21 DECEMBER 1850, Page 2

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Tins Queen and Prince Albert went on Thursday to Kew, and were pre- sent at the confirmation. tif the Princess Mary of Cambridge, in Kew Church, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Duchess of Kent- and the Duchess of Gloucester arse were witnesses of the ceremony. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Cambridge were of course pre- sent; and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz also attended.

On Wednesday, the Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Exeter, a guest at the Castle, to present a loyal address, against Papal aggression by 21,266 inhabitants of Northamptonshire ; a presentation which h r Ma- jesty "was pleased to receive very graciously." The guests at the Castle have been numerous ; including the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquisses and. Marchionesses of Westminster and Exeter and the Marquis of Granby, and a dozen of other nobles or gentry, with the fair partners of mod of them On Thursday the Royal' circle, with additions specially invited, witnessed the performance, by Mr. Charles Kean's company, of Sheridan's comedy of The Critic, and Mr. Bayle Bernard's farce of The Practical Mao. gljt