The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-12 00:00:00

NO. 22,427.

I N what " Happy Land" can I see yon after the
IN
"Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND
in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVAINS', COVENT-
GARDEN, my dear fellow!

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
'['his celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, Is. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

8, GRE!T WINDMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
ilKinahan's LL Whisky."

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made
Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on
Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m.
Private Rooms for large or small parties.

13y order,
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's-street.
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Established 1824-.

All persona who effect Policies on the Participating Scale
before June 31, 1861. will be entitled at the Next Bonus to
ono year's additional Share of Profits over later Assurers.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re-
port showing the financial position of the Society, can be ob-
tained from any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Se,lretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
. _

Estlblished 1809.
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every de
scription transacted at moderate rates.
The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In-
surances.
Insurers in this Company will receive the full benefit of
any reduction in Duty.
CAPITAL
£2,000,C00
ANNUAL INCOME £407.263
ACCUMULATED FUNDS £2,233,927
London—Head Offices-58, Threadneedle-street, E. e.
4, Wt
Bank-buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Offices ...... 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mail.

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THE QUEEN'S COURT.

The Queen held a second Court at Buckingham
Palace ~enter icy- afternoon.
Her M9jQsty, accompanied by their Royal High,
nesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louise,
and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Alfred
Paget, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, arrived
at the Palace at half past eleven o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by Lady de Grey, the Hon. Mrs•
W. Grey, the Marquis of Abereorn, Lord Harris,
Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. R. H. Meade, and
Major Teesdale, arrived at Buckingham Palace
shortly before three o'clock.
Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, attended by his equerry, Colonel Tyr-
whitt, also arrived at the Palace.
Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highs
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess
Helena, the Princess Louise, and the Duke of Cam-
bridge, entered the White Drawing-room at three
o'clock.
In attendance upon her Majesty were the Viscount
Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of St. Ger-
mans, Lord Steward; the Marquis of Ailesbury,
Master of the Horse; the Duchess of Wellington,
Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Ely,
Lady in 'Waiting ; Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady
Superintendent ; Viscountess Chewton, Bedchamber
Woman in Waiting; the Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce,
Bedchamber Woman ; the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton
and the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Maids of Honour in
Waiting; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice• Chamberlain;
Colonel Sir Thomas Biddulph, Master of the
Household; Lord Methuen, Lord in Waiting ; Sir
William Hoste, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfred
Paget and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Equerries
is Waiting; the Marquis of Tweeddale, Gold
Stick in Waiting; the Earl of Ducie, the Cap-
tain of the Yeomanry of the Guard ; Lord Foley,
the Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms ; Lord George
Manners, Silver Stick in Waiting; Col. M. Bruce,
the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting; Lieutenant.
General the Hon. Sir Charles Grey ; the Earl of
Bessborough, Master of the Buckhounds.
The following distinguished persons had the
honour of receiving invitations to attend the Court:
—The Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Longley,
the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York and
Mra. Thomson, the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs.
Beresford ; the Duke of Argyll, the Lord Privy
Seal, and the Duchess of Argyll; Earl Russell,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Sir George
Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department,
and Lady Grey ; Right Hon. Edward Cardwell,
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Mrs. Card-
well; the Earl de Grey, Secretary of State for
War, and Countess de Grey ; Sir Charles Wood,
Secretary of State for India, and Lady Mary Wood ;
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Mrs, Gladstone; the Duke of
Somerset, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the
Duchess of Somerset; the Lord Stanley of Alders
ley, the Postmaster-General, and Lady Stanley of
Alderley ; the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Countess of Claren-
don ; the Right Hon, Thomas Milner Gibson, the
President of the Board of Trade, and Mrs. Milner
Gibson ; the Right lion. Charles Pelham Villiers,
the President of the Poor-law Board; the Right
Hon. William Cowper, the First Commissioner of
Works, &c., and Mrs. Cowper ; the Right Hon.
William Hutt, the Vice-President of the Board of
Trade, and Mrs. Hutt; the Right Hon. Robert
Lowe, the President of the Board of Health, and
Mrs. Lowe; the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Vice-
President of the Committee of Council on Educe.
tion, and Mrs. Bruce; the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Lady Emily Peel;
the Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, the judge Advo-
cate-General, and Mrs. Headlam ; the Earl and
Countess of Darby, Lord and Lqdy Chelmsford,
General and Lady Alice Peel, Right Hon. Benjamin
and Mrs Disraelli, Sir John and Lady Pakington.
the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of
Leinster, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Viscountess
Sydney, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, and the
Duke of Wellington.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the
Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Commons, and Mrs Milner
Gibson, were prevented by unavoidable circum-
stances from attending the Court.

Her Majesty wore a similar dress and cap to those
she wore at the previous reception, but the latter
was ornamented with pearls instead of diamonds.
Her Majesty also wore a necklace of four rows of
large pearls, a miniature of his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort set in diamonds as a brooch, the blue
ribbon and badge of the Garter, and the badges of
the Victoria anu Albert Order and of the Order of
Queen Louise of Prussia.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore
a black silk dress trimmed with bouffants of crape,
and jet ornaments.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore
;he uniform of a general officer, with the Orders of
,he Garter and the Star of India.

Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon.. Corps of
Gentlemen at Arms was on duty at the Court, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William

Topham, the Lieutenant. The following officers
were also on duty with the corps—Major Harmer,
the Standard Bearer; Lientenant•Colonel William

McCall, the Adjutant; and Captain Philips, the
sub•officer.

The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard, accompanied by their officers, Lieutenant-
Colonel Cooke, the Ensign, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Sutton, the Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant, were
on duty under the command of Colonel Bourke, the
Exon in Waiting.
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was
in attendance in the Court of the Palace.
After the reception, MM. de Biegeleben and de
Balan (the plenipotentiaries from Austria a ndPrussia)
had audiences of thEQueen, to which they were in-
troduced by Earl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
and conducted by Lieutenant-General the Hon.
Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of
the Ceremonies. Lord Methuen and Captain Sir
William Hoste were the Lord and Groom in Wait•
ing.

Her Majesty honoured Baron Marochetti with a
visit to his studio; and afterwards, accompanied
by Princess Louise, returned to Windsor by special
train on the South Western Railway.

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