The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-BOOM,

The Queen held a Drawing-room in St. James's
Palace yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty and his Ro) al
Highness the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham
Palace at 10 minutes past 2 ►'clock, escorted by a party
of the Royal Horse Guards.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxo Weimar
were received and were conducted to the Queen by the
Vice-Chamberlain.

Her Alf,j,sty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of Gen-
tlemen at Arms was on duty in the State Saloons under
the command of the Lieutenant. The Sub-Officers,
Lieutenant-Colonels Nevill and Cooke, were on duty
with the corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were commanded by Cap-
tain Parker Rickford, the Eon in Waiting.
A guard of honour of the Royal Horse Guards mounted
guar.l at the Palace. The band of the regiment wore
their State uniforms. _ _

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Duke of
Cambridge, entered the Throne-room, attended by :he
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the
whole of the Royal Household.
The Queen wore a train of crimson silk, brocaded
with a runnina pattern of crimson and silver bouquets,
trimmed with crimson satin, silver blonde, and bows of
crimson satin ribband. The petticoat was white satin,
trimmed with white blonde and silver ribband.

Her Majesty wore a diadem of opals and diamonds.
Thu Knights of the Garter, the Thistle, St. Patrick,
and the Knights Grand Cross of the Bath appeared in
the collars of their respective orders.
The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro-
duced, when the following presentations to the Queen
took place in the diplomatic circle :
By the French Ambassador.—M. le Baron Malaret,
Priemier Secretaire de l'Ambassade.
By the Sicilian Minister.—Le Chevalier des Does de
Regina, Envoys Extraordinaire prds la Cour de Ruesie
de S. M.S.
By the Prussian Minister.—Le Comte de Pourtalis.
By the Brazilian Minister.--Lieutenant Leitao da
Cunha, Imperial Brazilian Navy.
By the United States Minister.—Mr. F. L. Campbell,
a gentleman of Texas ; Mr. Buchanan Henry, a gentle-
man of Pennsylvania.
The general circle was attended by the Earl of Har•
rowby, Viscount Palmerston, the Secretary of State of
the Home Department, the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis,
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right. Hon. R.
Vernon Smith, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Stan-
ley of A lilerley. Lord Foley, the Captain of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Viscount Sydney, Captain
of her Majesty's Yenthen of the Guard ; Field Marshal
Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Earl of
Be.,sb.irough ; Master of the Buckhounds ; the Bishop
of Oxford, Lord High Aimoner ; Lieut.-Colonel Top-
ham, the Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms.

Toe following presentations took place, the names
having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's
office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval :
Mrs. Allen, by Lady Rashleigh.
Lady Elizabeth Arthur, on her marriage, by Lady
Delamere.
Mrs. Ashton, on her marriage, by Lady Theresa Lewis.
Lady Barret, by Lady Dover.
Lady Bandy, by Lady Mary Labonchere.
Miss Bernal, by Mrs. Mary Osborne.
Miss Best, by Lady Wake Walker.
Mi-s Margaret Best, by Lady Wake Walker.
Miss Isabela Best, by Lady Wake Walker.
Miss John Biddulph, by Mrs. Wm. Goodenough Hayter.
Miss Bligh, by the Countess of Darnley.
Mrs. J. W. Bond, on her marriage, by Lady Augusta
Seymour.
Mrs. Brabazon, by Lady Elizabeth Jane Wathen.
Miss Brabazon, by her mother, Mrs. Brabazon.
Miss Bradford, by the Countess of Carnwath.
Mrs. Emily Broadhead, by Lady Dashwood.
Ledy Rachel Butler, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Wellington.
The Countess of Carnwath, by Viscountess Monck.
Lady Carbery, on her marriage, by Lady Denman.
Mrs. Fred. Chapman, by Lady Anna Gore Langton.
Hon. Mrs. Cress ell, by her mother, Lady Calthorpe.
Viscountess Curzon, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Mrs. Robert Cust, on her marriage, by the Hon. Lady
Oust.
Lady Delamere, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Lady Annette de Trafferd, on her marriage, by the
Countess of Harrington.
Lady Digby, by the Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe.
Miss Dod, by the Marchioness of Headfort.
Miss Emily Dod, by the Marchioness of Headfort.
Lady Elizabeth Douglas, by Lady Greenock.
Mrs. Charles Dundas, on her marriage, by her mother,
Lady Knatchbull.
Miss Dundee, by her aunt, the Hon. Mrs. Ramsden.
Lady, Denman, on succeeding to her title, by the Dow-
ager Viscountess Ashbrook.
Mrs. Valentine D.. H. Cary Elwes, on her marriage,
Lady Charlotte Copley.
Lady England, by Lady Mary Wood.
Mrs. Nugent Everard, by the Duchess of Atholl.
Miss Everard, by Mrs. Jones, of Pautglas.
Mrs. Fairholme, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Lady Augusta Fiennes, on her marriage, by the Coun-
tess of Darnley.
Lady Louisa Finch, by her sister, Lady Calthorpe.
Miss Charlotte Finch, by her mother, Lady Louisa
Finch.
Lady Camilla Fortescue, by Lady Catherine Allen.
Mrs. Henry H. Gibbs, by her aunt, the Hon. Mrs.
Maunsell.
Baroness Grisewald, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Lady Gomm, on her return from India, by the Duchess
of Argyll.
Mrs. Gordon, by the Hon. Mrs. Alexander Gordon.
Mrs. Grant, née Baronne de Wegner, by the Duchess of
Sutherland.
Miss Emily Graham, by the Duchess cf Marlborough.
Miss Griffiths, by Mrs. Musgrave.
Mrs. Darby Griffith, on her marriage, by Lady John
Somerset.
Mrs. John Henry Gurney, by the Hon. Mrs. Cresswell.
Mrs. Alfred Hamilton, by the Dachess of Hamilton.
The Hon. Louisa Bateman Hanbury, by her mother,
Dowager Lady Bateman.
Viscountess Harburton, by Lady Waterpark
Lady Leyieia Hardinge, on her marriage, by Viscoun-
tess Hardinge
Miss Hayes, by Lady Hayes
Miss Hayne, by Lady (Belford) Wilson
Lady Emily Hesketh, by the Countess of Beauchamp
Miss He.iketh, by Lady Emily Hesketh
Mrs. Alfred Htryshe, by Lady Gomm
Miss Clara Jekyll, by Lady Dalrymple
Miss Elizabeth Jekyll, by Lady Dalrymple
Mrs. Jervois, by her sister, Mrs. Laffan
Mrs Kendall, by her sister, Lady Rashleigh
Mrs. Edward Kienersly, by the Duchess of Sutherland
Mrs. Larking, by Lady Marian Alford
Miss Larking, by her mother, Mrs. Larking
Hon. Mrs. Macdonald, on her marriage, by the Countess
of M it-Edgecumbe
Mrs. Edmund Marriott, on her marriage, by Lady Pollen
Mrs. Georgina Markham, by her sister, Mrs. Rhd. Quin.
Mrs. Frederick Maude, by the Marchioness of Ely
Miss Bonnor Maurice, by her mother, Mrs. B. Maurice
Miss Constable Maxwell. by her mother, Mrs. C. Maxwell
Mrs. John Meiklam (of Dunloch), by Viscountess Monck
Miss Meiklam, by her mother, Mrs. John Meiklam
Lady Milner, by Selina Viscountess Milton
Mrs. John Morison, by Mrs. Colonel Faddy
Mrs. Montrosor, by the Countess of Guildford
Miss Morgan, by Lady Morgan
Miss Katharine Nicholl, by the Countess of Mount-
Edgcumbe
Miss Palliser, by her sister, Mrs. Fairholme
Lady Paxton, by the Duchess of Sutherland
Miss Paxton, by Lady Paxton
Hon. Esther Pomeroy, by her mother, Viscountess Har-

