The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

THE GRENADIER GUARDS.

The annual dinner of the officers who have served and
who are serving in the Ist or Grenadier Guards, took
place on Saturday evening, at the London Tavern.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, colonel-in-chief
of the regiment, honoured the corps with his presence
on the occasion, arrived from Buckingham Palace at a
few minutes before eight o'clock, attended by Captain
the Hon. Dudley de Ros.
Amoig the officers who had served in the regiment
present were, Viscount Harding; general commanding-
in-chief ; the Earl of Harewood, Viscount Mandeville,
Lord John Scott, Lieut.-General Sir John Hanbury,
Lieutenant-General D'Oyly, Lieutenant-General Reeve,
Major-General Lindsay, Major-General Higginson,
Colonel Lascelles, Colonel Boldero, Colonel Jodrell,
Colonel Allix, &c. The officers now in the regiment
were present almost without an exception—Colonel
Thornton, Colonel Stanhope, Colonel Fludyer, Colonel
Angerstein, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, Colonel Torrens, Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. James Lindsay, M.P., &c.
Covers were laid for ninety-six.
Colonel Thornton, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment,
occupied the chair, having Prince Albert upon his right
hand, and Viscount Hardinge upon his left.
The creature comforts provided having received ample
justice from the guests, a superb dessert was placed upon
the table.

The gallant CHAIRMAN presently rose, and said his
first duty was to propose " The Health of her Majesty
the Queen."

The company immediately rose and drank the toast
with every manifestation of sincere devotion and ardent
loyalty to the Sovereign. Unlike the ordinary routine
of a public banquet, there was no musical accompani-
ment, but the toast was echoed and re-echoed on the
Part of the guests by the emphatic and enthusiastic
repetition of the words " The Queen ! the Queen !"
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Health of their
kind Commander, his Royal Highness Prince Albert."
The toast was received and drank with a quiet cor-
diality.

His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT immediately rose
and said : I beg to return you my sincere thanks for
your great kindness in drinking my health.
The CHAIRMAN then said, it was impossible he could
avoid alluding on the present occasion to the very great
loss the nation and the service had recently sustained.
He need say no more than propose "The Memory of the
illustrious hero, the Duke of Wellington."
This toast was drank in solemn silence, and shortly
afterwards his Royal Highness Prince Albert and Vis-
count Hardinge retired.

ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT AT GLOUCESTER

1100 SE.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave
a grand entertainment on Saturday last to their Majes-
ties the King and Queen of Hanover, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, and her Serene Highness the
Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and their Royal
Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The Crown
Prince of Hanover and the Princesses Frederica
and Marie accompanied their illustrious parents, and the
Prince Adolphus of Mecklenburg Strelitz was also pre-
sent. The intention of the royal duchess was to have
assembled once more around her hospitable board all the
members of the royal family now in England. The
Queen and Prince Albert had accepted invitations for
themselves and the youthful members of the royal
family, and we regret to add they were alone prevented
being present by the illness of the Prince of Wales.
The King and Queen of Hanover, attended by their
suite, arrived at Gloucester-house at five o'clock. Their
Majesties were received in the entrance hall by Lady
Georgina Bathurst and Colonel the Hon. Augustus Lid-
dell, the lady in waiting and equerry to the Duchess of
Gloucester, by whom they were conducted to the prin-
cipal saloon on the ground floor of the mansion, where
the illustrious hostess was in attendence to receive her
royal guests. The other members of the royal family
followed in quick succession.
The party having been originally intended chiefly for
the younger members of the royal family, the Duchess
of Gloucester, with that considerate kindness peculiar to
her Royal Highness in all that relates to children, had
caused to be provided a very agreeable entertainment,
among which was an elegant exhibition of fantoccinf,
&c. This was exhibited in an apartment adjoining the
reception saloon immediately after the arrival of the
guests. For the amusement of the King of Hanover
and the guests of a maturer age, the English Glee and
Madrigal Union, consisting of Messrs. Francis, Lockey,
Hobbs, ;Land, and Frank Bodda, attended, and sang
several of their choicest glees.
The dinner was served at six o'clock. Covers were 1
laid for twenty-six.

After the dessert had becn'pla,ced upon the table the
membeis of the Madrigal Union were again introduced,
and they continued to sing a variety of their most fa-
vourite compositions until eight o'clock, the hour at
which it had been arranged most of the party should
proceed to the St. James's Theatre, to witness the per-
formance of the French plays. The musical talents of
the "Unionists " however, gave so much satisfaction
that the hour of departure was prolonged, and the King
of Hanover Old the party the highest possible compli-
ment by giving up his original intention of proceeding
to the theatre, and remaining to listen to a style of
music from which his Majesty declared he had derived
great pleasure, and which had really proved the highest
musical treat he had had since his arrival in England.
The Duchess of Kent left Gloucester-house for the
Royal Italian' Opera at half-past eight o'clock, but the
other royal visitors did not take leave of the Duchess
of Gloucester until a later hour.