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

-1-IER" IVrA J777: S
ESTY'S BAL IVIA QU .
Pa Th
lacee. Queen gave a Fancy Ball last evening, at Buckingham

The costumes worn on this occasion were most splendid and
!IP.agnificent, especially those in the different quadrilles of
r:rance, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. fhe Gentle..
'ten and Ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower
!mite of rooms, and at half-past ten o'clock, having been mar-
'thalled, passed in procession up the Grand Staircase, to the
iresence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended
i
y the principal Ladies and Officers of the Court, in most mag-
tifiostumes.
The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock,
the ' Ladies, with few exceptions, in dresses of different ages
?krill countries, many of great splendour, and the Gentlemen
numerous instances also in costumes of the greatest splen-
our and the most picturesque effect, many of them being
strictly historical.
tender Foreign Ministers, in their respective uniforms, at-
-e by their Secretaries and Attaches, arrived at the
.e.qtierries' Entrance. The members of the Royal Family, and
the parties composing the different Quadrilles, entered by the
L'a'den Entrance.
The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Warwick, and seve-
eal officers of the Queen's Household, appeared in suits of
armour. '
e•ily entire suite of State Rooms was opened, and most
ilium inated sv ith chandeliersorandelabra,and branches.
=;1• 'he 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-
lEarl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne. Viscount Palmer-
P', Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Minto, and Sir Allan
Nab, were among the earlieswitht arriCvalompans.
y. Of a scene so
variedsterittlio in Ball
to
-da
Room s were filled and so brilliant, it is impossible to give an accurate de-
y, but a full account of this magnificent fete will
.'e given to- morrow.
pr The following had the honour of receiving invitations—
trice Edward Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the American Minister, Mrs.
the Austrian Minister and Gentlemen Attaches; the Bavarian
Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian Minister, Madame
an de Veyer, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Brazilian Minis-
Pr, Madame Marques Lisboa, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the
Ayrean Minister ; the Danish Minister, Countess de
eZentlove, and Gentlemen Attaches; the French Ambassador,
untess de St. Aulaire, and Gentlemen Attaches to the Ern-
:3V; the Grecian Minister, Madame Tricoupi, and Gentle-
see Attaches to the Legation ; the Hanoverian Minister, and
a."entlernen Attaches ; the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Ma-
re Murphy, and. Gentlemen Attaches to the Mission; the
,elipolitan Minister and Gentlemen Attaches ; Mr. Washing-
'4l/1 Irving; the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, and Gentlemen
t„taehe3; the New Granada Charge d'Affaires, Madame Mos-
slils`ra, and Secretary to the Mission Portuguese Minister
Bunsen,
Gentlemen Attaches ; the Prussian Minister, Madame
s„l4en, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Russian Minister, Ba-
Wesa Brunow, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Sardinian
',lister, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Saxon
'tackMt-
t"Spanish Minister, and Gentlemen
h,es ; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Baroness de
,Re-
fa"'4en, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Turkish Charge d Af-
Siires and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Venezuelan Minister; the
uTternburg Minister and Gentlemen Attaches; le Comte
„:'r,aowski, Lieut. Cary, M. Ribeiro da Silva, Count Chrepto-
,'", Countess Chreptowich, Madame de Helfer, M. de Ger-
Aj Madame de Gerstein Hohenstein, le Comte
4niserling, le Baron de Langen, le Comte de Raczysiski,
• dell C' W. T. Empson, Count Anthony Esterhazy, Lieut. Gun-
, glonsieur Hupeden' le Capitaine Istomin, M. Emilie oho, the Commander Schlick, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, le
• Hat(ln Von Greisheim, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the
Ouse of Commons, the Gold Stick, the Lord in Waiting, t.he
Stick, the Groom in Waiting, the Lady in Wait-
ie on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on
Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting on the
chess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on the Frincess
•I:4dg Matilda the Gentlemen attending the Duke of Came
Ide, the Gentlemen attending. the Duke of Sussex, the Corn-
u'ig Officers of the Grenadier, the Coldstream, and the
sOtt
:,tatt.Pusilier Guards ; the Commanding Officers of the four
siLat blots doing London duty, three Officers of each of the four
; bal,talkns ; the Commanding Officer and three Officers of the
'Z-anon at the Tower, the Commanding Officer and four Offi-
lifiaof the Ist Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and four
""ofl` o the 2d Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and
sioli; Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, the Commanding
,„ ()racer and three Officers of the Bth Hussars, the Commanding
'Avaietr and three Officers of the 15th Foot, the Field-officer in
lag, the Adjutant in Brigade Waiting.
