The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-20 00:00:00

c rease in the circulation produce as much as the. present:
duty of three-pence farthing.—(Hear, hear.) This would_
make good for soap, if the Report of the Conrrnissione.rs was
It was for the Ho use to cay which
.was
the best.—(A laugh.) He had gone on a Saturday night
to the Post-office out of curiosity, in order t o see the
mails, and he had frequently seen them so per.v heavily
laden that it was dangerous to travel by them. He onquired
the cause, and was told that it was owing to the ii.nineue
quantity of newspapers. If therefore the Chancellor 'f Or
Exchequer was right in saying that the penny stamp Woutd
produce quite as much as the threepence-farthing stamp,'
it must follow that the quantity of newspapers would be tre-
bled ; and if so, there must be -a
tax raised for their convey-
ance. This was a tax which pressed heaviy upon the poor
man, he paying the same duty as the rich man.—Hear, hear.)
He asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
reduce,
the duty 75 per cent. for the poor man, and 35 per cent,
for the rich one. He asked for the reduction of this duty on
behalf of the farmer and the poor man.—(Cheers.)
asked the House to improve the mind of the people by
purifying the body.—(Cries of Hear, hear.) He move
d
that the duty on hard soap be reduced from 1.1,-d. to Id., and
the duty on soft soap from ld. to one farthing.
Mr. C. BARCLAY rose and was left speaking.

HOUSE OF LORDS. the
The House was occupied in hearing witnesses upon
Stafford Borough Disfranchisement Bill, from three to sve
o'clock.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.
On the motion of Lord KENYON, the Manchester and
Leeds Railway Bill was read a third tirite, and passed.
The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from certain
Protestant Dissenters, praying for the abolition of church
rates.
Lord ST RADBROOKE presented a petition from a paro-
chial union, complaining of the unequal manner in which the
rates were levied.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
A message from the Commons brought up the Merthyr
Tidvil Railway, and the Hull and Selby Railway Bills with
their Lordship's amendments agreed to ; the London and
Dover Railway, and several other Bills.
IRISH CORPORATION BILL.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that as he understood
the Irish Corporation Bill, with amendments, would not be
printed till Wednesday, probably the Noble Lord at the head
of his Majesty's Government would think Friday too early
day for the discussion upon the measure.
Lord MELBOURNE certainly thought that if the Bill and
the amendments would not be printed till Wednesday, it would
be more convenient to put off the discussion till Monday ;
was agreed to.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented a petition from
Canterbury, in frvour of the Lord's amendments to the Irish
Muncipal Bill.
JEWISH EMANCIPATION.
The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from
the borough of Sunderland, praying for the emancipation of
the Jews.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from the
Lord Provost, Burgesses, and Town-Council of Edinburgh,
against the Bill for the regulation of the Scotch University.
The Earl of ROSEBRRY that the pctitionert could not
have attended to the provisions of the Bills, otherwise they
would have seen that none of its provisions would deprive them
of their rights of pasronage, which, as he believed, they 115 a
exercised with great advantage and benefit towards the educa-
tion of the public.
POST OFFICE.
The Duke of RICHMOND rose in pursuance of
his motion, and after a few observations upon the
fourth Report of the Commissioners of Enquiry, and urg-
ing the necessity of continuing the office of Postmaster
General in place of a Board of Commissioners, as recom-
mended by the report, gave notice that he should, when the
Bill came up to their Lordships' table, move that it be re-
ferred to a Select Committee, because he was not satisfied
with the evidence that had been given.—(Hear.) He did
so in order to give his Majesty's Government th'e chance, if
they thought fit, of referring it at once to a Select Committee,
and not to tall him hcraafter it was too late in the Session to
do so.
Lord LUNCANNON rose to reply to the Noble Dulof
bnd was left speaking.

