The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-03 00:00:00

THE DRA WINO ROOM.

The Queen held a drawing-room (the first this
season) yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Up-
wards of two hundred ladies were presented at the recep-
tion, which was very numerously attended.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Bucking-
ham Palace escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse
Guards, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-
Chamberlain, and the Comptroller of the Household.
The Duke of Genoa, the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburgh-
Strelitz, the Princess Mary and the Doke of Cambridge,
the l'rincess Adelaide of Hohenlohe and Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar were present at the drawing-room. The
Royal Family were received by the Vice-Chamberlain, and
conducted to the Queen in the royal closet.
Before the drawing-room her Majesty, according to
annual custom, received a deputation fromShrist's Hospital
in the throne room.
The deputation, which was ushered to the royal presence
by Sir William P. Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting,
consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson M.P., the presi-
dent ; Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Bart., Mr. Benjamin
Bond Cabbell, M.P., and Mr. James Bentley, three of the
governors of the institution; accompanied by the Rev.
William Webster, M.A., the mathematical muter; Mr.
William H. Back, the drawing master; and the 40 boys of
the Royal Mathematical School founded by king Charles
the Second, and was most graciously received.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw-
ings of the boys and to express her approbation of their
performance.
The Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty in
the State rooms, under the command of the Lieutenant.
The nub-oflicers Lieut. Colonel Net ill and Major Cooke,were
also on duty.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, under the com-
mand of the Exon in Waiting.
Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland
(Mistress of the Robes). the Viscountess Jocelyn (in wait-
ing), the Duchess of Wellington, the Coast/se of Mount
Edgcumbe, the Countess of Desert, the Viscountess Can-
, ping, the Marchioness of Ely, and the Duchess of Norfolk
(Ladies of the Bedchamber), the Hon. Caroline Cavendish
(in waiting), the Hon. Flora Macdonald (in waiting), the
Ron. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Matilda Paget, lion. Eleanor
Stanley, lion. Mary Seymour, ion. Beatrice Byng, and
the Hon. Mary Bulled (Maids of Honour), the Hon. Mra.
Trevor and the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell (Women of the
Bedchamber), the Duke of Norfolk, h.G. (Lord Steward),
the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T. (Lord Chamberlain),
the Earl of Mulgrave (Treasurer of the Household), Lord
Ernest Bruce (Vice-Chamberlain), Lord Drumlanrig
(Comptroller of the Household), Earl Somers (Lord in
Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to his
Royal Highness), Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps (Keeper
of her Majesty's Privy Puree), Col. the Hon. Charles Grey
(Private Secretary to his Royal Highness), Lieut.-General
Sir Edward Bowater (Groom in Waiting), Colonel Wylie
(Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness), Lord Charles
Fitzroy (Equerry in Waiting), Captain the lion. Dudley
de Roe (Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness), Mr.
George Gordon Macpherson and Mr. Charles Edmund
Phipps (Pages of Honour in Waiting).
The Queen wore a train of blue and silver cloth with
gold stars, trimmed with gold braid and silver blonde.
The petticoat was white net over whit* satin, trimmed
with gold braid and white roses with green and gold
1

Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of diamonds and
feathers.

The Princess Mary of Cambridge won a blue moire
antique train embossed with white Bowers and trimmed
with blue. The stomacher was of diamonds. Three skirts
of blue tulle embroidered with silver over a blue silk
petticoat.
Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed of feathers
and a tiara of diamonds of wheat ears, with lace lappets.
The necklace and earrings were diamonds.
The Princess Adelaide of Hobenlehe wore a train of
white watered silk, brocaded with silver leaver, trimmed
with white satin ribbon and silver, the stomacher of silver
blonde sad blush roses. The petticoat of white satin
trimmed with tulle, silver blonde and blush roses. The
dress was of English manufacture. The princess's head-
dress was formed of feathers, [OW, and diamonds.
The diplomatic circle was introduced, when the following
presentations to her Majesty took place:
By the French Ailassadreu—Miss Wileooks, niece of
the Minister of the United States ; Mrs. Gilpin, a lady of
the United States.

