The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S BAL MASQUE.

The Queen gave a Fancy Ball last evening, at Buckingham
Palace.
The costumes worn on this occasion were most splendid and
magnificent, especitlly those in the different quadrilles of
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. The Gentle.
men and Ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower
suite of rooms, and tt half past ten o'clock, having been mar-
shalled, passed id procession up the Grand Staircase, to the
presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended
by the principal Ladies and Officers of the Court, in most mag-
nificent costumes.
The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock,
the Ladies, with few .:..xceptions, in dresses of different ages
and'countries, many of great splendour, and the. Gentlemen
in numerous instances also in costumes of the greatest splen-
dQur and the most picturesque effect, many of them being
strictly historical.
The Foreign Ministers, in their respective uniforms, at-
tended by their Secretaries and Attaches arrived at the
Equerries' Entrance. The members of the Royal Family, and
the parties composing the different Quadrilles, entered by the
Garden Entrance.
The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Warwick, and seve-
ral officers of the Queen's Household, appeared in suits of
armour.

The entire suits of State Rooms was opened, and most
brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers,eandelabra and branches.
The company danced in the Throne Room and Ball Room,
in both which quadrille bands were stationed.
The Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Car-
lisle, Earl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Minto, and Sir Allan
M'Nab, were among the earliest arrivals.
Both Ball Rooms were filled with company. Of a scene so
varied and so brilliant, it is impessible to give an accurate de,
scription to-day, but a full account of this magnificent fete Witt
be given to-morrow.
The following had the honour of receivii invitations--
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the American Minister, Mrs.
and Miss Everett, and Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ;
the Austrian Minister and Gentlemen Attaches; the 13ararian
Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian Minister, Maclaine
Van de Veyer, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Brazilian Minis-
ter, Madame Marques Lisboa, and Gentlemen AWielees the
Buenos Ayreari Minister; the Danish Minister, Qnlintess de
Reventlow' '
and Gentlemen Attaches, the Fleelich Ambassador,
Countess de
St. Aulaire, and Gentleihtn Attaches to the Em-
bassy; the Grecian Minister, M.edame Tricoupi, and Gentle-
men Attaches to the Legation ; the Hanoverian elinieter, and
Gentlemen Attaches; the Mexican Charge d'Ail'alees, Ma-
dame Murphy, and Gentlemen Attaches Ks the Mission; the
Neapolitan Minister end Gentlemen Attaches ; Mr. Washing.-
ton Irving; the ..eietherlarids t'harge d'Affaires, and Gentlemen
Attaches; the Noe Granada Charge d'Affaires, Madaiyi,e Mhs-
qucra, and ti`` cretary to the Mission ; the Perteritrese Minister
and Geetternen Attaches ; the Prussian Minister, Madame
Bennt, and Gentlemen Attreektt; the Russian Minister, Ba-
roness Erunow, and Cvnilemen Attaches • the Sardinian
Minister, - and Gentlemen Attaches ; ihe Saxon Mi-
nister ; the Spanish .Minister, and Gentlemen At-
taches; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Baroness de Re-
hausen, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Turkish Charge d'Af-
faires and Gentlemen Attaches; the Venezuelan Minister; the
Wurtemburg Ainieter, and' Gentlemen Attaches; le Comte
Borkewski, Lieut.- Cary, lit. Ribeiro da Silva, Count Chrepto-
wich, Countese Ctreptowich, Madame de Helfer, M. de Get:
stein Flehenstein, Madame de Gerstein Hohenstein, le Comte
de Kot.serlinig, le. Baron de, Langen, le Comte de Raczynski,
MN W. T. Empson, Count Anthony Esterhazy, Lieut. Gun-
dell, Monsieur Hupeden, le Capitaine Istomin, M. Emilie
Sancho, the Commander Schlick, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, le
Baron Von Gieisheim, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the
House of Commons, the Gold Stick, the Lord in Waiting, the
Silver Stick, the Groom in Waiting, the Lady in Wait-
ing on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on
the Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting on the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on the Princess
Sophia. Matilda, the Gentlemen attending the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Gentlemen attending the Duke of Sussex, the Com-
manding Officers of the Grenadier, the Coldstream, and the
Scots Fusilier Guards ; the Commanding Officers of the four
battalions doing London duty, three Officers of each of the four
battalions; the Commanding Officer and three Officers of the
battalion at the Tower, the Commanding Officer and four Offi-
cers of the Ist Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and four
Officers of the 2d Life Guards, the-Commanding Officer and
tour Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, the Commanding
Officer and three Officers of the Bth Hussars, the Commanding
Officer and three Officers of the 15th Foot, the Field-officer in
Waiting, the Adjutant in Brigade Waiting.
