The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-11 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S BALL.

Her Majesty gave her second State Ball on Monday evening,
at the Palace at St. James's, which was very numerously attended.
The arrangements for the entertainment were the same as for
the first Ball; the Ball Room and Throne Room were set apart
for dancing, and the Drawing Room and King's Closet for cards;
in the former room the Quadrille Band was led by Collinct and
Musard, and included Messrs. Nadaud, Oury, Ella, Tolbeque,
Watkins, Rousselot, Anfossi, Rae Tully, and Barre. Weippert's
Quadrille Band was in the latter room. Monsieur Michau offi-
ciated as Master of the Ceremonies.
upmablaecrelabnyd, theth principal Court-yard.
Duke of Sussex, thee
Her Royal H ghness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Catherine Jenkinson, arrived at the Palace at ten o'clock. Her
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Princess Augusta, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Du-
chess of Gloucester, and Prince Leopold, arrived about the same
time.
their Majesties entered the State Rooms about a quarter past
ten o'clock ; both the Bands immediately struck up .. God save
the King." The King was !lauded in an Admiral's uniform ; the
Queen's dress was of white and silver ; her Majesty's head-dress
was composed of a small tiara of diamonds and a wreath of flowers.
The dress of the Duchess of Cumberland was of
v,hite and gold,
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te-s
the hat of white crape, with a splendid display of diamonds in front.
by yusard, from Beethoven, and three other
Their Majesties and the Members of* he Royal Family having
taken seats on the elevated platform a the cast end of the ball
room, dancing
.Acov.mbmases
commenced,'
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danced in the course of the evening. 'File Ladies
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were danced; a set of quadrilles; called the .. Qu en's Quadrilles,"
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the music arranged
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form in the ball-rom. Their Majesties appeared in excellent
.ghlv delighted
health, seemed, hi • hted with the animating scene, and
conversed familiarly with their royal and distinguished
The
Queen dam.,l one set of quadrilles, Her Majestyguests.
waltzed with the Duke of Devonshire.
The company were served with refreshments in the Picture
Gallery, which had tables set out the entire length. t
he Royal Family promenaded
et, where the
during the intervals between
the dances from the Jig Room to the King's C.os
Landgravine of Hesse Ho Y o
mberg and a part 'f
the company
were engaged at cards._
King
At one o'clock th.e and Queen and the
Royal Family retired to s_u_PPer, both the bands l
members of the
save the King" a,s their Majesties departed. '
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Room was thrown °lien as on the previous Ball : i e Banqueti
tinuous range of tables round the sides of the r n it was anon
fruits and the greatest variety of m dishe room, containing
le of the tables being s, confectionary, and
pastry, the midd . .g ornamented with -
centre-
pieces of pastry, with representations
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exhibiting great ingenuity in design,
executed ude of subjects,
Among them were Belvidere, a scene in Windsorby Mr. Lloyd.
the ruins of Tetley Abbey; a temple, with a Great Park ;
an aqueduct, modelled after a landscape by Claude.bust of the Queen;
distances were candelabra with wax-lights, At regular
the west end a the room was considerabl • • The sideboard at
with damask, finished with crimson draperies. ) raised, and was covered
number of articles of plate remarkable t lt displayed a
or th •
and antiquity; they were arranged in . en* workmanship
. a crowned with the Goodwood c A pyramidal form, the
top bon, 'old Cu . '
de-Lis last year. Immediately beneath this p, won by I..eur-
Achilles, from the design of Flaxman. _ was the Shield of
several rows of gold salvers and pieces
°f great
this were
row increasing M breadth and Projection great antiquity, each
bottom. Gold cups, with compartments as it approached the
carved, were tastefully interspersed among in ivory, exquisitely
Candelabra with wax lights were also arnrong the other pieces.
d had an elegant and brilliant appearance, anged. The entire side-
boar
spiendid object on entering the room from and
formed a very
After supperdancing was resumed, and the opposite end.
threes( d four o'clock. was kept up till between
The (Peen and the Members of the R
the rooms after supper, and remained tilloyal Family returned to
The following distinguished personsnear three o'clock.
The Russian Ambassador and Princess were among those present :
lands Ambassador hnd Madame Falek Lieven, the Nether-
the Prussian Minister and Baroness "
gel e Austrian Ambassador,
the Lady of the Spanish Minister • ri ow, Madame Bermudez,
Mrs. .Lane, the Neapolitan Ministe'e American Minister and
Bavarian Minister and Baroness _ r and Countess Ludolf, the
and Madame GoOstiza, the Danishu etto, the 'Mexican Minister
Count Matuszevic, on a she and Wirtemberg Ministers;
Brazi-
lian Charge - d'Affaires Prince
; mission_ from Russia; the
mbassy ; Mons. Dolgorouki; attache to the
Russian t; . Bourke,
Embassy ; the Chevalier Vanvitell. Secretary to the Danish
Embassy; the Chevalier de Neuina:;
;Secretary to the. Neapolitan
Embassy ; Mons. CourthYS; arid . I, Counsellor to the Austrian
Mons. Cordova, Secretaries to'

