The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS—ST.
THEATRE.
Encouraged by the success of the three last seaozci
Mr. NH chell commennes his campaign fur the presc:L
st awn on Monday next, two months earlier than 110"
Every true lover of the drama will be rejoiced at
announcement, for the French play is certainly eneaci,
the most intellectual amusements of the country. ~Pee
engagements, too, are of greater importance than then
have been during any of the preceding seasons. hin,,lEig
Lafont, of whom the habitues of the St. James' s,
the last season, preserve so many pleasant reminiscenerby
opens the season. Ile will be supported by
Mademoiselle Martelleur, of the Theatre FteaSirar;
and Mademoiselle Eugenie St. Marc, of the Theatre
Vaudeville, both of whom are new to this country, IFI;
who will be members of the regular companY clurdinof
the season. Madame Albert will be here at the earlu
December, and will, during her engagement, aPrea.'.o.
all her popular characters. During a portion of ho
gagemeet,Slonsieur Laferriere of the Theatre du .
vine, will make his deat before a London audierlxi'an'
and, judging of him from the report of our ra I„siv„
contemporaries, he cannot fail to become fu the
In February M. Felix, also a popular actor 0 le,
Vaudeville, will make his Mil, with our old fav(lll,,e
Madame Docile. In April Mademoiselle 17a
Cheri. the pet of the Gymnase, will wake new
debut, and during her • ngagenient severaled by
plays will be produced. She will be sucee,e{l, er
the fascinating Lejazet, at the conclusion of :off
gagement Mademoiselle Plessy and M. Lafont
pear. At this time the finest comedies of the Fre;ll
language will be produced, and for awhile
reign triumphant at the St. James's. She Wm. 17,, yr,
ve place eventually to her sister, Melpomene, ',„°"oce,
Mitchell has succeed in engaging the glory of 0.5,30
the tragedian par excellence of the world, Made°, ~efr
Rachel, who will appear in selections frogs 14`,,,,
~,bile
d'ceuvre of Corneille, Racine, and Voltaire. .-au the
due homage is paid to the transcendent genius„,",,jero
mighty masters of the bygone classical days► tibe:d the
French tragic drama will not be neglected,
Virginie of Latour, the most successful of the new before
tragedies, will be represented for the first tir°2ll s
an English audience. The general company 7. it Car
powerful one. In addition to that admirable (Pi' it in'
tigny, and a great number of our old favourh ve,
eludes the names of many
artistes who, alt",,gu
known in England, deservedly enjoy a high,r(Ceotst
in their own country. Mademoiselle Eliza I'uotief
the direct rice, and Cloup, to whom the public are ,doi
great obligations for his unceasing efforts in feriae', hii
to naturalise the French drama among us, "still° fQf
post of regisseur. We anticipate a brilliant seal'Sr.
the public in general is not ungrateful, and certain JOl
he beStp '
Mitchell deserves all the patronage that can Lbe °
on him. As a caterer for the public amusenleu"
judicious, enterprising, and indefatigable.

THE SONG OF ST A" b•
The following beautiful and powerful stanzas,_
Cutter, are are copied from an American paper, called tu*
ing Valley Register :
Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein ;
For I scorn the power of your puny hands
HowF For
I mlaaungyh a laughed,
countless as IlayAs the tempest scorns a chain. ht
At the childish boast of human might,
And the pride of humah power.
When I saw an army upon the land,
hour,
from sight
concealed
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along, a snail-like band,
•.
Or waiting the wayward breeze; •
When I marked the peasant faintly reel
With the toil which he daily bore, ,
As he feebly turned at the tardy w,
Or Or tugged at the weary oar. (nee
When I measured the panting courser's
The flight of the carrier dove,
As they bore the law a king decreed,
Or the lines of impatient love ; uid feel.
I could not but think how the world n'e . •
As these were outstripped afar, keel,-
When I should be bound to the rushing
Or chained to the flying car.
Ira! ha! ha! they found me at last,
t,
They invited me ii rth at length', oder bias
And I rushed to my throne will.' t.LI
And laughed in my iron strongt';‘,
Oli ! then ye saw a wondrous chank"
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Hurrah hurrah! the waters o'er,
The mountains steep decline,
TiThee—wspoarlcder
thhaev
we yoriledldiesdntioinien
The rivers the sun bath earliest blest,
Or those where his beams decilinest,
The giant streams of the 9ueen y
Or the orient floods divine.
re"oice,
To hear my streng ,
deep
of the rin)
And the monsters •
trembling at my Noice.ly power--
th and the lrd of earth,
I carry the wea' „ the god like mind ;
Thceoowceera,ntrpeales. wberfer I sweep,
The thoughts ot g
The wind lags after my flying forth,
The lightning is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless mine
My tiresome arm cloth play,
Where the rocks never saw the sun decline,
Or the dawn of the glorious day.
