The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The Queen held a levee (the third this season) yester-
day afternoon, iu St. James's Palace. Her Majesty
and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen
in waiting, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two
o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards,
and were received by the great officers of state.
Captaiir Bradford (Grenadier Guards) had an audience
of her Majesty before the levee, and delivered up the
riband and badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the order
of the Bath, worn by his late father, General Sir Thos.
Bradford.
Her Majesty's guard of the hon. corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms was on duty in the state saloons under the
command of the lieutenant. The sub-officers, Lieut.-
Colonel Nevill and Major Cooke, were on duty with the
corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were under the command
of Captain Parker Rickford, the exon in waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne-
room, attended by the Viscountess Canning (officiating
for the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes),
the Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, lady of the bed-
chamber in waiting, Earl Spencer, KG., lord steward ;
the Marquis of Breaflalbane, K:T., lord chamberlain ;
the Marquis of Abercorn, K.Cr., groom of the stole to
his Royal Highness ; Lord Alfred Paget, clerk marshal ;
Lord Ernest Bruce, vice-chamberlain ; the Earl of Mul-
grave, treasurer of the household ; Lord Drumlanrig,
comptroller of the household ; Lord de Tabley, lord in
waiting; Viscount Torrington, lord in waiting to his
Royal Highness ; Col. the Hon. Charles Phipps, C. 8.,
keeper of her Majesty's privy purse ; Sir Edward Bo-
water, groom in waiting ; Colonel Wylde. groom in
waiting to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Honourable
Charles Grey, equerry in waiting, and Messrs. George
G. Cameron and Henry Farquharson, pages 'of honour
in waiting.
Her Majesty wore a train of white and gold moire
antique silk, brocaded with white flowers, and trimmed
with gold blonde and white satin ribbon. The petticoat
was white satin trimmed with gold blonde and white
satin ribbon, to correspond with the train.
The Queen's head dress was a diamond circlet.
The diplomatic circle was introduced, when the fol-
lowing presentations to her Majesty took place :
By the French Ambassador—M. Armand, Attaché to
the Imperial Embassy.
By the Minister from the United States—Mr. Daniel
E. Sickles. Secretary of Legation to the mission.
By the Earl of Clarendon—The Baron de Geer, Charge
d'Affaires of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Nor-
way ; Don Juan T. Comyn, Charge d'Affaires of her
Most Catholic Majesty.
The foreign diplomatic circle was attended by :
The French Ambassador, M. Jules de Saux, Secretary,
and Viscount de Arjuzon' Attache to the Embassy; the
Belgian Minister and M. Maurice Delfosse, Secretary of
Legation; the Bavarian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister,
the Prussian Minister, and Count Henkel, Secretary of
Legation ; the Sardinian Minister and Count de la Cour,
Secretary of Legation ; the Turkish Minister and Prince
A. Vogorides,, Councillor of Legation ; the Porfuguese,
Minister and the Chevalier Pinto de Several, Secretary of
Legation ; the Brazilian Minister ; the Sicilian Minister
and le Commandeur de Martino, Councillor of Legation ;
the Austrian Minister, the Mexican Minister, M. Jose
Hidalgo, Second Secretary, and M. Ygnacio Quijano, At-
tache to the Legation ; the United States Minister and
Mr. William H. Welsh, Attache to the Legation ; the
Saxon Minister, the Peruvian Charge d'Affaires, M. de
Potestad, Attache to the Spanish Legation ; the Earl of
Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs ; and Major-General the Hon. Sir Ed-
ward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master ofthe Ceremonies.
