The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.

(From the Court Newsman.)
Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of
Prussia (Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ire-
land) by command of the Queen, held a Drawing-
room on behalf of her Majesty on Saturday after-
noon in St. James's Palace.

Two hundred and fifty ladies had the honour of
being presented to her Royal Highness; the pre-
sentations by her Majesty's pleasure being con-
sidered as equivalent to presentations to the Queen.
In addition to the presentations about 500 ladies
attended the reception.

The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, with
their wives and daughters, the Ladies in 'Waiting,
Maids of Honour, and Women of the Bedchamber

of the Queen's Household, and Ministers and Offi-

cers of State, and the principal officers of the Royal
Household were also present at the Drawing-room.
Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, accom-
panied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena,
arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock,
and was received at St. James's Palace by the
Great Officers of State, who conducted their royal
highnesses to the Royal Closet.
His Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales arrived,
attended by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord in

Waiting, Hon. Robert Henry Meade, Groom in
Waiting, and Major Teesdale, Equerry in Waiting.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (at-
tended by the Hon. James Macdonald), his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Prince
F. of Holstein, and his Highness the Maharajah
Duleep Singh (attended by Col. Oliphant) were
present.
His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse arrived
from Buckingham Palace, attended by Baron
Westerweller.

The Royal Body Guard of her Majesty's Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the
State salo3ns, under the command of the lieutenant.
Captain Philips, the sub-officer, was on duty with
the corps.

The Yeomen of the Guard were under the com-
mand of Captain Parker Rickford, the Exon in
Waiting.

Seats for the accommodation of the ladies were
provided in Queen Anne's-room, the Banquet-room,
th© Portrait Gallery, the Presence Chamber, the
two guard-rooms, and also in the corridors.

The Crown Princess of Prussia entered the Throne-
room, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Helena, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince
Louis of Hesse, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Prince of Holstein, and the Maharajah Duleep
Singh. In attendance were the Duchess of Wel-
lington, Mistress of the Robes ; the Countess of Cale-
don (in waiting), the Duchess of Athole, Lady
Churchill, and the Marchioness of Ely, Ladies of
the Bedchamber; Hon. Lucy Kerr (in waiting),
Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley (in waiting), Hon.
Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Harriet L. Phipps, Hon.
Horatia Stopford, Hon. Emily Cathcart, Hon.
Flora Macdonald and Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids
of Honour; Lady Caroline Barrington (in waiting),
Lady Charlotte Copley, Lady Sarah Lindsay, Hon.
Mrs, G. Campbell and the Hon. Mrs. A. Gordon,
Women of the Bedchamber to the Queen ; the Earl
of St. Germans, G.C.B, Lord Steward ; Viscount
Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Ailes-
bury, Master of the Horse to her Majesty ; Earl
Spencer, Groom of the Stole to the Prince of
Wales; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Queen's
Household ; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamber-
lain ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Household ;
Lord Methane, Lord in Waiting; Colonel the Hon.
A. Liddell, Groom in Waiting; Lord Alfred Paget
(Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting; the Pages of
Honour in Waiting ; Countess Pourtales, Countess
Hohenthal, Countess Bruhl, and Count Furstentein,
in Waiting on the Crown Princess.
The diplomatic corps was introduced, and the
Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were received
in the order of their diplomatic precedence. The
following presentations to her Royal Highness
took place in the circle :

