The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

SPOUTING.

About 1,000 persons, among whom were several mem-
bers of the Skating Club, were on -the round pond in
Kensington-gardens on Thursday. In St. James's there
were about 500, and in the Regents-park 400 or 500 per-
sons on the ice. One or two immersions took place, but
no serious accident.

COIIRT-FASHIONABLE.
A marriage is spoken of between the Princess Maria
Louisa of Orange, and the reigning Duke of Nassau.
The bride is 18 years of age, and esteemed charming ;
the bridegroom U.
:The Duke of Cambridge returned yesterday to town
from Petworth, Sussex, from his visit to Colonel and
Lady Wyndham.
Lady Peel and family arrive from Drayton Manor
this n eck.

The Brazilian Minister, Madame Lisboa, and family,
have arrived in Portman-square, from Brussels.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn has been entertaining se'
lest companies at Wynnstay, during the holydays.
The son of Prince Polignac has arrived at Brussels.
The Earl of Westmoreland arrived at his residence
in Harley-street from Brighton on Wednesday, and will
return to Berlin to resume his diplomatic functions soon
after the Royal Christening.
The King of Prussia, says the Hamburgh Gazette, will
bear the title of Count of Ermansdorff while at London,
and will not appear in military costume except on the
day of the Christening, when he will wear the uniform
of an officer of the Guards.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The King of Prussia embarks at Ostend for this coun-
try on Thursday next, whither the Chevalier Bunsen
will repair to receive him. His stay here, it is said, will
not exceed eight days.
The order of the Knights of the Golden Spur, the pri-
vilege of creating which has been exercised in Rome by
the Sforza family co-ordinately with the Sovereign Pon-
tiff for the last three centuries, has just been abolished
by Papal brief, without any previous notice or reason
assigned to the present Duke.
A decision has just been given in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Ireland, which will carry alarm into manyy a
family. All marriages in Ireland, celebrated by 'Pr6sby-
terian ministers, where both parties are not 'Presby-
terians, are declared invalid. The Prepyterians in
Ulster amount to upwards of 600,000, and we understand
nothing was more common than the celebration of mar-
riages between Presbyterians and the members of other
communities by Presbyterian ministers.
The Mayor of Bath, in a letter addressed to the Morn-
ing Post, respecting the rumoured accident at Combe
Down, says he has every reason to believe that the com-
munication was made by an unfortunate gentleman in-
curably deranged. He thinks the handwriting and sig-
nature bear a strong resemblance to those of the lunatic,
who had been some time in a madhouse, but where
he is now the Mayor cannot tell.

RUMOURS or THE DAY.
The King of Prussia's present to his godson, the Prince
of Wales, will be a splendid royal mantle, lined with
ermine, and decorated with the finest brilliants and
jewels of the star of the Order of the Black Eagle. So
say the gossips at Berlin.
Not fewer than fourteen equity barristers are to re-
ceive silk gowns in consequence of the establishment
of the new Courts. The following is the list, accord-
ing to the mast approved authority :—Messrs. Teed,
Purvis, Koe, Kenyon, Parker, V 4 ilbraham, Walker,
Lowndes, Mathews, Loftus, Wigram, James Russell,
Anderdon, and Roupel.
At the Cabinet Council, held on Tuesday, the de-
tails of the measures to be brought forward in the ensuing
Session were for the first time discussed by the Ministry
in Council. The Corn-law Duke and the Kent Baronet
were both present, and we may, therefore, guess pretty
accurately what formed one of the principal topics of dis-
cussion.