The general circle was attended by—
Earl Granville, Lord President ; the Duke of Argyll,
Lord Privy Seal; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the
Treasury ; the Marquis of Lansdowne ; the Duke of New-
castle, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ; the
Right Hon. W. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ;
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War ; Vis-
count Hardinge, General Commanding-in-Chief ; the Mar-
quis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Viscount Syd-
ney, Captain of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Lloyd, her Majesty's Charge de Affaires to
Bolivia • Lieut.-Colonel Topham, Lieutenant of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir Henry Seton, Bart.,
Groom in Waiting ; Colonel M`Douall, 2d Life Guards,
Silver Stick ; Captain Eden, R.N. ; Colonel Sir James
Schoedde ; Colonel Monteath Douglas, C.B. ; Col. Broke ;
Colonel Montgomerie, C. 8., and Colonel Oldfield, A.D.C.
to the Queen ; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to the Queen ;
Captain Du Plat, Royal Horse Artillery,;Eqnerry to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Sir William Martins,
Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State ; Mr. Norman
Macdonald, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's De-
partment; Major Harmer, Standard Bearer of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr. Siegerich Kreeft, Act-
ing Consul-Gennral for his Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; llafiz Sudrool Islam Khan
Bahadoor ; Mr. Joseph Skip Lloyd, Clerk of the Cheque
and Adjutant of the Hon. Corps at Gentlemen at Arms;
Col. Sir rAerie Sufif,h, K.H., Gentleman Usher to the
-Privy C.l,hanilin in Waiting ; Col. Diggle, Gentleman Usher
in Waiting ; Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, Gentleman Usher to
the Queen ; Lieut.-Colonel Stephens, Gentleman Usher in
Waiting; Dr. Lyon Mayfair, C. 8., Gentleman Usher to
his Royal Highness in 'Waiting ; Mr. Arthur Blackwood,
Gentleman Usher to her Majesty; Captain Henry Green
Wilkius3u, Scots Fusilier Guards, Adjutant in Brigade
Waiting ; the Dean of the Arches.
The following noblemen and gentlemen had the
honour of being presented to her Majesty :
Lieut.-Col. Alexander, by Viscount Hardiuge.
lion. W. A. Amherst, on appointment tothe Coldstream
Guards, by the Earl of Strafford.
Assistant-Surgeon Baker, on appointment to the Scots
Fusilier Guards, by Colonel Lord Rokeby,
Lieutenant W. T. Baker, by his father, Col. Baker.
Sir A. Bannerman, on succeeding to the baronetcy, by
the Earl of Aberdeen.
Mr. 11. Barnett, by Lord F. G. Hallyburton.
Ensign F. L. Barwell, on appointment to the 50th Re-
giment, by Colonel Sir .T. M. Wilson.
Lieutenant J. Barton, R.A., on receiving his commis-
mission, by Lord Raglan.
Commander .1. 0. Bathurst, R.N., on promotion, by Sir
James Graham.
Mr. E. Baylis, by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Mr. T. IL Baylis, by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Mr. Berdan, by the American Minister.
Mr. R. Berkeley, on his marriage, by the 'Earl of Ken-
mare.
Lieutenant IL Birch, by Lord D. Stuart.
Mr. George Bishop, by Mr. M. Cowley.
Major Blake, by the Marquis of Anglesea.
Lieutenant E. C. Bolton, R.A., on
receiving his com-
mission, by Lord Raglan.
Captain J. G. Boothby, on promotion and proceeding on
foreign service, by Lord Raglan.
Commander C. W. Bonham, lt.N., by Sir J. Graham.
Lieutenant Brooksbank, on promotion, by Lieutenant-
General Hon. H. Arbuthnott.
Captain C. Brewster, by Viscount Jocelyn.
Lieutenant J. Buchanan, by Major-General Lovell.
Colonel Buller, on return from foreign service, by Lieu-
tenant-General Sir G. Brown.
Major Bunbury, on appointment 23(.1 Fusiliers, by Lord
Raglan.
Mr. Geo. Burden, by Lord Lovaine.
Lieutenant Burgoyne, R.N., by Sir J. Graham.
Ensign and Adjutant A. M. Cardew, by Lieutenant-
General C. Turner.
Colonel Carnegy, by Sir C. Wood.
