The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.

The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colo-
nits, gave a State banquet in celebration of her Majesty's
birthday, at the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, to the fol-
lowing guests :—Sir Charles Darling, K.C.8., Governor of
Victoria; Sir F. Rogers, Bart., Under Secretary; Sir
Charles Cuyler, Bart., Receiver-General of Trinidad; Sir
Hercules Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong; Mr. Cal-
laghan, Governor of Labuan ; Mr Freman, Governor of
Lagos; the Hon. H. T. Manners Sutton; the Bishops of
Tasmania, Melbourne, the Mauritius, Sydney, and Goul-
bourn ; Sir R. Macdonnell, Sir H. Young, Capt. Kennedy,
Mr K. Hamilton, C. 8., Colonel Henderson, Mr Elliot,
Asi..tant Uunder Secretary; Mr Beaumont, Chief Justice
of Demerara; Major Leves .n, Colonial tiecretary of Lagos;
Mr Scott Bushe, Colonial Secretary of Trinidad; Mr J. G.
Austin, Mr Saunders, Mr A. F. Gore, Mr Coomerasamy,
Mr Murdoch, Commissioner for Emigration ; Mr Strachey,
Mr Lansborough, and Mr G. D. Eagleheart.
THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty,
gave a State dinner at his grace's official residence at the
Admiralty. There were present—Lord Clarence Paget,
First Secretary ; Sir Frederick Nicholson, Sir John Liddell,
Sir Richard Bromley, Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, Admi-
ral Eden, Admiral Robinson, Admiral Frederick, General
Stransham, Colonel Mitchell, Colonel Green, Colonel Lang-
ley, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, Captain Mends,
Captain Chads, Captain Hall, Dr Swiss, Mr Beebey,
Accountant• General of the Navy; Mr Romaine, Second
Secretary ; Mr Tierney, and Mr. Stansfeld.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIR .
The Earl Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign .AffBirB,;
bad a full dress dinner. The entertainment took place "
the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Doval"
iog-street. Covers were laid for 40 guests, and there were
present—Baron Gros, French Ambassador; M. Musuree,
Turkish Ambassador; Count Apponyi, Austrian Ambas-
sador; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Ambassador; M. Van
de Weyer, Belgian Minister; Baron de Ceti°, Bavarian
Minister; the Marquis d'Azeglio, Italian Minister; Baron
Bentinck, Netherlands Minister; Count Lavradio, Portu-
guese Minister; M. de F. Martin, Guatemalan Minister;
Count Vizthum, Saxon Minister; M. de Bille, Danish Mi-
nister ; M. Gutierrez, Minister from Honduras; Mr Adams,
United States Minister; Count Wachtmeister, Swedish.
Minister; Mahmoud Khan, Persian Minister; M. Dubois,
Haytiaa Minister; Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe, Sir
A.
Howard, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Mr Alis m, Mr Percy
Doyle, Sir Justin Shiel, Sir Hamilton Seymour, Mr Ham-
mond and Mr Layard, M.P. (Under Secretaries), Mr Mur-
ray, Hon. G. Elliot, Mr Villiers Lister, Mr G. Russell, and
General the Hon, Sir Edward Cast, Master of the Ceremo-
nies to the Queen.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State
for India, gave a State dinner at his residence in Belgrave-
square, The company consisted of Sir John Lawrence, Sir
Frederick Currie, Sir Jas. Hogg, Sir Henry Montgomery,
Sir Robert Vivian, Sir Probyn Cautley, Sir Erskine Perry,
Sir Arthur Buller, M.P., Sir George Clerk, Colonel Baker,
Colonel Sykes, M.P., Captain Eastwick, Mr Prinsepp, Mr
Charles Mills, Mr Arbuthnott, Mr Willoughby, Mr Mac-
naghten, Mr Smollett, M.P., Mr Torr- ns, M.P., Mr Ed-
monstone, Mr Ayrton, M.P., Mr T. Baring, M.P., Mr
Merivale, and Mr. J. Melville.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR.

Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of State for War,
gave a State dinner at his residence in Carlton-gardens. The
company comprised Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, Commanding-in-Chief; the Marquis
of Harlington, Under-Secretary of State ; the Judge-Ad-
vocate-General, Major-General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8.,
Under-Secretary of State; Captain Galton, Major-General
Crofton, Major-General Forster, K.H., Military Secretary
to the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief; Lieutenant-
General Sir James Y. Scarlett, ii.C.B , Adjutant- General;
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Quarter-
master-General; General Sir John Burgoyne, G C. 8., In-
spector-General of Engineers; Major 'General Lawrenson,
Inspector-General of Cavalry; Major-General Bloomfield,
I Spector-General of Artillery; Major• General Rumley,
Inspector General of Infantry; Lieutenant-General eran-
furd, Major-General Tulloh, the Chaplain-General (the
Rev G. R. tileig), Colonel Pipon, Inspector-General of
Militia; Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector-General of Volun-
teers; Captain Caffin, the Commissary-General-in-Chiefs
Dr Gibson, Director-General Army Medical Department;
the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, and Mr B. M. Seton, Pri-
vate Secretary to Earl de Grey.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

Tee Right Hon Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8,, Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, gave a State ban-
quet, on Saturday, at the Clarendon Hotel. The guests
comprised—the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, the Right Hon the Judge of the Admiralty Court, th.o
Right Hon Sir C. Cresswell, Lord Justice Turner, Vice--
Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley, Vice-Chancellor Sir
James Stuart, Mr Justice Blackburn, Mr Justice Willes,
Mr Justice Mellor, Mr Justice Keating, Mr Baron Martin,
Mr Baron Bramwell, Mr Baron Channell, Mr Waddington.
and Mr Henry A. Bruce, M.P., Under-Secretaries of State;
the Lord Advocate for Scotland, M.P., the Attorney. Gene-
ral for Ireland, M.P., Mr Massey, M.P., Mr Gilpin, M.P.,
Mr Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr Sheriff Hugh Jones,
the Recorder, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, Alderman
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Mr Crawford, M.P., Mr
Goschen, M.P.. and the Hon George Waldegrave Leslie,
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon the Speaker, Vice-
Chancellor Sir Wm. Page Wood, the Lord Mayor, and
Baron Rothschild were prevented from being present on
account of domestic affliction or other unavoidable cause.
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

The Right Hon William E. Gladstone, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, gave a State dinner, at his residence hi
Carlton House-terrace, to the folio ring party:—Lord
Stanley of Alderley, Postmaster. General, Lord Monteaglet
Comptroller-Gent ral of the Exchequer, the Right Hon T.
Milner Gibson, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, the
Right Hon William Hutt, M,P., Paymaster of the Forces,
the Right Hon William Cowper, M P., First Commis-
slimier of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and
Right Hon Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart., Chairman of the
Customs, Mr Stephenson, Chairman of Inland Revenue,
the Hon Charles Gore, the Right Hon Sir Edward Ryan,
Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart , the Right Hon Frederick
Peel, lion H. Brand, M.P., Mr Knatchbull. Hugessen,
M.P,, Colonel White, M.P., Mr Hamilton, Sir E. Head,
Mr llodgson, Governor of the Bank of England, Mr
Holland, Deputy-G,vernor, Sir Rowland Hill, Mr Graham,
Registrar-General, Mr Goulbuni, Mr Freshly, Mr Romillys

