The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-BOOM.

(From the Court Newsman.)
her Majesty the Queen held a Drawing-Room in St.
James's Palace, yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort arrived at two o'clock from Buckit gbain Palace,
and were received by the Great Officers of State.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar were
present at the Drawing Room.
Before the reception, her Majesty, according to annual
custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in
the Throne Room.
The deputation, which was ushered to the Royal pre-
sence by Sir Wm. Martins, Gentleman Usher in Wait-
ing, consisted of Mr. Wm. Gilpin, the Treasurer ; Mr.
G. Darby and Capt. Shea (11.C.S ), two of the Governors
of the institution, accompanied by the Rev. W. Webster,
M.A., the Mathematical tlaster ; Mr. W. H. Back, the
Drawing Master, and the 40 boys of the Royal Mathe-
matical School founded by King Cbarles 11., and was
most graciously received. _ _

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K G., President of
the Institution, was present in the Throne Room with
her Majesty and the Prince Consort.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and
drawings of the boys, and to express her approbation of
their performances.
Her Majesty'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.
Lieut.-Colonels Neville and Cooke, Sub-officers, were
on duty with the c)rps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were commanded by Capt
Morton Herbert, the Exon in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Consort were accompanied by
the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, and were attended by the Duchess of Manches-
ter, Mistress of the Robes ; Lady Macdonald (in wait'-
ing), Lady Churchill, the Countess of Desert, and the
Countess of Caledon, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Hon.
Lucy Kerr (in waiting), Hon. Mary Bulteel (in waiting),
Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon.
Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Hon. Emily
Cathcart, and Hon. Horatio Stopford, Maids of
Honour; Viscountess Forbes, Lady Charlotte Cop-
ley, and the lion. Mrs. A. Gorden, Bedchamber
Women ; the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Lord Stew-
ard ; Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke
of Beaufort, Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Aber-
corn, K.G., Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness;
Lord Claud Hamilton, Treasurer of the Household ;
Viscount Newport, Vice Chamberlain ; Col. the Right
Hon. C. Forester, Comptroller of the Household ; Vis-
count Stratballan, Lord in Waiting ; Lord G. Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Col. the Hon.
S r C. B. Phipps, K.C.B , Keeper of her Majesty's
Privy Purse ; Lord Colville, the Clerk Marshal ; Sir F.
Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Major-Gen. Wylde, Groom
in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Col. the Hon. A. N.
Hood, Equerry in Waiting ; Capt. du Plat, Equerry in
Waiting to his R Highness ; Viscount Cantle Cuffs,
and Mr. C. E. Phipps, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty wore a train of white moire antique,
trimmed with white blonde and bouquets with cerise
oleanders and green leaves. The petticoat of white moire
antique, trimmed with two deep flounces of blonde, and
bouquets of cerise oleanders to correspond with the

