The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The Queen held yesterday afternoon a Levee, which
was very numerously attended, the presentations alone
exceeding five hundred. This reception was more fully
attended than any Levee since her Majesty's accession
to the throne, with the exception of the first held by the
Queen.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
arrived at St. James's Palace soon after 2 o'clock, es-
corted by a detachment of Life Guards, and were re-
ceived by the great officers of State.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg was
present, and was received by the Vice-Chamberlain:
Her Majesty's guard of the Hon. Corps of gentlemen
at Arms was on duty in the State saloons, under the
command of the lieutenant. Lieut.-Colonels Neville
and Cooke, the sub-officers, were on duty with the corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were commanded by. Cast.
Sir John Kincaid, the axon in waiting..
The Earl of Clarendon hai an audience of her Majesty
before the Levee.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne-
room attended,by the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress
of the robes ; the Countess of Gainsborough, lady in
waiting ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the
Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to his
Royal Highness, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household,
Lord Camoys, lord in waiting ' • Viscount Torrington,
lord in waiting to his Royal Highness ; Colonel the
Iron. Charles Phipps, keeper of her Majesty's privy
purse ; Major-General Berkeley Drummond, groom in
waiting ; Major-General Wylde, groom in waiting to
his Royal Highness ; Major-General Buckley, equerry
in waiting ; Captain du Plat, equerry in waiting to his
Royal Highness ; and the pages of honour in waiting.
The Queen wore a dress of lilac and silver moire
antique silk, trimmed with white tulle. The petticoat
was white satin, covered with white tulle, and trimmed
with lilac fringe.
Her Majesty wore a crown of emeralds and diamonds.
In the diplomatic circle the following presentation to
the Queen took place :
By the Austrian Minister :
Mr. J. L. Wardle, major in the Austrian army.
The following gentlemen had the honour of being pre•
sented to the Queen :
Major Ackers, by Earl Granville.
Major Acton, by Viscount Hill.
Ensign Adams, by Colonel K. Tynte.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. Scott Adams, by Major-General
Wy de.
Staff Surgeon-Major Ainger, Turkish Contingent, by the
President of the Board of Control.
Captain Ainsworth, by Colonel J. W. Patten.
Ensign and Lieutenant Hon. W. A. Amherst, on return
from the Crimea, by Earl Strafford.
Viscount Andover, by the Earl of Suffolk.
Lieutenaat-Colonel P. Aiatruther, by Major-General P.
Montgomerie.
Lieutenant E. Vaughan Arbuckle, by Major-General Wylde.
Lieutenant J. H. Archer, by General Conyers.
Mr. R. E. Arden, on appointment Deputy-Lieutenant
county Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Major Sir F. Arthur, on succeeding to his baronetcy, by
Sir F. Smith.
Major-General Hon. T. Ashburnham, by Viscount Sydney.
Lieutenant W. Atcheson, by the Duke of Cleveland.
Captain E. D. Atkinson, by Lieut.-Geueral W. Smelt.
Lieutenant G. Bacon, by Viscount Barrington.
Mr. A. Bal antine, by Viscount Combermere.
Mr. Robertson Barclay, by the Earl of Elgin.
Ensign Barnes, by Lieut.-Colonel Brise.
Lieutenant F. Barnes, by Colonel Wood.
Mr. IV. Hodgson Barrow, M.P., by Viscount Galway.
Captain H. Baynes, by Lord Panmure.
Colonel Bazalgette, by Sir Howard Douglas:
Lieutenant Bazalgette, on return from the Crimea, by Sir
F. Cockburn.
Mr. J. Bazalgette, by Colonel Bazalgette.
Mr. J. F. Bateman, by Sir G. Grey.
Mr. Osborne Bateman, by Lord Byron.
Mr. S. Bateson, on his it arriage, by Lord Castlemaine.
Mr. G. Bateson, by Sir R. Bateson.
Mr. E. C. Bayley, by the President of the Board of Control.
Captain Bathurst, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on promotion, by
Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps.
