The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS.

Ravel appaared for the third time last Hight in the one act
vaudeville of La Tante Mal Gardee. Throughout the piece
Ravel was excellent, and drew down the heartiest laughter
from a most select and crowded audience. There is a de-
lightful ease and insouciance about him which none but a
first-rate artiste could assume. In the pert Parisian niyuad,
the town-dapper, self-satisfied, narrow-minded, conceited,
cankered creature, the exquisite and nuarcadin of the Rue St.
Denis, he is without equal. Plessy played in two pieces
exquisitely—Madame de Belmont, in the Bal Masque, and
Clara, in the Bouquet de Bal. Amongst the company were
—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, attended by Lord Canta-
lupe and Captain Mildmay ; Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess of Shelburne,
Countess Flahault, Countess of Jersey, Sir William Massey
Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, the Earl and Countess
of Wilton, the Marchioness of Donegal and party, the
Countess of Chesterfield, Lady Newport, the lion. Mrs.
Anson, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the
Austrian Ambassador and party, Countess of Jersey, the
French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, Lady
Frances Knox and party, the Baron and Baroness Brunnow,
the Marquis of Worcester, Lord Somerton, Lord Gardner,
Lady Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Matheson, Mrs. Denistoun and
party, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon.
Miss Copley, Lord William Russell, Sir George and Miss
Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, Lord Sydney, the Earl of
Sefton, Baron Rehausen, Baron Koller, Count Kielmansegge,
Lord Alyanley, Lady Pollock, Lady and Miss Quenten, Lord
and Lady Auckland, Hon. Mr. Grattan, Hon. F. Byng, Sir
Henry Webb, Sir J. 11. Lowther, &c.

THE SATELLITES OF SATURN.

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE TIMES._

simply deny the truth of any such assertion, by
whomsoever made, that the late Sir William Herschel did
not discover the two interior satellites of Saturn, with the
40 feet reflector. It has always been held the privilege of a
discoverer to declare when, how, and on what occasion the
conviction of his discovery us a reality took full possession of
his mind. He declares expressly that this happened as re-
gards the 6th sakllite, at 23h. 26m., August 28 ; and as re-
gards the 7th, at 23h. 31m., September 17, 1789; on both
occasions the conviction being yielded to the 40 feet reflector.
This privilege I claim for him. He claimed it for himself by
always ascribing their discovery to that instrument, and no
one is entitled to call its exercise into question.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Collingwood, April 20. J. F. W. HERSCHEL.

The Hebre w Feast of the Passover commenced yes-
the Jewish persuasion have been engaged in cleansing
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observations of their sacred rites. To relieve the poorer
classes, the holidays or strict suspension of business is
limited from sunset to-day to sunset on Wednesday.
The feast is commemorated by the higher classes in
sumptuous entertainments.
GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—It is whispered in the
purlieus of the .Guildhall, that the City of Londoa mean to
purchase, and to make the Queen a present of the immense
steamer the Great Britain for a yacht. This would indeed be
like the citizens of London, ever renowned and justly so, for
loyalty, wealth, and generosity. How gratifying it would be
to all her subjects, for her Majesty to have such a magnifi-
cent vessel for a yacht how strictly in character for the
Mistress of the Ocean to appear on it, in such a stupendous
splendid ship: and what could be more proper and con-
sistent, than to see the Sovereign of the greatest maritime
power that ever existed, traversing the seas in the most su-
perb and largest vessel ever built. Old Neptune would be
quite charmed to view Britannia's Queen upon his ocean in
such an amazing gigantic yacht, the most beautifully formed,
and the swiftest going vessel of any in the world. Even
grim Vulcan would be delighted at seeing such a huge float-
ing fabric, all of it forged out of iron. She is truly an as-
tlnishing ship, and such as becomes the Sovereign a this
mighty empire to have for a yacht; one that is scientifically
formed for steering properly, and to obey her helm promptly,
without hazard of the danger from failing to do so : a good
and easy sea-boat also in all weathers : a comfortable, whole-
some vessel ; being built of iron, there is no noxious material
or smell from the bilgewater ; and as for the nuisance of the
smoke and soot issuing out of the funnels and settling upon
the passengers on deck, a contrivance on the fire-place is the
remedy for that filthy annoyance. In short, she is the very
thing for the worthy citizens of London to pitch upon to
make a present of to the Queen, and the very desirable thing
for her 'Majesty's acceptance for a yacht.—From a cor-
respondent of the Devonpm t Independent.
PENAL LEGISLATION FOR BACHELORS.—At an in-
quest held yesterday by Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the body of a young
person who had hanged herself, two or three of the jury were of
opinion that she had done so from want of a husband, and one
of them said that so many young females died or destroyed them-
selves through similar privation, that he thought the Legislature
ought to interfere and compel, under heavy penalties, every bachelor
of mature age to marry. He would suggest to the Learned Cs
thatha than
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opinion that marriage did not tend to
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suicides. A juror—But it would, Sie6r, ithoufstbbanaiedsladdiiessc.harTshede