The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

The Quern g.ve a stave ball (the first this season)
last evening at Buckingham Palace. The reception was
unuxually brilliant, the invitations numbering nearly
2,000, and comprising the Royal Family, the foreign
Princes in this country, the whole of the Diplomatic
Corp., the Cabinet Ministers and principal members of
the Administration, with their wives and daughters, the
officers of State and the ladies and gentlemen of the
households of the Queen, tle Princes, and the different
members of the Royal Family, all foreigners of distinc-
tion at present in town, several hundrt d Members of the
House of Lords and the House cf Commons, and many
distinguished officers both in the naval and military
service.

The laiies appeared in new dresses of great beauty
and richness, exhibiting every variety of colour and de-
sign in the fabrics, which were of the most elegant and
costly materials. Jewelled ornaments of the greatest
brilliancy and value adorned most of the costumes. The
gentlemen were all in Court dress, officers of the army,
navy, and Ordnance, wearing their respective uniforms,
and members of the Administration the full dress official
costume; members of orders of linighthocd i.ll appeared
iu their different ensigns.
Half-past nine o'clock was the time of invitation, and
shortly Lefore that time the distinguished guests began
to arrive, those having the entree alighting at a tempo-
rary entrance in the garden of the Palace, while the
general company:alighted at the Equerry's entrance in
Pimlico. The visitors all ascended the grand staircase,
and, passing through the Green Drawing room, were
ushered into the Picture-gallery. Among the earlier
arrivals were the Marquis of Anglesey,_ Baron de Bru-
now, Lord Stanley, Viscount Herdinge, the Duke of
Bezerfort, the Earl of Shrewsbury; the American Minis-
ter with Mr. W. H. Prescott, Lord Gough, Sir Robert
Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir James Graham.
Her Majesty's body guard was on duty as usual. under
the command of the Exon in Waiting, Captain Pbibbs.
Sir George Houiton, the Ensign, Sir Seymour Sadler,
the Exon, and Lieutenant-Colonel Fitamaurice, the Ad-
jutant, were present.
The alcove in the Picture-gallery was filled with nu-
merous and beautiful flowering plants, which were also
tastefully inserted in the recesses within the state saloons
and the approaches.
At ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, accom-
panied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, left
the White Drawing-room, preceded by the Lord Cham-
berlain and the Lord Steward, and also by the Vice-
Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the
Controller of the Household.
Passing threueh the state saloon, her Majesty and the
Prince entered the ball room, followed by th© Mistress
of the Robes; the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Wait-
ing; the Bon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Elizabeth
Lennox, Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Master of
the Horse; Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting; Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting; Colonel the lion.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel Bou-
verie, Equerry in Waiting on the Prince. The assembled
company followed.
Her Majesty opened the ball with his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia, the vis-a-vis being his
Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Duchees of
Sutherland.

The Queen wore a blue silk, dress trimmed with silwr
blonde, nnd with wild roses (pink and white), and orna-
mented with diamonds.

MA. Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of
pink and white wild roses, richly ornamented with dia-
monds, to eorrypond with the dress.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia, and the Duke of Wellington,
all wore the same Prussian Order of Knighthood (the
Black Eagle) ; and Prince Albert and the illustrious
Duke both wore the ensigns of the Golden Fleece. His
Ronal Highness also wore the Stars of the four _British
Orders of Knighthood. The Prince of Frllsfiiii was ha-
bited in a Prussian General's unifurm.
The Baroness de Brunnow (wife of the Russian Mi-
nister) and the Baroness de Cetto (wife of the Bavarian
Minister) both wore the riband of a foreign order of
Knighthood.
A number of foreign noblemen and gentlemen, in-
cludiw; Prince Poniatowski, and Count Charles de
Goltz, apreared in military uniform. Some of the Scot-
tish nobility and gentry wore the highland dress.
After the quadrille by which the ball was opened,
wal:zcs, quadrille 4, and polkas were danced, including a
vika composed expressly for the occasion, and called
" Prince Patrick's Polka."
In the ball-rcom Weippert's band, including Messrs.
Richardson, Maveo;lr, Prospere, T,Aton, proaciley, Grat-
tan Cooke, and °Winterbothare, was stationed, and per-
formed the following dances:—
QrADRILLEi.
The Ferdinand
The PiopLe:e

... Strauss.
••• 9leltor..

VALSES.
The Humming Bird (first time) Wellington Guernsey.
The Henrietta .•• ... ... T. Brown.
Tunnel Fest J. Labitzky.