The Queen's headdress was formed of a wreath of cerise
oleanders, ornamented with diamonds and feathers.
The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro-
duced, when the following presentations to her Majesty
took place in the diplomatic circle :
By Mrs. Dallas, wife of the United States Minister—
Mrs. Jared Sparks, of Boston, M:sssachusette.
By the Countess of Malmesbure— Madame Alfred
Rucker, nee d'Aranjo Abren, wife of the Minister
Resident of the Hanse Towns.
By the Portuguese Minister—Mr. E sward Teixeira
Sampayo, Attache to the Portuguese Mission in Den-
mark.
By the Austrian Minister—Le Baron Nathaniel de
Rothschild, fill du Baron Anselme de Rothschild, a
Vienne.
By tho Minister from Sweden and Norway—The Baron
Sch werin.
By the Russian Minister--M. Nicolas Wassiltchikoff,
S,'cretaire de l'Arnba,sade Imp rule.
The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish
Ambassador and Madame Mueurus ; Prince A. Vogo-
rides, Conseiller, and Khalib Effendi, First Secretary Of
the Embassy ; the French Ambassador, Baron and Ba-
ronese de Malaret, Count de Jaucourt, Mr. de Moni-
cault, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
the Bavarian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the
Sardinian Minister and Count C irti, Secretary of the
Legation ; the Greek Minister, the Netherlands Minis-
ter and le Chevalier Berg, Secretary of Legation ; the
Portuguese Minister and the Countess de Lavradio, and
Chevalier d'Oliveira, Conseiller do Legation ; the Prue-
sian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, the United States
Minister and Mrs. Dallas, Mr. Philip Dallas, Secretary
of Legation, and Mr. Bqjarnin Moran, Assistant Secre-
tary; the Austrian Minister, and Baron Franckenstein
and Count Dubsky, Attaches to the Legation ; the Mi-
ni-ter from Guatemala and New Grenada, and M. Or-
donez, Secretary of the New Grenada Legation ; the
Swedish and Norweeian Minister and the Countess
Platen, Baron Beck Frus, Secretary of Legation ; the
Danish Minister and Count Moltke, Secretary of Le-
gatien ; the Russian Minister and NI. Paul To!st )9,
Attache to the Legation ; the Minister Resident from
the Hansa Towns; the Spanish Charge d'Affaires and
Madame Conte and Viscount Ponton, Secretary ef Le
gation ; the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti and Mr. D. Les
pinaese, Secretary of Legation ; the Brazilian Charge
d'Affaires arid Madame Aguiar de Andrade, Comman-
deur V. de Carvalho and Chevalier E. Coiled°, Attaches
to the Mission ; the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's
Pi incipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the
Countess of Malmesbury, and Mej )riGeneral the Hon.
Sir E lward Cust, K. C. H., her Majesty's Master of the
Ceremonies.
The general circle was attended by the Archbishop of
York, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury,
Lord President ; Earl cf Derby, First. Lord of the Trea-
enry the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Chancellor of the
Eircherprer ; the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole,
Secretary of State for the Home Department ;
Lord Starilsy, Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies ; Sir John Pakington, First Lerd of the Ad-
miralty ; the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, President
of the Beard of Trade ; Lord J. Manner', First C
rnissioner of Public Works ; Earl Talbot, Captain of the
Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Gen. Viscount Gough, Gold Stick-
in-Waiting ; Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Royal
Buckhounile ; Lord Monteagle, Comptroller General of
the Exchequer; Lisule-Col. Sir W. Topham, the Lieu-
tenant cf the Hen. Corps of Gentlemen -at- Arms ; Major-
Gen. Sir T. Phillips, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the
Guard ; the Judge Advocate-General ; the Lord Mayor;
the Queen's dvocate ; Col. Francis Seymour, C. 8.,
Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom of the Bedchamber to his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; Cot. Begot, her
Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies ; Major
Harmar, S-andard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms ; Col. Sir G. Cooper, First Equerry and
Comptroller of the Household of H.ll H. the Duchess of
Kent ; Lieut.-Col. F. Cavendish ; Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Ler;rence ; Mr. Sheriff Allen, Lieut.-Cul. Hogg.
let Life Guards, Silver Stick-in-Waiting ; Colonel Lord
Dynevor, Capt. Releb, R N., Col. Brooke, C• 1. Napier,
C. 8,, Col. H. A. Lake, and Co!. Adair, A.D.C. to the
Queen ; Hon. S. Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Lord
COamberlain's Department ; Col. Fitzmaurice, Adjutant
r of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Hon. S. Lyttleten, her
Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies ; the Adjutant of
the Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Capt. Macdonald, Exon of the
Yeomen of
.the Guard; Mej )r•Gen. SirF. Smith, K.H.,
Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber ; Mr. W. Tay-
lor, Gentleman Usher in Waiting : Col. Stephens, Gen-
tleman Usher to the Queen ; Mr: A. Montgomery,
Gentleman Usher to the Queen in Waiting ; Dr. Lyon
Playfair, C. 8., Gentleman Usher to H.R.H. the Prince
Consort in Waiting.
• The following presentations to the Queen took place,
the names having been previously left at the Lord
Chamberlain's Office, and submitted for her Majesty's
approval :
seliss Louisa Allen, by Mrs. Spencer Walpole.
Mrs. Arephlett, by Lady Pakington,
Lady Harriett Ashley, on her marriage, by the
Countess of Shaftesbury.
Mrs. J. Harvey Astell, by Lady Caroline Duncombe.
Miss Bayly, by Mrs. Thornhill.
Mrs. Ashton Benyon, by Lady Keane.
Lady Berner., on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Northumberland.
Mrs. Sclater-Booth, on her Marriage, by the Countess
of MalineAury.
Mrs. Alexander Boyle, by Mrs. Arthur Buncombe.
Mies Mary Bradshaw, by Dirs. Gathorne-Hardy.
Miss Brand, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. H. Brand.
Miss Edith Marion Bruce, by her mother, Mrs.
Wyndham Bruce.
Lady Augusta Browne, by her mother, the Dowager
Merchioness of Sligo.
Lady Burke, by Viscountess Forbes.
Mrs. Chas. Buxton, by her mother, Lady Holland.
The Hon. Mrs, George Calogan, on her marriage, by
the Duchess of Wellington.
Mrs. Charleswortb, by her sister, Lady Hawke.
Miss Campbell, by the Duchess of Argyll.
Miss Ca pion, by her sister, Mrs. Dodson.
Lady Chelmsford, by the Countess of Derby,
Miss Amy Chichester, byber mother, Lady Chichester.
Miss Constance Chichester, by her mother, Lady Chi-
chester.
Mrs. Maxwell Close, by the Duchess of Manchester.
Miss Lucy Cohen, by Baroness Meyer de Rothschild.
Lady Currie, by Viscountess Hardinge.
Miss Delyell, by her sister, Mrs. Chas. Da
Lady Denys, by her sister, Lady Matheson.
Mrs. Horace de Vtre, on her marriage, by her aunt,
Lady Montea,gle.
Mrs. Dodson, by Lady Mary Labouchere.
Miss B-tatrix Drummond, by Lady Lovaine.
Lady Eleury, by the -Duchess of Wellington.
Miss Sophia England, by Lady Charlotte Copley.
Miss Helen Ellice, by her mother, Mrs, A, Fata.
Miss Ford, by her mother, Mrs. Ford.
Mrs. Forsyth, by Lady Chelm ford.
Mrs. Frederick Granville, on her marriage, by the
eon. Mre. Denman.
Hon. Albertine Grosvenor, by Lady Ebury. -
Mis. Robert Hamilton, on. her marriage, by Lady
Stanley of Alderley.
Mfss Christine Hankey, by her mother, Mrs. JuLn
Alexander Hankey.
Mrs. Hartley, by the Duchess of Beaufort.
Lady Hay ter, by Lady Cranworth.
The Hot]. Mrs. Higgins, by her mother, Lady Chelme,
ford.

Mrs, Hogg, on her marriage, by Vac) Duchess 0:
Grafton.

Miss Gertrude Holland, by her mother, Lady Rolland
Miss Emily Hope, by her aunt, Lady Mildred Benz
ord Hope.