Star.
London, England, 1828-07-24 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Last night the spirited Proprietors of this Fairy Land
gratified a numerous company by a repetition of the
splendid Coronation Fete. The illuminations were of
surpassing brilliancy, and dazzled with all the colours
of the rainbow. The entertainments of the night were
of the most attractive character, and the performers
exerted themselves with the energy which the effect of
a crowded audience must invariably inspire. The
se Vaudeville," with which the performances commenced,
called forth bursts of laughter, and the Ballet was per•
formed in the finest style of excellence, and tutu&
universal admiration.
The Harlequinade received a copious treasure of
noisy approbation ; and the Concert, in which the whole
musical strength of the performers was put in requisi-
tion, drew down reputed rounds of long continued
applause. The decorations of the Gardens, in addition
to the increased splendour of variegated illuminations,
were well calculated to surprise and delight. Tone
excited more attention than the Thames Tunnel, in
which a number of full grown men and women were
een, as if admiring its wonderful construction.
The astonishing Hydropyric Exhibition, with all its
numerous cascades of coltured fire and variegated
water, excited the unbounded admiration which such
a combination of the powers of nature and wonders of
art can never fail to produce. Notwithstanding the
wetness of the day, the evening was propitious, and the
appearance of the visitors bore ample testimony to the
estimation in which the talent and liberality excited lur
their entertainment is justly held.

THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
The remains of his Grace are at present lying in the
apartment of the Palace in which he breathed his la.t.
It is not intended that the, body shall lie in state, as has
been the fri quent custom with most of his Grace's pre-
decesgors in the Archiepiscopal See. The day for the in-
terment is not yet fixed, but it is understood t iat it wad
be either on Saturday cr Tuesday. The funeral wilt, it
is said, be a strictly private one, none but the blends
and relations of the deceased, and are Bishops and
Clergy of the diocese, being to be present. The Lady
of the new Bishop of Carlisle, one of the deceased Arci-
bishop's daughters, and Mrs. Croft, are at pi esent in re
Palace at Lambeth.
LIBRARY OF THE LORD PRIMATE;
The Library at Lambeth Palace was founded by
Archbishop Bancroft, in 1610. His successor, Abbot,
took great pains to secure the books to the See, and at
bit death much increased them. During the Civil %Vat
they were deposited at Cambridge, at the suggestion of
the celebrated Seldon, that Trinity College, in that Uni-
versity, had a reversionary right to them, on the aboli-
tion of the hierarchy. Here they remained till the lte-
storatioa, when they were returned to ArchbishoP
Sheldon, who made a considerable addition to them.—
Archbishop Tennison also bequeathed part of his boob
to this Library, as did Archbishop Cornwallis; and the
number of them amounts t 025,000 volumes. On the north
east window is painted, in glass, the portrait of St. Ati•
gustine, with old English verses beneath it; and near
a figure of Archbishop Chicheky, with the motto r 1
Archbishop Stafford, put here by the mistake 01 a
glazier. This Library is adorned with a fine picture
of Canterbury Cathedral, and prints of all the Ail
bishops from Wuhan to the present time. Here, `°'
Archbishop Cornwallis placed some small prints, fram-
ed, of the principal reformers from Popery, and of the
most eminent non-conformist Ministers of the last 301
previous century. The shell of a tortoise is shorn',
which a label is affixed, importing that this tortoise vas
put in the garden by Archbishop Laud, and killed to
1757 by the negligence of a gardener. This Libral
stands over the Cloisters, and forms a narrow Gallery.
which occupies the four quarters of a quadrane:
Among the books is an octavo edition of the LitusgY'
the Church of England, translated into the Motu!'
language by the famous Indian. Chief, Colonel Drina
The Library of MSS. stands over part of the Libor"
f printed Books, and contains about 11,00011414n0.00
scripts, many of which are curious. Archbishop Ctt;
wallis gave a considerable sum for the fitting UP °I
proper repository for this Collection.