The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-30 00:00:00

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THE NEw ROYAL, 110 TEL A T
The Royal, SLOUGIII.
Hotel ut the Slough station, which is to be
nPened on Wednesday next, has been erected upon a
i grend Italian elevation, by Mr. Chadwick, upon land
which the orieinal proprietor, Mr. Bonsey, sold to the
I - Great We,stern- Railroad Company. On the basement
' li.n.iectin,g from the main building, quite distinct from the
I ' hotel
/ ''': eisei suite of,roome,for the accommodation of reit-
'3ll passengers of all.classes, where refreshments can be
.eini3O. 3'
telned at a. fair, remunerating price. There are two
-"!tre Paei.ous cii4fee- rooms, one looking over a most exten-
' 1 terrace (forming a part of the edifice itself) to the
il'''' m
Y. and the other commanding a view over the ex-
' nBie gardens, which are laid out in the Italian style,
-*qktni planted with English, French, ' and Italian exotics,
1 e terubs,
plants, evergreens &c. &c, Apart from these is
' vetlirleegaet Saloon, forty- feet long. by twenty-three wide,
I en, upon days of great faShionable resort, will be
'4(l for the
.purpose of holding a table d'hote upon a
eerar,nd continental scale.
e -the first floor is occupied by a series of sitting-rooms
1.,11 having its separate balcony, and replete with entn.
list are
and elegance. The carpets are chiefly from France,
Thee , orAmbusson and•Tournay manufacture ; very
eTtl")., however, are of Brussels fabrication, of exquisite .xte and workmanship.
Tigrenext floor consists of bed-chambers and dressing-
. bai—s' tastefully ornamented, with baths adjacent, and
Le eCillies to each; but the triumph of art seems to have
If" achieved in one of the bed-rooms, called a " State
. teNn," which is fitted up in the style of Louis the Four-
. \renal
kersailles, and,. it .is said, originally the property of
ricl aria Antoinette. Tne hangings and draperies are of
Ate l,- satin, and brocade. The head and foot cushions
eirete°rere d with gorgeous Genoa velvet, with flowers
of
. etniilematical devices painted thereon. In the centre
Lhe dA e oine is fixed a splendid mirror.
41,Z(..liiners, refreshments, wines, orders, and commie
the v.-"b of every kind, are conveyed from the bottom. to
keel"P of the budding, or interim diately, by an uniciu
end ",i(eal arrangement, thereby avoiding the mingling
serve°4ling of visitors with waiters, chambermaids, and
a/lt:it; and immediate orders can by the same means,
itiel,44nngh the agency of whispering trumpets,. be si-
lode' iralismitted to the kitchen, cellars, confectionary,
ever'rs, ice-houses, still rooms, plate closets, in fact, to
iv 113'1411.i of the structure. The chef de cuisine is the
e kn
on ,c4,!%n artiste of the Roches de Concale at Paris.
tavern "le opposite side of the way is a tap or minor
beiehe' not less excellent in its way than its splendid
ere,,hrre and behind it are most extensive. stabling,
1)1. te "ses,• with loose boxes for the accommodation
%. e,, horses of the nobility and , gentry following her
gett'tYs hounds. The .carriaees (which are spendidly
i:end tte) are very numerous, and of every description,
t 8,,,.e horses appear to have been selected by a person
',.r‘ii.nti judgment.
4„ e waiters, servants, coachmen, postboys, &c. (to
dr r •whom gratuities are allowed to be given) are
' Tesh'ed in rich crimson liveries.
el* "in furniture throughout (most of which, with the
kitiau st,er.Y, was furnished by Mr. Dawes, of Soho-
rle-1, leof the best description.
!Sae Fre are 42 clocks in the various apartments of the
Sion
he •
jileh„ ,Whele of this gigantic undertaking has been
iedo-eu, executed, and carried out under the untiring
Antest.l7, taste, judgment, aiuienterprise of Mr. Charles
slo, the proprietor. •
THE
OXFORD-STREET WOOD-
. r,
. vn e PA VING.
