The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING
ROOM.

The Queen bald a Drawing Room yesterday afternoon in
St. James's Palace.

It was the first public reception for ladies this season, and
was brilliantly and numerously attended.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham
Palace shortly after two o'clock, attended by the ladies and
gentlemen of the Royal suite.
Before the Drawing Room her Majesty, according to an-
nual custom; received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in
the Throne Room.

The deputation, which was ushered to the Royal presence
by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, con-
sisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President; Mr.
William Gilpin, the Treasurer; Mr. James Bentley and Mr.
John Alexander Hankey, two of the governors of the Insti-
tution; accompanied by the Rev. William Webster, M.A.,
the mathematical master; Mr. William H. Back, the draw-
ing master; and the 40 boys of the Royal Mathematical
School founded by King Charles 11., and was most gra-
ciously received.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw-
ings, and was pleased to express her high admiration and
approbation of the drawings of the boys, and especially of
those representing the ships' harbour and fortifications cf
Portsmouth.
Tier Majesty's Hon. Corps of dentlemen-at-Arms was on
duty in the state saloons.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Palace as
usual, under the command of Captain Bellairs, the Exon in
waiting.
The Queen wore a white Gros de Naples train, trimmed
with white crape and white bugles, and ornamented with
diamonds. The petticoat was of white Gros de Naples;
trimmed with white crape and white bugles.
Her Majesty's head-dress was composed of white feathers
and diamonds.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended by the
Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Countese
of Desart, the Marchioness of Douro, and the Viscountese
Canning, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Amelia Murray;
Hon. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Eleanor Stan.
ley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Hon. Miss Seymour,
Maids of Honour; the Viscountess Forbes, Lady Caroline
Barrington, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady Charlotte
Copley, Bedchamber Women ; the Lord Steward, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince,
the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretary to the Prince • Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting;i
Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; Colonel
Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon.
Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; and
Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Diplomatic Circe was introduced, when the following
presentations to the Queen took place :
By the Viscountess Palmerston Madame Bartholeyns de
Fosselaert, Baroness de Hunoldstein.
By the Swedish and Norwegian Minister—the Baron
Charles de Geer, Secretary of the Swedish and Norwegian
Legation.
By the Minister of the United States—Lieutenant Cald-
well, of the United States' frigate the St. Lawrence.
By the Sardinian Minister—Baron Tholozano, Commander
of the Sardinian frigate Governolo ; Le Marquis Oldoini,
Secretary of the Sardinian Legation.
By the Austrian Charge d'Affaires—Mr. Buachek, Chair-
man of the Austrian Committee for the Great Exhibition.
By the French Charge d'Affaires—Monsieur Sallandrouze
de Lamornaix, Commissaire General du Gouvernement Fran.
cais, Ancien Member de la Chambre des Deptv
The diplomatic circle was attended by M. Van de Weyei,
Belgian Minister; M. Bartholeyns de Fosselaert, Attache to
the Legation; and Baron Mertens d'Ostin, member of the
Agricultural Jury at the Universal Exhibition; Baron de
Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Mi.
nister, and Baroness de Brunnow, and Count Wielhorski, At-
tache to the Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapoli-
tan Minister, and M. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Cheva-
lier Bunsen, Minister, and Madame Bunsen; Count
de Reventlow, Danish Minister, Count de Moltke, Secretary,
and Count Reventlow, Criminil Attache to the Legation;;
Baron de Rehausen, Swedish sand Norwegian Minister; Mr.
Abbot Lawrence, Minister of the United States of America,
and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Bancroft Davis, Secretary, and Col.
T. B. Lawrence, Attache to the Legation; Senor Isturiz,
Spanish Minister, Mr. J. T. Comyn, First Secretary, Le
Chevalier Diaz, Second' Secretary, and Mr. J. L. de UrbiX-
tondo, Attache to the Legation ; the Marquis d'Azeglid,
Sardinian Minister, and le Comte Louis Corti, Secretary f
Legation ; Le Baron de Koller, Charge d'Affairs of Austri4,
M. Francois Uchatius, Captain of (Austria) Artillery, and
Le Baron de Scholl, Captain in the Austrian service ; Mona.
de Mareacalchi, Charge d'Affairs of France, M. de Saux,
Second Secretary of the Embassy, and M. Sampayo, Attache
to the Embassy ; Cabouly Effendi, Charge d'Affaires of thb
Ottoman Porte, Sadik Bey, Second Secretary, and Dilaver
Effendi, Attache to the Embassy; Le General Mendoza,
Chargé d'Affaires of Mexico; Baron Stratenus, Charge
d'Affaires of the Netherlands; Baron de Tuyll and M. de
Steenberghe, Officers d'Ordonnance to his Majesty the King
of the Netherlands ; the Chevalier de Ribeiro, Charge
d'Affaires of Portugal; M. Francisco de Rivero, Charge
d'Affaires of Peru; M. Emilio de Althaus and M. Fabricia
Caceres, Attaches to the Mission ; M. J. T. de Amaral,
Charge d'Affairs of Brazil ; Le Comte Possenti. M. Schmiever,
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs •' the Viscountess Palmer-
ston, and Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust,.K.C.Ha her
Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at-
tended the Drawing Room.
The following ladies had the honour of being presented to
the Queen :
Miss Agnes Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. Du Pre Alex-
ander.

