The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon, at St
James's Palace, which was numerously attended. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite arrived
from Buckingham Palace, at two o'clock, in four of the
royal carriages, escorted by a party of the Royal Regi-
ment of-Horse Guards.

The great officers of State—viz., the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the. Horse, re-
ceived her Majesty and his Royal Highness at St.
James's Palace, and conducted them to the royal closet.
In attendance on her Majesty and the Prince were—
the Viscountess Jocelyn and Viscountess Canning,
Ladies in Waiting; the MarqUis of Ormonde, Lord in
Waiting ; Sir Frederick Stovm,- Groom in Waiting;
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting ;
the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince
Albert; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting;
Major-General Wemyss, Clerk-Marshal; Major-General
Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel
Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness in
Waiting.
In the Foreign Diplomatic Circle the following pre •
sentations to-her Majesty took place:—
M. de Hederstern, Gentilhomme de la Chambre de
S. M. l'Empereur, by the Baron Brunnow, the Russian
Minister.

Count Harnicki, Chamberlain of his Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria; his son,' Count Harnicki; Mr. Horace
St. ',John Mildmay; and Mr.. Percy Isaacson (3d Dra-
goons), Lieutenants in the Austrian service, by Baron
Nieumann, the Austrian Minister.

Baron de Witzleben. Captain of the Prussian Royal
Guards, by Baron de Thile, Chargé d'Affaires of his
Prussian Majesty.
Le Chevalier de Ribas, Spanish Chargé d'Affaires
in the absence of the Minister from Spain; and M.
'riarks, Chargé d'Affairei of his Royal Highness the
Grand Duke of Oldenburg, during the negotiation of a
convention between Great Britain and Oldenburg., by
the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign Diplomatic Circle . was attended by
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador; Count
L. de Noailles, anti Baron Talleyrand, Secretaries of
the Embassy; Aali Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador; M.
Van de Weyer, Belgian Minister, and M. Charles
Drouet, Secretary of. Legation; Baron de Cetto, Ba-
varian Minister; M. Detrel, the Netherlands Minister,
and M. de Stratenus, First Secretary to the Legation;
Count de Pollon, the Sardinian Minister; M. Alejo For
tique, the Venezuelan Minister; Baron Brunnow, the
Russian Minister; Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian
Minister; Baron de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister ;
le Commando& Marques Lisboa, . Brazilian- Minister;
Mr. Everett, the _United States Minister, and Mr.
Rives, Secretary to the Legation; Count Reventlow, the
Danish Minister and Baron, Broekdorff, Secretary of
the Legation ; Baron de Neumann, Austrian Minister ;
Count Esterhazy, Attaché, and M. de Hummelauer ;
Baron Gersdorf, the Saxon Minister ; General Castel-
cicala, Sicilian Minister ; and M. G. Cansfari, Secretary
of Legation ; M. Mosquera, New Grenada Chargé
d'Affaires ; and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the
Mission ; Ie Baron de Thile, Prussian Chargé d'Affaires;
M. Victorian!) de- Pedronera, Attach 6 to the Spanish
Mission,

In the general circle, Mr. Cartwright, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, presented.to the
Queen a petition from 16,000 inhabitants of that part of
Canada formerly known as Upper Canada, praying that
the seat of Government may be retained within that
section of the province. Mr. Cartwright was presented
to her Majesty by Lord Stanley.
Mr. George Mathew was presented to her Majesty,
on his appointment as Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of-the Bahamas, by Lord Stanley.
The general circle was attended by the Commander-
in-Chief ;' the First Lord of the Treasury ; the Secre-
taries of State for the ,Horne, Foreign, and Colonial De-
partments ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the First
Lord of the Admiralty .; the President of the Board of
Control ; the. Paymaster of the Forces ; the Lord
Steward ; the Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of An-
glesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice-Chamberlain ;
the Treasurer of the Household ; the Comptroller of the
Household ; Lord MOnteagle; Comptroller-General of
the Exchequer'; the Vice-Chancellor • the Vice-Chan-
cellor Knight Bruce ; the Judge of die High .Court of
Admiralty ; the Queen's Advocate •, Major• General Sir
Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy
Purse Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo-
men Guard ; the Master of the Ceremonies i‘ Mr. Henry
Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Honourable Corps of
Gentlemen-at-f Arms ' • Lieut.-General Sir J. Macdonell,
K.C.8., KCH., First Equerry to the Queen Dowager;
Captain Phipps Hornby, R.N., Naval Aid-de-Camp to
her Majesty ; Colonel Dyneley, C.B. ; Co!onel Weare
and Colonel H. ißentinck, A. D. C. to the Queen ;. Cul.
Reid, 2d Life Guards, Silver Stick ; Major Hyde, As-
sistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Mr.
Colqulioun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hanse
Towns ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry to the Queen ;
Lieut. Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery, Equerry
to Prince Albert ; Colonel Sir Horace Seymour,
Equerry to her Majesty the Queen Dowager ; Sir
Francis Palgrave, ICH, the Deputy Keeper of her Ma-
jesty's Public Records ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk
of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at-
Arms ; Sir . Samuel Hancock, Exon in Waiting ;
Mr. Elerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeom.,ll
Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; Rev. Dr. Jelf,
Canon of Christ Church, and Principal of King's Col-
lege, London •, Mr. Macgregor, Joint Secretary of the
Board of Trade ; Mr. Cotton, Governor, and Mr. J. B.
Heath, Deputy-Governor, of the Bank of England ; Mr.
John Cotton, Chairman of the East India Company ;
Mr. Albert Win. Woods, Gentleman Usher of the Red
Rod; Mr. Frederic Peel Round, Gentleman USher of
the Green Rod; the Hon. Frederick Byng and Lieute-
nant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentlemen Ushers to
the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Mr. Arthur Black-
wood, Groom of the Privy Chamber; Captain Green,'
Gentleman Usher in Waiting; •Lieuteuane-Colonel
Fitch, her Catholic Majesty's service.; . Col6:iel Shai' e,
Field Officer in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Ast‘n,
Grenadie,r-GnarclS, Commanding' the Queen's Guard and
the, folki,4„g.,_. . ,