the Spanish Embassy ;the Ctouni dciee.,Qs Yon,. E. de Gore.
stiza, attache to the Mexican Embassy •; the fold Chancellor.
DUKES—Norfolk, Northumberland, Devonshiedi Gprdon
Portland, Richmond, Grafton, Dorset, Buceleueli,
Nevic,astle.

DUCHESSES—Montrose, Rutlandi Buctltucb,. Newcastle,
Leeds, Northumberland.
MQUISSES—Lothian, LanSdowne, nrittol,Grabatn, Hast-
ings, Titelifield.-
MARCHIONESSES—SaIisbury, Clanricarde, Lothiaii, Lana:
downe, Dowager SaiiSlat'Trv, Westmehth, Stafford, Hastings.
EA R LS-4'ife, Cavan, WaiclegY4ve, Rosslyn, Aboyne, Essex,
Derby, Carlisle, Wevmouth, Denbigh, Sefton, Sheffield, Selkirk,
Harewood, Tankerville, Amherst, Abingdon, 11:1114besk, GoWer,
Carnarvon, Mountcharles, Grey, Albemarle, Talbot, Posetery;
Darlington, Grosvenor, Vernlain, Sefton, Chesterfield, Cowper,
Westmoreland, Dudley, Effy:Drecknock, Mayo, Jersey, War.
wick, Bathurst.
COUN I'ESSES--Harewood, Tankerville, Amherst, /thing.
don, Gower, Lonsdale, Jersey, Warwick, Mounta'ar‘,s, Albe-
!Rade, Rosebery, Darlington, Verulam, Chesterfield, Erroll
MaYci, Ca?,`,ll), Clarendon, Mansfield, Bathurst, Denbigh, Mount-
sneolrkriirsk, Beata:hat/Iv, S.ftoi,, Dowager Warwick, Dartmouth,

VlSCOUNTS—Ennismore, fierdi%.7ein, Maynard, Anson, Pal-
inerStoti, Goderich, Sydney, Melbourne.
VISCOUNTESSES— Maynai:i, Anson, Sidnioniii,
LORDS—C. Manners, Dacre, Seymour, Dundas' Silt&ld,
Lyndhurst, Auckiatid, 4.larditier;,HoWden, Thynne, Grimston,
Foley, Wharnclifio, J. O'Bryen, hturt, Skelmeralale, Lough-
borough, Hill, Arden, Farnborough, I.,e'veson Gower, Durham,
F. Somerset, Howard de Walden, Stormont, ret:Orpark, Rad-
stock, Galloway, Redesdale, Douglas, Boringdon, Tullantore.,
LADlES—Ellenborough, A. Lascelles, Bloomfield, Rowley,
Daefe, Maryborough, Seymour, C. Bertie, Conroy, Wheatley,
Lucy Clive, Wharntlitre, Hamilon, Jenkinson 'two), Georgians
Bathurst, L Gillespie, Aciand, J. Douglas, Hastings (two), Suf-
field, Mildmav, Lyndhurst, H,rriet rt/rnroae, Gardiner, OtwaY,
Houston, Durham,
Le-
E, Lowther, Ingestrie,
Charlotte Egerton, Koppel, Howden, ihyntid, Ste,enson, C. Ca.•
vendish, A. Poulet, Grimston, A. Milbank, Hardinge, Stratford
Canning
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tinck Ctwo), Hoihrd elt, Walden, F. Somerset, Stormont, Au-
gusta Baring, Cullen Smith, Fielding., Harriet Baring, Radstock,
RIGHT HONOURA tiLES—Sir Stratford Canning; Six Fre.
IlDloolGynree3UXT(utssi'loam), °Leret'hb'cri°dingel,eYialriyncie:an;,lior, Sophia Lennox.
derick Lamb, J. Herries. _ _

