the Court.
THEIR Majesties paid a visit to the Duke of Cumberland at Kew on Monday ; where a party, consisting principally of members of the Household, met them. In the afternoon, they returned to Windsor. On Wednesday, the King and Queen came to town. His Majesty held a Chapter of the Order of the Thistle ; at which the Earl of Errol was invested with the riband and badge of the order.
Soon afterwards, the King presided at the entr6 Levee ; and received an address from the University of Oxford ; which was presented in great form by Viscount Melbourne, after being read by the Duke of Wellington, dressed in his Chancellor's robes, and attended by Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Estcourt, and several members of the University. The King returned a gracious answer to the address. The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Recorder, and several Aldermen of the City of London, then approached the throne, to present an address praying his Majesty to confer on the Londen University the privilege of conferring degrees. The King said he would refer the petition to his Privy Council. At the general Levee, the company was very numerous, and many gentlemen were presented. Among them were Lord Temente'', Sir H. P. Campbell, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Lord Chief Jus- tice Clerk, and Admiral Sir T. Hardy. In the evening, the King gave a grand dinner to the Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath.
The Queen held a Drawing-room on Thursday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. It was attended by the principal Officers of State and a the Royal Household, and by the Foreign Ambassadors. Among the presentee ors, were Mr. Baron Williams, the Reverend Calvin Coltor of New York, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Canning, Mr. Blount, Lady and Miss Margaret Denman, the Countess of Durham, and Miss Petre.
The Queen visited Covent Garden Theatre on Wednesday, and the King's Theatre on Thursday evening.
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