Montrose, Wellington, Sutherland, Cleveland,
. Bucclench,
se. Norfolk, Argyle, Leinster, Devonshire, Bucking-
Nor's4arlborough, Richmond, Beaufort, Bedford, Roxburgh,
134,1iimberland, Somerset, Rutland.
ingharocliEssas—Montrose, Northumberland, Argyle, Buck-
ingh, Bticcleuch, Somerset, Richmond, Roxburgh, Buck-
he_ :11, Norfolk, Sutherland, Inverness, Cleveland, Leinster,
Aeitt or t, Marlborough, Bedford.
rea .41IQuies—Waterford, Headfort, Blandford, Clanricarde,
iior(viist°!k, Worcester, Londonderry, Exeter, Downshire, Heft-
, Salisbury, Westminster, Ormonde, Lorne, Lansdowne,
cs.g rtharnpton, Sligo, Tweeddale, Anglesey, Douglas, Douro,
ess"rlYngham, Normanbv, Ailesbury, Granby, Abercorn.
sit s laecnrosresses-I.'xeter, Clanricarde, Ailesbury, Or-
Tweeddale, De Riario Sforza, Sligo Abercorn, Douro,
stminster Norrnanbv, Londonderry, Lansdowne, Downshire.
Maimesbury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, So-
eetn.,ers, Minto, Charlemont, Cardigan, Lincoln, Fitzwilliam,
Jtvl.enqsll, Rosslyn, Yarborough, Kinnoull, Westmoreland,
aloath, Morl Essex,Dunmore, Euston, Cardigan,
Morley, Stanhope,
aloray, Uxbridge, Eldon, Dunraven, March, Cawdor, Clan-
wisilhain, Craven, Dalhousie, Cowper, Cadogan, Glengall, Grey,
ti!Pembroke, Eglinton, Spencer, Alexborough, Erroll, Beverley,
Poulett, Shaftesbury, Sheffield, Falmouth, Manvers, Gainsbo--
rough, Sandwich, Clarendon, De Grey, Denbigh, Desart,
Aberdeen, Effingham, Hardwicke, Sefton, Verulam, Tanker-
,' vine Haddingten, Jersey, Lucan, Morton, Aboyne, Wilton,
Iletr ter; -Jerilyn, Carlisle' Surrey, Liverpool, Listowel,
Love-
lace, Leicester, Bective, Powis, Howe, Grosvenor, Clare. Ro-
den, Rosebery, Zetland, Albemarle, Hillsborough, Ripon,
Kintore, Radnor.
Couseresses.--Tankerville, Grosvenor, Verulam, Surrey,
Warwick, Uxbridge, Jersey, Grey, Glengall, Manvers, Alhe•
tnarle, Dalhonsie, Dowager Erroll, Essex, Craven, Eldon,
Eglinton, Denbigh, Cowper, Craven, Delawarr, Clarendon,
11liaelzesbury Mansfield, Chesterfield, Mexborough, Stanhope,
c
all, Meath, Hardwicke, Cadogan, Carlisle, Cawdor,
Akrlon, De Grey, Dowager Falmouth, Charlemont, Sefton,
Rosslyn Mint°, Hillsborough, Dunraven, Radnor,
tillanipord,,,Beverley, Leicester, Bruce, Powis, Wilton,
Wemyss, Westmoreland, Roden, Somers,
s,"elae, Listowel, Lucan, Dunmore, Sandwich, Dalhousie,
IV°ourbleitlrty'.lki°rleY, Rosebery, Gainsborough, Euston, Sheffield,
s Vise() •
den Ts.--
Somerton Seaham, Melbourne, Norreys,
saiiawgalnd,'n, -B"erscourt, Drumlanrig, Canning, Cantilupe,
lefresos, andon, Maynard, Pollington, Mahon, Castie-
d ier3,
seie Y co_ Torrington, Folkestone, Northland, Newport,
n thee,- Arai .sturte
d n4Y, Duncannon, Palmerston, Loftus, Low-
Crau'ley- Clive, Shelburne, Clements, Ossulston, Ebrington,
Alarsham, Newry Hinton, Milton Ipswich,
Clive, jou. riniston, Barrington, clifden, Chelsea, Strangford,
• Milton "Ilu, Curzon, Campden, Ingestre, Andover, Emlyn,
Alford.
