The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

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and asks MAI f. A ix)
marry—the mother or th op6itto(Affing him at the
same time that the daug sNo Piqued
at this, he asks permissi itlef jaikiiiesals to he
daughter, promising, at th a -kist,if she rejec.s
his suit, he (sill use his in treriiinthern to pro-
cure her consent to the ' with
Amede. He retires, and 'finding Ernestine masked,
escorts her to the ante-room to plead his suit.' Ife
Countess sees their approach, and conceals herself. to
overhear his Cower attou with the masked lady. Erries-
tine is astonished at his suit ; she has always regarded
him as a friend, never as a lover. He throws himselot
her feet, and the Countess, unable to contain her ink-
dignation, rushes from her place of concealment, taxes
him with his perfidy, and, snatching off Atte mask of the
lady, recognises in her rival her own daughter. The
rest is soon told. Ernestine is united to Amede ; the
Countess profits by the lesson which has been taught her,
and Alfred is exposed and summarily ejected. The
piece was admirably acted. Madeinoisefle St. Marc,
as the lovely, simple-minded, warm-hearted Ernestine,
was most interesting ; Mademoiselle Martellenr, as the •
majestic and impassioned Countess, was very fine. La-
font, as Alfred, was the most fascinating of scapegraces;
most impudent, yet at the same tiro most gentlemanly;
He was the very personification of. "Inkidest assurance.
Lemadre, too, as the blunt, honest was excellent;
and Pagenier, as the dumb Dane who spk•aks not u word,
acted in the most quaint and humorous manner imagin-
able. It was followed by the vaudeville of Pe/e
et File, in which the versatile Lafont sustained the
characters of both tha old and the young man
to perfection. In, this piece M. Plunket, as Leopold,
made a grey t deal of a somewhat subordinate part.
This gentleman is a true artist. The lively and bust-
ling vaudeville Le Lansquenet completed the evening's
amusements. The house was very fashiorably attended.

lIAMB URGH MAIL.
MARNHELNI, Nov. 19.—At this moment, ten o'clock
in the morning, the city is all in a tumult, the drums
are beating, and the military drawn up before the bar-
racks ; an assembly of the citizens is to be broken up.
A short time ago notice was given by the Municipal
Council that an assembly of the citizens should be held,
to deliberate on various subjects, among which were the
censorship of the press, the violations of the rights of the
citizens by the police, &c. This resolution being pub-
lished the Council received an intimation from higher
authority that an assembly of the citizens, to discuss
political matters, could not be held. They met notwith-
standing ; the hall was crowded ; about eight hundred
citizens were present. The discussion begun, when
the magistrate called the City Director ap-
peared, and declared the meeting to be dissolved. The
discussion proceeded, and the Director left the Hall and
went to the Goverment Director to consult him. He
gave netice to the Commanding General, who immedi-
ately called out the troops, and with two companies of
infantry and a squadron of cavalry repaired to the Hall.
The three then entered the Hall with half a company of
infantry, and declared in the name of the law the meeting
dissolved, and called the attention of the persons com-
posing it to the consequences of resisting the armed force.
The assembly then dispersed, but there is great excite-
ment in the city.
HALF-PAST 12.—A deputation of the citizens is just
gone to Carlsruhe, to complain of this proceeding.
CARLSEURE, Nov. 21.—The deputation of the Muni-
cipal Council of Marenheim left us yesterday evening.
The Grand Duke did not receive them, and the audience
which they had of the Chief Officers of State seems not
to have answered their expectations.—fiamburgh Papers,
28th Nov.

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Noy. 27.
2i111& Money.
St. Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent •..
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent —
Exchange on London, 2 months.— • • 6 2414 624
Universal Prussian Gazette. Nov. 28.