By. Madame Tricoupi—Her daughter, Mademoiselle Tri-
mph
By Madame de BMe—Madame Is Ca ntos° Henriette de
Danneskiold Samos, Rile du Comte Danneskiold.
By the French Ambassador M. le Marquis de Chain-
pgne, attaché l'Ambassade.
By the Prussian Minister : Prince Felix de Silas &dm,
Lieutenant in the Prussian Hussars; Baron Leo de Blumen-
thal, Captaia in the Great Staff General ; Lieutenant Oscar
John, of tho Prussian Uhlans.
By the Sicilian Minister: M. le Marquis Serra•Gerace ;
Chevalier Nicola Ciramine.

Minister:By the Awtrian M. le Comte Powell, a
nobleman of Rome ; M. Flies, Lieutenant in the army of
H. I. and B. A. Majesty.
By the Danish Minister : His Excellency Count Douses-
kield Samoa, Grand Echanson de S. M. le Roi de Dane-'
mare ; M. Le Baron Heintz', a Danish cavalry officer.
By the Minister of the United States: Mr. Van Buren,
late President of the United States • Mr. Martin Van
Buren, son of the late President ; Mr. Kenable* governor
and late member of Congress ; Major General Cooper of
New York; Hon. Thomas Butler King, of the United
States ; and Mr. Gilpin, formerly Attorney-General of the
United States.
The Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Am-
bassador and the Countess Walewaki, M. Charles Bandit'
(First Secretary), and H. Jules de Saes, Second Secretary
of the Embassy ; the Bavarian Minister, and Barrow de
Cetto ; the Russian Minister and Le Comte Audivi Bleu-
doff, Secretary of Legation; the Hanoverian Minister, the
Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Mdlle. Bensan,.Mr.
Ernest Bunsen, Count Fleming,Councillor, and Baron Lan-
gen, Attache to the Legation; the Swedish and Norwegian
Minister, and Baron do Gar, Secretary of Legation ; the
Spanish Minister, M. P. Soak, Secretary, Mr. J. Crooke
Navarrot and Mr. M. de rotated, Attaches to the Legs--
tin ;. the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Chevaller
Maisano d'Azeglio, Marquis Oldoini, First Secretary, Count
L Corti, Second Secretary , and Mr. C. F. Menotti, At-
tache to the Legation; Marquis St. Marisa and Count
Della Val. Aidee-de-Caraiteirsif his Royal Highness the
Duke of Genoa; Marquis and Count Avogadro,
°Olden d'Orilanames of his Highness the Duke of
Genoa ; Count Beativeglio d'Aregon the Greek Minister
and Madame Trim* ; the Turkish Minister and Madame
Meares ; Prince A. VOrti44ll. COSIIZMOr of Legation ;
limed Bey, First Secretary ; sad Maar Effendi, Secre-
tary Interpreter of the Legation ; the Portuguese Minister
and the Countess de Laradio ; the Chevalier Pinto de
&meal, Secretary of Legation, and Madame Pinto de
Several ; Mr. F. F. de la Figaniere, Attache, and Madame
de la Figankre ; Viscount and Viscountess d'Alts ; the Bra-
zilian IMor and the Chevalier der Sava Maya, Attaché ;
the Sicilian Minister and Princess di Carini ; le Com-
mandeer de Martino, Secretary of Legation, and Madame de
Martino; the Danish Minister and Madame de Bills, and
Count Roventlow, Secretary of Legation the Austrian
Minister and Countess Colloredo Count Batthyany ; the
United States Minister and Colonel T. B. Lawrence, At-
tube to the Legation; the remake Minister, M. J. A.
Rodulfo, Secretary; M. Julian Sandoval and Captain
Maxima de la Puente, Attaches to the Ligation; the Pa-
sha Envoy, Major Ibraham Khan Malcolm, lint Secre-
tary and Interpreter, and M. Anthoine B. lesavezdens, first
Attaché to the Mirka; the Mexican Chargé d'Affaires and
Madame Fad% Faeio, M. B. Gomez Feriae,
Atteché to the Mission; M. Dronet, Belgian Chargé
d'Affaires; M. Maurice Delfosse Secretary of Ligation ;
M. Octave Willa/re, Santa; of Legation ; Madame
and Mademoiselle Delepierre, and M. Leopold Orb's, At-
taché to the Legation the Earl of Clarendon Ka., the
Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
and Major General the Hon. Sir Edward Coat, K.C.H.
her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.