I bring earth's glittering jewels up
From the hidden cave below,
And I make the fountain's granite cup
With a crystal gush overflow.
I blow the bellows, I forge the steel
In all the shops of trade;
I hammer the ore and turn the wheel
Where my arms of strength are made;
I manage the furnace, the mill, the mint,
I carry, I spin, I weave ;
And all my doings I put into print,
On every Saturday eve.
I've no muscle to weary, no breast to deg,
No bones to be " laid on the shelf," _

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And soon I intend you may "go and PllO-
While I mana down
the world by myself.
band:,
Be harness me with your iron ba,
Be sure of your curb and rein, hfinds
For I scorn the strength of your pun,'
As the tempest scorns a chain.
aLAT
VISIT OF PRINCE SEYD v of°
WOOL W ICH. eterdar ja rer
His Highness Seyd Hilat arrived at Woolwich Ye-,,ificerti
o'clock, attended by his sword-bearer and two othe„.7 7.0
sian array, and a Turkish officer as interpreter. ;rioting otooltv
elegantly dressed in the Persian costume, and 00,11 Lord
carriage and tour was received by Lleutenant-Gen'aorisoo.colemei
field, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Commandant a the, Artwers.A
General James Webber Smith, Director-General 0. lOW
Cockburn, Director of the Laboratory DePartinenit'it-C°l°llo.l'
Director of fDtilrieecCtoarrroiratgieieDFeopuairtiirtyielpite, and Liente" ROO Adjefsl4
with Major Armstrong, acting BrigadeP-Van;
or, CaPtlite
Maclean, and Lieutenant Dickson, of the Royal Art', nel Vat, to
The Prince was then conducted by Lientenant-Co oundergosocoop
the boring department, and witnessed brass 11111,,iing Dwell
operation of boring and turning outside on the stuns__ie DrasWoenet..t..-
In another branch of the establisl t the Doer'
linen „he 3 core 4,4
having the initials of her Majesty, the als e` 11,9'
and the name of the founder, and the year to wa"--and over
upon them, and the whole of the precesS rafriP.
in progress were explained to his Highness. the - • ea'
to cilia ,re
The Prince was then conducted by Colonel Lacy Put sus ore
department, where some handsome and very rut, 014, jlitiltt
worked by steam, has been pat into operation, , pt. j'tett teed
and boring and turning the iron work of the MATT; pole' lere.,,ed
mess in the same place witnessed the making of roe 41,0.4
long, and appeared pleased to witness square an', on Dejocteti
timber inserted in the box of the turning lathe, A pv10;0710.
ent of the
in
through, in one minute emerge at the other fijue,i'onottal rod
pole, as smooth as itcould be possible to make if. pow- ,P,hing
of this department, his Highness witnessed Wawa; b," ro 110.5-0,4
ing machine in operation, reducing the massive ti u, no
garrison carriages to the' required thickness, and E-rtnee.tilld.
them at one process. Colonel Lacy showed the t-ieSOJ„-O
handsome 6-pounder brass guns cast expressly a_t4., to t'tile Ong
for the purpose of being presented by her s,..rfiae
father, the Iniauin of Muscat. In the same Inv nwheel9, to
handsome gun carriage and limber were sholirn• fileAtpte"
admirably suited for the short gun it will mount; 'Doing
_meted
not stand higher than about three feet, the lOW' roa.-„Jef
suit the small horses of the country of the finatun.,bor ,D
On leaving the carriage department, Colonel C°':4o,llls'. ni
his Highness to the Laboratory. The materials of ,Los Stleets
is made were shown to the Prince, in all their va"siod niting?
before and after manipulation ; and also varl°°- The:lnef UED
engines of destruction, kept in the south Nei n. „Mee t-t 0_4,1
musket-balls by compression, and the old plan' sS,
to be cast in moulds, was shown to his Royal inglOto be
ap
at
making and finishing of percussion caps, Will' elejan
greatly delighted.
