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

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING
ROOM.

The Queen held 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 of
Portsmouth.

Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-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 Countess
of Desart, the Marchioness of Douro, and the Viscountess
Canning, Ladies of the Bedchamber; lion. Amelia Murray,
lion. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Matilda Paget, lion. Eleanor Stan-
ley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Hon. Miss Seymour,
Maids of Honour; the Viscountess Forbes, Lady Caroline
B crrington, lion. 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 lion. 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 Vaiting ;
Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; Colonel
Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel lion.
Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; and
Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Diplomatic Circle was introduced, when the following
presentations to the Queen took place :
By the Viscountess Palmerston —Madame Bartholeyns de
Fosselaert: Baroness de Hunoldstein.

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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. Buschek, Chair-
man of the Austrian Committee for the Great Exhibition.
By the French Charg6 d'Affaires—Monaieur Sallandrouze
de Lamornaix, Commissaire G6n6ral du Gouvernement Fran-
cais, Ancien Member de la Chambre des Deptv es.
The diplomatic circle was attended by M. Van de Weyer,
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-
taché to the Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapoli-
tan Minister, and M. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Cheva-
lier Bunsen, l'russian 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, Attaché to the Legation ; Senor Isturiz,
Spanish Minister, Mr. J. T. Comyn, First Secretary, Le
Chevalier Diaz, Second Secretary, and Mr. J. L. de Urbiz-
tondo, Attaché to the Legation ; the Marquis d'Azeglio,
Sardinian Minister, and le Comte Louis Corti, Secretary of
Legation ; Le Baron de Koller, Chargé d'Affairs of Austria,
M. Francois Uchatius, Captain of (Austria) Artillery, .and
Le Baron de Scholl, Captain in the Austrian service; Mons.
de Marescalehi, Charge d'Affairs of France, M. de Saux,
Second Secretary of the Embassy, and M. Sampayo, Attaché
to the Embassy; Cabouly Effendi, Chargé d'Affaires of the
Ottoman Porte Sadik Bey, Second Secretary, and Dilaver
Effendi, Attache to the Embassy; Le General Mendoza,
Chargé d'Affaires of Mexico; Baron Strateuus, Chargé
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 do hibeiro, Chargé
d'Affaires of Portugal; M. Francisco de Rivero, Chargé
d'Affaires of Peru; M. Emilio de Althaus and M. Fabricio
Caceres, Attaches to the Mission; M. J. T. de Amaral,
Chargé d'Affairs of Brazil • Le Comte Possenti. M. Schm lever,
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 Cuat, K.C.H., 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-law,
Lady Frederick Bentinck.
Mrs. 11. 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. Petersburgb,
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 Burton, by her mother, Mrs. Burton.
Miss Barrington, by her mother, Lady Caroline Barrington.
Miss Calcraft, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Steele.
Mrs. (Sheriff) Carden, by the !lon. 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 llamilton.
Mrs. Henry Codrington, by Mrs. William Codrington.
Miss Cornewall, by her mother, Mrs. Cornewall.
Hor. Mrs. Cradock, on her change of name, by Lady John
Russell.

Lady Gibson Craig, by her mother, Mrs. J. 11. Vivian.
Lady Cranworth, by Lady Vernon.
Mrs. Crawley, by the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire.