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

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure-
grounds of Osborne House on Sunday afternoon.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party in
the evening.
The wet and boisterous state of the weather yesterday
morning prevented her Majesty and her Royal Consort
taking their accustomed early walk ; and their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, were also prevented being taken
their morning airing on the sea beach.
His Excellency Baron Dedel, who had been obliged
to postpone his departure for Holland, is about to set off
for the Hague at the end of this week, accompanied by
his daughter.

A deputation of nineteen gentlemen, including repro-
sentati,.•es from all the railway companies connected
With British colonies, had a long conference with Lord
Stanley, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S

THEATRE.

M. Theaulon's amusing vaudeville, La Mere au Bal et
la Fide ala -liaison, was produced here last evening. It
is an admirably constructed and smartly written play,
and, unlike many of the French vaudevilles, is not calcu-
lated merely to amuse—it teaches a great moral lesson.
The Countess de Mirval (Mademoiselle Martelleur), is a
widow with one child, a grown-up daughter, Ernestine
(Mademoiselle St. Marc). The Countess, however, is
still young—still fond of admiration, and anxious to form
another alliance; but although she loves her daughter
she fears her as a rival, and will not introduce her into'
society lest Ernestine should, by forming
.7.1 alliance,
reduce her mother at once into th ran aAs the blunt straightforward:Bareneo of chaperons.
her brother, tells her, it is, its
Noris (Lemadre),
. to her to be
thought a mother, it wOahl
annoyancella to e a grandmother.
To this family W.
:.-tfred de Soligny. (M. Lafont),
He pY:tvl "Ilia about town," is introduced.
th.. z 8
the most unremitting attention to
..,other, and is, in act regularly installed as her
cavalier, but he is also smitten with the charms of the
daughter, and, as he himself expresses it, " stands like
summer midway between spring and autumn." He has
not, however, ventured to make any declaration to Er-
nestine, who seems rather to favour the suit of Amede
de St. Almon (M. Ulric), a protege of the Baron's. The
Princess Owinska (Mademoiselle Leroux) gives a grand
bal masque, to which the De Mirvals are invited. The
Countess accepts the invitation for herself, but declines
it for Ernestine, much to the annoyance of the latter, and
also that of her uncle, the Baron, who directs Juliette, her
femme de chambre, to dress Ernestine for the ball as soon
as the Countess shall have departed. The Countess enters
dressed for the ball, and is joined by Allred and his
friend, the Chevalier de Wilberg (M. Pagenier), a Dane,
who cannot speak a word of French. The lady's shawl
is handed to Wilberg, and her fan to Alfred, and they
escort her to the carriage. Alfred, however, has pur-
posely left her fan on the table, and this gives 'lime
an opportunity of handing the Countess over to. the
care of Wilberg, while he, under pretence of fewtewnl._,
the fan, has an opportunity of gaining I this,
Ernestine while her mother is at the ball-. is is the
an interview with
however, he is disappointed. Juliette, who
and. tells him that
room, politely hands him the
Ernestine is asleep. He, however,fa 611: aesu her voice in her
boudoir, and takes advantage "momentary absence
of Juliette to conceal himsel ofErDeStilllC enters dressed
for the ball, :and practises ter dance before the glass.
Fatigued with dancing, she drops into a chair, and re-
poses for a moment. Alfred i▪ s about to seize the favour-
able moment for an inter view when a loud ringing at the
bell forces him to regain hi▪ s retreat, and the Barou
enters and conducts his niece to the ball. This situa-
tion ends the first act. The scene of the second act is
at the Princess's—an ante-room adjoining the ball-room.
The Countess, distracted with jealousy, is expecting the
return of Alfred. She is joined by her brother, who
reproaches her with her love of admiration and her
envy of her daughter, and proposes an alliance between
Ernestine and his protege ; to which at length she re-
luctantly consents, on condition that the newly-married
couple shall immediately remove to Brest, and thus rid
her of that rival whom she dreads. The Baron quits
her, and she is joined by Alfred, to whom she commu-
nicates the plan to which she has consented. Ile dis•
suades her from it, and insinuates that. the world will
attribute her proceedings to envy and fear, and will
, in consequence magnify the Charms of her daughter and
taunt her. The Baron and Amede now join
them, and she withdraws that consent which
a moment before she had given. The Baron
is left alone with Alfred, and the blunt old fellow
immediately accuses him of having prevented the match,

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and asks him plainly whi ftlify.'pla,e intends to
marry—the mother or the him at thi
same time that the danghte *tor im. Piqued
at this, he• asks permission 7gkiiicqiesals to the
daughter, promising, at the sae rejec's
his suit, he kill use his influenwtri_t„hAhspaqther ar pro-
cure her consent to the marriaptoloteeitine with
Amede. He retires, and finding Ernestine masked,
escorts her to the ante-room to plead his suit. 11. e
Countess sees their approach, and conceals herself, to
overhear his conversation with the masked lady. Ernes-
tine is astonished at his suit ; she has always regarded
him as a friend, never as a lover. He throws Mame fat
her feet, and the Countess, unable to contain her in-
dignation, rushes from her place of concealment, taxes
him with his perfidy, and, snatching off the 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. Mademoiselle St. Marc,
as the lovely, simple-minded, warm-hearted Ernestine,
was most interesting ; Mademoiselle Martelleur, as the
majestic and impassioned Countess, was very fine. La-
font, as Alfred, was the most fascinating of scapegraces;
must impudent, yet at the same titne Bost gentlemanly.
lie was the very personification of 6. Tofest assurance."
Lemadre, too, as the blunt, honest Bariii?, was excellent;
and Pagenier, as the dumb Dane who spaks not a word,
acted in the most quaint and humorous manner imagin-
able. It was followed by the vaudeville of Pere
et Fils, in which the versatile Lafont sustained the
characters of both the old and the young man
to perfection. In this piece M. Plunket, as Leopold,
made a great deal of a somewhat subordinate part.
This gentleman is a true artist. The lively and bust-
ling vaudeville Le Lan.,quentt completed the evening's
amusements. The house was very fashiorably attended.

