The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

The Princess of Wales' First Ball.

The Prince of Wales gave an evening patty and
a dance, last evening, at Marlborough House, to a
limited number of the nobility and gentry.
The who'e of the suite of the principal apart-
ments Were prepared for the occasion.

The new saloon was made the dancing-room, and
the vestibule, which was the grand hall previous to
the occupancy of the Prince of Wales, now is part
of the suite of state rooms, and last night, formed
the drawing-room ; the large dining-room on the
one side of the saloon was appropriated for supper,
and the library on the other side for promenade
between the dances.

The drawing-room, in which the Prince and Prin
cess rEceivad their guests, is ewes ed from the nett,
hall, by crossing the corridor. This apartment ie
uow hung on three sides with tapestry, including a

large and very fine work—" The destruction of the
Matnelukes by the Pacha of Egypl,"—and a series
of panels illustrating the story and adventures of

Don Quixote. On he 4th side (the east) is a large
looking-glass over the fireplace, fixed on a panel or
dark blue, the panel on either side being painted
arabesques on a crimson ground. The doorways are
hung with draperies of dark blue velvet with deep
gold-coloured borders and trimmings. The entab-

lature of the room, and the friezes, and architraves
over the doors are gilt, and absisted with bright
colour. The ceiling is adorned with dark richly
coloured pictures, relieved with gilding. The apart
meat contained a quantity of choice cabinets and
other beautiful pieces of furniture, and articles of
fine art and vertu ; and, with the gay flowers that
entirely filled the vacancy of the fireplace and other
interstices, and the lofty candelabra (some of them
nine feet high) which aided the illumination,
formed an effect of colour in the ensemble that
might very fairly be termed gorgeous.

The ceiling of the saloon is supported by eight
columns of white and gold, two at each corner of the
centre compartment, and they therefore mark the
boundaries of the three rooms which this new apart-
ment has absorbed. The shafts of the columns are
marked in three equal parts by bands of gilt ara-
besque. The lower compartment, spricging from the
base, is covered with a twining mass of ivy leaves
and berries so thick and solidly gilt that scarcely
any of the white ground is visible ; the two upper
divisions are foliated with the lotus leaf, the edges
being merely tipped with gold. The capitals of the
columns, which are composite in their order, are
solidly gilt. The walls of the saloon are of a deli-
cate warm grey, or dove colour, parelled in figured
satin, of a colour which can perhaps be best described
as midway between scarlet and crimson, each panel
bordered with a broad gilt moulding. Between the
larger panel a narrow strip of green with gilt are-
bebques is introduced, having also a gilt moulding.
and leaving a sufficient space of wall between each,
The beautiful draperies were of the same colour and
material as the panels, with gilt cornices and gold-
coloured cords and trimmings. The architectural
embellishments of the ceiling are developed with
delicate grey and neutral colours in harmony with
the colour of the walls, but the frieze has a ground
of bright scarlet and is enriched with gold. Open-
leg from the saloon to the garden a large ten►_ war
erected, filled with chuice plants and floral treasures,
with a background of looking glass; and through
this tent was viewed a large bed of growing flowers
in the garden, illuminated with variegated lamps.
Tne room was brilliantly illuminated by three large
cut glass chandeliers, with wax candles and other
subsidiary lights, and was decorated with a pro-
fusion of flowers. The set tees round the room wort
of the same bright rich colour as the panels and
draperies. The doors were panelled in looking-
glass, with gilt mouldings.

The principal ornaments of the supper room were
two admirable oval half-length portraits of the
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, by A.
Graefle, a small bronze statuette of the Queen, and
two small bronze busts of the Prince and Princess of
Prussia. This room was lighted by two ormuiu
chandeliers bearing wax lights, and having a group
of figures in Parian marble forming the Rom. The
draperies of this apartment are cf silk, and of a
very elaborate pattern of green, crimson, and gold.
Over the sideboard a buffet of choice plate was
displayed on a background of dark crimson velvet,
the principal ornament being the large silver shield
presented by the late King of Prussia to his godson
the Prince of Wales. The supper. table was of the
horse-shoe form, and was dec'rated with a service
of silver plate, including numerous epergnes filled
with choice flowers and fruit, and silver candelabra.
The company began to arrive at Marlborough
House soon after ten o'clock.