4,, ‘eaturdav, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry,
otr:itertninable question of wood-paving in Oxfor.d-
ele,;t again occupied something like five hours of d. is- On stealv Saturday the anti-wood paviors
Itilll,ge to a march upon their opponents, who,
thi‘et4 into security by their previous successes, failed on
eievil'ecasion to attend the vestry very numerously, by
or h'ig and carrying a resolution declaring (in defiance
wetrious,resolutions of the vestry). that no further
the settving should be laid down in Oxford street,thoer
pre,: JeCt even entertained, until the expiration of tornent contract with the Metropolitan Wood-paving
ilianY, which does not terminate until the year 1845.
titre 3 resolution roused the inhabitants of Oxford-
took et to action, and on Thursday last. a public meeting
of tjelace, at which' resolutions. strongly condemnatory
CAW ~Conduct of the majority of the vestry who had
e,,t-let such a resolution were passed, and at which they
to tanned that the vestry's opinion should be tho-
u,,R; 111 Y tested upon the question of paving or non-
ng Oxford-street with wood, from Wells-street to
ere-street
tileker Tabr-um was in the chair, and since the passing of
ttio Vestries Act, never was there known so full an at-
uance of vestrymen, there being nearly 100 out of the
oh" thembers.composing it present, amon-..:st whom were
Sit 7"',1, Earl Manvers, Lord Kenyon, Lord Barrington,
1)-'''' Hall, Sir R. P. Joddrell, Mr. Tufnell, M.P., Col.
acre. file.
kJ. T. Hope, Mr. Waymouth, &c. The gal-
" 7 appropriated to ratepayer. was also densely crowded.
.r; Mr. moved the non-confirmation of the minute.
;I'lliii course pursued by the opponents to wood-paving in
Nuaing and undoing, week after week, was not only cal-
atod to bring disgrace upon the Board, but to bring
111'40 justly into ridicule and contempt with the public.
.ear.) The- motion to put the wood_
paeire off for
.11ree years shs a most dishonourable, and sie-winded
Llterapt to get rid of the question. . He called upon those
l3kwishedeo enhance the dignity of the Board to act
iNl_tillsomething like consistency, an 4 reject the continua-
ef such a ino iou.
041 alavvEas seconded the motion. He thought
-Ith.t every one must coincide with him that the question,
it,„' Perfectly nauseating. He found it-impossible to go
i,"' the highest or lowest society without being asked
ti1:13.9 When will your Marylebone Vestry squabbleS
Nist'it, `',ootl pavement terminate ?"—(Laughter.) He
Jietiit:t'red the motion of last week an act of crying in-
-441,' to the inhabitants of Oxford-street, and would
g;'rt the non-confirmatiou.
c4ptire%li.itiiir condemned wood-Riving, and declared, if
ieekt4"4lt, it would inflict and perpetrate a glaring M-
A, 4t.llPun the whole parish.
vtZtlieet"nANEs said, although he had always been the op-
t,,"ltpr wood-paving, still he thought the motion of
evi
byriestr ults
heyeek so unfair, and so dishonest an attempt
e,,l4ree°3' previous resolutions of the vestry, carried
''',4 iv-huttlajorities that he -could not be a party to it,
.A4l-A"" vote for'non-confirmation.
".4isl s'*hshtirr 1 similar view with Mr. Jones, and
~,,,i,i,„_o , a
NI, :11 ourable men, the vestry could not support the
Mon
to P. po • . .
ti. cII4IIj.TER supported the confirmation, and offelrettl
1„:t pac k.e the .supporters of evood-paving to a pol o
-olild et4n, to test tee opinion of the ratepayers, and he
ttot der elare., that if the advocates of wood-paving were
1%441 ttt,(l,, by ten to one, he would forfieit one hundred
%,,it 3' (Laueliter )
b 4srs, wt. • G Clapp, Glacier,
ee'en aymoutle Thomas, Gomm,
CA 1: 'lnd about• twenty other Vestrymen, severally
ttkAt Place the meeting, and a most stormy discussion
e , when
bitelli sEPR, in reply, called upon the vestry not to
ti, hd other parishes in the march of improvement,
tl„l,'he 40„„°11.'ePnlirin this motion. _
tii,,Arttr,, s,non was then put, and the non-confirmation.
