The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-15 00:00:00

POLYTECHNIC •INSTITUTION.
In addition to the. usual entertainments effort-led at
amusing a!-41 iostructive tite
rninatzt,rs hive announced a course of lectort-s
Animal Magnetism, by Mr. Jones, of King's Co:1!•ge.
first lecture of the series was delivered on Tuesday,
and we were glad to observe that the theatre was
crowded. The lecturer introduced the subject by bay-
ing. that after the investigation, which those whom he
had the honour of addressing had probably given to the
varied and complete machinery down stairs, it would
be his duty to introduce them to se me of the operatii-us
• mbeore
or nature. tphuea
had,
perfect
twhich seemed as it were to anticipate in
irverny,ttahneo...i,n inventions
tohfemraof;;,
fTorhae
variety
of purposes, and he no do iota differeri; übt considered dist in form
grl'east:. dent of
making
ihaegmap the
htl:et Breit
lendd
ppliiisshheet
faonrdbln.orddeoett
ropes; hoed
nheibyte.oetnd7',F7:lmedd:
from clime to Mime, on the
they executed th!• lushes of the law on thcir unh runate .
and guilty fellow-creatures on the other. He
v.ould direct their atteutiott ,rust
ru •
tna
En s to a
iiaturai rope minufactory, which Jur Qrcil;,-,1 the
in ins
referenut Y and in purfeelion ; for this: purp4,l' he
would to the silkworut a, Olit, gri•bt mann actin-yr
!in!! to the s: Her as e.t.a-ter. Th.- ;within-rt. .hich
resulted from huAisn iic4etio:ty was clutusy in its
de!ails and defectir,• in its tuning, lueuts ; hut
vry ditf:Tent was the It'uellii.•-ry ewpt-3ed hy
nature. The lev!..urer then pr.rts.detl to itustrate
tit diarrarns and other it the twentid struc-
tare of the silk-wont:, etiti !be wis.t! ceorist nature,
the c:trestilil and the aft.FA• state. It is
as exhibited in tile ehiferent t.,hrig.,s of th!.. ir soct zn7o

im•

ro,;sib!e- to convey to-the re,5.-,:kr a ."at let of the
information conveyed by Mr. Jot e•-, v%iiiiout the Bias-
trietvd ads to which he male fieep..nt refereuce.

Afrer the mo r, of a:,tl the
sub,tance from wtich -the silk of the worm was manu-

