The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

The Queen's Levee.

(From the Court Newsman)
By command of the Queen a Levee was held yes-
terday, at St. James's Palace, by his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Ma-
jesty. Presentations to his Royal Highness at this
Court are considered, by the Queen's pleasure, as
equivalent to presentation to her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales, attended by his gentlemen
in waiting, arrived from Marlborough House about
two o'clock, and was received by the great officers
of State of the Queen's household.
The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were in-
troduced in the order of their precedence, when the
following presentations to the Prince of Wales, on
behalf of the Queen, took place in the diplomatic
circle:—By his Excellency the Russian Amaassador,
M. Le Contre-Admiral Boutakow (Russian Navy),
and M. Le Prince Alexandre Ouroussow (Attaché
of Embassy).
The diplomatic circle was well attended.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador was
prevented from attending the levee by indisposition.
The Netherlands Envoy was also unavoidably ab-
sent from the death of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager of Holland.
The general circle was numerously attended.
The following presentations to the Prince of Wales,
on behalf of the Queen, took place, the names having
been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's Office,
and submitted for her Majesty's approval :
Mr. Augustus B. Abraham, Principal Secretary, by the
Lord Chancellor.
Col. Anderson, C. 8., Royal Artillery, on promotion, by
H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Mr. Scobell Armstrong, by the Bishop of London.
Lieut. S. Tudor Ashton, 14th Hussars, by Major-General
E. C. Hodge, C.B.
Captain his Grace the Duke of Athole, Scots Fusilier
Guards, on return from Canada, and on promotion, by
General Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.8., &c.
Lieut. Ponsonby Bagot, Scots Fusilier Guards, on return
from Canada, by General Sir Alex. Woodford, G.C.8., &c.
Mr. Robert W. Beaumont, Surgeon, Royal Navy, by the
Duke of Somerset.

Capt. Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont, Scots Fusilier
Guards, on return from Canada and on marriage, by Gen.
Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.8., ezo.

Lord Belper, on appointment as Lord Lieutenant of
Nottinghamshire, by Viscount Palmerston.
_ _ _

Capt. Joseph Berdoe, Finsbury Rifles, by Colonel Henry
Penton.

Lieut.-Colonel Edward Marcus Beresford, Scots Fusilier
Guards, on promotion and return from Canada, by General
Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.8., ece.

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Besley, by Sir G. Grey.
Major-Gen. J. F. Bird, Madras Retired List, by the
Secretary of State for India.

Mr. James Bird, Coroner for West Middlesex, by the
Marquis of Salisbury.

Lord De Blaquiere, by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Lieut.-Col. D. Blyth, Royal Marine Light Infantry, on
promotion, by Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, Inspector-
General Royal Marines.

Col. Borton, C. 8., on appointment to command of the
troops at Colchester, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieut.-Col. F. IL Bramston, Grenadier Guards, on pro-
motion and return from Canada, by tho Duke of
Cambridge, K.G., &c. _

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Sub-Liout. the Hon. Lieut. G. 0. Bridgeman, on appoint-
ment to Ist Life Guards, by Lieut.-Col. the Earl of Mount-
Charles, Ist Life Guards. _ _

Lieut. Cuthbert R. Buckle, Royal Navy, by his Grace the
Duke of Somerset, K.G.
Mr. Wm. Burrow, by the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell.
Lieut. J. W. S. Butler, 17th Regiment Madras Native
Infantry, by the Secretary of State for India.

Lieut. Richard Carlow, Royal Engineers, on appoint-
ment, by Gen. Sir John Burgoyne, l3art., K. 0.8., Inspec-
tor-General of Engineers.

Lieut. C. Walter Campbell, Bengal Light Cavalry,
A.D.C. to Sir Hope Grant, on his return from India, by
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Gaspard Le Marchant.

Ensign W. S. Campbell, Rifle Brigade, by his father, Col.
George Campbell.

Liout. Stanley Carter, Bombay Army, on his return to
India, by Sir C. Wood, Secretary of State for India.
Major-Gen. Sir Neville Chamberlain, K.C.8., on return
from India, by H.R.H. the Duko of Cambridge.