The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-30 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.

A Drawing-room was held by the Queen on Saturday at
St. James's, in celebration of the King's Birth-day.
A guard of honour of the Life Guards, with their band in
state uniforms, were on duty in the large Court-yard of the
Palace. The band played alternately with that of the Foot
Guards, who were stationed in the Colour Court of the Palace.
A numerous division of the new police lined the approaches
tie the Palace, and Messrs. Smith and Ledbitter, two of the
pupal officers of Bow-street, were stationed at the entrance
where the company alighted.
His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
lined the Presence Chamber, and were stationed in the Por-
trait Gallery and at the doors in the state rooms reserved for
the Royal Family. The officers present were Sir Samuel
Spry, the
-Lieutenant, Mr. J. N. Reeve, the Standard-bearer,

and-the Harbinger.
Messrs. Dobell and Halse, the State Pages, and the Pages
of their Majesties, wore their state uniforms.
The Officers of the Yeomen Guard present were Sir Ed-
win Pearson, the Lieutenant ; Captain Houlton, the Ensign,
Sir Thomas Horsley Curties, Mr. Charles Hancock, and Mr.
Samuel Hancock, Exons, and Mr. Ellerthorpe, Clerk of the

Cheque.
Several of the Foreign Ministers, the Lord Chancellor, the
Master of the Rolls, the Speaker of the House of Commons,
and the Vice-Chancellor, came in state, attended by their re-

spective suites.
The day being observed as a Collar day, the principal
Knights of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, St. Patrick,
the Bath, and the Guelphic, wore their respective collars.
At half-past one o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury, ac-
companied by the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Win-
chester, Exeter, Chichester, Bangor, Gloucester, Bristol, Ro-
chester, and Down and Connor, was introduced to the King
in the Royal Closet, when his Grace read a congratulatory
address. Their Lordships had the honour to kiss hands, and
then retired through the corridor to the Queen's house.
Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, presented
their Lordships to the Queen, when the Archbishop read an
address to her Majesty. The Archbishops and Bishops then
returned to the Palace, and attended the Drawing Room.
The Queen having passed through the corridor to the
Royal Closet, Mr. Thomas Shiffner was introduced, and
kissed hands on being appointed Master of the (King's)

Household.
The doors were opened to the company at one o'clock.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria came in
state, escorted by a party of Life Guards. Their Royal
Highnesses were accompanied by their Serene Highnesses
the Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Hereditary
Prince, the Prince Albert, and the Prince of Leiningen.
They were attended by the Duchess of Northumberland,
Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Flora Hastings, Lady
Theresa Strangways, Lady Conroy, Hon. Lady Cust, Ba-
roness Lehzen, Sir John Conroy, Sir Frederick Wetherell,
Sir George Anson, Hon. General Upton, Colonel Hill, Col.
Harcourt, Hon. Captain Spencer, Baron d'Alvensleben, 'and
the Count Kolowrat.
Their Royal Highnesses went to and returned from the Pa-
lace by St. James's. street, and were received with the usual
honours by the King's guard on entering and leaving the Co-
lour-court of the Palace.
The dresses worn by the Duchess of Kent and the. Princess
Victoria were composed entirely of articles the manufacture of
the United Kingdom.
The Duke of Cumberland was attended by Captain Slade;
the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg was attended by Made-
moiselle Stvne ; the Duchess of Gloucester was attended by
Sir Samuel.' Higgins; the Prince of Orange was attended by
the Hereditary Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander of the
Netherlands. Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince
Ernest of Philippsthal also arrived.
Their Majesties entered the Throne Rcom and took their
usual stations. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria,
the Duke of Cumberland, and the other members of the
Royal Family, stood on the left of the Queen; and on her
Majesty's right were the Ladies and Gentlemen of the House-
hold. Amongst those present were the Countess of Shef-
field and Miss Eden, the Lady and Maid of Honour in
Waiting ; the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess Brovvnlow,
and Lady Clinton. Ladies-of the Bedchamber; Miss Iludpon,
Miss Begot, and Miss Hope Johnstone, Maids of Honour;
Lady Bedinglield, Mrs. B. Paget, and Miss Wilson, Bed-
chamber Women ; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; Earl of
Denbigh, Master of the Horse ; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-
Chamberlain ; Hon. Captain Hay, and Captain Pechell,
R. N., Equerries ; Sir G. Hoste ; Capt ,in Vincent, R. N. ;
Colonel Wilson, Lieut.-Colonel Jones, Mr. Murray, Captain
E. Curzon, R.N. ; M. Mellish, and Mr. J. G. Strangways,
Gentlemen Ushers ; and Master De Salis, Page of Honour.
The King was attended bY the Great Officers of State. The
Marquis of Winchester officiated as the Lord in Waiting ; Vis-
count Falkland, Lord in Waiting, was also in attendance.
Lieut.- G eneral the Hon. Sir W. Lumley in Waiting; Vice-
Admiral Sir G. Rowley and the Hon. Captain G. Campbell,
R. N., were the Grooms in Waiting.
The doors leading into George the Third's room were then
opened, and the entree company were introduced, first pass-
ing to the King, and afterwards paying their respects to the

