The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-23 00:00:00

HER NIAJESTIfIS DRAWING-
Roc mi.

The Queen held a drawn. tg-room (the third this sea-
son) yesterday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert .s rrived from Buckingham
Palace, attended by the royal suite, and escorted by a
party of the Life Guards. He r Majesty and his Royal
Highness were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom
of the Stole to the Prince, and were conducted to the
royal closet.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Mr. Edmond Mil& nay, was present at the
drawing-room. His Royal Highness Prince George
and his Royal Highness Duke George of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz also attended the drawing-room.
The Queen and Prince Albers entered the throne-
room accompanied by their royal visitors.
Her Majesty wore a black silk train, and a petticoat
covered with crape and richly ornamented with bugles.
Her Majesty's) head-dross was formed of black feathers
and lappets.
In attendance on the Qiwen and the Prince were the
Mistress of the Robes, the V iscountess Jocelyn (in wait-
ing), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Countess of Gains-
borough, the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess of
Charlemont, the Viscountess Carmine., apd the Countess
of Desert, Ladies of the Bedchamber; the Hon. Miss
Cavendish, (in waiting), the Hon. Miss Macdonald (in
waiting), Lady Caroline Cocks, the Hon. Miss Stanley,
the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Kerr, Maids of
Honour; the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Lady Gar-
diner, the Hon. Mrs. Brand, and Lady Caroline Barring-
ton, Bedchamber Women; Lord Elphiustone, Lord in
Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the
Prince; Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom
in Waiting; Colonel Wylde. Groom in Waiting to the
Prince; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; Messrs.
Forbes and Crofton, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Foreign Ministers and their ladies were intro-
duced, when the following gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to her Majesty the Queen and his
Royal Highness the Prince in the diplomatic circle:
Le Baron H. de Plessen, by the Count Reventlow, the
Danish Minister
The Prince Constantine Soutzo of Bucharest, by the
Prince Callimaki, the Turkish Minister. -
Mr. Jay, by Mr. Bancroft. the American Minister
Le Baron d'Ugglas, by Baron Rehausen, the Swedish
Minister
The Count Desgeneys, by the Count de Revel, the
Sardinian Minister.
The following ladies had the honour of being prse-
sented to her Majesty:—
The Hon. Georgina Leigh, by her mother, Lady Leigh
lion. Mrs. Byron, by Lady Byron
The Marchioness of Ailsa, by the Duchess of Suther-
land
The Honourable Clara Brownlow, by the Countess of
Darnley
Mrs. Charlton 'by Mrs. John Walter
Mrs. Butt, by ssady Cottenham
Frances, Countess of Waldegrave, on her marriage, by
her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland
Marchioness of Thomond, by the Duchess of Leinster
Lady Alice Douglas, by her mother, the Countess of
Morton
Viscountess Nevill, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Abergavenny
The Lady Walsingham, on her marriage, by Sophia,
Lady Rendlesham
Lady Romilly, by Lady Cottenham.
The Lady Keane, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Kinnoull
Lady George Quin, on her marriage, by Countess
Spencer
Lady Anne Tufnell, on her marriage, by the Countess
of Roseberry
Miss Sumner, by Lady Couper
Miss Fanny Elwes, by the Hon. Mrs. John Talbot
Viscountess Enfield, on her marriage, by the Lady
Catherine Cavendish
Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, by Lady Chetwynd.
Lady Murray, of Clermont, by Lady Vassal Webster
Lady Ellis, on becoming Lady Ellis, by Lady Webster
Mrs. Leeke, on her marriage, by the Countess of Aber-
gavenny
Miss Scroope (of Denby), by Lady Camoys
Mrs. Augustus Morgan, by Lady Morgan
Mrs. Simeon, by Lady Clifford
Mrs. Hayes, on her marriage, by the Countess of Eglin-
toun
The ilon. Elizs Stoner, by her mother, Lady Camoys
Mrs. Peter Wells, upon her marriage, by her aunt, Lady
Shelley
Lady Francis Maynard, by the Duchess of Atholl
Miss May, by Lady Gore Booth
Miss Mary Lefroy, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs.
Lefroy
Miss Patteson, daughter of Mr. Justice Patteson, by the
Dowager Lady Crewe
Miss Crewe' by her mother, the Dowager Lady Crewe
Miss Emily Percy, by Lady Lovaine
Miss Willock, by her mother, Lady Willock
Miss Aldridge, by Mrs. Vernon Smith
Miss Albinia Sulivan, by Mrs. William Stuart.
Miss Munro, by the Hon. Mrs. B. Jonston
Miss Fanny Gilbert, by her mother, Mrs. Gilbert
Miss Gertrude Townsend, by Lady Morgan