Cornet W. W. Beach, by Sir H. Mildmay.
Lieutenant Beaumont, by the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain P. Bedingfield, by the Earl of Orford.
Lieutenant E. Stuart Begbie, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Mr. Beuyon, on his change of name, by Lord Sondes.
Mr. Berens, by Viscount Sydney.
Mr. H. Hulse Berens, by Viscount Sydney.
Mr. C. M. Berington, by Earl Beauchamp.
Rev. T. Berney, by Lord Sondes.
Mr. A. Berriugton, by Sir B.' Hall.
Mr. H. Beveridge, by the Earl of Elgin.
Captain C. E. Bignold, by the Earl of Orford.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, oif appointment as Assistant
Adjutant-General to the Royal Artillery, by the Lieutenant-
General of the Ordnance.

Dr. F. Bird, by Sir D. Norreys.
Ensign A. G. Black, by the Duke of Rutland.
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Ensign Black, 99th Regiment, by Sir J. Hanbury.
Captain S. Blacker, by General Cardew.
Ensign Blackett, by Lord Lovaine.
Ensign Blagg, by Colonel Eden.
General Sir E. Blakeney, on appointment as Lieutenant-
Governor of Chelsea College, by Viscount Hardinge.
Major-General Blanshard, by Sir J. Burgoyne.
Captain F. Bligh, by the Earl of Uxbridge.
Major Boddam, by Major-General Arbuthnot.
Colonel Boileau' by Sir W. Cotton.
Major Bontine, by Earl Fitzwilliam.
Captain Bourchier, by Major-General Torrens.
Captain Bowles, by the Earl of Abingdon.
Lieutenant R. Brackenbury, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Ensign J. Brackenbury, by the Earl of Lovelace.
Hon. H. Brood, M.P., on a, pointment as Lord of the Trea-
sury, by Viscount Palmerston.
Mr. J. H. Bradley, by Lord Leigh.
Ensign W. Braham, by the Earl of Abingdon.
Mr. Cardinal Brewster, by Lord Maynard.
Mr. D. Britten, by the Lord Mayor.
Major-General Broke, by Lord Hardingo
Mr. R. L. de Capell Brooke, by Lord Sondes.
Mr. H. Brown, by Sir W. Cotton.
Colonel Gore Browne, on appointment as Governor of New
Zealand, by Sir G. Grey.
Lieutenant-Colonel Carrick Buchanan, by the Marquis of
Thomond.
Lieutenant G. W. Barker, by the Earl of Abingdon.
Ensign T Bucklaud, by Colonel Wood.
Mr. C. Buckley, by the Rev. H. Buckley.
Lieutenant Buck, by Col. Wood.
Lieutenant J. Buckley, by Sir R. W. Bnlkeley.
Cornet R. Bulkeley, by the Duke of Rutland.
Major-General Buller, by Lord Harding°.
Lieutenant T. Bullock, by Admiral Dundas.
Captain Bunny, by the Duke of Richmond.
Captain Burgoyne, by Colonel Wood.
Mr. E. Shelley Burnell, by Lord Strafford.
Lieutenant Burrowes, by the Earl of Perth.
Captain H. S. Bush, by Lieutenant-General a'Court.
Hon. and Rev. W. Byron, by Lord Byron.
Mr. W. P. Byrne, by Sir W. Stirling.
Lieutenant Caney, by Earl Bruce.
Assistant-Surgeon G. Camden, by Colonel Wood.
Captain A. Campbell, 74th Highlanders, by Major-General
Lovell.
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, by Earl Howe.
Major-General John Campbell, C. 8., on promotion and re-
turn from India, by the Marquis of Breadalbaue.
Ensign H. L. Campbel , by Colonel Wood.
Ensign Benbow, by Lieutenant Lord Muskerry.
Hon. Reginald Capel and Hon. Lieutenant R. Capel, R.N.,
by the Earl of Essex.
Mr. J. T. Cator, by the Earl of Harewood.
Lieutenant A. Carlisle, by the Hon. H. Berkeley.