The following ladies had the honour of being presented to
her Majesty :
Mrs. Abney, by the Countess Howe.
Lady Alison, by the Counter of Eglinton and Winton.
Miss Aldridge, by her mother, Mn. Aldridge.
Miss Andrews, by Lady Panmnre.
Miss Anna Maria Antrobus, by Lady Antrobu.
Mrs. Richard H. Appleyard, by Lady Penman.
Miss Arbuthnot, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Arbuth-
not.

John Arkwright, by Lady Harriet Clive.
Miss Arkwright, by her mother, Mrs. John Arkwright.
Miss Mary Arkwright, by her mother, Mn. John Ark-
wright.
Mrs. Charles Astell, by Viscountess Herding,.
Mrs. Begge, by the Countess of Benton.
Miss Daggs, by her mother, Mrs. Begge.
Lidy Bailey, by Lady Emily Foley.
Miss Jane Baillie, by her mother, Mrs. Hanle.
Mn. W. F. Beaton, by her sister, Lady Davis.
Mrs. H. P. Best, by Lady Harding.
Miss Bethell, by her mother, Mrs. Betbell.
Mrs. Bethell, by the Duchess of Norfolk.
Lady Lavinia Bingham, by her mother, the Countess of
Luca&

Mir Fanny Blackett, by Lady Blacked.
Miss Boner, by the Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow.
Mir Marian Boner, by the Countess (Dowager) of
Glasgow.
Mrs. Booker, by Lady Gore Booth.
Miss Booker, by her mother, M. Booker.
Miss Mary Booker, by her mother, Mrs. Booker.
Mn. Temple Bewdoin, by her mother, Lady Clay.
Mrs. Edgar Bowring, by Countess Granville.
Miss Flews Bradford, by Lady Dillon.
Miss Bradshaw, by Hon. Mrs. Bradshaw.
Miss Brinkman, by Lady Brinckmen.
Miss Georgians Buckley, by her mother, Mrs. Henry
Buckley.
Miss Florence Burnaby, by her mother, Mrs. Burnaby.
Mrs. Col. Bush, by Lady Mary Lsbouchere.
Lady Butgbersh, by Mrs. Locke.
Lady Anne Butler, by the Countess of Clancarty.
Mrs. Edmund Calverley, on her marriage, by her
mother, Mrs. eelwin.

Miss Hume Campbell. by Lady Hume Campbell.
Hon. Cecilia Campbell, by her mother, Lady Stratheden
and Campbell.
Lady Veru Cameron, of Loehiel, b 1 Visounteis Can-
ning.
Min Cameron, by Lady cilantro,

The Hon. Katherine Canning, by Viscountess Stratford
de Redelifia.

Lady Louisa Cavendish, by the Duchess of Sutherland.

Mrs.. Chattetie, by her mother, Lady Seaford.
Min Laura Clay, by her mother, Lady Cisy.
Lily Mary Clive, by Lady Harriet Clive.
Hon. Mrs. Coke, on her marriage. by Lady Dover.
Miss Mary Adeline Crewe, by the Dowager Lady Crewe.
Miss Crompton, by Lady Crompton.
Min Curtis, by her mother, Lady Curtis.
Min Madeline Curtin, by her mother, Lady Curtis.
Mist Curzon, by her mother, the Hon. Mn. Edward
Curzon.
Hon. Mn. Edward Curzon, by Countess Howe.
Lady Adelaide Curzon, by the Countess Howe.
Viscountess Dalrymple, by the Duchess of Norfolk.
Mies Ereleen Darner, by her sister, Viscountess Eb-
rington.
Lady Harriet de Burgh, by the Marchioness of Clan-
ricarde.
Mrs. Dempster (of Skibo), by the Duckett of Sutherland.
Miss Dempster, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
The Hon. Mrs. George Denman, by Ludy Cranworth.
Mrs. Bonfield Des Voeuz, by Lady Cecilia Des Venn:.
Min Caroline Des Voeuz, by her mother, Mrs. Bonfield
Des Voeuz.

