The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S BIRTIIDA
THE DRAWING-ROOM.
The Queen held a Drawing- room in St. James's Palace
on Saturday afternoon in celebration of her Majesty's
birthday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buclting-
ham Palace shortly before two o'clock, attended by the
Royal suite, and escorted by a detachment of the Life
Guards.

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Their Royal Hignesses tho Duke and Duchess ot
Cambridge arrived, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and attended by Lady Augusta
Cadogan, Baron Kncsebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester ar-
rived at the Palace to pay a visit of congratulation to
her Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince George was also present.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Count of Syra-
cuse, was attended by General Prince Castelcicala, the
Neapolitan Minister, and the Chevalier de Colonna.
Their Sert no Highnesses Prince Ernest and Prince
William of Heq.e Philipsthal, and Prince Edward of
'axe Weimar, also attended.
The Vice Chamberlain received the Royal Family on
their arrival, and conducted them to the presence ot her
Majesty.
Before the Drawing-room the Queen received an ad-
dress of congratulation in the royal closet from the Arch-
bishops and Bishops. The Archbishop of Canterbury
delivered the address. His Grace was accompanied by
the Archbishop of York, the Archbishop of Dublin, the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop
of Durham, the Bishop of Ltandaff, the Bishop of Nor-
wich, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Peterborough,
the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop
of Salisbury, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Wor-
cester, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bishop of Rochester,
the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of Chichester, the
Bishop of Hereford, and the Bishop of Manchester.
After delivering the address the Right Rev. Prelates
retired from the royal presence.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne-
room, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
and Prince George, the Heriditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Count
of Syracuse, and their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Ernest and Prince William
of Hesse Philipsthal. The royal suite consisted of the
Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Norfolk, the
Countess of Desart (in waiting), the Countess of Gains-
borough, Lady Portman, the Marchioness of Douro, the
Countess of Charlemont, the Viscountess Canning,
Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Hon. Miss Murray (La
waiting), Hon. Miss Macdonald (in waiting), Hoe. Miss
Cavendish, Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Kerr,
Maids of Honour; Lady Charlotte Copley, Hon. Mrs.
Brand, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady Theresa
Digby, Women of the Bedchamber; the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert; Mr. George Edward An-
son, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse • the Earl of
Morton, Lord in Waiting ; Viscount Clifden, Lord in
Waiting on the Prince ; Lieutenant-Colonel the Ilon. C.
B. Phipps, Private Secretary to the Prince ; General
Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting ; Captain
Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on his Royal
Highness ; General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting ;
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry
in Waiting on the Prince; and Messrs. Forbes and Gor-
don, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-
Arms were on duty at the entrance to the State Rooms,
and also lined the Presence Chamber. The officers of the
corps present were—the Lieutenant, Sir Matthew Wyatt;
the Standardbearer, Mr. David Harmer; and the Adju-
tant, Captain Curling.
The Lord Chancellor arrived a few minutes before two
eclock, attended by his Secretaries, Deputy Sergeant-
at-Arms, and Pursebearer.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons arrived in state, attended by the Chaplain and the
Sergeant at-Arms (Lord Charles Russell) attending the
House of Commons.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer appeared in their
gold collars of SS, with the portcullis. Tho Equity
Judges wore their gold robes.
The Queen wore a train of green and silver silk, trim-
med with red roses and violets, and tulle d'illusion in sil-
ver. The petticoat was white satin, trimmed with tulle
and bouquets of red roses to correspond to the train.
tier Majesty's head-dress was composed of diamonds and
feathers, with roses and violets. The dress was of
Spitalfields manufacture.
The Queen wore the collars of the Most Noble Order
of the Garter and of the Most Ancient Order of the
Thistle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wore a train
of white watered silk covered with Nottingham lace,
trimmed with lace and white ribands. The petticoat was
white watered silk, also covered with Nottingham lace;
the front of the petticoat was decorated with ornaments
formed of brilliants, and the stomacher was of diamonds.
Her Royal Highness vt ore a white head-dress with fea-
thers and diamonds and a necklace of diamonds and ame-
thysts. The dress was of British manufacture.
Being a collar day, the principal knights of the seve-
ral orders of knighthood wore the collars of their respec-

