The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS. •
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
La Grisette et L'hreritiere, a drama, in two sets,
was performed for the first time in this country last
evening. The scene opens in a mgaasin des modes, where
we find Clothilde (Madame Doche), Seraphine (Made-
moiselle Anna Grave), and a number of other grisette se.
employed in the production of millinery. C:othilde is
a girl of sentiment and virtue. she is the pet of la,er
companions, and the beloved of Arthur Duresnel
Rhozevil), the son of a rich manufacturer, whotte
however, she rejects. until she ascertains that " his
suit is honourable, his purpose marriage," and even
then, although she promises to love him ever'
she endeavours to dissuade him from an alliance.
inasmuch as she is not only of obscure parentage. bet,
as she believes, a natural child, for she had never known
a father and her mother had died of a broken heart'
The father of Arthur has heard of his penchiint for
Clothilde, and emplosx Athanase Pumaret, his neehevi
(M. Plunket), a hypocritical, vulgar dandy, a French
snob, in fact, to endeavour to break off the
match, promising him a handsome reward if he
succeeds. Athanase makes love to Seraphtnel
and thus obtains admission to the magazine. an
by mettna of forked letters, and various other
honourable contrivances, inarages to make Cletbi'de
believe that Arthur his deserted her. In the mesninse
certain M. Marcos (M. Dorgebra), the confidentioi
steward of M. Rihera, a rich Spanish merchant, arrive`;'
and seeks an interview with Clothilde. He discloses to
her the fact that her father is this rich merchant
c hi"
rA
that lie has sought her out as his only
having lost a child by his last merriages
that she is his legitimate child by his first merrier'
and that he intends to make her his heir. Having hue
reiven the letter rurrrtipa to come from Arthur. ve",,
Forged by Athanase, breaking off the connexion, si",,"
sea off with Marcos to Cadiz; but an alarm it Ole;
after she has left the house that a grisette oa;
herself into the river, and ererld
concludes that Clothilde has coanniite
,
icide on account of her love for Arthur:
The second act introduces to the residence of the Oa'
of Arthur in Paris. M. Le Baron (we are partietlisr
about the Baron, inasmuch as the worthy gendew
himself lays particular stress upon the dissyllable)
M. Le Bacon Duresnel (admirably acted by Darnell/
riche Fabricant qui va au bal chez le Ministre.
rears have elapsed since the first act, and Athly°,.:
is high in the confidence of M. Le Barou,
having made him a handsome present for brew'
ing off the match between Arthur and the grisettet
promises him 100,000 franca if he can induce f rt:
!!
thur to marry Inez de Ribera. the rich Sean
heiress, whose band Las been promised to him, °if
and who is coming to Paris under the guardiansbiP °
M. Marcos. Athanase promises to do so, but the Ili
mite is not so easily performed. Arthur, having' heat,
of the suicide of Clothilde for love of him, is attacked 'II
a brain fever, from which he only recovers to remain
a state of incurable melancholy ; he has vowed eter,,ace
fidelity to the memory of othilde, and will, ;,i
hear of another marriage. His father, enraged, de/e'r
st
that if he will not marry Int z, Athanase shall, ant
to Athanase he will leave his whole fortune. The t 8 00
of Athanase are now changed, and he urges ?Phis
Arthur the great virtue of fidelity to the memory oir
it parted love. Arthur, however, consents to see 011ie
and ,on being introduced he is struck b, ~
is
likeness to Clothilde. Still he cannot believe this la 15
Clothilde. He has an interview alone with her, !nil
rapidly falling in love with her when the intervreali
interrupted by Athanase, who desiees to speak isle
Arthur alone, and who suggests that Cint—ast
may still be living, inasmuch as her body rata
never been found, and that, probably, I‘`„saiol;
had abducted her for the purpose of
about the march with Inez. Arthur determines: oe
faithful to Clotbilde, but Athanase, seeking to Itlar`aett
surance doubly sure, suggests that Inez has another " lilt
and produces a gage d'amour which he had found in bsti
possession. It is a gage d'amour which Arthur id,
given to Clothilde. The mystery is reveit,ri•
Clothilde, the grisette, and Inez L ate
here are the same ; and the lovers, bits'made happy, while Athanase is obliged to content haa
self with his 100,000 francs, and the hand of Sera!, ,to
to whore he hail promised marriage two years bein;ililo
secure her services in sowing discord between Clot Do
and Arthur. The acting of Madame • oche, both 'isle
Grisette and L'Heintiere was most artistical--si"iP eatti
po' isle-al—pathetic. yet net forced, but beautifully 013)pa
; her Clethiltie was a perfect ttiiaolin
She was admirably supported by Rh.zavil,
and by Dereehret, wh its Mireoa had but lane t;,ll'e
but did that little exeelaitly well. Plunket as al"
ease, was an exqui..de snob (we use the t, rat ''llsibePali
stalsedlt ), and Dam, ry and L Baron was the Vl' It
ideal of a parvenu. It was preceded be Use Fero
Quarante rinse, and sueceseied by Etre Aims, ou
in both •.f which Meeemoiseile Martelieur was evselbill
lier Majesty and his Rot Highness Prince ri et'
aonoured the theatre by their presence, and theorist
foemances were by express desire. The roysi lob
arrived towards the conclusion of the first. piece', „,too
her Majesty awl Prince Albert paid the utmost euttt
Lion to La Grisate it L'Heritiere, and seemed r, psr
folly into the iteerest of the plot. They seemo",i
ticularly amused a ith the boasting .f the Baron. t" 04,
was often invited to the halls chez le .