Queen.
In the entree circle the Countess Pauline Neale was pre-
sented to the Queen by Baroness Blorne, lady of the Danish

Minister.
The Baron do Maltitz, Member of the Council of State. and
Privy Councillor to the Embassy of the Emperor of all the
Russias, was presented to the Queen by Count Pozzo di
Borgo, the Russian Ambassador.
The Baronne de Maltitz was presented to her Majesty by
Baroness Morrie. the Lady of the Danish Minister.
Mr. Frederic de Riumer was presented to his Majesty by
Baron Bulow, the Russian Minister.
The Drawing Room was attended by the Russian Ambas-
sador, the French An' assador and Countess Sebastiani, the
Neapotitan Minister and Countess Lug-1011, the Prussian, Swe-
dish, and Wurtemburgh Ministers ; the Hanoverian Minister
and Baroness d'Ompteda, (nee do Strobe) the Buenos Ayrean
Minister, the Danish Minister and Baroness Blome, the Por-
tuguese Minister, the Grecian Minister and Madame Trieoupi,
the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Sardininn
Brazilian, Netherlands, and Saxon Ministers ; Noory Effendi,
Ottoman Minister, accompanied by M. Salame, his Majesty's
Oriental Interpreter ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-
General for the Hanse Mowns ; M. Hummelauer, Austrian
Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Vail, Charge d'Affaires of the
United States ; M. Wallez, Belgian Charge d'Affaires; Mr.
Philip Friell, Ambassador from the King of Oude ; the
Spanish Charge d'Affaires; the Moulvee Mahomed Ismail
Khan, Ambassador from the King of Oude, accompanied by
Captain Melville Grindley ; Count Seekendorff, Secretary to
the Prussian Legation ; M. Lichtenberg, Privy Councillor
of the Hanoverian Legation ; Count Grammont, Secretary to
fie French Embassy ; Baron Rehausen, Secretary to the
Swedish Legation ; Chevalier de Ribeiro, Secretary to the
Portuguese Legation ; Count Moivan, Secretary to the Sar-
d'niin Legation ; Count Plessen, Secretary to the Danish
Legation ; Talaat Effendi and M. Vogoridis, Secretaries
to the Tuikish Legation ; Mr. Menders, Attache to the
Portuguese Legation ; and the Baron do Lagos, the
Count Charles and the Countess Pozzo di Borgo, Baron
Marenholz, Grand Marshal to his Serene Highness the
Duke of Brunswick, Count Gustavus and Countess
Blucher de IValstall, Baron and Baroness de Rutzen, Count
Frederic de Limburg Stirurn, Chamberlain to the King of
the Netherlands ; Count and Countess Chretien de
Danneskiold Samsoe, Count Erdody, Chamberlain to the
Emperor of Austria ; M. Alexandre de Bethmann, Count
and Countess G. S. Metaxa, Baron d'Ompteda, Aide-de-
Camp to the Duke of Cambridge ; Baron d'Ompteda, of the
Jaeger Guards; M. de Testctits, Baron Von Randen, Captain
in the Netherlands service ; the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the
Horse, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Lord Chancellor,
the Master of the Buckhounds, the Post Master-General,
the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Lord Hill,
Gold Stick in Waiting ; Lord Langdale, Master of the
Rolls ; the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
the Vice-Chancellor, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Lord Mayor, Mr. John M'Neill (Mi-
