The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A Cabinet Council was held at the residence of Earl Grey, in
Downing-street, yesterday afternoon, which was attended by
the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount,
Melbourne, Palmerston, Goderich, and Althorp, the Duke of
Richmond, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon Charles Grant,
Lord Holland, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Stanley. The Mi-
nisters assembled at two o'clock, and continued in deliberation
about three hours.

The Duke of Sussex gave his first converzatione this season,
on Saturday evening, at his residence, in the King's Palace, at
Kensington, which was numerously attended. Among the
company were Lord Farnborough, Lord Bexley, Sir Robert
Fitz Wygram, Sir Robert Inglis, &c.
Several of the Foreign Ministers had a conference with
Viscount Palmerston, on Saturday night.
Despatches from Colonel Arthur, the Lieutenant-Governor
of Van Diemen's Land, were received at the Colonial-office
yesterday.
A deputation, including Mr. James Oswald, M.P., Mr.
Murray, and Lord Lynedoch, had an interview with Viscount
Althorp, on Saturday, at the Treasury.
The Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria, and their
Royal Highnesses' household, attended divine service yester-
day, at the Palace, at Kensington. The Dean of Chester
officiated.

A meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers was held on
Saturday, at the Treasury. Viscount Goderich, Lord Althorp,
the Duke of Richmond, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russell,
were present. Viscount Howick, one of the Under Secretaries
of State for the Colonies, also attended the meeting.

The Turkish Ambassador, accompanied by M. Mavrojeni,
visited Viscount Palmerston on Thursday, at the Foreign-office.
Prince Talleyrand had an interview with his Lordship on
Thursday.

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and
drove for some time on Thursday and Friday in Hyde Park.
A Deputation, headed by Mr. Rigby Wason, had a confe-
rence on Friday with Viscount Althorp, at the Treasury,

Despatches from the Earl of Mulgrave, the Governor of Ja.
maica, were yesterday received at the Colonial-office.
Viscount Althorp and Lord Durham visited Earl Grey on
Friday at the Treasury.
The Belgian Minister and the King's Advocate transacted
business on Friday at the office of the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
The Countess Grey arrived in town on Wednesday night,
from the seat of Lord Durham, Lambton-castle, Durham.

The Lord Chancellor and Viscount Melbourne had inter-
views with Earl Grey on Thursday.

THE REHEARSAL OF " FAUST."

The Italian Opera really opens to-night. We allowed our-
selves to be attracted to the rehearsal, last night, of the new
ballet of Faust; and were taken by surprise at finding it only
en deshabille. However, the novelty was the greater ; and the
actual scene presented such a contrast to that which we had
pictured to ourselves, that it was very amusing. Let the un-
initiated into the mysteries of the stage business fancy the
Opera boards covered with a motley group of men and women,
with a sprinkling of boys and girls, looking like the crowd as.
sembled at the doors of a theatre rather than the actors and ac-
tresses. In one corner, a decent-looking girl, in a bonnet and
cloak, is whirling round on one toe, waving the other leg in
midair the while. In another, a schoolboy is aping an imp's
tricks, while a group of his fellows are criticising his perform-
ance. On one side, a few chairs are occupied by a party of
ladies and gentlemen, chatting listlessly. In front, a fantoc-
cini figure, wearing spectacles, is darting to and fro, now and
then stamping like a demon demented, and flourishing a shi-
lelah with the ardour of one of the boys of Donnybrook—alter-
nately screaming and hissing, while the orchestra below regard
his every movement with awful attention. Suddenly a voice
is heard, like Punch's summons. The crowd dispart, and the
stage is cleared. A gentlemanly-looking personage, in a frock
coat, moves gracefully forward, leading a lady in a velvet pe-
lisse—they are ALBERT and MONTESSU. We forget the coat
and pelisse, and see only the two graceful forms that move 13
by one impulse to the music, with inflections, blending into one
continuous but varied series of movements. On a sudden the
lady stops, and with a laugh makes an exclamation, which arrests
the march of the music, and produces a consultation. The dance
then proceeds. Presently a short, quiet.looking man, dressed
in black, advances, and gesticulates mysteriously, to the evi.
dent alarm of the genteel personage in the frock coat ; then a
pale girl, with parted hair, and in a neat stuff dress, joins them
in evident agitation ; and the partic quarree, after some gesti-
culating, join in a graceful dance ; which meets with applause
from the crowd on the stage and a few cloaked persons scat-
tered about the pit, or ensconced in a box here and there. The
little man in spectacles then stamps his foot, and the voice of
Punchinello is heard calling out " Marche I" the person from
whom it proceeds thumping the floor with a huge stick. The
band obey ; and on the left the motley crowd assume a military
shape, beating time with regular steps, and advance slowly
with great earnestness, describing sundry figures round and
about the stage. Short and tall, fat and slender, spruce and
shabby, young and old, cloaked and coated, some with sticks,
some with umbrellas, girls and matrons, in silks and stuffs,
shawls and cloaks, with boys and girls, form the procession,
which is accompanied by a soldier or two and a couple of
drums. The fantoccini figure nods and stamps with calmness
for a while; but anon he grows furious, rushes up to adelinquent
drummer, snatches a drumstick, and beats the tattoo in proper
time. This over, a number of shopmen and clerks rush for.
ward, kicking up their heels and swinging their arms; and a
flock of milliners' apprentices cross the stage with similar ges.
tures, a few little urchins hopping in between. Presently
they form a quadrille ; then break Into a waltz, and .411 splay a
knowledge of the art of dancing ; till at last the boas and veils
go whisking round in company with the coat-skirts, and hats
and bonnets seem giddy with the rapid motion. The spell is
dissolved. A fat man, like a parish beadle out of office, comes
forward, and calls out to the orchestra, " To-morrow morning,
at half past nine, for the Opera, gentlemen." The rehearsal is
ended. Cloaks and coats are donned, hands shaken, parting
smiles and nods exchanged ; a scene-shifter comes forward to
remove the chairs and table, and the curious visiters in the pit
and boxes vacate their seats.—Spectator.

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