The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-16 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, JUNE 15.

The Queen went this day to honour the Ascot Races
with her presence. Her Majesty and the Royal party left
the Castle at a quarter before 1 o'clock, in ten carriages
and four, in the following order :
A carriage conveying the Queen, the King of Portugal,
the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Royal.
A carriage conveying Prince Albert, the Duke of Oporto,
the Prinee of Wales, the Prince Alfred, and the Master of
the Horse, the Duke of Wellington.
A carriage conveying the Princess Mary of Cambridge'
the Princess Alice, and the Mistress of the Robes, the
Duchess of Sutherland, Mid the Countess Walewski.
A carriage conveying the French Ambassador, the Count
Walewski ; the Portuguese Minister, the Count de Lavra-
dio
; the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Mount Edge
combo ; and the Duchess of Beaufort.
A carriage conveying the Austrian Minister' the Count
Colloredo ; the Vicomte de Carreira, the Countess Lavra-
dio, and the Duchess of Wellington.
A carriage conveying the Lady Harriet Hamilton, the
Duke of Beaufort, the Countess of Clarendon and Earl
Granville.

A carriage conveying the Groom of the Stole to Prince
Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Lady Louisa Hamil-
ton, the Countess of Bessborough, and the Earl of Cla-
rendon.

A carriage conveying the Countess Granville, the Lord
in Waiting, Lord Camoys, the Lady in Waiting to the
Duchess of Cambridge, Lady Suffield, and the Baron de
Sarmento.

A carriage containing Lady Caroline Barrington, the
Maids of Honour in Waiting—the Hon. Eleanor Stanley
and the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and Lord de Tabley.
49. pony carriage (char-a-bane) containing Chevalier de
Mello, the Gentleman in Waiting to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Major Home Pnrves, the Groom in Waiting, the
Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Colonel Wylde, and Mr.
Gibbs.

The Equerries in Waiting, Major-Gen3ral Buckley and
Captain thellon. D. de Roe, were on horseback.
Outriders in scarlet liveries attended the cortege.
Prince Albert, the King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto,
and the Gentlemen of the Royal Household, all wore the
Windsor uniform. ' _ _ _

