The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Tho Queen and Prince Al-
bert took their usual walk this morning, and the Princess
Royal has been taken her accustomed airing.
Miss Anson, Lady C. Barrington, and Mr. G. E. An-
son, joined the Royal dinner party last evening.
Mr. and Lady Mary Gertrude Vyner, and Sir Henry
Wheatley, arrived to-day at the Castle.
Lord Byron took his departure this morning.
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Elea-
nora and Constance Paget, and the Right Hon. Sir Wil-
liam Fremantle, will have the honour of joining the
Royal circle at dinner this evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back in the afternoon, attended by Colonel Wylde and
Mr. George E. Anson, and returned soon after five
o'clock, when the Prince drove her Majesty out in a
pony phaeton. The Duchess of Bedford, Lady Olivia
Tayleur, and the Marquis of Headfort followed in a
carriage and four, and the Hon. Harriet Pitt and the
Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish in another carriage. Lord
Alfred Paget, Col. Wylde, and the Hon. Major Keppel
attended on horseback.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and
Baron Knesebeck, honoured the performance of the
Italian Opera on Tuesday evening with their presence.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by they Prin-
cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an ring
yesterday in a carriage.
Monsieur Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Hon.
Privy Council will meet in the Council Chamber on Mon-
day, the 16th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon, to
deliver judgment in the appeal of " Wood and Others v.
Goodlake," relative to the will of the late Mr. James
Wood, the banker, of Gloucester.
The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morn-
ing for Ryde, Isle of Wight.

POLITICAL TRACTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l have long been of opinion that a Political Re-
form Tract Society would be of incalculable benefit. I
propose that the tracts be written in a plain, forcible, and
easy manner, so as to convey to the uneducated sound
political doctrines and forcible truisms.
I am accustomed to meeting and conversing with many
in my own neighbourhood, both above and below myself
in society, who are as ignorant of any political know-
ledge as children, and all for want, in my opinion, of ac-
tivity and earnestness being. displayed by those who feel
the necessity of promulgating sound doctrines in poli-
tics, equal to religious bodies in diffusing their doctrines.
Newspapers have undoubtedly done much good, but
there is a large class of persons among whom they do
not circulate, where tracts would do.
Should this letter be noticed, I shall be happy to do
all in my power to assist its object.
I am, Sir, your's, &c., BALLOT.
P.S.—Could you, or any correspondent, favour me
with the various modes of taking votes by ballot, that
have been published ?

INCREASE OF LETTERS.
WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LONDON

LETTERS.
THROUGH THE GENERAL POST.

NO. OF LETTERS.
Four weeks, ending 31st July,lß4l
Corresponding period of 1840
Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839
Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 1,622,598
Ditto 1839 Ditto 3,817,856
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THROUGH THE DISTRICT POST.

Four weeks, ending 31st July 1841 1,743,268
Corresponding period of 1840
Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839 ' 1,021,386
Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 150,788
Ditto 1839 Ditto 721,882
This argues well for the speedy realization of Mr.
Hill's most sanguine expectations.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic Returns for the Week ending August 2, 1841 :
Passengers
Merchandise

£1,457 It 2

Darlington, August 4, 1841.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•I,ANE.----CON-.
CERTS D'ETE.—This theatre was elegantly and numer-
ously attended last evening. Among the distinguished
parties who occupied the dress circle and private boxes
we noticed the following:—The Ladies Fitzpatrick, Lady
Grantham, Countess of-Paulet, Lady Anstruther, Lady
Cockerel], Lady Cross, Lady Woolmore, Lady Plumer ;
Lords Burghersh, Fitzclarence,; Hon. F. Stanhope, Mrs.
Biddulph, Mrs. Charles Calvert, &c.
Mr. Par sloe, the old and well-known prompter
of Covent-garden and Drury-lane theatres, takes his an-
nual benefit this evening at the Haymarket Theatre. In
addition to Mr. Macready and Miss Helen Faucit, in the
play of Money, Mdlle. Celeste will appear in her original
part in The Child of the Wreck ' • the little -Marshal's will
dance in their own unsurpassed style, and Mr. Rayner
comes up expressly from Southampton to give comicality
to the attractions of the evening.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT EDGWARE..--..011
Monday a very shocking accident happened at the Bald-
faced Stag, Edgware. A young man named John
Clarke, who is in the employ of the landlord of the
house, was with others forming a hay rick, when he
fell from the top, having at the same time in his hand a
pitchfork, which in his descent to the ground perforated
his side. The poor sufferer was conveyed to a surgeon's
in the neighourhood, who advised his immediate removal
to St. George's Hospital, which was done in a cart in as
expeditious a manner as possible. Such is the nature of
the injury he has received that very little hopes are en-
tertained of his recovery. Clarke is a young man of
steady sober habits, and has a wife and two young
children. --•-