The Princess of Wales was attended by the Cou-
ntess De Grey, Lady in Waiting, and Lord Harris,
K. 5.1., Chamberlain.

The Prince of Wales was attended by Earl Spen-
cer, Groom of the Stole ; Earl of Mount Edgecumbe,
Lord in Waiting ; Lieut. General Knollys, Comp-
troller and Treasurer ; the Hon. Robert K- Meade,
Groom in Waiting; and Lieut. Colonel Kt ppei,
Equerry in Waiting.
The Princess of Wales wore a dress of white tulle
over white glace veiled with spotted tulle and
trimmed with flowers—the white rose and vinca
pervinca. The ornaments were emeralds and dia-
monds. Her Royal Highness's head-dress web
composed of a wreath of flowers corresponding with
the trimming of the dress, interspersed with dia-
mond ornaments.

The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of lilac
satin, trimmed with Honiion lt-ce. Her Royal
Highnoßa's head-dress was formed of lilac. orna-
mented with diamond wheat-ears. The stomacher,
necklace, and earrings were diamonds and peerlE.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore 4 white

tulle dress, trimmed with bouillonnes of tulle and
white satin ribbon, with two flounces of black lace.

The Princess's head-dress was composed of a tiara
of diamond stars and a wreath of poppies, corn-
flowers, and wheat ears. The necklace, stomacher,
and earrings were of diamonds,withcarbuncle stars.
The illustrious party, at half-past ten o'clock en-

tered the Saloon, where Coote and Tinney's bald,
conducted by Mr. Coote, was in attendance, and
performed the following music :

Quadrille Cologne.
Valso
Lancers
Valse .
Quadrille
Valse
Lancers
Galop
Quadrille
Valse
Lancers
Valse .. Pfingst Rosen.
Quadrille Canadian.
Vales
Lancers
Galop

The tollowin,r had the honour of receiving invitations—
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the
Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of
Orange, the Count de Paris, the Duke de Nemours and the
Princess Marguerite d 'Orleans, his Serene Hio hness Prince
Edward of Saxe•Weimar and the Countess Dornburg,
Countess Gleichen, the Austrian Ambassador and Countess
Apponyi, Prince and Princess Bandini (Viscount and Vis-
countess Kynnaird), the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess
of Cambridge, the Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, the
Equerry to the Duchess of Cambridge, Lieut.-Col. Van den
Bosch, and Baron W. C. de Pollandt, Equerries to the
Prince of Orange, and the following :
DUKES—Buccleuch, Manchester, Sutherland, St.
Albans.

DUCHESSES--. Sutherland, Manchester, St. Albans.
Buccleuch.

MARQUlSES—Hartington, Eandford, Ailesbury, Bath,
Carmarthen, Ormonde, Abercorn, Westminster.
MARCHIONESSES—Westminster, Abercorn, Ailesbury,
Ba h, Carmarthen.

