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

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

Tne Queen gave a stare bill (he first this season)
last eve Ling at Buckingham Palace. The reception was
unutusily brilliant, the invitations numbering nearly
2.000, and eomptising the R .yal Family, the foreign
Urine's in this country. the whole of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Cabinet Ministers and principal 11111 mbers of
the Adminiitration, with their wives and daughters, the
cheers of State and the ladies and gentlemen of the
households of the Queer, tl•e Princes, and the different
members of the Royal Family, till foreigners of distinc-
tion at present in town, several hundri d Members of the
House of Lords and the House of Commons, and many
di..tinguished officers both in the naval and military
service. _ . .

The lalies appeared in new dresses of great beauty
and tichnt ss, 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 unifot ms,
aid members of the Administration the full dress official
costume; members of orders of Knighthood all appeared
in their differt nt ensigns.

Half-past nine o'clock was the time of invitation, and
shortly before 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 Prawing-room, were
ushered into the Picture-gallery. Among the earlier
arrivJs were the Marquis of Anglesey, Baron de Bru-
now, Lord Stanley, Viscount Hardinge, the Duke of
Beaufort, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the American Minis-
ter with Mr. W. 11. 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 Phibbs.
Sir George Houqon, the Ensign, Sir Seymour Sadler,
the Exon, and Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzmaurice, the Ad-
jutant, were present.
The alcove in the Picture-gallery was filled with nu-
merous aid beautiful flowering pants, which were also
tastefully inserted in the recesses within the state saloons
and the approaches.
At ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, aecom-
pani, d 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 through the state saloon, her Majesty and the
Prince entered the ball-room, followed by the Mistress
of the Robes; the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Wait-
ing; the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Elizabeth
Lemma, Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Master of
the Horse; Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting; Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting; Colonel the Hon.
Chart. s 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 Duchess of
Sutherland.

The Que.'n wore a blue silk dress trimm, d with sils, r
blonde, .11(1 with wild roses (pink and white), and orna-
mented with diamonds.

Her Majesiy's head-dress was formed of a wreath of
pink and white wild roses, richly
monds,, to correspond with the dress.orilamented with dia-
His Roval Highness Prince Albert, his Royal High-
nessa the Prince of Prussia, and the Duke of Wellington,
wore ti,e same Pru:.sitin Order of Knighthood (the
Black Eagle) ; and Prince Albert and the illustrious
Duke both wore the ensigns of the Golden Flcece. His
Royal Highness also wore the Stars of the four British
Orders of Knighthood. The Prince of Prussia was ha-
bited in a Prussian General's uniform.
The Baroness de Brunnow (wife of the Russian Mi-
n:ster) aid 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-
cludinz Prince Ponintowski, and Count Charles de
Goltz, appeared in military uniform. Some of the Scot-
tish noLility and gentry wore the highland dress.
After the quadrille by which the ball was opened,
wal.zes, quadrille.,, and polkas were danced, including a
polka co pnsed expressly for the occasion, and called
" Prince Thrtrick's Polka."
In the ball-room Weippert's hand, including Messrs.
11;chardson, Mayeock, Prospere, To ttln, Broadley, Grat-
tan Cooke, and Winterbotham, was stationed, and per-
formed the following daenes:—
QUADRILLES.
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