The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.
The Queen held a Drawing-Room (the first this season)
yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and
Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from
Buckingham Palace about two o'clock.
Before the Drawing-Room her Majesty, according to an-
nual custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in
the Throne-room.
The deputation, which was ushered to the royal presence
by Sir William Ptlartins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, con-
sisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President;
Mr. William Gilpin, the Treasurer; Mr. William Cotton
and Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread, two of the Governors
of the institution ; accompanied by the Rev. William Web-
ster, M.A., the Mathematical Master; Mr. William H. Back,
the Drawing Master; and the forty boys of the Royal Ma-
thematical School founded by King Charles IL ; and was
most graciously received.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw-
ings of the boys, and to intimate her approbation of their
The Field Officer in Waiting had an audience of her
Majesty.
The Queen's. Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on
duty in the state saloons.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty under the com-
mand of Captian Rickford, the Exon in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, his Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila. his Serene
Highness Prince Nicholas of Nasitau, and his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, were present at the
Drawing-Room.
The Queen wore a train of white poplin, embroidered
with small wreaths of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, in
colours, trimmed with fringe to correspond and gold blonde.
The petticoat was of white satin, covered with tulle, and
trimmed with gold blonde. Her Majesty's bead-dress was
composed of feathers and a wreath of red roses, ornamented
with diamonds.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert were
attended to the Throne-room by the Mistress of the Robes,
the Marchioness of Ely (ia waiting), the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, the Vicountess Canning, and the Countess of
Desart, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
in waiting), Hon Beatrice Byng (in waiting), Hon. Caro-
line Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon. Lucy Kerr,
Hon. Amelia Merray, and the Hon. Matilda Paget, Maids
of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, the-lion. Mrs,
Anson, and the Hon. Mrs. Trevor, Bedchamber Women;
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Horse, the Treasurer of the Household the Vice Chamber-
lain, the Comptroller of the Household; the Earl of Verulam,
Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting
to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Private Secretary to his Royal Highness; Colonel Wylde,
Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Lord Colville
(Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Hugh
Francis Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal High-
ness; and Mr. George G. Cameron and Mr. Henry Farqu-
harson, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The diplomatic circle were introduced, when the following
presentations took place :
By the Countess of Malmesbury, Madame Delepierre and
Mdlle. Delepierre, wife and daughter of the Second Secre-
tary of the Belgian Legation.
By Mrs. Abbott Lawrence, Mrs. Fremont.
By the Countess of Malmesbury, Madame Comyn, wife of
the First Secretary of the Spanish Legation.
By the Countess de Lavradio, La Vicomtesse d'Alte.
By the Princess di Carini, Madame de Martino, wife of the
Secretary of the Sicilian Legation.
By Madame de Macedo, Mdlle. de Macedo, her daughter,
Madame Pereira da Silva.
By the Countess of Malmesbury, Madame Facio, wife of the
Mexican Chargé d'Affaires.
By Madame Facio, Mdlle. Facio, her daughter.
By the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Dornberg.
By his Excellency the French Ambassador, M. Charles Bati-
din, First Secretary to the French Embassy.
By the Russian Minister, Le Conseiller .de Cour Charles de
Peterson, Secretaire de la Legation Imps ale de Russie en
Saxe.
By the Minister of the United States, Colonel Fremont, and
Mr. Ingersoll.
By the Spanish Minister, Mr. Leopold Scheidnagel (Lieute-
nant du Genie), Military Attache to the Legation of her
Catholic Majesty.
By the Brazilian Minister, Le Commandeer Pereira da
Silva, Member of the Brazilian Parliament.
By the Portuguese Minister, Le Vicomte d'Alte.
By the Sicilian Minister, the Chevalier Folgori, aide-de-
camp to his Royal Riga" the Count d'Aquila.
The diplomatic circle was numerously attended.
The following ladies had the honour of being presented to
her Majesty :
Mrs. Edward Aldrich, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Albemarle.
Miss Archibald, by her mother, Mrs. Archibald.
Miss Ashworth, by her mother, Lady Ashworth. '
Mrs. George Canning Backhouse, on her marriage, by Mrs.
Backhouse.
Miss Augusta Bankes, by her mother, Mrs. Bankes.
Mrs. Wingfield Baker, by Lady Romilly.
Mrs. Baring, by Lady Arabella Baring.
Hon. Caroline Barrington, by her mother, Viscountess Bar-
rington.
Miss Alice Baring, by Lady Arabella Baring.
Miss Bathurst, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Seymour
Bathurst.
Mrs. Barns, by Lady Charlotte Egerton.
Lady Barry, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Miss Beaumont, by her grandmother, Mrs. Howley.
Miss Diana Beaumont, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Richard
Beaumont.
Mrs. Bazley, of Hayesleigh, by Lady Rivers.
Mrs. Arthur Blackwood, by Mrs. Cecil e ane.
Miss Cecilia Blackwood, by Mrs. Arthur Blackwood.
Lady Bolton, by Lady Charlotte Egerton.
Hou. Mary Boyle, by her mother, Viscountess Dungarvon.
Mrs. George Paris Bradahawe, on her marriage, by Lady
Maclaine.
Miss Georgians Bulteel, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Bul-
teel.
Mrs. Charles Bullen, on her marriage, by Mrs. Jones of
Pantglas.
Hon. Mrs. Frederick Byron. on her marriage, by Lady Byron.
Hon. Agnes Byng, by the Viscountess &A.M.