By her Excellency Madame Musurus—Madame Messond
Bey
By her Excellency Madame de Brunnow—Madame de
Longuinoff nee Princess Looff
By Mrs Adams—Miss Adams, daughter of the United
States' Minister ; Miss Anne Chapman, of Boston, Mass.,
U.S.
By the Countess Russell—Madame la Marquise de Cadore;
Countess Henrietta Danneskiold ; Countess Amy Dan-
neskiold
By his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador—Colonel Mes-
soud Bey
By the Hanoverian Envoy—Lieutenant Sprengel, of the
Hanoverian army
By the Danish Envoy—His Excellency Count Christian
Danneskiold
By the Honduras Envoy—Senor Don Lorenzo Montufar,
Charge d'Affaires to the Swiss Confederation ; Senor Don
Jose F Quiros, Attache to the Salvador Legation
By the Spanish Envoy—Brigadier-General Ramos
Izqnierdo.
The diplomatic circle was attended by—
The Turkish Autbassadorand Madame Musurus, Khaleb
Effendy, First Secretary of the Embassy, Etienne Musurus
Bey, Second Secretary, Paul Musurus Bey, First Attache—
the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, Count
Wimpffen, Conseiller, Count Kalnoky, Secretary, Prince
Ysenburg, !Attache, Baron Dornberg—the Russian Am-
bassador and Baroness de Brunno w, Mr. D. Longuinoff,
Chambollan l'Empereur and Conseiller of the Embassy—
the Prussian Ambassador and Countess de Bernstorff, M.
Frederic de Katte, First Secretary of the Embassy—Baron
Gros, French Ambassador, Marquis de Comment la Force,
Count de Couronnel, and Captain Pigeard, Naval Attache
—Madame Van de Weyer, wife of the Belgian Minister,
Mr Maurice del Fosse, Conseiller of Legation, M Octave
Delepierre, Secretary, and Mr Van de Velde, Secretary—
the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto—Count Kiel-
mansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, Marquis d'Azeglio,
Italian Minister, Count Maffei, First Secretary, Count
Zannini, Attache, Baron F Marochetti, Lieutenant in the
Italian Navy—Baron Bentinck, Netherlands Minister—
Baron Donald Mackay, Gentleman of the Cham-
ber of the King of the Netherlands and At-
tache to the Legation Count de Lavradjo, Por-
tuguese Minister, and Chevalier d'Oliveira, Conseiller
of Legation—Commandeer de Carvalho Moreira, Brazilian
Minister, Vicomte de Carvalho et M and Chevalier C Sar-
mento, Attaches--..Count Vitzthum, Saxon Minister, Mr de
Bill, Danish Minister, and Mr Gosch, Attache to the Le-
gation—Hon Charles Francis Adams, United States Mini.
stet, and Mrs Adams, Mr Charles L Wilson, Secretary of
Legation, Mr Benjamin Moran, Second Secretary, Mr
Henry Brooks Adams—M Carlos Gutierrez, Honduras
Minister, Count Wachtmeister, Minister for Sweden and
Norway, Baron Beck Frus, Secretary to the Legation—Don
Antonio Gonzales, Spanish Minister, the Duke of Granada,
Attache to the Legation—Mr R Guardamino, Attache—m
M J Sanz, Peruvian Minister, Mr J B Valdivia, Secretary
of Legation, Captain M Roman, Aide-de-Camp of the Vice-
President of Peru—Mohammet Khan, Persian Minister,
F Jeanty, Charge d'Affaires of Haiti ad interim—M
Charilaus Tricoupi, Greek Charge d'Affaires, and Captain
Nicolaidy, Attache Militaire to the Greek Legation—Earl
Russell, K G, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, the Countess Russell, and Lieutenant-
General the Hon Sir Edward Cust, K C 11, her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies.
The diplomatic corps having paid their respects,
the ladies present at the Drawing-room were intro-
duced, and were announced to her royal highness by
the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household.
The general circle was attended by—
Count Gleichen, Captain Royal Navy—Earl Granville,
Lord,_ President—Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the
Newcastle
Right Hon Sir George Grey—the Duke of
easue—s ir George Lewis, Secretary of State for
War—Sir Charles Wood—the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer—the Duke of Somerset—the Right Honourable E
Cardwell—Right Honourable C P Villiers, M P—Lord
Foley, the Captain of the Hon Corps of the Gentlemen at
Arms—Earl of Dude, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
—Earl of Bessborough, Master of the Buckhounds—Bishop
of London, Dean of Chapels Royal—Lord Edw. Howard,P
Deputy Earl Marshall—Right Bell William Hutt, M P,
Paymaster-General—Sir Rutherford Aicock.HM's Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan Mr
Edward Thornton, C B, H M'sMinisterPlenipotentiary to
the Argentine Republic—Vice-Chancellor Sir William page
Wood, Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, the Right Ron
T E Headlam, M P, Judge
Advocate-General—Hon
to her Mor-
timerMa Sackville West, Groom in Waiting
to theje Qaty—
Lieut-Colonel Cavendish, Groom in Waiting B,
roomuee
jun
—Lieut General Sir Henry Bentinck, K C
Waiting to the Queen--Sir Charles Young, Garter—Lieut-
Colonelf the Hon
Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant o
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms—Major-General Fitzwaurice,
Lieutenant of the Yeoman of the Guard—Sir William Alex-
ander, Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales—the Lord
Mayor—Colonel Bagot, H M's Assistant-Master of the
Ceremonies—Lord Stanley of Alderley—Colonel Lord Chas
L Fitzroy, Equerry to the Queen—Lieut-Colonel the Hon
Dudley de Ros, Extra Equerry to the Queen—Lieut-Colo-
nel Keppel, Equerry to the Prince of Wales—Hon Spencer
Lyttelton, her Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies—Vis-
count E versley, Lord Burghley, M P, Colonel Adair, Colo-
no! M`Mardo, C B, Colonel Sir Thee Troubridge, Bart, C B,
Colonel Edwin Wodehouae, R A, Colonel the Hon Percy

