The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-16 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA V MORNING, APRIL 16, 1842.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen gave a State Ball at Buckingham Palace yester.
day evening. It was the first this season, and was most nu-
merously and brilliantly attended by the Royal Family, the
Foreign Diplomatie Corps, avid foreigners of distinction, and
nearly all the Nobility in town.
The usual arrangements for the Fete were made within the
Palace ; the Throne-room and the Ball-room were fitted
for dancing, having in each apartment an elevated orchestra
for the Quadrille t ands. The magnificent Picture Gallery,
the Grand Saloon, and the Green Drawing-room were opened
oil the occasion, and the Yellow Drawing-room was the
reception-room for the Royal Family. The entire suite, but
particularly the two ball-rooms, were most brilliantly illurai-
minated with handsome chandeliers, candelabra, and branches
with wax lights, in the greatest profusion. In the recesses,
and also on the Grand Staircase, were tastefnliy grouped, a
great variety of the eh( ieest greenhouse flowers and plants,
and the Grand Hall was also most elegantly decorated
with beautiful flowers. The Yeomen of the Guard lined
the Hall in their Coronation Costumes, commanded by
Captain Seymour Sadler, the Exert in Waiting, Sir
Edward Pearson, the Lieutenant, and Mr. Ellesthorp, Clerk
of the Cheque of the Corps, were also present. The
hand of the Colds ream Guards were stationed here, and pet-
formed a choice selection of pieces in the course of the even-
ing. (4wl'Llin'csi of the itegiment, and re-
guard of the Scots Fusilier
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The company began to arrive at the Palace at half.past nine
o'clock, and continued setting down, almost uninterruptedly,
until midnight. 'The dresses of the Ladies were very elegant
and splendid, and the Gentlemen appeared in their Full Dress
Costumss, the Members of Orders of Knighthood wearing their
respective insignia.
Among the earlier arrivals were the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Deno an, Lord Langdale, Lord Cottenham, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Earl of Haddington, Duke of Wellington, Duke of
Cleveland, Lord Monteagle, Lord John Russell, Lord Glenelg,
Duke of Redford, Marquis of Lansslowne, Sir James Graham,
Sir Henry Hardinge, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Viscount
and Viscountess Palmerston, Duke and Ducheso of Buckingham
Sir Edward Knatchnull, Earl of Ripon, Sir John Hobhouse,
and the Right lion. E. Ellice.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Prince George of
Cambridge arrived at ten o'clock and w.re followed by her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Ma. is
Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart. their Royal High-
nesses were received by the Maids of Honour and the Equerries
in Waiting, who conducted them to the State Rooms.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal
Family, and attended by the Lord Chamberlain, and the Lord
Seward, left the Yellow Drawing-room at half-past
ten o'clock, and passing through the Grand Saloon
entered the Ball-room, where a set for quadrilles was imme-
diately formed.
The following had the honour of receiving ini.iations :
The American Minister, Mrs. and Miss Everett, and the
Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation; the Buenos Ayrean
Minister, the Austrian Minister, and Gentlemen Attaches;
the Bavarian Minister, and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian •
Minister, Madame Van de Weyer, and Gentlemen Attaches ;
the Brazilian Minister, Madame Marques Lisboa, anti Gentle-
men Attaches; the Danish Minister, and Countess de Re-
ventow, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the French Am-
bassador, and Countess de St. Aulaire, and Gentlemen Attaches
to the Embassy; the Grecian Minister and Madame Tricoupi,
and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Hanoverian Minist,r, and
Gentlemen Attaches; the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, and
