The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-18 00:00:00

FR INCE REGENT'S DR:i.WING-riODNI,
Iti CELEBRATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S
BIRTU-DAY.

A Presentation at Court being, from long-esta-
blished custom, a necessary preliminary among
persons of rank to an introduction into company
tit home, and to admission at Foreign Courts, the.
PH INCE REGENT determined on holding a Draw-
ing:room. A precedent for the reception of
Ladies, without a Royal Female to preside,
was Immo in the reign of George 11., which
Sovereign was accustomed to hold Drawing-
roorns O'er the death of Queen Caroline. It
may be rematked also, though we do not quote
it as a precedent, that the King of France,
thatch a widower, receives Ladies as Well as
'Gentlemen at his Levees. was determined also
to combine with it the celebration of the Prince
Regent's birth-day, his Royal Highness having
been indisposed on the day first appointed to he
cityserved as his Natal Anniversary. In pursuance
of this plait, Lord Liverpool, as Prime Mini.!ter,
gave a Brand dinner to several of the most &stilt-
guished Peers and Commoners ; Lord Castlereagh,
as Fotrign Secretary, entertained tie Ambassadors
and Dipl'imatic Geutletnen ; Lord Sidmouth, the
official persons connected With the Home Adminis-
ttation ; the Marquess of Winchester, the Lord
Chaml4eflain, and the Master of the Horse, each
entertained the Gentlemen connected with his par-
ticular department.
A few flays ago the Prince Regent visited Buck-
ingham-house, for the purpose 0: makiug aurdlige-
rnynts fur the Drawing-room, and fixed upon the
Grand Saloon as more convenient for the cere-
mony than ,the room used by her late Majmy, as
it precludes the necessity of the company pass-
ing twice before the Sovereign.

The Queen's Drawing-room was set apart
for the attendance of the Great Officers of
Sate, &r,, the .1-span-room for those entitled to
the privilege of the rout', the warin-room for
his Royal Ifie.,liness's closet, awl the blue-room
for the Royal Family. From the Throne in
the Grand Ssloon, which was erected for the
late Queen to receive addresses horn Corporate
Bodies upon the marriage of the late Princess
Chatlotte, her initials C. IL have been taken off,
and C. l'. IL substituted. Considerable inconve-
nience having been experienced by the carriages
of those who have the privilege of the untie cool-
ing in contact with those of the general company
at former drawing-rooms, an additional gate was
opened in the centre of the iron railing enclosing
the court-yard, in the (rout of the Palace. T
morning, was ushered in with the usual demon-
Stations of rejoicings. The military attended in
• the usual manner, and in conjunction with the
police maintained perfect order.
The Prince Regent arrived with an escort of
Li!e Guards, amidst the loud 11117.iftS of the po•
Palace as he passed, exactly at one o'clock-,
the cannons were discharging a national sa-
lore, in celebration ol his Royal HigheeSf.'s natal
day, hod itie band playing " God save the King."
Rovat 1-14.-,liiness dressed in the Valitee tor the
drawing-room. a ref appeared rft lull realMClttals,
with a brilliant display of his orders ; his Royal
Highness appeared io tire toll enjoyit,,,ot, of
lieahh. The Duchess of York, the Duke anti
Ditches: of Glom-Aster, Prince Leopold, the Prin-
cess Sophia of Gloucester, and the Duke of Kent,
'time in state ; the Duke of York came in private.
The :3pealier ot the House of Commons came in
state, for the first tune since his elecion to the
Chair. Prince E,terhazy (the Austrian Ambas-
sador), the French Ambassador, the Swedish Mi-
nister, the Dais' of Wellington, and several other
distinguished Characters, went in state.
'fine company began to arrive at tire Palace soon
after 12 o'clock, and they continued to arrive till
near ; numbers were detained in their carriages
for two hours, and mall ladies were so impatient
lest they should be too late to be introduced to
the Regent, ;hat they walked a considerable dis-
tance to the Palace,
The Prince Regent entered the room appropriat-
ed for his closet at half-past one o'clock, when the
Lady of the French Ambassador was introduced to
iris Royal Highness by Viscountess Castlereagh,
and had the linnotir of a private audience. After this
ceremony, his Royal Highness was joined by tine
different brandies of the Royal Family, who had
previously assembled in the blne•room. The Re-
gent proceeded to the late Queen's drawing -room,
where the attendants upon his Royal Person, the
Great Officers of State, &e, were assembled ;
they proceeded into the Japan-room, where the
Voreign Ambassadors and Ministers, the Cabinet
Zlinisters, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and all
those who have the nigh privilege of the entri,were
assembled, from whom his Royal Highness re-
ceived ;heir congratulations on the return of the
clay. The Countess Ptalmella, the Lady of the
Portuguese Anibassador, was introduced to his
Royal Highness by Viscountess Castlereagh. The
Countess tVoronzoff was introduced by the
Countess Lieven, the Lady of the Russian Am-

bassador.
Lady Citesfer and Miss Chester were introduced
to his Royal Highness by the Marchioness of Salis-
bury, on Sir Robert Chester being appointed Mas-
ter of the Ceremonies.
The French Ambassadress presented her sister
and niece.
Tie Regent having received the congratulations
and presentations of those entitled to the entre,
be proceeded to the Grand Saloon, and took his
station in the flow of the Throne ; the Princess
Augusta took her station to the Regent's left, the
Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Sophia of Glou-
cester, and the Duke of tiloucester, to the right.
The Dukes of York and Kent remained opposite
the Regent. The Royal Procession into the grand
saloon was closed by Earl Courtoun, the Captain,
the Lieutenant, and other Officers of the Honour-
able Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. The Draw-
ing-room heirig expected to be excessively crowd-
ed, Lord Graves and Earl Fife both attended as
Loren of t►ie Bedchamber, to introduce the nu-
merous presentations, as well as the, novel Court
cert mony of the Ladies being introduced to the
Regent.
The general company were not admitted into
the grand saloon till after the Regent bad entered
it, Dud taken.Lis station in the trout of the Throne;