The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-12 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S STATE BA LL.
iee)uee- elect: Lee. )
4' Queen ge 1.3 :11 (. rst
4 evening, at Buckingham Pelece. The cou.pete
present
e at the reception exceeded in number those at-
tending any former ball given by her Majesty, the
eevitations having been extended to the unprecedenti d
iraber of nearly two thousand. The guests comprised
the
Royal Family, the foreign Princes in this country,
the
whole of the Diplomatic Caps, Foreigners of dis-
°action on a visit to England, the Lsdiea and Gentlemen
gthe Household of the Queen and Prince Albert. of the
4,..eenDow.ager, and of the different members or the
members
Family, the Min sters of State, and tee principalelabers of the Administration and their L i 3i, s, and a
'el;Z numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry.
Lithe entire suite of state Reheats were opened for the
the throne roem, as well as the ball room, was
prepared
for dancing, a quadrille baud being stationed
both apartments. The picture gallery and the grand
salmon were appropriated for the reception of the general
eo
romPtatiY previous to the commencement of the ball—the
Jai guests being received by the Queen and Prince
embert in the yellow drawing-room.
The south end of the picture gallery, and the recesses
all the saloons were filled with rare and beautiful
eirebs and plants in flower ; the grand staircase, and the
rthle hall, through which the visitors were u-hered to
e state apartments, were also most tastefully decorated
with choice and fragrant flowers.
43 nine o'clock the company began to arrive and
e 0 artiiinued setting down with great rapidity at the lonic
tob co
in Pimlico, and also at the garden entrance.
It: temporary erections at both entrances afforded the
ti,v4tegt facility for the ingi ess of the company ; that in
ce garden had been considerably enlarged and improved
d110:4* the former ball, permitting three carriages to set
lea at the same time.
The uard of the Yeomen Guard lined the Sculpture
Gallery and Grand Hall under the command of Captain
Sadler, the Exon in Waiting. The officers of the corps
tieeent were Sir G. P. Lee, the Lieutenant; Sir G.
o.ultee, the Ensign; and Captain Kincaid, the Exon on
the 1. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended
conservatory.
nerved Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
olonel attended by her Lady in Waiting and the Bon.
ed Liddell.
jlieir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
andfi Prince George were attended by Lady Augusta
rgau Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay.
of
the --Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
aßussia was attended by Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Rear--
Conseiller
Count Heyden, Le Conseiller d'Etat Haurowiz,
Conseiller d'Etat Grimm, Le Colonel Lutkowsky,
Charles
de Fredericksz, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
Their
Grey, Equerry to the Queen.
bpd Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
Grand
Duchess of Saxe Weimar were accompanied
by,,,,"11 Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
s;" were attended by the Countess of Assenburg, Count
est, and Baron de Ziegesar.
by 18 Royal Highness tee Prince of Lucca was attended
The
Marquis Provenzali.
i
n royal visitors were conducted to the yellow draw-
-4:r°43134 where the Queen and Prince Albert received
illustrious guests.
shortly before ten o'clock ber Majesty and her Royal
teel7"rt, and the whole of their august circle, entered
t,
air, grand saloon, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain.
the
the Lord Steward, and attended by the Mistress of
re Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Joce-
; the Maids of Honour in Waiting Lady Caroline
..oeks and the Hon. Miss Paget ; the Lord in Waiting,
rnir,ivd C.a.moys; the Master of the Household; the, Broom
w,aiting, Major the Hon. A. N. Hood; the'equerry
wailing, Lord Alfred Paget; the Equerry in Waiting
hot.,"nee Albert, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Pages of
our, Mr. Henry W. Byng and Mr. A. Stuart
Worse,3,.
The
9.3 _ ,cueen wore a very elegant costume. The dress
silk!' link end white tulle in two petticoats, over.. hite
Irk' trimmed with pink ribbons and pink acacias, and
nniented with diamonds.
iteacier Majesty's headdress was formed of a wreath of
11; s and diamonds.
*hart' Royal Highness Prince Albert wore a Field Mar
Ord Unitbrill, with the ribbon and badge of a Itu:sian
ktfer of knighthood, the stars of the British order of
tthood, and the Insignia of the Go den Fleece.
a rgu,t party passed through the saloon into the
--°°l3l, and, on her Majesty's entrance, Mr. Henry
the quadrille bane commenced playing " Gad sate
merce
Teeueen."
e Bee Queen passed on to the seats reserved for lie
SOvereig
trh
and the Royal family, followed by her illus-
e 'rte guests. The general company also entered the
a
earieten."
hThr e Lord Chamberlain, by her Majesty's command,
sir a quadrille, and the Queee opened the bah with
9Verial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of
Beaten,
tell:Us Royal Highness Prince Alb, rt and the Ileredi-
,oupl Y Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar were the opposite
e.
Roval Highness the Hereditary Duke or Saxe
~ietmar, leis Royal Highness Prince George, his Serene
ef
th °them Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess
. Sutherland and the Viscountess Jucelyn, joined in
la quadrille.
ether quadrilles followed, including " La Fille du
ilulent" (Musard), " Pleiades" Cavendish (Tinney),
I,4„Led !Circles de Tichy" (Bosisin), "Esmeralda" (Coote),
Les Tuileries (Tolbecque).
Amongsir7l the polkas danced were—" Cerrito" (Lanner),
oszt eriand" Handley), " Belfast" (Tinney), Brunowe
bitzky)Y.), "Salon" (Strauss), and " Narcissen" (La-
pr,altzes were also danced, including " Caroline"
);I:ttnrY), " Sophien Tauze" 'Strauss), e Mor genland"
eedabitzky), " Woburnbitzlq)- Abbey (Tinney), "Essex" (La-
Thhee " Russulka" gallop (Labitzkv), was also danced.