EARLS—De Grey, Brecknock, Dunmore, Granville,
Listowel, Sefton, Cowper, Spencer, Mount Charles, Wot-
moreland, Tankerville, Shaftesbury, Dalkeith, ilardwicke,
Macclesfield, Mount-Edgcumbe, Stanhope, Morton, Yar-
borough, Clarendon, Grosvenor.
COUNTESSES—Westmoreland, Hardwicke,Dow, Spencer,
Dalkeith, Yarborough, Sefton, Desart, Tankerville, Mount
Charles, Cowley, Stanhope, Macclesfield, Spencer,
Dowager Mount-Edgcumbe, Dunmore, Carnarvon, Mont-
Edgcumbe, Laneschiold (2).
VISCOUNTS,—SudIey, Hood, Duncan, Adare, Haniilton,
Hinchingbrook, Mahon,.Castlerosse, Falkland, Stratford de
Redcliffe, Sydney, Newry, Parker, Chelsea, Bury, Bar-
rington, Ingestre.
VISCOUNTESSES.—Barrington, Stratford do Redcliffe,
Sydney, Ingestre, Castlerosse, Bury, Jocelyn.
LORDS.—Proby, Eustace Cecil, Skelmersdale, John Her-
vey, Henry Scott, Claud J. Hamilton (Grenadier Guards),
Alfred Hervey, Richard Grosvenor, Charles Bruce, Hen-
niker, Binghim, Harris, Dunglas, Stanley of Alderley,
Ashley, Carington, Churchill, Elcho, Duffe.in.
LADlES.—Elizabeth Adeane, Victoria Ashley, Sarah
Spencer, Georgiana Hamilton, Augusta Start, Constance
Grosvenor, Mary Craven, Victoria Scot, Alfred Hervey,
Skelmersdale, Feodore Wellesley, Diana Beauclerk, Eus-
tace Cecil, Emma Talbot, Alice Cuffee, Mary Nisbet Ha-
milton, Ernestine Edgcumbe, Elizabeth De Ros, Agneta
Yorke, Churchill, Emily Cavendish, Elcho, Proby, i heo-
dora Grosvenor, Charles Bruce, Constance Villiers, Vic-
Loria Murray, Eleanor Hare, Cecilia nolyneux, Stanley of
Alderley, Cecilia Bingham, Carington, Mary Stanhope,
Florence Paget, Dufferin, Henniker, Harriet Ashley.
COUNT —Christian Danescbiold.

RIGHT HONOUEABLE,—W. E Gladstone.

HONOURABLES.—Ed ward Stanhope, Francis Stonor,
Victor Montagu, John Henniker, H. BourkP, Chandos
Leigh, Miss Stanley, Reginald Talbot, C. R. Carington,
George Cadogan, Mrs. Stoner, Miss Barrington, Mrs.
Hardinge, Thomas De Grey, Robert Meade, Leopold Ellis,
Miss Henniker, Miss Carington, Miss Canning, Misses
Jocelyn (2), Miss Cadogan.
BARONET.—Frederick Johnstone.
MESSIEURS —Sturt, Wm. Craven, Andrew Cockerell,
Auoistus Lumley, Herbert Fisher, Francis Knollys. Holz-
man, John Thynne, Charles Phipps, W. H. Gladstone,
Henry Chaplin, W. H. Dyke, Nisbet Hamilton, Adeene,
Herbert of Muckross.

MISTRESSES.—Herbert Fisher, Grey, Herbert, Knollys,
Gl=diatone, White.
MissEs.—White, Knollys, Gladstone, Nisbet Hamilton,
Phipps, Herbert.
GENERAL.—KnoIIys.

COLONELS.—Cavendish, Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Hon.
W. FeiWing, Hon. W. P. Talbot, F. Seymour, C. 8., Hon.
Sir Charles Phipps.
LIEUTENANT COLONELS.—Hon. J. C. Stanley, Hon. H.
W. Byng, Sir Charles Russell, Bart., Farquharson, Hon.
Dudley De Rosy White. •

MAJORS.—Hon. A. H. Anson, Teesdale.
CAPTAINS.--HOII. Charles Edgcumbe, Hon. Frederick
Stanley, Hon. A. Hobart, R.N., Grey, Falbe, W. F, Sey-
mour.