nister to the Court of Persia), the Judge Advocate-General,
the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the
Household, the King's Advocate, the Attorney-General, the
Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General, Sir Wm.
Burnett, K. C. H., Physician to the King ; Sir A. Cooper,
Bart., and Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., Sergeant Surgeons
to the King ; Mr. Sulivan, Deputy Secretary-at-War ; Sir
Martin Archer Shoe, President of the Royal Arcademy ; Sir
Herbert Taylor, Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King ; Lord
Saltoun, Colonels Sir A. Dickson, R. A., Sir R. Gardiner,
Sir C. Thornton, Sir Robert H. Dick, Sir J. Harvey, Sir
Adolphus Dalrymple, Le Couteur, Gibbs, Elphinstone, Ar-
nold, R.E., and Baker, Aides-de-Camp to the King ; Lord
Radstock (in waiting), Earl Cadogan, lion. Captain Poulett,
and Capt. Hornby, Naval Aides-de-Camp to the King ; Sir
Henry Wheatley, Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse ; Sir
Wathen Waller, Extra Groom in Waiting; Sir Augustus
Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod ; the Master of the Ce-
remonies, the Master of the Robes ; Mr. Sergeant Acher-
ley, Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lancas-
ter ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet
(in Waiting), and Chaplain to the Queen ; the Rev. Dr.
Foord-Bowes, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, and Chaplain
to the King ; the Rev. M. Wynyard, Deputy Clerk of the
Closet; the Adjutant-General of the Forces; Sir A. Barnard
(Principal), and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Col. Bowater,
and Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, Equerries to the King; Sir
Patrick Walker, Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. Meek,
Comptroller of the Victualling of the Navy ; Mr. Burge
(for Jamaica), and Mr. Mayers (for Barbadoes), Colonial
Agents ; Sir William Gomm, Field Officer in Waiting ; Mr.
Ald. Winchester, Mr. Sheriff Lainson, Mr. Sheriff Solomons,
Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the Attorney-General for Ireland ; the
King's Harbinger, Captain Hindmarsh, R.N. K.H., Go-
vernor of South Australia ; Mr. Fletcher Wilson, Danish
Consul General ; the Queen's Attorney and Solicitor-Gene-
rals ; Rev. T. Mills, Chaplain in Ordinary ; Rev. J. S. Cap-
per, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Major Hyde, Assistant
Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Master Stephenson,
Page of Honour; the Sub-Deans of the Chapels Royal; Cap-
tain Stephens, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cambridge,
Lieut.-Col. Sir F. Smith, Capt. Green, and Mr. Strachan,
Gentleman Ushers to the King; Capt. Courtenay Boyle,
R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber.
DUKES—Portland, Buccleuch, Roxburgh, Devonshire, Rut-
land, Wellington, Norfolk, Newcastle, Sutherland, Somerset,
St. Alban's.
DucuEssEs—Buccleuch, Roxburgh, Sutherland, Countess
of Sutherland, Cannizaro, Leinster, St. Alban's.
mAßQutsEs—Downshire, Londonderry, Granby, Headfort,
Hertford, Lansdowne, Anglesey, Breadalbane, Bute, Exeter,
Northampton, Ely, Ailesbury, Salisbury, Bristol.
MARCHIONESS—Downshire, Tavistock, Clanricarde, Win-