't,t- '''' he carried ; and a division being demanded,
el:tl4).‘Peared—
'l,.'l,lnr the non-confirmation
,wfir t.,
26
thei, ik, ohormation
' p„4l4l,iority in favour of wood-paving 24
c:!'s„%tilh-S1)11 then moved, and Mr. Gibson seconded,
tt, lee u.'e Deport of the Committee accepting the tender
1:4:4-4,btropolitati Company to pave Oxford-street,
''ekell-street to Vere-street, forthwith with wood, be
t)k...7e7itetl.."
po'i,ion the numbers were—
'iks:' the motion 36
' 714 Ithe adjournment
tei''' lajurity affirming the immediate
tt
,earrying out wood-paving in Ox-
rq, “Ar4ecreet -- 21
4,llire"As then gave notice that the vestry, having
4qa.Aliltrthicrity affirmed the principle of wood-paving,.
ynove that the entire s-reets of the parish of
e4iioc.oo be paved with wood.—(Laughter.)
''''`'ltAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COM PAN Y.
n
41„1,:4,A; gr 3in the Kentish Mercury.)
cl:`4tikt 711esday, the Bruges, a new steam-ship,
1 Nkt.r• first appearance on the Thames, having .rin ore ..
if (1001 .I'. from Ostend—between which place and
bf4,4,lglithe 13 intended to run. 'We took occasion, a
4„,q*-7-jte;go, to re'e-r- to the unhandsome proceedings
C'',‘*if,i.' 7',',,,,,"*l•authorities in the hostility they are
hc',,Nli4,4-AP.lvArds the General Steam Navigation
CZ"ki,s; " •I',:v.essels on . the . Antwerp line. The
4,6;lelia'l'V presume,.:• under sanction of the Belgian
11'4I.:H)tin„.t.._, 'is placd upon the Ostend station, for
15 `l*.pe 'Poses of opposition.
414,_41;1„rt yam jf Antwerp and. Ostend have full right
101)if ii:vessels of their own,. althoug.h. it is
1,14 144
eut yen,
0 ~. J generous to do so in opposition to
1ith„..451,;" of a Company by -whose exertions these
tilt' 4ttite -f.e.e Chiefly derived whatever wealth and lin-
t], Dart the
Possess ; but it is certainly not just, on
fie' ks '°l. the Belgian authorities, to throw obsta-
No theY din ' livtli ral st 0, the way of the operations of the
eam
It vtssel * Navigation Company, the instant a
q:eeies
_„'s Placed on the waters. We look at. such
it hs of thn attack as not simply affecting the inter-
":thst Nis 13.''eat Company, but as calculated to have.
ri(.1(4.1.
at
irmeious influence upon the welfare of the
1i1t1144.1 ..tarß'e• The example held forth is, that the
Flt :j
htter tam Navigation Company, or any other
citi'lkllllo l'rise, may open a communication with a
tier hitler„rt, and perform regular voyages to it, for a
i; atin "41e period, at alo but as soon a renm-
~.. D. f_u, . SS,
,4,1054 r 44,01 restrietions and vexatious proceedings, en-
oh its i.' drive from the place the very vessels by
ti,orlti',,s_..tr.affic has been created.
of sti"..7].ng the immense importance to this coun-
tf',l, it :laming the steam division of its mercantile
Atrins_u•PPears to us that it should be made a point
1'1'1,4(0'41 honour to oppose these aggressions, by a
lid rtermination, on the part of Englishmen, to
k 11 no vessels but those composed of British
Viers
tki\R‘' fearkii,nititi there is too frequently an indifference in
on the part of our nobility.
''llt tIV are Surrounded
Ilist, bY foreign servants—the parties usually
servants--
Nt with the duty of engliging berths and cabili's
I irenee is often improperly given to the foreign
tott:nt ' 1 such a enc We feel assured these things
tiPa_e_rely from wantY of consideration of the im-
t%nl7 of their bearing ; and we doubt not that if
4,0 5f...1:1et :were brought generally under the atten-
Nee nobility and gentry of this country, by the
Nildtlon of the press, the evil would be speedily
-,ed. r

hy
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