The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

The Levee,

By commani of the Queen, a Levee was held on Saturday
at St. James's Palace by his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales. Presentations at this court are by the Queen's
pleasure to be considered as equivalent to presentations
made to her Majesty.
The Prince of M ales, attended by his Gentlemen-in-
Waiting, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough. house
about 2 o'clock, and was received by the great Officers of
State of her Majesty's household.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended
by his Equerry, Colonel Tyrwhitt), and his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, were present at the
Levee.

Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men at Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the
command of the Lieutenant.

The Royal Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard were
on duty, under the command of Colonel Bourke, the Exon
in W aiting.

The Prince of Wales entered the Throne Room, accom-
panied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe.Weimar, and
attended by the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward ; the
Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain; Viscount Bury, the
Treasurer of the Queen's Household ; Viscount Castle-
roses, Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Proby, Controller of the
Queen's Household; Lieut.-General Knollys, Controller
and Treasurer of the Household of the Prince of Wales;
Lord Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Colonel
F. Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Lord
Charles Fitzroy, Equerry to the Queen; Lord Alfred
Hervey, Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales;
the Hon. Robert Meade, Groom of the Bedchamber to the
Prince of Wales; and Major Teesdale, Equerry to the
Prince of Wales.

The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro-
duced, when the following presentations to the Prince of
Wales, on the part of the Queen, took place in the diplo-
matic circle :

By the Envoy from Sweden and Norway.—Le Comte
Gustav Hamilton de Sperlingsholm, a Swedish nobleman.
The Diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Am-
bassador (M. Musurus) and Etienne Musurus Bey, Secre-
tary of Embassy—the Austrian Ambassador (Count
Apponyi), the Austrian Plenipotentiary (M. de Biegeleben)
—Count Wimpffen, Councillor of Embassy, and Baron
Dornberg, attache—the Russian Ambassador (Baron de
Brunnow), and M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Embassy—the
Prussian Ambassador (Count de Bernetorff), the Prussian
Plenipotentiary (M, de Balan), Baron Freedericks, M.
Frederic de Katte and Baron de Witzleben—the French
Ambassador (the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne), the Mar-
quis de Cadore, the Comte de Montmarin and the Vicomte
de Virel, the Belgian Minister (M. do Van de Weyer), and
Baron Edward Whetraall, attache, the Bavarian Minister
(Baron de Cetto), and Count Paumgarten, Secretary of
Legation, the Italian Minister (the Marquis de Azeglio),
and the Chevalier Curtopassi, Secretary of Legation, the
Netherland Minister (Baron Bentinck, the Portuguese
Minister (Count de Lavradio), and the Chevalier de Santos,
the Saxon Minister (Count Vitzthum)—the Plenipotentiary
of the Germanic Confederation (M. de Beust)—the Danish
Minister (M. de Bille) ; the Danish Plenipotentiaries (M.
de Quaade and M. de Kreiger) ; Baron Rosenkrantz and
Baron Guldenkrane—the Minister of Honduras (M. Gu-
tierrez)—the United States' Minister (Hon. Charles Adams)
and Mr. B. Moran, second Secretary of Legation—the
Swedish and Norwegian Minister (Count Wachtmeister)—
the Peruvian Minister (M. Sanz), the Spanish Minister
(M. Comyn), M. Augustus Conte, first Secretary of Em-
bassy, and the Duc de Granada, attache, and the Haytian
Minister (M. Dubois).

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—Her
Majesty the Queen and the younger members of the royal
family will leave Osborne, it is expected, about three o'clock
this afternoon and return to Windsor Castle, arriving at
Windsor about six o'clock. Her Majesty will probably
remain for a day or two at the Castle, and then take her
departure, accompanied by the royal family and the various
members of the Court, for Balmoral, where the Queen will
spend the summer months,
. . _

- TWO GRAND BALLS will be given at Buckingham
Palace during the month of June.

His Excellency Prince do la Tour d'Auvergne
wiil give a grand ball at the French Embassy on the 20th
inst.

The Duke and Duchess of Bucclench and the
Ladies Scott arrived at their temporary residence in Bel-
grave-square on Saturday from Dalkeith Palace, near
Edinburgh, for the season.

The Dc,ke of Newcastle, having passed two
favourable nights, is decidedly better. It cannot be said
that his grace is out of danger.

The Marquis of Clanricade and Lord Bunkellin,
M.P., returned to town on Saturday from Dablin.

The Earl and Countess Russell, who left town
on Saturday for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond park, return
to tt.wn to-day.

It was the Dowager Countess of Morton who at-
tended the Drawing Room on Tuesday last, and not the
Countess of Morton, as stated in the report next day.
Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere and Vis-
countess Combermere will arrive in Belgrave-square on
Thursday next, for the season.
_ _

Lady Blantyre returned to town on Saturday from
Erskine House, N.B. The noble lord will return on Wed-
nesday or Thursday next from Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Zetland entertained a
soled party at dinner on Friday evening at their residence
iu Arlington-street.

The Earl Howe is considerably better, and is fast
recovering from his remit indisposition.

The Earl Cadogan is said to be rather better, ac-
cording to the bulletins of Saturday and yesterday.
Viscount Palmerston is, we learn from unques-
tionable authority, recovering from his attack of gout, and
in a few days will be able to resume his usual place in the
House of Commons ; in all probability before the house ad-
journs for the holidays.
THE PRINCESS ANNA MURAT is a Protestant,
but for some time past she has been receiving
private religious instruction from M. Deguerry, cure of the
Madeleine, with a view to her conversion to Catholicise►•
The resolution of the Princess is said to be definitivell
taken, and-the day fixed for her abjuration is not far dis-

tart.—Court Journal.
tim. DE TALLEYRAND, only son of the Compto de
Perigord, is seriously