Herbert, Colonel Le Coutenr, Colonel Charles Reid, C B,
Colonel Orr, CB, RA, Colonel Holloway, CB, Colonel
Priaulx, Colonel J A E wart, C B, and Colonel J Gordon,
C B, Aides-de-Camp to the Queen—Captain the Hon Jas
Drummond, C B, Capt Harry Edgell, C B, and Capt Edwd
S Sotheby, C B, Naval Aides-de-Camp to her Majesty—Sir
Wm Martins, Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State—the
Hon Spencer Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Lord Chamber•
lain's Department—Major Harmar, Standard Bearer of
the Hon Corps of Gentleman at Arms—Lieut-Colonel
Cooke, Ensign of the Royal Body Guard of Yeomen of the
Guard—Lieut-Colonelßaillie, Royal Horse Guards, Silver
Stick in Waiting—Colonel Michael Bruce, Grenadier
Guards, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting—Captain the
Hon Frederick Stanley, Grenadier Guards, Adjutant in
Brigade Waiting—Lieut-Colonel Fletcher, Captain of the
Queen's Guard, the Clerk of the Cheque, :and Adjutant of
the Hon Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms—Colonel Maude,
C B, Crown Equerry—Captain Philips, Sub-Officer Hon
Corps of Gentlemen-at•Arms—Mr Henry Greville, Gen-
tleman Usher in Waiting :on her Majesty—Lieut-General
Sir Frederic Smith, KH, MP, Gentleman Usher to the
Privy Chamber—Mr Charles Heneage, Gentleman Usher
of the Privy Chamber in Waiting—Mr Wilbraham Tay-
lor, Gentleman Usher to the Queen—Colonel Howard
Vyse, 2d Life Guards, Gentleman Usher to the Queen—
Colonel Home Purvey, Groom of the Privy Chamber in
Waiting to her Majesty—Mr Alfred Montgomery, Gentle-
man Usher to the Queen—Mr Edward Hamilton Anson,
Gentleman Usher to her Majesty—Commanding Charles
G Nelsou, R N, Gentleman Usher—Captain Green, Extra
Gentleman Usher to the Queen.

The following presentations took place, the
names having been previously left at the Lord
Chamberlain's office and submitted for her Majesty's
approval :
Miss Adderley, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Adderley
Lady Alcock, by the Countess Russell
Miss Wilfred Allen, by her mother, Lady Henrietta Allen
Miss Jessie Allen, by Mrs Edward Bagot
Mrs F Beilby Alton, on her marriage, by the Countess of

Derby
Lady Anstruther, of Balcaskie, by Lady Elcho
Miss Anstruther, by her mother, Lady Anstruther, of Bal-

caskie
Lady Mary Arkwright, by the Countess of Strafford
Miss Gertrude Arbuthnot, by her mother, the Hon Mrs.

