, each aup,cli-nrq 'turn ran'
a certain number -of courses, and -went tliipukti: the
usual exercises of the manege. The,other,t4als--'of,i,
joust, such as running:at, the ring,, leapingifite bar-,
piers, , &e., in. fact, all the figures, of a; carrousel,: ~
were executed with admirable fidelity. The young? ..•
Prince was remarked for-the fortimate boldiess, with-
which he performed his part in• the sports. The•
weather was_ fine, and the tournament cencludedvith,
out accident., :

MEMOIR OF MARSH AL'CLAUZEL.
Marshal Clauz el wasborn at Mirepoizpin the department of the -
Arriege,- in the.year 1773: He entered the inlay in 1791; and
soon obtained a sub-Lieutenancy - in- the 'artiir OCOeneral
Lafayette. 1n.1792, he became a cavalry Captaltrof.Chaiseursi,
in the legion of the Pyrenees, a newly-created body, in whiels-
he made the campaign of 1793 in the Eaitern-Pyrenees..,Whisn.
the enemy blockaded Perpignan, Clauzel-was taken prisoner.
During night, however,. he dashed through the Spsuieit path,/
and rejoined his regiment._ For his bravery, on ,subsequeo.
days, he was created a Staff-Major of General Perignop's
vision, which formed the adVaneed guard orthe army im,,Spain.
During the last-mentioned year Clause' wasengaged in riciresi
than five battles, and more 'than. sizty'eembatihi partial AV=
gagements. In 1794 he distinguished himself in the victories
between.La-Jonquiere and Figineres; and'shertly after he was' -
ehargedhy Perignonto-carry home andlaylhefore4ll:llGbiern:-, •
ment sateen-of, the enemy's colours. , HOT:aired ailength
'an Adjutant,Generalship, ,he was successively, employedunder, :
the order: of General Groughy, ip the,Arinies pt Mayenee and..
..,
In 1797 he was commissioned to manage the siff;tirs which
were then in agitation with the King of Sarilinia, and it was
into his hands that the King finally cleliiired,his
The gentlemanly and' urbane conduct of "Gerfeial
this occasion so -gratified the King that, on 'Clatitel's refugee
to accept of other recompenses, he forced on him the'acceptarite
of a very splendid picture .iii his gallery, The Dropsical'
Woman of Gerard Dow," for which Catherine 11. and. Pau/
had offered an enormous sum, and which Clauzel 'finally placed
in the Louvre. -
At the battle of Novi, General Claugel ,euramandedAhe in-

fantry of reserve of the left wlng. -
At the period of the peace he made part of the qpeditio,U:to
St. Domingo, where his own guard the 'drst
amounted to 50 Poles and 600 reserve, while thelilaek Gene

rah at the• Cape were at the' head of 30;000 armed Wegroes.
During the interval occasioned by the death of General Lecler4
and the anticipated arrival of Rochambeatt, General Chute&
assumed thew hole of the command. • At a subsequent' period;'
he discomfited the black insurgents, and made himself master,
of all the plain of the North.,
On his return from St. Domingo, he was employed in,Hol-
land,under Louis Bonaparte, and in ISo6,terit into Italy. under
the Prince Viceroy; In the
.following year, he, was, , prderedl r!
by Napoleon With .a division bf the army; of Italy to, Ragusa,.:,;.
and commanded in that-country till'fBo9, After the battle of ;
Wagram he took the cOmmand of the second
absence of the Duke of Ragusa; took -contiiiind',, by the Ena-
peror's order, of the army occupying.the
ceded by the 'treaty. of Presburg. "Pr
He was next •dispatched to Spain, wiles*. he commanded
under the Duke d'Atirantes, General Jonot, ant t% litigades of '?
infantry and two of_ cavalry: With this force . ho'blockaded
Astorga, and besiege'd Ciudad Rodrigo. lI,Q made,the.cazt
paign of Portugal under Massena's orders
,during,whieh he wasp
severely wounded: 'On the'reliirri'il 'the' tinperot from Mos-
cow, Clauzel was made General-in-Chief of the army of the
north of Spain, and moved incourlfer operations 4!; the 'Nike
of Wellington. Foichei on one oecaston;blidiheufamoda ku 4
denounce him to the Einperor. ClatizoVaisswered'lnitigiiqualf
and indignantly. Napoleon approved of the peneral's Wier,
and the denunciation was without effecto: • ,-- a '
After the battle of Waterloo Clauzel was comprised Atr
first list of the ordonnance of the 24th .111Y,1131,...%but,4uittesk•
his command at the end of the sad*" .TOotlj, -to undertake- the,
command of- the army of the Loire ; he afterwards euthailted4e,
the November of the same year, for ,the ;United Stake, ;where he I:
took.refuge, owing to'the state of Parties tn,the liinggons.
For some time, in quietude and retireranf;' lie established
himself on the bay of Mobile, and, in 1817, forted nlinta-
tien there, where he resided-as a 4,tiltivaier tilt 1820: He thee
.returned to Europe, to provoke the judgment'whicli'he had ',;
licited. He travelled back in the-duly olthat jeer littzarance;
when he was acquitted of all charges !hvotight,aphisti, him by'
the Government:
The scene of his.next labours: was,Afrieac.wherehe was seat
against Alid-el-Xader, with 22,000 men under his command ...; • •
He destroyed the Emir's capital of Maseararepdshoitly after
returned to France. Having igain..resumed the eomplatid itah
Africa, he attacked another enemy of the,Freniiii,'A.claputt.Peywl
who had gareiSmiedliiiiielf iii the city of donstatititie whit it s'
the present day is remarkable' for the•ruitii ii*ijr
Roman buildings. = This •eititdeL With its 'sbaria and coun,ter-
scarp of perpendicular rock, equally inaccessible by Mining end
hembirdineut,,Was besieged, but the French ' '
"polled to .make a disastrous retreat, and Marshal Chinni rd.:
turned to Bona; where he dictated a d iipatalibegionittleithi these'
.words—" The expedition aoainst,coestantatie has not had cons*
pkte success." ,
• ; •1.
Count Clauzel 'Vris a LieittetiantGperal,-; et the, French,
array,.wearing the Grand Crass' of thitegton of Honenr, acid,'.
a Chevalier of -St. Louis. A writer, who lida well acquainted-
'with him, draws up hilcharactei by adducing the teSiiminiy or
the two greatest Generals of 'theage to his'hierits as i'man and
a commander. " The grand riiaster;of our wet*" Says' he,
" Napoleon, :regarded General. Clauzel 'as:i-one-of7 the Irst' •
leaders of his-armies; and if, after such a suffrage;••that of 'our
enemy can have etnial„weight, the English, comtnander =Wel
lighten, declared during the. wars in Spain, that.he had alway!.
regarded General"Clauzel as his most reelmibtablgradversaq. '
History, will justify these two opinions •