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HA MB URGH MAIL.
MARNIIEIM, 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 discus&
political matters, could not be held. They met Potwith-
standing ; the hall was crowded ; about Piight 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. Ile
gave notice 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 bitizens Is just
gone to Carlsruhe, to complain of t is proceeding.
CARLSRURE, Nov. 21.—T
cipal Council of Marc...1,,21:e deputation of the Muni-
The Grand Duk.^ left us yesterday evening.
which
id not" receive them, and the audience
to tlus.. '
, had of the Chief Officers of State seems not
'lave answered their expectations.—llamburglt Papers,
28th Nor.

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEELIN, Nov. 27.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent ...... •• • . 9814. 97 sk
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent..
Exchange on London, 2 months•• • • • • 6 244 624
—Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 28.
HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 28.
Bills. Malley,
kustrian 5 per Cents
Bank Shares •
Anglo-Russian Loan • • • . • • • • . • • . 108%
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 10314
Ditto Ist series Inscription .......• .• • • 104
Ditto, hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99
Ditto, in Certificate. 99
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ... •.• 9034
Ditto Stieglitx
Spanish New 5 per Cent— ...... ••• . • . 2014
Ditto 3 per Cent •• • • • 21%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • 5834
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844... • 83
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 8514
National Bank Shares..
Exchange on London.
Hamburgh, Nov. 28. •• • ..... -• 13 8%

GRAY, THE PORT.—Tun SALE OF 'AUTOGRAPHS.
—"Yesterday the sale of autograph poems. &c., of Gray, the
poet, was resumed and concluded at l.tessrs. Evans's .rooms
in New Bond-street. The sale rear.sed upwards of 1,5001.;
and among the lots sold yesterdP.-i, the following are worthy
of notice :—Gray's Odes, wit):. numerous manuscript notes by
Gray, containing the ai''...‘nor's avowal of the sources from
whence he borrowed ideas. In the first ode, " Ake,
fEolian lyre, !" Gray, in one of his notes, states "wa that
he alludes
.to. the psalm, Awake, my glory ! awake, lute
and hap; &c." In two other stanzas he refers .to
Pindai., on the " Power of Harmony," and observes,
'oorrowed 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 cheerfull presence of
the day to dispell the gloom and terrors of the night." In
the second ode, " Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, &c." 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 dor.ble
cadence in the third stanza. Throughout Gray has marked
the musical time. The auctioneer stated that Horaley set
this ode to music almost in the style Gray wished, although
he never saw Gray, or the book marked by him, The first
offer for this was ten guineas, and, after a .most spirited
competition, was knocked down to Mears. Payne and
Foss for one hundred guineas. Stove's Survey, with.
manuscript notes by Gray, sold fc,r 14/. 55., and Cla-
rendon's History of the Rebellion., also interspersed with
MS. notes by Gray, fetched 23/. 103. A few drawings in a
book by Mr. Gray, when a hoy, sold for 61. 10s. Hawes'
Pastime of Pleasure, black letter, with notes and corrections
by Gray, sold for 141. ss. Fabyan's Chronicle, 2 vols. in
one, with MS. notes by Gray, which, according to the cata-
logue of this library, cost s. 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., 174 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
to be fixed by pivots to the masonry of the embrasure" are
in progress of construction at the Royal Arsenal,'W,Jolwich,
and some idea of the quantity of work now Kciormed in
the carriage department, where it is stated that about five or
six years ago, only about 100 hands were r,inployed in that
branch, that there are now between 350 fr., 360 men employed,
aided by many new improvements in ri,achinery, equal to the
work of a great number of hands. she contractors for timber
for the Royal Arsenal have neA been able to supply the extra
demand for seasoned ti-alber, in consequence of the great
and unanticipated covasumption, and the dock-yards have
been bad recour:se to. Numbers of large guns have been
forwarded t Jersey and other exposed islands, and to the
Cape of Good Hope, and other colonial possessions, and the
gr":atest 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 THE MILITIA.—We understand
from authority which we believe can be 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 mill be sent in part to Ireland and part will
remain to do 'garrison 2nd 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
county sessions throughout the kingdom, which are holden
and at which many of the M em-
in the early part of January,
bers have to officiate either as chairman or magistrate.—
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, comm anding the French brig
atfhteer Ipiatvaiinnganmdetca supercargo with very Sans Souci :—The brig Sans Souci sailed from Bourbon the
ust,
24th July, for Fort Dauphin (Madagascar), and anchored on
rwbeandt
on
n weather.shore,
where they were met
On
ne
thtehi arrival,rAug
by one of the ova
Hchiefs,
who told them that, having recei •
ved from the queen
a formal order, under pain of death, not to allow the
exportation of any merchandise •
of any kind, they were only
wasting their time if they expected they could get a cargo.
Water and fresh provisions were equally refused. The next
day Captain 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-
gudvel 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 undertheir 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 detained 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 tired
by the Hovas as a token of rejoicing. whi:i
this was going on, an officer from the Dutch ship carpe on
board, and told us that his vessel was loaded with powder
and ammunitions of war— that they had on board guns,
engineers, smiths, &c.—that they were bound to Fort
Dauphin, Manouron, and Tamatave, and were to be followed
by two other vessels, consigned to and under the immediate
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."—lttanchester Guardian.