P
avidertiy did full justice to the transeenclaia tale tit
Madame Doche. At the conclusion of the pilY'
aril
applause from the royal box was long-cootinueu 'OO
among those who, on the appearance of
Doche, in obedience to an unanimous call, effere'es'
thehomage of their hearty epplause, not chi lean IV
siyeuous was his Royal ll:gimess Prince Albert'
• I house was in every part crowded to excess.
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IMMENSE DESTRUCTIoN OF PLANTATIONSef,tI,
LATE HURRICANE.—The almost unprecedented gale e`iiilo:i
nesday week has been severely felt among tibebei
land and other plantations. Trees on the Orsriper:it
Perth which had stood the blast f 100 years, werea
of their branches. broken in their trunks, "ihir,
up their roots. A most beautiful Lombardy Paltoril
crowning beauty of the North Inch, Iva"
sw crisP
pieces and levelled with the dust, greatly. darn ilO4
its fall, several other trees in the clump beside 11-orrieto
ther of the same description at Deadlands, a great:fell iriel
near the west end of the bridge, was uprooted, 50" 0;0 ill
the river. Strong ashes and other hardy trees were treejers
and torn on the South Inch, and the fruit bearieg_,,
gardens suffered materially. A large number of c;
blown down along the east bank of the Tay oPP°sl,are.l,'lo,
At Scone, wood to the value of more than 1,000/• s"w.,
same fate. At Moncreiffe and Dupplin the harr,
mense. From Castlehuntly, Logiealmond, LYnedae"; he Mfr
places, we have accounts of great deva,tation-4
ti
mentioned, a roup of wood had been advertised r'-ir tootil it
but the number of trees blown down or uprooted We'd slict'pe
times that of those marked off for sale. The fine w°
Met hven Castle have also sustained great datrlsge"
forests about Dunkeld have suffered perhaps ulai-.. crolei4
than any. There is scarcely a standing tree lerbre
barns, and Craig-Vinian is little better. The nuLalko-cirnrto,
by the wind or torn up by the roots in that neigu`c.ioosl;,,di
variously estimated from 20,000 to 30,000! In ra'ecell'vl
of the country tbe barn yards give evidence of the 6 over vi
the hurricane. Great numbers of stacks were blow% the
scattered abroad before the fury of the tempest, and
in this respect is considerable.—PerthConstitution neliool
THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—A large PartY...lllo(lo'
the Earl of Rosslyn, Major-General Wemyss, Captain rs',lo, oliecr
several officers from Windsor and Hounslow, break[*' for tor Yni,
nesday morning, at Colonel Thomas Wood's, the Meinh`oolc
nockshire, at Littleton,-near Staines, where the Inee,t,,. 11'• );
The field numbered between 400 and 300 well-mounted f of';10:
On Littleton-common, where the celebrated deer Rob 'Oct; ffe.
carted shortly before twelve o'clock, numerous carriagesitioo,"o?:
the families of the nobility and gentry of the neightplol' tf,,)
stationed to witness the commencement of the sport. '
being turned out, after making a circle or two on 010 1,1,10`',.'110;
away for Pelham-hill, doubling to Ashford, on to the rcli,
tout, and thence to ,the Staines Union and Stanwell U:'l ire
he doubled again to West Bedfont, crossing to Sipscolpie 114
Drayton, leaving the village to the left. Rob, after ergsnt
of the Great Western Railway to flay-es, made OW"
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grass country to Harrow, and was there taken after alt if
of two hours and a half. the .6;t1,0
W.,OLWIC,i. MARCH 19.—This day. bt,l.l,tay,
muster day of recruits of the Royal Regiment of Ar,",;pel
young men in various stages of drill marched post recSicoo.
