The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-21 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE.

Sia,—The impartiality which you, at all times,
have shown to the persecuted ones, without taking in
consideration which rank in society they held, en-
courages me to request you will give publicity to
these lines.

My late father was Dr. Frederick Bran, at Jena,
editor of the Alinerva, &c. I am a German exile,
and have resided in this country without interruption
since the 13th of June, 1842.
In Germany I never, gave displeasure to any one
of the thirty-four Sovereigns or their respective Go-
vernments whatsoever, and have never in my life been
before a police-court.
I moved always in the best society, and cared at
that time nothing about politics, being very ignorant,
as most Germans were at that time, in that respect;
as the press in that country is not free.
I thought fit, as many other Germans have done, to
obtain a passport for the United States of America
from the Saxe Weimer Government, but having
arrived at Hamburgh on the 4th of May, 1842, the
very day on which the great fire broke out, I lost the
greater part of my money by thieves, and was ad-
vised by my friends to go to England.
In 1844 I wanted to return to Germany, and de-
sired Baron Gersdorf, at that time Minister resident
from Saxony to the Court of St. James's, to give n.e
a passport to that effect.

He refused, saying—" You are yet very young, and
had better go to America; I must not let you go
back to Germany."
I wrote to the Saxe Weimar Government, remind-
ing it that I never had given complaint, and that my
late father not only had paid a large amount of duty to
Government, but had given employment to many,
and had even several times bean visited by the late
Grand Duke himself; but if that even had not been the
case, they had no right to banish any man from his
native country without cause.
I was answered, that, according to a report from
the police at Jena, they did not consider it wise to per-
mit me to return.

I applied again in strong terms, but received no
answer.

Thus foreigners are thrown, against their will,
upon the English shores and hospitality.
Exasperated at such tyranny, I began in 1846 to
write poems, in which 1 asserted that one crowned
head was quite enough for any country, and that
the Germans before all things ought to have liberty
of the press, and freedom of speech.
Several German diplomatists and priests, residing
in London, have since persecuted me, by command of
their Governments, and used all possible means in
their power secretly to ruin my character and to de-
stroy me.
The magistrate at Jena was commanded by the
Weimar Camarillo' to make my venerable mother
appear at his office, and was obliged to ask her,
what I, her son, was doing at London, to which
question she of course replied—that she did not
know what I was doing.
Letters, which are duly posted and paid for in
Germany, I receive only if they are sent under co►er
to a merchant in the City.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.
AUGUSTUS BRAN.
3, Stafford place, Pimlico, Nov., 1849.

WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTION.—THE GLEE
CONCERTS.—The seventh concert of this series took
place on Monday evening, and we must say the im-
provement that has taken place since their establishment
is marked and decided. Part I. consisted of a selection
from Handel's serenata of Acis and Galatea, in which
was introduced " Oh, the pleasures of the plains;"
" Ilush, ye pretty warbling choir;" Happy we;" " Oh,
ruddier than the cherry," which elicited an encore, and
many other pieces, which were each given in a style
worthy of the great composer. We had also a duo con-
certante for treble concertinas, on airs from Lucrezia
Borgia, very beautifully executed by Mr. A. Sedgwick
and Mr. E. Barton. The Second Part opened with a
grand fantasia on the pianoforte by Mr. 11. S. May, in-
troducing the following arias from Mozart's La Clemenza
di Tito :—Duetto, " Ah! perdona;" aria, Parto ma
to ben mio;" rccit. " Oh! Del the mania) quintetto,
" Deh couservate oh Dei;" and concluding with the
Cat's Fugue," by Scarlatti. Then followed a solo on
the violin by Mr. Grierbach. It would be injustice did
we omit to mention the tasteful manner in which Miss
Kemble gave the song " The Cavalier ;" it was beautiful
indeed, and was loudly applauded. The members of the
i„stittcionmust consider themselves under deep obliga-
tion to their talented managing director, Mr. Malcolm,
for the excellent manner in which these concerts have
been presented to them.

LMEDICAL REFORM.--A meeting of the members of
the National Insti!ution of Meoicine, Surgery, and Mid-
wifery was held last night, at the Hanover-square
Booms, to take into consideration the best means of
obtaining the redress of the grievances which the great
body of the profession suffer from the exclusive consti-
tution of the College of Surgeons, and the propriety of
s‘eking the incorporation of the general practitioners.
he meeting was of a preliminary and private character.
A deputation was appointed to wait on the council of
the college with a statement of clalies; and it Has fur-
ther resolved, that in the event of an unsatisfactory
reply, the deputation should wait on Sir George Grey
with a memorial, praying the immediate incorporation
of the general practitioners in a separate college.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—A coil of copper
wire, 12.200 feet long, was delivered at the Gutta Percha
Company's works, City-road, at 4 P.M., on Monday, the
19th, to be covered with sulphuretted gutta percha for
the Prussian Government, with strict injunction that it
must be dispatched by the Hamburgh mail on the fol..
lowing day. Notwithstanding this short notice the ex-
traordinary feat was accomplished, the coil being shipped
within 24 hours of its arrival.