The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Yester,lay was the hirrh.day of the Duke of CUMBER•
t-twn, when his Royal Highness attained his 60th year.
His Rn•al Higlinnss received the congratulations of the
Royal Family, who came to Kew from their respective re-
.i.lenees to felicitate the Royal Doke on the happy event.
Prince LEOPOLD left town on Saturday, for his residence
near Claremont.

The Landgravine of HESSE HOMBURG and the Princess
AUGUSTA, attended by the Baroness STEINS, Miss WYN
YARD, and Sir 13alsrAmiri STEPHENSON, honoured the
performance of Napoleon Bonaparte, at Covent-garden
Theatre, with their presence, on Saturday evening.
Divine S,rvice was performed yesterday at Kensington
Palace, before the Duchess of KENT, the Princess VICTO-
RIA, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, by the Dean
of CHESTER.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign•office, which was attended by the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, EMI GREY, Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord
DURHAM, Viscount PALMERSTON, Viscount GODERICH
the Earl CARLISLE, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord HOLLAND, and the Duke of
RICHMOND. Viscount MELBOURNE was prevented by
indisposition from attending the Council. The Council
• it in deliberation three hours.

The Spanish Minister visited Viscount PALMERSTON
on Saturday at the Foreign•ofice.

Di.patches were sent off on Saturday evening from the
Colonial-office for the E BELMOR.E, the Governor of
Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West India Islands.

Dispatches were brought by a King's Messenger on
Saturday afternoon to the Foreign-office from Brussels.
Earl GREY returned to town on Saturday afternoon,
from a visit to their MAJEsms at the Palace at Windsor.
Lord HOLLAND had an interview with the Noble Earl at
the Treasury, after his arrival.

The town is filling fast, as the Members who
have been returned are arriving from, all quarters to
attend their duty in Parliament ; and as the Reform Bill
will be brought forward without delay, the atterplance in
both Houses will be uncommonly numerous. Al! the
Peers who are able will be present, of course, as they
cannot vote by proxy until after they take the oaths and
their seats in the new Parliament.

NEIGHBOURS NOT FRIENDS.-At the late
Nominations in Dublin, some curious contrasts of next-
door neighbours were shown. Mr. O'CONNELL'S house
was brilliantly illuminated ; his neighbour's, Mr. NORTH,
was in the dark. In the same (Merrion) square, the
LORD CHANCELLOR'S residence was a glow of light in
front, while darkness dull and dismal spread over that of
his neighbour, the Archbishop of Dublin.

On reference to our shipping intelligence, it
will be seen that a vessel, the Concord, laden with wheat
and hemp, arrived yesterday from Riga, and has been
placed under quarantine. When we consider that the
cholera morhus is raging in Lithuania; that it requires the
utmost vigilance lest the contagion spread to Riga, in con-
sequence of the traffic on the Dwina ; and that the Poles
are nearly half way to the centre of the Lithuanian insur-
rection at Justerberg and Gambinnen—we cannot too
strongly recommend the strictest enforcement of the qua-
rantine regulations.—Plymouth Journal.

That oracle of truth and Toryism, the John
Bull, has the following cock-and-bull btory, which we
need not inform our readers is all fudge :—" It is a very
curious fact, that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, as we firmly be-
lieve, has, within four or five days, shot a Mr. PAGE; the
Member for Leicestershire, through some part of his body,
in a duel, and that no newspaper has taken the lease no-
tice of it !"—.Leicester Chronicle.

A gentleman, a few days ago, when he was
leaving LoNG's Hotel, had his bill presented to him by one
of the waiters. The gentleman paid it to a single penny.
The waiter stood in expectation of the usual gratuity, but
received nothing. " Sir," said the waiter, "I hope every
thing has been to your mind." " Perfectly so," replied
the gentleman. " I hope, Sir, I have given you no
offence." " None whatever," answered the gentleman.
" Will you he pleased to consider the servants?" " No,
no, my man ; lam for the Bill, the whose Bill, and no-
thing but the Bill."—lntelligence.

The following specimen of what may be
called enthusiastic nonsense occurs in a review of the pre-
sent Exhibition :—" The portrait-painter (says the writer)
should paint none but the loveliest women, and none but
the loftiest-minded men ; he is only wasting his colours
and squandering his time if he consents to paint the popu-
lation at large; posterity will only look at the heads of
the heirs of fame." If the portrait-painter follows this
advice, it must consign his own heirs to the work-house,
we guess.