His Highness and suite, with the officers au Pre— d pal"- the
three o'clock to the residence of Lord Bloomfield' coo t
ry
elegant dejeuner, and at a quarter to four o'clock drys utilley, o
C•l5.
common, where the three troops of the Boy& llir ft pyo oft o
sta
previously assembled, under the command of Colo voi,em
The rapidity of the firing, the celerity of the ;ea togs
troops, and the correctness of the evolutions, APPea
e'Of.Pre Pr 'Seu.lill i nce.
Ilis Highness, at the conclusion, through the in,-tarea tr'.
his approbation of all he had witnessed; and at a cfr
o'clock entered his carriage to feturn to London.

SMALL DtoEbßTStbAe
ccr.—l. n. ursuance °I. t it
the resofolge: ,
teh 1
agreed(tiiuoenSstsNonx mfiassviooPtni
favourable
l eft
for the hundreds of Blackheath an thei:c:lo Icolitlies9l; Wit
flees, in the county of Kent, and Wallingto a u st A
d 1114:title
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Of
tfo_toefrbw:
sai. i
rrnclioee:d- ,etxthcheeeendMiienemgsso2rrsoi
a.tiPtaor k
teiri ,e the r clerkss
of
the
tph er i el
Moat
po r 0
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, 5118 t
praying her Majesty's sanction for an extension 0
oat, to i vriat
visions of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., cap• 101, ter heblivaasveate:corfaesdbeellsti, . tit:"
.
received, a circular has been issuedrequestnswgotnh
of the Commissioners at the Court-house, 4
V
abouttNl Nov.
3f5,10,
p,r2afo
otorhri
sle:ht the purpose
t.
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poi proceedingnt r
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per
Aannnaucnitil,,etchaenvdaissisriocnt
beeVacnifuonrthe:dreosoPei: Sti
tive candidates has been going on for some thin,
..e arc et, ,tti.
F,'
little betting. has taken place as to the result. Ine.. corner,
blllet
candidat. ain the field, viz. three barristers, It• J. Se'
slosmqe.,
fDO%., D. Keane, Esq., and Charles llarwo°d: l'sq;eeilli 11(143
ail
corder of Shrewsbury, Frederick W. 111eymott, Esq:' hr. The
tp,olesTaudlceiziE:,eadnd Robert Suter, Esq•, solicitor of GreenwLc-ioner* , O
mite
election is in the hands of about. two hundred Colunli'' to ;.;
of whom have not' yet qualified. thti°;
O.
i tt 7s
,ths,enemeed
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ANDOVERMr.I,rk.,e
tUooNkioprtla.c—e rornheFrei(lieacyt,iwnnbofr.s:irottthfr
of the Isle of Wight, was chosen. There were twelve. nine. 173
in his favour, the next caidate on the list haviug the
The new master tf the union is Mr. James B_lvtlii. Arrl
oacior It
senior wardens of Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wigi'-- a ,21ii
shire Advertiser. ‘• GOAVSSt 1.1,
HI
THE REV. JAMES FORMBY AND TII. lio y, C;
IERN, AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.—No prosre_o_eca till° and
en made towards an adjustment of the differenceS be.:;c000.! Alit
above parties. Early on Friday morning' the remaining
,5000110 4
trees on the line of the intended road were cut down,
_.', 0,00 ! but
not known ; and on Satuiday the Rev. Gentlemen einplo.,,,,,,Dicli,
men, some in throwing the earth froin the side of hi.s lii.:!!!.:,bY, A 001 . NI
4114
it seems, heel:mils a three-feet footpath, and others in cm's' t. cute",
pit on the disputed ground, for the purpose, as he alleg.cs, °,,,,,- of tlfr, C
up the fallen trees. It having been reported that a 1101.,;,n tro.,"' ttis,a
railway men, plate-layers, and others, would be brought, "?‘1,.. O hot
Gravesend or lligham in opposition to these proceedino,4s for 01°,
i li,
ward, on the part of mr. Formby, applied to the magiatr% ailltlitc"
whole of the police force to preserve the peace, and a- that °
having been made by James Wyatt, Mr. Formby's fore ~ were the
apprehended a breach of the peace, the whole of the police 1.!.)%0er, kt.
taken to the spot. accompanied by, the Mayor and CaPtain i'd' 0.011 P,
the
a.ttended by Mr. Frail, the clerk to the magistrates, arinelea fa. thQ
le Riot Act, in the expectation that its reading might be c'''.,d the
Mr. Formby's men were desired to leave their work:, and
threatened descent from Gravesend or Higliam not havin., via t 4
place, the magistrates, after waiting some time, rettirned fru oaf
place, leaving the police there for the consesygtiou 0f ::001t 140
which at present remains undisturbed. -
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