HAMBURGH BORSENIIALLE, Nov. 28.
Bills. Money.
?iiistrian 5 per Cents ...... ....• .. 114
Bank Shares ...... ....... • • •• .. 1620
Anglo-Russign Loan • . • • .• • • 1081,E
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 1031 A
Ditto Ist series Inscription . • .. • . 104
Ditto, Nope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99
Ditto, in Certificate— .. •••• .. • • 99
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Ce. ...• 90%
Ditto Stleglitz ••••• • • • • 89N
Spanish New 5 per Cent— •••• • • • ... 201,E 20
Ditto 3 per Cent •••• • • • . 21%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ... 58}
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...............
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 83
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • • 85%
National Bank Shares• •
Exchange on London.
Hamburgh, Nov. 28. ..

• 13 8% -

GRAY, THE POET.—THE SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS.
—Yesterday the sale of autograph poems, &c., of Gray, the
poet, was resumed and concluded at Messrs. Evans's •rooms
in New Bond-street. The sale realised upwards of 1,5001.;
and among the lots sold yesterday, the following are worthy
of notice :—Gray's Odes, with numerous manuscript notes by
Gray, containing the author's avowal of the sources from
whence he borrowed his ideas. In the first ode, " Awake,
Aolian lyre, awake !" Gray, in one of his notes, states, " that
he alludes to the psalm, Awake, my glory! awake, lute
and harp !' &c." In two other stanzas he refers to
Pindar, on the " Power of Harmony," and observes,
" borrowed from the Pythian of Pindar." On " Night
and all her sickly dews," the poet (Gray) re-
marks, "To compensate the real and imaginary
ills of life, the muse was given us, by the same
Providence that sends the cheerful' presence of
the day to dispell the gloom and terrors of the night." In
the second ode, "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, &e." He
acknowledges his obligations to Shakspeare, Spenser,
Dryden, and Cowley. He also states that he copied some
ideas from " Rafael's Vision of Ezekiel," from an ancient
Scaldic ode, and assigns his reason for giving the double
cadence in the third stanza. Throughout Gray has marked
the musical time. The auctioneer stated that Horsley set
this ode to music almost in the style Gray wished, although
lie never saw Gray, or the book nv...rked by him. The first
offer for this was ten guineas, and, after a most spirited
competition, was knocked down to Messrs. Payne and
Foss for one hundred guineas. Stowe's Survey, with
manuscript notes by Gray, sold for 141. 55., and Cla-
rendon's History of the Rebellion, also interspersed with
MS. notes by Gray, fetched 231. 10s. A few drawings in a
book by Mr. Gray, when a boy, sold for 61. 10s. Hawes'
Pastime of Pleasure, black letter, with notes and corrections
by Gray, sold for 14/. ss. Fabyan's Chronicle, 2 vols. in
one, with MS. notes by Gray, which, according to the cata-
logue of this library, cost 2s. 6d., fetched yesterday six
guineas. A letter of Gray's to Mr. Brown—Haughty Con-
duct of Lord Sackville to the Members of the Court-Martial,
&c., 141. 10s. A letter to the Rev. Mr. Brown, on the death
of George 11., on the legacies of George 11. to the Duke of
Cumberland, and description of Queen Charlotte's present
manners, &c., 171. 10s. Letter to Mr. Brown, on Mr. Pitt's
(Lord Chatham) spirit and contempt in his treatment of
Bassy's proposals, &c., seventeen guineas. Account of the
Death of the Duke of Cumberland, Alarming State of the
Metropolis, and two other letters, fifteen guineas. A long
autograph translation from Dante, canto 38, with a note by
Mason, sold for 181. The other lots sold fetched equally
high prices.

