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THE Queen went in state on Monday to prorogue the Parliament. The procession left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before two o'clock. The Royal state carriage was drawn by the eight cream- coloured Hanoverian horses, decorated with red morocco harness used for the first time. In the same carriage, on the opposite seat to her Majesty, were the Dutchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and Lord Albemarle, Master of the Horse. Along the sides of the middle mall of the Park, through which the procession passed, in Parliament Street, and in Palace Yard, there were multitudes of people collected ; and at times there was cheering, but neither so ener- getic nor so universal as we expected it to be. The people looked on the pageant and on their young Sovereign with curiosity and a kindly feeling, but there was no display of enthusiasm. The Queen frequently bowed to the multitude with easy sweetness. Everybody who saw lot was prepossessed in her favour. Having gone through the ceremony of prorogation in the House of Peers, the Queen returned to Buck. ingham Palace soon after three o'clock. On Tuesday, her Majesty and the Dutchess of Kent had a Jana dinner.party. The Countess of Mulgrave, Lord Templemore, COIN nel Cavendish, and Mr. Spring Rice were of the company. In the evening, the Queen and the Dutchess of Kent went to the Italian opera. Her Majesty sat in her old place in the corner of the Denials of Kent's box, and it was some time before she was known to be in the theatre. There were then loud cries of " God save the Queen!^ with waving of hats and handkerchiefs ; and her Majesty came ferreted and acknowledged the compliment in her usual cordial mariner. The orchestra played " God save the Queen," and the audience expected the performers to sing the loyal anthem ; but they were disappointed. and it was stated the next day by Mr. Laporte, in a letter to the nets. papers, that strict orders had been given not to take notice of her lat, Jesty's presence. The Queen's first Levee was held on Wednesday, at St. James's Palace. The attendance was numerous beyond precedent, and the crush was tremendous : more than two thousand persons were pee. sented. All the Foreign Ambassadors and great Officers of Steil and of the Household were there, of course. Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, and Barons were " plenty as blackberries;" the majority being Tories. Four columns of the Morning Post could not contain nearly all the names of the aristocratic mob. On Thursday, the Queen had to undergo the fatigue of her fire Drawing-room. Here the ladies figured in all their finery. There was not elbow-room for half the company ; and many were the shrieks and cries for air, space, and mercy, from squeezed dowagers and damsel, of rank and fashion. Nine columns of the Post are occupied with the account of the presentations and descriptions of the ladies' dresses. At the Levee and at the Drawing-room, everybody was charmed with the Queen ; her elegant dress, her pleasing countenance, her affable yet dignified demeanour, attracted universal admiration.

Yesterday, the Queen held a Court at St. James's Palace ; andre. ceived addresses presented by deputations from the Church of Scotland, the Society of Friends, the general body of (Assenting ministers, and the ministers of the Presbyterian denoms ation ; to all of which her Majesty suitably replied. According to a notification from the Eurl Marshal in the Gazette last night, the change in the Court mourning is to be made on the 3d of August, and the general mourning to cease on the same day.