The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, to Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell.
Her Majesty gave last evening her first State Ball
this season at Buckingham Palace. The arrange'
ments for the fete were similar to those of last sew:"
The large Ball-room and the North Yellow Drawing-r°°—
were prepared for dancing, and the Grand Saloon, be-
tween these apartments, was used as the reception room.
The Picture Gallery and Green Drawing-room were alto
opened. me
The orchestras for the quadrille bands in the Ball-r°° ,
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were covered with draperies of yellow and gold Or%
ponding with the furniture, and canopies were erecte.uich
both rooms for the Queen and the Royal visitors, ssn
were lined with white and silver draperies, and were deer.
rated with some of the choicest flowering shrubs : thine
tion of the room was slightly elevated. Portraits r.,
Duke of Kent (by Wilkie) and of the late Princess tdultho
lotte were placed in the large Ball-room; and in t a
Throne-room (which was used during the night ag„be
refreshment room) were portraits of his Majesty George la
Third, and of his consort, Queen Charlotte. The wh°,
suite of rooms, and more particularly the Ball-r 0
were brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers, candele,b
and branches. On the ground-floor the Sculpture Gabe
was adorned with bronze busts, on pedestals, of Socrates:
Archimedes, Zeus, Solon, Homer, Seneca, Euriphle.
Epicurus, Aristides, and Diogenes. A figure of Mineraoso,
and other specimens of sculpture in marble, were placed
pedestals at the ends of the Gallery. d in the
A great variety of shrubs and plants were place rs
niches and recesses on the Grand Staircase, arid otbesti
were tastefully grouped in the Marble Hall. The 9..„°14-
ante-room at the top of the staircase contained a very if
nificent cabinet of tortoiseshell, beautifully and elaborete
inlaid.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Au-
gusta yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. "of
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Du".of
Russia, his Royal Highness Prince William Henry„lde
Orange, Prince Dolgorouky, Count Tolstoy, Ber°-ec-
Lieven, General Kaveline, with a distinguished suite' the
companied by Lord Torrington, visited the model 0 on
battle of Waterloo, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly,de,
Thursday. The illustrious visiters being particularly re.
sirous of seeing the spot where the Prince of Orangeor.
ceived his wound, it was pointed out to them by the
jeants in attendance on the model.
A Cabinet Council was summoned b Viscount c•
bourne to meet at ten o'clock on Thursdayy
night, r
sidence in South-street.

The Council sat upwards of two hours. of Sir I
A meeting was held yesterday at the residence a by
Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens. It was atiend, d-
the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord ""librs'
hurst, Lord Stanley, Lord Ellenboroug,h, Sir Jaalcsikorl
ham, Sir Henry Hardinge, and the Right 11°12'
G oulburn. otOe
Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Normanby,
dl
Duncannon, and Lord Morpeth, visited Lord John
yesterday, at the Home-office.
His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the Anlor':',4 ic"on'
nister, visited Lord Palmerston on Thursday,' at the e
office. ba°
The lion. C. A. Murray has returned to 13ticking
Palace from Leaington, Warwickshire. 0011
Colonel Rowans had an interview with Lord John
yesterday, at the II mie-office. ,7 1 Oa
The Right H 1
Hon. T. Grenville entertained the .1.,0ra
Countess Grosvenor, Earl and Countess of Cawd°r'„er
on
and Lady Francis Egerton, and a select party at dill-
Thursday.
ertlaY
MA It RIACE IN II IGII ;--t
Er°
morning the amiable and highly accomplished Lady sitar
daughter of Earl Mansfield, was led to the hYrneni.caseoteh
by Capt. Seymour, belonging to the 2d battalion 01
our, of
Fusilier Guards, and son of Admiral Sir John Sevrrtiord,
Hampton Court, and nephew to the Marquis of liebv the
The ceremony was performed by special licence 'lace,
Dean of Chichester, at All Souls Church, Lang ,harn-od of
St. Marylebone. There were upwards of one b undr..oos
the fashionable world, who were invited, present to II!: re,
the marriage ; after which they, with the happyP:here a
turned to Mansfield-house, in Langham-place, occa'
most sumptuous entertainment was provided for t!h
air
sion. Bands of music performed numerous beautit°;. new
After breakfast the happy pair set off, in an elegant
chariot and four, for Denham-park, in Hertfordshire. oe
QUEEN'S THEATItE.—On Thursday Dig' &Acera
ro. ante'
Beulah Spa, so long a favourite at the Olympic, Was
at this theatre, when a Miss Vivyen made her first aPPearcoo-
The young lady chose for her debut the character oc
stria,
line Grantley, the character sustained by Madame e hoot
Her success was complete. She was received throut
na.
with loud and universal plaudits, by one of the Inc,sa the
merous and respectable audiences which ever gra" oat
establishment. Miss Vivyen is possessed of great pers_hilc
attractions. We have rarely seen a finer figure, :ion,
there was a wonderful ease and gracefulness in her o: the
considering that it was the first time she had ever t!. ,
to
boards of a theatre. Nor was her acting less entitle (Iwo
praise, it fully deserved the applause with which ln
greeted. She has a quick perception of character.i.e
Was
her personation of the character of the Minstreo ,
peculiarly happy—nothing could be more true t
5.n
than her acting in this part of the piece. The 1 g:%
too, was excellent, and was, as it deserved to be,. rne°:tthr:Pre
turously encored. At the conclusion of the p
was a loud and universal call fur the accomplilscheed d I)Wasu
tante, and, on presenting herself to the audience,
have have
received with deafenir g acclamations. We hay
_t have
indeed, witnessed a more triumphant debut. It mast
lady
exceeded the most sanguine expectations either of the
herself or her friends.