Arbuthnot
Mies Mary Arbuthnot, by Lady Taylor
Mrs Richard Baggallay, by Lady Turner
Mrs Duncan Baillie, on her marriage, by Mrs Henry Baillie
Mrs James Baillie, by the Hon Mrs Hardinge
Miss Balfour, by Lady Blanche Balfour
Mrs Alexander Barclay, by Lady Colvile
Miss Harriet Barclay, by Lady Colvile
Mrs James Pratt Barlow, by Lady Cranworth
Miss Alice Barlow, by her mother,Mrs James Pratt Barlow
Miss Margaret Louisa Bateman, by her mother, Mrs Bate-

man

Mrs W H Baynes, by Mrs Robinson
Miss Huddle Bazeley, by Lady Login
Mies Bell, by her mother, Mrs Bell
Mrs W Baring de Lotbiniere Bingham, on her marriage,
by Lady Young
Miss Bingham, by her mother, Mrs Chas Bingham
Mrs Bishopp, by Mrs Benson
Hon Mrs de Blaquiere, on her marriage, by the Marchioness
of Townshend
Miss Brand, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Brand
Miss Mabel Brand, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Brand
Lady Braybrooke, on succeeding to the title, by the Mar-
chioness of Aberoorn
Mrs Brewer, by the Marchioness of Ailesbury
Miss Brewer, by the Marchioness of Ailesbury
The Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, by Lady Anna
Gore Langton
Miss Augusta Bulkeley, by the Hon Mrs T Myddleton.
Biddulph
Lady Burrell, by the Marchioness of Salisbury
Hon Mrs Alfred Bury, by Mrs Win Russell
Hon Francis Sarah Butler, by her mother, the Viscountess
Mountgarrett
Lady Victoria Brixton, by her mother, the Countess of
Gainsborough
Mrs P G Vander Byl, by Mrs Halkett Le Couteur
Hon Miss Cadogan, by Lady Adelaide Cadogan
Miss Call, by her mother, Lady Call
Miss Blanche. Call, by her mother, Lady Call
Hon Mrs Somerset Calthorpe, by Lady Calthorpe
Mrs Archibald Calvert, by Mrs G A Maude
The Countess of Castlestuart, by Lady Hamilton
Mrs Francis Carey, by Mrs Lynedoch Gardiner
Mrs Thos Chambers, by Lady Palmerston
Mrs Arthur G Chapman, by the Countess of Bessborough
Miss Chetwynd, by her aunt, Lady Mary Hood
Viscountess Clifden, on her marriage, by Lady Begot
Lady Cooper, by Mrs Bourne
Miss Mary Cole, by the Countess of Darnley
Miss Compton, by Lady Wm Compton
Mrs W Anthony Collins, on her marriage, by Mrs Spencer
Walpole
mre me.. Loot.r Copland, by her mother, Mrs R Ronald
Miss Evelyn Cotes, by her mother, Lady Louisa Cotes
Lady Beatrice Craven, by the Countess of Craven
Miss Margaret A Crawford, by the Viscountess Palmerston
Miss Caroline Crawford, by the Viscountess Palmerston
Hon Mrs E Cropper, by her sister-in-law, Lady Denman
Mrs Charles Cratchley, by Lady Burrell
Lady Alice Cuffe, by the Countess of Desert
Miss Currie, by her mother, Lady Currie
Miss Susan Mary Currie, by her mother, Lady Currie
Lady Dacres, by Lady Sydney
Lady Darling, by Lady Vere Cameron
Lady Dashwood, by the Marchioness of Ely
Miss Louisa Davis, by Mrs Chambers
Mrs Erskine Scott Dawson, by her mother, Lady Michael
Seymour
Mrs Dennehy, by Lady Logan
Mrs Digby, on her marriage, by her aunt, Lady Harriet B
Hamilton
Hon Leonora Digby, by her aunt, Lady Caroline Kerrison
Hon Mrs Constantine Dillon, by Lady Stanley of Alderley
Mies Constance Dillon, by her mother, Hon. Mrs C Dillon
Miss Dillwyn, by her mother, Mrs Dillwyn
Mrs A M Dowleans, by Mrs Jones of Pantglas