berton
Lady Isabella Proby, by the Duchess of Atholl
Lady Theodosia Proby, by the Duchess of Atholl
Miss Pryce, by her sister, Mrs. Kay
Miss Clara Pusey, by Viscountess Somerton
Madame de Almeida Portu,,aal by the Countess of Claren-
don
Mrs. Pavey, by Mrs. George Smith
Miss Fanny Pavey, by her mother, Mrs. Pavey
Miss Rennington, by her mother, Mrs. George Ramsden
(of Holme Island)
Mrs. George Rennie, on her return from the Falkland
Islands, by the Marchioness of Ely
Mrs. Charles Spring Rico, on her marriage, by Lady
Monteagle
Miss Stewart Richardson, by„TAady Stewart Richardson
Miss Elizabeth J. Richardson, by Lady Stewart Rich-
ardson
Mrs. George Rowley, by Lady Delamere
. Mrs. Stuart Keath Rea, by Mrs. George Smith
Mrs. Duncombe Shafto, by Countess Vane
Mrs. Robert Smart, by Lady Wake Walker
Mrs. Aubrey Spencer, by Lady Churchill
Viscountess Somerton, by Lady Dover
The Hon. Mrs. Francis Stonor, on her marriage, by
Lady Camoys
Miss Emma Sykes, by Lady Sykes
Miss Laura Tempest, by Lady Anette de Trafford
Miss Tower, by her mother, Lady Sophia Tower
Mrs. Towgood, by Mrs. Henry Addington
Lady Harry Vane, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Atholl
Hon. Lady Vavasour, on her marriage, by Lady Anna
Gore Langton.
Lady Wensleydale, by the Duchess of Sutherland
Lady Isabella Whitbread, on her marriage, by the
Countess of Darnley
Mrs. Whitgreave, by Lady Callhorpe
Mrs. Whitby, on her marriage, by Lady Calthorpe
Hon. Mrs. Rowland Winn. by Viscountess Forbes
Mrs. Wollaston-Sheuton, by the Countess Dowager of
Glasgow.
Mrs. Wright, by her mother, the Countess of Bradford.

THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—MEETING IN HERT-
FORD.—OnThursday evening a meeting, convened by
the mayor, was held at the town ball, for the purpose
of expressing sympathy with the sufferers by the recent
inundations in France, and raising subscriptions in aid
of the fund for their assistance, The may—or (B.
Young, Esq.), presided, and the meeting was ad-
oresged by Mr. Crawley, Mr. Pollard, Mr. Gripper,
Mr. Haggai-, Mr. Austen, and other influential inha-
bitants. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.—On TimisdaY a no-
werously attended meeting of merchants, coalownere,
and others, was convened by requisition to the
Mayor, in the Council Chamber, to consider the steps
to be taken for raising a subscription in the town on
beialf of the unfortur ate sufferers by the recent exten
RIVO inundations in France. The French and Spani*h
Consu and varous resident Frenchmen and foreigners,
were present. The Mayor having briefly opened the
meeting, a letter was read from the chairman of the com-
mittee of the moal trade of Northumberland and Durham,
stating that that body had voted the sum of 5001, in aid
of the sufferers. Resolutions for raising a subscription
6aving been unanimously alopted, a committee of gen-
tlemen was appointed to csrry out the objects of the
meeting. The subscription list haying been handed
round the room, about 2001. was collected, which with
t::e 500/. subscribed hy ti.e coal trade, and small i•unis
f•o•evionsly kiathered on the , make:, a total of about
7.:ol.—.Newcastle Chronicle