Madame Murphy, and Gentlemen Attaches to the Mission;
the Neapolitan Minister and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Nether-
lands Charge d'Affaires and Gentlsmen Attaches; the New
Granada Charge d'Affaires and Madame Moaquera, and Secre-
tary to Mission ; the Portuguese Minister and Gentlemen At-
taches ; the Prussian Minister and Madame de Bunsen, and
Gentlemen Attaches ; the Russian Minister, Baroness
Brunow, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Sardinian
Minister and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Saxon Minister ' •
the Spanish Minister and Gentlemn Attaches; the Swedish
Charge d'Affaires; Baroness de Rehausen and Gentlemen
Attaches to the Mission ; the Turkish Charge d'Affaires ;
the Venezuelan Minister; the Wurtemberg Minister and
Gentlemen Attaches; Count Antoine Esterhazy ; Lieut. Cary;
Madame de Helfer; Count de Kaiserling ; Baros do Langen ;
Mr. W. T. Epson; Lieut. Grundell ; Mr. Hupeden; Le
Capitaine Istomin ; Mr. Emilie Sancho ; the Lord Chan-
cellor; the Speaker of the House of Commons; the Gold
Stick ; Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Sir
Wm. Lumley, Groom in Waiting; the Silver Stick ; the Lady
in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. the Lady in Waiting on
the Duchess of Cambridge; the Lady in Waitiug on the Du-
chess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on the Princess
Sophia Matilda; the Gentleman attending the Duke
of Cambridge ; the Gentleman attending the Duke
of Sussex ; the Field Officer in Waiting of the Foot
Guards; the Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guards;
the Commanding Officer of the Coldstream Guards ; the Com-
manding Officer of the Scots Fusileer Guards; the Command-
ing Officers of the four Battalions doing London duty ; Three
Officers of each of the four Battalions; the Commanding
3fficer and Three Officers or the Battalion stationed at the
Tower; .the Commanding Officer of the Ist Life Guards, and
four Officers; the Commanding Officer of the 2d Life Guards,
and four Officers; the Commanding Officer of the Royal
Horse Guards, and four Officers; the Commanding Officer of
the 11th Hussars, anal three Officers; the Commanding Officer
of the Ibth Foot, and three Officers.
DUKES—Newcastle, Rutland, Cleveland, Su herland, So-
merset, Northumberland, Wellington, Richmond, Devonshire,
Roxburgh, Bedford, Argyll, Buccleuch, Montrose, Bucking-
ham, Beaufort, Leeds.
DUCHESSES—Northumberland. Argyll, Montrose, Rich-
mond, Cleveland, Roxburgh, Inverness, Leeds, Beaufort,
Dowager Roxburgh, Buckingham, Sutherland, Dowager Rich-
mond, Bedford, Buceleuch, Somerset.

MA aoulSES.—Thomond, Worcester, Tweeddale,
Queensbury, Tavistock, Huntley, Exeter, Aylesbury, Granby,
Salisbury, Conyngham, Cholmondeley, Ailsa. Breadalbane,
Camden, Clanricarde, A bercorn, Anglesey, Normanby, Lorn,
Ticlifield, Bristol, 13Iandford, Headfort, Douro, Londonderry,
Kildare, Downshire, Wellesley, Ormonde, Douglas, Lans-
downe, Westminster.
M A lICHIONESSES.—Camden, Thomond, Douro, London-
derry, Exeter, Normanby, Clanricarde, Downshire, Queens-
bury, Cholmondeley, Bristol, APesbilry, Lansdowne, Tweed-
dale, Abercorn, Sligo, Douro, Westminster, Ailsa, Breadal-
bone, Dowager Ormonde, Wellesley.
EARLS—Dalhousie, Powis, Cardigan, Euston, Tankerville,
Haddiegton, Lon dale, Kinnoull, beetive, Bruce, Brownlow,
Cadogan, Beverley, Mexb,wough, Pembroke, Carlisle,
Wilton, Mayo, Dunmore, Uxbridge, Westmoreland, For-
tcscue. Do rey, Verutam, Camperdown, Grey, Vains-
borough, Fit zhardinge, Hardwicke, Talbot, Wicklow,
Minto, March, Zetland, Listowel, Sheffield. Onslow, Moray,
Galloway, Belfast, Warwick, Denbigh, Morton, Morley, Cour-
town, Ripon, Aboyne, Bathurst, Clanwilliam, Amherst, Fin-
gall, Clarendon, Fitzwiliiam, Eglinton, Aberdeen, Elgin,
Rossini, Liverpool, Sefton, Orkney, Manvers, Rosebery,
Grosvenor, Cawdor, Leitrim, Lovelace. Delawarr, Shel-
burne, Charlemont, A,bemarle, Chesterfield, Jermyn, Cowper,
Antrim, Huwe, Clare, Y• rborough, Lincoln, Sandwich,
Shaftesbury, Stanhope, Ashburnham, Burlington, Radnor,
Ilchester, Somers.
