The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustopeti
early walk yesterday morning in the pleasure-ground.
of Osborne House.

Sir Robert Peel left Osborne House yesterday moll'
ing, crossed in the Fairy steam-yacht, and proceeded to
town by the express train of the South-Western Railway'
The royal children were taken out in a carriage Yes.,
terciay,:and took their usual exercise on the sea begat'
Sir fames Clark left Osborne House yesterday.

The Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday mall
for Richmond, on a shooting excursion. His 1401"
Highness returned to Cambridge House in the afternoon
Sir Robert Peel arrived in town at three o'clock I
terday afternoon.
A Cabinet Council was held at five o'clock yesterdal
afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Lord Chancel°
was sufficiently recovered from MS recent illness to aP
tend the meeting.
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The other Ministers present were Sir. Roo," "-icet"-
Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Briceleuch. the Eas'
Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddingt°ll}
the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl°
Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.

The Council sat an hour.
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His Excellency Baron Dedel had an interview -
the Earl of Aberdeen on Friday, at the Foreign-office' j
Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Sidney Herbert
an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday.
His Excellency Baron Dedel, accompanied by 'a
daughter, embarked at Dover on Saturday evening -
board the Princess Mary, for Ostend, on his way to
Hague. His Excellency will be absent about a el°nni
The Marchioness of Hastings and Captain 114912;:d
Henry have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Ito
House. Sir John and Lady Yarde Buller arid I'o
Buller have arrived from Lupton House, Devon. h'l
Charles and Lady Fitzroy arrived at Farrance's 034
Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, from SoutharePtlfe'
;

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S

THEATRE.

Picard's admirable comedy, La Petite Ville, wale;
formed here last evening. Plot it has none, aP"of
despite this want it is one of the most amusing is
comedies. It is a series of sketches of character I
fact, a dramatic version of some of the most flit
sketches of La Bruyare. The scene is laid in aCO
town, and we have the jealous man of the "riu7,4
Pristard (M. Dumery), who is engaged to the belie 11"
coquette, a lively frolicsome widow, Madame de Sell
vile (Mademoiselle Martelleux). Vernon (adrairsol
acted by Cartigny) and his sister Nina (Mademoieeo
Dumery), an old maid according to the almanac, bat
the estimation of herself and her brother a blee.b.oo
lovely virgin—both dragons of propriety—and 31574,
Guibert (Madame Croset), an intriguing old On.
with an excessively gauche daughter, Flore
moiselle Heloise). The part of Fiore was acted Wily
infinite humour by Mademoiselle Heloise. of
gaucherie was inimitable; and the little mixtere_mj,
finesse which she threw into the part when she 1100
in an aside manner, of her mother which votto
young man with the money, was admix,
The part is a small one, but, while she was on the silo,
she made it the part of the piece. Such are the 01311`.01
ters of the piece, and they are brought into play fiblific)
simplest machinery imaginable. Desroches (AL yid
a young Parisian, fancies that his lady-love has plaie"lisji
false, and determines, accompanied by his friend, Pe, le
(M. Pagenier), and his valet, Dabois (M. NarcisevePtio
take refuge in the country. They arrive at La
Ville;
Ville; the inhabitants fae them, in the hope of o'o
a good match fur some one of the female inhabitant
the rich Parisian. Their conflicting efforts to seeureetA
end furnish amusement for four acts, and, at the oi
Desroches is convinced of the truth of his lady.lortjt
quits La Petite Ville to find consolation in La G"oi
Ville, in the arms of Madame Belmont. The piet:beli
admirably acted throughout ; and we know not
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those who love the study of character could 5'
pleasanter evening than in La Petite Ville.

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