C. 8., on the guard mounting parade. Orders have hee'i,sft.'ll,
the garrison for Vie fot motion of the rad' of the Blicrai tOtotil
commence duty on the Ist of April next. Major Gefliolpl4,is%
W. H. Gardner will be Colonel Commandant of the ' Pre'
and there Will be 2 colonels, 2 lit utenavt-eolonels oil 8 clip fie
colonel's pay, and 2 lieutenant-colonels major's 140;eol;oreee;
S s.csnd captains, 16 first lieutenants, and 8 „cog, 110,, „
an adjutant and quartermaster on the staff of conimisss"o,
There will be 1 sergeant-major, 1 quartermaster sergeteSnilte.
tory ffergeant, S colour serge- nits, and 24 sergettot'•
mints, in consequence of th f,rination of the 10th 1131`iirjeeeri-01,,
addition of 72 sergeantsto the tires, nt companies, wri ifito•
tints to 105 cemporals to lie sergeants, 108 bontbardivn4 to 0 1,74 0,,
108 acting bombardiers to he 0 mbardiers, and 105 le :
ranks to he acting bombardiers , and the authorities he, 0.4%,"01,
versa) satisfaction by the impartial manner in which th'e, vs
tog non-cortimi;:sh ned officers in the respective rillepti•
promoted to the vacancies caused by the new arrange," 1111
The Duke of Norolk has re•i2ned the `'":,,,bitieeji"eilt,t
&dent of the Arundel and Bramber Agricultural
step has been occasioned by some proceedings of CesT",-,-,"il""„11of
.iommittee meeting of the Association, when the L.'„,;:g/eo-gre,„il
Captain, producing from his pocket a number of toe ,;11,0010117,0
as evidence of his assertion, coinplairied that his (lrece,„ of S' ;as. °off
latitude at the meetings of the Society, to the link Now'. y 0„
,t
and the Earl of March, than to himself. The Duk° cf be','"Dtt,lo
was in the chair on this occasion. replied hat ,f hbe,id 04,4' oft,
that such a matter was to be brought forward. he "-,-,,eob*".eiv'pe
he could also have produced newspapers containing sr itoit
Gallant Captain, quite as long and as political as a,ll?,,coaNlo
spoken on the other side. His Grace added that
a" ts,
main in the chair if he was to be subjected to such attar to ltd'
left the room. Shortly afterwards the meeting adjouald
day. On the day of adjournment the Noble
.but sent a letter resigning hi* office of president.—iirlY. ;
r CD'• ', O.
THE LATE MURDERS IN -;EttsEir.—M-- t -
(191 I'l'lo
lt
the ay to p'o'et
Wks Le Noble, was placed at the bar on Wednesday 001 „,,tc
with the, nuttier of Mr. Centenier Le Cronier. All
Court were densely crowded with spectators *I'S!, 01,4
glimpse of the murderess. The report of the constah.leairod.Ted "re"
of St. Helier having been read, embodying the detail:, pleetityll,ial
public with respect to the fatal deed, the erle°;.,
Guilty, and chose Mr. Hammond as her advocate. "circtile'od
Clfltr
mended back to prison. Various rumours are bel:10 0000; et
respect to the unhappy wretch, and the same SPec.. beicitto lie
terest Ivhich all great crimes never fail to ,:xcite to t
with respect to the woman Le Gyndre, sAie ,tateLuoe ;10,11:
fortieth year, and to have been born in Vae parfait oif. to"
iste.• 1004.0
parish books of which will Ne feund her baptig:naiLe
Statepresenth she was married in the year 1829 to rP•ercit to I'ol
,s,
cowtise
natextht epiparceeese.natt
tngin....,.?noid_dloss;(
ohfe
he gaol. h uTshboamn ,s
was
ether witnesses examined. We refrain from prejudgir
the unfbrtntiate• man by the publication of evidence tt.
proceedings. —Jersey Times.
CO
Tim WAT ERMANS STEAX-BOAT so,te;,t• e
▪ ,
yt
c extraordinaryouipa,iy was gheeilideroaili mTheuetrsintigo
at the London COffe; iavc„
Charles, jun., Esq., In the chair, for the purpose
f the shareholders of then Ise.
char_est tl
f a
brought against the director by Mr. Towse, '‘,l
tory had not kePt WO With the shareholders in the pees ,"), 11;
dividend at the
Cltisen Steam-boat Compan—
Jto their injury ; andd rif;:we #lr,
entered into a litigation with the City which they hit tine eptoof,
Prolaer tlate; had connected themseot t/ifte.ra
The charges were fully rebutted by the Chairman to rerawai
faction of the shareholders, and ended In the 10 'l'd of
loT%fo.awstegiarnem's:anitenio,stLlooae.dgrc(o*:lttyiezt,eaniEr,issil.::lntirieroopsaignknewestia;s An
' s uldtnatel A
, d ("-001di
Mr. Towse, and was favotnatid,V elitettained, t,
the Citizen's Company, M. Francis, wino watt r„esaetiotrir 0.
communicate the mute to the general meeting of t"
to take pIaCP, Dead of 0,
LE MAN PROPERTY. --George I3ra 00,01
known in the Isle of AxholiDe, and on the Trent side.ct,eB 124,4
claimants of the Leman property, died on Tues!‘;"l, by sii:#l..7,
wcutisHa. His Jeath was occasioned, it is suPPy tiefll,l;
mind and exertion of body, he having travelled near].
lof
to search of documents to prove his claim, or ratherl,.oo,
ta the aforesaid property. The deceased WAS
ne.---Lierty Mercury.