HYDROPHOBIA.—Saturday morning the inha-
bitants of Holborn and the passengers therein were alarmed-'
by the appearance of a mad dog, which bit several persons, une
of whom was M. Austin, residing at Winchester-row, Pee-
tonville ; it was soon followed by several persons, armed with
weapons, all of whom it managed to outrun, but on arriving in.
Southampton-buildings was stopped by a man catching bold ot
it by each ear. Sergeant Thompson, D 4, who was passing
at the time, went up, and having made a slip-knot in a piece
of rope he had in his pocket, put it round the dog's neck, and,
with his truncheon, soon despatched it. In the afternoe°
another dog in a rabid state was observed in the Waterloo-
road, but was happily destroyed without having done any
mischief. Yesterday morning, between ten and twelve o'clock',
another dog in a rabid state ran through the city, and at :al
foot of London-bridge bit a little boy of about eight years °cr.
age. A labourer, who was at work on the spot, pursued af.
killed the dog. The little boy was conveyed to the hoSPitaji_
CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—LateIy at Carets
one of Mr. Wombtvcll's caravans of wild beasts was overturned
on the Wigton-road, and a number of the animals, chiefly °I
the monkey tribe, bad escaped. The animals, of course, Were,
highly delighted with their restoration to liberty, and many 03.
them clambered up the trees, .‘ mopping and mowing" at the
keepers, who endeavoured to reclaim them. The farmers
living in the vicinity immediately rendered their aid to join in
the pursuit, and with their dogs commenced one of the Most
ludicrous chases ever beheld in that part of the country. The
cunning monkeys proved that they had not forgotten the ca-
pering of their wild state, and one of them having taken re-
fuge in a field containing a quantity of cattle, and being ratheri
hard pressed by his pursuers, jumped on the back of ones
the cows, which immediately started off at full gallop's's:3'm
nished, no doubt, at her strange jockey. The monkey k
r r.
its seat well, but was at length secured by one of the keers
The whole of the animals were ultimately secured.
SILK MANUFACTURE AT CREFELD, nl. S:
NISH PRUSSIA.—Our silk manufactories were never so flour's"-
ing as at present. They have arrived at such a point that they
may boldly rival all the manufactories of Germany, and in solerespects even those of Lyons. The velvets of Lyons a,.
Genoa have already been obliged to yield the palmt°
The orders we have received, even from America, have
long time been considerably increasing. At the end of last
century we had 150 manufactories of ribbons, 262 looms 't(.,
silk tissues, and 496 looms for velvets. It will be easY.4
judge of the immense increase of industry since that Pereil„,
from the fact that, at the period when we were under the "i„
minion of France, the house of M. Laycn, who may be cons
dered as the founder of this branch of industry, employed be
tween 4,000 and 5,000 workmen.—Frankfort Gazette. b.,
A gentleman who has been up to town on the suirit
ject of the Railways, describes to us in fearful terms the sP;a,
of cupidity exhibited not only in the vicinity of, but evetd,
had
the Committee-rooms of the different proposed lines of r,;fr,
He says, and his statement is borne out by what we pthe
viously heard, that no means are left untried to secure rail,
support of influential parties, and that where solicitations
bribes are unblushingly offered. If such be the case, the •Isi
terest of the public must materially suffer, since thefiftly
merits of the different lines must give way before the r his
influence of Mammon. Our correspondent assures us 030
belief that unless, a general resolution be adopted hi tot
House to curb this rapacious spirit, some dreadful crisis °lox,
ensue. It is but fair to observe that Lord George Le:an:ton
the Chairman of the Committee of the London and Br'r„ to
Railroad, at a public dinner the other day, took oceas'°t-bat
allude to this subject, and positively denied the reports heir
members of Railroad Committees got well paid for their
trouble. " They had" observed his Lordship, o a great of
of hard work to do, and as a recompense the abuse f far
parties." This flat contradiction of his Lordship will gehich,
to silence the reports to which we have alluded, and SY of
with his Lordship's denial, we leave to the consideration
the public.—Brighton Herald. •
Amongst various other ornamental iroproveraeolli:
which have lately been made at the west end of the metrtaite
a very elegant and ponderous iron pillar, placed on a g` has
pedestal, with three lamps forming a triangle on the eel lace,
been erected, by command of his Majesty, in Waterloleg. a
Pall-mall, opposite to the Duke of York's monument,,Dendoo.
very superior construction to any other of the kind in ij awed
The pillar and the iron railings which surround it are P 4 the
very tastefully in imitation of bronze ; upon the front of
pedestal are placed the Royal Initials " W. R." end autfortn,
and round the railings is erected an elevated stone P., oc-
which will be found a great convenience to people how°
casion to cross the road in that direction.
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BIRTHS. isoi
On the 18th inst., in Cumberland-street, the lady
of Lane
Christie, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Mrs. T. T. Haring'
ton, of a son.
MA RR LED.
Yesterday, by the Rev. Andrew Brandram, the Minister of th;
Church of St. John the Baptist, in the Savoy, Miss 31ary i'3ll,t.
Keene, of Savoy-street, to Jr. Robert East, of the same pr/ C.
On the 18th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mr• wo.
Jones, of Great Surrey-street, to Sarah, eldest daughter of
Mayhew, Esq. of the same place.
On the 18th inst at Siddington, near Cirencester, Mr. J.°4.11r,
Chamberlen, of High.; orth, Wilts, to Mary, eldest daughter of "'
J. Plummer, of the or
at
On the 18th inst., at r place.
St. Pancras, E. B. E. Gainsforlip Esq.'
of Cheapside, to Miss Matilda Sayer, of Burton-crescent.
DIED.
On the 18th inst., in Woburn-square, Edward Turner, Esq''
late of the Hon. East India Company's service. Ste'
In Wellington-crescent, Ramsgate, Henry, the only son of
phen Richards, Esq., of Tavistoelc-square. , .; ow
On the 17th inst., aged bi, Sarah, wit of M. A. butt,
naught-terrace, Edgeware-road.

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