Mrs. Bimodal', on her marriage, by the Hon. Baroness
Dimsdale.

Min Catherine Duff (of Corsinda), by Lady Agnes Duff.
Miss Edith Dundas, by Lady Mary Christopher.
Miss Eckford, by Mrs. Charles Astell.
Miss Egerton, by Lady Charlotte Egerton.
The Lady Ers{due, on bar marriage, by the Marchioness
of Breadalbane. _

Miss Margaret Ewart, by Lady Clay.
Viscountess Falmouth, ea coining to the title, by Vis-
countess Jocelyn.
Lady Elinor Fitzgibbon, by Lady Wodehouse.
Miss Louisa Fitzroy, by the lion. Mrs. 13ateson.
Miss Fitzpatrick, by her aunt, Mrs. Godman.
The Ilon. Esther Flower, by her mother, 'Viscountess
Ashbrook.
Mrs: Edward Forbes, by the Marchioness of Hutings.
Mrs. Ford, on her marriage, by her suter-in-►aw, Lady
Molesworth. _

Mn. Fort, by Lady Augusta Gordon.
Hon. Mrs. Augustus Lane Fox, on her marriage, by
Lady Louisa Douglas Pe t.
Miss Helen Fraser,by her mother, Mrs. Fraser.
Lady Payne Gallwey, by the Duchess of Athol!.
Miss Maria Garf•rth, by her mother, Mrs. Garforth.
Mrs. Garland, by the Dowager Lady Talbot de Malahide.
Mrs. Osselee. by Lady Elizabeth Thaekeray.
Mrs. Frederick Gannett, on her marriage, by Mrs. Whit-
man.
Miss Gibbons, by Mrs. Gibbons.
Mrs. Pemberton Gipps, on her marriage, by Mrs. Spencer
Walpole.
Mrs. Godmsn, by the Dowager Lady Talbot de Malahide.
Miss Godman. by the Dowager Lady Talbot de Malahide.
Lady Gooch, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Hope Were.
Miss Gordon (of Railhead) by Lady Graham Montgo-
mery.
Hon. Mrs. Grant, of Grant, on her marriage, by her ano-
ther, Lady Abercomby.
Mrs. Thomas Gregory, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Min Florence Mary Gregory, by her mother,Mrs. Thomas
Gregory.
Miss Mary Florence Gregory, by her mother,Mrs. Thomas
Gregory.
Mrs. Charles Grenfell, by the Countess of Sefton.
Mrs. Grimwood, by Lady Louisa Cater.
Lady sane Grosvenor, by the Marchioness of West-
minster,

