The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-4joolll

The Queen held a Dra---wing-room yesterday at St.
James's Palace, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday,
which was very numerously attended. • 1
Her Majesty and Prince Albert; attended by the Boyd
suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at a quarter be-
fore two o'clock, and Were received by the Lord Cham-
berlain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse,
who conducted her Majesty and his Royal Highness to
the Royal closet.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians was present at
the Drawing-room. His Majesty arrived 'from Beek'
ingbam Palace, attended by Count Mercy d'Argenteau
and Major A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke, and was received
by the Vice-Chamberlain, who conducted his Majesty to
the Royal closet.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of.
Cambridge were also present at the Drawing-roorn,
Their Royal Hignesses were attended by Lady Geor-
giana Bathurst, Baron Knesebeck, and Major-Genera
Sir James Reynett.
The Bishops arrived at the Palace, and after having
assembled in the Portrait Gallery, were ushered -to the
presence of her Majesty in the Royal closet.
There. were present the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of London,
Winchester, Durham, Llandaff, Gloucester and Bristol,
Bangor, Carlisle, Lichfield, Chester, Ripon Hereford, ;
Worcester, Ely, Salisbury, Rochester, and &Oar. .
The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an addrese
of congratulation, on the auspicious return of her Me'
jesty's natal day. The Bishops afterwards retirel from
the Royal presence.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer
attended the Drawing-room.
The Lord Chancellor came in State, attended by the -
Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords, and also bf
his Secretaries and Purse-bearer.

The Speaker of the House of Commons came in State,
attended by the Chaplain to the House of Commons and_ -
the Sergeant-at-Arms. The Right Hon. Gentleman
were his State Robe.
The Lords Chief Justices of the Court of Queen'i.
Bench and Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron oT
the Exchequer wore their Collars of S. S. with the Port'
cullis.

The Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of Eng' ~
land, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall wore
their gold robes.
_

It being a Collar day, the Knights of the several Ordel
of Knighthood wore the Collars of their respective
Orders.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemes;lt
Arms were on duty in the State-rooms, commanded VI
their Standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson.
In the Royal suite were the Duchess of Buceleucbs
Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Douro, the
Duchess of Norfolk, the Countess of Charlemont, the •
Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and the Viscountess
Jocelyn, Ladies in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Stanley, He?'
Miss Hamilton, and the other Maids of Honour ; Lsei
Gardiner, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Mrs. Brand, DOI-
Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell,
and other Women of the Bedchamber ; the Earl °'
Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting ; Captain Meynell, Groan
in Waiting ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting ; the
Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince Alberti
Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer to his Royal
Highness ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waitingl
General Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting ; -312
Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered the Throne,;
room, accompanied by his Majesty King Leopold, their ,
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cerabridgei
and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe.
Weimar. •
The following presentations took place in the Foreigl
Diplomatic circle:---
The Baroness de. Regaleira, a Portuguese Lady, by
the Baroness de Misncorvo, Lady of the Portuguese.
Minister.