Mrs. W. Campion, by Lady Arabella Baring.
Miss Campion, by her mother, Mrs. W. Campion.
Miss Florence Campion, by her mother, Mrs. W. Campion.
Lady Carden, by the Duchess of Richmond.
Mrs. Channell, by Lady Lister Kaye.
Miss Elizabeth Clerk, by h r mother, Lady Clerk.
Miss Cole, by her mother, Lady Henry Moore.
Lady Alwyne Compton, by Lady Elizabeth Serase Dickens.
'Miss Emma Cooper, by her mother, Mrs. C toper.
Mrs. Cotterell. by the Marchioness of Salisbury.
Miss Cotterell, by her mother, Mrs. Cotterell.
Mrs. Peter Cracroft, on her marriage, by Lady Sarah Murray.
Lady Cubist, by Viscountess Canning.
Miss Mary Digby, by the Countess of Lanesborough.
The Countess of Donoughmore, by the Countess of Glengall.
The Countess of Dornberg. by the Countess of Malmesbury.
Miss Doughty, by her mother, Hon. Lady Doughty.
Hon. Mrs. Frances C. Drummond, by the Duchess of Athol'.
Hon. Mrs. Duncombe, on her marriage, by Lady Feversham.
Lady Eastlake, by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Miss Egerton, by her mother, Lady Grey Egerton.
Mrs. Every, by the Hon. Mrs. Moore.
Miss Every, by her mother, Mrs. Every.
Miss Jane Every, by her mother, Mrs. Every.
Mrs. Wm. Fane, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce.
Miss Augusta Fane. by her mother, Mrs. Win. Fans.
Miss Adeline Fane, by her mother, Wm. Fane.
Miss Emilia Filmer, by her mother, Lady Filmer.
Miss Cecilia Fitzgerald, by her mother, Lady Fitzgerald.
Miss Florence Fitzpatrick, by Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
Mrs. Frampton, by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe.
Miss Frampton, by her mother, Mrs. Frampton.
Mrs. Lynedoch Gardiner, on her marriage, by Viscountess
Lewisham.
Miss Milnes Gaskell, by her mother, Mrs. Milnes Gaskell.
Mrs. Gerard, by Lady Beaumont.
Mrs. Thomas Field Gibson, by Lady Rivers.
Mrs. Francis Molesworth, by Mrs. Gascoigne.
Miss Percy Gusset, by her sister, Mrs. Francis Molesworth.
Miss Graham, by her mother, Lady Bellingham Graham.
Miss Cunninghame Graham, by Mrs. Frederick Gr
aham
Miss Helen Graham, by her mother, Lady Graham.
Mrs. Grant, by Lady Herries.
Mrs. Frederick Hamilton, by Mrs. Hamilton Hamilton.
Lady Harding, by Mrs. Spencer Walpoles
Mrs. Alexander Hastie, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Mrs. Henley, by the Countess of Jersey.
Miss Henley, by her mother, Mrs. Henley.
Miss Grace Henley, by her mother, Mrs. Henley.
Mrs. J. P. Henley, on her marriage, by Hon. Mrs. Seymour
Bathurst.
Miss Holland, by Mrs. Holland.
Miss Hopwood, by Mrs. Walpole.
Miss Leonora Horner, by her sister, Lady Lyell.
Mrs. Edward Howard, by the Duchess of Norfolk.
Miss Howard, by Mrs. Edward Howard.
Miss Hunter, by the Countess of Derby.
Miss A
Ladym eli Jack L
a
son,i ter Kay Lady
e, Fiby her mother, La
lmer. dy Lister Kaye.
Miss Knatchbul l, by her m other, Lady li
nathbull.
c
Mrs. Winn Knight, by the Duchess of Bedford'
rag_iage, by the
The Countess of Lanesborough, on her u
Duchess of Norfolk.
Miss Laurie, by her aunt, Mrs.NoruthnatleloLtuerwieis.
ham.
Mrs.
LthoengD. uchess of
Hon. Mrs. Arthur Legge, by
Miss Jane Agnes Long, by bel'imsca:rtrb.earleßl,
Lady John Manners, on her in
Norfolk. He La on. Lady Hawkins Whitshed.
M. George Martin, by the
Mrs. Hume Middlemass, byytishermdoy Athenr,nexi Crha is
Mrs.
ruteurtn.e
Mid-
Miss
Miss Hume Middiensase,
dlemass.
Miss Harriett Catherine Dalton Millard, by Lady Maclaine.
Mrs. Godfrey Mundy, on her marriage, by her mother, Hon.
Mrs. William Herbert.
Mrs Dyce Nicol, by Lady Clark.
Mrs. Lionel Oliver, by Mrs. Grant
Mrs. W. Gore Ouseley, on return from the United States, by
the Countess of tol dinesbury.
Lady Pakington, by Lady Sarah Murray.
Buller.
Venda Wilsou Patten, bv Lady garde
Mrs. Paul, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Lister
Kaye.
Wm. Paynter.
Miss Paynter, by hero other, Mrs.
her marriage, by
Mrs. Henry Reeve, the Countess of
Clarendon.
Mrs. Riddell, on her marriage. by the Hon. Mrs. Richard
Beaumont
Miss Rowena Ronald, by her mother, Mrs. Rowand Ronald.
Stanle
Lady Sartorius, by Lady y (ot Alderley).
M. Dem auto, by VitioQuweilia Agagitrrgi.