The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

The Queen gave last evening a State Ball, to
which a party of 1,900 were invited.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the
grand Hall. Sir George Houlton, the Ensign, and
Captain Herbert, the Exon, attended.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady
Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves,
arrived at 20 minutes before 10 o'clock.

The Duke of Cambridge was attended by the
Hon. James Macdonald. _ _

His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hol-
stein and his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep
Singh were also present.
Earl De La Warr, Lord Chamberlain, and the
other officers of State, conducted the Queen and
Prince Consort to the Ball and Concert Room. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied
by the Princess Alice, the Duchess and the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince
Frederick of Holstein, and the Maharajah Dhuleep
Singh.
The Queen wore a dress of yellow tulle over
yellow silk, trimmed with white blonde and red
carnations, and ornamented with diamonds.

Her Majesty,s head-dress was a circlet of
diamonds and red carnations, to correspond.
The Princess Alice wore a dress of white glace
silk, with festoons of white tulle, tastefully trimmed
with bunches of lilies of the valley and pink roses.
The Princess wore a wreath of lilies of the valley
and pink roses as a head-dress.
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a mauve glace
silk dress with double skirt, trimmed with Honiton
lace. The stomacher and necklace of diamonds.
Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed
of a tiara of diamonds and white feathers.
_ . _

The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a double-
skirted white tulle dress richly trimmed with pink
ribaud, mossrose buds, and long grass, the corsage
trimmed to match with an emerald and diamond
stomacher. The necklace and ear-rings of emeralds
and diamonds. _ _ .

The Princess's head-dress was formed of a tiara
of diamond stars, entwined with rosebuds and long
grass.
Soon after the entrance of the Royal party and
the company the ball commenced ; the quadrille
band of Messrs. Coote and Tinney performed a
selection of dance music from the works of Strauss,
D'Albert, Gung'l, and the Hon. C. H. Lindsay.
The following had the honour of receiving invi-
tations, but some were prevented by unavoidable
circumstances from obeying her Majesty's com-
mands :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Dornburg, his
Serene Highness Prince Frederick of. Holstein,
their Highnesses the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh,
Prince Gholam Mohamed, Prince Feroze Shah and
Prince Feroke Bacht, the Princess Gauromma, the
Turkish Ambassador, Madame Musurus, the
Councillor of the Embassy, the Secretary,
and the
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and Third Secretaries, and Attaches of the
Embassy ; the Austrian Minister, the Countess
Apponyi, and the Secretaries and Attache of the
Legation ; the Bavarian Minister, Baroness de
Cetto, and Secretary ; the Belgian Minister, Ma-
dame Van de Weyer, and Secretaries ; the Brazilian
Minister, Madame de Moreira, Secretary and
Attaches ; the Danish Minister, Madame Van
Dockum, and Secretary ; the Greek Minister,
Madame and Mademoiselle Tricoupi, and Secretary;
the Hanoverian Minister ; the Hanse Towns Minis-
ter and Madame Itucker, the Mexican Minister and
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the Russian Minister, Daroness Brunnow, Coun-
cillor of Embassy, Secretaries and Attache ; the
Sardinian Alinister, Secretary. and Attaches ; the
Saxon Minister; the Spanish Minister, Secretes
and Attaches ; the Swedish and Norwegian Minis-
ter, Countess de Platen, Secretary and Attache ; the
Tuscan Minister ; the United States Minister, Mrs.
and
Minister. and Secretary ; the Haytian Charge d'Af-
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