The Chevalier de Tacon, Charge d'Affaires from'
Spain, by the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State Pr:
Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the'
French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Auleiter:
and Baron de Talleyrand, Attache to the Embassi!
Aali Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador ; General Conn"
Bjornstjerna, Swedish Minister, and Baron de BjornsP
jerna, Secretary of Legation ; le Baron de Stjerneroll
Lieutenant General in the Swedish service, on a spec
mission from his Majesty the King of
.Sweden ow"-
Norway ; le Baron C. de Bjornstjerna, Officier d'Ordl
nance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norwege, and,:
Comte M. de Rosen, Aide-de-Camp General et Chs,"" •
bellan, in the service of his Swedish Majesty; the
Minister-and Madame Van de Weyer ;•• N. Char;
Drouet, Secretary of. Legation, and M. Delepierrii
Attache; M. Moreno, Buenos Ayrean Minister
de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; M. Dedel, Netherton ,
Minister, and M. Stratenus, First Secretary of Legatil;
Count de Pollen, Sardinian Minister, and Count Reed
Secretary of Legation ; the Portuguese Minister an
the Baroness de Moncorvo, M. Lobo de Moira, Seery;
tary of Legation, M. L. A. Pinto de Soveral, Attache Fes;
tique,Venezuelan the Legation, and le Baron de Lagos ; M. Alejo
tique,Venezuelan Minister; the Russian Minister antl„
roness de Brunn ow, and M. de Berg, Secretary of Legatl,7o;
General Prince Castelcicala, Sicilian Minister, and
Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Count Kielnianns°l,.
the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wurte..,o
berg Minister ; and le Baron de Linden; -lliada
Bunsen, lady of the Prussian Minister ; the 13114,
zilian Minister, and Madame Marquess Lii,,,,teas:
Mr. Everett, United States Minister and Mr
Secretary of Legation ; the Danisb
Minister an
dd
Countess Reventlow, and Baron Brockdorff, Secretary
of Legation ; Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Ministers
Baron Koller, First Secretary of Legation ; Count
Esterhazy, Attache to the Legation ; Baron Brenn
and M. and Madame de Hummelauer. ; MiirPah L
Mexican Minister ; M. M. Mosquera, New Gnu)
Charge d'Affaires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secrets";
to the Mission; Baron Thile, Prussian Charge &AIN/
and Baron Witzleben, Captain in the Prussian Buivf
Guards ; Monsieur 11. F. Tiarks, Charge d'Agaires 4
his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg,_
Chevalier de Facon, Charge d'Affaires, M. Victorian;
de Pedrorena, second Secretary to the Mission, and
Count of Erlach.
The general company present included the 1-4facnos
Chancellor, the Secretary-at-War, the Lord Privy P'',/
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master'.
the Horse, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlenleo .1
at-Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in WaiLiingi
the Vice-Chamberlain,' the Treasurer of the House se
Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of
Bench, the Lord. Chief Justice of, the Column!' ;"Irep-
the Lord Chief Baron, the Right Hon. the SPeso
Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Majesty's Minister a,,t
Hague, Sir Hamilton Seymour, her Majesty -c,11..„1`
Extraordinary and Minister Plenitentiary in-Beigl;;4,
the Master of the Bolts, the Vice Chancellor of Eni-1f',0%
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the L;e7te
troller-General of the Exchequer, the Judge Ad"eAf
General, Mr. S. March Phillipps, Under. Seeretark;o;
State •, Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the In,
man Guard ; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Quea,,- le;
Advocate, the Lord Mayor, Sir Charles Young, Gar
Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household,; re,
Sheriff Musgrove, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Mr. Ralph 1-I°lo,
Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ; Captain F. Serri°o
Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom of the Bedchamber "LS
Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Col. Richardson, P.•
Horse Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting ;, Captain
Andrew Green, Naval A.D.O ' • Cols. Weare, Parkee.lo
Bentinck, Owen, Oldfield, and Dyneley, C. 8., .A. 1)• etf;
the Queen ; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry to the tinesel
Major-General Sir James Revnett, Equerry to. hisillby°
Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Dr. Chambers, ohe
cian to the Queen and to the Queen Dowager ; Sir 0 ;
jamin Brodie, Bart., Sergeant-Surgeon to the (211`-
Sir James H. Whitshed, Admiral of the Fleet ;
Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting_ E,tue bart
torney- General to the Prince of Wales • Mr. 311- Tr the
Secretary to the Board of Trade ; the Groove
Robes ; Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes, Chaplain to her Mess'
Rev. John Ryle Wood, Domestic Chaplain to her to
jesty the Queen Dowager ; the Chaplain to the go°lso
of Commons ; Col. Perceval. Sergeant-at-Arms, ffl"' ?Jr.
of Lords ; Mr. Lefroy, the Speaker's Secretary`c,„% eti
Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney- General of the 1-d-c„gi•
Palatine of Lancaster ; Mr. Sergeant Merewether,
citor-General to the Queen Dowager.; Mr:" Henri ;le' •
binson, Standard-bearer to the Hon. Corps of Ge,
men at Arms ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk 0` Or
Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen_at, Arllls igr•
Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeoman Guard ;000
Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheqne of ,the. 2.5,;pg
Guard ; Captain S. Sadler, ' Exon in wi'l•-•047'
Captain J. Parker Nuttall, Exon of the ,ffe'
man Guard Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ,_• soP
deric Peel Round,' Gentleman Usher of the Green
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Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N. ; Mr. A. nistlS
Mr. Beresford, and Sir Noel' Harris, K.C.H.,. Gre°tain
the Privy Chamber ; Sir William Martins, t'illlstrj
Green, Mr. Stri.chen, Mr. Alfred MontgomerY94l,-.1,1006„,"
Des Voeux, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen ; eair
Godwin, and Captain G. C. Blake, ThN.,
Ushers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Vl' nijoesil
Colonel Sir George Iloste,,Royal Engineers, Gee 401
Usher of the Privy Chamber to the Queen 1)41.1
Sir George Hayter. M.A.S.L., Painter of Vta.;
Portraits to her. Majesty, and Principal. Painter lit
ter
nary; Sir William J. Newton, Miniature rt 11111.;
Ordinary to her Majesty and the Queen Dowge er
Colquhoun, Agent for the HanEe Towns • ' ffilf• vel;-
Dickson, Consul General for Buenos Ayres ; ; tit
Hebeler, his Prussian Majest's Consul Genera -
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John Hall, Consul General for Hanover L'°f
Wright, late Consul General, Charge d'Affairs fr'asoiegit:
dor • Mr. I,urge (Queen's Counsel), Agent 'ter,' isir•„l,
Mr. 'Cotton, Governor of the Bank of Engleni the
B. Heath, Deputy Governor of the Bank ;
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Cowper, Cawdor, hladdington, Dowager sorneio
Jersey, B. Metaxa, Wilton, Beverley, DO/41900ns
Sefton, Harewood, Dowager Essex, Verullont
Clarendon, Arundel, Morley. Cil.rjsll°
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Gore Booth, Elizabeth Duncan, Ernest Brt!rs, pritniler
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