Live orders.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habitrd in the
uniform of a Field-Marshal, and wore the collars of the
Garter and the Bath, together with the stars of thoso
orders, and also the stars of the most Illustrious Orders
of St. Patrick and the Thistle. The Prince also wore
the ensigns of the Golden Fleece.
The general circle was numerously attended.
The Duke of Wellington wore a Field-Marshall's
uniform and the Ensigns of the Garter and the Golden
Fleece.
The Duke of Devonshire wore the Collars of the Gar-
ter ald of a Russian Order o!' Knighthood.
Viscount Combersnere wore the Collars and Stars of
the Orders of the Bath, the Guelphic, and the Tower
and Sword.
About 1,700 of the nobility and gentry were present at
the Drawing-room.
The diplomatic circle were first introduced, when the
following presentations to her Majesty the Queen and
his Royal Highness the Prince took place:—
The Countess de Reventlow presented her second
daughter, the Countess Malvina Reventlow.
The Belgian Minister presented the Baron Edouard
Mertens, charged with a mission from the Belgian Go-
vernment
The Ilaytian Minister presented M. E. Seguy
Ville-
valeix, Secretary of the Ilaytian Legation.
The diplomatic circle was attended by Mahomed
Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador; M. Van de Weyer,
the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer; M.
Charles Drouet, Couuseiller de Legation; M. Eugene de
Gerlache, Attacht to the Legation; le Comte le La-
Ling; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, and Baroness
de Cetto; Viscount de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister,
and Viscountess de Moncorvo; the Chevalier de Ri-
beiro, Secretary; le Chevalier Pinto de Soveral and
Baron de Moncorvo, Attaches to the Legation; the
Chevalier and Madame de Ilorta; Baron de Brunnow,
Russian Minister, and Baroness de Brunnoe ; Made-
moiselle Olga de Lechner; M. Alexandre do Berg and
NI. C. de Koudriaffsky, Secretaries of Legation; Gene-
ral Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister; and M.
G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation; Count de Kielman-
segge, llanoverian Minister; le Chevalier Bunsen, Prus-
sian Minister; Madame and Mademoiselle Marie Bun-
sen, Count Purpoucher, First Secretary, M. Charles
Bunsen, Attache, and Baron Ernest Stockinar,
Attaci 6 to the Legation ; le Commandeur Mar-
ques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, and Madame Lis-
boa; le Chevalier Pinto Peixoto and M. J. T. do
Amaral, Attaclli to the Legation; Count de Revent-
low, Danish Minister, and Countess de Reventlow;
Baron Bertouch, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. George •
Bancroft, American Minister, and Mrs. Bancroft, and
Mr. Brodhead, Secretary of Legation; Count Schimmel-
pennick, Netherlands Minister, and Mademoiselle Schim-
melpennick ; Baron de Stratenus, Conseiller de Legation;
Baron de Rehauzen, Swedish Minister, and Baroness de
Rehausen ; M. de Sibbern, Secretary of Legation ; le
Comte de Rosen, Aide-de-amp General; Senor J. J. de
Osma, Peruvian Minister; le Colonel Beltran, Secretary;
le Major J. F. de Elizalde, and M. Henry Caravedo,
Attachels to the Legation ; Senor Felipe Molina Costa
Rica Minister; le Marquis de Sauli, Sardinian Minister;
le Marquis Victor Emmanuel d'Azeglio, Couseiller ;
Baron Isola and Count Corti, Secretaries of Legation ;
Count Colloredo, Austrian Minister, and Countess Col-
loredo; Baron Koller and Baron Wydenbruck, Secre-
taries of Legation ; M. D. Delva (Senateur), Haytian
Minister ; M. de Montherot, French Chargl d'Affaires,
and Madame de Montherot ; Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and the Viscountess Palmerston ; and
Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies.

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of the guests at the:several banquets ;
Lord John Russell entertained at dinner at Ms pri-
vate residence in Chesham-place the following noble-
men and gentlemen, in celebration of her Majesty's
birthday :—Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl Ducie, Earl Fitshar-
dinge, Earl of Leicester, Lord Portman, Lord de Manley,
Lord Effingham, Lord Harry Vane, M.P.•, Sir De Lacy
Evans, M.P.; Sir Charles Lemon, M.P.; Sir R. Fergu-
son, M.P.; Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P.; Mr. Ro-
harts, M.P.; Mr. R. W. Grey, M,P.; and the Hon.
Colonel Keppel, M.P.
Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign
Afairs, entertained the following members of the corps
diplunialique at his mansion in Carlton-gardens:—His
Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, Mahowed Pasha,
his Excellency the Russian Minister, Baron Brutinow ;
his Excellency the Austrian Minister, Count Colloredo;
his Excellency the Prussian Minister, Chevalier Bunsen;
his Excellency the Swedish Minister, Baron Rehausen;
his Excellency the Minister for the United States, Mr.
Bancroft; his Excellency the Danish Minister, Count
Reventlow ; his Excellency the Portuguese Minister,
Viscount de Moncorvo; his Excellency the Hanoverian
Minister, Count Kielmansegge; his Excellency the Ba-
varian Minister, Baron de Cetto; his Excellency the
Minister for the Two Sicilies, Prince Castel-
cicalo; his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Marquis
de Sauli; his Excellency the Minister for Buenos Ayres,
M. Moreno; his Excellency the Minister for Costa Rica,
M. Molino; his Excellency the Minister
cellency for the Re-
public of Hayti, General Dalba; his Ex the
Peruvian Minister, M. Osma ; his Excellency the Chargé
d'Affaires for the French Republic, Baron de Montherot;
and the following British diplomatists :—Viscount Pon-
sonby, Lord Bloomfield, Lord Howden, Lord Eddisbury,
Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, Sir Henry Ellis, Sir Edmund
Lyon, Sir R. rekeuhaga, Sir Robert Shafto Adair,