Mrs. Russell Gurney, by Lady Trevelyan.
Mrs. Howel Gwyn, by the Honourable Mrs. Bateson.
Miss Frances Handley, by Dar mother, the Honourable
Mrs. Handley
Miss Handley, by her mother, the Honourable Mrs.
Handley.
Lady Emily Rankly, on her marriage, by the Honourable
Mrs. Seymour Bathurst.
Lady Emily Hare, by the Countess of Listowel.
Miss Hargreaves, by Lady Edward Howard.
Miss liarrineton, by the Duchess of Atholl.
Lady Alice Hay, by the Countess Dowager of Erroll.
The Lady Elizabeth Hay, by the Countess of Kinnoull.
Min Emma Heard, by Lady Charlotte Heard.
Miss Adelaide Henley, by Mrs. Henley.
Miss Anne Henley, by Mrs. Henley.
Mies Louisa Herschel, by Lady Herschel.
Miss Claudine Hogg, by her aunt, Lady Hogg.
Lady Holland, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Lady Honywood, by the Dowager Marchioness of Ely.
Miss Honywood, by the Dowager Marchioness of Ely.
Miss Hope, by Lady Graham Montgomery.
Mies Charlotte Hope, by Lady Graham Montgomery.
Mrs. Hervey Hopwood, by the Countess of Sefton.
Lady Isabel Howard, by her mother, the Countess of
Suffolk.
Lady Maria Howard, by the Countess of Effingham.
Mrs. Otway Inglefield, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce.
Miss Emily Jebb, by Dowager Lady Crewe.
The Lady Isabella Jodrell, by the Marchioness of
Hastings.
The Hon. Mrs. Hope Johnstone, by the Duchess of
Sutherland.
The Lady Gilbert Kennedy, on her marriage, by Mar-
gust Counter of Newburgh.
Lady Cecil Kerr, by thelffarchionese of Lothian.
Miss Georgina King, by Lady Eagan.
Miss King King, by her mother, M. King King.
Miss Kinglake, by her mother, Mrs. Kinglake.
The Countess of Hinton, on her marriage, by the Mar-
ehionen of Breadalbane.
Miss Eleanor Knatchbull, by her mother, Lady Knatch-
bull.
Miss Emily Sophia Lambert, by her mother, Lady Lam-
bert.
Mrs. Douglas Lane, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mu.
Newton Lane.
Miss Latham, by her mother, Mrs. Latham.
The Hon. Mrs. Robert Lawley, on her marriage, by Lady
Wenlock.
Miss Lee, b Lady Napier.
Min Shaw Lefevre, by her aunt, Lady Over-
stone.
Miss Frances Kincaid Lennox, by her mother, Mrs. Kin-
caid Lennox.
Mrs. George F. Leslie, by Lady Farquhar.
Miss Annie Levu e, by Mrs. Rolleston.
Mrs. Charles Lewis, on her marriage, by Lady Crin-
worth.
Mrs. Henry Liddell, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Strathmore.
The Countess of Lisburne, on her marriage, by the
Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
Min Lister, by her mother, Lady Theresa Lewis.
Lady Caroline Lister Kaye, on her marriage, by Lady
Lister Kaye.
Miss Lockhart, by her mother, Mrs. Lockhart.
Mrs. Robert Lowe, by Lady Mary Wood.
Mrs. Lowther, on her marriage, by the Countess of
iVly. Georgina L gon, by Lady Harriet Clive.
Mrs. D. H. M , by her mother, the Hon. Baroness
Dimsdale.
Mrs. Richard Melina, by Mrs. Spencer Walpole.
Mrs. Bonner Maurice, by the Countess of Perris.
Miss Mensal, by her mother, Lady Mansel.
Mrs. Maxwell, by Mrs. George St. John.
Mrs. Edward Heron Maxwell, by the Viscountess
Dalrymple.
The Lady Marren, by Lady Palmerston.
Mrs. Frederick Milbank, by Lady Augusta Milbank.
Mrs. Mirehouse, by Mrs. Charles Lewis.
Mir Emma Morehouse, by Mn. Charles Lewis.
Miss Mitford, by her mother, Mrs. Mitford.
Ms Mary Morrison, by Mrs. Morrison.
Miss Ellen Morrison, by Mrs. Morrison.
Miss Moubray, by Mrs. W. G. Hater.
Mrs. Musgrave, on her marriage, by Lady Napier.
Mrs. Nash, by Lady Dillon.
Mrs. Medea Neill, by the Countess of Eglinton.
Mrs. March Nelson, on her marriage, by Lady Maclaine.
The Lady North, by the Countess of Guilford.
Lady Harriet North, by her mother, the Counties of
Guilford.
Viscountess Newark, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Norfolk.
Mrs. Oldfield, by the Duchess of Roxburgh'.
Miss Oldfield, by her mother, Mrs. Oldfield.
Mir Osborne, by her aunt, the Duchess of Somerset.
Lady Ouseley, by the Marchioness of Salisbury.
Mrs. Paley, by Mrs. Edward Begot.
Lady Clarence Paget, by Viscountess Sydney.
Miss Paget, by her mother, Mrs. Paget of Crsnmore.
The Lady Panniure, by the Marchioness of Breadalbsna
Mr. John Parker, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Norfolk.
Mn. Pashley, tea De Lauer-Muenchhofen, on her mar-
riage, by the on. Mrs. E. P. Bouverie.
Mn. Patton, by her sister, Mrs. Boldero.
Miss Patton, by her mother, Mrs. Patton.
Miss Emma Douglas Pennant, by Lady Louisa Douglas
Pennant.
Mrs. Peto, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Hon. Susan Pitt, by Lady Rivers.
Countess of Pomfret, by the Marchioness of Hastings.
Mrs. Wyndham Portal, by Mrs. Portal.
Miss Pulteney, by Lady Sophia Tower.
Lady Region, by Lady Charles Somerset.
Lady Rediogton, by the Countess of Caledon.
Mrs. Henry Rich, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Zetland.
Mrs. Roddam, on her marriage, by Lady Louisa Cotes.
Miss Gertrude Rogers, by her mother, Mrs. Newman.
RVirlaißowe, by Lady Wharncliffe.
Miss Rowe, by her aunt, Lady Rowe.
Lady Ribblesdale, by Lady John Russell.
Mrs. Schenley, by Lady Clarence Paget.
Miss Schenley, by Mrs. Schenley.
Mrs. Seymour, by the Lady Glamis.
Miss Granville Sharp, by her mother, Mrs. Frederick
Pearson.
Hon. Mrs. Dyes Sombre, by the Duchess of Bedford.
the Countess Semen, by the ~Marchioness of Water-
ford.
Hon. Miss Somerville, by her mother, Lady Somerville.
Mrs. James Spaight, by her sister, Mrs. Charles Astell.
Mrs. Speke, by Lady Charles Somerset.
Miss Speke, by her mother, Mrs. Speke.
Mrs. Oswald Smith, by Lady Graham.
Miss Markin Smith, by her mother, Mrs. Oswald Smith.
Miss Frances Smith, by her mother, Mrs. Oswald Smith.
Mies Stevenson, by Lady Virginia Sanders.
Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart, on her marriage, by the
Duchess of Somerset.
Miss Fox Strangways, '.sy the Lady Theresa Digbv.
Countess of Suffolk, on succeeding to the title, -by the
i Duchess of Norfolk.
lady Sykes, by Lady Charlotte Egerton.