NATIONAL DEFENCES.—The recent experiments
with a one-gun battery, in the Woolwich Marshes, recom-
mended to be made by a board of officers appointed to con-
sider and suggest the best mode of constructing defences
for the coasts of Great Britain, having been completed, and
the result being highly satisfactory, batteries on the same
principle will be erected at Sheerness, Portsmouth, Ply-
mouth, Pembroke, and other places on the coasts of the
island. A great number of traversing platforms, 16 feet long,
to be fixed by pivots to the masonry of the embrasures, are
in progress of construction at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich,
and some idea of the quantity of work now performed in
the carriage department, where it is stated that about five or
six years ago, only about 100 hands were employed in that
branch, that there are now between 350 to 360 men employed,
aided by many new improvements in machinery, equal to the
work of a great number of hands. The contractors for timber
for the Royal Arsenal have not been able to supply the extra
demand for seasoned timber, in consequence of the great
and unanticipated consumption, and the dock-yards have
been bad recourse to. Numbers of large guns have been
forwarded to Jersey and other exposed islands, .and to the
Cape of Good Hope, and other colonial possessions, and the
greatest activity:prevails to strengthen every place at home
and abroad, for securing them in the event of being attacked.
A number of the block ships, heavily armed, will soon be
ready for their respective stations, and add greatly to the
defence of the coast.

EMBOBYMENT OF TEE MILITIA.—We understand
from authority which we believe can he relied upon, that it
is intended next year to embody one-third of the militia
force of Great Britain, another third in 1847, and the
remainder in 1848, for permanent exercise and duty.
They will be sent in part to Ireland and part will
remain to do 'garrison and other duty in England ; and
encouragement is to be given both to officers and men
to volunteer into the line. To effect this alteration in the
law concerning militias, it will be necessary to repeal or alter
the existing Act of Parliament relating thereto; and we are
further informed that for this and other purposes the Legisla-
ture will be assembled the third week in January, and that
an Act of Parliament will he brought in immediately. Par-
liament, as we are told by our correspondent, would be sum-
moned at an earlier period, except for the occurrence of the
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Gloucester Journal.
MADAGASCAR, MAURITIUS, SEPT. 17, 1845.—The
following intelligence, which is extracted from a Bourbon
paper, was received by the last arrival, and has been trans-
mitted by Captain Pinnid, commanding the French brig
Sans Souci :—The brig Sans Souci sailed from Bourbon the
bad weather.
On their arrival, the captain and supercargo went on shore,
where they were met by one of the Hova chiefs,
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dl‘B\a'-ayastteiCnrgaapntain Pinnid was getting ready to weigh, when a
signal was made that a vessel was in sight. This induced
him to stay. In the evening a Dutch ship, of about 1,200
tons, the Prince Henry, Captain Feyfer, came to anchor.
The Dutch captain, and the supercargo of the ship, M. Le-
gavel de Lacombe, who at first called himself by another
name, appeared annoyed at finding the San Souci in the
harbour. They stated that they came in for provisions; but
it was evident that some mystery was lurking under their voy-
age, as the arrangements on board indicated a longer stay than
that of a vessel merely calling in for provisions. The next
day the boat of the Sans Souci, manned by six men, disap-
peared. It has been asserted that she was sunk by the
Hovas ; but all attempts to find the men, or hear of their
fate, have been fruitless. Shortly after the supercargo of the
Sans Souci received a letter from Captain Pinnid, informing
him that he was eletklited a prisoner, and forty dollars de-
manded for his ransom. All protest was vain ; the
money was, therefore, paid, and the captain released.
In the meantime, a certain quantity of gunpowder
was landed from the Dutch ship, and guns fired
by the Hovas as a token of rejoicing. Whi!e
vessel was loaded with powder
board, and told us that his
this was going on, an officer from the Dutch ship came on
and ammunitions of war—that they had on board guns,
Dauphin,engi n e r s
Mnotro
,
smiths,at &c.—that they were bound to Fort: '
n, and Tamatave, and were to be followed '
by two other vessels, consigned to and under the immediatti -
and sole control of M. de Lacombe, the supercargo of the
Prince Henry. He stated further that they came from the
Mauritius. On the 12th the Sans Souci weighed anchor. •
Shortly after two vessels hove in sight, probably those ex-
pected at Fort Dauphin."—Manchester Guardian.