Baron Linsingen—Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.
SIAS--nWathen Willer, G. Seymour, John Conroy, Henry
Wheatley4 A. liashitood, Thomas Acland, Henry Hardinge, W.
Houstouit, Itdbert Wilson, Stevenson, F: 'Watson, Henry
Campbell, W. Fremantle, Augustus d'Este, Colquhoun Grant,
Cullen Smith, Robert Stopford,- tineetit, Shee.
ONOURABL ES—William White, W. Bathurst, Geraldine
Foley, Cecilia Foley, Miss Addington.
MESSIEURS—Arthur l.ascelles, Ellis, Sturges IlOurne, J.,
Hudson, Egerton, Baring C. Cavendish, Gurney, Cavendish,
Bradshaw, Byng, Parnther, A. Greville, Brand, Barton, Hay,
Mash, Beaumont, Shore, Mills Henry Hope, H. Drummond,
Littleton, Tatton Egerton, E. Ditty/mond.
MISTRESSES—EIIis Wynyard, Egerton, Baring, Arbuthnot,
Villiers, Colonel Cavendish, Parnther, Byng, Gwynne, Elliot,
Vernon, Lester, Harbord, Drummond, Langston.
MISS—Law (3), M'Lane, Bloomfield (2), Bagot, Harvey,
Conroy, Wheatley (2), Maynard (2), Coo; er, Mildmay, Eden (2),
Otway (3), I3entinck M`Donald, Wilson, Campbell, Bootle
Wilbraham (2), Ramsbottom, Houstoun, De Gorostiza, Fane,
Wrottesley (2), Fitzroy, Lethbridge (2).
ADMIR ALS—Sir Charles Rowley, Sir Henry Blackwood, Sir
Robert Otway.
GENERALS—Wynyard, Sir J. Malcolm, Grosvenor, Upton.
COLONELS—Sir Charles W. Thornton, Higgins, Cust, Ca-
vendish, Poten, Fitzclarence, Trench.
Major Wrotteiley.

GRAND MEETING OF ANTI-REFORMERS.

Where dark Corfe Castle's ruins lower,
An old Owl sat in an ivied tower,
Winking and blinking, and cursing the ray
That promised a bright and welcome day
To all but such foul birds of pray.
Around him in filthy troops were seen,
A hideous conclave of birds unclean ;
Owls, Hawks, Kites, Vultures, with hungry jaws,
And raving stomachs, and harpy claws;
All gather'd together, wild with fear,
That the end of their pillaging reign was near;
And Ravens were there, who, croaking loud,
With direful bodings alarm'd the crowd;
And a band of noisy Rooks, with the cry
Of " The Rookery in danger:" fly,
Screaming out " Thunder and robbery."
All frantic seem'd, and never yet
Such a legion of Anti-Reformers met;
They voted the old Owl in the chair,
Who took his seat with a solemn air,
Then rose and spoke, in a voice of wo,
His large round eyes rolling to and fro :
" We're met at an awful time, my friends,
" For a tempest over our heads impends ;
" I fear that our mousing trade is done,
" And our occupation gone.
" For a horrible demon they call Reform,
" Threatens our ancient haunts to storm,
‘, And our well-lined nests demolish, which
" Are foul, true, but with booty rich ;
" And they'd pull the old pile about our ears,
" Where we've been so snug for many long years.
" But we'll set up a cry so loud and long,
" That the land shall ring with the fearful song.
" And we'll swear if they touch in evil hour
" One stone of one old crazy tower,
" Down the Throne and the Church will fall,
" Royal Palace and lordly hall,
" King and Bishops, and Peers and all.
" And to pigeons and booby birds we'll tell,
" That the system has, in effect, work'd well ;
" But if we find humbug,will not do
" With the radical, reforming crew,
" Let's tight as long as we've beak and claws,
" For our own good things, and the good old cause.
" Nor give up our vested interests'
" In our lawful spoil and our warm snug nests."
He ceas'd,—and a long and fearful yell
Along the old walls echoing fell ;
Then c:ies of " Adjourn ;" for a burst of day
Scared hawks, and kites, and vultures away,
And to deeper shades fled the birds of night,
That ever " love darkness better than light."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING.