The Lord Steward; the Lord Chamberlain, and the
Master of the Household preceded the Queen to the Royal
Stand.
Her Majesty and the ro4jral party returned to the castle
at twenty minutes before six o'clock.
The Queen gave, last evening, a grand dinner, served on
the magnificent service of gold plate. Two buffets were
erected in St. George's-hall, on which were tastefully dis-
played shields'
'salvers, vases, and candelabra, of silver gilt,
together with tankards enriched With precious stones,
ewelled cups, and cups exquisitely sculptured in ivory,
and mounted in gold ; and in the middle of these was ex-
hibited on the buffet at the west end of the hall a very
beautiful shield of silver, the gift of his Majesty the King
of Prussia to his godson the Prince of Wales, sculptured
with a series of subjects illustrative of the life of our
Saviour and the acts of his apostles.
The plateau on the table contained a number of epergnes
and other articles of ornamental plate, designed by Flax-
man, and was lit by gold candelabra filled with numerous
wax lights. In the middle of the table opposite the Queen's
seat was a very handsome centrepiece,- " Horses at the
fountain," recently added to the royal collection.
Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, the Duchess of Kent, the
The guests invited to the banquet included the King of
Duchess the French
Ambassador
Caanmdge
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the Countess WPrlnlecewasskMi, age° Duchess of
Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke
and Duchess of Wellington, the Portuguese Minister and
the Countess de Lavradio, the Austrian Minister, Count
Colloredo, the Marquis
of Breadalbane, the Marquis of
Abercorn, and the Ladies Harriet and Louisa Hamilton,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Suffield, Lady Caroline
and Miss Barrington, Baroness de Speth, Earl Spencer, Earl
and Countess of Clarendon, Earl of Mansfield, Earl and
Countess of Bessborough, Earl and Countess Granville,
Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount Stormont, Lord and
Lady Rokeby and two Misses Montagu, Colonel the Hon.
Charles and Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady
Emily Seymour, Sir G. Couper, Vice-Admiral Sir George
and two Misses Seymour, Lieutenant-Colonel Vyse (Royal
Horse Guards), Major Maxwell (46th Regiment), two
Misses Dawson Darner, Miss Bulteel, Mr. Stanhope, M.P ,
M. Lorch, the Duke of Terceira (in waiting to the King of.
Portugal), Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento,
Chevalier de Mello, Lord de Tabley and Colonel Wylde
(in attendance on his Majesty), and Major Home Purves.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attendance,
and played during dinner the following selection :
Overture, "Abnenschatz"
Quadrille, `• Zerlin a" Browne.
Selection, " Freyschutz”
Waltz, " Jovials"
Selection, " Cheval de Bronze"
Galop, "The Times" Kalozdy.
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The fol-
lowing had the honour of receiving invitations :—The Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Lady Con-
stance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Earnest Bruce, Viscount
Curzon, Lord Cavendish, Lady Blantyre, Lord Dufferin,
Lord obert Clinton, Count Calabrini, M. Arnaud, Baron
and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild, Lord William Powlett,
Lady Rachel Russell, Lady Frances Russell, Lady Anna
Maria and two Misses Cust, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
and Mrs. Phipps, the Hon. R. Boyle, the Hon. E. Phipps,
Hon. A. Egerton, Hon. L. Ellis, Hon. E. and Mrs. Coke,
Col. and Lady Laura Meyrick and Misses Meyrick, Sir
John and Lady Shelley, Sir William and Lady Moles-
worth, Viscountess Forbes, Ladies A. and C. Loftus,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Wood, Mr.
and Mrs. Berkeley Napier, Lord Holmesdale, Hon. T.
Stonor, Mr. Rochefort, Mr. Conolly, Major-General and
Mrs. Berkeley Drummond, Colonel Chalioner, Colonel
Blair, Colonel Du Plat, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Wood,
Captain Townslaend, R.N., Captain Dn Platt, Captain
Meyrick, Mr. Farquharson (Scots Fusilier Guards), Mr.
and Mrs. Grenfell, Mr. and Miss Ricardo, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Seymour, Miss Knollys, Miss Meyrick, Miss Sey-
mour Miss Lascelles, Mr. Norman Macdonald, and Mr.
Campbell.;
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OU Wednesday afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert,
accompanied by the King of Portugal, and the Duke of
Oporto, took a drive in an open carriage and four.
Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included his Majesty the King of Portugal, the
Duke of Oporto, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the French Ambassador and the Countess
Walewski, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke
and Duchess of Wellington, the Belgian Minister and Ma-
dame Van de Weyer, the Portuguese Minister and the
Countess Lavradio, the Austrian Minister, the Marquis of
Breadalbane, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marchion6ss of
Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Spencer, the
Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stan-
hope, Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl and Countess
of Bessborough, Earl of Wilton, Earl and Countess Gran-
ville, Earl of Stradbroke, the Ladies Harriet and Louisa
Hamilton, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Suffield, Lady
Caroline and Miss Barrington, Baroness de Speth, Lord
James Murray, Lady Datlerin, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and
Mrs. Phipps, the Hon. E. Phipps, Lady (Hamilton) and
Miss Seymour, Hon. Mrs. and Miss Anson, Hon. Miss
Seymour, Major-General and Mrs. Berkeley Drummond,
Miss Knollys, Miss Sullivan, Colonel the Right Honour.
able Cecil Forester (commanding officer Royal Horse
Guards), Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett (commanding officer
46th Regiment), Monsieur Stevens, Mr. Norman M`Donald,
the Duke of Terceira (in waiting to the King of Portugal),
Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento, Chevalier de
Mello, Lord de Tabley and Colonel Wylde (in attendance
on his Majesty), Major Home Purves, Mr. Glover, and Mr.
Gibbs.
The band of the 46th Regiment was in attendance, and
played the following music during the dinner :
Overture, "Le Roi D'Yvetot" Adam.
Cavatina (Barbiere di Siviglia) Rossini.
Selection (Castle Kenilworth) Donizetti.
Aria (Masaniello) (Auber) Auber.
liaise "Sylvan"
Tinney.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
evening, and performed the following composition :
Overture, " L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber.
Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson Richardson.
Duetto, "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai.
Selection, Ballet, " Gustave" .... Auber.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. Thornely,
M.P.,Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Robert Hutton, and F.
J. ood, LL.D. (Members of the Council of University
College), Dr. Storrar, M.D., Dr. Snow Beck, M.D., C. J.
Foster, LL.D., F. Smith Osier, LL.B., and W. Spaer,
had an interview with Viscount. Palmerston yesterday at
the Home-office.

The Cathedral Commission met at 1, Parliament-street,
on Wednesday. The commissioners present were the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford,
M.P., the Bishop of London, the Hon. and Rev. H. M.
Villiers, Sir John Patteson, the Rev. Dr. Hook, the Rev.
Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingscote (secretary).
Mr. W. H. Gore Langton and Mr. Brice had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the
Board of Trade.

Mr. Colqnhonn Grant had an inter►iew with the Earl
of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday
from the Governors of the West India Island,* and the
Falkland Islands.

Despatches from the Commander of the Baltic Fleet
were brought by a messenger to the Admiralty yedterday
morning.

ENTRENCHING TOOLS.