factured, the keturer referred t,-;
the Wei the . spider,
and explained, the wonderful apparatus by 7h,,ch that
Iteo:en insect wits enabled to construct a thread 0
fp.me three or fourithuusaud twins, which, in delicacy
of textere, exceedtel-alte est the. power of thought to con-
ceive, rind co-:Ain? preeltided the powers of Jangu,lze to
express. Singular as it might be, many of the -No-
ries on which the human intellect prided itself were acted
upon from time immemeriel by the comtuon spicier. To
it the honour belonged of originating the balloon and the
diving b, 11. The lecturer said that he had intended ix
the present lecture to Avert to a variety of the purposes
for which nature intended the film of the spider, but his
time would. not p,rmit
,him, and lie would, therefore,
defer this more hitt teAtink .portion o(-- ,o RitNect to
another opportunity. The lecture-, iirfitYOrdaittrikti-ee
the liveliest satisfaetion, was listened to throughout with
the utmost attention.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 13 —KING'S Co/....
LEGE.—Jriuie.i Leigh Joynes has just been elected a
Fellow of this Society.
Various important improvements are about to be
made in Paris. The fountains in the C'elanips-Eiy ees
are to be surrounded with causeways slid ornamented -
with latepe A street, to be called the Rue de Lyon, is
to be made, at an expense of' about 2,000,000 f, from
the Place de la Hasa° to the station of the Lyons Rail-
way. Tee Rue Lafayette is to be prolonged to the
carrefour form,-,1 by the Rues Montbolon, Ritieu:‘, and •
Papillon. The prolongation is rendered tiecessary by
the opening of the Great Norshern Railway; the open-
ing and paving of the street will cost 1,500,000 f.
S,veral new streets are to he opened in the lands of the
Clos St. Lazare, near the raileay. The Strasbourg
Railway will render necessary the tsmoval of the central
house of the F:I es de la l'esctritie Ciekienne, and this
will cause an expense to the city of Peri, of about
' 1.800 000 E The Rue di- Rti,.:buteau, which has com-
pletely changed the ow aranee of one quarter of the
tow, ,is to be continued through the ma-s of7wbh9enoloo.ounsocgits::
comprised between the Rues 'lntl 4 , des Preuvaires,
and de la Tennellerie, to the Pas-age des Preuvaires.
The Rue Coquil -o be enlarged. The Rue •
Francais Mien', fro., the Hotel de Ville to the church
of Si. Gervais, Is to be /mete twenty metres wide, and
the gr .utiel, near the church. is to be lowered, so as to
set off to 'elven. sge the Site facade of the edifice The
soil of the Parvis Notre Dame is also to b.- lowered, to
admit of the fight of st,ps wh-ch the cathedral formerly
po.se,st-d being rtstor,-d. The Rue s Mat burins St.
Jacques is to be widetn-d—a measure ebselutely neces-
sary to facilitate the visits of the public to the magnifi-
ceit Mitseum of National Antiquities in the Hotel de
Gunny. Causeways
tluese:
wrsaaarAil
se;
attdri
he:e.tvibsserhne
schools
teittlodti u
nebbi
t!e.ogee ettoroueesractartbiteeltr)edrybs- :0:
buildings
thehn
in tadnini
ggets2ioriltsu, e and
g
y
f
iißpsnigotayont
aotne betmi
pavementsh,
ee desiredm;aauenbilseleit(p;anaill thatnsiioaiteiyett'
Victor,
rtei ld,ReGtavdhoee.oevweGrnt
Hotelm
reengotradeuwe
dost,hu
Archives
ejec
hal
dvs
eiens
Instant,f
do foot
Rue do Seine and Rue Mnzaritle, the Louvre, and other
public buildings. The Rue du Havre, in tace of the
Havre and Reuen Railway station, is nearly finished: it
has cost 600,000'. The merles of some streets have
been changed; among others, that of the Rue St. Vin-
cent de Paul, near the Hospital Louis Philippe, is to be
called Rue Gribeatival, after a celebrated general of
artillery of the time of Louie XV., the Rue de la
Banqiie, loading front the Rank to the Place des Vic-
Wit es, is to oak the n,:eue of Rue Cat hest, in hencur of
one of Louts NeV.'s trearshrils; and the prolongation of
the Rite St. Pierre Monte.eier. is to be celled Rue Paul
Leke after the arcs iti et on whose plains it and the
new streets adjoiiiing wore iorteetl, In udditien to all
these improvements, vast uhtloground channels are
being formed for cii rs ine off water from the meets;
mild the Marci a aux Foerrcees, of the Fauboure, tic.
ea., iire, is to be turned into a store ter fl. ut•.—
Galieneteii.
AVAIU,AW, MAUCII 29.—The arrest of persons
peloiealiy suspetfeit sl'ii continues. Twelve citizens '
fr, province have lately been brought to the citadel
tte Warsew, who, it is affirmed, have road a prohibited
work. S ,me rigorous ineasu.res of the police have lately
made travelling by the railroad very difficult. Nobody
cue trayel without a passport, even if he only has a few
mile.; to in. Passongere on their arrival arse often sub-
aicraoftt. ;lite whether
rscannot
leas©
Warsawhave
w
j,cted to personal examinations, so
prohibiteditthhaotu ttho police may
publications.thegreates
difficulties and obstacles being raised. The deplorable
account of last year in Galicia has found imitators
