The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The King and Queen and Prince George of Cambridge
left the Palace, at Kew, for Windsor Castle, oil Sunday night.
The Princess Augusta, the Landgraline of lie.ssc Homburg,
the Landgrave of Hesse Homburg, and Prince Ernest of
Hesse Philippsthal, left Kew, for town. The Duke of Cum-
berland remained at his residence at Kew.
The Princess Augusta and the Lawlgravine of Hesse Hom-
burg honoured the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. How-
ley with their company at dinner, last evening, at Lambeth
Palace.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstl al was present, yesterday,
at the public breakfast given by the Duke and Duchess of
Buccieuch, in Whitehall:gardens.
. A deputation, including the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson,
Messrs. Fletcher, Farrer, Masterman, Murray, and Marshall,
from the Provincial Bank of Ireland, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in DOWllitig, street.
the Archbishop of York visited Lord John Russell, yester-.
dayrat the Home Office.
Lord William Bentinck had an interview with Lord
Gleneig, yesterday, at the Colonial Office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theodosia
Spring Rice had a select party. including the Russian Am-
bassador, Earl and Countess of Nlinto, and Lady Fanny El-
liot at dinner, on Sttnday evening, in Mandeld.street.
The Judicial Committee of the Pt;.vy Council sat Yesterday
in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were the Vice-
Chancellor, Lord Wynford, Sir J. Bernard Bosanquet, and
the Cilicf Judge in Bankruptcy. " Thomas v. Bertrand"
(Jersey), and " Esparto Singh v. Grant" (St. Vincent's)
were heard by their Lordships..- The Court adjourned shortly
before one o'clock.

POLISII MARRIAGES.-7-WARSAW, JUNE 3.
According '.o the ancient laws of Poland, marriage was con-
sidered an entirely.religious act, subject to the spiritual autho-
rities, but afterwards the spirit of those laws were entirely
done away with, and the celebration of marriage was consi-
dered as a mercrecivil act, and all questions-relative to it were
to be referred to the temporal power. Bet, in 1825, it was
felt to be necessary to return in part to the ancieet principle,
and the act of marriage was restored to the ecclesiastical
authorities ; hut it was left to the evil power to pronounce the
.dissolution of the contract. Lsstly, in 1833, there was a
complete return to the ancient legislatioa ; only the question
relative to the civil consequences of marriages will henceforth
be decided according to the civil code. The ecclesiatical
authority-will decide on all questions in its sphere, and accord-
ing to the current low.--Journal de Frankfort, June 12.
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—Friday night
al; at half-past eight o'clock, as Mr. Richardson, the curator
to- the inatitutionewas sitting reading (Dr. Faustus, we be-
, ,--Revri) in the front room of the first floor of the Museum, his
attention was attracted by a noise in the cabinets where are
`deposited the fossil remains of the IMastadon and Ignanadon :
and on turning to ascertain the cause, Mr. R. saw with hor-
ror the whole of the collection of these gigantic monsters in
• motion I The thigh bones had placed themselves erect, and
were dancing about as though looking for the legs ; the head
glided towards the trunk, that was trying to make a fit with
the thigh bones ; the tail was wriggling about like a snake ;
arid the jaw bones svereclanking together inviting the teeth
from the other end of the room. Mr. Richardson - saw
his danger—another instant and all would have been
lost—the tail was sharpening up the teeth, the clans had just
conic from under the table ; Mr. Richardson did not hesitate
but jumped out at—the door ; and he was scarcely outside when
he heard from the noise that the work was complete, and
looking through the key-hole distinctly saw she Mastadon and
Iguanadon dancing a Spanish bollero together—while another
monster in the corner was playing the fiddle with the shovel
and tongs, and all the little diaboluses were clapping andeshak-
ing their sides with laughter.—Brighton Herald.
A gentleman who has been up to town on the sub-
_ ject of the Railways, describes to us in fearful terms the spirit
o' cupidity exhibited not only-in the vicinity of, but even in,
the Committee-rooms of the different proposed lines of road.
He says, and his statement is borne out by what we had pre-
viously heard, that no means are left untried to secure the
support of influential parties, and that where solicitations fail,
bribes arc unblushingly offered. If such be the case, the in-
terest of the public must materially suffer, since the real
merits of the different lines must give way before the filthy
influence of 11,1amtnon. Our correspondent assures us of his
belief that unless a general resolution be adopted by the
House to curb this rapacious spirit, some dreadful crisis must
ensue. It is but fair to observe that Lord George Lennox,
the Chairman of the Committee of the London and Brighton
Railroad, at a public dinner the other day, took occasion to
allude to this subject, and positively denied the reports that
members of Railroad Committees got well paid for their
trouble. " They had" observed his Lordship, " a great deal
of hard work to do, and as a recompense the abuse of all
parties." This flat contradiction of his Lordship will go far
to silence the reports to which we have alluded, and which,
with leis Lordship's denial, we leave to the consideration of
the public.—Brighton Herald.
Amongst various other ornamental improvements
which have lately been made at the west end of the metropolis,
a very elegant and ponderous iron pillar, placed on a granite
pelestal, with three lamps forming a triangle on the top, has
been erected, by command of his-Majesty, in Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, opposite to the Duke of York's monument, being a
very sunerior construction to any other of the kind in London.
