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

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ITER 211A,TESTY'S DRAWING-POO3l.

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 gentlemert.. in waiting, arrived soon after two
o'clock from Buckingiftm 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-room, 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, Lieut.-Col.
Nevill and Major Cooke, were on duty with the corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were under the command of
Captain Parker Bickford, the exon-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 Edgctunhe, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, ladies
of the bedchamber, 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 Bolted, 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 Abereorn, IC.G., groom of the stole to' his Royal
Highness ; Lord Alfred Paget, clerk marshal ; the !
Earl of Mulgrave, treasurer of the household; Lord'
Ernest Bruce, vice chamberlain ' - Lord Drnmlanrig,
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; Co!onel the Honourable Chas. Phipps, C. 8., keeper
of her Majesty's privy purse; Colonel Wylde, groom in
waiting Colonel the Hon. Charles
Giy.eetuoehrirsyklionyawlaiii es
itignghn;Csa;ptain the Hon. Dudley de
ROR, equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness ; and
Messrs. George G. Cameron and George Gordon MacPher-
son, pages of honour in waiting.
old The Queen wore a train of white poplin, brocaded in
g, a
- running patter ofn 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 die.
dem, and feathers.
The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol-
lowing presentations to the Queen took place in the diplo-
ma :de circle
By the French Ambassixdress--Countess Helena Kiel-
mansegge, daughter. of the Hanoverian Minister at this
court.
By the Countess de Lavradio—Mdlle. de Macedo, daugh-
ter of the Brazilian Minister at this court ; Madame de
Lamare, wife of an officer iri the Brazilian navy.
By the Countess of 'Clarendon—Mrs. Daniel E. Sickles,
wife of the Secretary -of the American Legation - Madame
Antonio Bagioli, Mother of the above lady;. Arlie Upham,
wife of the American Commissioner oriel:urns ; Miss Caro-
line Denny and Miss Amelia Denny.
By the Sardinian Minister—Marquis Louis Calebriiii, a
Roman nobleman.
By the Brazilian Minister—Le Capitaine de Frigate tie
Lainare. •
By the Mexican Minister—Don. J. M. Gutierrez de Ea.
trade' ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs in Mexico.
By the Spanish Charge d'Affaires —Don Jose Mauer,
Lieutenant iu the Spanish Royal Marine.
By the Turkish Minister—Fahri-Beg, Secrotaire
toilel de la Sublime Porte.
The following ladies had the honour of being presented
to her Majesty:—
Lady Mary Acheson, by the Countess of Gosford.
Mrs. S. 11. Barrett, on her marriage, by Mrs. Sydney
Cosby.
Mrs. Thomas Henry Baylis, by the Hon. Mrs. Sidney
Herbert.
Mrs. George Bishop, by Lady Bethell.
Lady Elizabeth Buck, by the Baroness de Cetto.
Miss Capel, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Adolphus
Capel.
Miss Carr, by 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.
Mrs. James Le Geyt Daniell, by the Hon. Mrs. Edward
Cecil Curzon.
Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald de Ros, on her marriage, by
Lady de Ros.
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-
dinge.
Mrs. General Dyson, on her marriage, by Lady do 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 Fitzmaurice, .4sys-Aer mother, the
Countess of Orkney. , -
Lady Mary Fitzmaurice, by her mother, the Countess of
Orkney.
Mrs. Vesey Fitzgerald, by Lady Crompton.
Mrs. Ford, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Mrs. C. Freer, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. De
Arroyave.
Miss Gascoigne, 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 Desert. .
Miss Houlton, by Lady Wilson.
Miss Mary Howard,' by her mother, Mrs. E. Howard.
Mrs. Harford, 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 Le Mar Chant, by Lady Le Merchant.
Miss Alice Malcolm, by Mrs. Malcolm of Poltalloch.'"
The Hon. Mrs. Matheson, on her marriage, by Lady
Matheson.
Miss Beatrice Maxse, by her mother, Lady Caroline
Maxse.
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 her mother, the Dowager
Viscountess Guillamore.
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 la Warr.
Mrs. Parker Rickford, 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,
by the Countess of Clarendon.
Miss Augusta Seymour, by her mother, the Hon. Lady
Seymour.
Mrs. Sherson, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Abbot-
t Stapleton, by her aunt, the Countess of Carnarvon.
Lady Augusta Sturt, by her mother, the Countess of
Lucan.
' Lady Albreda Elizabeth Vernon, by Mrs. Vernon
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 M jesty's gracious command, presented the Roal as
Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, with a large quantity f Free
from Windsor Castle; thus evincing, amidst the o lineng „,
of state affairs of no common moment, her Mulliestnvel
fthEisAeTsntsabliftshilinietinl°tVtit—AßOct
benevolent consideration for a charitable inst't " " ' Tii 0 LAMBETHpe n
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place yesterday, when a numerous co
whom we noticed his Grace the Archli'lliPanY' among
bury and Mr. Wilkinson, ALP , attendedlah°l)
of
Canter-
to witness the
ceremony. The principal approach. is in the West-
minster-road, and the entrance to the men's second-class
swimming and private baths and the wash-houses is from
Charles-street, Oakley-street.
swimming bath is 122 ft. long 1., Tho
first-ems men's
-g. -y 45wide, the second•ft.
class men's swimming bath i 5O ft.wide,
4,000 113 ft. long by
and together contain nearly 300,000 gallons of water;
4,000 gallons of boiling vgat
this large body from • hourly required to keep
this are .
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cooling. The water is delivered in
numberless places in.
the bottom of the bath, and the
overflow-holes are round the top in order that the water
may be always flowing. The whole contents of the two
baths are discharged weekly,and the floor of the baths
thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. 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
for first-class bathers is provided ; it is 46 feet long by
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, and space left for ten more. The second-class
swimming 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 is erected, which holds a reserve of 17,000 gallons
of water. There are four tubular boilers to heat the
water, their length being 22 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, and
5 feet in diameter_each.. The wash-houses, to which an
infant school is to be attached, have net 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,