The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The Queen held a levee (the second this season) yes-
terday afternoon, in St, James's Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buck-
ingham Palace at two o'clock, escorted by a party of Life
Guards, and were received by the great officers of State.
Before the levee the. Queen gave audience, to Lord
John Russell.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered the Throne
Room attended by the Duchess of Norfolk and the Vis-
countess Canning,`Ladies in Waiting; the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the

Groom of the Stole to the Prince; the Earl of
Morley, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to the Prince; the Comptroller of
the Household; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel Hon.
Charles Grey, Private Secretary to Prince Albert; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel A. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting;
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom iniWaiting
to the Prince; Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshall),
Equerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon.Alexaader
Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; and Messrs.
Gordo❑ and Forbes, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Queen wore a black silk train trimmed with crape,
and a black silk petticoat also trimmed with crape. Her
Majesty wore black ornaments for the head-dress.
His Royal Highness the Dake of Cambridge was
present at the levee, attended by his Equerry in Waiting,
Lord William Paulet.

The diplomatic circle was introduced, when the fol-
lowing presentations to the Queen t)ok place:—
By the Netherlands Minister—Major-General Baron
Nahuys van Burget.
By the Sardinian Minister—Le Comte de Persano,
commandant de la frigate Sarde le Governolo.
By Signor de Amaral—Le Chevalier de Almeida, Por-
tugal Lieutenant de la Marine Imperiale de Brazil.
By Senor de Rivero—M. Fabricio Caceres, attache to

the Peruvian legation.
The diplomatic circle was attended by M. Bartholeyns
de Fosselaert, attache to the Belgian legation; Baron de
Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Baron de Brunnow, Russian
Minister, and M. Gabriel Kamensky, conseiller du
ministere des finances de Russia; General Prince Castel-
cicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, secre-
tary of legation; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister;
Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, and Count Revent-
low Criminil, attach" to the legation; Count Schimmel-
penninck, Netherlands Minister, and Baron Stratenus,
councillor to the legation; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish
and Norwegian Minister;7Mr. Abbott Lawrence, Minister
from the United States of America; Mr. Bancroft Davis,
secretary of legation, Colonel T. B. Lawrence, attach"
to the legation; and Col. Van Allen; Senor Z. Isturitz,
Spanish Minister, and Mr. J. T. Coo l% first secre ry
of legation; the Marquess d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minis
and le Comte Louis Corti, secretary of leggion•' M.
Tricoupi, Greek Minister; Cabouly Effendi, chargi
d'affaires of the Sublime Porte, and Sadik Bey, send
secretary of the embassy; M. de Marascalchi, Freno&
char /e d'affaires; M. do Saux, second secretary of th 7
emsiissy of France, and M. Sampayo, attaché to the
embassy ; Chevalier de Riberio, Portuguese chargé
eiliaffaires; M. J. T. de Amaral, Brazdian charge
' d'affaires; M. Francisco do Rivero, Peru an chargé
d'affaires; and M. Emilio do Althaus, attachelo the le-
gation., Baron Koller, Austrian chargé d'affaires; Vis-
count Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen's principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Lieut.-Colonel the
lion. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.11., her Majesty's Master of
the Ceremonies.

The general circle was attended by the Lord Chancel-
lor, the Lord President, the First Lord cf the Treasury,
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Se-
cretary of State for the Colonies, the Right lion. Sir
Francis Baring, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the
President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of In-
dia, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Captain of the Ho-
nourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. the Captain of
the Yeoman Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick
in Waiting; Lord Monteagle, the Comptroller-General
of the Exchequer; the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons, Sir Edward Disbrowe, his Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
the Netherlands•, the Rev. J.Yane, the Deputy-Clerk of
the Closet in Waiting ; Mr. Tyler, Lieutenant of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Colonel
Wood and Colonel H. Bentinck, Aides-de-Camp to her
Majesty ; Colonel McDouall, 2d Life Guards Silver
Stick; Sir George Hayter, Kt., and K.S.L.,
Principal Painter of History and Portraits in Ordinary
to her Majesty ; Major Harmar, Standard-Bearer of
the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Cap-
tain Curling, Adjutant of the Honourable Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzmaurice,
Adjutant of the Yeoman Guard • Colonel Sir Fre-
derick Smith, Gentleman Usher to ;ha Privy Chamber
in Waiting; Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West
snd Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gentlemen Ushers to
her Majesty in Waiting; Mr. Arthur Blackwood and
Mr. Edward Hobhouse, Gentlemen Ushers to her Ma-
jesty; Captain C. G. Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher to
his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting; Colonel
Chaplin (Coldstream Guards), Field-officer of Brigade
in Waiting; Captain Newdegate (Coldstream Guards),
Adjutant in Brigade Waiting.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen bad the ho-
nour of being presented to her Majesty:—
Commander Hy. Baker, R.N., on :promotion, and re-
turn from foreign service, by Sir Charles Hothlm,
K.C.B