The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-19 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1850.

THE WATERLOO BANQUET.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of Wa-
terloo, the Duke of Wellington gave his annual banquet
in commemoration of that greatest of all his military
achievements, at Apsley-houso, to the gallant veterans
who shared the dangers and honours of that memorable
victory.
It has been customary for the personal friends and ad-
mirers of the " Great Captain" to offer their felicitations
on the glorious 18th of June, and this year the compli-
mentary visits throughout the day were exceedingly nu-
merous, comprising many officers of the army and a host
of personages of rank, among whom Prince George of
Cambridge, Prince Castelcicala, the Danish Minister,
Count de Wielbowski, Chevalier Horse, the Duke of
Richmond, the Marquis of Breadalbane, General the
Marquis of Londonderry, -the Marquis and Marchioness
of Worcester, Field Marshal the Marquis of Angle-
sey, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Marchioness
of Conyngharn, the Marchioness of Corawallis,
and Lady Cornwallis, the Earl of Mulgrave, the
Earl of Mansfield. the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Ban-
don, this Earl of Verulam, Earl Manvers, the Earl of
Poivis, the Earl and Countess of Brownlow, the Countess
(D.,iwager) of Verulatn, the Earl and Countess of Jersey
and Lady Ciernantiria Villiers, the Earl and C.,uutess
Wilton and Lady. Eglinton, the Earl and Countess of
Cott( nham and Ladies Pepys, the Earl of Eller:borough,
the Earl and Countess Nelson, the Rail and Countess
Craven, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Countess
Dowager of Nelson and Ladies Fanny and Su,an Nelson,
the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, the Earl Jerinyn,
Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Viscount and
Viscountess ilolmesdale, Viscount Newport, Viscount
Combormere and Miss Stapleton Cotton. Viscount and
Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Somerton, Viscount Cran-
borne, Viscount Lascelles, Lord Ashburton, Lord Er-
nest Bruce, M,P., Lord J. Manners, M.P.. Lord Mark
Kerr, Lord and Lady R. Grosvenor and Miss Grosvenor,
Lord C. Manners, M.P., Lady Willoughby D'Eresby,
Lord and Lady Walsingham and Miss Frankland, Lord
Wenloch, Lord Methuen, Lady Jane Peel, Lady Rolle,
Lady Fuller, Lady Emily Drummond and Miss
Drummond, Lady Augusta Cotton, Lord and Lady
Burghersh, Lord and Lady Arthur Lennox, and Lady
Beaujolois Bury, Lord Dunkellin, Dowager Lady Cow-
ley, Lady Gowan, Lady Bruce Francis, Dowager Lady
Langford, Lady Lewis, Lady Maria West and Misses
West, Lady Elizabeth Villiers, Lord and Lady Col-
chester, Lady Brooke Pechell and Miss Pechell, Lady
Antrobus and Miss Antrobur, Lady Hervey Bathurst,
Lady Charles Somerset and Miss A. Somerset, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel and Baroness North and Miss Doyle,
the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Right Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir John and Lady '
Charlotte Guest, Sir Hugh Hume and Lady Campbell,
Sir Thomas D. Acland, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir George
Seymour, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir Charles W. Thorn-
ton, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir James Kirkland,
Sir George Brooke Pechell, Sir Richard Sutton, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel A. Wood, Colonel and Lady Catherine
Buckley, Major-General Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Phipps, General Meyrick, Hon. F. Villiers,
M.P., Colonel H. Bentinck, Colonel Codrington, Sir
Frankland Lewis, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Colonel
Owen, E. Bouverie, Mr. A. and Lady Elizabeth Drum-
mond, Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel
W. G. Cameron, Hon. Major and Mrs. Cotton. Major F.
B. St. John, Captain and Mrs. Arthur Duncombe, Captain
Clifford, R N,, Captain Kincaid, Captain and Mrs. P.
Somerset, Captain Macdonald, the Accountant-General
and Mrs. W. and Miss Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley
and Miss Shelley, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Mr. Clive,
Mr. B. Botfield, M.P., Mr. George Bankes, M.P., Mr.
E. Johnson, Mr. H. H. Lindsay, Mr. A. B. Hope, M.P.,
Mr. Gilbeat Elliot, Mrs. Bertie Percy and Miss Percy,
Mr. and Mrs. Verchoyle, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Green-
way, Mr. and Mrs. E. Grimstone, Mr. R. Grimstone,
Mr. C. Clifford, Mrs. Stuart Mackenzie, Misses Mac-
kenzie, and others far too numerous to mention.

At the time appointed for the entertainment a consi-
derable crowd of persons gradually collected in the front
of Apt,ley-house in Piccadilly, and by 7 o'clock it re-
quired the diligent exertions of a strong body of the
police to preserve anything like order in that great
thoroughfare. The police, it is due to state, exercised
the greatest forbearance, and no possible complaint could
be made of the manner they discharged a very irksome
duty.
About 7 o'clock the noble and gallant guests invited
to the banquet began to arrive, and in several instances
the gallant generals, whose names were familiar to the
public from their renown in arms, were loudly cheered,
the Marquis of Anglesey and Viscount Hurdinge carry-
ing off the greatest share of plaudits from the public,
particularly from a rather respectable concourse of per-
sons whose medals and clasps denoted that they had
served under those distinguished officers.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Marquis of Abercorn, Major-General Bowles, and
Colonel Bouverie, arrived from Buckingham. Palace at
seven o'clock precisely, and the Noble Duke was in
waiting to receive the Prince Consort on hia arrival.