Miss Sykes, by Lady Sykes.
Miss Sophia Sykes, by Lady Sykes.
The Hon. Mrs. Wm. Chetwynd Tribut, by the C. tir.*.c es
Talbot.
The Hon. Mn. Wm. Talbo', on her marriage, 1 y bet
mother, the Hoe. Mrs. Lefroy.
Miss Louisa Tbackeray, by her mother, Lady l:::zabetta
Thaeloray.
Miss Eliza Thomas, by Mrs. Thompson.
Miss Thomas, by Mrs. Thompson.
Miss Amu' ell Thorpe, by her mother, the C.:rates% cf
Pomfret.

Mr.. Thorold, by Lady Charlotte Copley.
Miss Morold, by her mother, Mrs. Thoroid.
The lion. Mrs. William Tomline, on her marriage, by
her mother, the Viscountess Gage.
Mrs. William Tufnell, by Lady Eustaee.
Lady Georgian' Tumour, by her aunt, Lady Charlotte
Heard.
Miss Caroline Tyler, by her mother, Lady Tyler.
Miss Louisa Tyler, by her mother, Lady Tyler.
Miss Vansittart, by Viscountess Sydney.
The lion. Mrs. Vaughan, by the Countess of Li.Lurne.
Miss Vaughan, by the lion. Mrs. Vaughan.
Mrs. Quintus Vivian, by Lady Herries.
The Hon. Lalege Vivian, by her mother, the Dowager
Lady Vivian.
Miss Walcott, by Lady Tyler.
Miss Walker (of Sand Hutton), by the Duchess of IL:i.-
burghe.
Lady Wallace, by the Countess Dowager of Erroll.
Miss Walters, by the Countess of Waldegrave.
Mrs. Arthur Ward, by Lady Kirkland.
Miss Helen Warrendvr, by Lady Alvanlcy.
Lady Welby, by Lady Willoughby De Ereshy.
Miss Mary Welby, by Lady Willoughby Do Brest y.
Miss Felicia Welby, by her sister, Mrs. Liven,.
Lady Wenlock, by the Duchess of Northututreriand.
Miss Wightman, by her mother, Lady Wightman.
Mrs. George J. Wingfield, by Viscountess Jocelyn.
Mrs. Whippy, by Lady Churchill.
Miss Hawkins Whitshed, by her mother, the Hon. Lady
Hawkins Whitshed.