PARISH OF ST. ANNE, WESTMINSTER
Last evening a large meeting of the electors of the above
parish was holden at the Golden Lion, Wardour-street, I
Soho, to meet Mr.G. Huggett, the Secretary to the West
minster Reform Society, who attended for the purpose of
supplying claims to all persons who were improperly
omitted from the register last time, and of giving infor-
mation to all persons who might require it, on matters
connected with the registration. Several of the inhabi-
tants came forward and made inquiries regarding their
claims, which in many instances were declared to en-
title them to vote, although they had never been on the
register. Meetings of this kind are being held in all
parts of the Borough, at which Mr. Huggett attends, and
the system cannot be too highly recommended. If gen-
tlemen of talent were appointed by the different Retbrm
Societies to meet the householders, the next election
would no doubt give a very different result to the last one.
SILKWORMS. Most kinds of caterpillars
spin the silken thread from an orifice just below the
mouth, in which, in the pupa state, they envelope them-
selves. The insect, on breaking the shell, before it has
touched food, will throw out silk. The colour of silk
depends partly on kind, and partly on food and health.
Wild silkworms, which usually feed in the open air,
are of many varieties, each feeding on its suitable leaf.
In China, one feeds on the pepper-tree, one on the ash,
and another on the oak. One of these spins a silk
which, when woven, will not crease, although folded and
pressed. The Indian tussah spins a cocoon, hanging
upon the jujube tree (upon the "leaves of which it feeds)
by a silken cord, so as to swing in security for ten
months, till the tenant within forces itself out as a moth.
cloth
th produce
made
is
They are attended by day and night in the jungle, to
keep
immense,of f birds,
and w
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cheap
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when sp i n
spun,. Th
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from it, heavy and durable for thirty years, is sold at
6d. a yard ! The arindy feeds on palms christi leaves,
producing a cloth which, if washed in cold water, will
wear from 50 to 100 years ; but if subjected to the ac-
tion of hot water will tear like blotting paper. The
efforts which are making to place this production in the
hands of the negroes of the West Indies are likely to
prove etiocessfel.

AFFAIR OF TOULOUSE.

The. Provisional Municipality ofToulouse prote3ted,
on the 30th ult., against the dissolution of the Munieinal
Council of that city. That document, signed by M.
Arzac, the Mayor, and Messrs. Gase and Roaldes, the
adjoints, appeared in the Emancipation of the next day.
Those three functionaries rested their opposition on a
manifest violation of the 27th article of the Municipal
Law, which provides that the Ordinance of dissolution
should alWays specify the period at which the re-election
of the municipal officers should take place, a formality
which had been omitted in the Royal Ordinance pub-
lished on the 30th at Toulouse. Immediately after sign-
ing this protest, the Mayor and his two Deputies de-
clared themselves in permanence at the Capitol. They
dressed themselves in their official costumes, and deter-
mined to await the result, and not resign their functions
until compelled thereto by force. Several members of
the Municipal Council came to congratulate them on their
noble attitude, and urged them to persist in their resistance.
At eight o'clock hi the evening of the 30th the new
municipality presented itself to take possession of the
Capitol. 31.* Arzac haying by his side the two adjoints,
received them standing. I.f. Gase then addressed them
in the nairie of the Mayor, and pointed out to General
Lejeune, the new Mayor, the illegality of the Royal Ordi-
nance, together with the protest of the municipality.
The envoys of the Prefect, who did not expect to meet so
energetic a resistance, muttered a few words of excuse
and retired, and, on their way back to the Prefecture,
were hooted by the people. An hour afterwards they
returned to the Capitol, but found the municipality as
determined as ever to yield only to force. It had even
made preparations to spend the night in the Capitol, when
M. Delaralde, the principal commissioner, accompanied
by M. Segond and the other commissaries of police,
came to summons M. Arzac, M. Gase, and M. Roalde, to
vacate their municipal functions. M. Gase then called on
M. Delaralde to draw up a protest of the whole transac-
tion •, and the latter having acquiesced in his demand,
the Mayor and his two adjoints left the Capitol.
The Municipality of Toulouse was justified in its oppo-
sition, and the Government itself has admitted it, by the
insertion in the Royal Ordinances, published by the Mo-
niteur, of the paragraph relative to the convocation of
the assembly of the municipal electors.
The Messager says, " According to accounts just re-
ceived from Toulouse, every thing there is perfectly
tranquil. The new mayory formed by M. Maurice Du-
val is composed of Baron Lejeune, as provisional mayor,
and Messrs. Leon Ducos, Florentin Asre, and Jean Do-
minique Larigandere, as his deputies. M. Maurice Du-
val has published the following proclamation :
Inhabitants of Toulouse,—Two Royal Ordi-
nances pronounce the dissolution of the Municipal
Council and National Guard of Toulouse. France
has her eyes upon you. You will prove to . her,
by your respect for the use which the Govern-
ment makes of its constitutional rights, that you un-
derstand what liberty is. By your choice, and by he
mandate which you will give to those whom you shall
elect, when the legal period for the reconstitution of
these two bodies shall arrive, you will not place the
Royal prerogative in the impossibility of choosing your
Magistrates amongst citizens who would not see that
election alone imposes the duty of accepting functions
to which they are called by their position, as well as by
the law. Do not give way to the falsehood which seeks
to disfigure the most pure actions and intentions. Show
to the country that Toulouse, the city of learning and
trade, faithful to the principles which triumphed in July,
will strengthen the powers of the laws by patriotic
obedience. "
The arrest of M. Lenormand, the ex-Commissary of
Police of Toulouse, was immediately made known by
telegraph to the authorities of that place.
On the approach of General St. Michel to Villeneuve
d'Agen, says a letter from that place of the 26th ult.,
the inhabitants went out in crowds to meet him, and sa-
luted him with cheers.
The Mayor of Le Mans had charged M. Girard, a
member of the municipality of that place, to accompany
the Inspector of Taxes charged by the Prefect to con-
duct the census, and to make observations upon the pro-
ceedings adopted by The inspector and the dele-
gate of the municipality not having agreed upon certain
points, the Mayor had written to the Prefect to say that
he has withdrawn from the delegate the authorization
which had been granted, so that the inspector will pro-
ceed with the census alone.