The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-31 00:00:00

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HER-.MA,TESTriS DRATPING7BOOM.

The Queen held a Drawing-room, the first this season;
yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace, Her Majesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert; attended by the
ladies and gentlemen in waiting, arrived soon after two
o'clock from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a detachment
of Life Guards, and were received by the principal officers
of the households of the Queen and the Prince.
The Duke of Cambridge attended the Drawing-roona, and
was received by the Vice-Chamberlain, who conducted his
Royal Highness to the royal closet.
Her Majesty's guard of the honourable corps of Gentle-
men at Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under the
command of the lieutenant. The sub-officers,
Nevill and Major Cooke, were on duty with the corps.
The Yeomen of the uard were under the command of
Captain Parker Rickford, the axon-in-waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne-room,
attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the
robes, the Countess of Desert (in waiting), the Countess
of Mount Edgcumbe, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, ladies
of the bedchainber, Honourable Matilda Paget (in waiting),
Honourable Mary Seymour (in waiting), Honourable
Eleanor Stanley, Honourable Lucy Kerr, Honourable Ca-
roline Chvendish, Honourable Beatrix Byng, and the
Honourable Mary Bulteel, maids of honour ; the Honour-
able Amelia Murray, extra maid of honour; the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, K.T., lord chamberlain ; the Mar-
quis of Abercorn, K.G., groom of the stole to his -Royal
Highness; Lord Alfred Paget, clerk marshal; the
Earl of Malg,rave, treasurer of the household ; Lord
Ernest Bruce, vice chamberlain • Lord Drnenlamig,
comptroller of the household; Lord Byron, lord in
waiting ; Viscount Torrington, lord in waiting to his
Royal Highness • Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, groom in wait-
ing; Colonel the Honourable Chas. Phipps, C. 8., keeper
of her Majesty's privy purse; Colonel Phipps,
groom in
waiting to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Hon. Charles
Gray, equerry in waiting ; Captain the Hon. Dudley de
Ros, equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness ; and
111 essrs. George G. Cameron and George Gordon Macpher-
son, pages of honour in waiting.
The Queen wore a train of white poplin, brocaded in
gold, a running pattern of flowers and leaves, trimmed
with white tulle and gold blonde, and bunches of sweet
Peas• The petticoat was white satin, trimmed with white
tulle, gold blonde, and sweet peas.
Her Majesty's head dress was an opal and diamond dia-
dem, and feathers.
The Foleign Ministers were introduced, when the fol-
lowing presentations to the Queen took place in the diplo-
matic circle :