COUNTESSES—Tankerville, Clare (Dow.), Lovelace, Had-
dington, Mulgrave, Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Craven, Dal-
housie, Beverley, Grey, Craven, Bridgewater, Delawarr Chi-
chester, Dowager Somers, Listowel, Minto, Ashburn-
ham, Sandwich, Eglinton, Zetland, Ripon, Kinnoull,
Dunmore, Galloway, Mexborough, Charlemont, Amherst,
Rosslyn Ashburnham, Sefton, Stanhope, Sheffield, Gains-
borough,Euston, Elgin. Antrim, Orkney, Clarendon, Fortescue, Dow-
agerton, Morley,to w• e 1 ,B‘rVoi,ly:
roanotwC, Wicklow, Fingal], Mor-
ton, Warwick, Albe-
marle, Jersey, Somers. Rosebery, Cawdor, 'De Grey, Carlisle,
Cants illiam, Radnor, Hardwicke, Grosvenor, Verulam, Belfast,
Mansfield, Bruce, Manvers, Lincoln, Cadogan, Denbigh, Pawls,
Camperdown.
VISCOUNTS Bar: ingt,n. M.P., Hood, Holmesdale,
Howich, Hawarden, Boyle, Drumlanrig, Jocelyn, St. Vincent,
Hinton, Courtenay, M.P., Itlaidstone, Clements, M.l'.,
Villiers, Pollington, Northland, Newport, Cantilupe, Castle-
reagh, Melbourne, Powerscourt, Ossulston, Sandon, Gage,
Folkestone, Alford, M.P., Canning, Mahon, Acheson, M.P.,
Melville, Dillon, Somerton, Sealia.m, Adare, M.P., Milton,
Torrington, Evelyn, M.P., Stangford, Melgund, Exmouth,
Ebrington, M.P., Melville, Palmerston, LoYtther, Beresford,
Marsham, Fielding, Cranky, Grimston, Curzon, Norreys,
Newry, Sydney, Andover, Eastnor, M.P.
Viseou Is'TESSES—Combermere, Newry, Holmesdale, Cour-
tanay, Dillon, Hawarden, Palmerston, Dowager Dillon,
llowiek, Jocelyn, Beresford, Norreys, Mahon, Gage,
Milton, Car•ning,, Powerseourt, Pollington, Dowager Anson,
Hood, Acheson, Forbes, Andover, Folkestone, Villiers, Boyle,
Sydney, Torrington, Adare, Barrington.
Loans—Wharneliffe, Methuen, Portman, Ernest Brute,
S'.arilty, Vivian, Charles Wellesley, Duncannon, G.
Somerser, Ravensworth, Paget, Alfred Paget, G Paget,
Howard, Ilowden, J. Manners, C. Manners, Hill, 111.
11111, George Bentinek, Dudley Stuart, Sudeley, Wenlock,
Dacre, Foley, C. Fitzroy, M. P., Keane, W. Graham, F.
Somerset, F. Egerton, M.P., F. Cholmondeley. Abingsr,
Templemore, Rivers, De Freyne, Duncan, Jersey, Colville,
Lennox, Bloomfield, Montagu, Strafford, Petre, Kinnaird,
Byron, Heytesbury, Talbot de Malahide, Lyttelton, Temple-
ton, E. Somerset, Southampton, Loraine De L'lsle,
Campbell, Dalmeney, M. P Arthur Lennox, Stanley
of Alderley, Colborne, Do Ros. Redesdale, Wil-
loughby de Broke, Dinorben, J. Stuart, F. Gordon, Feversham,
Fitzgerald, Denman. Leveson, G. Fitzgerald, Monteagle,
Dunsay, Ranmore, G. Quin, Brooke, R. Grosvenor, Prudhoe,
Cremorne, J3agot, Ashley, M.P., Forester, Colchester, Lil-
ford, Langdale, Eliot, Brabazon, G. Seymour, Macdonald,
Leigh,Waterpark, Gardener, Stavordale,Willoughby D'Eresby,
Haddo, Sherborne, Glenelg, Claud Hamilton, Walpole, Blan-
tyre, J. Rus,ell, Saye and Sele, Wrottesley, Poltimore, C.
Russell, Bateman, Wors.ley, Congleton, Bredpurt, Cottenh,m,
Geo. Lennox.

ii ft- N. —Li onel de Rothschild.
11A N ESSES - A melm deißotbschild, de Rothschild, Keith,
Lionel de Rothschild.