Mrs. Whittuck Whittuck, by the Dowager Lady TalLot
de Malahide.

Miss Woodburn., by Mrs. Henry Daniell.
Mrs. Wright, by Mrs. John Wood.
Mrs. Wyndham, by the Duchess of Atboll.
Miss Wyndham, by Mrs. Wyndham).
Mrs. Young, by Lady B. Johnstone.
The Queen sad Prince Albert returned to Buckingham
Palace after the drawing-room.
The Queen, withthe Prince of Wales, and the Princesses
Helena and Louisa, drove out in an open carriage 3,cster,lay
afternoon, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. Lard
Charles Fitzroy and Captain the lion. Dudley de lies were
in attendance on horseback. Prince Albert went cut ors
horseback.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Rryal Ita-
lian Opera with their presence last evening. The royal
suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, the hon. Flora
Macdonald, the lion. Caroline Cavendish, Earl Stners, and
Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe.
The Queen's Private Band attended in Buckirgham
Palace after dinner on \Vednesdsy evening, aad Flayed the
following compositions:—

Overture , " Mumma" Mozart.
Selection, "Heyday"
March
Colonel Wylde will be in attendance on the Duke of
Genoa, dozing his stay in England.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LEEDS
NORTHERN RAILWAY.

On Wednesday morning last an accident occurred
upon this line of railway, to a train running between
Knaresborough and Ripon, which resulted in the death of
the guard, who was killed on the spot.

Atrain leave, Knaresborough every morning at 7.30 a.m.,
and proceeds to Ripoe, whence it returns at 8.10 n.m. to
Knaresborough, and thence forward to York, on the East
and West Yorkshire line of railway, which is new amalga-
mated with the York and North Midland, and worked by
that company. The East and West Yorkshire joins the
Leeds Northern line at Starbeck, beyond Knaresborough ;
and thus the trains running from York to Knaresboreugh
are conveyed forward to Ripon.
The train above mentioned left Knaresborough last Wed-
nesday morning, at half-past 7 o'clock, for Ripon, in accord-
ance with the arrangement just stated, Knaresborough being
the point where the engine which is used upon this lice of
railway usually remains for the night, and which engine
belongs to the York and North Midland Railway Company.
The train consisted of the engine and tender, the guard'.
van, and four passenger carriages. la the first three of
these carriages there were no passengers, and there were
only two passengers in the last, which was • third-
clan carriage. The train proceeded at its ordinary
speed, as far as we have been able to ascertain,
and completed its journey without anything of an unto-
ward character occurring as far as Wormald Gren, about
five miles on the Harrogate aide of Ripon. On its arrival
at this point the tire of the off leading wheel of the engine
broke, the train being at the time in motion. On the
breakage occurring, the tire of the wheel was thrown or
fell under the body of the engine, and, coming in contact
with the lower portions of tho machinery, it caused some
considerable disorganisation and breakage ; but the engine
and tender nevertheless passed over the broken tire without
being thrown off the rails. Not so the guard's van,
the front axle of which there is reason to believe was struck
with such violence by the broken tire as to cause the
fatality which ensued. When this concussion between the
tire and the van took place, the shock was so great as to
map the couplings by which the van and carriages were
attached to the engine and tender, both of which, constr+
quently, broke away, and proceeded about three hundred.
yards along the line toward' Ripon before they were
brought to &stand.
Almost at the same moment that the engine and tendat
thus broke away, the guard's van was thrown over upon its
side, and it was then that the guard was killed. It I.
'uplifted that he had felt the shock that was
caused by the concussion between the broken tire
and the van, and that he bad immediately thereupon;
rushed to and opened the door, and that he was either
looking out' or making an attempt to escape by jumping out
at the moment the van fell over on its side. However
this may be, it is certain that the van fell upon him, and
there can be no question that his death was Instantaneous.
The poor fellow was literally smashed to atoms, for not
only did the van fall upon him, but he was dragged along
ander It for some distance, the van being forted forward,
on its side, by the impetus of the passenger carriages be-
hind it. Rotors the van and carriages came to a stand,
however, the former, it is imagined, had been raked a little
by some inequality, perhaps, in the four feet between the
metals ; he was thus freed, and left upon the lice quite
deed.