Miss Arthur and Miss Frances Arthur, by Lady Frederic
Smith. _ _ .

Mrs. George Cavendish Bentinck, by her mother-in-la*,
Lady Frederick Bentinck.
Mrs. H. Wollaston Blake, on her marriage, by her aunt,
Lady Mary Wood.
Lady Emma Bligh, by her mother, the Dowager Countess of
Darnley.
Hon. Louisa Boyle, by her mother, Viscountess Dungarvan.'
Lady Francis Bruce, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce.
Mrs. Andras Buchanan, on her return from St. Peteraburgb,
by the Marchioness of Clanricarde.
Miss Buckley, by Lady Catherine Buckley.
Mrs. Hugh Mills Bunbury, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Miss Bunbury, by her mother, Mrs. H. M. Bunbury.
Miss Zee Burten, by her mother, Mrs. Burton.
Miss Barrington, by her mother, Caroline Barrington.
Miss Calcraft, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Steele.
Mrs. (Sheriff) Carden, by the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley.
Miss Carden, by her mother, Mrs. Carden.
Mrs. Carr, by the Hon. Mrs. Annesley.
Miss Carr, by her mother, Mrs. Carr.
Miss Jane Cathcart and Miss Mary Cathcart, by Lady Geor.
gina Cathcart.
Miss Chester, by her sister, Lady Alfred Hervey.
Mrs. Clarke, by Lady Lyndhurst. '
Mrs. Cobham, by Mrs. Pigot.
Miss Elizabeth Cockburn, by Lady Hamilton.
Mrs. Henry Codrington, by Mrs. William Codrington.
Miss Cornewall, by her mother, Mrs. Cornewall.
Ho-.. Mrs. Cradock, on her change of name, by Lady John
Russell.
Lady Gibson Craig, by her mother, Mrs. J. H. Vivian.
Lady Cranworth, by Lady Vernon.
Mrs. Crawley, by the Dowager Marchioness of Downehire.

Miss Crawley, by her mother, Mrs. Crawley.
Mrs. Philip Crawley, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Crawley.
Miss Marianne Croft, by her mother, Lady Croft:
Miss Currie. by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Raikes Currie.
The Hon. Mrs. Cuthbert, by Lady Emily Ponsonby.
Miss Emily Dawson, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Dawson.
The Hon. Mrs. Dawson, on her marriage, by Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
Lady Margaret de Burgh, by her mother, the Marchioness of
Clanricarde.
Lady Duckworth, on her marriage, by Lady Yarde Buller.
Mrs. Norwich Duff, by the Countess of Camperdown.
Miss Dutton, by her aunt, the Countess of Ducie.
Hon. Mrs. Ralph Dutton, on her marriage, by the Countess
of Ducie.
Mrs. Frederick Drummond, on her marriage, by Mrs. John
Drummond.
Mrs. Edward Eastwick, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Miss Eden, by Lady Byron.
Hon. Charlotte Ellis, by Lady Howard de Walden.
Mrs. Farquhar, on her marriage, by Lady Emily Dundas.
Lady Feilden, by Lady Theresa Lewis.
Miss Filder, by Lady Trevelyan.
Miss Filmer, by Lady Filmer.
Hon. Mrs. Fitzgerald Foley, on her marriage, by Lady
Foley.
Miss Fitzpatrick, by Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
Miss Fitzroy, by her mother, Mrs. Henry Fitzroy.
Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, by Lady Colborne.
Miss Amy Fitzroy, by Lady Elizabeth Smyth.
Miss Constance Fraser, by her mother, Mrs. Fraser.
Lady Glamis, by the Countess of Verulam.
Lady Adele Goff, on her marriage, by Viscountess Canning.
Miss Goodlake, by Mrs. Goodlake.
Mrs. William Ormsby Gore, on her marriage, by Mrs.
Ormsby Gore.
Mrs. John Bloomfield Gough, on her marriage, by Viscoun-
tess Hardinge.
Mrs. Colonel Griffith, on ha marriage, by Lady Elizabeth
- Wathen.
Miss Amy Gurdon, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon.
Lady t'lizabeth Hervey, by Lady Alfred Hervey.
Mrs. Harding, by Mrs. Bernal.
Miss Harrison, by her aunt, the Dowager Lady Abinger.
Mrs. Villiers Hatton, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady
de Bathe.
Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Hawkins, and Miss Madeline Hawkins,
by the Countess of Besborough.
Miss Hayter, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter.
Lady Julia Hay, by her sister, the Marchioness of Douro.
Mrs. Hinds, by Lady Talbot de Malahide.
Miss Eleanor Hinds, by her mother, Mrs. Hinds.
Miss Hinds, by her mother, Mrs. Hinds.
:firs. Henry Hitchins, by Lady Doveton.
Miss Maria Hobart, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hobart.
Hon. Sophia Hobhouse, by the Marchioness of Douro.
Miss Charlotte Hobhouse, by Lady Marcus Hill.
Ales. (Sheriff) Hodgkinson, by Lady Grey.
Miss Horner, by her sister, Lady Lyell.
Mrs. Hughes, by Lady Talbot de Malahide.
Miss Adelaide E. Hughes, by her mother, Mrs. Hughes.
Ai iss Mary C. Hunter, by Viscountess Glentworh.
Miss Pauline Irby, by her sister, Mrs. Lewis Loyd.
Miss Jebb, by Lady Grey.
Mrs. Vincent Kennett. by Viscountess Glentworth.
Hiss Kerrison, by her sister, Viscountess Mahon.
Lady Caroline King, on her marriage, by Lady Elizabeth

