The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-11 00:00:00

The Queen held her first Drawing-room this season yes.
terday afternoon in St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, accompanied by her Royal Highness the
Princess Royal, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two
o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse
Guards, and were received by the officers of State.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was received
by the Vice-Chamberlain.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar
attended the drawing-room. •
Before• the drawing-room, her Majesty, according to
:annual custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hos-
pital, in the Throne-room.
The deputation, which was ushered to the Royal pre-
sence by Sir William Martins (gentleman usher in waiting),
consisted of Mr. Wm. Gilpin, the treasurer ; Capt. Shea.
(FI.C.S.) and Mr. John Claremont Whiteman, two of the
governors of the institution ; accompanied by the Rev.
Wm. Webster, M.A., the mathematical master ; Mr. Wm.
H. Back, the drawing master ; and the forty boys of the
'Royal Mathematical School founded ley King Charles 11.,
and was most graciously received.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., pre-
! silent of the institution, was present in the Throne-room
with her Majesty and the Prince.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw.
ings of the boys, and to express her approbation of their
performances.
After the reception of the deputation her Majesty and
Prince" Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the
Duke of Cambridge, received the diplomatic corps.
In the diplomatic circle the following presentations to
her Majesty took place :
By Madame Van de
.Weyer—Madaane Henry Solvyns,
femme du Consenter de la Ldgation.
By the Countess do Lavradie—Madame Pinto de Several,
wife of the Portuguese Minister at the !Court of Rio de
Janeiro ; Mademoiselle Pinto de iil?.!kghtor. of-Us
ity-Madame de Ca,rvalho—Madame C. Vianna do Lima,
femme du Secre'airo de la Legation di' Brazil ; Madame H.
Vianna de Lima, belle-scour du memo Soeretaire.
By Viscounte,s Palmerston—Mrs. Dallas, wife of the
United States Minister.
By Mrs. Dallas—Miss Dallas and Miss Sophia Dallas,
daughters of the United States Minister ; Miss Nicklin.
By the. Brazilian Minister— Major 1. L.-Stockmeyer,attachtS
to the Legation.
By the United States Minister—Philip N. Dallas, Esq., son
of the Minister, and Secretary to the Legation.
The following preservation took place:—
Mrs. Henry a., Court, by the Hon. Mrs. Raikes Currie.
Miss Aldridge, by Lady Elizabeth S. Dickins.
Mrs. Lyttelton Annesley, by Viscountess Duncan,
Miss Annesley, by her mother, Mrs. Lyttelton Annesley.
Lady Gwendolino Anson, by the Countess Dowager of
Lichfield.
Miss Alice Anson, by the Countess Dowager of Lichfield.
Lady Victoria Ashley, by the Countess of Shaftesbury.
Mrs Dukinfield Astley, by the Countess Dowager of
Darnley.
Hon. Mrs. Lloyd Anstruther, by Lady Caroline Barrington.
Mrs. John kntrobus, on her marriage; by Lady Antrobus.
Lady Frances Baillie, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Welling,ten.
Miss Mary Baillie, by Lady Frances Baillie.
Lady Bentinck, by the Hon. Lady Hawkins Whitshed.
Mrs. Charles Bingham, by Mrs. Leopold Paget.
Mrs. Robert Blanc, by her sister, Lady Codrington.
Mrs. Bolton, by Mrs. Palk.
The Hon. Mrs. Charles Boothby, on her marriage, by the
Countess of Rosebery.
Mrs. G. J. Bosanquet, by the Countess of Cottenham.
Miss Bosanquet, by her mother, Mrs. G. J. Bosanquet.
Lady Buller, on her marriage, by the Lady Macdonald.
Viscountess Bury, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Albemarle.
The Countess of Caithness, by her mother, the Hon. Lady
Philips.
Hon. Edina Campbell, by her mother, the Lady Stratheden
and Campbell.
Mrs. Campbell, of Blythswood, by the Duchess of Argyll.
Miss Campbell, by Mrs. Campbell.
The Hon. Eliza Cavendish, by Lady Waterpark.
Lady Elizabeth Clifford, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Hon. Mary Windsor Clive, by Baroness Windsor.
Miss Frederica Cockerell, by Viscountess Ingestre.
Lady Codrington, by the Hon. Mrs. Grey.
Ml's. Richard D. Craig, by Mrs. John Wood.
Mrs. R. evoker, by her aunt, Mrs. Loftus Bland.
Lady Elizabeth Cust, on her marriage, by Lady Anna
Maria Cust. •
Mrs. Louis d'Eyncourt, on her marriage, by her mother,
Mrs. Ashton Yates.
Miss Deeles, by her mother, -Mrs. Deedes. .
Mrs. Spencer S. Dickens, on her marriage, by Lady Eliza-
beth S. Dickens.
Miss Dickinson, by her mother, Mrs. Dickinson.
Miss Fanny Dickinson, by her mother, Mrs. Dickinson.
Hon. Caroline Dillon, by her mother, Lady Clonbrock.
Mrs. Charles Du Plat, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Ro,ebcry.
Miss Nfary Ellis, by Lady Seaford.
Miss Emily Faithful% by Mrs. Codrington.
Miss Frederica Gambier, by her mother, Mrs. William Gam-
bier,