T
the evening in the green drawing-room.
After
daniteing had been continued some time in the
ball-room it commenced in the throne-room, in
hieh Mr. Charles Coote's band attended. The follow-
Ying„ee luadrilles were danced: Macbeth (first time),
rdt s Opera, Matilda, Bondman, Nino, Chatsworth,
fr?3l3eyeY, Fille du Regiment (Musard), and Nina
NA•lun).
th 1114) " Constantine Waltz," composed expressly for
Matilda
°eeasion, was danced; and afterwards the waltzes
„Tetilda C. Coote), Queen of the Ball (D'Albert),
'l4'ejtehel Chaney), Oriental (Labitzky), and Concordia
eetreeso.
eT, The following polkas were also danced :—Tambour
‘r " s )Helena (D'Albert), Evelyn (Tinney), and
stia,
(Coote).
supper was served soon after twelve o'clock in the
state dinner room. A range of tables were placed round
Are° of the apartments, and on them were displayed,
th royal magnificence, successive services of gold plate,
material,
with massive ornaments of the same costly
illustrating some classical or pastoral subject,
eater,
relieved occasionally by the graceful form of elegant
:8", adapted for the purpose of the banquet. At the
of the room, opposite the door by which the com-
q:3l entered, was erected a gorgeous buffet of gold
kte, filling a deep alcove formed in that side of the
et""1". The background was of crimson, and it was
_added with the choicest specimens of art in the
treeious metals. On the base or lower shelf of the
Buffet vire, placed the " Neptune" epergne, and on vithe r
these
of it were the " Hesperides" candelabra—each of
works a lasting token of the genius of the great
ebreeelleot who designed them. In the centre of the
tiret was the Shield of Achilles, over which, and at
:. top of the buffett, was ihe " Almeida Urn." On
e!elliside of the urn were two Etruscan vases, known us
Venus Ice pails," from the figure a the goddess
,e•°r,ming the handle. In the upper compartment were
"roduced two very large embossed scent jars of
great antiquity ; smaller articles of great beauty
filled up the interstices between the larger ; and due
advantage was taken of the present season in the clis;.lay
of beautiful flowers in gold vases. The buff,-t was bril-
liantly illuminated with wax lights in gold sconces and
candelabra.

Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by the
Countess Assemberg and the Baron Zigesar, honoured the
Polytechnic Institution with a visit on Wednesday. Their
Royal Highnesses were engaged for some time in inspecting
the various models and objects of interest contained in the
exhibition, and before leaving the Illustrious Prince and
Princess paid a visit to Mr. Beard's Photographic Portrait
Room, where his Royal Highness honoured the p itentee
With a sitting of a few moments' duration the effect of which
Ivaa the production of an admirable likeness of the Grand
Duke.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—His
Grace the Duke of Buccleuch has expressly signified his in-
tention of becoming one of the stewards, in conjunction with
several other noblemen and gentlemen, on the forthcoming
anniversary festival, at which Benjamin Bond Cabbcll, Esq.,
the Member for St. Albans, will preside. It is needless to
an_sy that the sanction th given to the hospital by his
race will most materially assist the strenuous efforts at
Present being made, to restore the charity to its proper and
effective usefulness. All the available wards are not at pre-
sent full, the Committee of Management not considering
themselves justified in incurring heavier responsibility uutill
additional pecuniary means are provided.
TRI LATE SIR FRANCIS WOOD.—The will of Sir
Francis Lindley Wood, Bart., late of Ilickleton and
K
releworth in Yorkshire, was proved in the Court at
fork on the 3d ult., and in London on the 31st.; it was
executed in the year 1843, and to which he added three
codieila His son, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood,
Lierit-. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Member for
atifax, who succeeds to the estates, is the acting execu-
tor* Sir William B. Cooke, Bart is also an executor
trointed by the will. To his son he leaves all his fur-
ant,F, plate, pictures, diamonds, carriages, horses, cattle,
his
Larrnieg stock absolutely, as well as the residue of
pr°PertY, after providing for annuities and other
bequests 1-1
3001 limited the expenses of his funeral to
~ and has directed an annuity of 481. to be paid
"I:l.fig the lives of James Murgatroyd, the schoolmaster
stirernsworth, and of his wife and son James, and to the
Avivnr; and has left legacies to each of his servants.
Is_elengst his relations and acquaintances, to whom he
;in left remembrances by will, are the foll.wing:—His
`,_ughter, Ann Childers, and his son-in-law, J. W. Chil
rill; his brother, Henry Wood; his brother-in-law, W.
Armstrong;
his nephew, Charles Armstrong, and to Juliet
William to Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, and Sir
(Inam Cook, his executor. To his friend J. Parker,
16r% M.P, for Sheffield, a bequest of 2001. And has
telatied mourning rings to be given to his nearest
ves.
WAIL
EFIELD CORN MARKET.---FRIDAY, JCNE 11.
in,fianclEiDot active;
)32,
.have no increase in our supplies. I' or wheat the de-
last week's prices are made, and in some
4:741 es rather exceeded. Oats and shelling in fair request
ipPrcrs'ing pricer. Beans remain without alteration.
for e are rklquested to state that the prize of 1,000/.
been
picture of the Baptism of Chri-t, tins Jordan
streawarded to Mr. John Wood of 65, Upper Charlgtte-
"4 191.145 Picture ;lurked Ng. 7in the tloo-