TIM ROYAL 'FAMILY.—The' follo*itig were the,
'Annuities to the Royal Family in the year ended sth of Jan
--
fiery, 1841 : •- • '
The Duke of Sussex.....
The Duke of Cambridge - • ' 27,000
The Princess Mary, now Duchess of Gloucester 15,95 g
The Princess Sophia
The Princess Augusta ,
The Princess Sophia of Gloucester 7,000
Her Majesty Adelaide the Queen Dowager ..... 100.000'
Her Royal Highness the Dimhess of Kent...., 30,000
The Trustees of Prince -Leopold, now King of the ,
Belgians (a part repaid)
The Duke of Cumberland, now King of Hanover 21,004
The servants of King George 111., Queen Charlotte, '
and Queen Caroline .. . .... . '14,065
.. .

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Charge for the Royal Family, exclusive of the Queen r"
and Prince Albert
The Earl of Wicklow will be honoured with th, I, ~'ribbon of the Order of St. Patrick, vacant by the death of Lot,„`
Shannon. The ,Earl of Bandon will. succeed Lord Sham:too r'y '
Lord-Lieutenant of the ,County,of Cork. . • . ,
The Hon. 'Charles R. West, Captain in the .2
Regimant, of Infantry ;( Royal North British Fusiliers)
~ , ,
SIM of the Earl Delay, arr, left his father's ilaUse .iu Vibtfe.
Grosvenor-street, on Satfirday evening last,, for Southaretawr 4
to embark on board• the Oriental steamer for., Bombay, haYir'g
been appointed aide-de-camp. to Sir Genrge Artb ur, the new Governor of that Presidency.
It is understood thatthe Prince of Capua lice lately •
taken, fot the summer months, Hanover Lodge, the elegant • ,
mansion of the Earl of Dundonald, fora long period the rea-
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dence of Joseph Bonaparte, the Count Sorrel Mere. . ;,
Lord .Lovaine has left the family Inc insion'in Purt=.
man-squai.e, for his villa, Collet's Aleadtrras, near Denham,
tßionnckosf, where.fishing
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thbaes selectwinovii_tietdocakedwaters
of thu oe. party.' 4njorthe recraa.
• BIRTHS: , . ,; .•,,,
On the 30th ult,• ,at Highbury-terracm,,th, wife of,Thomat •
Susses, the hul—y;t'f.lll,‘ Johll
Ipandoiyllniopftsh,TelEl3l.tail3oufii.ttom.7iirilinnds:girgiesq,Gp..7b
Flioghntt,hEeso,26.,thofnand.,auagtlitHera.rti;lg,
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ragreriltite.eat.,.;.l Wea;:tr,_
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On the 27th tilt., at Paddington Church, Mr .
• • MARRIED. - •
James Cooper.
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of Southampfon-row, Bloomsbury, to Elij 'abeili, youngest- .. ~ V
daughter of the late William' Leonard.T,k,q., r,f Parion's-greept ' 401,
Fulham. . . •
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On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's", tryanst c ,n,square, Williara'
Fitt Byrne, Esq., of the Inti,,r TeMple, harrister-at-law, to
Julia Clara, daughter of Han; Busk, Esq. , of Great Curatir-
land=place, and graud=dau;;nter bf the.late Sbr Wadsworth BUilt• ~,

DIED.
On Saturday, April 30, at his residencts,l9,Edward's.terracP,
Pentonvale, Ilohort Mettle, Esq. . His less is deeply regretted '
.
by who ' ”f 11? • <ts

Jy (.I\joytti the pleasure of his e.cqattintance,andhe ha'
left a wise and six children to deplore the melancholy bereaia-
mellt, •
. - -
On tha, 22d ult., J. Villiers Jaw?). Esq., of'Canterhury.
On the 27th ult., Mr W. Morley, of •tbse Corn-Exchange, '
Mark.lane, aged. 74.
On the 29th. ult.., Margaret Sarah, relict. of the late Mr. J•
nromley, of Steood, Kent, aged 67:
On the 2.9th,u1t., Isabella Ann„ the wife, of Charles RIP'
nears of Gerrard-street, Soho? aged 39.
On the 29th ult., at Avenbatn Coltage, Preston, Lancashire.
W. Tomlinson, Esq., aged 54.
On the 17th ult., at Leamington,„:Colonel Gold,, C. 13., late, .
of -the 'Royal Artillery..

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