The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

THE MATINALE.

Chorale
Selection (St. Paul)
Marsch, " National"
Selection, " Elijah" Mendelssohn.
SECOND PERFORMANCE

Von Cannger.
Mendelssohn.

Marsch
Overture, " Lucia di Lammermoor"
Waltzes, " Faust"
Galop, " La Clochette"

Strauss. •
Donizetti.
D'Albert.
. Koenig.

MINISTERIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.
The Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household, gave a state dinner last evening in celebra-
tion of her Majesty's birthday at Norfolk House, St.
James's-square. The company consisted of Lord Foley,
Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms, the Earl of Mul-
grave, and Viscount Drumlanrig, Treasurer and
Comptroller of the Household ; Major-General Sir
George Bowles, Mr. Shiffner, Paymaster of the House-
hold ; the Rev., Dr. Wesley, Sub-Dean of the Chapels
Royal ; Lord Uamoys, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon.
Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle and Mr. Ormsby Gore.
Grooms in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. Arthur Upton,
Field-officer in Brigade Waiting ; the Hon. Spencer
Lyttleton, Marshal of the Ceremonies ; the Earl of
Arundel and Surrey, the Earl of Gosford, Lord Edward
Howard, Lord Monteagle, Lord Poltimore, Lord Staf-
ford, Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms ; Mr.
Dendy, Rouge Dragon ; Colonel Wylde, Groom of the
Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Sir John Steachan,
Bart., Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Mr. Ramsden,
Mr. Des Vceux and Mr. William Abraham Taylor,
Gentleman Ushers ; Mr. Wm. Rose, Col. James Jones,
and Mr. E. M. Browell, Secretary to the Lord Steward.
THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE.
The Marquis 'of Breadalbatie, Lord Chamberlain of
her Majesty's Household, gave a State dinner, last
evening, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his
residence, in Park-lane, to the following distinguished
guests :—Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; the
Marquis of Ormonde ; Earl Somers, Lord de Tabley,
Lord Byron, and Lord Rivers, Lords in Waiting ;
Lieut.-General Sir. Edward Bowater, Hon. Col. Hood,
Major-General Berkeley Drummond, and Captain Hon.
Mortimer Sackville West, Grooms in Waiting ; the
Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr. Charles Heneage, Sir John
M. F. Smith, Sir William Martins, Mr. Arthur Black-
wood, Mr. Henry Greville, Colonel Diggle, Mr. Alfred
Montgomery, Mr. Edward Hobhouse, and Colonel
Stephens, Gentlemen Ushers ; Mr. Norinan H. Mac-
donald, Comptroller of his Lordship's department ; Sir
James Clark, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen ; Sir
Alexander Campbell, Bart., the Duke of Roxburghe,
the Marquis of Conyngham, the Marquis of Stafford,
Sir Edwin Landseer, and Sir Roderick J. Murchison.
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. k
The Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury,
gave a State BanqUet yesterday, in honour of thelday, at
Argyll House. The following were present :—The Duke
of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Sir James Mac-
donald ; the Duke of Atholl, the Duke of Buccleuch,
the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Anglesey, the
Marquis Camden, the Marquis of Normanby, Earl
Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Clare, the Earl of Shaftesbury,
the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Had-
dington, the Earl of Albermarle, the Earl of Galloway,
Earl Spencer, the Earl of Essex, Lord Overstone, Lord
Wharncliffe, Lord Broughton, Lord Panmure, Lord
Ward, Lord Beaumont, Lord Ashburton, Mr. Clinton,
George Dawkins, and the Hon. Arthur Gordon.
VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
Vicount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, gave a grand dinner to celebrate her
Majesty's birth-day, at his residence in Carlton-gardens,
yesterday. The company consisted of the Lord Chan-
cellor, Lord Campbell, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. Vice-Chancellor Kin-
dersley, Mr. Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Mr. Vice-Chan-
cellor Page Wood, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alder-
son, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr.
Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt,
Mr. Justice 'Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Baron
Martin, Mr. Justice Crompton, the Lord Mayor, the
Recorder, the Dean of the Arches (Sir John Dodson),
the Judge of the Admiralty Court (Dr. Lushingtan), the
Secretary for Irelend (Sir John Young, Bart., M.P.),
the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General
for Ireland, Mr. Sheriff Carter, Mr. Sheriff Croll, Sir
James Duke, Bart., and Mr. Masterman, M. P.'s for the
City of London, the President of the Poor-law Board
(Mr. Baines, M.P.), Mr. Horatio Waddington, the
Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P., and Mr. R. W. Grey.

DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the
Colonies, celebrated her Majesty's birthday by a state
dinner yesterday, at his residence in Portman-square,
to the Commander-in-Chief, the Military Secretary to
ditto, the Secretary at War, the Deputy Secretary at
War, the Quarter-Master General, the Private Secretary
of the Commander-in-Chief, the Master-General of the
Ordnance, the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, the
principal storekeeper, the Clerk of the Ordnance, the
Inspector-General, the Judge-Advocate-General, the
Secretary to the Master-General, the Parliamentary
and Under-Secretaries for the Colonies, the Colonial
Land and Emigration Commissioners, the Lieutenant-
Governors of Tobago, Nevis, Grenada, and Mr.
M‘Donald, late Governor of Sierra Leone. The Bishops
of Quebec, Cape Town, Antigua, Montreal, and Nova
Scotia. Sir Thomas Mitchell (Australia), the Chief
Justices of Antigua, St. Helena, Honduras, and Ja-
maica, the Attorney-Generals" of Newfoundland and
Grenada, the Solicitor-General of Canada, &c., &c.
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a full-dress
dinner in honour of the day yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street. The following were pre-
sent :—Sir William Molesworth, M.P., the Right Hon.
E. Strutt, M.P., the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P.,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, Viscount Canning, Colonel
Maberley, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman
of the Board of Customs, the Chairman and Deputy-
Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, the Chair-
man of the Audit-office, Sir Alex. Spearman, the Hon.
E. P. Bouverie, M.P., the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter,
M.P., Secretaries of the Treasury ; Lord A. Hervey,
M.P., Hon. F. Charteris, M.P., and Mr. John Sadlier,
Junior Lords of the Treasnry ; Sir Charles Trevelyan,
Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury ; Captain Gladstone,
M.P., the Hon. F. Lawley, and Mr. R. W. Wilbraham,
Private Secretaries.