Duxes—Wellington, Sutherland, Cleveland, Buccleuch,
Montrose. Norfolk, Argyle, Leinster, Devonshire, Bucking-
ham, Marlborough, Richmond, Beaufort, Bedford, Roxburgh,
Northumberland, Somerset, Rutland.
Dc'63iEssEs—Montrose, Northumberland, Argyle, Buck-
ingham, Buccleuch' Somerset, Richmond, Roxburgh, Buck-
ingham, Norfolk, Sutherland, Inverness, Cleveland, Leinster,
Beaufort, Marlborough, Bedford.
MA ItQUlSES—Waterford, Headfort, Blandfnrd, Clanricarde,
Tavistock, Worcester, Londonderry, Exeter, Downshire, Hert-
ford, Salisbury, Westminster, Ormonde, Lorne, Lansdowne,
Northampton, Sligo, Tweeddale, Anglesey, Douglas, Douro,
Conyngham, Normanbv, Ailesbury, Granby, Abercorn.
Ma RCHIONESSES—exeter, Clanricarde, Ailesbury, Or-
monde, Tweeddale, De Riario Sforza, Sligo, Abercorn, Donna,
Westminster, Normanby, Londonderry, Lansdowne, Downshire,
EARLS.—Bruce, Mai:nesbury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, So-
mers, Minto, Charlcmont, Cardigan, Lincoln, Fitzwilliam,
IVemyss, Rosslyn, Yarborough, Kinnoull, Westmoreland,
Meath, Morley, Stanhope, Essex, Dunmore, Euston, Cardigan,
Moray, Uxbridge, Eldon, Dunraven, March, Cawdor, Clan-
Craven, Dalhousie, Cowper, Cadogan, Glengall, Grey,
Pembroke, Eglinton, Spencer, Mexborough, Erroll, Beverley,
Poulett, Shaftesbury, Sheffield, Falmouth, Manvers, Gainsbo-
rough, Sandwich, Clarendon, De Grey, Denbigh, Desart,
Aberdeen, Effingham, Hardwicke, Sefton, Verulam, Tanker-.
rille, Haddingten, Jersey, Lucan, Morton, Aboyne, Wilton,
lichester, Jermyn, Carlisle, Surrey, Liverpool, Listowel, Loee.
lace, Leicester, Bective, Powis, Howe, Grosvenor, Clare, Ro-
den, Rosebery, Zetland, Albemarle, Hillsborough, Ripon,
Kintore, Radnor.
Coo NTESSES. —Tankerville, Grosvenor, Verulam, Surrey,
Warwick, Uxbridge, Jersey, Grey, Glengall, Manvers, Albe-
marle, Dalhousie, Dowager Erroll, Essex, Craven, Eldon,
Eglinton, Denbigh, Cowper, Craven, Delatcarr, Clarendon,
Malmeshury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Mexborough, Stanhope,
Glengall, Meath, Hardwicke, Cadogan, Carlisle, Cawdor,
Morton, De Grey, Dowager Falmouth, Charlemont, Sefton,
Clanwilliam, Rosslyn, Minto, Hillsborough, Dunraven, Radnor,
Kinneull, Zetland, Beverley, Leicester, Bruce, Powis,
Haddington' Ripon, Wemyss, Westmoreland, Roden, Somers,
Lovelace, Listowel, Lucan, Dunmore, Sandwich, Dalhousie,
Poulett, Morley, • Rosebery, Gainsborough, Euston, Sheffield,
Norbury.
VISCOUNTS.— Somerton, Seaham, Melbourne, Norreys,
Powerscourt, Drumlanrig, Carmine-, Cantilnpe,
le Maidstone,
Hawarden, Sandon, Maynard, Pollington, Mahon, Castle-
reagh, Villiers, Torrington, Folkestone, Northland, Newport,
Sydney, Courtenav, Duncannon, Palmerston, Loftus, Low-
Shelburne. Clements, Ossulston, Ehringtogton,n,
Crawy, Clive„ Marsharn, Newry, Hinton, Milton, Ipswich,
Howick, Grirnston, Barrington, Clifden, Chelsea,Strangford,
Clive, Jocelyn, Curzon, Campden, Ingestre, Annoyer, Emlyn,
Milton, Alford.
Viscoorusszs.,—Hoviick, Villiers, Chang, Pollington,