Miss Buncombe, by her mother, Lady Caroline Duncombe
Miss Mary Buncombe, by her mother, Hon Mrs Arthur
Buncombe
Miss Blanche Buncombe, by her mother, Lady Caroline
Buncombe
Miss Dundas, by Lady Lovaine
Miss Catherine Dyke, by Lady Dyke
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Miss Sybella Dyke, y Lady Dyke
Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe, by the Countess of Mount
Edgcumbe
Mrs Elliot, by the Hon Mrs James Drummond
Miss Elliot, by her mother, Mrs Elliot
Mrs Robert Eyston, by the Hon Mrs Scott Murray
Mrs Salisbury Ewart, by the Hon Mrs T M Biddulph
Mrs Andrew Fairbairn, by the Countess de Grey and Ripon
Mrs Fenwick, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Ron-
burghe
Mrs Ferguson, by the Duchess of Roxburgh°
Lady Fisher, on her marriage, by Lady Prior
Mrs Herbert Fisher, on her marriage, by Mrs H Addington
Miss Olivia Fitzpatrick, by Mrs Fitzpatrick
Lady Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam, by her mother,
Countess Fitzwilliam
Mrs John Fleming, by Mrs Robinson
Hon Mrs Forester, by Lady Forester
Miss Foster, by Lady Hobart
Miss Gorges, by Mrs Gorges
Mrs A Wentworth Gore, on her marriage, by Lady Edward
Thynne
Miss Ormsby Gore, by her mother, Mrs Ormsby Gore
Hon Mrs Leveson Gower, on her marriage, by Hon Mrs
Adderley
Mrs Audley Gosling, by the Countess Russell
Miss Harriet Worrell Gray, by her grandmother, Lady
Pennefather
Mrs "William Graham Green, by Mrs George Henry Grey
MrsissSzmour Grenfell, by Lady Sarah Lindsay
Miss Agnes Darby aGrbriyraGatroinffi,thb,ybyhherermarmothte,r?rtshDe Darby Griffithtes of
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Constanceani Guest, by her mother, Lady Charlotte
Schreiber
Mrs Ker Hamilton, by Lady Harriet Hamilton
Mrs Frederick Hamilton, by the Duchess of Athole
Mrs Arthur Hamilton, by the Viscountess Galway
Miss Hamilton, by Lady Claud Hamilton
Lady Adele Hare, by Lady Proby
Lady Eleanor Hare, by Lady Proby
Miss Harrison. by Mrs Kinglake
Hon Anne Helen Henniker-Major, by her mother, Lady
Henniker
Lady Augustus Hervey, on her marriage, by her sister-in-
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Mrs Algernon de Horsey, by the Hon Lady Grey
Mrs Holland, by Lady Holland
Viscountess Holmesdale, on her marriage, by Countess
Amherst
Mrs Beaumont Hotham, by the Hon Mrs Upton
Mrs Henry Hume, by the Hon Mrs Francis Stonor
Mrs Clark Irving, by Mrs Pipon
Miss James, by her mother, Lady James
Countess Jermyn, by the Hon Mrs Curzon
Mrs Jervis White-Jervis, by Mrs Edwin Wodehouse
Hon Alice Jocelyn, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Hon Edith Jocelyn, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Miss Fjexcroft Jones, by the Hon Lady Airey
Bones of Pantglas, by her mother, Mrs Jones of
Pantglas
Miss Louisa Jones of Pantglas, by her mother, Mrs Jones
M iosfs Pantglasmirabel Knollys, by her mother, Mrs. Knollys
Hon Emily Labouehere, by Lady Taunton
Lady Charlotte Legg, by the Countess of Dartmouth
Hon Mrs Hanbury Kincaid Lennox, on her marriage, by
Lady Bateman
Miss Isabella Lewis, by Mrs Charles Lewis
Miss Minnie Liddell, by her mother, Hon Mr's Augustus
Liddell
Mrs H B Loeb, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon
Mrs E Villiers