among the peasants in Russia ; we learn that thirteen
noblemen have lately been killed by their peasants in the
governments of Witepsk. General Dehn, the builder of •
the citadel of Warsaw' has received directions to under-
take
the iron railway froth Warsaw to Moscow, which
has long been projected. The plan has already been ap-
proved of at 't. Petersburgh. This railway is token
near Nhiscow with that from St. Petersburgh to Moscow,
so that from the point of junction it will be possible to
go either to St. Petersburgh or to 4oscow. This rail-
way trim St. Petersburgh to Moscow is to be completed
in the autumn of next year ; 50,000 workmen, besides
the peasants, are to be emeloyed upon it, We now also
again hear of an iron railwly from Moscow to Odessa.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. --As a general election
is expected to take place in the course of the present
ye ir, changes, and rumours of changes will nt•cessarily
hencetortn be occasional !epics of conversation and inte-
rest in polo:teal circles. One of these has just reached
us, and which may surprise some of our readers. It
appears that J. Retied, Esq , one of the Members for
Maldon, has determined to retire into private lee, and
that David Waddington, the Vice Chairman of the
Eastern Counties Railway Company, is intended to be
proposed as his successer. In fact, an tie ive canvass in
some quarters has al-eady conmenecd on lets behalf ; and
east Moot (r. ursday) a speeia! meet'• g he ; anis, rya
tive Club was held at the 131 e B ear len. Malden, ter
Hon. Gentleman's return
o pr,nitote
ttintedipiu,srup„twee-i,nweei,ubei.li.es
r et
(iTllrthil'ear.tkellit:oh:n'e Gentleman ;le
''ijut:llet h:m to
cone
forward as a candidate.
George Hudson. Esq. the Hon.
lite, but his prvin'el)tpal:snaverepwa.rhta ire thee
•
als:onwtsietprholitical
va t i
thoseve I
believe, on most points in un:
r
Member for'Suretertand.—Chebesfigrd chronicle.
(a);
fne
Shdt irtsaarrukee:::lnsiwenuean'lry'Vjeeirtnnte office,
Aeleste. n W ednesday
last, at St. Mar)'s Church, Oldham, by the Rev. J.
Lowe, James Platt, Esq., of the firm of Ilibbert, Platt, .
and Sons, machine-makers, Hartfon Ironworks, Green-
acre Moor and Oldham, to Miss Lucy Anne, at
daughter of Andrew Schofield, Esq.,- of Woodfield
House, Wernoth, one of the magistrates for the county
of Lancaster. A numerous party of relatives and friends
Were enterte.int.d at the residence of A. Schofield, Esq.,
With a splendid dejeuner ala fourchette. At eleven, A.M.
the cortege, consisting of five post chaises, each drawn
fafivuoeursg,reg,,
drovee.i with ptoes 'ithlieons church,inscatrhl eetmln-
bermaap, awirhiotei
Street and churchyard being excessively crovgledwith
people. The ceremony ended, th
In heono happy
ur of the" happy
imme-
diately set oft for Lomltne
by Messrs. Hibbert and
event the workmen
~employedh
may be
he substantialformed
o f dinner,the
importancefollowed
of mutton, and
itin'tof beef, 28 legs
f ;there were also
vle)PitTisaitoathtnehe'%a•fewielrs'eetrievPSar2l°'B,gvevarLdednneadsis stated that ans ongst the pro-
visions
Mercury,
ofa tuSre,36eonbeP;sno:ltsp of
from the premises
put I :Pt: Lwo.s Bauaredgcloson s r-
Uts MN
EXPECTen PPROPRIATION.—A few
of Mr. Williamson, the clerk to the justices, in a some-
what mysterious manner. The cook prepared a quantity
of rich soup and set it on the pump to cool down.
Directly afterwards sa policeman brought a vagrant into
the yard to be examined upon some charge ; they
eoticed the smking bowl, and the prisoner, being very
old and hungry, thought he might be allowed to taste a
little of the " pot liquor." The policeman saw no objec-
tion, and the man forthwith "licked the platter clean."
The astonishment of both may be imagined when they
learned from the angry ceok that they had actually
cheated a lawyer out of his own dinner, and that too
within the very portals of justice.—Cambridge Adv. -
THE COST or VENTING A. CASK.--011 Tuesday
afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, as two drays,
loaded with beer, belonging to Charrington's brewery,
was coming up Farringdon-street, towards Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, one of the butts suddenly made an extra-
ordinary noise, similar to that of a steam-boat engine
when discharging its steam. The driver of the dray
being informed of it, very promptly stopped the horses,
and, with great presence of mind, got on to the dray,
and quickly made a vent for the beer to escape, which.
a,cett•ted with such velocity as to reach at least,
.twenty feet high. Had not the carman immediately,
attenthd to it, no doubt the butt would have buret:
end thereby base caused en acrid- tit. The drayeisiv
said the beer that escaped wiiuld be his loss, though
no taulc could be pit•he. ito him. Instead of the
si"Pr4ng the"l're
icpirroniu.s.pitit,es,i,nagniattetimlxes, lie ought to he roe
preventas occident
rtaitoirehnis_
I'lleav"ring, to the beet of his ability, to
-so.liny one.