Neivrv",sTkssts.—Hoßick, Villiers, Chelsea, Pollington,
Joe Dumlanrig, Barrington, Selina Milton,
44,1 Yfl, Palmerston, Maynard, Hawardere Powerscourt,
ozer,
Mahon Courtenay, Dowager Torrington,
Campden "rington, Folkestone, Forbes, Sydney, Canning,
Adolphus Paget,
Edwin Hill, . Somerset, Stafford,
Wellesl itzelarence, Frederick Fitzclarence, Char es
Paeet es,„Yi Piget, Alfred Paget, Clarence Paget, George
' 'Yard, Foley, R. Grosvenor, Vivian, Lilford, Stanley,
bodirn" SeYniour, William Lennox, Leveson, De L'lsle and
Stave7,l F°urtenay, Lovaine, Levet, Colville, Haddo, Killeen,
04,0:aze, George Bentinck, Hill, Marcus Hill, Cecil
"'
Stafford, John Manners, F. Gordon, Redesdale,
siatligertoe
,erald, Southampton, Lyttelton, James Stuart, Claude
Vit,,,ilta, Arthur Lennox, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Gerald
harles Fitrzoy, Burghersh, Abinger, Lovat, Ed-
-141... Reward, Eliot, Cosmo Paget, Alexander Russell,
yronine, Seymour, James Butler, Duncan, Cremorne,
Leer, ' Dungannon, Dalmeney, Ravensworth, Alexander
timoMatyborough, Lowther, Hotham, Brooke, Pol-
INlghee' Worley, Fitzroy Somerset, Charles Russell, Wil-
Nw,-Y de Eresby, Ashley, Stanley of Alderley, Crewe, W.
tin tett, Methuen, Compton, Wenlock, William Russell, Car-
Erreglst", Ruthven, Macdonald, Clinton (2), Brabazon,
tee, Bruce, George Lennox, Kinnaird, Cranstoun, rot-
. Tupy, Bloomfield Wharncliffe, Blantyre, Portman, Rivers,
kat„,7! de Malhahide, Seymour, John Russell, Nugent, Dun-
Lau:), Cottenham, Forster, Walpole, Netherton, Napier.
Elt4u, lase- Ellen Douglas, Louisa Hay, Fitzwygram, Wigram,
ra fo,ra',Paget, Constance Paget, Caroline Capel, Mary Capel,
"ta ea
vaPel, A. Cadogan, H. Cadogan, Elizabeth West,
rY West, 111‘Farlane, Clementina Villiers, Joliffe, Brooke,
iilianne Alford, Louisa Fortescue, Katherine Jerilyn, Fre-
lilloon J.. Stuart, Follett, Johnstone, C. Strangways, Farquhar,
Jewnlueld, Mary Fox, A. M. Dawson, Stuart de Rothesay,
Et„ltaa Eliot, Colville, Stanley, Stanley of Alderley; F.
illy4t;11. Wilhelmina Stanhope. E. de Rede de Ginkel,
TV A 2), Anne Courtenay Clark, exist, Antrobus, De Tabley,
leaa Digby, Georgians' Grey, Charlotte Copley, Gilliam,
Iti\rill Chas Somerset, Mary Fielding,(Just, Mary
Lovat, Murray (2), Dugannon, Walpole, A.
,Poulett,
e, 4: Christopher, Lumley, Macdonald, Kienaird, Knatclibull,
IN, r,tiglas, H. Vane, A. Vane, Lilford, H. Mitchell, G. Len-
Lascelles, Louisa Forbes, Sarah Ingestre, C.
Harcourt, A. Paget, Brabazon, F. Egerton, Jane
'4ol,`°e, P: Somerset, Anne Grenville, Selina Kerr, CH-
,ia_rriet Clive, Leveson, Jane Fitzgerald, Farquhar, Mary
No: Frances Hope, A. Lennox, L. Fitzmauricc, re
b'latii,sllt, Isabella Hope, Fanny Howard, Heathcote,Seymour,
',‘lvaid re, Emma Campbell, C. G. Lennox, L. de Horsey, King,
Courtenay Boyle, E. Grosvenor, C. Barrington
,
t(it r!reY,. Pollock, Augusta Somerset, Rivers, Dowagerh
alne Eouverie, Sophia Rendlesham, Ravenswort ,
4 '-'arn K' AV. Powlett, Herbert (2), M. Cecil, Fran-
bdo' n'u,
11, A. Manners, Ruthven, John Russell, Charles
1,74- ~,' A. Primrose, L. Primrose, Wheatley, Parke, E.
