The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

lIER MAT,

TB BALL.

Her Majesty the Queen gave last evening a State Ball, to
which a party of 1,811 were invited.

The company began to arrive at Buckingham Palace
soon after 9 o'clock.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary arrived at 20 minutes beforelo o'clock, at-
tended by Lady G. Somerset and Colonel Home Purves.
The Duke of Cambridge was attended by his Equerry in
Waiting.

Tho Queen and Prince Consort were conducted to the
ball and concert room by Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamber-
lain, the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward, and other
principal officers of the Royal Household.

The Queen wore a dress of white crape over white silk,
two flounces, the upper one looped up with bouquets of
white lilacs and chrysanthemums ornamented with dia-
monds.

Her Majesty's headdress was formed of a wreath of white
lilacs and chrysanthemums ornamented with diamonds.
The Princess Alice wore a white crape dress over rich
glace silk, trimmed with bugles and white roses.
Her Royal Highness wore a wreath of white roses to
correspond.

The Duchess of Cambridge wore a black glace silk dress,
trimmed with black tulle, and an over skirt of deep black
lace ; a stomacher, necklace, and earrings of pearls and
diamonds.

Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed of a
pearl tiara, black feathers, and black lappets.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a white tulle dress,
festooned with large bows of mauve riband and fringe, and
covered with a silver tulle veil, the body to correspond ; a
stomacher of pearls and diamonds, necklace and earrings
pearls and diamonds.

Her Royal Highness wore as a head-dress a wreath of
lilies of the valley and mauve velvet leaves, with diamond
ornaments.

The Princess of Leiningen wore a white taraltane dress
over white silk, trimmed with wild eonvolvulus.
Her Royal Highness wore in her hair a wreath of wild
eonvolvulus entwined with diamonds.

Weippert's band of thirty•sit musicians, conducted by
Mr. John Weippert, was in attendance in the orchestra,
and soon after the entrance of her Majesty and the distin-
guished company, commenced a valse, " Floriana* (Tin-
ney).

LATEST

NEW 6.

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION,

The Times' correspondent, under date of the 12th
May, announces the arrival on that morning of
her Majesty's steamer Intrepid from Marsala, with
intelligence of the landing thereat on the 11th of
a band of 2,000 Italians, under Garibaldi, who im-
mediately pushed on to Calata Fimi and Alcomo,
where the insurgents are concentrated, and will, it
is hoped, hold their ground.
These Italians had no sooner landed than three
Neapolitan steamers of war, and another private
vessel chartered by Government, proceeded,without
any previous notice or warning whatsoever, to bom-
bard the unarmed and defenceless town of Marsala,
and when the Intrepid left to communicate the fact
to the British Admiral at Malta, shot and shell
were falling over the Baglios or wine factories of
Messrs. Woodhouse, Ingham, and other British sub-
jects, to protect whom another English steamer of
war (supposed to be the Scylla), had just arrived.
On the Bth of May the Neapolitan gunboat Eolo
arrived at Malta in 40 hours from Palermo, re-
ported to have been despatched to overtake and
arrest some political fugitives, and to ascertain
whether there be any truth in the reported fitting
out of a private expedition at Malta against
Sicily. After communication with her Consul
she put to sea on the same night. The result,
adds our correspondent, of this visit, will
scarcely be worth the fuel consumed. Only two
individuals, and these of no note, have recently
left Malta with a view of joining the insurgents;
whilst the only fugitive who has reached these
shores is a lady, who landed clandestinely on the
night of the 7th of May, from whom the Neapoli-
tan Government can scarcely have had much cause
of alarm.

Accounts from Palermo to the 6th, and from Mes-
sina to the Bth of May, report the insurgents as
concentrating near Marsala.

The Constitutionnel publishes the following de-
spatch from Malta, dated the 12th :—" Six hours
after Garibaldi had landed at Marsala, 2,000 Ita-
lian volunteers, well armed and well organised,
took possession of the town without resistance.
The steamers which brought them were under the
Sardinian flag, and were then abandoned, A Nea-
politan steamer and frigate opened fire upon the
town, but without the least result."

The following telegrams were receiTed at Mr.

Reuter's office :

MADRID, MAY 16,

It is reported that a despatch has been received
here from Naples stating that, the state of affairs
being precarious, the King has requested foreign
intervention.

NAPLES, MAY 15,

(Official.)

Garibaldi is in Sicily at the head of the filibus-
ters. The royal troops are marching to meet thQm.
No movement whatever has taken place in the