Dawson. V
Mrs. Siegerich Kreeft, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Miss Latham, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter.
Mrs. Henry Law, by Lady Grey.
Miss Lodwick, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Mrs. Lodwick, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Mrs. Lancaster Lucas, by Lady Byron.
Lady Francis Lyon, by her mother, Lady Glamis,
Mrs. M'Grigor, upon her marriage, by Lady M'Grigor.
Lady Mackenzie, of Avoch, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles

Bruce.
Miss Mackenzie, by Lady Mackenzie, of Avoch.
Miss K. Alice Marshall, by her aunt, Mrs. Whewell.
Lady Matheson, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
The Lady Mayoress, by Lady John Russell.
Lady Milbanke, on return from Munich, by Viscountess Pal-

merston.
Lady St. John Mildmay, on her marriage, by her mother,
Mrs. Shaw Lefevre.
Miss Agnes Mills, by her mother, Mrs. Charles Mills.
Mrs. Alexander Millie, by Lady Hume Campbell.
Lady Moreton, by her mother-in-law, the Countess of Dude.
Lady Georgina Moreton, by her mother, the Countess of
Ducie.
Mrs. Pack, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law, Lady
Elizabeth Reynell.
Miss Adelaide Pechell, by her mother, Hon. Lady Brooke

Pechell.
Miss Pepys, by her mother, Mrs. Pepys.
Miss Eleanor Perceval and Miss Maria Perceval, by their
mother, Mrs. Spencer Perceval.
Hon. Mrs. William Josceline Percy, by Viscountess Canning.
Miss Alice Percy, by Hon. Mrs. Josceline William Percy.
Mrs. Phibbs, by the Dowager Countess of Norbury.
Mrs. F. Parr Phillips, by her mother, Lady M‘Grigor.
Mrs. Pilkington, by Lady John Russell.
Miss Pilkington, by Lady John Russell.
Mrs. James Chicheley Plowden, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Miss Pywell, by Mrs. George St. John.
Miss Isabella Ramsden, by her mothit the Hon. Mrs. Henry
Ramsden.
Mrs. Charles Rundolph, on her ma-rriage, by the Marchioness

of Douro.
Mrs. Edward Birch Reynardson, on her marriage, by her mo-
ther, Mrs. Vere Fane.
Miss Ricardo, by her sister, Mrs. John Bastard.
Mrs. Herbert H. h ice, by Lady Napier.
Lady Rodney, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady
Rodney.
Miss St. John, by her mother, Lady Isabella St. John.
Mrs. Henry Sandham, by Mrs. Bernal.
Miss Constance Saunderson, by her mother, Lady Maria

Saunderson.
Lady Scott, by Lady Byron.
Lady Stanley, of Alderley, on coming to her title, by the

Countess of Sheffield.
Hon. Maude Stanley, by her mother, Lady Stanley, of Al-

•
derley.
The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn, by Lady Glamis.
Miss Adelaide Stringer, by Lady Elizabeth Wathen.
Miss Throckmorton, by the Countess Granville.
Mrs. Thomas Twining, by Lady Clay.
Mrs. Townsend, by Lady Dalrymple.
Viscountess Torrington, on return from abroad, by Lady
John Russell.
Miss Vincent, by Lady Arabella Baring.
Mrs. Warner, by Lady Charles Russell.
Lady Catherine Weyland, on her marriage, by the Countess
of Verulam.
Miss Wickham, by her mother, Mrs. Wickham.
Mrs. Williamson, by Lady Talbot de INlalahide.
bliss Wilson and Miss Julia Wilson, by their mother, Mrs.
James Wilson.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal
Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing"
room.