Ensign G. K. Chatfield, by Lieut.-Gen. Bowater.
Captain Chichester, by Major-Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans.
Captain Edward Chippindall, by Lieutenat-General C.
Turner.
Mr. Christie, her Majesty's secretary of legation in
Switzerland, by the Earl of -Clarendon.
Lieutenant W. W. Clarke, on his return from India, by
Major-General Power.
Commander J. M. Cooke, R.N., by Sir J 6 Graham.
Captain J. C. Conolly, by Major-General Wetherall.
Ensign Corrance, by Colonel Broke.
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Lieutenant E. H. Couchman, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. Conrthopo, Somerset Herald, on promotion, by the
Earl Marshal.
Lieutenant Coxon, by the Earl of Fingal'.
Captain Creagh, by Colonel Sir M. Creagh.
Lieutenant Hon. L. Curzon,
on appointment to the staff
by General Lord Raglan.
Ensign E. J. Daniell, by Lord Carrington.
Lieutenant De Butts by Lord Raglan.
Ensign H. De Carterat, by Lieutenant-Colonel Sullivan.
Mr. J. A. Dickson, by the Earl of Clare.
Mr. S. A. Donaldson, late member of the Legislative
Council of New South Wales, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Captain D'Oyley, on return from foreign service, by
Lieutenant-General D'Oyley.
Captain Drayson, by Lord Raglan.
Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Duke, on return from India, by
Sir C. Wood.
.Ensign R. L. Dunbar, by Mr. C. L. Cumming Bruce,

M.P.
Lieutenant F. W. Earle, by Colonel Wilson Patten.
Colonel W. H. Ikien, on return from Bermuda, by Vie.
count Hardinge.
Lieutenant R. J. Edgell, on return from India, by Lieu,
tenant-General P. De Lamotte.
Hon. W. Eliot, on appoinment as second paid attache to
her Majesty's mission at Berlin, by the Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. R. Ellice, by Hon. E. P. I3ouverie.
Mr. J. DI. Elliot, by Lieut. Gen. Sir J. Hanbury.
Major-General Sirßichard England, on his departure for
foreign service, by Viscount Hardinge.
Col. B. Estcourt, on appointment to be Brigadier-Gen.
and Deputy Adjutant-Gen. to the Army of the East, by
Viscount Hardinge.
Ensign A. Ffrcnch, by Lord Raglan.
Commissary-General l'..lder, on appointment as Commis-
sary-Gen. to the expeditionary force under the command
of Lord Raglan, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord A. Fitzelareuce, on promotion, by Earl Spencer.
Hon. Capt. Fitzelarence, by Lord A. Fitzelarence,
Mr. W. Ford, on appointment as Deputy-Lieut. of the
county of Lancaster, by Viscount Palmerston.
Dr. Gibbon, on appointment as Assistant Physician to
the London Hospital, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieut. Goff, on return from the Cape, by Major-General
Wetherall.
Mr. G. F. Gould. on appointment as attache to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Hanover, by Lord Clarendon.
()apt. the Hun, James Grant of Grant, on his marriage,
by Sir R. Abercromby.
Capt. the Hon. G. Grant of Grant, by Sir R. Abercromby.
First-Lieut. B. Granville, by Major-Gen. Wetherall.
Ensign J. C. R. Grove, by Major-Gen. Goldie.
Major the Hon. H. Handcock, by Lord Castlemaine.
Capt. W. Haslewood, on return from foreign service, by
Sir C. Wood.
Cornet H. H. Hay, by Lieut.-Gen. Sleigh.
Mr. Wm. Hickman, on return from foreign service, by
Rear Admiral Bruce.
Captain D. Hill, on return from foreign service, by
General S. Berkeley.
Captain George Hillier, by Viscount Hardinge.
Lieutenant-Colonel Horsford, on promotion and return
from foreign service, by General Six A. Jaruarcl.