Sir William Ail;;;;,—;;; Attorney-General, gave a
grand dinner to the Queen's counsel and the leading
members of the bar at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street.
Covers were laid for 80, and among the company were the
Solicitor-General, Sir R. Palmer, Q.C., M.P. ; the Queen's
Advocate, Sir R. Phillimore, Q.C., D.C.L. ; and the fol-
lowing Queen's counsel :—Sir W. J. Alexander, Bart., Mr
J. Anderson, Mr R. B, Armstrong, Mr J. Adams, D.C.L.,
Mr J. Bacon, Mr J. Baily, Mr. E. Bazalgette, Mr. Bliss,
Mr William Bovill, M.P., Mr R. Baggallay, Mr G. Bow-
den, Mr J. St. George Burke, Mr R. D, Craig, Mr W. A.
Collins, Mr H. W. Cole, Mr T. Chambers, Mr W. F. S.
Daniels, Mr J. P. Deane, D.C.L., Hon G. Denman, M.P.,
Mr J Fleming, Mr W. Forsyth, Mr T. W. Greene, Mr
W. R Grove, Mr C A. Hoggins, Mr J. IV, Huddleston,
Mr NV M Hindmarch, Mr A. Hobh use, Mr R. Ingham,
M.P., Mr E, J.tmes, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Mr J. B.
Kerslake, Mr J. W. Kenyon, Mr J. Locke, M.P., Mr It,
Malins, M.P., Mr H. A. Merewether, Mr J. Monk. Mr J.
F. Macqueen, Mr H. Mills, Mr G. Mellish, Mr P. F.
O'Malley, Mr W. Orerend, Mr J. Osborne, Mr P. A
Pickering, Mr J, A. Roebuck, M P., Mr R. P. Roupell,
Mr B. B. H. Rodwell, Sir F. Slade, Bart., Mr M. E Smith,
M.P., Mr A. J. Stephens, Mr J. W. Smith, Mr W. D.
Seymour, Mr T. S3uthgate, Mr S. Temple, Mr G. S.
Venables, Mr C. H. Whithurst, and Mr C. F. F. Words-
worth; Sergeants Shee and Hayes; Messrs J. H. Tyrrell,
J. Wichens, P. M'Mahon, M.P. , A. Hanson, E. Beavan'
T. Jones, F. J. Hamel, J. Tim, J. P. Fearon, J. Gardiner'
11. Watson, A. H. Br.stow, and W. H. Ashurst.

THE ILLUMINATIONS.
Although the weather had been throughout the thy ex-
ceedingly unpr( pitious, and continued so during the even-
ing, the illuminations in the metropolis were of a very gene-
ral and elegant character.

Many of the nobility illuminated their private residences
in honour of the occasion, as well as the club-houses, thea-
tres, &C., amongst the most prominent of which were the
following :

THE CUrB HOUSES.
The Athenasum—Two immense wreaths of laurel over
the entrance, with the letters V. R. in gas jets.
Urited Service—A brilliant illumination, comprising up-
wards of 20 standards of fire in gas.
The Army and Navy—A crown, with the letters V. R,
entwined, supported by crossed sword and anchor, sur-
rounded by laurel, with the words " Unitate fortior" (the
motto of the club), while on the pedestals of the stone bat-
ustrade were revolving spiral columns of fire connected by
a series of gas jets and seroll work.
East India Club, St. James's-square—A crown, sur-
rounded by laurels, with the letters V. R. and a Brunswick
star in gas jets.
The Wyndham—A Brunswick crown, with the royal
letters V. R. in gas. _ _ _

The CarltonJA plume of Prince of Wales's feathers,
with the letters V. R.

The Reform—A large number of flambeaux along the
front of the building.

The Travellers'—This was a similar display.
Oxford and Cambridge—The royal crown, supported by
the letters V. R., surrounded by laurel leaves in gas.
The Guards'—A massive star, surmounted by a crown,
with the royal letters.

The Conservative--The rose, shamrock, and thistle en-
twined by laurel, supported by the letters V. R., the whole
ornamented with scroll• work in gas.
The Junior United Service—A crown, with the letters
V. R., with the rose, shamrock, and. thistle.
White's Club—A crown, supported by a Brunswick star,
with the letters V. R., surrounded by laurel, the whole in
jewelled coloured lamps.
Brooke's Club—The letters V. R., and a crown, sur-
rounded by a star of Brunswick.

Boodle's—Two large stars, with the royal letters and a
crown surrounded by laurel leaves,
The University Club—The royal letters, surrounded by
glory wreaths, centred with a massive star, ornamented with
scroll work in gas.
The Union—A Brunswick star, with the letters V. R.,
in gas.

The Naval and Military Club, Clifford-street—A Bruns-
wick star.

The Royal Thames Yacht Club—A crown, supported by
the letters V. R. in gas.
The Oriental—A plume of feathers—with the letters
V. R. in gas.
The Garrick Club, King-street, Covent•gatden—A large
star with the letters V. R. in gas,