By the French Ambassadress—Countess Helena Kiel-
mansegge, daughter of the Hanoverian Minister at this
smut.
By the Countess de Las-radio—Mille. de Macedo, daugh-
ter of the Brazilian Minister at this court.; Madame de
Lamare, wife of an officer in the. Brazilian navy.
..rstger-Ceoute.s.s of Clarendons—Mrs. Datiel E. Sickles,— •
wife of the Secretary of tie Amenice.n Legation ; Madame
'Antonio Bagioli, mother of the above lady; Mrs. Upham,
wife of the American Commissioner on Clahns ; Miss Caro- ,
Caro-
line Denny and Miss Amelia Denny.
By the Sardinian Minister—Marquis Louis Calabrini, a
Roman nobleman.
lly the Brazilian Minister—Le Capitaine de Frigate de
Lamare.
By the Mexican Minisier—Don. J. M. Gutierrez sle Es-
trada, ox-Minister for Foreign Affairs in Mexico.
By the 'Spanish 'Chargé d'Affaires - Don Jose Manes,
Lieutenant in the Spanish Royal Marine.
By thh Turkish Minister—Fahri-Beg, Secretaire Minis.
teriel de.la Sablime Porte.
( Thp,following ladies had the honour of being presented
to her Majesty:—
Lady Mary Aebeson, by the Countess of Gosford.
Mrs. S. U. Bassett, en her marriage, by Mrs. Sydney
Cosby. '
Mrs. T•nomas Henry Baylis, by.the Hon. Mrs. Sidney
Herbert. •
Mrs. George Bishop, by Lady Bothell.
' Lady Elizabeth Buck, by the Baroness de Cetto.
Miss Capel, liy her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Adolphus
Capel. _
Miss Carr, liy her mother, Mrs. Carr.
Mrs. Frank Chaplin, on her marriage, by Lady Palmer-
ston. = .
Lady. Edith Clifton, by the Marchioness of Hastings.
Miss Mary Cosby, by her mother, Mrs. Sydney Cosby.
Lady Elizabeth Craven, by the Countess of Craven.
Mrs. Curtis, on her marriage, by Lady Kirkland.
Lady Emily Curzon, by the Countess Howe.
;Mrssjartres Le Geyt Daniell, by the Hon. Mrs. Edward
Cecil Curzou. .
Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald de Ros, on her marriage, by
Lady de Reis.
Lady Dalrymple, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Camperdown. .
Miss Constance Darner, by her cousin the Hon. Mrs.
Parnell.
Mrs. Onslow 'Deane, by the Countess of Effingham.
Mrs. Stuart A. Donaldson, on her marriage, by Lady
Graham. ' '
Miss Monteath Douglas, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Miss Augusta Monteath Douglas, by Viscountess Har-
dingo. %
. Mrs. General Dyson, on her marriage, by Lady de Bathe.
Mrs. Charles Egerton, on her marriage, by Lady Mary
Egerton.
. The Countess of Elgin, on her return from Canada, by
the Countess Grey.
Mrs. Robert Ellice, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs.
Henry Brand.
Miss Blanche Ellice, by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. Henry
Brand.
Mrs. Charles Elliott, by Lady John Russell.
' Miss Farquharson, by her mother, Mrs. Farquharson, of
Invercauld.
Mrs. Townley Filgate, on her marriage, by the Countess
of Erne.
The Lady Emily Fitzmanrice, by her mother, the
Countess of Orkney.
Lady Mary Fitzmaurice, by her mother, the Countess of
Orkney.
eyiresey
Fitzgerald, by Lady Crompton.
Mrs. Ford, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Mrs. C. Freer, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. De
Arroyave.
Miss Gascoigno, by her mother, Mrs. Gascoigne.
Mrs. Walter Raleigh Gilbert, by the Dowager Lady
Garvagh.
Miss Heneage, by her aunt, Mrs. Fairfax.
Lady Eveline Herbert, by her mother, the Countess of
Carnarvon.
Lady Heygate, on her marriage, by Mrs. Howley.
Mrs. William Heygate, on her marriage, by her grand.
mother, Mrs. Howley.
Lady Hobart, by the Countess of Desart.
Miss Houlton, by Lady Wilson.
Miss Mary. Howard, by her mother, Mrs. E. Howard.
Mrs. Hanford, by the Hon. Mrs. Grey.
Miss Marcia Lister Kaye, by her mother, Lady Lister
Kaye.
Miss Kekewich, by Lady Elizabeth Buck.
Countess of Kerry, by the Countess of Shelburne.
Lady Anna Gore Langton, by the Marchioness of
Chandos.
Miss Lascelles, by Mrs. Charles Grenfell.
Miss Lawrence, by her mother, Mrs. Lawrence.
Miss Lo Marchant, by Lady Le Merchant.
Miss Alice Malcolm, by Mrs. Malcolm of Poltalloch.
The Hon. Mrs. Matheson, on her marriage, by Limbs
Matheson.
Miss Beatrice Maxse, by her mother, Lady Caroline
Masse.
The Lady Mayoress, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Miss Arabella Meyrick, by her mother, Lady Laura
Meyrick.
Mrs. Arthur Mills, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Carnarvon.
Miss Mary Moore, by her mother, Hon. Mrs. E. Moore.
Hon. Mrs. O'Callaghan, by Lady John Russell.
Hon. Gertrude O'Grady, by her mother, the Dowager
Countess Guillamore.
Hon. Kathleen O'Grady, by hei mother, the Dowager
Viscountess Guiilamore.
Miss Ogilvy, by her aunt, the Countess of Carnarvon.
Mrs. Otway, on her marriage, by the Countess of Orkney
Lady George Paget, by Viscountess Sydney.
Mrs. Pattie, by the Hon. Mrs. Rowland Smyth.
Lady Isabella Pelham, by the Countess of Chichester.
Lady Pelly, by Lady Henniker.
The Countess of Perth, by the Duchess of Montrose.
Mrs. William Preston, by Baroness de Cetto.
Mrs. John Pritchard, by the Countess De hs Warr.
Mrs. Parker Riokford, by the Hon. Mrs. Herbert.
Miss Russell; by Lady John Russell.
Lady Augusta Scott, by Lady Feversham. '
Lady Charlotte Scott, by Lady Feversham.
The Hon. Lady Seymour, on return from St. Petersburg
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by the Countess of Clarendon.
Miss Augusta Seymour, by her mother, the Hon. Lady
Seymour. •