Miss Geraldine Townsend, by Lady Morgan
Miss Burgoyne, by the Duchess of Richmond
Miss E. Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs. George Thorn-
hill
Miss Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs. George Thornhill
Miss Augusta Frederica Frere, by her mother, Mrs.
William Frere
Miss Mare, by her aunt, Mrs. Compton Stansfield
Miss Jane Packe, by Miss Packe Reading
Miss Alice Spencer Stanhope, by Lady Elizabeth Spen-
cer Stanhope
Miss Charlotte Buller, by her sister, Mrs. W. H. Pole
Carew
Miss Mary Buller, by her sister, Mrs. W. H. Pole
Carew
Miss Walker Heneage, by her mother, Mrs. Walker
Heneage
Miss Prodgers, by her mother, Mrs. Edwin Prodgers
Miss Ellice, by Mrs. Ellice
Madlle. de Coigny, by the Duchesse de Coigny
Miss Fletcher, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Fletcher
Miss Mary Pakenham, by the Hon. Lady Pakenham
Miss Frances Horne, by Lady Horne
Miss Horne, by Lady Horne
Miss Mary Clive, by Lady Harriet Clive
Miss Calthorpe, by Lady Charlotte Calthorpe Gough
Miss Blanche Calthorpe, by Lady Charlotte Calthorpe
Gough
Miss Maria Lister Kaye, by her sister-in-law, Lady Lis-
ter Kaye
Miss Louisa Lister Kaye, by her sister-in-law, Lady
Lister Kaye
Miss Emily Sumner, by the Countess of Egmont.
Miss Adele Scrope (of Denby), by Lady Camoys
Miss Morgan, by her aunt, Lady Morgan
Miss Jane Murray, by her sister, Mrs. Mackenzie
Miss Mackenzie of Kilcoy), by Lady Anno Mackenzie
Miss Henry, by Lady Grey
Miss Murray, by her mother, Lady Murray
Miss H. Boddington, by Lady Vassal Webster
The Dowager Lady Crewe, by Mrs. Shirley
The Lady Katherine Balders, on her return from India,
by Lady Alfred Paget
Miss Selina Burgoyne, by the Duchess of Richmond
Miss Duppa, by Mrs. Savage
Miss Ellen Duppa, by Mrs. Savage
Mrs. Seymour Allen, on her marriage, by Lady Cour-
tenay
Miss Parker, by her mother, Mrs. Hyde Parker
Miss Caroline Parker, by her mother, Mrs. Hyde
Parker
Miss Georgians Colville, by her sister, Virountess
Newry
Miss Bourchier, by her mother, Mrs. Bourchier
Miss Thackeray, by Lady Rodd
Lady Elizabeth Thackeray, by Lady Road
Lady East, by the Lady Leigh
Lady Eden, by Lady Augusta Milbank
Lady Henley, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs.
Peel
Lady Louvaine, on her marriage, by Lady Margaret
Littleton
The Hon. Emily Twistleton, by Lady Emma Vesey
Lady Seale, by the Countess of Morley
The Duchesse de Melfort, by the Duchess of Atholl
Miss Clissold, by her mother, Mrs. Henry Clissold
The Countess of Portarlington, on her marriage, by her
mother, the Marchioness of Londonderry
Miss Mary Pakenham, by the Hon. Lady Pakenham
The Hon. Victoria Susan Talbot, by her mother, Lady
Sarah Ingestre
The lion. Mrs. Bradshaw, on her marriage, by the Mar-
chioness of Douro
The Hon. Sophia O'Grady, by Viscountess Guillamore
The Hon. Emily Twisleton, by Lady Emma Vesey
The Hon. Miss Pennington, by Lady George Quin
Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, by the Duchess of
Atholl
Mrs. Compton Domvill, by Viscountess Canning
Mrs. Connell, by Lady Charlotte Copley
Mrs. Munro, by the Hon. Mrs. Butler Johnston
Lady Hervey Bathurst, by her sister, Lady Brabazon
Lady Harriet Elliot, by Lady John Russell
Lady de Vere, by the Hon. Mrs. James Marshall
Lady Workman Macnaghten, by Lady Byron
Lady Macneill, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Lady Willock, by Mrs. Higford Burr
Mrs. Ward, by Lady Hastings
Mrs. George Thornhill, by the Marchioness of Douro
Mrs. Macneil, by the Countess of Darnley
Mrs. Farmer, by the Countess of Egmont
Mrs. Henry Clissold, by Lady Byron
Mrs. Turnbull, by the Duchess of Richmond
Lady de Tuyll, by the Hon. Mrs. Berkeley Paget
Mrs Tyringham Bernard, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter
Mrs Robert Bellinturn, of New York, by Mrs. Bancroft
Mrs. Mackenzie, by Lady Anne Mackenzie
Mrs. Toup Nicolas, by the Countess Spencer
Mrs. Gerard Gould, by the Lady Augusta Gordon Hal-
lyburton
Mrs. Smith Barry, by Lady Brabazon
Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, by Viscountess Palmerston
Mrs. Wyld, by Lady Grey
Mrs. Russell Skinner, by Mrs. Pringle Taylor
Mrs. Milner, by the Countess Grey
Mrs. Oswin Cresawell, on her marriage, by the Duchess
of Argyle
Mrs. Dottin Maycock, on her marriage, by the Baroness
de Clifford
Mrs. Preston, by the Countess of Charlemont
Mrs. Hyde Parker, by Mrs. Charles Begot
Mrs. Bourchier, by Lady Camoys
Mrs. John Jay, of New York, by Mrs. Bancroft
Mrs. John Hale, on her marriage, by Lady Vassall
Webster

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the
Drawing Room, escorted by a party of the Life Guards.

LADIES' DRESSES.
The following are a few of the principal dresses :
HEIL MAJESTIC wore a dress of black crape, orbs-