Otway, Nugent, Willoughby de Eresby, Harriet,
4Y, 3' 'ane Char t eris, Wenlock. Isabella Wemyss, Wrottes-
, toed,•
sStUart Wortley, Ridley, Knightley, G. Somerset, Staf.
ballthampton, Cocks, H. Cocks, L. D. Bromley,
t'enso,;')ug, Byron, Ernest Bruce, W. Bulkeley,
a05,,,,'!, Vivian Cottenham, Catherine Buckley, Catherine
Ste-
bur Carington, Maria Somerville, E. Campbell, Lyed-
' iaaosd Louisa Cavendish, Mary Howard, Duncan, E. Drum-
Hill, C. Duncombe C. Dundas, Durham, A. Mac-
Ana (4.-. Fitzroy, Fred. Fitzelarence, C. Fitzroy, Dungannon,
'aY Pane, C. Fitzwilliam, D. Fitzwilliam, Mary Stan-
Arsh ,arY Taylour, Antrobus, E. Campbell, Ashley, Begot,
tli„e'a Baring G. Balfour, Sarah Savile, M. Marsham, E.
Ero-rn*i Rarriet Baring,'
Augusta Baring, A. Stuart, M. Stuart,
Qline Wortley, George Murray, Wharncliffe, Louisa
Vi—'l Napier Toler, M. Howard, A. Murray, Emily
tie4r, Emily' Peenefather, Strafford, Worley, Stir-
Talbot de Malahide, Couper, E. Leveson Gower,
• `Cust, Peel, Alice Peel, Courtenay, Methuen,
• - e,,,trosvenor C Lvster, Lyttleton, Dowager Lyttelton. Mary-
o '°urlgh, M. Pierreiont, A. Pierrepont, A. M'Leod, Olivier,
iw, Mary Taylour, G. Codrington, Haddo, Follett, E.
arsine, C. browne, Hatherton, Gomm, Augusta Gordon,
' Gore, Louisa Noel, Gardiner ,Louisa Cotes,- Margaret
;Truly Hardinge, Poltiinore, Cremorne, A. Poulett, M.
' Grey, Portman, Frances Clinton, N. Grosvenor.
lbon44oNs—Lionel de Rothschild, Charles de Rothschild, An-
ts•Y de Rothschild.
de s4•_/!9NesEs—Le Despenser, Keith, L. de Rothschild, A.
e`_eguisehild, C. de Rothschild.
tki`l.l Hon° una nes Sir Robert Peel, Sir N. Tindal,
lire "I" Wi'ram H. Goulburn F. T. Baring, G. S.
Alaidosieti-111, iltil-rA.azibt.teusrer_hee'paroieni,sts.R L. Shed, W. E. Gladstone, G. R.
Nies Foie
Byron, Mr. Byron,. Miss
. Fraser,
i
roremns y, Mr. St. George Foley, Colonel Fitzgibbon, .1 iss
bans' ;1i a.,eptain Forester, Charles Forester. Miss J. Jerning-
ha,4itisser, Ryng, Miss Maynard, General Meade, Francis
Rid ut. ris, p
4eY Herbert,' Charles' Cavendish, Charles Cavendish,
Hoc Gore, C. A, Murray, Mrs. George
Golri, Mrs. eorge e, Mrs. Bruce, Sr E. Paget, Cant.
an, Mr. Maude, Miss Littleton Mr E. Phipps Mrs, E.
Captain Pitt, Mr. Bagot,`A'LP
litriller, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley,it' •'
• Mrs. Philips, Misses
iss Murray,urra Capt. Murray,
tW.4oDe3l,l,nearbe G. . Fitzwilliam, 'James S. Wortley, J. Stuart
s Fitzroy, "ir•S. Henry Fitzroy, Mrs. H. Fitzroy,
plain' C. Romward,wrarp'tain Captain Spencer, Mrs.
ilzisvisasrd,,vjames K. Howard,
SeiPl44l Percy, Mr. Willoughby,
Mibses Thellu4on, William Lasceillleosu,glitalk:rlissoles
•, Captain Grey, Colonel Anson, Mrs. Amon,

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