Star.
London, England, 1829-01-27 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S COURT.

The following later is given by the New York Ad-
vertiser of the 23.1 ul•.

" Want Hand*. Diet. 13.
's L ost night the President's Drawing Hoorn was
opened, tor the tit st time this se 4 son. A large umhe• of
Gentlemen arid Ladio s, consisting of citizens. tooeign
Ministers and their suites, members ot the Congress. scc.
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assembled st an rally hour. Mr. Adams a.,tl his L idy
were unusually chee. ful. Their heal h s•e:ne.l to be de-
cidedly improved. Mr. Adams, as you are •ware, talks
but little in mixed society. From soave cause or other
he was, however, unusually affable last night ; and
Mrs. Adams mingled among her griests, exerted herself
to render their time agreeable. in the manner I f a mis-
tress of a private mansion. TI e east room, with all its
gorgeous furniture,' was opened. 1 looked around to
get a sigh of Mr. Ritchie or his corre-rondei.t, hut t':e
former was not prettit. f he' tut niture,' however, was
there—the same. and resting in the same places as when
its gorgeous' appearance first burp used the visit'',
Mr. Senator Benton. I have an inventory r f the furni-
tore taken last night. It consisted of 19 O.J mahogany
armed chairs (representing probably the old thirteen
States), most of which had bo.toms, indicating tit it but
few of the States would ever be found unsafe and u-elest ;
and all of them were destitute of any covering, showing
the Republican plaint), f the Revolution should
ever be preserved. This was, and for several years
, has been, the only furniture of the room, the simple
grand, ur of which. together w ith its excellent moral,
struck, the imaginative correspondent of Mr. Ritchie
with so much awe. It is fair to state, however, in
justice to the hospit il•ty of ;he President and his
Lady, that for the accommod of titer guests they
caused a few additional chairs ant settees, and two or
three chandeliers, to be detailed for !he service of the
evening. There was that in t e room, however, the
gorgeousness' of which m;glit well impress an imagi-
nation less susceptible and fruitful than that of the Mts.
souri Senator—a .display of beauty, grace, rind fashion,
rarely exhibited in this city. The Marine band was
stationed in this loom; and the dancing was com-
menced, and coritinned till about 11 o'clock, encouraged
by the earnestly expressed wishes of the President and
of his hospitable and elegant Lady. This is the only
occasion of the kind on which dancing was ever Unto-
duced at the President's house during the present ad-
ministration; and, in former years, these was hut one
instance of the so: t. Mrs. Madison once gave a dancing
party ; but lions :he crowd which it drew together, and
some disorder and confusion which took plate, she was
determined never to have another. Report sass—and
I desire that the information should be consideir. 43 Al
cnnodential, lest the Jackson men sluoilit get
hold tfthe.fact, aid reje.eot it as a pro f of the ex-
istence of strong arist cratic I redil,cti.ns on the part of
t'tYiesident and his family.—report Sat S, that on the
day of th:s unwonted cheer in the pa:ace,* the President
, actl Is s Lady sere presented with their first pr indchild.
, 'f he }(song' Princess,' it is said, alrea oy exhihits mush
of the character cf her illustrious progeoitt.rs.
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