15 MAY 1841, Page 7

Vat Tourt.

Coiner ceremonials and state business appear to have occupied the Queen this week, at some expense of out-door exercise, which her Majesty has not taken so regularly as usual.

On Friday, the Queen held a Levee, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and escorted by a party of Life Guards, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock. The diplomatic circle were first received, as usual. The attendance was numerous. Among those presented were— Sir William Nicolay on his return from Mauritius, Mr. William Jardine on his return from China, Lord Jocelyn on his marriage, Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir William Parker on his appointment to the East Indian station, Admiral Thomas on his appointment to the Pacific station, and Mr. Salame, "to lay with his homage," says the Court Circular, "at her Majesty's feet, a few verses from Oriental languages, addressed to her Royal Highness the Princess Royal." A few addresses of congra- tulation on the birth of the Princess Royal were presented ; one from St. Luke's parish, against the New Poor-law ; others from Ulster pro- vince, Antrim, Down, and other Irish counties, against Repeal of the Union with Ireland.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council on Saturday. The Council was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse.

The Queen gave audiences, on Saturday, to Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chamberlain, and M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; on Sunday, to Viscount Melbourne; on Monday, to Viscount Melbourne ; on Tuesday, to Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill ; on Wednesday, to Lord Minto and Lord John Russell ; on Thursday, to Viscount Mel- bourne; on Friday, to Viscount Melbourne. The first state ball for the season was given at Buckingham Palace last night. The Palace was magnificently fitted up for the occasion. The invitations and the attendance were very numerous ; everybody being in fall court costume. The Queen opened the ball, at half-past ten o'clock, with the Prince of Leiningen ; and Prince Albert danced in the same quadrille, with the Princess of Leiningen. At one o'clock the company withdrew from the ball-room to a splendid supper. There have been dinner-parties at the Palace, on a small scale. The Queen has ridden out occasionally in a barouche, Prince Albert on horseback. On Sunday, the Royal pair walked in the garden of the Palace. On Saturday, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dutchess of Kent and the Prince and Princess of Leiuingen, visited the Italian Opera.

The Princess Royal rides out almost daily. On Sunday her Royal Highness was carried out in the garden of the Palace. The Duke of Cambridge gave a dinner-party on Saturday, to Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major Stephens, Major Keate, and twenty officers of the Sixtieth Royal Rifles. On Wednesday, his Royal High- ness left town for Dover ; where, on Thursday, he received the Dutchess of Cambridge, on her return from Germany. His Royal Highness re- turned to Cambridge House yesterday ; and the Dutchess followed later in the day.