. YORK, MONDAY NIGHT.
The last twenty-four hours have done little towards increasing
the list of arrivals: indeed, so small is it, that we must defer
giving it for thQ,resent. The contrast between the meeting now
under notice, and many that have preceded it, is very striking
We have no crowding in the square, no line of carriages a la
Doncaster ; in short, none of those features that at one time
rendered the York Spring one of the most popular meetings in
the kingdom. Unless we attribute this evident decline to the
election, and consider it only as immediate or temporary, we
must admit that Reform has taken a direction that we had
neither contemplated nor desired. It is, perhaps, to be regretted
that these 'aces should always be fixed for the vacant week be-
tween Newmarket and Epsom; the majority of the sporting
gentlemen will naturally remain in the vicinity of the latter
places, to be prepared for, or take advantage of any of the con-
tingencies that so frequently occur at this season, especially as a
little coughing" may always be looked for a few days before the
Derby, either from the journey, changes in the weather, or
other causes not so easily defined. In every. respect -but com-
pany, our races go off exceedingly well; the stakes are much
better filled than usual, the horses of a better character, the
weather beautiful, and the general details of the meeting distin-
guished by admirable judgment and precision. The following is
an accurate return of this afternoon's running :

Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. Two miles. Eight Subs.
Lord Cleveland's Maria
Mr. Wormald's Bullet
Colonel Cradock's The Barber
Lord Scarborough's Cistercian - 4
Lord Fitzwilliam's Pontefract
Lord Scarborough's Chancellor - - - 6
Six to 4 agst Maria, and 2 to 1 agst Bullet.. Taken freely.
Pontefract made first running, Cistercian lying immediately
behind him, Bullet and the others being well up, and Maria
having the last place. For about half the distance Pontefract
maintained the lead, and then he cut it. Cistercian now became
the leading horse, Bullet taking the same position which Cister-
cian had occupied at the commencement: There was do other
change till near the distance, when Maria came to the front,
Bullet having by this time defeated Cistercian. A short race fol-
lowed between Maria and Builet ; at the stand, however, the
mare beat them all clean oft; and she won by a length, without
difficulty : rode by Lye, Bullet by Scot. ; '1 he Barber by Tem-
pleman - Cistercian b:, S'elson ; Pontefract by H. Edwards; and
Chancellor by J. King. Considering the very heavy state of the
ground the pace was very good.

Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for two.yr old colts and
fillies, T.Y.C. Six Subs.
Duke of Leeds b. f. by Jerry - _ _
Mr. Pierce's ch. f. by Whisker - _ 2
Mr. W. Scott's ch. f. by Comes
Lord Milton's b. f. by Confederate .. - 1 •
7to 4 gast Clinkerina, sto 2 agst the winner,-5 to 2 agstPierce's.
The winner took the l.ad, followed closely by Pierse's filly to
the distance, where she was defeated ; Scott's filly then chat.
longed, but was beat off without difficulty, the Duke's filly
winning by a length cleverly : a very sharp race for the second
place. The winner was rode by Templemane Pierse's by I'.
Shepherd, Lord Milton's by H. Edwards, and Scott's filly by J.
Holmes.

The Sapling Stakes of 50 sous each, h. ft., for fillies. Mile and
a half. Eight Subs.
Mr. Gascoyne's Catton
Mr. Ellis's Frantic - . . - 0

- -
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. by Morisco - - 3
6 to 4 on Trulla, who made all the running, and won easy by a
length ; rode by Templeman : Frantic by Scott, and the other
by H. Edwards.

The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous. each, for 3-year old colts and
fillies. Mile and three quarters. Seven Subs.
Mr. Skipsey's The Saddler
Mr. Walker's Roubilliac . 2
Colonel Cradock's Lottery -
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Scar-
borough's Clarence; Mr. Singleton's Tremaine ; Lord Fitz-
william's Creole; and Lord Queensberry's Wisenden.-6 to 4
agst Saddler, and 7to ‘.>. agst Roubilliac. Clarence cut out the
work at a moderate pace, The Saddler seconding him till close to
the distance, when Clarence gave way. The Saddler and Rou.
billiac then singled themselves out from all the rest, and ran a
pretty close race to the Stand, when The Saddler went away from
his opponent and won easy—rode by Nicholson ; Roubilliac by
Scott ; Lottery by Lye ; Tremaine by Johnson ; Creole by 11.
Edwards; Wilsden by J. Day; and Clarence by Nelson.