Major-General Carmichael, by Lord Ellenborough.
Captain Carpenter, by Lieutenant-General Carden.
Cornet A. Bonham Carter, by Viscount Monck.
Lieutenant Lord E. Cecil, by the Marquis of Exeter.
Major-General Chesney, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Lieutenant W. M. Chiffney, by the Earl of Wilton.
Ensign Chittenden, by the Duke of Rutland. ,
Mr. L. Clarke, by Lord Foley.
Lieutenant W. C. Clarke, by the Chairman of the East
India Campany.
Mr. B. Clayton, by the Earl of Sefton.
Cornet W. Clough, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lister Kaye.
Lieutenant G. C. Cole, by Colonel Wood.
Mr. R. P. Collier, M.P., Q.C., by the Lord Chancellor.
Lieutenant W. P. Conolly, by the Chairman of the Easi
India Company.
Sir H. Cooper, Mayor of Hull, by Sir G. Grey.
Ensign C. W. Cragg, by Major-General Freeth.
Mr. W. Crake, J.P., by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Captain Craigie, R.N.
Viscount Cranborne, by his father, Ow Marquis of Salisbury.
Major Craven, by the Earl of Harewood.
Dr. M. Crawford, by the Earl of Harewood.
Sir Charles Decimus Crosley, Si eriff of London and Middle-
sex, by Sir G. Grey, on receiving the honour of knighthood.
Captain J. Grosset, by Lord Panmure.
Li utenant R. t,rowe, by Lieutenaiat-Colonel Brise.
Sub-Lieutenant J. W. H. Cunninghame, by the Duke of
Wellington.
Lieutenant C. A. Carewood, by Lord W. Lennox.
Rev. Arthur Cust, by Viscount Cranley.
Lieutenant W. C. de Ccrjat, by the Earl of Lovelace.
Captain de Crespigny, by Viscount Maynard.
Captain Seymour Dame; on his marriage, by Earl Fortescue.
Mr. R. B. C. Daubeny, by Lord Lyttelton.
Rev. Sir L. Darell, by Lord Colville of Culross.
Lieutenant-General Darling, on appointment Colonel 90th
Regiment, by General Commanding-in-Chief.
Major-General Sir H. F. Davie, M.P., by Lord Pamnure.
Ensign Davies, by Colonel Cavendish.
Lieutenant DaVies, by Colonel Wood.
Lieutenant Davis, by Colonel W. Eden.
Lieutenant J. T. Davy, by Earl Fortescue.
Lord Denman, on coming to the title, by the Marquis of
Lansdowne.
Mr. W. Dent, by Major-General Wetherell.
Captain H. Deri,ng, by Viscount Torrington.
Lieutenant W. A. Dick, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Viscount Doneraile, by the Earl of Derby.
Lieutenant-Colonel Donelly, by Sir G. Pollock.
Captain Douglas, by the Earl of Abingdon.
Mr. W. Dowri, by Lieut.-Colonel J. Lewis.
Colonel Downing, by Viscount Harding°.
Lieutenant Drew, by the Earl of Listowel.
Captain P. Drummond, by Sir J. Thackwell.
Captain E. J. Dyson, by Colonel Wood.
Captain C. J. F. Ewart, R.N., by Sir J. Graham 3
Ensign M. E. Eden, by the Duke of Wellington.
,Hon. George Edgcumbe, on return from Hanover, by the
Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. E. Edmunds, by Marquis of Lansdowne.
Captain W. P. Elgee, by Lord Broughton.
Mr. Elwes, on appointment Deputy-Lieutenant for Lincoln-
shire, by Earl Spencer.
Rev. W. J. M. Ellison, by the Earl of Clarendon.
Capt. Sir T. Erskine, Bart., by Col. M. Biddulph,
The Earl of Erroll, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General.
captain B. K. Fairless, by the Duke of Cleveland.
Major-General Falls, by Lord Hardinge.l
captai4 J. A, Fane, by the Earl of Macclesfield.