The carriages continued to force the van along until it
came up to and struck the engine and tender, when it
stopped; but the foreo with which the van and the car-
riages came in Contact with the engine and tender was
smelt that the top of the van was broken in.
It would seem that the two passengers had never felt any
shock from the concussions which bad taken pace, nos
were they aware that any casualty had occurred.
An inquest has been opened on view of the body of the
unfortunate man, and has ►een adjourned until SAtunlay.
the 4th Inst. _ _
_ .

This catastrophe, of course, caused a stoppage of the line
for some time, but by noon the rails were cleared, and the
trains ran as usual.

CONVERSION OP SOUTH SEA STOCK.—This day
(Friday) the nfw act of parliament (16 Vice., cap. 23) for
the reduction of the National Debt by South Sea and other
annuities commutation will take effect. Proprietors of
South Sea stock, Three per Cents., may, by giving notice oa
or before this day, for 1001. of their stock receive 821. 10a.
new Three-and.a Half per Cent., 110/. Two-and• a-Half per
Cent., or 1001. Exchequer Bond carrying interest at 21. 15e.
per cent., not later than the Ist September, 1864, and after
at 21. 10s. per cent. Persons not assenting to commute ars
to receive on the sth January, 1854, 1001. for 100/. stock.
The holders of South Sea stock to avail themselves of the
act are required, on or before the 3rd June (this day), but
within the usual hours of transacting business at the Bank
of England or South Sea House, by themselves, or agent.
duly authorised to signify; their anent in writing, together
with the amount of the stock, to be entered in a book or
books to be kept for that purpose. Persons out of Europe
between the Bth April and the 30th July, 1853, are to have
to the Ist February, 1854, to signify their assent to commute
the stock specified. Such persons are to signify their assent
within ten days of their return to the United Kingdom.
MEETING GP MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.—A meet-
ing of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held
yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-grecc, Henry
own4ll, BK., in the chair. Various reports were received
and sums of money voted. A report was received from the
committee appointed in Merck last, to whom was referred
the subject of providing a convenient and proper place, for
the purpose of keeping therein the arms, accoutrements.
clothing, and other stores belonging to the Royal West-
minster Regiment of Middlesex Militia, when no embodied.
The committee recommended the purchase of a piece of
land for the purpose of erecting a storehouse at Turnham-
green, at en expense not exceeding 2,0001. Viscount Chel-
sea moved a resolution confirming the recommendation of
the committee, which, after some discussion, was greed to.
TUE ATTEMPT AT MURDER NEAR EXETER.—The
Jew pedlar, who was found in a copse near this city is still
dangerously ill, but consciousness has born restored.
Several attempts have been made to elicit from him a state-
ment of the cirownstances which led to kis being so dread-
fully injured, but hitherto without effect. He has con-
versed on other subjects, but has manifested a desire to
evade anything relating to the mysterious affair. He has,
however, stated that he had Si. 10s. on hint in slyer, and
was surprised when informed that he had no money on him
when found. On one occasion, when asked about the Jew
who was in his company, he inquired if he was is Exeter.
He frequently repeats " That it came on of itsti:l;” and on
Tunas), morning, when questioned on the subject, be said
" If I bad a stick and a person struck me, would not I
strike him again i" The police have hitherto been unable
to find the Jew who was seen in his company the day pie-
Timis to his being found.

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