The Greek Minister and Madame Trieonpi were prevented
by indisposition from attending her Majesty's Drawing-room
yesterday.

LADIES' DRESSES.
The following are a few of the principal dresses 7-
HE R MAJESTY.
A white gross de Naples train, trimmed with white crape
and white bugles, and ornamented with diamonds; pet-
ticoat of white grog de Naples, trimmed with white crape
and white bugles. Headdress, white feathers and diamondi3.
DUCHESS OF NORFOLK.

Train of white glace, covered and trimmed with crape;
white crape skirt, over glace, trimmed with gauze ribbon.
Head-dress, feathers and crape lappets; ornaments, dia-
monds.

MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE.
Train of white terry velvet, lined with pink glace, and
trimmed with ruches of pink and white ; dress of rich pink
and white brocade, with double skirt. Head-dress, feathers
and blonde lappets.

COUNTESS OF VERULAM.
Train of blue corded silk, trimmed with Brussels lace ; pet-
ticoat of tulle, over glace, trimmed with bouquets of blus4
oleanders. Headdress, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments,
diamonds.
MRS. WYLD.
Court costume, composed of a train and corsage of rich
blue moire antique, handsomely trimmed with Honiton point
and silver ; skirt and tunic of tulle, over white satin, trimmed
with silver and blue convolvuluses. Head-dress, Honiton
lappets, plume, wreath of convolvuluses, and white roses;
naments, pearls and diamonds.
MRS. COLONEL. HARDING.
Skirts of rich lilac and white broche silk, trimmed en' tab-
liere with deep flounces of magnificent blonde, louped with
nceuds of lilac satin ribbon ; train of rich lilac and white
damask silk, trimmed round with ruches of lilac ribbon;
body of silk to correspond, richly trimmed with blonde, and
blonde ruffles. Head-dress, ostrich plume, blonde lappets,
and lilac flowers.
MRS. HAWKINS.
Superb train of blue Genoa terry velvet, richly trimmed
with silver lace, and violet pansies. Corsage trimmed to
correspond. White broche petticoat with magnificent point
d'Alencon flounces. Head-dress, silver lace lappets, feathers,
pearls, and diamonds.

MISS HAWKINS.
White tulle dress over rich glace; tastefully trimmed with
ribbon and pink verbena; train of white velour d'Eccosse,
beautifully trimmed with tulle and pink verbena; corsagie
trimmed to correspond. Head-dress, point d'Alencon, lap-
pets, and feathers.
MISS MADELINE HAWKINS.
White tulle dress over rich glace, tastefully trimmed with
ribbon and pink verbena; train of white velour d'Eccosse,
beautifully trimmed with tulle and pink verbena; corsage
trimmed to correspond. Head-dress, point co
lap-
pets and feathers.
MISS' BLANCHE AINSWORTH.
A court costume ; the train of white poult de soie, trimmed
with white satin fringed ribbon and ruches of tulle; the
petticoat, two skirts:ot white tarlatan trimmed with white
satin ribbon over white glace slip; corsage Louis XV., with
bouquets of fieurs de champs. Head-dress, a court plume
and lappets.
MISS HUDSON.
Train of white glace, trimmed with gauze ribbon ; white
tulle petticoats over glace, festooned with bouquets of varie-
gated roses. Pearl ornaments.
MISS GRAHAM.
Train of white glace, trimmed with tulle and bows of
ABEL GRAHAM.
satin ribbon; petticoats of white tulle over glace, festooned
with wreaths of red roses. Head-dress, feathers, and blonde
Tappets; pearl ornmarsesntms.
The same.

RE-ELECTION OF THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.—The
election of a member for the city of Oxford took place yes-
terday,
siu
ee ,
when Mr. Page Wood, whose nomination to the
o
of Solicitor-General vacated his seat, was re-elected
as representative of the constituency without opposition. He
rc)
was proposed by Mr. Alderman Godfrey, and the nomina-
tion was seconded by Mr. H. Hoskins. The Solicitor-Gene-
ral having addressed the very large meeting assembled in the
Town-hall, and explained his political views, and proposed
a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was carried unani-
mously, went through the ceremony of being chaired, and
the city was restored to its wonted tranquillity.
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On Thursday last, the 27th March, the wife of
William Hesketh, a poor man, a gunmaker, living at 3, Ru-
pert-street, .Alie-street, Whitechapel, was safely delivered of
three fine daughters—who, with the mother, are doing quite
well