Elm Court.
THE King, who did not leave Windsor the first three days of the week, came to town on Wednesday, to hold his Levee ; which was very numerously attended by naval and military officers, but exhibited only a sprinkling of civilians, most of whom were Tories, and among them the following—the Dukes of Buccleuch and Newcastle, the Marquis of Thomond, Earls of Lincoln and Cadogan, Lords Blayney, Henniker, and Norreys, Mr. George Dawson, Sir Stratford Canning, and Sir William Curtis. The Duke of Sussex visited the King in :be evening. His Majesty returned to Windsor after dinner.
On Thursday, the Princess Augusta, in the absence of the Queen, held a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace. The company was thin and the presentations were few. The Dutchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria were present, dressed entirely in articles of British manufac- ture. The Court costume of mourning for the Dutchess of Saxe- Meiningen gave a most sombre aspect to the scene. The Queen's health is said to improve : she left her private apart- ment on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and joined the general com- pany at the Castle. The Dutchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria went to the King's Theatre on Tuesday, when the Matrintonio Segrdo was performed. The Dutchess will give a grand ball at Kensington Palace on the 12th of Jane.
The Duke of Cumberland seems to be living quietly at Kew. The only movement of his Hanoverian Ilighness, of which we find notice, is a visit to Windsor on Saturday lust; when, as the record runs, his Highness lunched with the King.
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