So rapid have sometimes been the mortal
effects of the Indian cholera, that " in the history of the
epidemic (says an intelligent writer), instances are nume-
rous of soldiers falling in the line of march, as if seared by
lightning, without having uttered a previous complaint—
mechanics have perished with their working implements
in their hands ; the Brahmin also at his beads, and the
Ryot at his plough."

STRANGE REPORT.—We have heard it
stated that a certain successful Anti reform Candidate, at
alate election for a Scottish county, regaled the populace
with a few barrels of porter, and to make the beverage
more potent, he caused his purveyor to mix it with a
powerful dose of " blue ruin." Whether this was done
with a view to excite the people to disorder, or to make
them ultimately keep the pe ice, we know not ; but it is
said that more than one of the jovial souls who partook of
the mixed liquor have been bedfast ever since.—Scotsman

•
DISTURBANCES AMONGST THE IRON-MA-
NUFACTURERS IN SOUTH WALES.—LOHI MELBOURNE
received an express yesterday morning from the Earl of
BuTE, Lord Lieutenant Of the county, communicating the
painful intelligence, that the worktm-n in most of the iron-
' manufactories in that quarter, especially the vast establish-
ments of THOMPSON, FORMAN, and Co., and Messrs.
CRAWSHAY and Co., had struck for an advance of wages.
The men had congregated in large bodies, and menaced the
superintendents of the works with instant destruction, un-
less their demands were granted. The danger became so
imminent, that all the military in the district were called
out, and the Riot act was repeatedly read ; but the insur-
gents so far out-numbered the military that they were
pelted with stones, and driven before:: them into the town
of Merthyr Tydvil, and took shelter within the houses,
where the mob continued to assail them. The soldiers,
who had thus far conducted themselves with prudence and
moderation, were at length compelled to retort—they fired
into the midst of the mob, when eleven men were killed
and a great number wounded. The militia, which were
embodied at the time, were called in ; but as the majority
of them a:e composed of the same class with the insurgents,
they cannot be depended upon. When the express came
an the mutiny had not subsided. Mr. Alderman
Tuomesori had an interview with the Secretary of State
about one o'clock yesterday; and in the evening at seven,
the worthy Alderman, in the midst of whose works the
riot is most violent, left town for Merthyr Tydvil.

The following is an extract cf a letter from a
lady at Pulawy, in Poland ; it is not of recent date, but it
shows, from an eye-witness of veracity, in what spirit the
Russians make war, and what enthusiastic courage ani-
mates the Poles. The Palace referred to is that of Prince
ADAM CZAILTORYSKI

" Wysack, April 25, 1631.
" You will not, perhaps, be astonished at the date of my
letter, my dear friend, fur you must know that the Rus-
sians, after having traversed the Lubelskia, crossed the
Vistula, having been obliged to repass it, and, returning by
Pulawy, have pillaged it. I was at the chateau, mean.
while, with the children, and we were respected ; but poor
Mamma, not willing to quit her house, has lost every thing,
not having a change of linen left. They took your black
mare and a young horse, which were there, thinking
they would be safer than at Pulawy. Furniture, provi-
sions, all was taken and sacked. At last the P.-- thought
it time to quit Pulawy, and we all set out on the Bth of
March, and on the 9th the Russians entered, and have
pillaged the Palace, and burnt furniture, pictures, and
library, as we hear, for since that time all direct commu-
nication with Pulawy is broken, the Poles leaving the left
bank of the Vistula, an I the Russians the right bank.
After a most frightful journey, in which we every ma-
tnent ran the risk of breaking our necks, we arrived here,
thanks be to God, without accident. We witnessed two
affairs at Pulawy. In the second the bullets entered the
windows of our apartments in the chateau. All I had
there is nearly lost; and where are these losses to be re-
placed ? The Russian army has suffered terribly in corn.
bats, want of provisions, and horrible diseases. The Po'es
have everywhere the advantage, and fight with a despera-
tion impossible to be described : children of 14 and 18
years of age are firm as men. How many details of inte-
rest could I not give you ! But the most interesting letters
,lo not go, as we are told. Besides, I know not where to
address you. Since the mouth of November, how many
changes! lam ignorant how long we shall remain here;
circumstances must decide. Among the Polish army
there are, already, 12,000 Gallicians. Adieu, my deer
friend. May God, who afflicts us, protect and bless you."