The full band of the Grenadier Guards (the Duke's
regiment) was stationed in the inner hall, and on the
Prince's arrival saluted him with the Coburg March.
The Prince Consort, after an interchange of cour-
tesies, was conducted by the Noble Duke to the draw-
ing-room, where the majority of his gallant guests had
assembled previous to dinner.
At twenty minutes past seven dinner was announced.
It is quite unnecessary to attempt to describe that which
bas su often been detailed; the appearance of the table,
as in its principal features, was precisely the same as
noticed on previous occasions. The magnificent Portu-
gues plateau, with its hundred trophies, tilled the centre
of the table; at each end, vise ti-vis,the two most remarkable
were Napoleon and Wellington, statuettes of the best class
of art, and worthy of the accomplished designer,
Count D'Orsay. Two beautiful dwarf vines,
overburdened with the juicy fruit, were con•
spicuous amongst the ornaments, and two immense
vases, the gift of a continental Sovereign, overflow-
ing with flowers, were also admirable. All the dessert
service was of gold, and what ornamental plate was dis-
played on the table was of the same precious metal. At
the north end of the gallery was the beautet loaded with
some of the most valuable gifts to his Grace—Flaxman's
incomparable shield, the vale from the titled classes, the
costly and elaborate candelabra from the citizens of Lon-
don. eec. In the vacancies between the windows looking
into Hyde-park were large vases containing flowers. As
the Duke, accompanied by Prince Albert and followed
by his guests, passed from the north drawing-room to
the gallery, the band played the familiar air of " The
Roast Beef of Old England."
The Duke having taken his position at the table was
supported on the right by Prince Albert and Field-
Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, and on the left by
his Excellency Prince Casteloicala and Sir W. Gomm.
Covers were laid for 80 guests, and the subjoined is
an authentic list of the gallant veterans present on this
(the 35th anniversary) occasion.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., Colonel of
the Scots Fusiliers (attended by the Marquis of Aber-
corn, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness), and the
following Waterloo officers :

Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, IC.G., G.C.8.,
and G.C.11., Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue).
General the Earl of Strafford, G.C.8., and G.C.IL,
Colonel of the 29th Foot.

General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., Colonel of
le 2d Foot.

General Sir Colin llalkett, G.C.8., and G.C.11.,
Colonel of the 45th Foot, Governor of Chelsea Hospital.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart.,
K.C.8., and G.C.11., Colonel of thu 14th Dragoons.
Lieutenant-General Sir George A. Quentin, K.C.H.
Lieutenant- General Lord Seaton, G.C.8.,
and G.C.11., Colonel of the 26th Foot.
Lieutenant• General Sir Alexander Woodfurd, K.C.8.,
and G.C.N.I.G, Colonel of the 40th Foot.

Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, G.C.8.,
Colonel of the 53d Foot.

Lieutenant• General Sir James Macdonoll, G.C.8., and
K.O U., Culonel of the 71st Foot.

Lieutenant-General James W. Sleigh, C. 8., Colonel
of the 9th Dragoons.
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur B. Clifton, K.C.8.,
and Colonel of the Ist Dragoons.
Lieutenant General Viscount Ilardinge, G.C.8.,
Colonel of the 57th Foot.

Lieutenant-General the Hon. E. P. Lygon,
Colonel of the 13th Dragoons.
Lieutenant-General Sir Geo. Scovell, K.C.8., Colonel
of the 4th Dragoon Guards.
Lieutenant-General Lord Saltoun, K.C.B. and G.C.H.,
Colonel of the 2d Foot.

Lieutenant• General Henry Wyndham, Colonol of the
llth Hussars.

Lieutenant-General Sir Edw. Bowater, 1i..C.11.,
Colonel of the 40th Foot.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Gomm, K.C.8.,
Colonel of the 13th Foot.

Major-General Sir H. W. Book°, C.B. and K.C.H.
Major-General 11. D'Oyly, Colonel of the 33d Foot.
Major-General the lion. 11. Murray, C. 8., Colonel of
the 7th Dragoon Guards.
Major-General Thomas Dalmer, Colonel of the 47th
Foot.

FoOita.jor-General James Hay, C. 8., Colonel of the 79th

Major-General Sir H. Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., De-
puty Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery.
Mskjor-General Douglas Mercer, C.B.
Major-General John Reeve.
Major-General Archibald Money. C.B. and K.C.
Major-General E. Parkiason, C.B.
Major-General R. Lluellyn, C.B.
Major. General Richard Egerton, C.B.
Major-General James Grant, C.B.
Major-General Thomas W. Taylor, C.B.
Major-General Felix Calvert, C.B.
Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B.
Major-General A. Macdonald, C.B.
Major-General Lord James Hay.
Major-General James Shaw Kennedy, C.B.
Major-General Lord Sandys.
Major-General G. Bowles.
Major-General T. W. Robins,
Major-General Roderick Macneil.
Major-General W. L. Wtak.m.
Colonel H. Dawkins.
Colonel M. Childers C.B.
Colonel Thomas Wildman.
Colonel John Martin.
Colonel the Hon. Holey Hutchinson.
Colonel Sir J. Maxwell Wallace, KAI.
Colonel W. G. Moore.
Colonel James Simpson.
Colonel J. F. Love, C.B. and R.H.
Colonel the Hon. G. Anson.
Colonel Lord Holborn.
Colonel the Hon. Gaorga Cathcart.
Colonel G. W. Horton.
Colonel E. P. Buvkley.
Colonel Charles Yorke.
Colonel Berkeley Drummond.
Colonel James Charles Chatterton.
Colonel C. F. R. Lascelles.
Colonel A. K. Clark liewudy, C.B. itud