LADIES—E. Drummond, Pelham, C. Denison, Dowager
Rivers, C. Russell, M. West, Rivers, E. Dutton, Frances Clin-
ton, G. Seymour, M. Ross, Jemima Eliot; Lyndhurst, Dow-
ager ('awdor, Duncan, E. Feilding. C. Hill, E. Seymour, F.
Cholmondelev, F. San,lon, C. and D. Fitzwilliam,. Cowper,
Dansany, Macdonald, C. Berkley, Gardiner, Ashburton, Cos-
sytt, Sarah Savile, Antrohus, F. Gordon, Kinnaird, Monteagle.
E. and C. Moreton, A. Foster, Arthur, Ellen Douglas, E. Eliot,
Ashburnham, S. Des Voeux, Fremantle, Dowager Lyttelton,
Otway, E. L Gower, Colchester. Clifford, G. Codrington,
H. Clive, C. Duncombe, E. Campbell, Egerton. M.
and A. Pierrepout, H. Douglas, L. Cavendish, Emma
Vesey. Augusta Onslow, J. Fitzgibbon, H. Corry, Johnston,
H. Paget, Peehell, Clemintina Villiers, C. Fitzroy. F.
Egerton, Sarah Murray, A. Powlett, Lifford, Haddo, Graham,
Vyncr, A. Manners, Ouseley, Phipps, Seymour, Noel, M.
Marsham Napier, Le Marchant, J. Grimston, M. Cecil, C G.
Isennex,iC. Copley, L. Fitzroy, J. Russell, Vivian, Dinorben
A. Primrose, L. Primrose, Colville, G. Ryder, Goldner, Fol-
lett, Lyttelton, Adelaide Paget, Leveson, Methuen, C. Legge,
Leigh, M., Littleton, Johnstone. C. W. Melville, W. Chris-
topher, u alpole, M. Walpole, Hall, George Lennox, F. and
A. Vane, Wigram, A. Lennox, T. Digley, Langdale, Wheat-
ley, M•Farlane, R. Grosvenor, Charlotte Guest, Hill, C. Ha-
milton, E. Hardinge, R. Jermyn, C. Lascelles, C. Blount,
Kerrisdh, Mary Field.ng, Quentin, A. Gordon,
harlotte Dundas, Gore (two), F. Benlinek, Montagu,
Brooke, M. Howard, Canning, Oranmore. Catherine Buckley,
Pelham Clinton, Feversham, IC. A. and K. Cuat, Dowager
Brownlow, (2) Howard. E. and M. Grosvenor, A. Wilbraham,
C. Villiers. Brid,iott, (2) Murray, NI enloek, M. Hill, Ileytes-
bury, M. Hood, W. Stanhope, F. Hope, Portman. Strang-
ways, Butler, Southampton, L. Fitzmaurice, Pellew, F.
Howard, G. Douglas, Olivia Taylour, Wetherall, A. Gren-
ville, Ileynett, E. Duncan, Agnes Byng, Byron, Yarde
Buller, A. and H. Cadogan. Price, Wharnclitfe, Ravens-
worth, Campbell, Burdett, Colborne, George Grey, Den-
man, M. Somerville, Ernest Bruce, J. Rau e,ie, Ashley,
De Ros, Pollock, E'eanor Balfour, Marianne Alford, Acland,
Pakenham, J. Wernyss, C. Browne, Sarah Amhurst, Man-
ners. Clerk, Petre, Poltimore, T. Lister, A. 31ilbanke, E.
Lowther, Arabella. Arden, Stanley of Alderley, Bulkeley
Phillips, Stanley, M. Stanley, Gordon, K. Stewart, Elizabeth
West. M. Stephenson, C. Stewart, Shaw Stewart, Mary
Phipps, E. Dickens, Howater, A.Baring, Dawson, A. M.Daw-
son; L. Percy, Herbert, (2), Bateman, G. Somerset, Stafford,
Blantyre, Erencorne, E. Hope Vere, C.. Berkley, Waterpark,
Worslev, Dowager Ellenborough, Willoughby de Broke, Stuart
de Rolitsav, Hay, E. L. Gower, C. Talbot, Dowager de
Clifford,. Wrottesley, A. and M. Stuart, Willoughby de Eresby,
C. Wood, E. Tumor, Anne M'Kerizie, E. de Reede de Giukel,