The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-03 00:00:00

M.AsQUERAbt ALMAdkA.

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This Pete took Place ou Tuesday night pur-
triant to its
.athiouneetilent, under the patronage
of the PrinceSs PAUL ESTERHAVei the Duchess
Of WELLINGTONS the Countess BESS BO RO UGH,
Viscountess lIAMPOEN, Lady CARO Wit LAmu,
and several other distinguished Ladies ; and it
,was, upon the whole, a very splendid affair:
The company exceeded four hundred persons,
and included Most of the Nobility, and other
leading fashionables still remaining in town. The
saloons, the staircase, &c, were brilliantly ill&
minated, and the orchestra was filkd by the
French Quadrille Band, in full strength.
There is scarcely a character in life but what
had its representative,: The Schoolboy With
satchell on his back, the Lover with a woftil bal-
•lad to his mistress's eyebrOW, the Soldier bearded
like the pard, the Justice with fair round belly,
'and the lean and slippered Pantaloon, Were all
personified in infinite varieties. - There were
Friars, }ldlers, and Fops ;' Nuns and Harle-
quins ; Bravoes and Foxhunters ; Country
Bumpkins' and their Sweethearts ; Pilgrims and
Punchinello ; Roman Senators in all the majestic
amplitude. of the toga, arm in arm with the En-
glish Ballad Singers, or High German Doctors:;
Highland Chieftains and antiquated old maids ;
Peasants from every country in Europe ; Turks
and BarberS ; Dorninoes. both male and female
of every colour in the ethereal bow,. and" Bevies
of dainty dames of high'degree" surrounded by.
personiticiitions of all the canaille in St. Giles!s,
done to the very life.
Lady CAROLINE LAMB, ho ever, was the grin-
ciPal, leader of the revels—lthe undoubted he=
roine, or rather hero of :the night.' Her Lady=
ship tippeared, for the first time, in the character
of Do,/ -Giovanni; and, it must be confessed, she
displayed the desperate libertinism of that 'worthy
in such a style as, even. Madame VtsTars' herself
might envy ; but unfortunately' there were too
many Devils provided kir the climax, There
-seemed to be a whole legion of them, principal
and subordinate ; and so little inclined were they
" to do their spiriting' gently," that (notwith-
standing they had been \.epeatedly drilled by
the Don in private),' they appeared determined
to carry the whole crowd 'off to Tartarus by,
a coup - -de main. They pursued the devoted
Giovanni with such infinite vivour- through
the. moving labyrinth; that Senators; And Sol-
diers, and Matrons, were indiscriminately,
thrown down ; and when at last they caught
the poor Don himself, they laid paws on him
with such an extra-infernal furor, that he
fairly relinquished the Don altogether, and' told
them plainly, in propria periona,, as Lady Caro-
line Lamb, that she would play no longer. The'
obstreperous Devils then retired to the tea-room,
and troubled the Company no more that night.
The piece was evidently ill7cast.
The Earl of Glenffall -we think, was the able
representative of the French Coachman, and
cratk'ed.his whip with an air exclusively French.
There Was one fair incognito, who represented
at once a Widozo mid a Bride, her costume being
perpendicularly divided half black and half white.
There was also a very piquant. Dog-merchant,
with a poodle puppy, in each hand, who had the
knack of exciting loud peals of laughter in every
quarter of the saloon. Dr. , too, was
everr„ where .in search of. the picturesque
whether or not -he discovered much is very
doubtful. -

M. C_EsAn MonEAu and M. Awromo J. S.
LOUREIRO, as French Poets, distributed verses
among the splendid throng, receiving in return a
world of verse-inspiring. smiles. Russian figure
dances, Spanish boleros, fandangos, burlesque
strathspeys, minuets, and waltzes, and quadrilles,
were danced at intervals throughout the night;
and the sun had. been risen nearly an hour yester-
day morning, before the company separ,i.ted.—
Among them were observed—

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Mademoi-
selle D'Est, the Dowager Marchioness of I ansdowne, the
Marchioness of Winchester and the Ladies Paulet, Earl and
Countess Euston, Countess of Harrowhy, and Lady Mary
Ryder, Earl of Ancratn, Duchess of Wellington, Duke of
Wellington. Viscountess Hampden and Lady Jane Lennox,
&c. &c.