The following had the honour of receiving invita 'ions,
but were prevented from unavoidable circumstances from
accepting :—The Prince of Leiningen, the Count and Coun-
tess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault, the
Countess of Morton, the Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady
Edith Somerset, Sir Charles, Lady Mary, and Miss Wood,
Mr. Charles and Mr. Henry L. Wood, M., Madame, and
Miss Van de Weyer, Mr. Victor and Mr. Albert Van de
Weyer, Count Gleichen, the Earl of Carnarvon, and Lord
and Lady Suffield.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured Lord and Lady William Powlett with his presence
at dinner last evening, at their residence in Curzon-street,
May fair. A select circle had the honour to meet his royal

highness.
11.1ae Prince and Princess de Joinville arrived at
Plymouth on Sunday, on a visit to their son, the Duo
d'Enghien, who is an officer on board the United States
(Federal) frigate Macedonian, lying there. Their royal
highnesses proceeded on board the frigate during the day.
A large number of the Macedonian's officers attended St.
Andrew's church, Plymouth, on Sunday, whew the Rev.
Mr. Hitchcock, chaplain of the frigate, assisted in the ser-
vices.

The Persiar Ambassador, accompanied by his
son, and by Colonel Oliphant, C. 8., visited the House of
Commons last night, and was present during the debate on
the diplomatic service.
The Duke and Duchess de Chartres arrived
in town to-day, having left Edinburgh last night.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has re-
turned to her villa at Chiswick, from visiting her Majesty
at Windsor Castle.
Madame de Comyn, the wife of the Spanish
Minister at the Court of St. James's, gave birth to a son
yesterday, at his excellency's residence, 7, Mansfield-street.
1 he Earl and Countess Delawarr leave town nest
week for Kissingen to pass a few weeks, the noble earl
having been recommended to take the waters by his medi-
cal advisers.
The Earl of Wilton has issued cards for a grand
entertainment on the 6th prox., to meet their Rosni high-
nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Maly, at
nis residence in Grosvenor-square.
The Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily
Villiers, who have been to Bohemia, are expected ,to arrive
home to• day from the Continent. The health of the coun-
tess is quite restored.
The marriage of Mr. Welby, M.P. for Gran-
tham, with the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, is fixed to
take place on Saturday next.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Last evening the Lady
Mayoress gave a grand ball at the Mansion-house.
The company, nearly 800 in number, was composed of many
of the principal citizens, members of the Courts of Alder-
men and Common Council, and the chief officers of the cor-
poration, with members of their families. The guests be-
gan to arrive about half-past 9 o'clock, and were received
by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in the saloon.
Dancing commenced with great zest at 10, in the Egyptian-
hall, and after a pause for supper, which was served at 12
o'clock, the ball was resumed, the revels being continued
into the small hours of the morning.
DEATH OF MR. JAMES HANS HAMILTON, LAT
M.P. FOR THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN.—We have
to announce the death of Mr. Hamilton, ex-member for the
county of Dublin, and father of the present hon. member
for the county, who died yesterday afternoon after a long
illness. Mr. Hamilton only resigned his seat a few months
since from impaired health. Ho was first returned for the
county in 1841, and was a staunch Conservative in politics
He was born in 1810, and was son of Mr. Hans Hamilton,
who represented the county of Dublin for nearly 30 years.
DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MASSEY STANLEY,
BART.—A telegram was received in town last night,
announcing the death of Sir William Massey Stanley,Bart.,
who died at Paris yesterday. The late Sir William was
the eldest son of Sir Thos. Stanley, ninth ban net, by Miss
Haggerston, only daughter of Sir Carnaby Haggerston,
Bart.,of Haggerston, Northumberland. He was born in
1807 ,and succeeded to the baronetcy and large patrimonial
estates in Cheshi. e on the death of his father in August,
1841. From 1837 to 1841, Sir William represented Ponte-
fract in the House of Commons on Conservative principles.
Soon after his accession to the family property Sir Wil-
liam's princely estate became involved, and passed into
other hands, and at his death and long previously his mind
eas much impaired. The deceased is succeeded in the
baronetcy by his next brother, Rowland Errington,who was
born in 1809, and married in 1838 Miss Macdonald, eldest
daughter of the !ate Sir John Macro aid, K.C.B The
pre,,ent baronet assumed in 1820 the name of "Erring-
ton," in lieu of his patronymic, in compliance with the will
of Mr. Henry Errington, of Had Bice, Herts.