Miss Selina Gambier, by her mother, Mrs. William Gambier.
Mrs. Charles Goodford, by the' Hoe. Mrs. Hodgson.
Miss Grant, by her mother, the Hou. Mrs. Josceline Wil-
liam Percy.
Mrs. Oswald Grimsten, by the Hon. Lady Phillips.
Miss Adelaide Grimston, by Mrs. °swam urimston.
Lady Hawes, by the Countess Grey.
Lady Holmes, by Lady Woodhouse.
Miss Hope, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs, Hope.
Miss Jervis, by Lady Jervis.
Miss Rosa Lister Kaye, by her mother, Lady Lister Kaye.
Lady Augusta Keppel, by the Countess of Albemarle.
Miss King, by the Hon. Mrs. Lecke King.
Miss Emma Lascelles, by Mrs. Charles Grenfell.
Miss Madeline Shaw Lefevre, by her mother, Mrs. John
Shaw Lefevre.
Mrs. Stewart Forbes Leith, of Whitehaugh, by Mrs. Philip
Crawley.
Miss Adelaide J. Forbes Leith, by her mother, Mrs. Stewart
Forbes Leith, of Whitehaugh.
Miss Lindow, by Lady Charlotte Berkeley.
Mrs. Archibald Little, by Lady Page Wood.
Hon. Miss Jones Lloyd, by her mother Lady Overston,.
Miss MacGregor, by her mother, Lady MacGregor.
Mrs. Martin, by Mrs. Palk.
Miss Georgina Mayne, by her mother, Lady Mayne.
The Lady Mayoress, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Lady M'Donald, by the Countess of Desalt.
Miss M'Donald, by her mother, Lady M'Donald.
Miss Adriana M'Donald, by her mother, Lady M'Donald.
Miss Jemima M'Donald, by her mother, Lady M'Donald.
Miss Macdonald Moreton, by her aunt, Lady Charlotte
Berkeley.
Hon. Mrs. Norbury, by her mother, Dowager Viscountess
Guillamore.
Mrs Savill-Onley, by Lady Harding.
Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Osborn, by the Countess of
Guildford.
Miss Osborn, by Lady C. E. Osborn.
Miss Laura Osborn. by Lady C. E. Osborn,
Mrs. Osborne, by Marchioness Townshend.
Miss Elizabeth Osborne, by her mother, Mrs. Osborne.
Mrs. Cuuliffe Owen, by Countess Granville.
Lady Elizabeth Theresa Pepys, by her mother, the Countess
of Cottenbarn.
Mrs. Robert Phillhnore, by Lady Charlotte Denison.
Lady Charlotte Portal, on her marriage, by Mrs. Portal.
Mrs. Robert Portal, on her marriage, by Mrs. Portal.
Hon. Mrs. Portman, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Sheffield.
Lady Caroline Pratt, by her aunt, Mrs. Jermyn Pratt.
Mrs Home Purves, by Lady Hume Campbell.
Lady Reynolds, by Lady Charlotte Berkeley.
Miss Georgina Riley, by Lady Emily Seymour.
Miss Robertson, by her grandmother, Hon. Mrs. J. Elliot.
Mrs. Under-Sheriff Rose, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Miss de Rothschild, by her mother.
Lady Rowe, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Hamil-
ton Story.
Miss Arethusa Rowley, by her, mother, lion. Mrs. Rowley.
Miss Ryerson, of Canada, by the Countess Grey.
Mr. Frederick Sayer, by the Hon. Mrs. Phipps.
Miss Sayer, by her mother, Mrs. Sayer.
Mrs Leo Schuster, by Mrs. Milner Gibson.
Mrs. Francis Scully, on her. marriage, by Lady Shell.
Mrs. Pockington-Seuhouse, by the Hon. Mrs. J. Elliot,
Miss Pocklington-Senhouse, by her ',mother, Mrs. Pockling-
ton-Senhouse.
Miss Blanche Pocklington-Senhouse, by her mother, Mrs.
Pocklington-Senhouse.
Lady Shiel, ou her husband being made a K.C.B , by Lady
Palmerston.
Miss Katherine Shepherd, by her mother, Mrs. John Shep-
herd,
Miss Smyth, by the Hon. Mrs. Smyth.
Lady Anne Sherson, by her mother, the Marchioness
Townshend.
Lady Edith Somerset, by the Duchess Dowager of Beau-
fort.
Miss Isabella Stephenson, by Lady Mary Stephenson.
Mrs. Fox Strangways, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Miss Donuithorne Taylor, by the Hon. Mrs. Bradshaw.
Miss Maria Donnithorne Taylor, by the Hon. Mrs. Brad-
shaw. -
The Marchioness Tewnshend, by the Countess of Albemarle.
Lady Elizabeth Townshend, by the Marchioness Towns.
heed.
(igVe'ebrsiehLealasy, by her mother, Mrs. Verschoyle.
MissLa d y
CatharineTroub i
Miss Jane Maria Vibart, by Lady Elizabeth Osborn.
Lady Waller, on return from abroad, by the Duchess of
Wellington.
Mrs. Edward Wardo, by Emily Duchess of Beaufort.
The Hon. Catharine Leicester Warren, by her mother,
Lady de Tabley.
Mrs. Thomas M. Weguelin, by the Marchioness Townshend.
Baroness Windsor, on the termination of the abeyance of
the Barony of Windsor, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Lady Agneta Yorko, by her mother, the Countess of Hard.
wicke.

LADIES' DRESSES.
lIEB. MAJESTY.

A train of red poplin, with a running pattern of gold,
trimmed with gold blonde ; petticoat of white satin, trimmed
with gold blonde to correspond. Head-dress, opals and dia-
monds.

PRINTESS ROYAL.

A dress of rich white glace silk, with three skirts of white
tulle, looped up with bunches of corn flowers and white satin
ribbon ; body trimmed with a wreath of corn flowers, ribbon,
and blonde ; train of rich white moire antique, trimmed with
bouillonnes of tulle and corn flowers. Head-dress, wreath of
corn flowers, feathers, and lappets.