The pillar and the iron railings which surround, it are painted
very tastefully in imitation of bronze ; upon the front of the
pedestal are placed the Royal Initials " NV. R." arid a erceen,
and round the railings is erected an elevated stone platform,
which will be found a great convenience to people having -oc-
casion to cross the road in that direction.
CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—LateIy at Carlisle
one of Mr. Wombwell's caravans of wild beasts was overturned
on the Wigton-road, and a number of the animals; chiefly of
the monkey tribe, had escaped. The animals, of course, were
bight,' delighted with their restoration to liberty, and many of
them clatnieered up the trees, -6 mopping and mowing" at the
keepers, who endeavoured to reclaim them. The farmers
living in the vicin;te immediately rendered their aid to join in
the pursuit, and witis their dogs commenced one of the most
ludicrous chases ever beeeld 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 rather
hard pressed by his pursuers, jumped on the back of one of
the cows, which immediately started off at full gallop, asto-
nished, no doubt, at her strange jockey. The monkey kept
its seat well, but was at length secured by one of the keepers.
The whole of the animals were ultimately secured.
SILK MANUFACTURE Al' CREFELD, IN RllE-
msti PRUSSIA.—Our silk manufactories were never so flourish-
ing as at present. They have arrived at such a point that they
may boldly rival all the manufactories of Germany, and in some
respects even those of Lyons. T'ue velvets of Lyons and
Genoa have already been obliged to yield the palm to outs.
The orders we have received, even from America, have for a
long time been considerably increasing. At the end of last
century we had 150 manufactories of ribbons. 262 looms for
silk tissues, and 496 looms for velvets. It will be easy to
judge of the imrneese increase of industry since that period
from the fact that, at the period when we were under the do-
minion of France, the house of M. Layen, who may be consi-
dered a; the founder of this branch of industry, employed be-
tween 4,000 and 5.000 workmen.—Frankfort Gazette.
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, one
of whom was Mr. Austin, residing at Winchester-row, Pen-
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 hold of
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 doe's neck, and,
with his truncheon, soon despatched it. In the afternoon
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 the
foot of London-bridge bit a little boy of about eight years of
age. A labourer, who was at work on the spot, pursued rad
killed the dog. The little boy was conveyed to the hospital.
The public will read with considerable interest the
.fraeas in the Commons on Tuesday night. For our own
parts we regret that such things should arise to interrupt the
progress of the public business. But in scenes of this kind we
find frequently struck cut sparks of no trifling import, while,
at the same thee, they give indication of this temper of parties,
which is of deeper meaning than its connexion with the ques-
tion at issue would give warranty to suppose. We never
knew almost a single instance iu which those who appeal to
the dignity of the House and the usnges of Parliament have
not been the first offenders, and the provokers of aught which
;ins been deeined unseemly is the progress of debate. This
was eminently the case on Tuesday. But the valuable matter
at which we glanced is to be found in the desire,. portion of
Mr. O'Connell's speech, in which he visits the "Times with
almost that amount of penalty which its delinquency deserves.
We feel satisfied that there is not a single honest journalist, be
lie Radical, Whig, or Tory, who does not feel the justice, and
rejoice in the probable advantage to the public, of the casti-
gation inflicted on the foulest political apostacy which records
the disgrace of modern times. Truth gave force to the
weapon, and high moral indignation gave a just direction to
every blow. The Times of the following' day gives evidence
of the moral prostration it snffered. We doubt riot that it
will make amends in its next plablication by the filthy viru-
lence with which it will still further damn its own character by
seeking to befoul an opponent placed so far above its reach.
But the visitation beneath which it writhee, could only conic
hi the
is
of a penalty—correction with a view to amend-
ment s out of the question. But the example may be profits-
, isle to others, and beneficial to the public.—Moreinte Reyi.ster.
STATE OF TRADE.—The accounts from Man-
chester and the other towns largely engaged in cotton manufac-
tures are of the roost satisfactory character : it is known that
the stocks-of yarn in this country are reduced to a very low
cab ; and there is retie doubt, from the caution with which
our. German customer.; have fur a long time past been making
their purchases, that there is almost an equal scarcity with
them. Within the last fortnight or three weeks, after the
market had suffered its lowest depression, an advance of
.per lb. has taken place in yarns of all description of fineness,
sand all the spinning-mills are in full activity at the improved
12:es. The looms are also kept fully employed, in a large
degree, for the American market.
GLASGOW.—The scarcity in the Islands of Barra,
the Mists, and Harris, is frightful. The poor people have
beets compelled to give their potatoes and grain to preserve
their cattle alive, and they are now without the common neces-
saries Of We,

IMPERIAL PARMA MEN T.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juvz 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS TO PRIVATE BILLS.
Mr. BA RNA RD move 1 that the Lords' Amendmeits to
the Newtown Abbot Improvement Bill be adopted.
Mr. LowT HE It moved that the Lords' Amendments to
the North Midland Railway Bill be adoeted.
. An Hos. MEMBER moved that the Lorch' Amendments
to the South Eastern Railway Bill be adopted.