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Mrs. Sherson, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Abbott•
Miss Stapleton, by her aunt, the Countess of Carnarvon.
Lady Augusta Sturt, by her mother, the Countess a
Lucan.
Lady Albreda Elizabeth Vernon, by Mrs. Vernon Smith.
Miss Vivian, by her mother, Mrs. Quintus Vivian.
Miss Walker, by her mother, Lady Wake Walker.
Miss Agnes Wilson, by her mother, Lady Wilson.
Mrs. Sheriff Wire, by Lady Palmerston.

The Master of the Royal Household has, at her Ma.
jesty's gracious command, presented the Royal Free
Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, with a large quantity of linen
from Windsor Castle; thus evincing, amidst the urgency
of state affairs of no common moment, her Majeatvl
benevolent consideration for a charitable institution -
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OPENING OP THE LAMBETH BATHS AND Wit. $g-
HOUSES.—The public opening of this establishment took
his Grace eatternohdbeidshtoopwOitnessthe
place yesterday, when, a numerous company among
Canter-
burywhom andw we noticed
w ilk
Wilkinson,
among
ceremony. The principal approach is in
West-
minster-road, and the entrance to the men's
i on
swimming and private baths and the wash-)souses the
osuecsegudmfrocit7.
Charles-street, Oakley-street. The first-class
swimming bath is 122 ft. long by 45ft.
wide the e
second-
class men's swimming bath is 113 ft. long by 60 ft. wide,
and together contain nearly
delivered
and
thein
300,000 gallons of water;
4,000 gallons of boiling water are hourly required to keep
this large body from cooling, rr
numberless places in the bottom of leofwtaber is
bath, overflow-holes are round the top 'a order that the water
may be always flowing. The w
holle contents of the two
a
baths are discharged weeklnd the floor of the baths
thoroughly scrubbed cleaned.an
In the middle of the
first-class bath an excellent terracotta fountain is placed,
through which a stream of tepid water continually flows,
which keeps a ripple always on the surface. The men's
first-class private baths, 24 in number, are ranged in a
gallery, and are made of Stourbridge ware. The roof
of the first-class bath is made of timber, painted white
and picked out with vermillion ; the centre is glass. The
dressing boxes are placed round the walls, at a distance
of about 5 feet from the water's edge. A waiting-room
Provided ; it is 46 feet long by
1 for first. class bathers is
18 wide. The women's baths are 13 in number, 4
first-class and 9 second-class ; there are suitable wait-
ing rooms for each class. The portion devoted to the
accommodation of females is entirely separate from that
for men. There are 28 men's second-class baths now
finished,space left for ten more. The second-class
swimming and
bath is supplied with water in the same man-
ner as the first ; but there is no fountain, Over the
passages leading to the second-class private baths a large
,tank .erected, which holds a reserve 0f.17,000 gallons
of er.
a i
ts.
There are four tubular boilers to heat the
water, their length being 22 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, and
w
5 feet in diameter each. The wash-houses, to which an
infant school is to be attached, have not yet been com-
menced, but it is intended that they shortly shall be.
It is arranged that the baths shall be opened to the pub!
lie on Saturday next.
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